Parmandur
Book-Friend
People complain about too many Legendries at Maro all the time on Tumbler: a lot of people feel there should only be a few per Set, like thre used to be.
D&D General MtG Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Spoiler Thread
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Henadic Theologian
Hero
Another idea for Dual Lands, Legendary Lands which enter tapped, that if Sacrificed/Destroyed/Exiled fetch a basic land of the same colours as the Dual Land.
Henadic Theologian
Hero
Clearly those folks are completely unrepresentive, Commanders success speaks volumes about that. And its not specific to this set.
Parmandur
Book-Friend
Sure, just pointing out that WotC can't please everyone with the rate of Legendaries: the game needs non-Legendary cards, too.
Scribe
Legend
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People complain about Standard (or the new Modern direct) releases being 'too much for Commander' literally with every release.
I dont play anymore really, but its been a thing for a really long time. 'CMC is too high, Commander card.' and Legendary creatures are just another aspect of that.
Scribe
Legend
I will say, that in a game with variance as a core feature (draw your starting hand, draw a random card, land base, etc etc) its interesting to think of the additional layer of variance rolling can introduce, and how (if at all) Wizards tested and balanced these cards.
I've long been of the opinion that their supposed balancing has been thrown out the window anyway, but still, it is a very obvious layer of variance on top of a game that lived on that variance for its replay potential.
I've long been of the opinion that their supposed balancing has been thrown out the window anyway, but still, it is a very obvious layer of variance on top of a game that lived on that variance for its replay potential.
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Well, that’s why it’s taken them this long to print any dice rolling cards in black border. But they almost had to do it here - D&D and dice are like… practically synonymous.
Scribe
Legend
My cynicism is high regarding much of what they have been trying, Companion was an absolute abomination and Maro and AF absolutely knew it would break the game.
This though is a bit different as variance is a negative competitively, so it's interesting to see how it shakes out.
Companion being the literal opposite of variance is why it was such a horrible mechanic for the game.
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
No comment on that matter. Just saying, the added variance of dice is something they’ve avoided in black border town, but I can’t see them making a D&D set without dice rolling.
By now its pretty much guranteed that this will be the look of the metallic/chromatic/gem dragonborn that have been teasered.
Parmandur
Book-Friend
Having played with the cards a bit now in Arena, the variance level is actually pretty low ofor those cards (like, scry 1 card or scry 2 cards, big deal). Maro said on Tumblr that they very intentionally didn't use the dice rolling mechanic for any chase cards that might see competitive play.
Bolares
Hero
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My 11yo and I are playing two-headed Giant on Saturday. No afternoon individual one we can make, so we're buying two pre-release kits to play at home too.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I'm in a pre-release with a buddy of mine that I have been playing with since the game came out. It was a surprise when the store told me that they would be handing out the pre-ordered boxes on pre-release weekend, rather than when it's released to the public.
They started doing that a year or two ago for pre-orders, but I think only on that weekend and not during the week. Has been pretty popular. Being able to get the pre-release kits for home is nice too, but I'm not sure that will keep going or not.
Henadic Theologian
Hero
Delina begs to differ, with luck or cunning she can be easily the most powerful creature card in the set, playing with her on Arena, even without enhancers, but alot of luck, she has single handedly beaten players for me. Even rolling a 1 and using her own power on herself can deal 6 damage.
Scribe
Legend
That seems like something that still isnt top level competitive. Any card can win a game, but if a 3/2 4cmc card that doesnt have haste is game winning...Standard is fairly low power.
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