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It was the summer of 2002. I had a small playgroup back then, but floated around playing with friends who were more involved in other playgroups, some of them more focused on tournament gameplay, while others were strictly casual. In one of these meetups, I saw two of people playing a game, and...

With the upcoming release of Amonkhet and the new potential toys for cycling-based decks, I've had Fluctuator on my mind lately. I still have an old Fluctuator deck sitting in a box somewhere. The card has long been a favorite of mine. I hesitated to make a thread for this one. I mean, I...

While I did play Arcane Denial even in some hard control decks (I believe I used it in my Forbidian deck), my most extensive use of the card was in control-combo decks. And here's the past where I get all Comboist Manifesto on this thread and blather on about theory... While I don't recall...

UUD, Swamp, Pawn of Ulamog, attack with Vampire Lacerator, done. Spiderman: 18 16? Hand: 7 Library:51 Battlefield: (U,U) Island x2 Graveyard: Exile: ==================================================================================================== Oversoul: 18 Hand: 4 Library: 51...

Oops. I had already started my previous post and had to log out and log back in, so I missed Melkor's post, which is a more succinct version of the same general conclusion I had.

I said I'd elaborate on Arcane Denial's drawback and the perception of it later. Well, it's later now. Wait, what? Arcane Denial has its fans. A long time ago, I was in a tournament and cast it. My opponent reacted strangely and I interpreted this as him being unfamiliar with the card. I...

Seriously, on other sites I'm mostly seeing the potential of this Nissa being dismissed. I don't want to overhype the card, but my impression was that she could make a big splash. Those tournament players probably know better than I do, so I guess I'm underestimating the conditional nature of...

In some cases, Arcane Denial was used in decks that simply didn't care about letting opponents draw cards. In other cases, opponents were discouraged from drawing cards off it or could be punished for doing so. But my earliest uses of the card were in decks that included Arcane Denial despite...

Bump, I guess. I saw that you had made the last post, but it was still for combat. My turn is done. Also, I guess I somehow had you going to 19 life, when obviously you were at 20 and would be at 18 after taking damage. Math is hard. Anyway, your turn.

Counterspell and Swords to Plowshares. I love this set.

Even though I didn't have Leovold or Notion Thief to block opponents from drawing cards off Arcane Denial (nor Consecrated Sphinx to one-up them), I did play it in decks that discouraged opponents from doing so or punished them if they tried. As I've said in other threads, I was enthusiastic and...

I recently watched this amusing video deck tech for a Leovold Commander deck. The list there is pretty solid, although substantially different from the Leovold deck I'm working on myself. But the most glaring omission is Arcane Denial. I'd have pointed it out in the comment section, but a few...

UUD, Swamp, attack, done. Spiderman: 20 18 Hand: 7 Library:52 Battlefield: (U) Island Graveyard: Exile: ==================================================================================================== Oversoul: 19 Hand: 5 Library: 52 Battlefield: (U,U) Swamp x2 (T) Vampire...

No mulligan here. Swamp, Vampire Lacerator, done. Spiderman: 20 Hand: ? Library:? Battlefield: Graveyard: Exile: ==================================================================================================== Oversoul: 20 Hand: 5 Library: 53 Battlefield: (T) Swamp (S) Vampire...

The Urza's Saga Pestilence had amazing art. The set also made Pestilence a common instead of an uncommon, which had amusing consequences for Limited formats. Having Pestilence at common was also relevant for Peasant Magic... Many years ago, a member here by the name of Ephraim was a big...

I'm surprised at how little hype there is for the new Nissa. Looks like one of the strongest planeswalker cards ever. I think people are underestimating the extent to which the flexibility is built into her mana cost, in contrast to other planeswalkers where the flexibility is contained pretty...

Got tails this time. I'll sleeve up Vampire Onslaught when I get home this evening. Good luck.

Yikes. I don't think that was typical performance for these decks. We both kept drawing lands more than would be expected. Preordain might have made the difference just shoving some of them to the bottom of my library. Even so, I thought your Bloodthrone Vampire would be the end of me. Two of...

Combat damage?

I'll pump the Hellkite twice to make it a 7/5. Responses?