I was scratching my head the other day and thought it might be time to write something off topic. Then the idea for the man card thing came to my head so I just ran with it.
I am sort of at a cross roads as to what Legacy related I want to write about. Someone asked me to write about Dredge, but that isn't my style and I don't think my heart would be into that sort of article. I guess I might take a break from writing unless someone has suggestions or something they wish to see covered.
I might write an article about a deck called "The Gate" which I've been toying around with. The problem right now is the payout for urza is to low to even consider playing in 2 mans.
For a moment there I was starting to wonder where this ties into magic then you hit us with the second half of the article and the cards selections. Refreshing, change to the typical article.
lol I saw you wrote an article and thought "sweet Legacy", then I read the description and was confused, but interested... then I read the article, and I didn't know what to think tbh lol
I guess I'll take that as a compliment lol. Just admit it, you were expecting some Legacy goodness, but instead stumbled upon my lame attempt at humor!
I understand they become overpowered when you can "cheat" them into play, but I'm not a Std player and there are a TON of ways to get them into play fast in eternal formats, when designing a card that has to be taken into consideration as well
Nice article! I actually think cards such as mana fixing, e.g., Growth Spasm, prophetic Prism, might deserve a category of their own. You define forks as cards that leave multiple paths open, but these cards make additional paths viable that previously were not. For example, with good mana fixing you can play multiple non-linked cornerstones (like, say, drana and deathless angel) or add additional forks into your deck (splash a flame slash in U/W).
To add something non-obvious to that, you seem to use primarily color requirement as your divide between "fork" or "cornerstone" but see cards like Enclave Cryptologist as forks as well. When I pick him, I tend to think of him as an engine for a more controlling build (after all, the longer the game goes, the greater the benefit he yields). However, decks with an aggressive curve can skimp on leveling him as they like looting to throw away extra land in exchange for gas. So P1P1 Enclave Cryptologist, P1P2 Regress can lead quite naturally into a counter based deck or kiln fiend aggro-combo without skipping a beat.
Heh, watched 4 A-Team episodes this past week alone! Murdoch is my favorite, and I love his voice talents. But I clicked on Face's name on netflix and saw he was in Battlestar Galactica - watching that now for the first time (from 1978) and enjoying that too.
"You shouldn't have gone into RW as you don't often see it work."
One of the overall messages of this walkthrough was to have a willingness to experiment, particularly in Swiss, and particularly early in a format. This was my fourth online ROE draft, and I have no regret about trying something different, even if it's not where I ended up. I *still* think RW aggro-falter seems like it could work, and I will look for other low-risk opportunities to try it out in the future.
That being said, at the time of this draft there were zero ROE walkthroughs on the internet, and general impressions of ROE Limited based on actual experiences instead of predictions and set reviews were only just beginning to bubble up. Nobody knew "what the pros were drafting" but the pros.
"And even if you were planing on RW Kiln Fiend, that's just loose..."
I was planning on RW aggro with a light tunneler aspect to help break through after a stall. I didn't even have a second fiend until P3P4. Again though, being "loose" is at its most correct early on in Swiss. You can't break a new archetype if you don't try out your theories!
Me: "I should have taken the Heat Ray, here."
Lunco: "You should have taken the Heat Ray, there."
Me: "To help with the fragility of the deck, having a late-game backup plan is ideal."
Lunco: "It's not as bad as you make it sound. Have a late-game back-up plan."
(eyeroll) Thanks.
But seriously, honest-to-goodness thanks for reading and taking the time to comment.
Or be clearer. I think it was obvious that YOU were joking. Perhaps my phrasing was off? Also I was trying to imply the opposite...insulting to guys not girls. Ah well subtlety is a fine art and hard to master.
Better yet, fire up the grill after finding that perfect steak. Cook as if you are some type of professional griller all the while slamming down some good ole fashioned lauger. After that, go put in your favorite episode of Tim the Toolman Taylor and watch crap get blown up. Wait a minute........better yet, go watch A-Team and laugh over and over as murdock acts tough but deep down in a pyromaniac nerd!
