slander lol
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May 30, 20192
GloriousGoose posted a message on Where to go, after MtGSalvation?Moderation is fine. Everyone I've personally experienced on other platforms whining about the moderation here has been a toxic *****stain. Everyone.Posted in: Commander (EDH)
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May 30, 2019
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Sharpened posted a message on What is the point of singleton?People do all sorts of things to limit themselves and then still try their best in a given situation.Posted in: Commander (EDH)
Obviously, you can't run a 3 legged race (even with the worlds fastest man as your partner) as fast as you'd run a regular one. But when you do run that race, you still try to run as fast as you can.
Singleton is obviously a limitation. Some people embrace the chaos. Some people do not. Some people take joy in building the most consistent, streamlined deck possible despite the limitation. Some people like decks that play differently every game. Some people search to find a balance. -
May 28, 2019
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cryogen posted a message on Where to go, after MtGSalvation?I'm not a fan of the Reddit style of forums either, so rest assured we won't adopt that platform.Posted in: Commander (EDH) -
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Airithne posted a message on Where to go, after MtGSalvation?Posted in: Commander (EDH)
Cyrogen and I will quite literally give up the EDH forums over our dead bodies.Quote from cryogen »I promise two things: first that as long as I am a part of the new site I will strive to make it at a minimum what we had here, and secondly that based on what we have discussed so far I think it will be even better in the long run. -
May 28, 2019
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cryogen posted a message on Where to go, after MtGSalvation?I promise two things: first that as long as I am a part of the new site I will strive to make it at a minimum what we had here, and secondly that based on what we have discussed so far I think it will be even better in the long run.Posted in: Commander (EDH) -
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Feyd_Ruin posted a message on Where to go, after MtGSalvation?Posted in: Commander (EDH)Quote from Feyd_Ruin »For those of you who wish to continue on with our community here, the staff and I have begun building a new home. We'll announce and discuss the prospect when it is more concrete and closer to completion.
We hope that you follow us to the new home we are currently building.
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May 27, 20191
arrogantAxolotl posted a message on Recommendation for a diverse meta.Posted in: Commander (EDH)
He's talking about this. -
May 27, 2019
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ilovesaprolings posted a message on Recommendation for a diverse meta.Dirk says phelddagrifPosted in: Commander (EDH) -
May 26, 20191
3drinks posted a message on Random Card of the Final Day: Maelstrom NexusPosted in: Commander (EDH)Quote from DirkGently »Gotta 100% agree with 3drinks on this one. People way overplay wheels. It can be very strong in the right context, though.
If your deck desperately needs draw, you should probably restructure your deck rather than hope you draw wheel of fortune before you run out of gas.
DirkGently and I on the same page. Hello Hell, have you froze over yet? haha. -
May 25, 2019
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theMarc posted a message on MPL weekly stream preview card - Sword of sinew and Steel (Rakdos sword)Posted in: The Rumor Mill
If your workout routine kills someone and causes property damage, you're probably doing it wrong.Quote from lookingupanddown »
Sinew and Steel is apparently a workout routine.Quote from Marl Karx »
Not a phrase that I'm aware of. Bone and Steel maybe, as the closest equivalentQuote from Manite »Sinew and Steel???
Death and Chaos would have sounded way cooler. Is Sinew and Steel even a phrase? - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Will we be allowed to debunk this sort of slander on the new site without being unpersoned?
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What a selfish sonofa***** wall.
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**** it, print a legendary kavu. I can’t even.
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I don't necessarily disagree, but that's just your opinion. I see a lot of jund and izzet ones at my local group, personally. And I think they did a great job on the secondary commanders.
I do disagree, and that's just your opinion. Which is fine. But they are boring *to you*. They aren't objectively boring.
I don't think what you've said supports that, but ok.
I'm a very enfranchised player and they do appeal to me. And I think it's fairly insane, based on a couple spoilers, to say they would be a bad suggestion for a new player. They've said they're going to put a lot of reprint value in these, so at the very least I'd think you could wait until the full decklists are revealed. I think you're letting your own biases dictate what you think is best for new players. Different people like different things, man.
In a sense it does. If I can win consistently with a deck, I'd say that means it's probably good. t least it's good in the way I care about - I'm pretty sure most people would lose miserably playing Phelddagrif, but I'd still call it a good deck. It doesn't make the decks interesting, I'll give you that, but that's pretty subjective.
On what basis do you consider them "uninspired and boring"? You cited Kess as a positive example, but personally I would say she's just a less complicated (and imo less interesting) Dralnu, Lich Lord. I'm really going to need some specifics on why these particular designs are uninspired and boring before I take this as a serious point and not just another way of saying "I don't personally like these cards" in a way that attempts to sound objective.
On what basis are you making that claim? In terms of popular commanders, 2018's Aminatou, Yuriko, and Windgrace have already massively outpaced anything from 2014 on EDHrec, and locally I've seen a lot of them as well. I think 2014 was probably the least successful year by a wide margin tbh, in terms of format impact. Other years all have more popular commanders, but they've also been around for longer so it's not exactly fair - I think they're roughly on track to be about average. Maybe a little below average, but not by a lot. If you want to complain about a year having a low format impact, 2014 is far and away the biggest culprit.
And again, judging the entire set from the first spoilers. Why are you so eager to be pessimistic?
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There are definitely lots of other reasonable white critters with good keyword soup for sure, though. And it makes it a lot easier to get double strike and good protection abilities.
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Damn, you're having a hard time today cyberium
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I mean, idk, k'rrick may well be busted, but having a way to win on turn 1 doesn't really say anything useful. There's one for anje falkenrath and everyone seems to think she sucks.
Blam, T1 win. Ban Anje plz wizards, 2OP4EDH.
And then there are commanders like Thrasios and Tymna, who are apparently the gods of cEDH right now, but people also build totally fine and fair decks with them. Just because something can be built OP in a competitive environment doesn't necessary mean it's going to be a problem for kitchen tables.
I think we'll have to see how popular and how dangerous he actually is before passing judgment. As a mono-color commander, I suspect he won't be super highly played.
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There are god hand scenarios for a t1 win for a lot of commanders, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re broken.
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Getting to play a bunch of innistrad jank, making it cheap and giving it flash and a cantrip...that just sounds like fun.
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Sure, most of them are pretty weak in the context of a normal deck, but Anje is a really good enabler for them. Take a total garbage trash ick gross bleh card, alms of the vein. Well, with Anje, you get to nearly guarantee that you pay the madness cost, AND you get a card back for doing it. So now it's basically B: drain 3, draw 1. Which is kind of great, tbh. Plus you get to cast everything as though it has flash, don't forget. So twins of maurer estate is 2B for a 3/5 flash draw a card. Is that hyper-competitive? Ok, no, probably not. But it's not BAD.
So yeah, Anje looks like the feather of madness to me: takes some real mediocre crap and makes it playable. I like that.
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1) you think demons are sweet and want to build a demon deck, even if it's not as effective as another deck would be, or
2) if you mostly just want to "end their lovely lives" and think demons seem like the best way to do that, but you'd consider an alternative that would be more effective.