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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...

There is always some card that I am totally obsessed with and believe should be in every deck ever. Last year it started out being Griselbrand. I mean, look at the guy. Yeah, Yawgmoth's Bargain was OK, but it wasn't a huge freaking demon. But more recently I've fallen for Young Pyromancer aka...

Raised by Wolves.

And it was released almost a year before Magic: the Gathering was. How prescient!

I'll applaud Turgy's efforts to find an Island.

In that case, Philip Pullman was actually hoping they would finish the series. He was never very clear on why. Maybe he just didn't care how much the movies would deviate from the books if it meant more people would be exposed to the series. Presumably some people read the books after seeing the...

This isn't the first time they were supposedly going to make a movie based on Magic. I'll believe it when they actually make the movie. Well, I also predict that if this does actually get made, it will be a bad movie. That makes three of us so far... ...but are the reasons that I suspect it...

Not sure where this comes from, since it's seriously never been the case in Vintage. Well, the "format with turn-one kills" is technically true, but it's also been technically true for lots of formats. It's been possible to get first turn kills in Standard sometimes in the past, but it's rare...