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Wizards is trying to make MTG in to Pokemon where no one actually plays with the cards but they slurp them up anyway to collect everything that has their favorite IP brand scrungle on it. No need to balance or test them, just put Fortnite Jonesy on a card and sell it for $500
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>>98232280>Favorite card that either creates or becomes a copy of something else?she and I had some good times
>>98232308>shapeshifter always looks like an old hairy white guy in robesNot really selling me on this "he could be anyone" shtick.
>>98232280>TQOrvar is cool.
>>98232280>TQMy beloved...
Soooo, prereleasers, how's the new set? Are you having a blast?
>>98232791>Are you having a blast?Certified blast havers at my LGS! Up, up and away, they say. We Marvelled the fuck out this set!
We got some blast havers over here!
more like heaving a blast amirite
i hope they fucking blast this shit assfuck garbage ass game to uranus
Prerelease was fun. But, as always one or two gay homos ruining peoples' time.
I’ve come to the conclusion that cards with black people are OK, so long as the art is old school and the person is sexy
>>98233205Good post, OP.
>>98233235Yes and no. The libcuck shit goes back before the 90's. Just the internet made it obvious. Orientalism, a romanticism of alien lands and people is historically ingrained in The White Man's fantasy writing, in any case.
>>98233249>better fifty years of europe than a cycle of cathayyou haven't read anything lmao
>>98233235Reminder that Alexi, Zepyr Mage (female) is norwooding. (Made you look)
>>98233265its still salvageable. I can save her.
Nebraska?More like Neblasta.
Well, that was a pre-release.Went 4-0 on the first two matches and then 0-2 on the third for both drafts.>PR 1Match 1 was a slow-as-fuck mirror match, but Doc Samson got me enough mana to power up Hulk and/or Thing for a big swing. The Bow on any mana dork was fun.Match 2 was a race to MODOK against a GW weenie Heroes deck. Either killed their tokens or weakened their creatures low enough to stop Crewing the 3/3 mana rock.Match 3 was not fast enough to develop against an Izzet flying artifacts deck.Moon Girl surprisingly under-performed. No reliable card draw until she was outclassed by the bigger creatures.>PR 2Easy Match 1 against Gruul. Ant-Man came down early and grew too big too fast.Match 2 got stalled out when Ant-Man got Frozen in Ice'd. Broke the staring match when the two Merfolk creatures synergized and got too big with too much card draw. Match 3 first stalled when opponent disabled reliable 2nd draw in the Warlord and stalled out T'Challa with chump blocks long enough to fly around for lethal. Then on second game, Ant-Man got Frozen again and opponent eventually got a Cosmic Cube, double-triggering with Absorbing Man and getting two free casts of 5 CMC spells a turn, eventually churning through all his removal and dropping 3/3 flyers during combat. Near-perfect answer for the board state. Should have opted for more card-draw engines than card-draw payoffs.
>>98233393Why would you go to the fucking Marvel prerelease?Why would you post about going to the Marvel Prerelease?Embarrassing.
>>98233397What's more embarrassing, that anon going to the Marvel prerelease or this anon going to a Modern RCQ tomorrow?
>>98233401>What's more embarrassing, that anon going to the Marvel prerelease or this anon going to a Modern RCQ tomorrow?UB is always more embarrassing than anything to do with UW.Though, UB is everywhere now so all I can really say is... both.
>>98233397lmao my pre-release had 60 people
>>98233411>lmao my pre-release had 60 peopleAnd everyone of them, havin' a blast!!
>>98232280>TQwaxen shape-thief is cool, or the mirror room//fractured realm "Room".
>>98233419A solid half of them were wearing marvel shit. So probably.
I would like to formally apologize for buying LotR cards, thereby contributing to UB ruining magic.
>>98232308>art clearly implies he's about to impersonate a boros soldier>his ability will only let you copy things form your dimir deck
I must confess that I associate and play with people who use UB cards. In doing so, I contribute to creating a climate in which this behavior is tolerated. Thereby contributing to UB ruining magic.
Was Patrick Sullivan correct in saying Magic peaked with Ravnica block?
