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Perhaps I am wrong about triopolies. Perhaps, more generally, I am wrong about "oligopolies" in Magic. When I think of specific examples, and especially in cases where action was taken, the problem seems to have been, or seems to have been perceived to have been, either a monopoly or duopoly...

This mention of oligopolies and the implied triopoly of "Necro decks, anti-Necro decks, and decks that beat the anti-Necro decks" is interesting... My first notion is that this implied triopoly concept rings true. Historically, during the reign of Necro control decks, there was usually an...

Yes, that's what I thought. I forget the exact part of the rules, but I was pretty sure it worked that way.

As Rokapoke is still absent, I'll agree on his behalf. Tomas learns a new spell... You pass through an open, airy section of the canopy. As you enter denser foliage, the woods suddenly become silent, then an eerie, chilling breeze whistles around you. Revaethan shouts, "Branchwraiths! Look...

So if you like infinite Regrowth loops as much as I do, Bonus Round sure can help generate them. It'd take quite a bit of mana to get going, though, and I'm not convinced it's even a particularly strong use for the new card. We'll have to wait and see. But it was something I thought of early on...

I should note that unrestricted Necropotence has been played in the relatively obscure "Old School '95" format. While the '94 variant seems to be by far the most prominent of the "Old School" throwbacks, there is some interest in brewing decks with cards going up to Ice Age. As this is not an...

Dorgath and Ty manage to pull Jekaena free from the webbing. In the process of pulling on spider webs, they find an old item tangled in the fibers... Amulet of Fury (Glory!): Allows the wearer to attempt to cast the "Glory!" spell. When making the attempt roll a D6 and add the warrior's...

UUD, Ordeal of Heliod on Battlewise Hoplite. Responses?

Submerged Boneyard, attack Gideon with everything because I have to...

Ha, and then after I post that they go and spoil some new cards that have a lot of potential. I regret nothing!

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Frontline Medic, done. Spidey: 9 Hand: 1 Library: 48 Battlefield: (T,T,U,U,U) Swamp x5 (U) Rakdos Shred-Freak (Human Berserker; 2/1; Haste) (U) Xathrid Necromancer (Human Wizard; 2/2; Whenever ~ or another Human creature I control dies, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the...

UUD...

Got to test it yesterday. I lost every single game, although a few of them were against a UR Burn deck that was a pretty bad matchup anyway. But yeah, this deck failed miserably last night. While I do think I spot some areas I want to improve, the main problem was that I drew garbage hands...

I got a 5. :(

Hear me roar!

Most of the new cards are probably lackluster in duels but several have potential in team vs. team formats. But the reprints are great.

Oh crap...

It seems like whenever I do these Memories threads for a card that is banned/restricted in most places, I wind up saying I'm not really sure one way or the other about the potential brokenness of the card. Necropotence, Fastbond, Yawgmoth's Bargain (now unrestricted in Vintage, at least)...

UUD, Plains, attack with Lyev Skyknight. Responses?