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Well, that's understandable: they both have usernames that start with "P"! Part of me is still convinced that Turgy and TomB are basically the same guy. :p

Well, I think that the Manaleak article correctly identifies that problem. Games like Poker and Bridge have detailed book-length treatises on theory, and Magic, which is more complex (not saying that as a point for or against it, but merely as a fact), is lacking in that department. A major...

Good game. I kept thinking that I had you for sure but you managed to thwart me a few times. If you'd been able to stick more attackers on the board earlier, I don't think I'd have been able to win.

Wait, really? Dan is Sean's pseudonym? Not trying to pry and I'm enjoying this content either way, but that seems off somehow. Sean's articles were wiped (by you, I think) because he's a professional writer and was worried about having his old stuff archived here (understandable, as there are...

They are, but at first I was just giving Rokapoke a chance to post, and then enough time passed that it became awkward. I assume that Rokapoke is busy with trivialities like "work." So I'll update this tomorrow in order to keep it moving. I'll probably just assume that Tomas is using Freeze...

Well, I didn't mention it because I never used it! Don't think I even saw it before. Really, I haven't seen many other Pandemonium enthusiasts since the tournament days of PandeBurst. Aluren is popular, though, but I don't think I ever saw the cards used together. But I can see how it might be...

I think that's a valid point and a simple one, but it raises an issue that is a lot more nuanced. A lot of these extreme decks have some percentage chance of what I've call losing to themselves. This could be literally attempting a combo kill and decking oneself when the engine fails, or it...

I found the "MetaEsper" deck delightful. I've long thought of silly, unusual, and interesting decks as the heart of this place, and I'm especially fond of decks that push boundaries. I still have a sleeved-up Oops, All Spells deck (this exact list) except for the sideboard (took that apart to...

I settled on 3 copies of Reverberate after what I'd consider to be preliminary testing, and while the exact right number might vary, the deck is in Matt's hands now. I haven't discussed it with him in a while (last I heard, he was pretty happy with it). My qualm with Reverberate is that you're...

I had guessed that Dan was Psarketos after seeing that the first article had come up shortly after Psarketos had been inquiring about posting articles. Thought about starting a thread in the decks forum concerning the decklist in the first article: it reminds me a bit of a manaless deck that I...

The cards that actually interacted with Lion's Eye Diamond to get it restricted in Vintage already existed before Scourge came out. All the new set did was add a finisher My forum avatar is the art from Tendrils of Agony and my signature mentions it. I am a fan of the card. But there isn't...

UUD, Sulfer Falls, Forbidden Alchemy putting Swamp, Think Twice, Armored Skaab into my graveyard. Pillar of Flame targeting you, Slagstorm choosing players. I go to 9 and you go to -1?

Extended Madness didn't take off until Lion's Eye Diamond rotated out of the format This one is at least partially attributable to deckbuilding choices, rather than format constraints. Mirage Block rotated out of Extended on October 20th, 2002. Madness decks had inundated Standard almost...

Done. Spiderman: 4 Hand: 5 Library: 40 Battlefield: (T,T) Plains x2 (T,T,U) Forest x3 (T) Razorverge Thicket (~ ETB tapped unless I control two or fewer other lands.; T: Add W or G to my mana pool) (S) Elvish Visionary (1/1; When ~ ETB, draw a card) (S) Borderland Ranger (2/2; When ~ ETB...

UUD, Mountain, Flashback Think Twice, Flashback Think Twice, Flashback Faithless Looting and discard two copies of Mountain. Attack with Fettergeist, blocks/responses?

Burnt Offering is strictly better than Sacrifice, although the difference is usually very minor. And yes, it does look fun.

UUD, Pillar of Flame on Acidic Slime. Faithless Looting, discard Think Twice and Faithless Looting. Mountain, Desperate Ravings, randomly discard Think Twice. Fettergeist, done. Spiderman: 7 Hand: 5 Library: 43 Battlefield: (T) Plains x2 (T,T) Forest x2 (T) Razorverge Thicket (~ ETB tapped...

Well, I've devoted a whole lot of words to describing the historical use of Lion's Eye Diamond since it rose to prominence in Storm decks in 2003. This includes a whole lot of cards that were new printings. But like I said, for about six years, the card was generally considered bad. From this...

Done. Spiderman: 7 Hand: 5 Library: 44 Battlefield: (T) Plains x2 (T,T) Forest x2 (T) Razorverge Thicket (~ ETB tapped unless I control two or fewer other lands.; T: Add W or G to my mana pool) Graveyard: Attended Knight, Stingerfling Spider, Llanowar Elves, Brutalizer Exarch, Attended...

While I am inclined to plead ignorance on this because I don't think a pump shotgun is what you have in mind and that's all I personally own, I do think from what I've picked up on over the years that one of the issues in the capacity discussion is that "high capacity" is a meaningless term...