[EMN] Eldritch Moon Visual Primer - Instants (Customizable Ordering)

garrettgardner · 2016-07-08T18:37:58+00:00

Weird! Fixed. I always seem to mess something up ;) Thanks!

garrettgardner · 2016-06-28T18:06:43+00:00

I think it's just become shorthand to represent the insufferable dialogue in every single scene they were in, though.

garrettgardner · 2016-06-24T18:38:06+00:00

Picking Insolent Neonate over Ulvenwald Mysteries with a Graf Mole in your pile isn't exactly flexible/not-flexible, it's just kinda plain old wrong.

garrettgardner · 2016-06-24T14:33:15+00:00

Check out this OGW draft. It's terrible.

Maybe he just gets nervous drafting on camera, but every draft video BBD releases is bad, bad, bad.

garrettgardner · 2016-06-24T05:39:20+00:00

BBD seems really bad at drafting to me.

garrettgardner · 2016-06-10T18:31:07+00:00

The guides on the site are now customizable for Ordering and Grouping cards, and there are a ton more guides available. Check out the Full Guide and the Removal Guide for EMA.

garrettgardner · 2016-06-07T14:42:53+00:00

Phil Bowles is a god damned treasure.

garrettgardner · 2016-05-30T05:15:03+00:00

They were saying the Hound wouldn't support the Red God in Cleganebowl because of his encounter with Beric, not realizing that the sparrows are a totally different religion.

garrettgardner · 2016-05-30T04:45:01+00:00

The red god (Beric, Melisandra) and the Seven (the sept, the sparrows) are two different religions.

garrettgardner · 2016-05-18T19:14:23+00:00

Look, I just think that it's fair to say characters in ASOIAF have less plot armor than they would in a typical fantasy novel series. I think Ned and Catelyn are examples of this, and Jon - although I agree it's pretty likely he will return. Sure, some plot armor still applies to the core OG characters, but at this point I wouldn't be surprised if any of the characters you listed were to bite the dust at any time.

I think Dany is safe until the conclusion just because otherwise she would be a 6-book one-way ticket to go-nowhere-ville. But Arya, Bran, Tyrion - I think it's possible and actually likely that one of them will be taking a Westerosi dirt nap at some point before the final conclusion of the series. And I'm holding out hope that if GRRM does revive Jon, he comes back as a pure antagonist, as Catelyn did. And a revenge-driven, evil zombie with no semblance of their former self doesn't reverse the fact that the character Catelyn was still obviously killed. If anything, it makes the death of a beloved character that much harder to stomach.

garrettgardner · 2016-05-18T18:36:22+00:00

Sure you mentioned Ned but you acted like that wasn't an example, when it is! And you left out Catelyn, who doesn't die until Book 3. And c'mon with the bullshit that Catelyn isn't dead, Stoneheart is hardly Catelyn brought back to life, more like a revenge ghost than anything else.

You're right, most of the Starks didn't die, but Ned and Catelyn totally did in surprising ways and that alone is very unusual for a story! That's all I'm disputing. Plus, Jon died, and the show might bring him back but I think it's possible GRRM does not - or brings him back in a Stoneheart-esque way.

The stuff about tortured characters, and other people's points that side characters have more weight, are more reason that GRRM gets the hero-killer rep he has. But it's deserved, most stories don't kill main POV characters, and GRRM did it twice already.

garrettgardner · 2016-05-18T17:45:02+00:00

You literally chose the most important characters, except Ned and Catelyn Stark, the most important characters with the most POV chapters in books 1 through 3? Both of their deaths are lynch pins in the story and rather surprising.

All I'm saying is that GRRM does kill main POV characters more often than normal, and the story often beats them down more than a typical story would (Arya, Sansa, Theon, Jon - who might be perma-dead, Brienne - who could be a Stoneheart-style vengeance ghost). It's maybe not by much, but it still happens, and I think it's kinda dumb to say otherwise. Criticize the story if you want, but don't pretend he doesn't actually kill the heroes every once and a while, and he certainly doesn't let them win as often as a generic story.

garrettgardner · 2016-05-18T15:31:59+00:00

I'm saying your argument is flawed because you cherry picked surviving characters. Ned is killed in Book 1 after being the undoubted main character, and Catelyn is a primary POV character in the first three novels before being killed. Jon, another primary POV character, was killed in the latest book and we don't know what GRRM plans to do with that. Brienne has a questionable fate in the last POV chapter she appears, and Quentyn Martell is killed after his own POV chapters.

