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Nov 29, 2013BetweenWalls posted a message on All about the ProxiesIn my experience, a major reason people groan about proxies is because those proxies look terrible. (ie writing on a notecard) I think I'm fortunate to play with people who recognize that financial limitations can undermine gameplay, and mature enough to accept proxies, even if they don't particularly care for them. As a proponent of proxy use myself however, I try to always use color-printed ones. My gameplay experience suffers from boring black-and-white cut-outs, or the infinitely worse illegible-scrawl-on-basic-land style proxies.Posted in: Jaxck Blog
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Sep 20, 2012BetweenWalls posted a message on Magic psychological profiles, and me.I've included some links in my house-ruling thread; here's the relevant info:Posted in: 1-800-cyanide line
Psychographic Profiles (Timmy, Johnny, Spike & Others)
Similarly to the idea of 'casual' gaming, many players are unaware of the specific types of motivation they and others have, or how that can help them. There are many explanations for how our brains work with regards to motivation, and that's because our brains are incredibly complicated. These 'psychographic' profiles, or archetypes, provide a visualization of the psychology behind the player.
Timmy enjoys the act of playing. (power, social, diversity, adrenaline)
Johnny wants to express something. (combo player, offbeat designer, deck artist, uber)
Spike wants to prove something. (tuner, innovator, analyst, nuts & bolts)
Bartle is another potential psycho-graphic profile that intersects the others (manipulator, achiever, explorer, socializer)
Vorthos judges cards on how they make him feel. (intuition)
Melvin judges cards on how they make him think. (sensing)
Timmy, Power Gamer is a really unfair stereotype of timmies. The links go into more detail, but it sounds like you could primarily be classified as a 'social gamer'. Unless you don't play the game for any of those 3 major reasons, (why do you play?) you'll probably fit in somewhere.
Vorthos & Melvin aren't actually psychographic profiles in the sense that the others are. They're based on what one cares about, not why they play.
I've been wanting to update this section of the thread, so I'm no reading about Bartle Types & Keirsay Temperaments, as well as MBTI classifications. It seems to me that in addition to the three primary player archetypes, (timmy, johnny, & spike) one more archetype is missing... and it'd be a mixture of johnny & either of the other 2. Still reading; this stuff is quite interesting. -
Sep 16, 2012BetweenWalls posted a message on [Pauper][EDH] Colorless Insanity with Plague MyrPauper EDH rules disallow rares of any kind. In place of the regular requirement for a legendary commander, any non-rare creature is allowed. Finally, the other 99 cards must be common. All other rules are the same.Posted in: Magic Between Walls (Cube, EDH, Type 4, Pauper)
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Sep 5, 2012BetweenWalls posted a message on [152][Type 4][Budget] ╠ Stacked Between Walls ╣ Feedback WelcomeWow, that really is a stack! How do you keep yourselves from knocking it over?Posted in: Magic Between Walls (Cube, EDH, Type 4, Pauper)
Thanks for the list! Here's some info I gathered after scanning it.
Your list contains 2 Graceful Reprieve, 1 being in the blue section.
- Transcendant Master (Transcendent Master)
- Sakashima the Imposter (Sakashima the Impostor)
- Mikaeus the Unhallowed (Mikaeus, the Unhallowed)
- Sheltering Wind (Splintering Wind?)
- Tracker's Instinct (Tracker's Instincts)
- Crown of Ages (Crown of the Ages
- Miser's Cage (Misers' Cage)
- Platinum Empirion (Platinum Emperion)
- Forbidden Watchtower (Forbidding Watchtower)
- Slayer's Stronghold (Slayers' Stronghold)
- Aether Mutation
- Aeon Chronicler (maybe?)
