Exploring Guild Mechanics
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The mechanics are interesting enough, but I'm going to have to go with Izzet for the overload mechanic, simply because cyclonic rift is pretty nasty before overload, and can get obscene after the fact. It doesn't hurt that Jace's ultimate is pretty nasty(play a card from each library without paying its mana cost), but Faerie Impostor's "drawback" will play quite well with Snapcaster Mage, or Restoration Angel.
Aaah. You're talking Magic, the Gathering. Might be worth mentioning in the headline. Or in one of the first few sentences. If not for the images of the cards, I would have no idea what you're talking about even after reading the first paragraph. Some people read this stuff via RSS.
Disappointed with with the new rakdos mechanic. I prefer Helbent, which made everything stronger if you had no cards in your hand.
I can't wait to see what Simic gets. Hopefully it's faster than placing 1/1 counters on everything, and hopefully it gets another ridiculous monster like Simic Sky Swallower.
I can't wait to see what Simic gets. Hopefully it's faster than placing 1/1 counters on everything, and hopefully it gets another ridiculous monster like Simic Sky Swallower.
Azorius with some mono bue Izzet cards. I've been thinking of making something of a mill deck and detain seems perfect for a little turtle action.
The title says Hexproof, it's the dedicated MTG column. Admittedly though it's not the most read column on the escapist, but it's tagged as MTG.Tiamat666 said:
I'm a HUGE fan of Golgari. Black and Green are my favorite colors, and as such I love graveyard mechanics. Innistrad's graveyard theme followed up by Golgari in RTR pretty much make me the happiest Magic player in the world right now.
I'm gonna hit two different prerelease events the weekend they happen. First time I'll be going Golgari obviously, second time I'll shake things up and maybe play Rakdos or Azorious. Gonna have to wait to see more spoilers.
I'm going to be visiting the Carnarium for the midnight pre release.
But since I'll be playing all six events offered by my local, I'll be trying all the guilds out over the course of the weekend.
But since I'll be playing all six events offered by my local, I'll be trying all the guilds out over the course of the weekend.
I'll probably play a couple - golgari seems the best thus far, but we'll see.
Also: Yes, scavenger is weaker than dredge for constructed. Not so sure for limited. Plus, 'weaker than dredge' is sort of like 'less explosive than a nuke'. Sure, it might be true, but most of us are glad...
Also: Yes, scavenger is weaker than dredge for constructed. Not so sure for limited. Plus, 'weaker than dredge' is sort of like 'less explosive than a nuke'. Sure, it might be true, but most of us are glad...
Well, you can use scavenge against something with unleash is a nice little trick.mrverbal said:
Midnight will be Azorious since I'll be able to actually plan my abilities and not make many mistakes to tirednessEncaen said:
Saturday morning/early afternoon will be Selesnya cos smashing into things goes well with copious amounts of coffee
Saturday late afternoon/night Rakdos because just play big dude. Big dude go eat face.
Sunday morning Izzet. After a good nights (4-5 hours) rest I shouldn't fail too hard. FOR SCIENCE!
Sunday evening will be finishing off with Golgari and hopefully taking one for the swarm!
Yeah I'm gonna be magic-ed out but it's gonna be so good. I hope that I can pick up some Epic Experiments from people though since they'd go very nicely into some decks.
Captcha twenty four seven. Yes captcha. Magic, all day, all night.
I'm currently enjoying playing Black/Green, White/Green, Black/Blue and White/Blue the most, mostly just messing with any and all graveyards and concentrating on making the most out of that special place called 'Exile'... so, I'm really looking forward to the pre-release event and making those decks of mine really get that fresh boost of causing even more despair and madness!
Erm, what? Are... are you trying to tell me that Innistrad wasn't flavorful? Or Mirrodin Besieged? Or Alara? Or Zendicar? And what's wrong with supporting various playing styles? That seems far better than just printing out random cards and seeing what sticks. Besides that, how was Ravnica balanced? The block as a whole, vaguely (with a number of color combinations being notably underpowered, but still). But in each set of Ravnica, the colors that had more guilds were notably more powerful.Metalhandkerchief said:
Ravnica was a fun and fantastic set, but it was far from perfect. While RtR isn't perfect either, it's looking like it will do a fine job of following in Ravnica's footsteps.
Torn between Rakdos and Izzet and can only afford to hit one prerelease event. Probably leaning towards Rakdos right now but that may change.