I thought non-rotating formats won't be on MTGA soon if ever? Even if they did flashback drafts (not a given), it would be damn near impossible to build a Modern/Legacy deck. You would almost have to exclusively use wild cards.
Maybe there will be a MTGA format similar to Frontier: non-rotating but only from (IXL/Spaghetti/Insert Set and forward)
I think the card is alright, I cast it a few times throughout the tournament.
I never played against it, but it's one of the few ways you have to deal with Anointed Procession if it resolves. It's a clean answer to any Eternalize stuff, and when you're able to cast it on your opponent's end step with a Gearhulk, it's really solid to catch you back up if you have fallen behind. I'm not sure what I'd play over it, the card wasn't amazing by any stretch, but I likely lose to Carnage Tyrant without it.
Common, all of us could update their avatar picture, right? ;-)
Actually I am into video games, forgot about that for the interview, but I am a Playstation guy, grew up with 1 and 2, and not a Nintendo guy. So that would have been missleading!
Auf diese Weise, Medikamente für Erektionsstörungen, einschließlich Cialis 20mg (Tadalafil), sollte nicht als Teil der Männer mit Herzerkrankungen, für die sexuelle Bewegung ist schlecht beraten genutzt werden.
Cool to have you guys comment on here! Thanks Kuma for transfering my rough answers to this nice read! Will be a document to remember later for myself!
I can't think of a player I'd rather play than Nagarjuna, always pleasant and interesting. Kuma I am really glad you are still doing these interviews. They really bring out highlights we would otherwise never know about our favorite players.
"don’t have common wildcards. Let players redeem an uncommon wildcard for an uncommon or common, instead."
Here's an even better idea: let players redeem a certain number of common wildcards for an uncommon. Like, say, 10 common wildcards become an uncommon. 10 uncommons, a rare. 10 rares, a mythic. This way, nothing will ever go wasted.
As of last Tuesday, when I pulled prices, MTGO Traders was selling the Mercadian Masques version fro $18.99 and the Masters 25 version for 8.86. Also a promo version for $15.36 and a MM foil for $295.09.
Arena needs a good chatting system if you want to see any casual play. You need a good chatting system to help new players along. Heck, I need a good chatting system when I used to playtest standard decks with MTGO friends. Sure, people can meet on fora, exchange Skype or other means of communication, and keep that open during play, but how is that the best solution?
I assume Wizards is tired of policing rude kids on the internet, but they never got that bit right. You should have been able to access the old MTGO forum straight from the game window itself, clans could have had there own little sub-domains and should have the means to advertise their events to their members, you should have had the option to display players announcements such as Tribal Wars, and many, many more things. MTGO should be my first stop for anything MTGO-related. Instead, a lot of the informal organized play is gone the way of the dodo.
But then I always assumed there is an inherent tension between too strong a community and Wizards business. Putting aside the fact a strong community is usually also a vocal one, players having too much fun outside of official organized play is simply a loss of revenue. That plus the policing issue will not incentivize them to recreate a robust system, and I’m fairly certain that will be detrimental to anyone who is not ready to come and play within certain rigidly pre-defined parameters (best standard deck, brawl, etc).
I believe that the person(s) who signed-off on M25 did not only make a mistake, but must lack basic core competence. I do not believe anyone with basic competence could have signed-off on that product without realising the widespread negative feedback it would receive (and which would have been so easy to fix).
Did they honestly wake up and realise one day "Oh, we didn't expect the reaction to be so negative! Who would have thought!"
Thanks for the shout out, you touched the point that is important to me too!
Regarding the "Frontier" MTGArena format - Somebody did some asset research and found an "Arena Modern" format, starting from Shadows over Innistrad:
"name": "ArenaModern",
"sets": [
"SOI",
"EMN",
"KLD",
"AER",
"AKH",
"HOU",
"XLN",
"RIX",
"DAR"
],
https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicArena/comments/87wczr/found_some_interesti...
I thought non-rotating formats won't be on MTGA soon if ever? Even if they did flashback drafts (not a given), it would be damn near impossible to build a Modern/Legacy deck. You would almost have to exclusively use wild cards.
Maybe there will be a MTGA format similar to Frontier: non-rotating but only from (IXL/Spaghetti/Insert Set and forward)
I think the card is alright, I cast it a few times throughout the tournament.