>>98233696I peaked with Khans and died with Dragons of Tarkir.We literally entered a pararel timeline where Magic sucks
>>98233755I maintain that the core game is still good and there are plenty of new and interesting cards and mechanics coming out, the game is just being crippled by too many products, dogshit writing, lack of time for play testing and development, poor art direction, too much money going into crappy marketing, toxic corporate and work culture and terrible leadership from Hasbro in general.
>>98233235I would do her besides her female patern baldness.
>>982336967th - Invasion = midOdyssey = start mid end up kinoOnslaught = start kino but ends up shitMirrodin = kino but brokenKamigawa = kino but shit power levelRavnica = kino and apropriate power levelTime Spiral = kino all the wayLorwyn = kino but borring mechanic wiseShadowmoor = kinoAlara = start kino but end up shitZendikar = mix up and strange but looked like kinoScars of Mirrodin = somewhat cool, almost kinoInnistrad = Start Kino ends up midReturn to Ravnica = Start Kino end up shitTheros = midTarkir = Start kino end up midOg Ravnica is near the middle of the kino train.
What's up with some of the used cards being sold online, or in stores being greasy/oily to touch? Some of them have it, and I think it's something different than usual hand grease. I played with playing cards in high school and hand grease feels different.
>>98233861Some old cards do have different printings and some do look glossy to touch. But Idk what you are talking about without clear exemples.
>>98232858That's great! *kills you*
Is cardmarket known for clandestinely changing content of user reviews? I left a negative review with text comment and it seems it has been edited.
>>98233621lol, what a gay!
>>98233889>lol, what a primary demographic of WotC products!
>>98232280>TQThought he was the coolest shit as a tween.
>>98232280>TQSome time ago I would have said Isochron Scepter or Hive Mind just because they're fun memes, or Reversal of Fortune just because of the artBut picrel is an even better meme all things considered
>>98233234nOOOO it COULDN'T have been! there are too many legends in the set to have a fun limited environment
>>98233401>tomorrowIn a week, actually.
>>98233621I have this theory that reddit has its own kind of trolls that write shit like this to make fun of their specific brand of retards.
>>98233696Pretty much what he said >>98233826
>>98233886Shouldn't have said the n-word.
>>98232372What's the flavor here? The "All-Form" doesn't transform into other cards but duplicates them instead? Seems like a misnomer.
>>98233934Also a very expensive commander by the way.
If I have only these two lands in play, can I tap Reflecting Pool for R?
>>98233975could it produce red?
>>98233975
>>98233975Never noticed the baby faces on Blazemire Verge
>>98234003Always check the ceiling when entering a room in a haunted house.
>>98233861As >>98233876 mentioned - different inks and paper composition. Some of that shit was not really meant to survive literal decades and is just naturally deteriorating over time.This is why proxies are actually very important - sooner or later "legit" cards will become unplayable or slabbed and locked in some blackbox flushed with nitrogen.
>>98233975No, because the verge doesn't have the avility to make R
>>98234052Cool story but >>98233998
>>98234037proxies are still inferior to the real productlink me one proxy service which is able to print my shit without rejecting or modifying it
UB Batman, what would a Batmobile card look like?
>3 man pre>3/2/1 split>got the mind stone in rewardsall 3 pre packs had very tempo-aggro card spread which is bit weird but im glad to be done with this set
Is engaging with UB, specially this kind of garbage UB, the ultimate cuck behavior?
>>98233975Yes. If you have a cavern of souls and no specified creature type to cast your reflecting pool can add any color.
There were 84 people at the pre-release, alive game??? The turtles prerelease at the same place had 13 people, genuinely surprised Went Sultai goodstuff and went 2-1, looking at it all laid out the blue seems kinda extra, that perma-tap won me multiple games though>hurr why did you go to marvel prerelease Because prereleases are fun and I go to one every set
>>98234286But Marvel...
>>98232791Completely determined by your pack. The most imbalanced prerelease I've seen yet. I went 2-1 and don't care about winning casual events, just for the record. It was watching people who sweep these things look at the board with their hands on their head for a minute during a fucking prerelease that formed my opinion.
