Ok, I read everything and have something to say.
First of all, baseless speculation is baseless speculation. It's not Ok when people start threads like [RTR] Vindicate in RTR. We don't have any information, any evedence that this card will be in, however people start chattering. If we don't have any information, how can we come to conclusion if Vindicate will be in or will not be? In best case, people will discuss this card, in the worst they will start talking about the possibility of Black Vise being unbanned in Legacy - I mean talking about things which are totally unrelated to the subject of the discussion. Such threads should be closed.
2) Any prodactive speculation always remains open. Example: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=109909
So, anything is Ok, I don't think we should complain.
I tried to build a deck around Maralen of the Mornsong + Mindlock Orb combo, but it never proved to be efficient. I cast Phyrexian arena to replenish my hand and Index to find combo pieces, had some creatures for defense, but still.. It was unplayable.
it could be a real card that someone saw and remocked up before it was spoiled.
This might happened and I know example http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=2562 The card which proved to be real was called fake only because it was mocked up. On topic: I find it strange that the giuld symbol is colorless (grey) while the guild symbol of Golgari leader from new Duel deck is colored (green and black). How does it sound to you?
My favorite is Sengir Vampire's flavor text: Empires rise and fall but evil is eternal.
Also, Synapse Sliver has great flavor text.
In my opinion some goblins have amazing flavor text: Goblin assassin, Goblin Furrier, Goblin Spelunkers (all editions, specially 7th and Urza's Saga: Goblins prefer caves to just about anything else. Caves prefer just about anything else to goblins. Or"It only short jump. You go first."
"AIIIEEEE!"
"Hmm . . . we go different way now."
Some other cards also have great flavor text - can't remember the names, only Orcish Artillery: "So they want to kill my men? Well two can play at that game."
—General Khurzog
Great flavor!
An user gets suspended for one week because the staff wrote the rules in poor English?
Where is your dignity?
Where is your respect for the userbase these rules are supposed to cater to?
EDIT: aaand off to bed after yet a very good laugh from my favorite staff in years
I’m sorry, (N_S), but I can’t agree with you here. When I worked at an enterprise I usually met guests and representatives from foreign delegations with the following words: “It’s a pleasure to finally meet you here. On behalf of [the last name of my boss] may I welcome you here, [name of organization, where I worked]. This means “My boss would welcome you but he’s busy, so I do it as his representative”. I used to act on behalf of my boss.
What I’m going to say is that rules are clear written and it’s easy to understand them. But I don’t say that your suspension was necessary and it was a right thing. I did not delve too much in your suspension to draw a conclusion from it so I won’t be jumping to conclusions. In all honest, I’m not sure in everything, in every thing that happened there for the last two months. Rules are clear; it all depends on how they are seen by members and moderators. Let me quote urzassedatives, who said
This. This. One more time this. Sure, urzassedatives said it about M13, but it does not matter here. What is ok for some people is unacceptable for others; people see the world in their own sight, what makes them unique. That’s why some people say in Gutter-thread that N-word is offensive, while others don’t think so. It’s all about our perception. To eliminate the disputes we need to fill this forum with single-minded persons with unified will (all will be one, yeah?). But we all understand that this is not a solution, don’t we? So’ let’s work it out and find the common solution.
Well, I was going to say that I hoped Bloodthirst would be returning, but if Wizards won't be re-using any of the keywords, I hope there's at least a similar mechanic, I definitely want Red to get a boosting tactic like that.
Based on that I think it's safe to say that we probably won't be seeing the Signets in the block. As a similar but less splashable option, though, I wouldn't mind seeing artifact versions of the Shadowmoor/Eventide hybrid lands (assuming, of course, that we see hybrid again in RTR).
Maybe I am missing something but someone said that today, at Comic-Con Magic Panel it was stated that none of old keywords will be reused and all guilds will get new keywords/mechanics.
I can think of Golgari keyword. Both black and green care about graveyard, use it as resource, and can retrieve cards from graveyard - Life from the Loam, Disentomb, Regrowth, Reclaim, Gravedigger. I remember that someone designed very interesting keyword in Custom Crd Creation. It was called Renewal or something like that. It said Renewal - [cost] - return this card from your graveyard to your hand. If renewal cost is very high Renewal is almost the same as Bayback was in the past. I can see Disentomb with Renewal cost 5BB or 4BB - technicaly it's the same as Bayback.
