I have destroyed some lands this weekend

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For you yes, for 13 year olds no.

Paluka IMed me about this saying "did you see what I did" and I responded "made a post in mid-high?"

Congrats!

[CD56]

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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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the most commonly run tourneys do allow only the most recently printed cards, this helps keep the cost to the average player down as well as demand for new cards high
(but the deck that beat paluka and won the tourney could probably be put together for like $100)

however the tourney just played where paluka finished 2nd allowed almost all of the cards from the beginning of magic in 93 except for some of the more extremely overpowered (and in many cases expensive) cards

it was because this tourney allowed these older cards that some of the older players played.

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my understanding is that tournament magic these days only allows you to use recently printed cards

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I was confused by one of the guys using 4 Meddling Mages, for this very reason.

That's what I get for trying to figure something out that I have never played.

~D

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it was because this tourney allowed these older cards that some of the older players played.

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That answers my question!

~D

[ZeeJustin]

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

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go to college.

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Brainfart. The second optimal should be impossible. Are there college courses I can enlist in to avoid mistakes like this?

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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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There are like 6,000 cards. You need to put 60 of those together to come up with a deck. There is no best card that will go in every deck. Decks need syngergy, and they need to be able to win against the other popular decks.

There's often a rock scissors paper type thing. Deck A beats deck B. Deck B beats deck C. Deck C beats deck A.
You need to find a deck D that can beat 2 of those 3 decks to have an edge. This is not an easy task. It's also a lot more complicated than I'm making it out to be.

[scott8]

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

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go to college.

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Brainfart. The second optimal should be impossible. Are there college courses I can enlist in to avoid mistakes like this?

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English.

[ZeeJustin]

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

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go to college.

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Brainfart. The second optimal should be impossible. Are there college courses I can enlist in to avoid mistakes like this?

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English.

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It wasn't a grammatical error. It was a freudian slip. At the time I was trying to type the word "impossible", I was thinking of the word, "optimal", so I typed the word "optimal" by mistake.

[Ulysses]

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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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Hmmmmmm

Dear god, you still play?? Good job Chris. HOF '06

Gary