>>98232791Pretty fun limited environment it seems. Not a half assed set like spider-man/turtles so all 10 color combos seem viable. Fixing is good (the land cyclers are good to great) so you can splash a 3rd color relatively easily. At least having a small boom over here
>>98233574Apology NOT accepted.
>>98233696I tend to say Alara block, but yeah that era was its best.Ravnica block in particular was the peak of gameplay quality, which carries it hard. OG RGD Limited was miraculously difficult and engaging. Every single fucking game you played in the format was unique, they hardly ever ended in board stalls and every decision made mattered from the start of the draft to the end of your last match. Shit was GOOD.
>>98233696Sullivan said Chupacabra was ewww but Ragavan was a-ok.
>>98234286It's going to be the best selling set.
>>98234378>watching people who sweep these things look at the board with their hands on their head for a minute during a fucking prerelease
>>98234621it has been obvious for decades that magic customers are not magic players
>tq this plus rise from the tides in monoblue spell slinger
>>98234722EDH is Magic, get over it.
>>98234744Tend to pests.
>>98234755Crazyhouse is not Chess.Go Fish is not Poker.EDH is not Magic.
>>98234755nah
>>98234763Texas Holdem and Five Card Draw are Poker.
>>98234788indian poker is not poker
>>98234795It is.
>>98234755For PIGS maybe.
>>98234818It's mostly pigs that engage with Magic The Gathering cards.
>>98234788>Texas Holdem and Five Card Draw are Poker.A set of subsets of a specific game is not identical to a set of games using the same pieces.Fuck I hate dealing with retards who aren't even capable of comprehending the most basic laws of logic.
>>98234832Correct. EDH is a subset of Magic. But if it's the most played subset of Magic, and what you think of Magic proper is not played anymore, it becomes the default. The Magic. Use your brain.
>>98234844peak ESL
>>98234854Chill brother it’s all just cardboard and good times.
>>98234854Thank you for the compliment, statistically brown individual.
>>98234229if you started before walking dead UB then yeah
>>98234844>Correct. EDH is a subset of MagicPlease refer to,>A set of subsets of a specific game is not identical to a set of games using the same pieces.>Fuck I hate dealing with retards who aren't even capable of comprehending the most basic laws of logic.
>>98234844>Correct. EDH is a subset of Magic"An object can not be itself and its opposite at the same time" is LITERALLY one of the core, foundational, unbreakable laws of logic.Maybe learn how to use your brain before spewing retardation.
>>98234930you're trying to convince a dog to cook before eating
>>98234930>An object can not be itself and its opposite at the same timeLook at this carpenter at work.
Sex.
>>98235347this is what they took from you
>>98235357Took?
>>98235366as in pippinas in big pimpin
>>98235357>t.
god damnit I timeline slipped again didn't I
>>98235447>It's realWhat's even the point of making this a treasure token? The only card that it even remotely pairs with in that set is this one.
>>98235462>>98235447
>>98235447zamn that dude is ZESTY
>>98235447Not gonna lie, but I thought it was a legally distinct version of that guy from The Fifth Element in the thumbnail
>>98235603I mean that was the obvious inspiration.
>>98235614Was it, though?
>>98235614in tears that you can write that sentence and tab back to whining about generative ai
>>98235616I always thought so.
>>98235622Wipe your tears and remember that you can use existing art to generate new art.
>>98235684you canbut nobody will or should pay you
>>98235730You are both confused and confusing.
p1p1? I think there's a lot of reasonable choices here, there are at least 6 cards that you could say and I wouldn't be too bemused
>>98235874>p1p1? I think there's a lot of reasonable choices here, there are at least 6 cards that you could say and I wouldn't be too bemusedTOR is the only choice. There are no other reasonable choices. It goes in every deck with 100% consistency. You risk nothing picking it, you lose nothing picking it, you close yourself off of zero lines picking it.
>>98235874I think One Ring is the standout but could see someone going for a highroll on Underworld Breach. Natural Order isn't good enough anymore Wheel of Fortune needs too many parts to really go off.
>>98235652>>98235603damn, I literally thought of this faggot when I saw that token
>>98235652Most funny retard is those kind of movies. Even being a faggot.
