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Cool. We can always adjust them later if we get some games in and have more insight in the future. :) Ooh, I like it. Not that it really matters, and I can't actually think of a relevant rules scenario myself, but it's interesting that Mistform Ultimus and changelings work very differently...

The healers get to healing. In the meantime, it looks like we have two votes for "finish healing and move on" and two votes for "stay here forever." Melkor, you wanna be the tiebreaker on this one? :eek:

Yeah, there's always Freeform on MTGO. I know that sometimes players have taken it upon themselves to organize events for variants that aren't officially regulated on MTGO, with self-enforcement of whatever rules the format involves. Obviously not as convenient as having an official format, but...

Mind Twist did nothing wrong!

I agree. Sadly, it seems that all versions of Tribal Wars on MTGO have been retired? I'm not much of an MTGO guy (hate the chess clock and the wonky interface), but I do find it rather strange that Tribal didn't retain popularity. I understand that there are other now-defunct MTGO formats, and...

Yeah, don't have the deck on me and was throwing in a quick update from memory, but your math checks out. Spidey: 19 Hand: 5 Library: 51 Battlefield: (T) Swamp (T) Forest (S) Longtusk Cub (2/2; Whenever ~ deals combat dmg to a player, I get EE (two energy ctrs).; Pay EE: Put a +1/+1 ctr on...

Done. Spidey: 19 Hand: 6 Library: 52 Battlefield: (U) Swamp Graveyard: Fatal Push Exile: ================================================================================================= Oversoul: 20 Hand: 5 Library: 53 Battlefield: (T) Unclaimed Territory (As ~ etb, choose a creature...

UUD, Evolving Wilds, Bomat Courier, go to combat, swinging in with both creatures?

As a bit of an appendix, I’ll leave my proposed ban list. I already came up with this list for the article I wrote some time ago (currently at the top of the CPA front page). Not changing it yet, so this is just a convenient repost. Notably, the decision to include to exclude some of these cards...

(Tier 1 Continued) Horror: Mooseman played a Horror Tribal deck in one of our games. Modus Pwnens seemed to also be playing a Horror Tribal deck, but it’s unclear to me, as he was eliminated quickly and the only creature revealed from his deck was a lone Phyrexian Rager (a horror). His tribe was...

Tier 1 This might be the most important category. It is likely to be the most contentious. This tier sort of corresponds to the the “Banned” tier from most of our old tribal games. These are the ultimate elites. Some of the Tier 2 tribes can fight them, but it’s an uphill battle. Player skill...

(Tier 2 Continued) Vampire: I don’t know how much it’s really helped vampires, but they have the distinction of being tagged by WotC as an “iconic” tribe, then shifted to a potential “characteristic” tribe, a role for which they still serve in a kind of substitute role. It’s not necessarily...

(Tier 2 Continued) Pirate: Ahoy there, ye scurvy dogs. Pirates be the finest tribe that ever sailed the seven seas. And if any landlubbin’ fools doubt it, I’ll gut them and make them walk the plank. In days of yore, pirates enjoyed no special advantages. The seas were rough and even the bravest...

(Tier 2 Continued) Druid: Mooseman played a Druid Tribal deck in one of our games. His deck never really got going in that game. Bad beats. Nearly all good druids are either elves or humans. Use Druid Tribal and you get the best of both worlds? I don’t know. Not really. Many druids tap for mana...

Tier 2 All of these tribes should be familiar to experienced players. They’ve had extensive support at one time or another. When you think “casual tribal deck” these are the creature types that spring to mind. Often, these types have been used with tribal synergies in tournament formats. Almost...

(Tier 3 Continued) Skeleton: I played a Skeleton Tribal deck in one of our games. What can I say? I like skeletons. I was quickly and mercilessly beaten to death, but Mooseman was playing a superior tribe. Skeletons are probably OK. They don’t have a lot going for them. Some of them can...

(Tier 3 Continued) Minotaur: While it never showed up in any of the main series of Tribal games we played at the CPA, Minotaur Tribal did make an appearance in the long-forgotten Two-Headed Giant series. I only remember that it exists because I rediscovered the 2HG games while writing a...

Tier 3 Ideally, I think I’d split this tier between the tier above it and the tier below it. This would involve renumbering, but setting that aside, I mean that some of these tribes might fit into Tier 4 and some might fit into Tier 2. I did not do that to start off because I wanted to err on...

(Tier 4 Continued) Pegasus: I mentioned the “steed” problem for drakes. Pegasus Tribal runs into the same problem. Good creatures, but meant to support other creatures and not meant for tribal synergies. But pegasi (pegasuses?) have the problem even worse than drakes and have fewer options. To...

(Tier 4 Continued) Leviathan: Of the sea monster tribes, this one has the most potent individual members. Does that translate to the best Tribal performance? I’m not sure. My instinct from simply looking at the cards is that leviathans pack the most punch once they get a lot of lands out, but...