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A d20 and a Spindown have the numbers in different spots. A perfect die will be fine, even a slight imperfection will cause noticeable bias over enough rolls.
Check your spindown dice. They're ordered so that you can easily keep track of life totals.
Because the numbers of a spindown are ordered in a particular way, you theoretically can have more control over the result. Imagine a roulette wheel that was ordered 0/00 to 36. It might be just as hard to land on any particular number, but with enough practice, it should be reasonable to land on 18-36 at a rate greater than that expected of "random."
Yay another old format person! I got into Old School 93/94 in a bit of COVID induced insanity, and I love it. The creatures are all so wonderfully terrible! Also, dexterity cards are amazing and need to make a return!
I own multiple copies of all the older Swords and I would buy this in a heartbeat
Nobody here even likes talking about Legacy, 93/93 has no chance haha
I wish I had enough of a pool to play 93/94 IRL but I don't think I could afford to jump in now.
I was asking myself if they ever made them...how many would you buy? Assuming they came in a set of 5 Do you buy 1-2 because most decks dont use more than that, or a full set of 4 or... a full set of 4 and a foil set of 4 lol
Yeah not expecting lots of people to engage in a discussion haha. I'm loving it though - my first cards were an Unlimited starter and two Antiquities boosters, so the nostalgia is really high. But yeah, even with CE/IE generally allowed, it's not cheap. It's fun hunting for the grungiest players copies you can find. I found an IE Ruby with a giant crease through the back, it's great, and still taps for red!
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If it came all five to one set and was reasonably priced? I might buy a few copies of both foil and non-foil honestly.
What did that run you if you don't mind my asking and when?
I just proxy all the stuff shamelessly. Some people in the community will sneer about it, but it's no big. They aren't obligated to play with me. I can't imagine dumping those truckloads of dollars in tourneys at bars with alchohol that isn't even sanctioned.
I've not made the dive into 93/94 as of yet, though I do love all the Euro YouTubers who dedicate themselves to the format. There's such a genuine joy for the cards and the culture between players seems so friendly. The creatures ARE horrible, but I badly want to sit across the table from someone and shrug when I lose cuz "Hey. I'm playing Viscerid Drone--what did we expect?"
I got the creased Ruby for $350 and an MP Emerald for $560 in December. It seems like things have gone up a bit since then, which is unfortunate, it sucks seeing people get priced out.
Oh definitely, I think proxies are totally fine if they get more people playing. The Swedish format purists are insane, you see people playing a set of Beta power with a bunch of beers right nearby - more power to them, but that's madness.
Other than flipping Chaos Orbs and Falling Stars, the creatures are my favorite part of the format. How can you not love a format where Spitting Slug may be the best green three drop!
Oh man, where? I need to figure out where to buy damaged Power. I want some
The Ruby was in the OldSchoolMTG Discord, let me know if you want me to PM you a link. Lots of cool stuff in the marketplace but not as many deals - people got away from "bro pricing" as they realized dealers were taking advantage of them to restock.
They're CE/IE so gold bordered, which is crazy since I remember they were going for $50-100 many years ago. People were buying them up so they could cut the corners, scrape the gold and change the back to make it look like a real Beta card.
A LGS around me had a complete IE for 15k a couple months ago, and I nearly went deeply into debt for it. Sold pretty quickly.
Yeah CE/IE got expensive - probably a combination of OS allowing them and Unlimited getting out of reach and people looking for an alternative. I remember buying a Mox set for $100 and a Lotus for $50 in 2002 - not so much today!
I am happy that means that people have mostly stopped mutilating the poor things, though.
B&R announcement - Historic suspension for Brainstorm
Brainstorm suspended in Historic. I can get behind that.
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July 21, 2021, Banned and Restricted Announcement | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
Effective July 22, Brainstorm is suspended in Historic.
I've been doing great at sealed, but did a draft for the first time last night and it did not go well..
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons announced for Arena
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Exclusive: MTG Arena’s Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Set Will Add Digital-Only Cards, Full Details Revealed - IGN
First details on Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, including digital-only mechanics that don't work in paper Magic.
