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Bushido is because unlike ninjutsu they're too ashamed of it to bring it back
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u gotta skate
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attackers are more fun
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afaik they had some world ideas which they thought were good but didn't have enough material for three sets, and it's easier to design self-contained limited formats than it is blocks
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spending a whole year in the same theme and drafting the same cards seems super outdated with how fast stuff moves now
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you
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how does drafting XXX compare to drafting XXY or XYZ? my thought is in terms of how good formats are "on average" but the variance also seems important (like maybe XXX is much better on average, but the highest peaks are from XYZ?)
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i dunno
VOW was garbage, NEO is a lot of fun
log on in the evenings and come draft with us!
VOW was garbage, NEO is a lot of fun
log on in the evenings and come draft with us!
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nah, i haven't played magic in years and i don't want to start again
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you can just spectate a draft without playing magic yourself
i do it all the time
i do it all the time
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Because defenders is a more evocative keyword.
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I believe it's because second and third sets just don't sell very well relatively
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When blocks were a thing I still tended to enjoy drafting XXX more than XXY, XYZ, YXX or ZYX.
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people did this?KingRamz wrote:YXX or ZYX
(thanks for your thoughts)
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i think the reason they switched to YXX and ZYX was to make it so your base your deck around the new cards rather than drafting the same decks you'd been drafting all year in the first pack(s) and then adding something new to it. basically a baby step toward trying to solve the same issues that getting rid of blocks was trying to solve
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you
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it's hard to imagine year long blocks in a world where it's normal for people to do multiple drafts a night, or to watch a very strong player do multiple drafts, and to get online and talk with other people doing the same thing and look at aggregate stats
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you
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Yeah although the aggregate stats only became a thing after blocks were abolished (and I wish the stats were also abolished).
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i dont mind the stats. they only help so much
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I agree with that, but it still takes away from the fun of discovering a set.
If it wasn't for stats we could have cool arguments about whether Imperial Oath is any good or not. I don't even know which side of the argument I would have been on! And our understanding of it could have matured over weeks and months, instead of 17lands going "yes, it's great, very high winrate".
Winrate isn't everything, and there's certainly stuff to discover that isn't reflected in the stats. But it still diminishes the amount of uncharted territory.
If it wasn't for stats we could have cool arguments about whether Imperial Oath is any good or not. I don't even know which side of the argument I would have been on! And our understanding of it could have matured over weeks and months, instead of 17lands going "yes, it's great, very high winrate".
Winrate isn't everything, and there's certainly stuff to discover that isn't reflected in the stats. But it still diminishes the amount of uncharted territory.
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right, arena is also after blocks were abolished, basically all the things i listed were niche back then. i was just musing that the world really did continue to follow the trajectory that would have made blocks worse
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you
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i dont think we'd be arguing about oath. but yeah maybe stuff like suit up and the like
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There's a handful of formats that were improved by the small set. I liked CCB better then triple Champions of Kamigawa. I think I liked OG Ravnica draft better with Guildpact. I have often heard the opinion that MMD was better than triple Mirrodin, though I was on a break from the game until right after Darksteel released so I don't have firsthand experience
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I remember Planeshift making Invasion draft worse but then Apocalypse making it better again. That was the first block I ever drafted though
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Both Nemesis and Prophecy made miserable Masques Block drafts much better
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