tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post8838189454593225761..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: CCDD 122214—Gilded ArchfriarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-58259251294495247842015-01-01T11:35:40.321-05:002015-01-01T11:35:40.321-05:00We have a winner!
(Although "PhD" didn&#...We have a winner!<br />(Although "PhD" didn't make it into the anagram.)Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-3040045672233662152014-12-31T23:07:51.477-05:002014-12-31T23:07:51.477-05:00Richard Garfield PhD.Richard Garfield PhD.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03425079529545521732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-28075186822166053842014-12-25T14:42:40.181-05:002014-12-25T14:42:40.181-05:00I understand that, my point was that I disagree wi...I understand that, my point was that I disagree with it. I would rather they just explicitly reference sideboards on the card. I really don't like the "secret vocabulary" method. <br /><br />The reason they didn't say sideboard to start with, if I recall correctly, was that they feared many casual players wouldn't know what a sideboard is. That may still be true for some players, but with the advent of coverage I think the proportion of players who know what a sideboard is is higher (though far from universal, I'm sure). <br /><br />Most offensively, this card blatantly doesn't do what it says it does in limited, a format that has enormously grown in popularity since the original printing of the wishes. Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-13682597943764239222014-12-25T11:22:38.519-05:002014-12-25T11:22:38.519-05:00The "card from outside the game" in anyt...The "card from outside the game" in anything sanctioned, means the sideboard and only the sideboard. So that would do it fine IMO.Circéushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840777830724271371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-39690484652952874792014-12-24T15:44:06.988-05:002014-12-24T15:44:06.988-05:00It's an anagram…It's an anagram…Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-61326131843386155162014-12-24T10:26:31.962-05:002014-12-24T10:26:31.962-05:00I keep reading it as "Gilded Armchair."I keep reading it as "Gilded Armchair."Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-28593930588676272162014-12-24T03:50:34.849-05:002014-12-24T03:50:34.849-05:00I'm oblivious of the reason of the name. Curio...I'm oblivious of the reason of the name. Curiosity is killing me: can someone illuminate me?P for Pizzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000340281390449308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-37429632233874458962014-12-23T17:21:07.493-05:002014-12-23T17:21:07.493-05:00Would it be easier to exile card from hand and put...Would it be easier to exile card from hand and put card into hand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-28499677428592659422014-12-23T15:54:17.066-05:002014-12-23T15:54:17.066-05:00Ba-dah-ba-ba-bah...Ba-dah-ba-ba-bah...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14773403569389449877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-58100558936459985532014-12-23T15:48:00.826-05:002014-12-23T15:48:00.826-05:00As far as the Comp. Rules are concerned, the Wishe...As far as the Comp. Rules are concerned, the Wishes and Spawnsire do <i>exactly</i> what they say they do. In competitive formats, you are treated as not owning anything outside of your deck and sideboard to avoid perverse, unbounded wealth-based competitive advantages.<br /><br />In similar style, I don't think having this card use the "card you own from outside the game" template would actually be problematic. The Storm and Cascade interactions are a bit of problem, so I'd word it as a replacement effect: "As you cast a spell, you may exchange that spell for a card you own outside the game with the same mana cost. <i>(Choose new targets for the new card.)</i>"Czynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06571024598754991621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-33077794442580475492014-12-23T15:26:43.316-05:002014-12-23T15:26:43.316-05:00When WOTC says "casual" I think they are...When WOTC says "casual" I think they are usually picturing people who play with whatever cards they have. That is certainly how I played for many years, blissfully unaware of competitive formats. I certainly have many friends who still play "casual legacy" although I can't possibly imagine how you could do that and not have everyone playing totally degenerate decks. Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-90811742842050917542014-12-23T15:06:37.987-05:002014-12-23T15:06:37.987-05:00I didn't think of X spells or cascade when I t...I didn't think of X spells or cascade when I templated this. "Exile a card in your hand for a card with the same mana cost from your sideboard" should solve those issues (where "for" is standing in for quite some text.)<br /><br />Whenever I play casual, I bring a Standard legal deck (or a deck legal in some format) and a sideboard. I'm sure not everyone does that, but I know quite a few do.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-34631771518566835152014-12-23T14:14:16.001-05:002014-12-23T14:14:16.001-05:00"With the same mana cost" worries me sli..."With the same mana cost" worries me slightly if there are X's involved. <br /><br />Obviously this does horribly broken things with Cascade, but, well, what else is new.<br /><br />I'm really surprised Magic hasn't explored this space. It must be because the vast majority of Magic games don't have sideboards on account of being casual. I do think that, if they want to bring back the Wishes, they'll have to do it with wording that actually says what the cards do (instead of the current fanciful language that has nothing to do with the actual implementation of the cards) but perhaps Spawnsire of Ulamog suggests they disagree with me. <br /><br />Also worth considering, there are a lot of places you can put this card. Here you've chosen a Gray Ogre, but since this card is so squarely aimed at constructed, I have to imagine it wants to be somewhere else. I also imagine a constructed player would want it to have flash, so they could end of turn it, and then play their combo piece for the win. Whether we want to encourage that is certainly debatable. <br /><br />I might be tempted to put this on a cantripping artifact. Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.com