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Post by IamJacksScreenName on May 27, 2004 23:12:22 GMT -6
I honestly would argue the point considering Ice age brought us the pain lands, baton of morale (after the inception of the stack, banding was removed for being WAY too powerful), and blinking spirit (the unkillable card). Mirage gave us afterlife, cadaverous bloom, and Final Fortune(the best card to combo with Platinum Angel and Isochron Scepter). Alliances gave us Exile, Kjeldoran outpost, and Balduvian Horde.
Even though the present block has tons of artifacts that seem over-powered, you have to remember that WotC gave us tons of artifact removal to keep it all balanced.
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Post by IamJacksScreenName on May 27, 2004 23:13:15 GMT -6
Shit, I just realized I didn't link any of the cards I mentioned. Sorry about that, I'll remember next time.
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Post by Maraxus of Keld on May 27, 2004 23:27:47 GMT -6
I honestly would argue the point considering Ice age brought us the pain lands, baton of morale (after the inception of the stack, banding was removed for being WAY too powerful), and blinking spirit (the unkillable card). Mirage gave us afterlife, cadaverous bloom, and Final Fortune(the best card to combo with Platinum Angel and Isochron Scepter). Alliances gave us Exile, Kjeldoran outpost, and Balduvian Horde. Even though the present block has tons of artifacts that seem over-powered, you have to remember that WotC gave us tons of artifact removal to keep it all balanced. The pain lands were still weaker than existing dual lands. I would argue that the nastiness of the combo you mentioned with Final Fortune is due more to the power of Isochron Scepter and Platinum Angel than from the Final Fortune. |
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Post by Butcher Orgg(s) on Aug 26, 2004 13:21:11 GMT -6
I fall on both sides of the wall here (Is that even a saying?): Yes, Magic is indubitably getting more powerful, but there's nothing we can do about it, and, it's better that way! The only thing I don't like is how there are cards that everyone has to have to be competitive. It's like Yu-Gi-Oh! or something. Ice Age Brokeness: (I can't believe you didn't mention this) Necro (I don't think I need to link that, but hey: Necropotence |
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Post by Maraxus of Keld on Aug 26, 2004 13:29:43 GMT -6
Yeah, d**n that Skull. The way I generally look at it is that the average power level of sets has been constantly climbing since Masques (where they dropped it down after all the brokenness of Urza's block), but the individual broken cards are, for the most part, coming down. A bit. |
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Post by Butcher Orgg(s) on Aug 26, 2004 13:32:50 GMT -6
Pardoning another one I don't think I have to link, Skullclamp. |
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Post by Baron Sengir on Aug 26, 2004 20:19:44 GMT -6
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Post by Butcher Orgg(s) on Aug 27, 2004 11:38:56 GMT -6
Blast all Skullclamp!
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Post by Maraxus of Keld on Aug 27, 2004 12:15:41 GMT -6
I think it's really weird that a card that had to be banned from Type 2 doesn't even really get that much play in Type 1. Ravager-affinity probably uses it there, but it isn't as much of a danger in a format filled with Power 9 and decks that win at the same speed as Affinity does (or faster).
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Post by Butcher Orgg(s) on Aug 27, 2004 12:16:56 GMT -6
It gets REALLY irritating in T1.5 and Casual...  |
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Post by Maraxus of Keld on Aug 27, 2004 13:29:28 GMT -6
Tournament decks shouldn't be used in casual play, in my opinion. But yeah, Clamp still frustrates in casual.
I have a myr deck that makes pretty good use of it, and I have been informed that my turns take too long (but that's what happens when you keep drawing cards in a deck full of low-cost spells).
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Post by Volrath, the Fallen on Aug 27, 2004 14:36:28 GMT -6
most of which are 1/1 and clampable.
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Post by Butcher Orgg(s) on Aug 27, 2004 15:08:57 GMT -6
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Post by Maraxus of Keld on Aug 28, 2004 2:10:12 GMT -6
So in other words, he doesn't really use it the way it's meant to be used?
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Post by Volrath, the Fallen on Aug 28, 2004 11:55:53 GMT -6
uh oh, i need some clamps for my insect deck |
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