- Agonizing Demise
- Altar of Shadows
- Angel of Salvation
- Angelic Arbiter
- Arbiter of Knollridge
- Argentum Armor
- Autochthon Wurm
- Backlash
- Bane of the Living
- Bant Charm
- Bituminous Blast
- Bloodfire Colossus
- Bosh, Iron Golem
- Call to the Grave
- Chancellor of the Dross
- Chromeshell Crab
- Conquering Manticore
- Counterlash
- Crib Swap
- Crime // Punishment
- Crosis's Charm
- Death by Dragons
- Death Mutation
- Desolation Giant
- Double Negative
- Dread Return
- Dromar's Charm
- Enlisted Wurm
- Esper Charm
- Faerie Trickery
- Feudkiller's Verdict
- Flowstone Slide
- Gravedigger
- Hateflayer
- Hindering Light
- Honden of Seeing Winds
- Hour of Reckoning
- Hoverguard Sweepers
- Jund Charm
- Killer Instinct
- Krosan Cloudscraper
- Leyline of Anticipation
- Lost in the Mist
- Lunar Mystic
- Lurking Predators
- Minion Reflector
- Mold Shambler
- Moonsilver Spear
- Mystifying Maze
- Naya Charm
- Orim's Thunder
- Parallectric Feedback
- Phyrexian Ingester
- Planar Cleansing
- Plated Slagwurm
- Prophetic Bolt
- Punish Ignorance
- Quicksilver Gargantuan
- Redirect
- Relic Crush
- Return to Dust
- Reverberate
- Rise from the Grave
- Rith's Charm
- Rush of Knowledge
- Savage Twister
- Soul Manipulation
- Soulscour
- Spell Crumple
- Sphinx of Lost Truths
- Spin into Myth
- Spinal Embrace
- Sudden Death
- Swift Silence
- Syphon Mind
- Tower of Calamities
- Treva's Charm
- Tyrant of Discord
- Unmake
- Vanishment
- Vengeful Rebirth
- Violent Ultimatum
- Voidmage Apprentice
- Voidmage Husher
- Voidmage Prodigy
- Volition Reins
- Wickerbough Elder
- Wild Ricochet
That leaves over 1600 cards that I either don't have or haven't considered. (I just copied all of the cards, ignoring whether you're using them currently or not) With these posts having a limit of 10,000 characters, I can't even come close to putting them here! It's going to take some time to look through them...- Annihilate
- Arashi, the Sky Asunder
- Archaeomancer
- Befoul
- Belfry Spirit
- Binding Grasp
- Blood Feud
- Boros Fury-Shield
- Brittle Effigy
- Cackling Counterpart
- Captain's Maneuver
- Cauldron Dance
- Cessation
- Chastise
- Cruel Revival
- Defender of Chaos
- Discombobulate
- Dismiss
- Divine Offering
- Dominate
- Dream Fracture
- Dregs of Sorrow
- Etched Oracle
- False Prophet
- Fervent Denial
- Flash Conscription
- Gallantry
- Gaze of Adamaro
- Heroes Remembered
- Hunting Pack
- Jiwari, the Earth Aflame
- Kalonian Behemoth
- Krosan Colossus
- Last Word
- Mage Slayer
- Metathran Aerostat
- Miraculous Recovery
- Molder
- Myojin of Seeing Winds
- Mystic Melting
- Necrotic Ooze
- Opportunity
- Overwhelming Intellect
- Pelakka Wurm
- Plague Boiler
- Prahv, Spires of Order
- Putrefy
- Quicksilver Dragon
- Rain of Thorns
- Ray of Distortion
- Refresh
- Reiterate
- Restrain
- Root Elemental
- Saltblast
- Searing Wind
- Shapesharer
- Shining Shoal
- Shivan Meteor
- Sickening Shoal
- Sorin's Vengeance
- Soul Foundry
- Spiritualize
- Stormscape Battlemage
- Suffocating Blast
- Summoning Trap
- Sunscour
- Symbiotic Wurm
- Syphon Flesh
- Take Possession
- Thalakos Seer
- Thicket Elemental
- Tidal Kraken
- Torrent of Souls
- Treacherous Urge
- Unburial Rites
- Urza's Factory
- Wall of Blossoms
- Winding Wurm
- Word of Seizing
- Yavimaya's Embrace
- Yore-Tiller Nephilim
We play without sleeves, so I've been avoiding the more expensive cards. I am considering making some proxies if I ever get access to a decent printer, but that ink is expensive anyway! - Transcendant Master (Transcendent Master)
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Aug 30, 2012BetweenWalls posted a message on Raul, Zendikar TerramancerRaul's second ability seems like it should put the lands into your hand instead of into play. I can't imagine when I'd use his ultimate otherwise, as the first two are enough to consistently empty my hand of lands. I imagine he'd also be much better at a lower cost (and perhaps lower starting loyalty & lower + ability) because he'd be able to ramp you much earlier. What are you ramping into with a 6 mana Explore?Posted in: Raikou Rider Blog
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Aug 12, 2012BetweenWalls posted a message on EDH, Degeneracy, & A New Ban List for Austere Play@ BitsyPosted in: Magic Between Walls (Cube, EDH, Type 4, Pauper)
The list wasn't intended to specifically be for 1v1 or multiplayer, much like the current 'official list'. I'm not sure that 1v1 has much with regards to politics, but, as EDH seems to be designed more so for social & multiplayer games, that's likely what this list is skewed toward. The watch list isn't something that necessarily need be on any player's radar, but is rather just there for myself and others interested in creating a ban list or house rule.
