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  • posted a message on [BIG] Territory Forge — Corey Baumeister preview
    You exile the planeswalker. Your artifact now has Loyalty Abilities without being a planeswalker. It can't be attacked, you need to be able to activate - abilities (meaning you'll need to do a bunch of + abilities before to use those), and it does't go to the graveyard if it doesn't have loyalty counters.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [PIP] The Master, Harold and Bob, and more — GameSpot previews
    No it won't : by the time you reach the second stage of the saga, everyone will have an upkeep, meaning everyone will likely lose rad counters.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [PIP] "MacCready, Little Lamplight Mayor" — GCores preview
    Quote from Spaz350 »
    Seems really strange to me that its first ability is functionally the same as Delney, Streetwise Lookout's first ability, but is keyworded here.


    Same, but different : if your 2- power creature gets a bonus after they started attacking, they still have Skulk, while Delney's ability no longer applies.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [MKM] [CLU] The First Look at Murders at Karlov Manor — Weekly MTG previews
    Am I the only one seeing that Meddling Youths is obviously the Scooby Gang ?

    Young teenagers unmasking bad guys, often seen with a surprisingly intelligent hound? Really? XD
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [CMM] Urza, Lord High Artificer & Shelter — The Vorthos Cast previews
    Alayna Danner makes fantastic arts when it comes to lands. But seriously, WotC needs to stop giving her people to depict. The faces of her angels are wrong in so many way. It was already the case in her secret lair.

    Why does that angel have such a square face? Also, the flavor text speaks of a smile...
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [CMM] Announcing Commander Masters — Weekly MTG previews
    What mighty annoys me is that this product seems to be much lazier than Commander Legends was (no original cards, but good mythic reprints). Except it's more than twice the price of Commander Legends.

    I think they might be targeting the wrong audience this time : most Commander Players at my LGS were already reluctant to pay for a Commander Legends draft or any product related to it because it was too expensive. I might be extrapolating a bit, but if most players are like this, it's very unlikely this set will do well with its supposedly prime target.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [UNF] Mothership 9/22 — The Most Dangerous Gamer
    Its actually nasty and playable ...

    God save us all ...


    Aren't all attractions with prizes so far with an acorn stamp, though?
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [DMU] Argivian Cavalier — Hipsters of the Coast preview
    Given the wording, enlist is a replacement effect, not a trigger. It doesn't go on the stack. Isshin won't care about enlist. Though it does generates a trigger afterwards (for the boost).
    But it won't be due to your creature attacking but rather to that replacement effect.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [40K] [2X2] Warhammer 40k and Double Masters 2022 Prebeat — Weekly MTG previews
    Quote from Ghurhgs »
    That'd be weird. Every planeswalker from Throne onwards, except the planeswalker deck ones, have a borderless variant.


    During the stream, they confirmed the set would have more than two planeswalkers, but only Liliana and Wrenn/Six would get the special treatment.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [KHM] "Glittering Frost"— Weibo preview
    Technically, it might increase your snow count by 2 : the enchant is Snow and the enchanted land becomes snow as well.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Cheating
    Quote from Wslmom »
    Hi, my son plays at a local shop and was recently suspended because a couple of people thought he was cheating. Nobody had hard evidence (or he would have been banned for life).


    I'll stop right there with a few questions to figure out exactly what happened : suspended regarding Magic the Gathering has a peculiar meaning. Suspension occurs after being disqualified at an event, followed by a report sent to a comitee in charge of reviewing the issue. It's only afterward that a suspension can be issued, so it isn't something that can be decided at a store level. Also : a life ban for cheating once is very unlikely.

    So the main question here would be : is he actually suspended officially? Or do you mean by suspended that the store decided to prevent him from playing for a while there? If it's a shop decision, the only thing is to check with them for more information. If it went through the process described above, it'd mean that the Tournament Organizer or the Judge that day disqualified him, and sent a report. Normally, those reports should include a testimony from the player disqualified (at least if he accepts to write one).

    An important thing to note : proof isn't required for a disqualification for cheating. Magic is not using the "Innocent until proven guilty" logic. As long as the person in charge of the investigation (then again, should be a judge, or the Tournament Organizer) is convinced that the player did all three of the following, then he may disqualify that person for cheating :

    - did something that isn't allowed by the rules;
    - knew that what they did isn't allowed by the rules;
    - did so in order to gain an advantage.

    Cheating can take so many forms in Magic it really depends from one case to another (card manipulation, draw cards without being supposed to...).
    Posted in: Pioneer
  • posted a message on [CMR] Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith and Wheel of Misfortune— Lotus Game Bar previews
    Not very good at Japanese, but from what I manage to decipher : it's not the rock but the creature inflicting the damage (I can read "This creature") and the target can be creature, planeswalker or player (I thought that would have been "Any target" following the new templating butl maybe Japan didn't follow on that?)

    Edit : just checked with a M21 shock. They don't use the any target and still use the old "Creature, planeswalker or player". So those rocks are actually Shocks.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [2XM] Council's Judgment and Crop Rotation— Best Marmotte previews
    Quote from Ryperior74 »
    nope It’s not gonna hold this it’s second printing of this so another sacristy problem was the reason for a $10 price tag and yes even when it sees a little play in legacy which is why it rose in the first place


    I think you mean "scarcity" Smile

    Other than that I agree : card is valuable because it was printed only once in an exotic set. Its price is due to partly legacy (though they don't use a full playset) but also mainly commander players I think.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [2XM] Austere Command— Magic WeChat preview
    The card was a bad pull in Iconic Masters. Sure, prices inflated since then (US market seems incredibly inflated, that card is worth 3~6€ here). Still means this one will be a bad pull from a Double Masters booster (as it's double the price).
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
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