>>98235951>>98235957He literally has sex with a woman on-screen in the film tho.
>>98235966if you fuck a girl that's having sex with someone that likes dudes, and that's pretty gay if you ask me
>>98235987That's right, kissing a girl is like kissing every man she kissed before.While kissing a man, is kissing all the girls.
>>98235874>>98235903>>98235947also anything else in the pack could wheel. the ring notsomuch
>>98236006Also everytime your mom kissed you goodnight she was actually whipping your dad's dick on your face.
>>98235874obviously Agent Bishop
>>98236009>also anything else in the pack could wheel. the ring notsomuch100%Ring is always FP, basically. Then whatever line you wheel is what's open.
>>98236037This is what I took, and I got a 7-1.>>98235903I think you're overrating the ring - it's good, but it's not at all what it is in constructed. I think it's a lower raw power level (in cube) than norder, but then you're in green. Wheel and breach are also very high power level and can enable you to play the actual broken combo decks, but they require pieces. Unmarked grave is also good, but it's lower tier and in a highly contested deck
>>98236108>I think you're overrating the ring - it's good, but it's not at all what it is in constructed. I think it's a lower raw power level (in cube) than norder, but then you're in green. Wheel and breach are also very high power level and can enable you to play the actual broken combo decks, but they require pieces. Unmarked grave is also good, but it's lower tier and in a highly contested deckYou asked about first pick, not in general. TOR is arguably the best FPFP in the entire game.
>>98235987>>98236006What if you kiss or have sex with a virgin who's never been tainted by contact with another man, proper arab style? Is that the least gay scenario?
>>98233886CODE?
>>98236315You've fallen for the rookie's blunder. By caring so much about the mere potential existence of other men, you've become the gayest thing of all. An actual man can go so far as to even fuck another guy and still be straight, but a coward who flees from conflict can be gay even while fucking an untouched woman. Remember what the 90s taught you. It's not men that are gay. Feelings are gay.
PLAYPREMODERN
>>98236346Oh yes, you're right. I repent my feelings, thank you for your wisdom. And btw you can fuck my ass for all I care lol, just don't touch the balls haha
>>98236357Sorry I only play paper because I like fat autistic cunts.
>>98235966You know that gay man can also have sex with the opposite sex, right? (there are lots of cases where the guy impregnate a woman and then go full gay)>>98236315She was still made from the sperm of her father, plus he probably kissed her before. Would kissing a sperm cell be gay? IDK what you think, anon?Robot girlfriends are the future.
>>98232280Went 2-1 at prerelease and got some good pulls! Glad this one actually fired off unlike stupid TMNT>TQSuperior spiderman is probably my favorite recent and is one of the best flavored cards from spm. MKM Lazav is pretty novel in how he functions
>>98236565grim
>>98236644What it?
This is Frank Zeist. My short story about what if Pat Chapin were a real wizard on Amazon got some good reviews. If anyone wants a copy, hit me up. (The newest version starts with the word "my." If you have an old edition, connect to the internet and re-download the story.)
>>98236357still waiting on prefire modern
>>98236883https://www.2015modern.com/
My LGS normally pulls 60+ for prerelease, apparently they only had 20 last nightI would not say Marvel is DOA but its definitely softer than FF, Avatar, or any random in universe set.It being summer and the World Cup in the US probably having an impact too.
>>98234199Tricky to say but probably something to do with on attack you can search the top whatever cards because the idea is you're using some tool it has. Bit broad but the Batmobile isn't really that defined as anything more than a cool vehicle with some gadgets.
How much time the UB situation can hold on?
>>98236912>My LGS normally pulls 60+ for prereleaseWe usually do ~40 but we had 8 for a Saturday noon event. A couple I knew who showed up said they went last night and there was a pretty and the turnout was pretty normal>I would not say Marvel is DOA but its definitely softer than FF, Avatar, or any random in universe setIt's definitely not as as bad as spooderman but it's not great. People are burnt out on marvel and I think they really didn't think people would get so burnt out on UB so quickly
>>98233401Why is going to a Modern RCQ embarrassing?
>>98237072Modern sucks. Like sucks hard.
