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Reviewing my own reaction to Enduring Ideal as a set spoiler, it sticks out to me that I was thinking in terms of some big, game-winning enchantment. The play pattern of fetching a series of cards to make victory increasingly difficult for the opponent wasn't something I'd ever seen before, and...

Eternal Dominion sure does cost ten mana. That fact arguably makes it one of the worst spells in the epic cycle (although I still contend that Undying Flames is the worst). On the other hand, blue decks can be proficient in cheating on mana costs and on copying spells. Eternal Dominion might not...

Oh, I've certainly done stuff like that. But I don't think there's really a way to outsource the decision-making for the "opponent" to something other than a person. Notably, you can play against the "Challenge Decks" from Theros Block (not to be confused with Challenger Decks), and they play...

I guess I'm not sure what "AI" as a verb would mean? o_O

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you're looking for? Because this doesn't seem possible with any technology I've ever seen...

Welcome, I still post here a lot (except in the Warhammer Quest thread, where I run and hide). I'm back to playing EDH in-person once a week or so, and my stupid EDH decks might be the main ones I talk about here, but I play other formats too, given the opportunity. I write some longform stuff...

Sadly, I think that's right. Neverending Torment gets a similar effect to Denying Wind, but Denying Wind can be followed up with subsequent spells, which makes its steeper cost well worth the difference here. Jester's Cap and similar effects have never really been something I've explored much...

Endless Swarm can make lots of snakes. This strikes me as a rather tempting casual card, but not something practical. Not at eight mana, anyway. Initial appearances can be deceiving, though? It looks like someone managed to make this work in the tournament environment. I found this Standard...

Undying Flames is definitely the "Oath of Mages" of the epic cycle. And when you're never casting spells again, that feels even worse. I can confidently say that I've never used Undying Flames or had it used against me, and I struggle to think whether I've even heard of anyone actually playing...

Jekaena is the d20. The black circle token is the banshee. And yes, the others are all correct.

Are you guys confusing Carrow with Revaethan? Carrow stayed behind and shot arrows at the banshee.

It's been a pervasive issue online in multiple areas that message board are being phased out in favor of Discord servers, but Discord doesn't offer the same functionality that message boards did for a lot of things.

While I can't state precisely what was going on in my head 16 years ago, I think I have a pretty good idea why I was wrong about Enduring Ideal, despite partially recognizing its power. The play patterns that Enduring Ideal allows were definitely outside my experience in 2005. When I thought of...

Oh! Yes, sorry. I had intended to make that clear, but it appears that I should have done better with that. I initially wanted to pause within the round mostly because I wasn't sure if Throg's action needed revision (the other Warriors crowded him out). As tends to happen with this game, the...

My sixth grade teacher kept a small library of books in the classroom, and during that school year I read all of the fantasy-themed stuff she made available. Some of the books on her shelf were unlike anything available in the official school library. If was through my classroom bookshelves that...

Indeed. I want to delve into some tournament decklists, but the Form of the Dragon concept came up after the card was spoiled. I initially dismissed the card as wildly impractical. Now, I had thought that I walked that back somewhat even before the other Epic spells were revealed, but I can see...

Ty attacked both the Cold One and Nazzrakin using his initial attacks from his Pit Training skill. Kelgar used the ability on his Hammer of Spite to attack next and went after the Cold One. Revaethan moved in and attacked Nazzrakin. Dorgath moved in and eliminated the Cold One. Throg couldn't...

Mark Rosewater has gone on record that he thinks this mechanic has one of the smallest design spaces to work with out of all named mechanics in the game. Since it was confined to a cycle of five cards in one set, we might reason that it served its purpose and won't be reappearing in a future set...

The first Standard set next year is scheduled to be Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. What little we know about this set raises some interesting issues, but I don't think those are worth talking about just yet, since we'll eventually learn more anyway. But the set did come up in discussion, and when my...

You become aware that this battle has drawn the focus of the gods. Any Warrior that chooses to may call out to the gods for aid. How or whether they'll intervene, though, is uncertain...