I was going to PM this to Limited, but it was a weird enough that I thought I'd just share it with everyone. I noticed the "3" on the number of Shamans that had been removed from the game. I knew that I had four in my deck, so I wondered what happened to the fourth. I thought maybe Limited made...
*Oversoul grabs Ransace and attempts to shield himself from the poisonous shower of filth by holding Ransac over his head along with some bundled tentacles to provide extra protection. Meanwhile, the two of them are falling rapidly to the ground.*
Ow. That Skyhunter is killing me. I'll have to find some way to deal with it...
Well, I was going to count the number of digits in my life total for the purpose of putting it in scientific notation, but it looks like BB did the work for me... :p
Eradicate? That would look suspiciously like you...
But give it its own expansion symbol or something this time. We don't need more questions from inexperienced players about what set this one is...
"That one is Chronicles. See the white border and the Legends expansion symbol? Yes, I know that I said the other one was Chronicles even though it...
Seriously, I do find your statistical approach interesting.
But...
"421.2 - If the loop contains one or more optional actions and one player controls them all, that player chooses a number. The loop is treated as repeating that many times or until another player intervenes, whichever comes...
Ice Age mostly consisted of good cards and very bad cards. Alliances was probably a bit more balanced, but still...
No one would be interested in Ice Age/Alliances with all the good cards taken out.
The same Homelands that has Academy Rector, Replenish, Masticore, Metalworker, and Yawgmoth's Bargain? Oh wait, that's Urza's Destiny. :p
But Homelands does have a few cards that transcend mediocrity and achieve slightly-better-than average status...