>>98237073What if you bring a Burn deck?
>>98236968it's really hard to say, if we keep the 50/50 split we could easily go for another decade, but if they decide to go full UB with no UW sets, we might reach the end much faster
>>98236968I can assure you the upcoming set featuring motherfucking Jean Luc Picard, best of humanity and captain of the Enterprise will be one of the best selling sets of Magic whole history, faggot.
>>98235447>art>employed So it's a fantasy card game
>>98237211no
>>98237130I thought EOE spacecrafts were so boring, it's hard to get excited about seeing them again in TRK, maybe if they give us more alien tribal support I might care about it.
>>98237260In just 1 hour people made 30 decks with this card. It's widely popular.
>>98237073What could you possibly mean?
>>98235447>>982354625th Element reference?
>>98234199>when you tap a single creature to crew this vehicle, search your library for an equipment and equip it to that creature
Question from a guy who just occasionally dabbles in MTG:When you cast this guy, are you all but taking someone's seat and playing their cards for a turn? That's what it looks like, but it seems way too goofy and open to shenanigans to be the way it works.
>>98237344Yes. It's supposed to be a very powerful effect.
>>98237344>That's what it looks likeit is what it does>but it seems way too goofy and open to shenanigans to be the way it works.you don't have to touch your opponents cards, you can just ask them to put their hand face up on the table and give commands>play this, activate that, tap all of your lands etcthere's nothing particularly hard to do from the rules perspective
>>98237344Yeah, and you do all the opposite things. Killing own creatures. Making stupid attacks (because you will also get to block as you wish).
>>98237344723. Controlling Another Player 723.1. Some cards allow a player to control another player during that player’s next turn. This effect applies to the next turn that the affected player actually takes. The affected player is controlled during the entire turn; the effect doesn’t end until the beginning of the next turn. 723.3. Only control of the player changes. All objects are controlled by their normal controllers. A player who’s being controlled during their turn is still the active player. 723.4. If information about an object in the game would be visible to the player being controlled, it’s visible to both that player and the controller of the player. If information about cards outside the game would be visible to the player being controlled, it’s visible only to that player, not the controller of the player. Example: The controller of a player can see that player’s hand and the face of any face-down creatures they control. 723.5. While controlling another player, a player makes all choices and decisions the controlled player is allowed to make or is told to make by the rules or by any objects. This includes choices and decisions about what to play, and choices and decisions called for by spells and abilities. Example: The controller of another player decides which spells that player casts and what those spells target, and makes any required decisions when those spells resolve. Example: The controller of another player decides which of that player’s creatures attack, which player or planeswalker each one attacks, and how those attacking creatures assign their combat damage. 723.5a The controller of another player can use only that player’s resources (cards, mana, and so on) to pay costs for that player.
Folded and bought 4 Jumpstart boosters. Really just wanted the Nico Runaway for decks with discards synergies, Any chance that these cards hold value for a week so that I can sell/trade them for good stuff?
>>98237350>>98237356>>98237357>>98237362That's hilarious. I'm imagining the horror on someone's face when they're running "pay life" effects and they see it drop.
>>98237441Why yes, "I" would like to pay "my" life total to draw that many cards.
>>98237426I predict only Ultron will maintain value maybe even increase. Black artifacts has been gaining popularity in EDH.
>>98236883For me it's Pre-Planeswalker/Mythic ending with Eventide and unhonorarily banning the 5 Walkers from Lorwyn.
>>98237453based retardyou cannot pay life if it would kill you
>>98237759You absolutely can. You can't pay life you don't have, but you're perfectly able to spend your last point of life to Necropotence or the like.
It took over a decade but Jeskai Black is backhttps://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7841738#paper
Is there any GOOD dragon tutors?
>>98237865tiamat
Any place to get a proxy of the Dandan Secret Lair deck?
>>98238118this has been asked a million times already and it would take you two seconds to find the answer
>>98232280Has LOKI been shown yet? He's a shapeshifter in myth and in the Marvel Comics.
