I have destroyed some lands this weekend

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

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Which is probably the second biggest reason there are less fish.

[daryn is 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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You better believe it!

[SmileyEH]

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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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Rumour has it that Paluka lost to MacdaddyWarsaw when my boy was only a kid back in Brooklyn. Enormous tilt ensued. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

-SmileyEH

[chuddo]

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but coming up with the optimal deck is pretty close to optimal.

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go to college.

[RunDownHouse]

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

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So it doesn't look good for Paluka taking that 1st place?

[housenuts]

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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.

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where does the team play come into effect? for a pro are they able to acquire any card magic has made or are some cards extremely rare and nearly impossible to come across yet very powerful.

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"I can't believe I lost this game with Engineered Plague in play and won the one without it."

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I have no [censored] clue what this means, but I can help but think that's a good thing.

[Paluka]

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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.

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where does the team play come into effect? for a pro are they able to acquire any card magic has made or are some cards extremely rare and nearly impossible to come across yet very powerful.

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The team aspect is that groups of people get together in the weeks leading up to a tourney to playtest and design decks. Card availibility isn't a factor in the real tourneys.

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some cards are very rare, but my understanding is that tournament magic these days only allows you to use recently printed cards, so while rare, they aren't hideously rare. of course, the wonder of it is that to continue to play high end tournaments you must at all times continue buying new cards.

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some cards are very rare, but my understanding is that tournament magic these days only allows you to use recently printed cards, so while rare, they aren't hideously rare. of course, the wonder of it is that to continue to play high end tournaments you must at all times continue buying new cards.

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Buying all the cards you need every year as they come out costs less than $2000 probably. Overall not a very expensive hobby.