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    Sep 15, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on Do you think that Braids could be unbanned in some future?
    I second Erebos. Fantastic general. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed is also good.
    Posted in: Commander (EDH)
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    Jul 21, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on Combo in EDH
    I fail to see how a 40-life, multiplayer format caters to red-zone strategies.
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    Jul 2, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on [[M15]] Mothership 7/3/14: Doom and Trees
    Doom Engine for poverty Wurmcoil?
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
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    Feb 17, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on So tired of unbalanced tables and fast mana
    It's not the format's fault that you don't want to play answers.
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    Feb 5, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on Thoughts on Casual Play
    See, I like EDH as a format because it gives people a way to play outside of tournaments with their old, unusable cards in a structured manner. The problem with 60-card casual, in my opinion, is that there are no guidelines. To some, 60-card casual means playing with 4 of their Black Lotus, and to others, it means playing with their random "non-tournament" chaff. I like EDH because it gives you this structure lacking in other casual formats. It tells you exactly what is legal and what isn't.

    However, this breaks down when people start say card X isn't fun and that it isn't allowed, or card Y is too good, or infinite combos are dumb. It turns it back into 60-card casual. Hence, this is what I have this philosophy listed in my signature:
    • Make use of what's in the format
    • Play good strategies
    • Don't complain, adapt

    That is the formula to have a good metagame. For example, if people are starting to abuse their graveyards too much in your local metagame, then you should exploit that weakness in the meta and start packing cards like Rest in Peace. Then they have to adapt their decks to be able to win without relying entirely on their graveyard, and on the meta goes. It's all a fluid, constantly changing metagame.

    There is no difference, in my mind, between playing "casual" EDH and "competitive" EDH. There is just EDH. EDH is a broken format that is held in check through social regulations ("Steve always combos out turn 5, lay the hate on him.") and metagame adaptation ("Steve is always comboing out early... maybe I should pack some combo hate.")
    Posted in: Commander (EDH)
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    Jan 19, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on [[SCD]] [HELP] How to Best Build Marath, Will of the Wild?
    Hm... don't overlook some key Bow tech: attack with Sharpshooter (which grants it deathtouch), kill a creature somehow, Sharpshooter the world! Wink

    (I just like Sharpshooter, okay? :P)
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    Jan 19, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on [[SCD]] [HELP] How to Best Build Marath, Will of the Wild?
    Quote from Xenagos
    What would be some recommended Sunforger targets?



    All those come to mind. What else?



    Various Fork effects

    Those are all options I've run in the past in your colours, and I'm sure Unexpectedly Absent wouldn't be horrible as a temporary answer to something (especially considering you'd probably run it just for the card itself; being Sunforgerable is just gravy)
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    Jan 19, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on [[SCD]] [HELP] How to Best Build Marath, Will of the Wild?
    With those deathtouch effects, you might want to try out Goblin Sharpshooter. That engine is a lot better than I had initially anticipated.
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    Jan 19, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on [[SCD]] [HELP] How to Best Build Marath, Will of the Wild?
    I would build him as a goodstuff general. He can come it whenever and solve a good amount of problems for you. He's just value.

    I would, of course, run some number of combos that abuse him as well (if there are any).
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    Jan 14, 2014
    bone_doc posted a message on Your Dream General
    As I said in this thread, I really want a legendary archer with different kinds of arrows. Would be so much fun.

    Credits to movexig for this design:

    Robin of the Veil 2WW
    Legendary Creature — Human Archer (MR)
    Vigilance
    G, :symtap:: Robin of the Veil deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
    W, :symtap:: Robin deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.
    U, :symtap:: Tap target creature. It doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
    3/2

    That and the obvious Torpor Orb and Goblin Welder generals. Grin
    Posted in: Commander (EDH)
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