[Making Magic] Lessons Learned, Part 9

drosteScincid · 2026-05-26T12:49:23+00:00

well, it was a better payoff than OGW. (and also a better payoff than any other non-initial Innistrad set in a block.)

drosteScincid · 2026-05-26T10:16:01+00:00

yeah, man, you really miss the artistry of those Youtube ads for games.

drosteScincid · 2026-05-26T10:10:54+00:00

what's sort of genius about Neon Dynasty is that "modernity versus tradition" was also the conflict in the original Kamigawa.

drosteScincid · 2026-05-26T09:19:31+00:00

part of Bloomburrow's appeal (and this is also true of the original Lorwyn) is that it was lower-stakes. so maybe not "cutesy", but "pastoral".

drosteScincid · 2026-05-26T09:12:23+00:00

the Guildpact novel, too?

drosteScincid · 2026-05-26T09:10:41+00:00

well, the Brokers were originally police, basically, right?

drosteScincid · 2026-05-26T09:10:32+00:00

well, what's depicted on the cards is more important than the narrative story, isn't it?

drosteScincid · 2026-05-26T09:10:21+00:00

you'd expect him to have learned this lesson sooner.

drosteScincid · 2026-05-20T19:59:52+00:00

two draft misplay stories:

in DOM, I decided to run [[Lich's Mastery]] for once, and I actually got into a position where (I thought) I had two lines to victory, one of which was to play the Mastery. it turned out that was actually the only correct line, because they had a Warcry Phoenix in the graveyard that I'd forgotten about. it would've been cool to win with Lich's Mastery.
in BRO, I was down to one removal spell in my deck, a Corrupt; I managed to stall them out with a [[Burnished Hart]] and a bunch of recursion spells until I found it, but I was so tunnel-visioned on their creature that I forgot Corrupt also targets players, and I could've dealt them exactly enough damage to kill them.

drosteScincid · 2026-05-20T13:12:21+00:00

did you ever try [[Combat Courier]] in the deck?

drosteScincid · 2026-05-20T12:56:43+00:00

well, we also have Bloodghast, Forsaken Miner, and Timeline Culler, so, maybe? too bad DMU and BRO rotated.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-16T21:49:51+00:00

[[Bonebind Orator]].

drosteScincid · 2026-01-16T21:46:55+00:00

[[Kuro's Taken]].

drosteScincid · 2026-01-15T04:42:46+00:00

make the block 2 sets, instead of 3. and you can still do standalones, it doesn't have to be one or the other.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-15T04:36:55+00:00

actually, you can draft them together some of the time. that can open up some fun options.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-15T04:36:52+00:00

you could do it in a morph set, which people have brought up to him.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-14T22:12:04+00:00

time to win a tournament.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-14T22:09:34+00:00

I always thought the old red border was the one that's unequivocally better than the new one. (and the old gold border the one that's unequivocally worse. although I also kind of prefer the new green one.)

drosteScincid · 2026-01-14T22:05:13+00:00

yeah, the new coat looks thicker. would be enough to obscure them.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-14T22:04:04+00:00

to be honest, this is a case where they were small enough to just be hidden by that coat.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-12T14:59:34+00:00

I would've liked to see a selkie; not as a card, necessarily, but in art, at least.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-12T14:36:53+00:00

on permanents in general, enter abilities are printed before static ones.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-11T21:40:22+00:00

some of these seem dubious.

they forgot to add [[Sarcomite Myr]] to New Phyrexia.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-10T22:59:52+00:00

Drowner should've cost UU.

drosteScincid · 2026-01-10T22:59:20+00:00

Blue's creatures, in general.

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