>>98237362>723.4. If information about an object in the game would be visible to the player being controlled, it’s visible to both that player and the controller of the player. If information about cards outside the game would be visible to the player being controlled, it’s visible only to that player, not the controller of the player.How does this work if you're controlling another player and use a Learn card? Obviously not relevant in commander but fuck commander, still curious what the rules imply.
shadowchads are laughing at us bros...
>>98237834>Pioneer
>>98238943The only "enjoyable" format existing right now outside of made of stuff like Planar Standard, Premodern and Prefire
>>98239028It's just Modern-lite and nobody plays it paper anymore.
>>98239030Modern is shit so is alright.
>>98239048And yet still played paper.
>>98238943it came back in standard too but I was too lazy to post it
>>98237464Everything is going to collapse, not just because of set popularity, but because a relatively large proportion of these sales will go to play-once types who immediately sell their event pulls or give them away to people who do, shocking the market with supply. We have showcases that were under $3 day one.
>>98239268Sorry, I can't keep up with all the premium card treatments as they continue to proliferate. Whatever you call the Doom, Storm, Squirrel Girl full arts. Headliners or something, idk what the right word would be.
>>98232295Is that what's going on? That makes sense, I just thought I was losing interest.
>>98239277Yeah, it's getting to a point where buying a normal treatment for a single over $5 is pretty stupid because if you're willing to shell out for that single, you probably care enough to want the $40 Secret Lair Drop (if you can get it) or $20 bonus sheet version, and you have no idea if or when that'll come out.It's fucking stupid.
>>98239288One of the nice things (to the extent there are any) about UB's implementation is that you're somewhat secured against that because of licensing. But then the Spider-Man cards showed up in MSH Commander / Collector's Boosters, so...
>>98239288Cards just aren't a smart investment nowadays. I know this isn't the "Arena" thread, but keeping my stuff digital is way easier. Although, playing at the table with my buddies has to be one of my favorite memories. Too bad the world has changed...
>>98239292>nowadays
>>98239292Feeling this. The only ways I engage with the game anymore are prereleases and cruising bulk boxes for a more affordable gambling experience. Part of it is that I'm currently pretty poor, but another part is definitely the state of the game. Even in a better spot, I think I'd probably just be ordering more full-art non-foil singles for art displays and monkeying around with slightly higher value off-meta commander cards. And at that point, I might as well just finally dive into proxies. I have zero desire to play T2 counters or stall out Izzetmania Standard for the mechanics alone.
>>98239305There was a ~15 year window 1996-2011 that unless my unc memory fails me, was a pretty good window of time for reliably turning cards over for value. A lot of people who judged with me did so full-time and seemed to make it by alright by turning over product (some sealed, granted.)
Arenafaggots were the smart people all along...
>>98239357Nah, just if you want to play the game for the sake of the game. If you want to have fun irl with buddies and tournies, the card game is superior.
Nobody plays anything but EDH at my lgs. With few release or limited events now and then.
>>98239400EDH is fun and all, but I'd much prefer to have a good 1v1 with my buddies with simple precons so that everything is fair and balanced.
>>98236912FIFA Universes Beyond when
>>98239028>The only "enjoyable" format existing right now>>>>>>>>Pioneer
>>98239529That's right.
>>98239529Videl sexo
>>98239529DBZ UB when? I want to play with Goku and Vegeta.
>>98239561After Naruto and One Piece
>>98239561I hate UB, but DBZ would be a fun one.
>>98239571>Naruto UBninja tribalsneak/ninjutsuequipment support (ninja tools)new instant/sorcery subtype (jutsu)jinchuriki/bijuus split cards>One Piece UBpirate tribalnew batching mechanic called crewmates, you need at least a captain and a navigator to enable it, it gets stronger the more other types you have (cook, shipwright, doctor etc)explore/scavenge comes backvehicles support (a bunch of ships that care about crewmates)devil fruits (food cards that sacrifice themselves to give a creature an ability, but if they already have one, it destroys them instead)honestly there's so much they could do with it, I can definitely see it
>>98239529Correct. Sad your EDH mind don't get it.