New Jumpstart: Historic Horizons set announced for Arena, which will feature Modern Horizons cards and also 31 digital-exclusive cards with mechanics that only work digitally. Some examples are at the link. A few are below.
Digital exclusive mechanics:
Seek - Get a random card from your deck that fits the conditions, without shuffling
Perpetually - Applies a condition to a card for the duration of the game, even when it changes zones, such as "gets -1/-2"
Conjure - Creates an actual Magic card and puts it in your hand—not a token or a copy.
Also the Davriel card shown allows you to choose from a random list of benefits, and from a random list of drawbacks.
These will only be in Historic. Standard, etc. will not include these digital-only cards.
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the mechanics work okay in other games, but it feels like they just picked the lowest-hanging fruit and made a few random cards with them
they're not bad cards, but they're also the most boring thing that they could possibly do, so it's hard for me to get excited about them
they're not bad cards, but they're also the most boring thing that they could possibly do, so it's hard for me to get excited about them
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I'm posting card reveals in the Arena thread.
Where to Find Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Previews | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
What's been previewed, what's going to be previewed, and where you can find all of it for Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, right here!
What Is MTG Arena's Jumpstart: Historic Horizons? | Magic: The Gathering
New cards. Digital mechanics. Hundreds of decks to play.
Tome of the Infinite can conjure the following.
- Light of Hope
- Swords to Plowshares
- Force Spike
- Ponder
- Dark Ritual
- Duress
- Assault Strobe
- Lightning Bolt
- Fog
- Giant Growth
Magic: The Gathering JumpStart: Historic Horizons "In The Machine"
We are happy to showcase an exclusive preview from Magic: The Gathering's next Arena-only expansion set, JumpStart: Historic Horizons!bleedingcool.com
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Arena technically already has exclusive cards, but yeah, this is different. I honestly don't mind it, but I don't play paper, so ... yeah.
My bigger annoyance here is the Jumpstart reward structure. I rather enjoy Jumpstart as it's a version of limited that I feel like I can have some success with and it feels super casual. My issues is the lack of duplicate protection around the ICRs. It felt pretty shitty to be getting 20 gems after 20 gems in the original Jumpstart.
My bigger annoyance here is the Jumpstart reward structure. I rather enjoy Jumpstart as it's a version of limited that I feel like I can have some success with and it feels super casual. My issues is the lack of duplicate protection around the ICRs. It felt pretty shitty to be getting 20 gems after 20 gems in the original Jumpstart.
wotc organized play kept trying to make competitive arena a thing, and they hate limited, so historic + standard was heavily supported by default (because there's nothing else)
pioneer / modern / legacy are mtgo formats. mtgo has much more competitive play, but much less professional play
they seem to be moving away from pro player and back to competitive play, so the future is probably modern + something for paper and standard + historic for arena
Tried to watch news about Historic Horizons but could not be bothered enough to care about digital only cards.
I've noticed that Standard in paper is pretty much dead and Modern has taken over my city. Is this because people can just play Arena if they want to play standard or just nobody wants to play standard until Eldraine rotates?
I've noticed that Standard in paper is pretty much dead and Modern has taken over my city. Is this because people can just play Arena if they want to play standard or just nobody wants to play standard until Eldraine rotates?
It's 100% this in my experience. I've been a hater of that set from day 1 and I'm sad to say I was right.
paper standard has been struggling in general for quite some time
you can partly blame standard for being bad for most of the past 5 years and you can partly blame arena (or praise arena) and you can partly blame the bannings, but there's more to it than that
it's just not a big part of magic like it used to be
you can partly blame standard for being bad for most of the past 5 years and you can partly blame arena (or praise arena) and you can partly blame the bannings, but there's more to it than that
it's just not a big part of magic like it used to be
Covid aside (because it definitely hastened things), I blame them not incentivizing people for playing it by ruining FNM player rewards and gutting tournament support, not to mention maliciously torpedoing pro play over the last few years. Looking back on it now, it's almost like they ruined things like coverage on purpose only to point at how low the views were once things were basically unwatchable, be it due to quality or due to how poorly they advertised coverage.
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