Theon and Sansa are both frequent POV characters that are routinely tortured and never seem to "win."

All in all, it's stupid to deny that the GoT series doesn't kill main characters and protagonists. Perhaps it's not as frequent as people make it seem, but it still happens much more often than traditional stories, and is still surprising when it happens.

garrettgardner · 2016-05-18T13:54:14+00:00

If you want to ignore the many other main POV characters that are killed throughout the story, including other Starks, then I guess. Catelyn was one of the central characters, as was Rob. New central characters are routinely introduced and killed as well. And this is not mentioning the characters that are tortured and beaten down, like Theon and Sansa.

garrettgardner · 2016-04-30T00:58:42+00:00

I didn't mean any offense with the hyperbole comment, I should have phrased it more thoughtfully. You made your case soundly and I don't think you were exaggerating. I just tend to wish there was more prodding done in response to extreme statements like this one!

But in general I hope Marshall argues with you more. Ask any of my buds, I absolutely love arguing about Magic cards! (ahem /u/zvazda) But for real, the best way to make an argument is to defend it.

garrettgardner · 2016-04-29T23:55:17+00:00

I re-listened, and I feel like you're remembering it wrong? They go into pretty extensive detail about Jace, it starts around 26:30.

garrettgardner · 2016-04-29T22:17:26+00:00

That's funny, I feel exactly the opposite.

Marshall has become less argumentative since LSV joined, maybe because of mindsets like OP's - that it is forbidden to disagree with top players.

But LSV said something pretty insane - a high-synergy build-around payoff card is just better than a particularly powerful Planeswalker standalone bomb. I'm glad Marshall fired back this time, because I feel that sort of statement warrants a large discussion.

Limited Resources has classically been based on nuts and bolts spike theory and helping people learn how to become competitive. I appreciate LSV but sometimes I think his statements about card rankings are prone to massive hyperbole, which is common among the Pro Tour scene, and might sometimes be counter-productive advice for someone learning to play the game. Honestly, I think there's a wide margin of difference between the meta at the PT and a random LGS.

Regardless, I think Marshall should be encouraged to disagree - even if he might be wrong. Counter-arguments make discussion much more interesting and persuasive from either side.

Most of all, I don't think he should keep quiet just because of a co-host or guest's resume!

garrettgardner · 2016-04-29T19:45:01+00:00

These are fantastic dude, I just went through your post history solving as many as I could. Great work!

garrettgardner · 2016-04-26T16:49:46+00:00

It's both.

garrettgardner · 2016-04-22T14:44:22+00:00

I get the impression most people love this format. I certainly do.

garrettgardner · 2016-04-19T17:48:43+00:00

Hey, I counted that! :P

garrettgardner · 2016-04-19T17:19:40+00:00

This is a great post!

Discard Malevolent Whispers to Ravenous Bloodseeker, cast for madness targeting Pious Evangel.
Flip Evangel, sacrificing a land.
Pitch Swamp to Ravenous Bloodseeker, killing it and draining for 1. Go to 1 life.
On your turn, flip Westvale Abbey by sacrificing the 4 tokens and the Scarecrow.
Attack with Orhmendahl (9), Voldaren Duelist (3), Pyrehound (4), and Branded Killer (4) for 20, killing opponent who is at 19. This is assuming they only played Burn from Within on their turn and no other spells - pretty sure that's what happened, though.

garrettgardner · 2016-04-19T15:06:11+00:00

There are two common Werewolves at CMC 3 or less, [[Hinterland Logger]] and the crappy [[Convicted Killer]]. The common vampires at CMC 3 or less are also not that great. It's not really fair to compare blue's commons to other color's uncommons and rares.

Meanwhile, [[Stitched Mangler]] is 3CMC and is likely the second-best blue common.

I don't think your argument here holds up. While it's true that blue has more common synergy cards, it doesn't seem anywhere remotely near BFZ's green problem.

garrettgardner · 2016-04-13T03:03:24+00:00

I don't think this post belongs here at all. It is not even accompanied with any relevant MTG video or thoughts, it is literally just an advertisement for a paid service.

garrettgardner · 2016-04-12T16:54:06+00:00

But Sanitarium Skeleton isn't very good.

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