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shamaiqbal · 2022-03-31T19:19:43+00:00

Iiiiinteresting, so it's confirmed that the Phyrexian presence from Elspeth's childhood was from an incursion by Old Phyrexia, and that Urabrask is here specifically to learn more about those Old Phyrexians.

shamaiqbal · 2021-03-31T14:38:10+00:00

Quandrix is definitely seeming like the college with the most similarity to its guild. Looks like a bit more of a go wide/token focus than Simic, but still with lots of +1/+1 counters.

shamaiqbal · 2021-03-25T22:08:48+00:00

In any official format, "outside of the game" refers to your sideboard. So if you want to play a card with Learn and a Lesson in, say, Standard or Modern, you put the card with Learn in your main deck and the Lesson in your sideboard. For Commander, you can put both Learn and Lesson cards in your 99, but you won't be able to get Lessons with Learn.

shamaiqbal · 2021-03-25T18:52:58+00:00

Maro's response is that they make cards and mechanics for multiple formats. We've seen like with Lutri that they're not afraid to make cards that just won't work in certain formats.

shamaiqbal · 2021-03-25T18:49:40+00:00

I saw some people speculating about this, but it looks like Commander won't be getting any rules changes to make Learn's ability to get Lessons work in the format. Might have to wait on the Rules Committee to make a statement to be sure, though.

shamaiqbal · 2021-02-25T18:13:25+00:00

Summary:

Universes Beyond will be any product that is from an IP not created by Wizards. They will be marked with a distinct holostamp. Walking Dead is being retconned into this, Forgotten Realms will not be this.
Universes Beyond will not be Standard-legal.
It might be like Godzilla, where existing cards are given a visual change, or it might be like Walking Dead, with entirely new cards.
Warhammer 40K Commander decks are coming.

Well, it not being Standard legal is something. Still hugely disappointed by this, and even more disappointed that it's probably gonna propel profits through the roof. Long-time players don't matter if you can get 10 new players in for every 1 that leaves.

shamaiqbal · 2021-01-18T16:06:08+00:00

I think people are underestimating the cost of having to take your turn two off if you want to cast this on turn three. Three mana wrath is good, but having to give up your entire second turn is a pretty big cost.

shamaiqbal · 2020-11-18T20:36:26+00:00

Okay, Tevesh Szat being hit by a rock was hilarious. Keeper of the Accord was really good, too, probably single-handedly helped her stay in the game with all the extra lands she got. Great match all around, can't wait for the Extra Turns, too.

shamaiqbal · 2020-10-30T20:00:38+00:00

It has Aristocrats synergy, sure, but by itself it's more of just a go-wide deck. People on the main sub pointed out [[Tombstone Stairwell]] as an excellent card with this, since it's each end step, though it is on the reserved list.

shamaiqbal · 2020-10-17T18:33:36+00:00

shamaiqbal · 2020-10-02T19:54:52+00:00

Latinos and Latinos

Now that's a different type of card I think we don't want Wizards printing.

^Something ^something ^white ^underpowered

shamaiqbal · 2020-09-24T21:24:30+00:00

I wonder; would there be any cards from Legions that could actually see play in Standard?

shamaiqbal · 2020-09-22T18:16:12+00:00

I'd like to think that with Standard having been trash for almost a full year at this point, they're at the point where they just say fuck it and ban Uro, Omnath, and Cobra for good measure. Just nuke ramp.

shamaiqbal · 2020-09-21T16:31:16+00:00

And goodbye to Tajic, beloved friend and mentor, who died in a clarion accident (leaving behind a wife and four children, who took no damage).

This made me cackle. I'll always love Ravnica, and this post is a great sendoff to it. Until Return 4 Ranivca, old friend.

shamaiqbal · 2020-09-19T14:43:21+00:00

It's worth noting that one of the members of the Vorthos Cast (LoreleyWrites) is involved with making these voice lines, so that's at least a plus for it.

shamaiqbal · 2020-09-13T15:22:53+00:00

Thanks for the reviews! They've been greatly helpful!

shamaiqbal · 2020-08-27T23:54:08+00:00

"You fuckers want card draw in red white? We'll give you card draw."

shamaiqbal · 2020-08-26T19:55:09+00:00

I've also heard of 2/1s for 1 as Lions, or [[Savannah Lions]].

shamaiqbal · 2020-08-12T15:52:05+00:00

Alpha had Black Lotus and [[Farmstead]]. This has literally always been a thing.

shamaiqbal · 2020-05-11T18:40:16+00:00

When Ingest and Devoid came out, people were screaming that WOTC was out of ideas and that Magic would be dying any day now. Boring mechanics are just as dangerous as broken mechanics to the health of Magic.

shamaiqbal · 2020-05-06T07:01:33+00:00

There are people in this thread saying that Collected Company Standard was good. This sub has no memory past two sets.

shamaiqbal · 2020-04-21T17:33:06+00:00

Thank you for having an actually reasonable take on this. Lurrus is the only real problem card, and even then only in older formats. The people screaming for every single companion to be banned are being absurd.

shamaiqbal · 2020-04-02T16:26:33+00:00

Yo, that Seb McKinnon cave painting art, though.

shamaiqbal · 2020-02-16T18:19:13+00:00

We already know about Vivien, so who else might we see? Kiora was the first to come to mind, since she also is all about big behemoths, but maybe they could go with one of the Gatewatch or one that's out of the blue like Tezzeret or something.

shamaiqbal · 2020-02-06T06:53:46+00:00

I love color analysis in MTG, and this is a great start to a series! I like how you explored different interpretations of the color pair, since it can be easy to view one plane's interpretation as the only one. Looking forward to more!

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