>Acceptable UBsThose i like>Unacceptable UBsThose i don't like
>>98239626if you like any ub set you are already lost lol
>>98239626It's more like this:>If there were two buttons, one that said no UBs and only UBs I like, I would press the no UBs button>If there were two buttons, one that said only UBs I like and only UBs I don't like, I would press the only UBs I like button
>>98238724Poorly. I actually had to look this up because I was wrong initially. Until a decade ago, a player could look at their sideboard at any time and a player controlling them could therefore look at that sideboard as well. With Eldritch Moon they changed it." When Emrakul, the Promised End and Coax from the Blind Eternities were previewed earlier this week, it inspired a lot of discussion about a little-known corner of the tournament rules. Quoting from Section 3.15, Sideboard:"During a game, players may look at their own sideboard and the sideboard of any players they currently control. The sideboard must remain clearly distinguishable from other cards."As of Eldritch Moon, this rule is changing. Simply put, you can now never see an opponent's sideboard, even if you control that opponent. The exact language of the rule is being finalized.The philosophy of the old rule makes sense: You can look at your sideboard. I control you, so I can see whatever you can see. Ergo, I can see your sideboard. But this has huge ramifications at every level of tournament play. It brings up questions of informational access, lengthy note-taking delays, the timing of strategic concessions, team dynamics, even the physical interactions between players.If you force a player you're controlling to cast a "Wish," you can't have them access any cards in their sideboard. If you make them cast Death Wish, the same rule applies: no cards, even at random sight unseen. "The current tournament rules state "During a game, players may look at their own sideboard, keeping it clearly distinguishable from other cards at all times. If a player gains control of another player, they may not look at that player’s sideboard, nor may they have that player access their sideboard." If you control another player and cast a Learn card or a Wish, you get nothing.
>>98239653What should happen so I could get the first option? I wanna press that No UB button so hard...
>>98239679it is out of your hands at this point, at best you could try to join the people trying to create a community for UB-free formats but that is really a long-term strategy rather than a fix everything now button
>>98232280>Photographic reflexeswhy is this even a keyword lol>tqPhantasmal Image
>>98239845It's not a keyword, it's an ability word like "landfall" that's used primarily for mechanical cohesion. Starting with the D&D sets Wizards got a lot looser with just using them for flavortext on one-off abilities.
>>98239561It’s been leaked from with in the design team. It’s going to happen with in the next two years.
>>98239898oops, thx for letting me know
Any ninja lolis in this game?
>>98240351sir shadowverse general is two blocks down
>Still haven't gotten around to getting back into standard>Check mtgtop8>48% Izzet>20% Badgermole decksSurely they'll have to ban something, right? There's no way they're gonna tell us that "standard is still evolving," right? I'm still really hoping my favorite jank DSK get a small window to succeed between Marvel bannings and the rest of the year.
>>98240449Standard is consumed by UB hell.Let it go.
>>98240449>>98240468*Standard+ i fucked up my joke.
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>>98240449I doubt it, the next B&R is a week from tomorrow, they'll probably say something like "we are monitoring the situation"
>>98240449When was the last time they banned something really significant? Cutter?
>>98240528It seems like WotC is having a hell of a time keeping balance, and they refuse to ban shit that is in 80% of decks.
>>98240644I think they just don't really care that much, when EDH and kitchen table are the ones bringing in the cash, there just isn't any urgency to balance 60-card formats properly
I miss playing but I don’t miss planeswalkers and everyone shitting out creature tokens all over the place is now a safe time to come back or will I be mad/sad all over again?
>>98240694I'm this close to thinking Arena was a mistake, forcing the standard players online while killing the local crowds that formed at game stores.
>>98240712Planeswalkers are less prominent now, but that's a double-edged sword as the reason is a mix of very stupid in-universe lore that made planes even more of a watered-down slurry thematically and the fact that for Universes Beyond stuff they wanted everything to be legendary creatures for commander so there's no planeswalkers in those sets.
>>98240644>It seems like WotC is having a hell of a time keeping balance,Your mistake is to assume they are trying at all.MTG's design team is a group of uneducated millennial cowards, hired recently based on "passion" instead of competence, who care more about politics than gaming, and who have zero knowledge of experience in game design.They don't just not care about balance, they literally do not know that the concept of game balance even exists.
