| Date Posted: 8/24/2010
Posted By: The Mike Dale
Member Since: 5/31/2009
Number of Replies: 12
Last Post: 8/27/2010 |
| | Magical Musings Pt 2 | The second topic that I would like to discuss is the blight also known as mythic rares. On one hand, I think that wizards did well with them. As far as mythic rare power levels, I think that wizards got it right. No mythics are broken to the point of dominating a format. I have 2 problems with mythics. The first problem is a carry over from our M11 discussion. And that problem is this = GOOD GREEN MYTHICS are lotus cobra, garruk, vengevine, primeval titan, and avenger of zendikar. GOOD WHITE MYTHICS include baneslayer, elspeth, and gideon. You could make a case for ajani goldmane as well. GOOD BLUE MYTHICS include both versions of jace along with tezeret and mindbreak trap. BLACK AND RED GOOD MYTHICS are gravetitan and kargan dragonlord. Notice the difference there? I suppose that you could make a case for chandra and liliana, but really? However, I have already made my point for how wizards HATES red and black, so lets move on. My main problem with mythics are that they are destroying casual magic players!!!!!!!!! You were 100% right, christian, about the new cost of playing standard, IT IS REDICULOUS! I had to get into a car wreck to afford my gideons and jaces! Not everyone has that option. Magic is a great game, but I think that mythics are going to be very bad for the game over the long haul. Tournament attendance will start droping at the PTQ level of tournaments very soon, and if you dont believe me, go on over to star city games. com and check out how they only had 270 people for thier standard 5K and less than 100 for legacy the next day!!! I know that there were 3 national championships going on in the same weekend, but I doubt that anyone from germany or britan had any plans to make the 5K anyway, and they probably lost less than 10 players from the U.S. nationals event. My point is dont be supprised to see these atendance figures drop even more in the future. The further magic moves along, the more rampant mythics will become. Shards block didnt have many great mythics, all of the other sets have and will. I have recently come to a tough decision. I simply cannot keep up with the mythics cost. I am sticking around for 1 more year to see the new mirrodin block play itself out, then I am getting out! This game is just getting to expensive for me. Well, enough of my mythic hating rant, let me know if you guys think I am crazy, or if I hit the nail on the head.
" We are 5 days away from fundamentaly transforming the united states of america " - Barrack Obama |
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 | Date Posted: 8/24/2010
Posted By: Zack Strait
Member Since: 4/9/2008
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| Inferno Titan: Killing thousands of noble heirarchs near you today. And I believe they had 145 for the legacy open.
"The shit look like ya hand when you be doin a shadow puppet for a duck n shit nahmean. Shit be lookin like it jus caught a pop fly in center field n whatever whatever nahmean." re: Ghostface Killa on lil' kim's vagina. |
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 | Date Posted: 8/24/2010
Posted By: Evan Wells
Joined before August '08
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| It was also the first Star City in Denver so obviously if it's the first one in a city there won't be as much attendence as usual. It's far enough west for the Midwest players to not attend and, too far east for the California players. I did not agree with the location of this 5k at all.
"You're the worst person to looose to" annonymous |
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| i remember Standard being relatively inexpensive to play prior to MTG 2010. Now it really has become more like Eternal formats. People have to loan card and have people to loan them cards in order to play any real variety of decks. The only other option is to find one or two decks you like, focus on getting the cards for them, and only play those decks. At least mono-red and Jund are pretty cheap to put together.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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 | Date Posted: 8/24/2010
Posted By: Steve Jordan
Member Since: 4/26/2008
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| No!! Even, that is bull. Denver has 6 million ppl or more. Then it is also part of a metro area. Being surronded by 12 or more other cities with each city containing about half of denvers' a piece. The sort of place where : O I am in denver-(walk across the street)- O I am in Arvada. Point being it is a vast place with one city connected to each other. One of my friends little brother plays there and his local shop get 145 attendance. A 5k should have a larger attendance. I agree with all of what mike has said about M11 and mythics. It has become redicK. |
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| Date Posted: 8/24/2010
Posted By: Zack Strait
Member Since: 4/9/2008
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| Thank god you aren't taking an english class.
"The shit look like ya hand when you be doin a shadow puppet for a duck n shit nahmean. Shit be lookin like it jus caught a pop fly in center field n whatever whatever nahmean." re: Ghostface Killa on lil' kim's vagina. |
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| Date Posted: 8/25/2010
Posted By: The Mike Dale
Member Since: 5/31/2009
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| I was comparing the denver 5k attendance with 5k's in the past. Star city games draws an average of almost 400 people to thier standard events. They have had legacy 5k events which have broken 300 people. Denver is a huge city with a very large population, they should be able to support 300 people if indy and st. louis can support 400! Hell, metagames ( the shop where I play ) averages 25-35 people for a FNM! Springfield mo. has less than 1 million people. Now, I dont think that mythics is the sole reason for the attendance drop, but it couldnt have helped! Just imagine how bad it will be when shards rotates.
" We are 5 days away from fundamentaly transforming the united states of america " - Barrack Obama |
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| Date Posted: 8/25/2010
Posted By: The Mike Dale
Member Since: 5/31/2009
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| And , as of right now christian, you are right. Jund, vampires, and mono-red all exist as real decks that dont play alot of mythics. But that ends in one month. You just try to play mono-red after the rotation. Yuo will provide endless entertainment for people playing real decks that make fun of you! Jund completly rotates and will not even exist, while vampires will still be ok. However, losing tendrils and nocturnous are a huge problem, and I dont think that vampires can withstand those losses. That and if you chose to play aggro, like vampires, you might as well play white. white provides better removal and better planeswalkers to support your army. But getting back to my point, watch the new sets as wizards crank them out. Wizards are very good at designing cards, and I think that they are going to continue to weaken the other raritys so that you are forced to play mythic. Just look at M11. Bolt is good, m.leak and fauna shaman are better, but all 3 pale in comparison to the titans. This trend of forcing you to play mythics will continue!
" We are 5 days away from fundamentaly transforming the united states of america " - Barrack Obama |
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| Date Posted: 8/25/2010
Posted By: The Mike Dale
Member Since: 5/31/2009
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| And inferno titan is ok, so I guess we can include him with chandra, liliana, and grave titan. We will throw in kargan dragonlord and finally, both red and black will be equal to green when it comes to mythics.
" We are 5 days away from fundamentaly transforming the united states of america " - Barrack Obama |
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| Date Posted: 8/26/2010
Posted By: Evan Wells
Joined before August '08
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| inferno titan + basilisk collar= auto win
"You're the worst person to looose to" annonymous |
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| Date Posted: 8/26/2010
Posted By: The Mike Dale
Member Since: 5/31/2009
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| How is that?
" We are 5 days away from fundamentaly transforming the united states of america " - Barrack Obama |
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| Date Posted: 8/26/2010
Posted By: Zack Strait
Member Since: 4/9/2008
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| He is just saying that when it attacks, you nuke 3 creatures.
"The shit look like ya hand when you be doin a shadow puppet for a duck n shit nahmean. Shit be lookin like it jus caught a pop fly in center field n whatever whatever nahmean." re: Ghostface Killa on lil' kim's vagina. |
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| Date Posted: 8/27/2010
Posted By: Evan Wells
Joined before August '08
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| and u get a 6/6 fire breather with lifelink and deathtouch
"You're the worst person to looose to" annonymous |
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