I never played against it, but it's one of the few ways you have to deal with Anointed Procession if it resolves. It's a clean answer to any Eternalize stuff, and when you're able to cast it on your opponent's end step with a Gearhulk, it's really solid to catch you back up if you have fallen behind. I'm not sure what I'd play over it, the card wasn't amazing by any stretch, but I likely lose to Carnage Tyrant without it.
Thanks for this article. UB Control is also my deck in Standard.
But I don't run any Commit to Memories. Do you have good or bad feedback about this card?
Common, all of us could update their avatar picture, right? ;-)
Actually I am into video games, forgot about that for the interview, but I am a Playstation guy, grew up with 1 and 2, and not a Nintendo guy. So that would have been missleading!
Auf diese Weise, Medikamente für Erektionsstörungen, einschließlich Cialis 20mg (Tadalafil), sollte nicht als Teil der Männer mit Herzerkrankungen, für die sexuelle Bewegung ist schlecht beraten genutzt werden.
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Come back, then! We miss you, too! :)
We also found out that you look cooler than the ID photo you're using as avatar here. :)
Also, too bad you're not into video games, it would have given me the chance to title the interview "Super Mario". :)
Cool to have you guys comment on here! Thanks Kuma for transfering my rough answers to this nice read! Will be a document to remember later for myself!
Congratulations Nagarjuna. I have missed to playing tribal format with you guys.
I can't think of a player I'd rather play than Nagarjuna, always pleasant and interesting. Kuma I am really glad you are still doing these interviews. They really bring out highlights we would otherwise never know about our favorite players.
Danke schön, Naga. :)
the common practice was feeding common wildcards that we had excess of to the vault.
we also suggested to be able to use mythic wild card to get rares (same could be applied to uncommon -> common).
"don’t have common wildcards. Let players redeem an uncommon wildcard for an uncommon or common, instead."
Here's an even better idea: let players redeem a certain number of common wildcards for an uncommon. Like, say, 10 common wildcards become an uncommon. 10 uncommons, a rare. 10 rares, a mythic. This way, nothing will ever go wasted.
As of last Tuesday, when I pulled prices, MTGO Traders was selling the Mercadian Masques version fro $18.99 and the Masters 25 version for 8.86. Also a promo version for $15.36 and a MM foil for $295.09.
Arena needs a good chatting system if you want to see any casual play. You need a good chatting system to help new players along. Heck, I need a good chatting system when I used to playtest standard decks with MTGO friends. Sure, people can meet on fora, exchange Skype or other means of communication, and keep that open during play, but how is that the best solution?
I assume Wizards is tired of policing rude kids on the internet, but they never got that bit right. You should have been able to access the old MTGO forum straight from the game window itself, clans could have had there own little sub-domains and should have the means to advertise their events to their members, you should have had the option to display players announcements such as Tribal Wars, and many, many more things. MTGO should be my first stop for anything MTGO-related. Instead, a lot of the informal organized play is gone the way of the dodo.
But then I always assumed there is an inherent tension between too strong a community and Wizards business. Putting aside the fact a strong community is usually also a vocal one, players having too much fun outside of official organized play is simply a loss of revenue. That plus the policing issue will not incentivize them to recreate a robust system, and I’m fairly certain that will be detrimental to anyone who is not ready to come and play within certain rigidly pre-defined parameters (best standard deck, brawl, etc).
MTGO traders selling port for literally double what you have listed (8.9 vs 18 )
Great article, thanks for the interview.
And well done on slaying me last week, you got me ;)
Nice article about one of our nice guys! Well done Kuma and Lin!
This is true. :)
I always love these interviews, thank you, Kuma and Lin, for the insight.
No problem. Thanks for the advice. I always enjoy having someone to bounce a few ideas off.
Yeah, I've been running a few decks that I've had more fun with that this one recently.
Thanks for the shout-out! That was a nice surprise. Hope you get to play a more interesting deck next time! This one was really a disappointment. :-/
I have edited a comment, pray I don't edit anymore.
I believe that the person(s) who signed-off on M25 did not only make a mistake, but must lack basic core competence. I do not believe anyone with basic competence could have signed-off on that product without realising the widespread negative feedback it would receive (and which would have been so easy to fix).
Did they honestly wake up and realise one day "Oh, we didn't expect the reaction to be so negative! Who would have thought!"