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Sadly, I wasn't playing Magic in 1993 and 1994 and did not yet know of its existence (despite living what I'd guess was about 6 to 8 miles from WotC at the time). I find stories about very early gameplay fascinating because the cardpool, rules, and player knowledge were so different from what...

Oh yeah, totally. Counterspell. :rolleyes:

UUD, done. :( Spidey: 20 Hand: 2 Library: 36 Battlefield: (U,U) Mt x2 (U,U,U) Island x3 (U) Swamp (U) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature or...

Turn 6? Turn 6! That's five turns wasted not killing your opponent! :p

In the LED thread, I used Demonic Tutor as an example of how cost can dramatically alter the utility of cards with essentially identical effects (Demonic Tutor is broken at 1B and Diabolic Tutor is kinda crap at 2BB). Likewise, Wheel of Fortune and Timetwister are broken at three mana and...

I've got nothing.

UUD, Forest, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 2 Library: 39 Battlefield: (T,U) Mt x2 (T,U) Island x2 (U) Swamp (T) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature...

Bitter Ordeal is one of those cards that came out in a power-packed set and didn't really have a niche for tournament gameplay, so it kind of flew under the radar despite having a great deal of latent power behind it. For cards in that category, many are reborn as Commander boogeymen. Bitter...

Fastbond is so broken, yet so fun. I think Manabond counts as a pretty reasonable "fixed" version.

I actually like Barren Glory so much that I was, dubiously, using it before it existed by bringing The Cheese Stands Alone into games where Unglued cards were allowed and even trying to fetch it with Ring of Ma'Ruf in games where they were not (I do not contend that this has the same legitimacy...

Many years ago, a local gamestore used to run these "Type Fun" tournaments with no set format. They kind of made up rules as they went and often changed things on the fly. It was a total mess. I went a few times and actually won one of them. What did it take for me to win a tournament? Well...

Hm, I hadn't thought of it in that way. I do think that for theory purposes it makes sense to draw lines somewhere. Like, if you developed a really robust, succinct version of Magic theory that was applicable in nearly all gameplay, but it didn't really work for Vanguard formats or Planechase...

Nope.

UUD, Forest, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 1 Library: 41 Battlefield: (T,U) Mt x2 (T,U) Island x2 (U) Swamp (T) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature...

So now I can't stop pondering the following convoluted Magical Christmasland fantasy... Bait out Worldfire somehow. Ertai's Meddling to delay Worldfire for later. Barren Glory. Oblivion Ring on Barren Glory. Let Worldfire go off. Win? Too bad I don't know anyone who plays Worldfire. I'd have...

The key part of Rule 407.1 there is "playing Magic games for ante." If I'm not playing for ante, Tempest Efreet can't go in my deck (the card says so). But Ring of Ma'Ruf only stipulates "a card you own from outside the game." The bit about removing the card from my deck before playing doesn't...

Throg makes his offering. (50 gold in this case, but the actual requirement is 2D6x10 gold, in case I haven't already said that somewhere) The warping forces of Chaos surge through the Warrior's veins, and he staggers drunkenly around the temple. When he comes to his senses, he realizes that...

Well, Void Snare can be used to kill a 0-life opponent who has Phyrexian Unlife on the battlefield. Vapor Snag cannot do this. Ergo, another win for sorceries. :p While that does seem to be true, the first set is still more informative. Sure, if I'm being pedantic (which, knowing me, seem...

Interesting. My first reaction is, "I didn't describe The Comboist Manifesto as a kernel, did I?" And really, I'm not sure. I've seen the term "kernel" used in different ways in different fields. It's entirely possible that along the way that I gave the impression that a kernel or something...

I missed this earlier! Oops. To belatedly answer the question... Nope, all of the Eternalize cards are bad. :p OK, OK, to be less cheeky... In principle, either the Embalm mechanic from Amonkhet or the Eternalize mechanic from Hour of Devastation could be used with cards dumped into my...