My all-time favorite creature is Wild Mongrel. He left the door open for tons of misplays by opponents.
My all-time favorite non-creature card is Charbelcher. I played it non-stop in standard and won tons of packs with it.
Living Death - Bye bye Mr. Blightsteel Colossus, say hello to Angel of Despair and Madrush Cyclops!
Empyrial Archangel - Such a big butt. I love big butts, and no sir, I cannot lie.
Duplicant - I am sad to say that I include it in almost every single deck I play. But when I get rid of a Seedborn Muse or Ulamog, it is well worth it.
I got so tired of opening so many Mana Clashes in every core set that I decided I was going to play it (and keep playing it) for as long as WotC kept reprinting it. There was a few year period that I always had at least one Standard legal Mana Clash deck built, some were actually pretty good decks.
I had an unhealthy obsession with UB Fae, so much so that I played them when they were bad. Yes, they were at one point when everyone splashed red because of Fallout and Stag. I stubbornly remained UB.
I feel Remand is one of the most criminally misunderstood spells. So versatile.
I also played UG Madness a ton. That deck won me more money than anything else to date.
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Library of alexandria, nether void, serra angel and juzam are also cards I have a very emotional link with, probably because there were staples when I started to play the game.
For a long time I was obsessed with Armageddon but I think Living Death has proved to be better for me in the long haul and is really my top favorite of all time. Pretty much since I traded 2 cursed scrolls for one back in the day (before scroll was known to be good.)
I wanted to refrain from commenting at first, but the fact that an article of this quality was featured at the top of the page kept nagging at me.
So I recognize this is a pretty casual-oriented column, but what transpired in the paragraphs following your introduction could be summed up with the words, "Snapcaster Mage works well with instants and sorceries from Magic: The Gathering, the popular trading card game."
Terminus, Uncanny Speed, Diabolic Tutor, and Stolen Goods all have only one interaction with Snapcaster, which is being possible, if rather awkward, flashback targets. Call to Mind would work almost as well in any of these situations, since you're not really taking advantage of Snapcaster's Flash ability. Peel from Reality is a bit more interesting, I will admit. Uncanny Speed just seems worse than Lightning Bolt.
Regarding the Tibalt interaction, I think you've overlooked the fact that Tibalt is also bounced by Tide, which means you're starting over at 2 loyalty counters. This also means that the opponent has 2 turns to rebuild before you're able to sacrifice Tibalt for his subpar -4 ability.
So essentially we have coverage of a few self-explanatory AVR cards with the added text of "you can cast this again with Snapcaster Mage." And then at the bottom a decklist full of cards and interactions that are already established and popular in casual and competitive play.
I know you have a weekly column, and I acknowledge the fact that coming up with a compelling thesis is near-impossible every single week, but that seems to be even more reason to me to be more vigilant about keeping things interesting and relevant.
Nice! the first deck I ever built was a GW deck featuring the predator himself and serra angel to finish the game. I even went so far as to acquire a playest of the "GGGG" FoN from Alpha for style points.
When I first started playing magic in the stone age of Revised, my first big creature was Force of Nature, always has been and will be my favorite card without a doubt
I feel like you are really starting to warm up to this writing thing. Enjoyed the article despite the faithless looting faux pas. :D Since you are in green anyway maybe Harmonize is a better choice.
Good article. The story at the beginning was awesome. Where did you hear of this story? I am trying to find info on the Avacyn novel. I feel like the search for Avacyn is difficult. Maybe I should look in my Helvaut.
It was the first card I remember giving mill decks a little more to hope for...and as much as I love the winning side of TurboStasis that doesn't really feel like mill.
My all-time favorite creature is Wild Mongrel. He left the door open for tons of misplays by opponents.
My all-time favorite non-creature card is Charbelcher. I played it non-stop in standard and won tons of packs with it.
Living Death - Bye bye Mr. Blightsteel Colossus, say hello to Angel of Despair and Madrush Cyclops!
Empyrial Archangel - Such a big butt. I love big butts, and no sir, I cannot lie.
Duplicant - I am sad to say that I include it in almost every single deck I play. But when I get rid of a Seedborn Muse or Ulamog, it is well worth it.
