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  • posted a message on [ISD] DailyMTG Previews 9/12: Cellar Door, Brimstone Volley
    Well, if Flame Javelin was playable, I'm sure Brimstone Volley will be played in MR. It's not as though the card does nothing without a creature dying.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [SCD] Guul Draz Assassin
    Any decent player will abuse the fact that it dies quite easily. They'll wait for you to sink as much mana into as you are willing to, and then point a one/two mana kill spell and you'll be further behind on tempo. And on its own, it's just a 1/1.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on Pax East MTG Panel Thread (Nin, the Pain Artist and Archangel of Strife previews)
    I love how this card lets you either draw an absurd amount of cards, or mill your opponent to death when you have infinite mana.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Announcing: The Planes of Urankar! RENDERS HOTLINKED TO PB!
    Wow... I, for a moment, thought these were real.
    Posted in: Custom Set Creation and Discussion
  • posted a message on Has Current Modern Age Technology Gone Too Far?
    Quote from bocephus
    I am not asking for transition payments or temporary subsidies. The fact is people are being replaced by machines everyday with no jobs or future work for those being displaced. That cant be economicly sound no matter how you cut it. The classes use to be, rich, middle class poor, now the classes are rich, poor and homeless. We dont need new technology, we need more jobs.

    There use to be a time when kids were embarassed if your parents were school bus drivers or janitors, now they are embarassed if the parents are out of work.


    Jobs are overrated. You just need food, water, and shelter. If you don't have to work for it when robots start farming and delivering food to houses that robots have built, then there really is no need for an income. Of course, I'm not saying you shouldn't hold a job since some jobs a very meaningful and provide a sense of purpose. However, if you didn't need to work as a janitor you could dedicate your time to other things.

    Quote from bocephus
    The reason the 3rd world countries standard of living is increasing is because the american capitalist has tapped into a new labor pool and left the old one behind. While here in America we have people inventing ways to eliminate workers from any given field. I understand this has been going on from the turn of the last century when the industrial boom happened. Something I learned a few years ago about unemployment rates, they only count those who are recieving benefits. Those who have run out of benefit are no longer counted. So the 3% number you mentioned is probably closer to 5% or higher with all the homeless people in america the American public seems to ignore, A number that is increasing.
    Defend whats going on in America all you want, there are more people unemployed ever in the history of the country numbers wise and the number of the poverty class has grown by leaps and bounds the past 5-10 years. Why? no work. Like I stated in another thread, we have 40+ something well educated people fighting with high schoolers for minimum wage jobs. It wasnt that way 30 years ago.


    There are people who hold degrees that a) have poor social skills and b) don't think for themselves. If you work hard enough and are smart about it, you'll find that you're highly unlikely to be in such a situation.
    Posted in: Debate
  • posted a message on [MBS] Gatheringmagic preview - Phyrexian Rebirth
    Quote from Crimson
    Wtf, that card needed to be black. I'm crying...


    The fact that it's white makes it that much more flavorful.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Momir Basic Event Deck
    lol... daily event for momir basic would be really silly if you ask me. nothing like dropping a t4 dust elemental to ruin your day.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [GP:Florence] Saito DQed without prize.
    Just because he cheats doesn't mean he doesn't have good ideas. Just take away the good from his articles and don't cheat yourself.
    Posted in: News
  • posted a message on The U/B Control deck that I have been winning with
    Needs 1 more JTMS i think.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on Mirrodin Besieged Event information
    i think this is a terrible idea. i'll probably be skipping the prerelease because of this. why would i want to play matches against people opening only certain cards, if the power level is more skewed towards one faction wouldn't everyone just decide to pick those type of packs? seems a bit unbalanced to me.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on WOTC cannot give cash at GP Bochum
    Quote from shadowboy
    OMG.
    GP AMSTERDAM.
    FIRST PRIZE.
    3500 worth of weed.
    Whatever strains you choose.
    Edibles, lollypops, actual plants, whatever form you want it in XD
    Best prize ever.

    In all seriousness, I don't see why this is making some people angry.
    Its not WOTCs fault, simple as that. Be POed at other recent bad decisions, but not this one.


    That's a lot of weed. Like... a poop ton of weed. It'd probably last you at least a couple of decades.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on September 2010 YMTC - Displace
    1UW without the cantrip would make this card perfect. If it had cantripping it would have to be 2UW/1UWW/1UUW and a rare.
    Posted in: Card of the Month
  • posted a message on Liquimetal coating, the most enabling card.
    I feel like this is similar to Recruiter/Servant in Legacy/Vintage. The problem is that you can't tutor for Liquimetal Coating without gaining some sort of value, if you could I'm sure this deck would be much better.

    The best place for it I figure is in a metal craft deck where the deck doesn't revolve completely around the coating but the coating helps enable certain tricky plays etc.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on Predictions for the new format
    Liquimetal Control? All your shatters are vindicates, I could see a possible UR build being made.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on For the sake of our wallets, every spoiled card is crap.
    They want to start off with a high price and gauge what the card is actually worth. For the people who do pay for it at $75 then Profit!. When the price lowers, they know they'll be selling it at a reasonable market value that people agree to.
    Posted in: Market Street Café
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