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Netrunner is a great game. Personally, I think the problem is not with the fundamental design of Magic (and symmetrical competitive card...
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Pathfinder 2e's spell degrees of success/failure handle these spells interestingly- if a creature succeeds vs the Paralyze spell (their...
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I realize this is heresy, but maybe that's less a modern design decision and more an inevitable implication of the whole structure of...
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I had a Red/White/Blue deck back in the day full of multi-lands and every counter for a specific type of card that you could cast -...
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The funny thing is, both of those cards are unplayably bad now. You think ol’ Tarmo was OP? Bump the cost up by a single mana (and swap...
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I bailed in 2010 after Tarmogoyf and Jace the Mindsculptor. Buying house also contributed.
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The thing is, competitive play sucks now. It’s a coin flip, followed by two people playing solitaire, where the person who won the flip...
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Hey I was a 3E player and I wanted fixed saves in a fixed 3.5. Hell started houseruling it near the end.
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It's the same problem as Magic: The Gathering. It's often a better play to nullify your opponent than to defeat them quickly (unless you...
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That's kinda brilliant.
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I mean, I'm not sure he's wrong at all.
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Yes, Legendary resistance is an unfun hack. But the fix was already in WotC's arsenal: The Condition Track from SW:SE.
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Ever since Mearls said stuff like this and how Boss Monsters keep on dying, it's been nothing but chaos on EnWorld.
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We'll see if his hot take stands up to a few rounds of Suggestion and Modify Memory.
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