A cycle of common myrs, producing mana was printed in Mirrodin and then was reprinted in Scards of Mirrodin. Someone from R&D team explained the decision: they wanted to show that despite some changes that took place in Mirrodin, it still had some constants and mana-myrs were one of them. Now that we know that the names of Guilds are the same and their colors also are the same, is it safe to assume that the cycle of signets from Ravnica block will be reprinted in Return to Ravnica block?
After what I saw, I chose Golgari. Not because black was and green is my favorite color, not because B/G can deal with any kind of permanent (artifacts, enchantments, creatures, lands and PWs), and not because Golgari will get tribal support from Innistrad (half of Golgarians are zombies), but because of their flavor. I guess everyone chooses his or her favorite guild by its flavor, regardless of its playability.
This has been said, but I want to say it again: if they reprint the old version, Niv will be broken in Standard at least for one year, until Curiosity will rotate out. Niv-Mizzet + Curiosity = end the game on the sixth turn (provided that Izzet Signet will be reprinted too).
First of all, baseless speculation is baseless speculation. It's not Ok when people start threads like [RTR] Vindicate in RTR. We don't have any information, any evedence that this card will be in, however people start chattering. If we don't have any information, how can we come to conclusion if Vindicate will be in or will not be? In best case, people will discuss this card, in the worst they will start talking about the possibility of Black Vise being unbanned in Legacy - I mean talking about things which are totally unrelated to the subject of the discussion. Such threads should be closed.
2) Any prodactive speculation always remains open. Example: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=109909
So, anything is Ok, I don't think we should complain.
This might happened and I know example http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=2562 The card which proved to be real was called fake only because it was mocked up. On topic: I find it strange that the giuld symbol is colorless (grey) while the guild symbol of Golgari leader from new Duel deck is colored (green and black). How does it sound to you?
Also, Synapse Sliver has great flavor text.
In my opinion some goblins have amazing flavor text: Goblin assassin, Goblin Furrier, Goblin Spelunkers (all editions, specially 7th and Urza's Saga:
Goblins prefer caves to just about anything else. Caves prefer just about anything else to goblins.
Or"It only short jump. You go first."
"AIIIEEEE!"
"Hmm . . . we go different way now."
Some other cards also have great flavor text - can't remember the names, only Orcish Artillery:
"So they want to kill my men? Well two can play at that game."
—General Khurzog
Great flavor!
Sounds like a valid point.
I’m sorry, (N_S), but I can’t agree with you here. When I worked at an enterprise I usually met guests and representatives from foreign delegations with the following words: “It’s a pleasure to finally meet you here. On behalf of [the last name of my boss] may I welcome you here, [name of organization, where I worked]. This means “My boss would welcome you but he’s busy, so I do it as his representative”. I used to act on behalf of my boss.
What I’m going to say is that rules are clear written and it’s easy to understand them. But I don’t say that your suspension was necessary and it was a right thing. I did not delve too much in your suspension to draw a conclusion from it so I won’t be jumping to conclusions. In all honest, I’m not sure in everything, in every thing that happened there for the last two months. Rules are clear; it all depends on how they are seen by members and moderators. Let me quote urzassedatives, who said
This. This. One more time this. Sure, urzassedatives said it about M13, but it does not matter here. What is ok for some people is unacceptable for others; people see the world in their own sight, what makes them unique. That’s why some people say in Gutter-thread that N-word is offensive, while others don’t think so. It’s all about our perception. To eliminate the disputes we need to fill this forum with single-minded persons with unified will (all will be one, yeah?). But we all understand that this is not a solution, don’t we? So’ let’s work it out and find the common solution.
Frenzy from Future sight? See Frenzy Sliver.
It's a pity.
I used the search function and didn't find anything.
I can think of Golgari keyword. Both black and green care about graveyard, use it as resource, and can retrieve cards from graveyard - Life from the Loam, Disentomb, Regrowth, Reclaim, Gravedigger. I remember that someone designed very interesting keyword in Custom Crd Creation. It was called Renewal or something like that. It said Renewal - [cost] - return this card from your graveyard to your hand. If renewal cost is very high Renewal is almost the same as Bayback was in the past. I can see Disentomb with Renewal cost 5BB or 4BB - technicaly it's the same as Bayback.
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! /end the joke.
From here