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Condolences to you and your family.

So, Crucible of Worlds at mythic instead of rare, huh? :yawn:

An unfortunate consequence of my doing these posts in bits and pieces instead of writing a longform article is that I am taking so damn long to get to important points that I'm caught rambling about support for those points without having made them, with Spidey rightly questioning what it is I'm...

I'll be sure to file away that bit of information for the inevitable event in which we both have access to the same jar of cookies. :p But more seriously, I guess the crux of my take on "leaving in droves" is that I really don't know one way or another how much impact Tolarian Academy or...

Bah, I had really wanted to get back to this on the weekend and had a few other things come up unexpectedly. Bumping to be sure I see it later today. I won't be posting here or on the other forum games until I get home tonight, but I'll be sure to check all of them then. :oops:

Wow, I never thought about if there was even a distinction between operator/organizer in that context. I want to say I heard them used interchangeably at some point, but I'm actually not even sure on that point. I guess I'm assuming they're interchangeable until someone comes along and points...

You quoted the exact phrase that was my reason for appending a "but" and then you ignored it. :confused: I said "they could see what was reported." Perhaps I should have said, "reported to them." Tournament organizers didn't always collect enough data for meaningful analysis. I'm not...

Probably true. Well, they couldn't see all of the data. They could see what was reported from sanctioned tournaments and anything else that was publicly available, but it's worth noting that it's only been in recent years that they mention, in announcements, considerations with respect to...

Yes, it looks like the word "Done" was eaten when I pasted in the text from the tile.

Ah, thanks for reminding me of that. I remember looking at that same document when I was writing posts in the Memories thread for Fluctuator. That announcement is the earliest example I've seen of multiple DCI bans with explanations that attempted to predict alternate futures. For example, on...

Recurring Nightmare Just a bit before Tolarian Academy showed up, a popular Standard deck was a creature toolbox/reanimation deck called "Rec-Sur" for Recurring Nightmare and Survival of the Fittest. That really put Recurring Nightmare on the map and it seems like most of us still strongly...

Whew, I thought you guys were going to attack with creatures! To kill me. But if you just want to declare and attack with nothing, that's fine... :rolleyes:

In response, sac the attacking Sifter to Evolutionary Leap.

Attack with Catacomb Sifter #1 and the face-down manifest creature. Blocks/responses?

Nope.

EOT Leap the Emissary, scry, leave the card on top, manifest the top card of my library, reveal Jungle Hollow for Leap, reveal Catacomb Sifter and put it into my hand. UUD, Rogue's Passage, Catacomb Sifter. Responses?

Sultai Emissary, done. Spidey: 16 Hand: 7 Library: 47 Battlefield: (T,T) Mt x2 (T,U) Island x2 (U) Guttersnipe (2/2; Whenever I cast an instant or sorcery spell, ~ deals 2 dmg to each opponent) Graveyard: Divination Exile...

EOT Leap my Eldrazi Scion, scry, leave the card on top, reveal Sultai Emissary and put it into my hand. UUD, Swamp, attack with Catacomb Sifter...

What are you gonna do? Manadrown me? Oh wait...

Island, done. Nicol Bolas, God Emperor of Dune: 30 Command Zone: Hand: 1 Library: 44 Battlefield: (U) Island (U,U) Swamp (U) Crumbling Necropolis (~ etb tapped. T: add U, B, or R to my mana pool.) (U) Dragonskull Summit (~ etb tapped unless I control a swamp or mountain. T: add B or R to my...