Your Rofellos example is an excellent one; As the game is now, many cards that could be too powerful in 1v1 have less of a chance of dominating a game in multiplayer due to the multiple players being able to 'gang-up' on the stronger player. This doesn't reduce the degeneracy of these powerful cards; It merely provides a safety net for them. This is not a good reason to have them banned in one game type but not the other. Barring circumstances especial to the number of players, if a card is overpowered in 1v1, it really shouldn't be played in multiplayer either, unless the goal is to provide the highest level of power possible without ruining the game.
Bribery is on the list above, under the tutoring section. You're absolutely correct about them varying based on your opponents' decks, but they do both still tutor a group of cards that your deck wouldn't otherwise even have access to. Creatures seemed like a more powerful target in general for 5 mana, which is why included one but not the other. I have a similar mindset regarding Blatant Thievery. It's one card that would have a variable effect based on the number of players, (so possibly banned in multiplayer but not in 1v1) but can often be very strong if the meta-game allows it. I'd definitely consider Insurrection before it though.
@Psycho5150
You might ask the same about the current list. Does your playgroup use that? By all means, continue with what you're doing if that's working for your playgroup. I've had fun in EDH without a banned list, with the official list, with house rules, without a few cards that some simply didn't want to play with at the time, and even without rares, or cards from the 'Top 50 list'. In this list, I'm attempting to create something that more closely resembles what EDH was originally about while keeping the number of banned cards to a minimum. -
May 6, 2012BetweenWalls posted a message on You know...Thanks for the intro, stranger. Glad you've found what you have.Posted in: Zephynoir Blog
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Commons > $3
- Darkness
- Simian Spirit Guide
- Gitaxian Probe
- Manamorphose
- Chromatic Star
- Ancient Stirrings
- Utopia Sprawl
- Lava Spike
Uncommons > $7Rares > $35
- Tarmogoyf
- Liliana of the Veil
- Horizon Canopy
- Crucible of Worlds
- Damnation
- Grove of the Burnwillows
- Cavern of Souls
- Snapcaster Mage
- Engineered Explosives
- Linvala, Keeper of Silence
- Ancestral Vision
- Through the Breach
- Karn Liberated
- Doubling Season
- Dark Confidant
- Sword of Fire and Ice
- Arcbound Ravager
- Blood Moon
- Ensnaring Bridge
- Mox Opal
- Scapeshift
- Chalice of the Void
- Sliver Legion
- Goblin Guide
- Glimpse the Unthinkable
- Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Lands from 'fixing cycles'T1 Seat of the Synod, Inventor's Goggles
T2 Tree of Tales, Carapace Forger
Enjoy your (5/6) Tarmogoyf.
Highroller, I'm not sure what you mean by someone who simultaneously lacks belief and disbelief (for deities). Can you explain how such a thing is possible? I think perhaps you're trying to describe agnosticism? Agnosticism is related to atheism (or theism) in that it concerns deities, but it's not a label that addresses the same question - it addresses knowledge of deities, rather than belief of deities. It's better to think of these terms on separate axis, as in the attached image. The lower left chart maps 2 axes concerning deities: belief and knowledge. As Lithl mentions, it is indeed quite possible to be an agnostic atheist, for example.
Also in the image is another axis that relates deities, but refers to conviction in one's belief - see the upper right chart. A 'strong atheist' might say "There are no gods", whereas a 'weak atheist' might prefer instead to say "I lack belief in any gods".
Not42, you may find the 3rd chart (lower right) interesting. You say you are open to the idea of God or gods, but still identify as atheist; you might consider yourself implicitly atheist (while also being agnostic).
