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This doesn't quite fit the theme of the "Memories" threads that I've been posting, but I've been thinking about an old post I saw when looking for one of my own old posts on Survival of the Fittest... I don't know how well that holds water, but I find it interesting. The idea seems to be a...

After Survival of the Fittest was banned in Legacy, it was thought to be gone from competitive Magic, and essentially, it has been. Almost, anyway. It has appeared in Vintage, although it's tough to say how meaningful that is these days. Vintage has become so marginalized as a format that...

The thought did occur to me, but it's too tough to say from just seeing that one game. You had to mulligan twice, and I think that if you'd gotten a strong starting hand, it might have stacked a few more poison counters onto me and made it so that even one unblocked attacker could be pumped by...

UUD, Equip Skinwing onto Leonin Relic-Warder, swing for 10. Well, that's lethal. Interesting. I think we both got off to a bit of a slow start for what these decks can average, and perhaps mine just wasn't quite as bad...

UUD, equip Bonehoard onto Leonin-Relic-Warder, swing for 8, done. Spiderman: 8 Poison: 0 Hand: 0 Library: 45 Battlefield: (T,T,T,T,T) Forest x5 Graveyard: Mutagenic Growth, Carrion Call, Carrion Call, Primal Bellow, Mutagenic Growth, Carrion Call, Groundswell, Putrefax, Viridian...

I mean, while the set is full of value, one thing that is definitely tempering the reaction for some people is that last year, Eternal Masters got a second "print run" toward the end of the year. It has been argued convincingly that it was printed right after the first "print run" and that WotC...

Before Survival got its suite of options for Legacy, long before the format even existed, Survival of the Fittest was the linchpin of a successful Standard deck, used together alongside another iconic enchantment from Exodus. I half expected that someone else might chime in on this thread to...

I devoted some posts in this thread to the usage of Survival in the early days of Legacy (ATS, Welder Survival, RGSA, Full English Breakfast) and toward the end of its Legacy tenure before it was banned (Vengevival). But the card had other appearances in Legacy between those two eras. To some...

Still need to get home to see my topdeck, but I should have one more poison counter from that last combat.

Yikes! Let's see... I'll assign Leonin Relic-Warder #1 (the 5/5 one) to block Putrefax. I'll assign both Germ tokens to block Viridian Corrupter. I'll assign Leonin Relic-Warder #2 (the 2/2 one) to block an Insect token. So that should result in... Relic-Warder #1 and Putrefax kill each...

Might as well rewind.

Yes, but it also has a -1/-1 counter. I know you indicated that in two different spots when you updated the board, and for the germ token that got hit by Infect, I left both of the -1/-1 counter mentions in, but on the Relic-Hoarder it was going to make the line for that creature start to get...

UUD, Leonin Relic-Warder (exiling Ichorclaw Myr), Flayer Husk, equip Bonehoard to Relic-Warder #1, done. Spiderman: 16 Poison: 0 Hand: 1 Library: 46 Battlefield: (T,T,T,U) Forest x4 (U) Viridian Corrupter (2/2; Infect; When ~ ETB, destroy target artifact) (T) Insect creature token (1/1...

Ah, maybe that's a common part of the whole "individual players sitting on unopened boxes" thing. Just that it's convenient for some people and they hope to perhaps make some money off it. And then the vocal minority that are actually taking it more seriously are just what people like me see...

To steer this away from becoming yet another Rhinoseeker thread, I'll return to the subject of Nick's ProsBloom deck. I remembered two circumstances that I found hilarious, one of them using Storm Seeker and the other one, well, failing to... 1. We were playing a lot of combo decks. Some of...

Of course, when it comes to Storm Seeker, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the greatest deck of all time: Rhinoseeker. I mean, it is such an extreme case that it probably shouldn't even be considered seriously given the deck's history, but it's there and it's part of Magic's legacy, for better...

Nick's ProsBloom deck was far and away the most prevalent niche for Storm Seeker that I experienced. My next most vivid recollection of the card was in multiplayer, as part of some Mana Flare deck I used for a time. Again, Prosperity was the card that empowered Storm Seeker. Skyscribing would...

Yep, hadn't looked at that yet. Good catch. Also, stop helping Spidey! :p

No, there weren't any cards employing the actual Threshold mechanic in these sets. That was just a way of saying you have seven instants in your graveyard (and nothing else).

Oh yeah, now we're getting obscure. At least Lake of the Dead was kinda-sorta prominent at some point. But Storm Seeker? It's mostly just known for two things: 1. Being reprinted in Chronicles so everyone had it. And like most other cards in Chronicles, it didn't actually get used in decks. 2...