I got so tired of opening so many Mana Clashes in every core set that I decided I was going to play it (and keep playing it) for as long as WotC kept reprinting it. There was a few year period that I always had at least one Standard legal Mana Clash deck built, some were actually pretty good decks.
Vendilion Clique
Honorable mentions: Cryptic Command, Remand, Thoughtseize
I had an unhealthy obsession with UB Fae, so much so that I played them when they were bad. Yes, they were at one point when everyone splashed red because of Fallout and Stag. I stubbornly remained UB.
I feel Remand is one of the most criminally misunderstood spells. So versatile.
I also played UG Madness a ton. That deck won me more money than anything else to date.
Guess I like tempo decks...
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Balance is probably my favorite.
Library of alexandria, nether void, serra angel and juzam are also cards I have a very emotional link with, probably because there were staples when I started to play the game.
For a long time I was obsessed with Armageddon but I think Living Death has proved to be better for me in the long haul and is really my top favorite of all time. Pretty much since I traded 2 cursed scrolls for one back in the day (before scroll was known to be good.)
Balduvian Horde. . First card i ever owned, my favorite still to this day.
Well, generally when you cast a cascade spell you want to hit Living End. Looting wouldn't be the end of the world, but it's not LE :(
I'm drawing a blank...what is it about Faithless Looting that makes the deck inconsistent? I'm not familiar with the Living End deck...
I wanted to refrain from commenting at first, but the fact that an article of this quality was featured at the top of the page kept nagging at me.
So I recognize this is a pretty casual-oriented column, but what transpired in the paragraphs following your introduction could be summed up with the words, "Snapcaster Mage works well with instants and sorceries from Magic: The Gathering, the popular trading card game."
Terminus, Uncanny Speed, Diabolic Tutor, and Stolen Goods all have only one interaction with Snapcaster, which is being possible, if rather awkward, flashback targets. Call to Mind would work almost as well in any of these situations, since you're not really taking advantage of Snapcaster's Flash ability. Peel from Reality is a bit more interesting, I will admit. Uncanny Speed just seems worse than Lightning Bolt.
Regarding the Tibalt interaction, I think you've overlooked the fact that Tibalt is also bounced by Tide, which means you're starting over at 2 loyalty counters. This also means that the opponent has 2 turns to rebuild before you're able to sacrifice Tibalt for his subpar -4 ability.
So essentially we have coverage of a few self-explanatory AVR cards with the added text of "you can cast this again with Snapcaster Mage." And then at the bottom a decklist full of cards and interactions that are already established and popular in casual and competitive play.
I know you have a weekly column, and I acknowledge the fact that coming up with a compelling thesis is near-impossible every single week, but that seems to be even more reason to me to be more vigilant about keeping things interesting and relevant.
Nice! the first deck I ever built was a GW deck featuring the predator himself and serra angel to finish the game. I even went so far as to acquire a playest of the "GGGG" FoN from Alpha for style points.
When I first started playing magic in the stone age of Revised, my first big creature was Force of Nature, always has been and will be my favorite card without a doubt
Nice, I feel caught up now. I like the stories. I hope they don't stop making the novels.
ANARCHY! Down with order, destroy the system, Punks not dead!
http://wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/190
Here ya are.
I feel like you are really starting to warm up to this writing thing. Enjoyed the article despite the faithless looting faux pas. :D Since you are in green anyway maybe Harmonize is a better choice.
Good article. The story at the beginning was awesome. Where did you hear of this story? I am trying to find info on the Avacyn novel. I feel like the search for Avacyn is difficult. Maybe I should look in my Helvaut.
Ohh crappp. It... kind-of... does.
I mean, it will consistently loot OR LE, but...
It won't consistently do exactly what you want :/ I fail!
Faithless Looting in the Living End deck is very funny. Doesn't that just drastically reduce the consistancy of the deck?
YAY another ninja!
Bazaar of Wonders
It was the first card I remember giving mill decks a little more to hope for...and as much as I love the winning side of TurboStasis that doesn't really feel like mill.
Not even that close. Sulf Vortex is a close 2nd due to Cube, but Bob is the best card of all-time (for me ofc, not on power-level).
survival of the fittest
WAFTT was a ton of fun! Anyone who enjoys Modern should definitely come out for this event. :)