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Thinking a bit more about the power level question, I'm settling on the idea that MM3 is a not-quite-perfect-but-very-good reprint set tailored to the Modern format, and that IMA is a not-quite-perfect-but-very-good reprint set tailored to the Commander format. The two formats are fundamentally...

I don't think that it was a consideration factored in to the set development, so "supposed to be" could be attributing something that isn't really there. But that's dodging the question of where its power level actually sits. And that's subjective, but answerable anyway. I think that it depends...

Zuran Orb had some things going for it historically that aren't necessarily factors anymore, not the least of which was the powerful synergy with Balance, which is now pretty much strictly a Vintage one-off. But more broadly, it's important to note that Magic gameplay looked very different back...

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Alright then, which way?

Dismember the Legionnaire.

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Throg is still holding the lantern, apparently lost in thought. (I actually wasn't stalling for once. I'd been waiting on a reply from Turgy, but he's been silent lately. Anyone hear from him?)

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I blithely called Zuran Orb a "mere lifegain card." There is a bit more to it. Historically, decks that used Zuran Orb could get substantial utility from being able to kill their own lands, making the "cost" an end unto itself, with the lifegain being a bonus. I myself once had a deck that used...

Looking at an old deck, it occurred to me that I used to use Zuran Orb all the time, but that I don't think I've seen it used in years. Well, the previous thread I made was about Evolutionary Leap, a card that came out relatively recently. By default, I've only seen Evolutionary Leap used in the...

Altar's Reap on the Ghoulraiser.

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UUD, Geralf's Messenger, done. Spiderman: 19 Hand: 5 Library: 41 Battlefield: (T,T,U,U,U) Plains x5 (T,U) Island x2 (U) Moorland Haunt (T: Add C to my mana pool.; WU, T, Exile a creature from my graveyard: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token w/flying) (U) Gideon's Lawkeeper (1/1; W...

I think it was when I was in high school that a friend of mine used Proteus Staff against me. He put Raise the Alarm on an Isochron Scepter, then used Proteus Staff on his own soldier token, stacking his library. Then he tried to cast Goblin Charbelcher, which I countered. I was a jerk and...

Lately, I've been a bit disappointed with new Standard sets (I mostly liked Aether Revolt, but nothing since has impressed me). So it's nice to see that these "Masters" sets are still excellent, offering much-needed reprints and generally exciting pools of cards. For a minute, they almost...

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