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Came across this old thread looking for something else and had to thread necromancy this gem. In fairness, I'm pretty confident that I can find some of my own predictions that look way sillier than this in retrospect. But I'd have to go hunt them down. :p

UUD, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 4 Library: 27 Battlefield: (T,U) Mt x2 (T,U,U) Island x3 (T) Swamp (U) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature or...

When the CPA had more activity, some of the cards I've written about in these threads would be criticized as "tournament cards." And like I said in the Wheel of Fortune thread, I have mixed feelings on the concept. I also noted this in one of my Comboist Manifesto articles (I forget which one...

UUD, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 5 Library: 28 Battlefield: (T,U) Mt x2 (T,T,T) Island x3 (T) Swamp (T) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature or...

The last couple of posts got a bit too technical on analysis of tournament Magic for my tastes when it comes to this whole "Magic Memories" theme that I've contrived. It's not that I'm opposed to talking about tournament decks. I probably spent more time doing it in the LED thread, but that was...

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Arbor Elf, Llanowar Elves, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 4 Library: 31 Battlefield: (U,U) Mt x2 (U,U,U) Island x3 (U) Swamp (U) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to...

UUD, Forest, Sunblast Angel, responses?

I want to take some time to substantiate my previous post. It my seem obvious to me, but I should probably spell it out, to be sure. And I don't claim that this is really particular to Wheel of Fortune, but the card fits perfectly into my paradigm here. Also, while casual decks are great and I...

In recent years, Wheel of Fortune's presence in Vintage has gradually diminished. This largely corresponds to the diminishment of Dark Ritual, a former "pillar" in the format. As a combo enthusiast, I am saddened by this. Other cards to suffer from this same trend include Lion's Eye Diamond and...

Sadly, I wasn't playing Magic in 1993 and 1994 and did not yet know of its existence (despite living what I'd guess was about 6 to 8 miles from WotC at the time). I find stories about very early gameplay fascinating because the cardpool, rules, and player knowledge were so different from what...

Oh yeah, totally. Counterspell. :rolleyes:

UUD, done. :( Spidey: 20 Hand: 2 Library: 36 Battlefield: (U,U) Mt x2 (U,U,U) Island x3 (U) Swamp (U) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature or...

Turn 6? Turn 6! That's five turns wasted not killing your opponent! :p

In the LED thread, I used Demonic Tutor as an example of how cost can dramatically alter the utility of cards with essentially identical effects (Demonic Tutor is broken at 1B and Diabolic Tutor is kinda crap at 2BB). Likewise, Wheel of Fortune and Timetwister are broken at three mana and...

I've got nothing.

UUD, Forest, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 2 Library: 39 Battlefield: (T,U) Mt x2 (T,U) Island x2 (U) Swamp (T) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature...

Bitter Ordeal is one of those cards that came out in a power-packed set and didn't really have a niche for tournament gameplay, so it kind of flew under the radar despite having a great deal of latent power behind it. For cards in that category, many are reborn as Commander boogeymen. Bitter...

Fastbond is so broken, yet so fun. I think Manabond counts as a pretty reasonable "fixed" version.

I actually like Barren Glory so much that I was, dubiously, using it before it existed by bringing The Cheese Stands Alone into games where Unglued cards were allowed and even trying to fetch it with Ring of Ma'Ruf in games where they were not (I do not contend that this has the same legitimacy...