I know where Mr. Spaniel is coming from. My first few articles on this site almost killed me because the process for adding an image using the provided editor is *extremely* tedious. I believe after capturing the screen, pasting it into an editor, cropping it, and saving it to my computer (a process in itself), I counted 17 clicks and three drop-down menu navigations just to insert the image into an article. I knew I had to find a different way if I was going to keep writing image-heavy walkthroughs.
My workflow secret is just Windows Live Writer. The built-in image tools are great. I alt-printscreen MTGO and ctrl-v it right into the article flow, where it applies the default settings I created (drop shadow, centered, a maximum height of X and width of Y, link to full-size image, 10 points of space on top, none on the bottom), and there is a crop tool built in. Click crop, put a box around the desired area, click OK, then click off of the image to return to text input. It's about 30 seconds per image for me, now.
From there, I have Windows Live Writer linked to a private blogger.com blog. Publishing to blogger from Live Writer automatically uploads all my images to Picassa and links to them in the html, so all I have to do is copy the html from the blogger blog entry into the pure editor, and browse for autocarding mistakes and little formatting issues before submitting.
I thank and respect Pure for providing an "open mic" system for people to submit Magic articles and for personally giving me a wider audience for the writing I was doing anyway, but the article editor is clunky at best. Basically, while I use WLW, I recommend finding any good blogging app that incorporates image editing and one-click publishing tools, and working in that. Then paste the html produced in that process into the pure editor.
You know what is funny? While writing this article I actually had a feeling you would be commenting something along these lines. This article said nothing about bashing women or saying men were superior to them. In fact it says women could actually revoke a mancard.
It was written as a joke and should be read in such way. Seriously, Paul you gotta loosen up my friend.
I was scratching my head the other day and thought it might be time to write something off topic. Then the idea for the man card thing came to my head so I just ran with it.
I am sort of at a cross roads as to what Legacy related I want to write about. Someone asked me to write about Dredge, but that isn't my style and I don't think my heart would be into that sort of article. I guess I might take a break from writing unless someone has suggestions or something they wish to see covered.
I might write an article about a deck called "The Gate" which I've been toying around with. The problem right now is the payout for urza is to low to even consider playing in 2 mans.
For a moment there I was starting to wonder where this ties into magic then you hit us with the second half of the article and the cards selections. Refreshing, change to the typical article.
lol I saw you wrote an article and thought "sweet Legacy", then I read the description and was confused, but interested... then I read the article, and I didn't know what to think tbh lol
you my friend never had a chance at a man card or even a psuedo boy card good luck
I did expect some Legacy coverage, but i read your post about marshmallows and fire and no, nothing beats fire in manarchy.
I guess I'll take that as a compliment lol. Just admit it, you were expecting some Legacy goodness, but instead stumbled upon my lame attempt at humor!
faeries did for a short time...but yes i agree
Ahhh yes good old UFC, I was so disappointed with the performance of Rampage at the pay per view.
I understand they become overpowered when you can "cheat" them into play, but I'm not a Std player and there are a TON of ways to get them into play fast in eternal formats, when designing a card that has to be taken into consideration as well
this is perhaps the weirdest article I've ever read on here lol and that's sayin something
When the A-Team came out it was because of Dirk Benedict that I watched it. The rest just kept me watching.
I should of been more specific. When I added the Soul Wardens, I made it R/W/G rather then U/R/G
My two favorite Mancard shows. UFC and Myth Busters. Oh and Manswers
Nice article! I actually think cards such as mana fixing, e.g., Growth Spasm, prophetic Prism, might deserve a category of their own. You define forks as cards that leave multiple paths open, but these cards make additional paths viable that previously were not. For example, with good mana fixing you can play multiple non-linked cornerstones (like, say, drana and deathless angel) or add additional forks into your deck (splash a flame slash in U/W).
To add something non-obvious to that, you seem to use primarily color requirement as your divide between "fork" or "cornerstone" but see cards like Enclave Cryptologist as forks as well. When I pick him, I tend to think of him as an engine for a more controlling build (after all, the longer the game goes, the greater the benefit he yields). However, decks with an aggressive curve can skimp on leveling him as they like looting to throw away extra land in exchange for gas. So P1P1 Enclave Cryptologist, P1P2 Regress can lead quite naturally into a counter based deck or kiln fiend aggro-combo without skipping a beat.