>>98240719You have to remember that Arena was very deliberately sent out to die. When it launched playing against your friends was a nightmare, drafting was with bots (though the matches were humans) and the rules engine/UI/cardpool was a joke. It just happened to launch in September 2019 and shortly afterwards paper play got a half-decade kick in the nards
>>98240729Fair take. What do you think now though? I don't think Arena is going to be short lived and it has quite a few users regularly.
>>98240739I'm a little biased because I'm immunocompromised so going to an LGS for a few hours isn't really on the table. On the one hand, I fell in love with Arena when I was playing standard GB Explore with Wildgrowth Walker and rotation meant that it was now a sultai deck. I didn't have to pay $50 for 4 Watery Graves, I didn't have to wait for cardboard, I could just tweak my deck with some wildcards and was off to the races. I never would've bothered with Pioneer if I had to pay for the cards, and certainly wouldn't have experimented with decks and sideboard cards as much as I did. I never would've played Vintage cube at MTGO's prices or in paper, and now I've done dozens of them. But the monetization is comically predatory even by TCG standards, and there really is no getting around the fact that part of what I love about magic is playing the game. Having stacks of cards, being with people. The shit we all did in middle school. Arena's great in a lot of ways but it's no substitute for paper, I just don't know if it's the last bright spot in a death spiral or a major component of the problem.
Alright marvelniggers. Explain to me. Why is Loki's type "God" and not "Giant"?
>>98241373Stop asking questions. Just consume product then get excited for next product.(Seriously though, the idiots at WtoC know fuck all about anything, and that includes Marvel. The extend of their knowledge is the MCU, and nobody watched the 2nd Thor movie that explains Loki's history so they probably just assumed "durrr Thor brother? Must be God!" They are idiots is always the answer for why WotC is being retarded.)
>>98241373Because God is the more popular EDH tribe. Not much else to it.
>>98241373>one or moreCrazy how those three words can totally ruin an ability
>>98241373>>98241389Because he's le Deceiver. He's deceiving (You) into thinking he's a God.
It feels like I haven't been pandered to since Avacyn Restored came out.
>>98241373>Alright marvelniggers. Explain to me. Why is Loki's type "God" and not "Giant"?He looks average height to me, also he is a god.SL - OP marvel shit
>Bring back Villain type.>Spinal Villain is still a beast.I'm for torturing, maiming, mutilating and murdering MaRo.
>>98241373He was reincarnated as a god after he died.
>>98241389After Loki died he was reincarnated as a god and chose to become the hero Kid Loki. Then he became a villain because the old Loki still possessed a part of him. New Loki is also genderfluid so use they/them pronouns.
>>98240449The nonexistent powerful white cards will continue until morale improves
>>98240739nta but I almost exclusively play Arena nowadays, most of my regular friends moved on and my LGS is... a special place. I still go there every couple of months to pick up minis since the owner's a great guy, but I would never ever sit down to play MtG with the people there since they're all EDH spawns who genuinely don't understand how the game's rules work and think that "the stack" is an avoidable suggestion.Arena allows me to try out new cards without having to wait for the proxies to arrive, draft whenever I feel like and most importantly it comes with its own (very solid, to their credit) judge that makes sure that everything works the way it should; the only paper I play nowadays is when I meet up with a friend every once in a while and we fuck around with our old 2007-era precons and that's it.
>want to get back into paper standard>need to drop $200 on cubs for any green variant deckI know they won't ban Cub because it's the only thing still moving Avatar packs but I know the moment I decide to pay up they will emergency ban it to appease the izzetsissies
White gets the strongest cards in this shit of a set. You nigger.
>>98241839Am I le joke to (You)?
>>98241879Bro your chink proxies?
>>98242009The alt art is pretty cute as well.
new aids just droppedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaGqBc_pK48
>>98242009Don't argue with the white schizo anon he will just tell you this isn't a real white card.
>>98242047What accent is this? Tongue moustache?
Me and a friend are doing a thing where we each opened a pack and we make a deck using one of the legendaries in that pack.Only rule is we can't buy any cards specifically for it. Has to all be made of stuff we own.I can't decide between Beast and Winter Soldier.
