Gathering some Magics

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-05 01:18:24

Which is picking apart your opponent's strategies and making them cry.

Remind me to never play a game with you. ._.

Gelzo · 2012-02-05 01:31:24

You guys know that you don't really die when you lose, right?

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-05 01:34:15

It's a figure of speech, Gelzo.

Viani · 2012-02-05 01:38:44

You guys know you really die when you lose, right?

millercross · 2012-02-05 01:44:27

anyway, sadistic sacrament + Surgical extraction doesn't work as the sacrament exiles cards and the extraction only searches for cards in the graveyard

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-05 01:44:34

It's a figure of....wait, no.

millercross · 2012-02-05 01:46:25

Well, you don't die. You only end up in the shadow realm.

Viani · 2012-02-05 01:58:24

You actually go to hell, but not if you're from America. You don't even get shot, or sawed in half either.

Justice4243 · 2012-02-05 02:57:39

In America!

Viani · 2012-02-05 03:00:54

Nyeh.

Gelzo · 2012-02-05 03:44:19

"Wait a minute! Did you just play a bunch of lands in one turn?"

"Yeah? So?"

"Isn't that against the rules?"

"Screw the rules, I'm Mike Long!"

Haven · 2012-02-05 03:49:27

Pfft. "No card advantage quite like the card advantage you get when you cheat", indeed.

Idler · 2012-02-07 04:56:46

Damn, my brilliant idea for a Standard-legal deck has been ruined by the existence of Surgical Extraction. Although I suppose that will rotate out fairly soon...

Gelzo · 2012-02-07 05:24:40

It's only a sideboard card. If the deck is good enough, you can do well with it even if that card makes you lose whenever it's used.

Viani · 2012-02-07 05:25:43

Landfall...still relevant or not-good?

Gelzo · 2012-02-07 05:31:37

Zendikar block isn't standard-legal anymore, and I haven't heard of a landfall themed deck being anywhere near competitive. There might be a landfall card or two that sees play, but I can't recall.

Idler · 2012-02-07 05:37:02

Lotus Cobra and Emeria Angel were played a fair bit back in the day, but I don't know if they still are.

Lunate · 2012-02-07 17:20:46

Steppe Lynx was played too, wasn't it?

Idler · 2012-02-07 17:22:31

Oh yes, and Plated Geopede. And Adventuring Gear, I think. And probably Bloodghast, too.

Viani · 2012-02-07 17:25:23

....AND ROIL ELEMENTAL AND RAMPAGING BALOTHS....right?

millercross · 2012-02-07 17:31:06

Roil Elemental is an staple of any EDH deck of mine as long as blue and green are involved.

so...one.

Idler · 2012-02-07 17:36:13

Man, landfall had a lot of really good cards, didn't it?

Then you have the terrible mechanics. Sweep, anyone?

Haven · 2012-02-07 17:36:53

I've seen Rampaging Baloth played in EDH more than Roil Elemental.

Steppe Lynx and Lotus Cobra were both Standard staples. I don't know if Mythic Conscription would've been possible without the Cobra and Knight of the Reliquary, in fact.

millercross · 2012-02-07 17:43:22

I can see myself using Sweep in a deck based around Knight of the Reliquar or something. Basically, mana ramp, then sweep all the lands, and after that, discarding.

It's not a very good card outside of such narrow contexts, though.

also, my first thought was Swap and it reminded me of how I want that mechanic to come back somehow. ;_;

Viani · 2012-02-07 17:44:45

Cycling.

like Resounding Thunder or Silence.

8 mana for a singular effect and what not.

millercross · 2012-02-07 17:47:39

The idea behind Cycling is not to cause an effect, but to draw a card and get rid of something that might not be useful right now.

There are some cards, like Scourge's cycle of Decrees that can be cycled and cause an effect.

However, you're right in that the Resounding cycle kinda sucked. It's basically redoing the Decrees as badly as they can, really.

Viani · 2012-02-07 17:51:55

I can see why they were commons.

Resounding Silence is just gross looking effect-wise.

Idler · 2012-02-07 17:55:14

Astral Slide decks were the king back in the day; cycling is a really potent mechanic sometimes.

millercross · 2012-02-07 18:02:30

Actually, Resounding Silence's the only one I'd consider playing. Exiling two attacking creatures for eight mana without giving your opponent a benefit (Like Sword to Plowshares or Path to Exile do) is quite good, imo. Especially because it requires bant colours, which means you probably can get enough mana to do it in a moment where it can be relevant and win you the game.

There's also Resounding Roar, but that's about it, really.

Idler · 2012-02-07 18:07:10

Reinforce was a pretty bad mechanic, too. Just so forgettable.

millercross · 2012-02-07 18:11:12

I think Reinforce should have been more of a black thing in order to further enable graveyard shenanigans.

Idler · 2012-02-07 18:17:52

I'm not a fan of the untap symbol, either. It's really fiddly and irritating.

millercross · 2012-02-07 22:15:20

Best tumblr

Viani · 2012-02-07 22:16:46

as I asked one hundred years ago....what is this tumbr thing about?

millercross · 2012-02-07 22:31:14

Blogspot but with more customization.

Viani · 2012-02-07 22:33:47

And the whole Ask X Anything things. Is there like a club for this or do people just do this and most fans ask questions and make videos of it?

millercross · 2012-02-07 22:34:37

It's people who like roleplaying. You can see that in Twitter as well, you know.

Viani · 2012-02-07 22:35:55

Twitter sux tho

millercross · 2012-02-07 22:37:08

My point is simply that it's a common thing around the internet.

Viani · 2012-02-07 22:37:44

.......IM SORRY

millercross · 2012-02-07 22:39:18

It's OK, kitty!Tnoph.

you are not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, anyway

Lunate · 2012-02-07 23:17:16

No discussion on bad mechanics is complete without banding.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-07 23:18:00

Bands With Other

Justice4243 · 2012-02-07 23:20:48

YA'LL BE FUCKED NOW!

Viani · 2012-02-07 23:36:29

....what?

millercross · 2012-02-07 23:48:50

Banding is a mechanic where various creatures attack as one. or something

i don't get it either

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-07 23:52:35

Camels do it.

Idler · 2012-02-08 09:52:52

Pfft.

Gelzo · 2012-02-08 13:13:37

Put it in a creatureless deck and win forever.

Justice4243 · 2012-02-08 20:50:45

FUCK YOUR DESERT.

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