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Seismic Assault is a decent red card and Life from the Loam can fuel it as a damage source, but the combo isn't really a particularly mean/evil/cruel/sadistic one. And some of you might ask the question: "How will my opponents know that I'm a bad person if I don't do bad things to them?" For...

I didn't expect it, but this thread had me reminiscing about the early days of the Dredge mechanic and noticing something subtle, yet obvious once it is pointed out: the lack of Dread Return. Dredge cards, and Life from the Loam in particular, were successful pretty much right away, proving...

While we don't have the real cards out yet, MTGO results are already proving how utterly silly this idea was. Mark Rosewater's imaginary interns of five years ago got it right. Should have listened to those guys... Latest MTGO Legacy Challenge Top 8: Lurrus Lurrus Yorion Lurrus No Companion...

Another very early use for Life from the Loam was alongside other Dredge cards in a Psychatog deck. Sometimes known as Dredge-a-Tog, this was one of many concepts that made up the vast constellation of "Tog." In hindsight it's surreal, because "Tog" is some bit of historical trivia and Dredge...

I've grown so accustomed to Seismic Assault in Legacy decks, particularly Aggro Loam decks, that it's easy to forget the Seismic Assault + Life from the Loam combo featured prominently in Extended before those decks existed, and that it looked very different from the Legacy configuration. The...

I can't remember when I first heard about Life from the Loam or saw it in action. The application in Madness decks must have been one of the earliest historical uses I was aware of, but it seems likely that another application was identified and exploited even before that... After all, Seismic...

While Thought Prison is kind of an unusual card, that part of it follows a pretty standard template, which is why it's still the same in Oracle text as it is on the original printed card. It has you choose a card and tell you clearly that it's having you choose a card. The part with the...

In the thread for Lion's Eye Diamond, I highlighted Life from the Loam as a card in Legacy URG Madness decks. I assume that I knew at the time I'd eventually be doing one of these threads for LftL, although I can't actually remember what I was specifically thinking. Mentioning Life from the Loam...

There's probably a lot more that could be said regarding Golgari Loam Control decks, but one point in particular seems memorable here. Earlier, I noted that when Innistrad introduced Liliana of the Veil, one of the most iconic planeswalkers, Loam Pox fell out of favor as the monoblack version of...

Throg takes the poison. He also removes Nayadra's head, although he doesn't currently have any armor spikes on which to mount it. (You could jam the severed head onto one of the big old horns on your skull helm.)

I talked quite a bit about black cards recently in this thread, but I have glossed over what's probably been the most important black creature for Loam decks... It's not as fun as Countryside Crusher and it lacks the sheer insane power of Knight of the Reliquary, but Bloodghast has perhaps...

While I find the ban on Flash to be eminently warranted, I did find the strange tone of the announcement rather off-putting. Checked around and I've seen similar reactions from others. It just smacks of disdain and exceptionalism. As though these "cEDH" players are participating in some...

Saw people on other sites have been digging this up, and it is kind of surreal now. It's an imaginary conversation about unrealistic stories that reflect actual card design lessons. Kind of a goofball experimental format for an article, but Mark Rosewater is into that sort of thing...

At the time that I wrote all of the posts currently in the Magic Memories thread for Zuran Orb, my experience with the card was all rather deep in the past. I'd estimated that it had been a decade or more since the last time I'd used the card, as most of my gameplay outside of forum games here...

Now that combat is over, getting out of the pit isn't particularly difficult. The pit wasn't really built to be a prison. It looks like it might have been built for storage at one point. Jekaena, Tomas, and Dorgath get some assistance, but other members of the party pitch in and soon everyone is...

Carrow climbs up onto the ledge. He sees that it's pretty big, but bare. It's covered in Nayadra's blood now, but that's Throg's fault. The only feature of interest seems to be the door (right in the middle of the wall, across from the pit), which Nayadra had been sticking close to.

Along with Death Loam, there was also Loam Pox. It didn't have the connection to the Extended format archetype and was a Legacy original. I was more cognizant of Death Loam because my friend played it, but the Pox version was less mana-intensive and ultimately lasted much longer. Loam Pox was...

Also, the Power Phase roll is 3 for the next turn, so I'm going to assume roll some dice, and confirm that the healers can finish healing the rest of the party. Carry on.

Seriously, I was going to have Nayadra run into the next room after one more round of spellcasting, and then if you guys didn't follow her closely enough, she'd summon a bunch more dryads. But I forgot that Throg could just levitate and then axe-murder her. Good job?

-The Power Phase is 2. -Jekaena casts Heal Wounds on Tomas (18/21). -Tomas casts Life Force on Throg. Wounds inflicted by his attacks can be distributed as healing. -Kelgar fails to bless anything. -Carrow swings wide. -Revaethan uses Woven Mist (4). -Revaethan leaps into action against the...