Heh, watched 4 A-Team episodes this past week alone! Murdoch is my favorite, and I love his voice talents. But I clicked on Face's name on netflix and saw he was in Battlestar Galactica - watching that now for the first time (from 1978) and enjoying that too.
"You shouldn't have gone into RW as you don't often see it work."
One of the overall messages of this walkthrough was to have a willingness to experiment, particularly in Swiss, and particularly early in a format. This was my fourth online ROE draft, and I have no regret about trying something different, even if it's not where I ended up. I *still* think RW aggro-falter seems like it could work, and I will look for other low-risk opportunities to try it out in the future.
That being said, at the time of this draft there were zero ROE walkthroughs on the internet, and general impressions of ROE Limited based on actual experiences instead of predictions and set reviews were only just beginning to bubble up. Nobody knew "what the pros were drafting" but the pros.
"And even if you were planing on RW Kiln Fiend, that's just loose..."
I was planning on RW aggro with a light tunneler aspect to help break through after a stall. I didn't even have a second fiend until P3P4. Again though, being "loose" is at its most correct early on in Swiss. You can't break a new archetype if you don't try out your theories!
Me: "I should have taken the Heat Ray, here."
Lunco: "You should have taken the Heat Ray, there."
Me: "To help with the fragility of the deck, having a late-game backup plan is ideal."
Lunco: "It's not as bad as you make it sound. Have a late-game back-up plan."
(eyeroll) Thanks.
But seriously, honest-to-goodness thanks for reading and taking the time to comment.
Or be clearer. I think it was obvious that YOU were joking. Perhaps my phrasing was off? Also I was trying to imply the opposite...insulting to guys not girls. Ah well subtlety is a fine art and hard to master.
Better yet, fire up the grill after finding that perfect steak. Cook as if you are some type of professional griller all the while slamming down some good ole fashioned lauger. After that, go put in your favorite episode of Tim the Toolman Taylor and watch crap get blown up. Wait a minute........better yet, go watch A-Team and laugh over and over as murdock acts tough but deep down in a pyromaniac nerd!
Glad I inspired you Shard!
I know where Mr. Spaniel is coming from. My first few articles on this site almost killed me because the process for adding an image using the provided editor is *extremely* tedious. I believe after capturing the screen, pasting it into an editor, cropping it, and saving it to my computer (a process in itself), I counted 17 clicks and three drop-down menu navigations just to insert the image into an article. I knew I had to find a different way if I was going to keep writing image-heavy walkthroughs.
My workflow secret is just Windows Live Writer. The built-in image tools are great. I alt-printscreen MTGO and ctrl-v it right into the article flow, where it applies the default settings I created (drop shadow, centered, a maximum height of X and width of Y, link to full-size image, 10 points of space on top, none on the bottom), and there is a crop tool built in. Click crop, put a box around the desired area, click OK, then click off of the image to return to text input. It's about 30 seconds per image for me, now.
From there, I have Windows Live Writer linked to a private blogger.com blog. Publishing to blogger from Live Writer automatically uploads all my images to Picassa and links to them in the html, so all I have to do is copy the html from the blogger blog entry into the pure editor, and browse for autocarding mistakes and little formatting issues before submitting.
I thank and respect Pure for providing an "open mic" system for people to submit Magic articles and for personally giving me a wider audience for the writing I was doing anyway, but the article editor is clunky at best. Basically, while I use WLW, I recommend finding any good blogging app that incorporates image editing and one-click publishing tools, and working in that. Then paste the html produced in that process into the pure editor.
lol ok you get a pass
reading this made me want to take my shirt and drink guinness while watching sportcenter...now after class im picking up some guinness
You could be right there, I might have slipped up a little bit. I blame that on the fact I have 3 boys under the age of 7.
But you are cooking the smores around fire and what is more manly than fire?
nice, but s'mores? that could cost you your card my friend.
You know what is funny? While writing this article I actually had a feeling you would be commenting something along these lines. This article said nothing about bashing women or saying men were superior to them. In fact it says women could actually revoke a mancard.
It was written as a joke and should be read in such way. Seriously, Paul you gotta loosen up my friend.
You still meet the hidden requirements for now lol.