Tip for vigilance theme

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InfinitiveDivinity

#15
August 01, 2012, 06:56:10 AM
Quote from: Coffee Vampire on July 31, 2012, 10:04:17 PM
Guh..I am glad I didn't play when scars was new...artifacts annoy me :p I like how now, {Go for the Throat} is almost like {Murder}. :)
GftT is 3000x better than {Murder}, that extra Black Mana hurts dude... We don't even get to keep {Doom Blade}! Are you kidding me??? Blahhh! I really dislike {Murder}...

cltrn81

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August 01, 2012, 07:56:27 AM
Quote from: InfinitiveDivinity on August 01, 2012, 06:56:10 AM
Quote from: Coffee Vampire on July 31, 2012, 10:04:17 PM
Guh..I am glad I didn't play when scars was new...artifacts annoy me :p I like how now, {Go for the Throat} is almost like {Murder}. :)
GftT is 3000x better than {Murder}, that extra Black Mana hurts dude... We don't even get to keep {Doom Blade}! Are you kidding me??? Blahhh! I really dislike {Murder}...
No doubt, if they are requiring {B}{B} in the casting cost.....they should have left it there at 2 CMC.  Making it {1}{B}{B} really makes it sucky.

BlackJester

#17
August 01, 2012, 11:53:45 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 01, 2012, 07:56:27 AM
No doubt, if they are requiring {B}{B} in the casting cost.....they should have left it there at 2 CMC.  Making it {1}{B}{B} really makes it sucky.
The closest we've had to that would be {Devour in Shadow} and {Victim of Night}.  I think as we move into RtR and away from INN, Victim will become more viable since Vampire and Zombie decks will likely decline.  But to make a simple:
{Kill} {B}{B}
Instant
Destroy target creature.

would be equivalent to {Counterspell} vs {Cancel}.  {Cancel} is fair, but not sexy.  But it has no backlash, no opt-out, not restrictions.  To do that, you have up the cost.  Raising the power level of certain areas if fine in Magic, it should vary over time, but giving too much power to control elements shifts towards unfun, not more fun. 

Conditional kill-spells at least force players to consider the meta and adjust accordingly.  Lots of people playing {B}?  Swap out your {Doom Blades} for {Go for the Throat}s.  Everyone you know plays Humans?  Toss in {Victim of Night}s and {Human Frailty}.  Give a format {Kill}, and it's an auto-include.  You wouldn't even think about it.  Auto-includes are boring.
#getoffmylawnyoucrazykids
/rant

Gorzo

#18
August 01, 2012, 01:00:40 PM
Well said, Jester. My thoughts exactly though more well organized :P
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