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I've never been very good about keeping track of Simic cards, even the old ones, although I remember some of them. As for the new ones, think I've played against two Simic decks based around cards from RTR block, but I'm a little fuzzy on the details right now. I'll have to look most of these...

There's a lot of, um, enthusiasm in the Seattle area right now regarding the Seahawks; it's definitely moreso than the last time they went to a super bowl.

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I used to play decks with Megrim in them a lot. I probably wouldn't do that anymore because there are just too many better strategies now. Waste Not is pretty comparable to Megrim and I'm guessing Megrim was kept in mind by whoever was in charge of balancing this thing. I'd hesitate to use Waste...

I'd be pleasantly surprised if it ends up being a strong card. One doesn't get to control which types of cards opponents will be discarding. One might want to draw cards, but find that discard spells can only hit lands, providing useless mana. If it was one effect for any type of discarded card...

I've done infinite combos a lot in the past. The decks I'm working on right now for Legacy are Ad Nauseam Tendrils, Oops, All Spells!, and Belcher, none of which go infinite. That wasn't really a factor in my decision to focus on those decks. They're just the ones that appeal to me the most at...

I've seen special budget-enforced formats before, but I don't think anyone has tried getting that sort of thing going here. We're probably too lazy to look up a bunch of card prices anyway. I'm all for a custom banned list, but that would require a committee to update it, and we don't seem to...

Ah. I totally misunderstood that, then. I don't usually pay attention to how much a whole deck costs because I'm not enough of a baller to buy entire decks from scratch. I used to have one back when it was probably worth $5 or something, and I probably traded it for cards that suck. Gaea's...

Yeah, in my experience, most decent Reanimator decks bulldoze decks that don't have removal of some sort. And that's a totally valid strategy. It used to be more prevalent, especially back before Entomb was printed. In part, Dredge might have driven out this flavor of Reanimator, because when...

We did, actually. And I ruined it again? I don't know. I prefer the charitable explanation that none of us were really thinking about whether individual tribes should be banned in a "everything but tribal creatures is restricted" format, so when CanadianBrad expressed that they shouldn't be, we...

Decked out Reanimator decks also use Griselbrand because if the opponent does have an early removal spell that can take him out, it's still possible to respond by paying life to draw cards that can reanimate him again or bring out other threats. He's just crazy. Then again, so is Entomb...

Cheese is relative. I think Entombing Griselbrand and then Exhuming him is cheesy. Dropping Haakon into your graveyard with Avatar of Discord could be fun too (I haven't actually tried it—just seems like it'd be fun), but sure doesn't seem as cheesy. But the question is, how cheesy do you want...

Scab-Clan Mauler would probably be the most tempting one, but there are others. Gorehorn Minotaurs might be worth it. Skarrgan Firebird is pretty nice. I'd also consider Stormblood Berserker and Skarrgan Pit-Skulk (they have synergy with Bloodrush). Petrified Wood-Kin might be viable as a finisher.

Swampwalk? What is this? 1996?

Well, I just submitted it. I had another article that was basically ready, and I'd have submitted that one instead of writing the one I just wrote, but oh well, too late now. There's supposed to be an image at the end. Hopefully I tagged everything properly, or at least didn't mess up too...

Kor Hookmaster was initially going to be put into my deck before I changed my mind about keeping the decks Standard-legal for a while. You have the right idea, but really, most of the "Detain" cards aren't even that good. I'd like to combo Lavinia of the Tenth with Venser, Sojourner. That'd be...

Oh, most of the cards I've ever bought have been singles. But I don't know that I'd do so for these decks. I guess it depends. I think I was trying Prey Upon for a while. Neither it nor Pit Fight are in the current version, but they pretty reasonably could be. I originally cut them back when...

They could sell it to The Asylum. Chandra summons a Flaming Sharknado to fight against Jace.

Ah, thanks then. So many good cards indeed. Hm, it's a pity that so many of the really efficient spells are lightning-looking (Lightning Bolt, Rift Bolt, etc.) ones instead of fiery ones. Is Fireblast an option? I know it's old and hasn't been reprinted much, but it's a common and not in huge...

Hardly. I didn't say the deck sucks or anything like that. I actually appreciate the fire/elemental theme and think it's a fun idea. I suggested a single card that I think fits the theme and seems like it would work. If that's too critical for you, I don't see why you'd solicit commentary in the...