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Jon had Goblin Ringleader into Goblin Warchief on the next turn and attacked for a gaudy fifteen under the Engineered Plague. Chris shook his head, "I can't believe I lost this game with Engineered Plague in play and won the one without it."


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wow, paluka = the hellmuth of magic?

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He's more like the Amarillo slim of Magic. He quit a looong time ago.

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Jon had Goblin Ringleader into Goblin Warchief on the next turn and attacked for a gaudy fifteen under the Engineered Plague. Chris shook his head, "I can't believe I lost this game with Engineered Plague in play and won the one without it."


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wow, paluka = the hellmuth of magic?

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He's more like the Amarillo slim of Magic. He quit a looong time ago.

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angle shooter?

btw, was that right with kai, or was it finkel back in the day.

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Is there actually any skill involved in magic? It seems like it would be very easy to always find the optimal play and you can always copy someone else's deck

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Is there any skill in poker? seems like it just the cards you get dealt.
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The average pro tour has like 350 people in it. At one point the same guy won like 4 out of 6. I guess he was just one lucky dude.

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kai?

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obv.

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Anyone else, anyone else at all, would rate a very stern reprimand, at the least, for quoting "Rounders" in OOT.

WHERE IS EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW?!

AM I BUT DUST ON THE GROUND YOU TREAD?!

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i've been meaning to talk about this for a long time.

way back when OOT was REAL GOLD, this "NO POKER" thing didn't really exist. in my opinion it got blown out of proportion by the influx of retards around the time of OOT's first decline in quality. nowadays you mention poker and everyone is like OMG WTF NO POKER LOL!

gay

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Jon had Goblin Ringleader into Goblin Warchief on the next turn and attacked for a gaudy fifteen under the Engineered Plague. Chris shook his head, "I can't believe I lost this game with Engineered Plague in play and won the one without it."


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wow, paluka = the hellmuth of magic?

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ouch! the hellmuth of magic is actually some dude named Mike Dove. It is hard not to punch him in the face.

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I really enjoy the fact that there is a Phil Hellmuth of Magic.

edit: I also hope the is someone like that in competitive Scrabble, because that seems like it would be very funny.

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haven't been involved in a while and wasn't sure if finkel had any runs like that. kai's hit over 300k from magic right?

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Anyone else, anyone else at all, would rate a very stern reprimand, at the least, for quoting "Rounders" in OOT.

WHERE IS EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW?!

AM I BUT DUST ON THE GROUND YOU TREAD?!

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i've been meaning to talk about this for a long time.

way back when OOT was REAL GOLD, this "NO POKER" thing didn't really exist. in my opinion it got blown out of proportion by the influx of retards around the time of OOT's first decline in quality. nowadays you mention poker and everyone is like OMG WTF NO POKER LOL!

gay

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Darynisright.

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Oh, it's cool. I just like to scream and shake my fist at the sky.

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haven't been involved in a while and wasn't sure if finkel had any runs like that. kai's hit over 300k from magic right?

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Something like that. Kai's the all-time leading money winner. Finkel was better, but not as lucky [on Sundays] or dedicated.

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Is there actually any skill involved in magic? It seems like it would be very easy to always find the optimal play and you can always copy someone else's deck

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In terms of deck building, Magic is more of a team sport, but coming up with the optimal deck is pretty close to optimal.

In terms of play, even the best players in the world don't play perfectly.

It takes less time to reach the long-run in magic than it does in poker. The variance is significantly lower.