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[hachnslay]

Only played one pre-release - 3 wins 2 losses = 2 Boosters.

Most fun i had was swinging with my team  of phalanx leader, Setassan Oathsworn and Elite Skirmisher, then casting Glimpse the Sun God on my tapped and attacking Oathsworn, phalanx Leader and his two blockers for the last 14 damage.

Opening a shiny Fleecemane also helped.

My first god i got was Karametra, God of Harvet in one of the price boosters - now the general of my new commander deck. Time to playtest it in the local poolcenter.

[Culise]

For anyone who cares, the one mana planeswalker is banned in modern, and Bitterblossom and Wild Nacatl are unbanned.

More importantly for me, Sylvan Primordial is banned in Commander.

Ah, a shame, that.  At least my other Primordials are fine for my EDH mill. :3

[penguinofhonor]

Ooh, Deathrite Shamans will be easier to get for Commander now.

[hachnslay]

Talking about Commander - I would not be surprised if Karametra gets banned from Commander for the same reasons Sensei's divining top is.
It was turn 7, i had 21 lands and every turn thereafter took about 10 minutes.
Extremely powerful, takes far too long, is not fun to play against. Especially not in multiplayer.

also: A nice web series related to MTG
... i keep watching even if it means i discover every horrible game error they make.

[AlleeCat]

I know this is an old thread, but I couldn't think of a more fitting place to put this...
A tangent in the anime thread led me to look up a certain meme again, and I found this:

I actually think this card would be pretty unbalanced, since there are a lot powerful cards that are not sent to the graveyard when they're destroyed. Certain Eldrazi come to mind. It would probably cost a lot more mana than that, were it an official card.

[Neonivek]

It is funny that it is a black card because it is like it is specifically built to mess over black cards.

[AlleeCat]

I feel like it would make more sense as a blue card. It seems like more of a field control thing than anything.

[ed boy]

I actually think this card would be pretty unbalanced, since there are a lot powerful cards that are not sent to the graveyard when they're destroyed. Certain Eldrazi come to mind. It would probably cost a lot more mana than that, were it an official card.

That card does very little. They way it's currently worded, a trigger goes on the stack whenever the creature is destroyed that sends it to the graveyard. If the creature is in the graveyard when the ability resolves, it does nothing. If it enters the graveyard and then leaves before the trigger resolves, such as a eldrazi or a creature with persist, then the trigger does nothing - If it enters the battlefield again it is considered a new object. Currently, all that it would do currently is make indestructible creatures vulnerable to cards like abrupt decay.

To have it work the way you want, you'd want the following wording:
Cards can't enter the battlefield, hand or library from graveyards.

This shuts down eldrazi shuffle effects, However, it does not stop effects like progenitus - progenitus is a replacement effect for the card going into the graveyard. It never enters the graveyard, so it's immune to graveyard hate.

Of course, an already existing card with a very similar effect is rest in peace, costing just 1W.

Also, "universal enchantment" causes me some grief.

[Neonivek]

Oooh how about this!

"Creatures who would be destroyed are sent to the graveyard instead"

Mind you, this... has a very different effect overall. As it also prevents triggers that rely on destruction.

Hmm it is too vague since technically it COULD overwrite regeneration depending on the order.

[ed boy]

701.6. Destroy

701.6a. To destroy a permanent, move it from the battlefield to its owner's graveyard.

701.6b. The only ways a permanent can be destroyed are as a result of an effect that uses the word "destroy" or as a result of the state-based actions that check for lethal damage (see rule 704.5g) or damage from a source with deathtouch (see rule 704.5h). If a permanent is put into its owner's graveyard for any other reason, it hasn't been "destroyed."

701.6c. A regeneration effect replaces a destruction event. See rule 701.12, "Regenerate."

The rules text "Creatures that would be destroyed are sent to the graveyard instead" would do nothing. That's equivalent to "creatures that would be destroyed are destroyed instead".

[miauw62]

Seems like a perfect wording for that card, then

[Scoops Novel]

Is there a lore-friendly drafting game? Could there be?

[Neonivek]

There is a difference.

A creature moved to the graveyard isn't "destroyed" only creatures who are destroyed are destroyed.

There are plenty of effects that just place a creature into the graveyard without destroying them. Essentially this overwrites the destroyed state and just places them in the graveyard.

Or if you want more technical wording: "Whenever a creature would be destroyed they are placed in the graveyard instead, they are not destroyed"

Is there a lore-friendly drafting game? Could there be?

Technically there is nothing particularly lore breaking about using any cards from any set. The series to my knowledge doesn't have any purely isolated worlds.

[Scoops Novel]

I quite like "fledgingly planeswalker with no clue arrives in another world". If you mixed in a choose your own adventure as you frantically try to learn the basics, grub around for spells and "recruit" any poor foolish bastards you find i would love that. I had a forum game like that but ran out of time.

It would be a hell of a roguelike- start of as any random creature card from magic and have the game scale appropriately.

[Bauglir]

Gosh, they are pushing Gideon pretty hard in Origins.