This set seems like it's 10 times better than most with reprints, but even if every set was like it, it would still take YEARS to make enough sets to address most of those cards. It often takes only a few years for cards to double or triple in price, so this kind of thing is a step in the right direction.
new commons (unavailable online)
The optimist in me notices that only 3 cards were downshifted in Conspiracy 1, with 2 of them subsequently added to MTGO as commons. Perhaps someone at Wizards is interested in minimizing the paper/online Pauper divide and flagged those cards to be reprinted, and also made the case for further downshifts to be left out of paper-only sets. That'd give some hope for paper Pauper being supported eventually, but I think it's more likely that the divide isn't a concern and a simgple case of no downshifts being needed to meet the set's design goals. Designers probably consider reprints exclusively at their previous rarities unless there's an agenda for downshifting cards.
as of 221/221 cards spoiled:
- Coveted Peacock
- Grenzo's Ruffians
- Fang of the Pack
- Palace Jailer
- Selvala's Stampede
- Custodi Soulcaller
- Marchesa's Decree
- Throne of the High City
- Sinuous Vermin
- Menagerie Liberator
- Deadly Designs
- Orchard Elemental
- Garrulous Sycophant
- Skittering Crustacean
- Messenger Jays
- Goblin Racketeer
- Canal Courier
- Borderland Explorer
- Spectral Grasp
- Spitting Slime
- Palace Sentinels
- Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
- Stunt Double
- Regal Behemoth
- Subterranean Tremors
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
- Skyline Despot
- Entourage of Trest
- Sanctum Prelate
- Leovold, Emissary of Trest
- Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
- Keeper of Keys
- Spy Kit
- Expropriate
- Recruiter of the Guard
- Wings of the Guard
- Adriana, Captain of the Guard
- Throne Warden
- Custodi Lich
- Protector of the Throne
- Ballot Broker
- Thorn of the Black Rose
- Domesticated Hydra
- Capital Punishment
- Besmirch
- Crown-Hunter Hireling
- Deputized Protester
- Jeering Homunculus
- Illusion of Choice
- Lieutenants of the Guard
- Knights of the Black Rose
- Queen Marchesa
- Kaya, Ghost Assassin
Draft-Matters- Noble Banneret
- Volatile Chimera
- Garbage Fire
- Pyretic Hunter
- Smuggler Captain
- Leovold's Operative
- Regicide
- Caller of the Untamed
- Spire Phantasm
- Illusionary Informant
- Custodi Peacekeeper
- Archdemon of Paliano
- Arcane Savant
- Paliano Vanguard
ConspiraciesGhostly Flicker + 2 Nightscape Familiar + Archaeomancer + Morselhoarder = infinite mana of any color, can infinitely recur any instant/sorcery from graveyard, and infinitely reuse any enters-the-battlefield effect of a creature, artifact, or land
The Familiar can also be substituted with Sunscape Familiar or Goblin Electromancer. Archaeomancer can be substituted for Mnemonic Wall, Anarchist, or Izzet Chronarch. The following combos accomplish the same thing:
Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer + Prophetic Prism + Ashnod's Altar + Emrakul's Hatcher = infinite mana of any color, draw infinite cards
Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer + Prophetic Prism + Goblin Electromancer + Emrakul's Hatcher = draw infinite cards
Replace Prism with Crumbling Vestige or Holdout Settlement to generate infinite mana
Ghostly Flicker + Mnemonic Wall + Axebane Guardian + Sunscape Familiar + any defender + Strider Harness = ...
Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer + Elvish Aberration + Dragon Breath + Sunscape Familiar + Orochi Leafcaller = ...
Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer + Priest of Titania + 4 Elves + Orochi Leafcaller/Nomadic Elf + Strider Harness = ...
Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer + Dross Scorpion + Maul Splicer + Ashnod's Altar + Springleaf Drum/Manalith = ...
Basically, anything that can generate 2-4 mana lets it go infinite. With Ashnod's Altar, anything that makes 1-2 tokens upon ETB can also be used to go infinite.
And now for Peregrine Drake without Ghostly Flicker...
Peregrine Drake + Cavern Harpy + 3 bouncelands/familiars/Warden of Evos Isle + Basilica Screecher = opponent loses infinite life, can pay 1 life to generate 1 mana of any color
Can't think of any more for this one right now.