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Arena has a ton of achievements for this set and I like my sidequests. Problem: loads of them are for cards I don't want to play in my draft decks. So thanks opponent for providing me with a board state that gave me the Arni power >10 achievement without having to play Arni.
We are going through every FRA card and try to catch the subtleties. Which cards are good in which color pair? And what does it tell us about this glorious format.
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Among many amazing features of the lands / mana resource system, its natural capacity for purging the game of people who shouldn't be playing it is probably the best.
For me it’s pretty simple.
I quit mtg many times because i absolutely hated land non-games.
Does that mean i wanted to play magic with different rules? No. I just wanted to play a different game than magic.
Every game has their own flaw and lands for me are so archaic that i just can’t enjoy the game because of it.
I also think commander is the most boring 4 player game known to man.
But if you like lands - that’s great, i hope you will enjoy magic as long as you can.
But many people are acting like lands are superior to any other resource system - and that’s just silly.
Reminder: win rates on 17Lands are averages. So if Azorius has highest win rate, it means average WU deck is better than average other. Shortcutting it to WU > rest is a dangerous trend. It's easy to do so, but it's also incorrect. You play a deck, not an average of decks.
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But the individual variance between WU decks' win rate is larger than the variance between color pair win rates. If you remember that and navigate your draft looking for most power, you will start winning more. Range of what you draft is a sign of a better limited player.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the baldest regular Limited Resources guest of them all. It's me. Ben is distant 3rd.
Judge!!!
Played a fun Boros aggro deck yesterday that left me with rules question.
Why if I reanimate Yoshimaru with Generous Revival does he come as a 3/3 not as a 4/4?
I trust there is a reason, cause Arena is always right. I just don't know what the reason is.
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Morning train commute of my daughter, we are waiting on the platform.
Announcer: "Train is cancelled due to leaves on the line".
Passengers: "Rabble rabble unacceptable"
Me and my daughter looking at each other: "Poor Uncle Iroh"
Finally had some time to draft. What a treat. Got a trophy with this unassuming deck. Just solid cards and card draw. Phoenix was just to be a 3/2 haster. A lot of card draw which is my strategy for the format and got to 7-1.
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