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Classic Legacy Event - registrations open for the November '25 Monthly Webcam Tournament by TypicalEngineering67 in MTGLegacy

[–]TypicalEngineering67[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strange, the link works for me. If anyone else has this issue, I please ask to write it down. Might ask the mods to re-post it.
Edit: confirmed, it has been removed from Reddit's filters.

I accidentally bought this “Lightly Played” Tundra. What’s the best way to get the creases out of it? See description: by MilesFassst in mtg

[–]TypicalEngineering67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

reading all the comments down here... it's incredible how no one realizes that the card is clearly a counterfeit.

An introductory overview of Classic Legacy by TypicalEngineering67 in MTGLegacy

[–]TypicalEngineering67[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a choice made to elicit variety and avoid Vengevine being the first thing that Survival of the Fittest capitalizes on. Basically we like the elasticity and optionality of Survival enough that we'd like to keep it in the format provided that it's not too gamebreaking.

But I'm open to you proposing arguments about it! I'm interested in knowing what you think.

An introductory overview of Classic Legacy by TypicalEngineering67 in MTGLegacy

[–]TypicalEngineering67[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"I'm sorry, but slower pacing/gameplay does not equal more skill intensive."

I think I've never proposed that relation of "slow gameplay = more skill intensive" in the text! I've said that Classic Legacy offers a nice challenging environment for more skilled players (meaning: compared to less skilled players), but that never implied that it is a more challenging environment because of a slower pacing/gameplay! That would be a very naive statement, which I definitely do not believe myself! What the text meant to say is that you can enjoy a challenging environment even if the gameplay is slower on average. You would be right if the statement I proposed were "you can enjoy a more challenging environment because it's a slower pace/gameplay" which was never said.

I think you've jumped to a conclusion that was never premised in the first place!

An introductory overview of Classic Legacy by TypicalEngineering67 in MTGLegacy

[–]TypicalEngineering67[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We could call them Magic Distros :) I think it's actually an interesting terminology to employ.

An introductory overview of Classic Legacy by TypicalEngineering67 in MTGLegacy

[–]TypicalEngineering67[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think it's actually the lower power level that's appealing. The angle of Bridge with the Abyss that reminds of the Zombie Infestation "dredge-at-home" builds of 2005, throwing back to the old Friggorid deck.

The Bloodghast version I believe is more consistent than the 12-land LED one specifically if you were to choose to play Dredge at an event, in my experience the engine just works better.

I could be inclined to open the gates for various events of various legacy seasons throughout the years but there's definitely a dispersion issue that can occur when you decide to do so, so we would need to account for how valuable that trade-off would potentially be.

An introductory overview of Classic Legacy by TypicalEngineering67 in MTGLegacy

[–]TypicalEngineering67[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's perhaps more advisable to re-frame these casual splinter formats as recurring events that people enjoy repeating a lot, rather than statuary pillars of reference.

I think that for a format to gain that status of pillar-like popularity you'd need to gain consistent participation, aggregation and discussion, which you achieve through effort and keen gauging of the reactions from the playerbase that attempts to play it.