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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:49 am

wizards ceo: okay boys, it's time to design the arena targeting AI. find me the world's most experienced programmer of magic AIs

shandalar developer:

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Post by Blissful » Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:51 am

pterrus wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:03 am Okay so whenever you put something on the stack you get more rope right. Well, somehow I ran out of rope after casting grapeshot but before it credited me with more rope and the game made me point all the copies at myself and grapeshot myself for 22.

I was on the bubble for diamond 1. I don't know if I have the morale to continue.
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Post by Ashenai » Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:33 am

it gave you just enough rope to shoot yourself

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Post by pterrus » Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:59 pm

Went on a savage run this morning and made mythic so all is well. Now I can rest.

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Post by Khaos » Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:23 pm

good job dude

dungeon cards look sweet

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Post by Blissful » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:10 pm

Khaos wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:23 pmdungeon cards look sweet
this seems like an awful lot of text to not have printed on the cards themselves!
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Post by Blissful » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:10 pm

congrats pterry
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Post by Khaos » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:17 pm

Blissful wrote:
Khaos wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:23 pmdungeon cards look sweet
this seems like an awful lot of text to not have printed on the cards themselves!
im less into them now that i know there aren't a lot and you also don't draft them

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Post by Blissful » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:29 pm

Khaos wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:17 pm
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Khaos wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:23 pmdungeon cards look sweet
this seems like an awful lot of text to not have printed on the cards themselves!
im less into them now that i know there aren't a lot and you also don't draft them
i want to just make my own custom dungeon so that the cards do whatever i want them to for cube
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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:30 pm

I said this on discord but I expect they're going to end up feeling fairly repetitive

maybe it's fine though, if the room choices end up being interesting in a large enough fraciton of game states. I don't think they're going to feel exciting though

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Post by Blissful » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:30 pm

It would be cooler if you drafted them for sure

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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:31 pm

having a bunch of them that you draft seems like it would have better staying power yeah

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Post by Khaos » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:43 pm

drafting the mad dude's dungeon would certainly be more exciting. maybe they could have a dungeon with a basic supertype that everyone would have access to if they didn't draft any. or do the learn thing where you do X if you have no dungeon

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Post by pterrus » Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:57 pm

How are there only going to be 3? That seems like a bummer.

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Post by Rylinks » Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:58 pm

i think you quickly get decision paralysis if there are more than 3

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Post by Khaos » Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:05 pm

Rylinks wrote:i think you quickly get decision paralysis if there are more than 3
that's why you would make them draftable instead of always having them!

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Post by Rylinks » Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:06 pm

you can't just do the same thing every set

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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:09 pm

at that level of generality you totally can

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Post by pterrus » Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:11 pm

Doing slightly shitty thing because you did good thing last time is a common failure mode.

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Post by Skeletor » Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:16 pm

I said this on other forum but maybe their intention is to complete the tie-in circle by releasing new dungeons whenever they release a new d&d module or whatever it's called. And probably not make it standard legal or something
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Khaos » Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:32 pm

Rylinks wrote:you can't just do the same thing every set
stop printing creatures

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Post by Ashenai » Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:46 pm

Khaos, Parter of Veils wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:32 pm
Rylinks wrote:you can't just do the same thing every set
stop printing creatures
make the all-planeswalker set already cowards

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Post by Crunchums » Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:35 pm

Khaos wrote:
Rylinks wrote:you can't just do the same thing every set
stop printing creatures
have they done reverse-Legions yet?
u gotta skate

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Post by Skeletor » Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:48 am

I wonder if they considered that for Strixhaven
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Skeletor » Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:52 am

That gimmick is probably just never worth it
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Khaos » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:17 am

it sounds really boring

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Re: Random Magic Discussion Thread

Post by Crunchums » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:39 am

humor article idea: announcing reverse legions, and then all of the preview cards make creature tokens
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Re: Random Magic Discussion Thread

Post by Khaos » Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:39 pm

Summon Grizzly Bears
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Create a 2/2 green Bear creature token.

or even better, they could be based on homelands cards

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Re: Random Magic Discussion Thread

Post by Skeletor » Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:22 am

Summon the Perfectionist
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Sorcery
Create a 2/2 blue Legendary Djinn Wizard creature token named Uvilda, Dean of Perfection with “T: You may exile an instant or sorcery card from your hand and put three hone counters on it. It gains “At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is exiled, remove a hone counter from it” and “When the last hone counter is removed from this card, if it’s exiled, you may cast it. It costs 4 less to cast this way.””
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Summon the Expressionist
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Sorcery
Create a 4/4 red Legendary Efreet Shaman creature token named Nassari, Dean of Expression with “At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent’s library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.” and “Whenever you cast a spell from exile, put a +1/+1 counter on Nassari, Dean of Expression.”
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Re: Random Magic Discussion Thread

Post by Khaos » Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:27 am

Skeletor wrote:Summon the Perfectionist
2U
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Create a 2/2 blue Legendary Djinn Wizard creature token named Uvilda
lol

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