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[Dutchling]

What about Superpersist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter and a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Seems fair.

[Bauglir]

That's obviously silly. +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters cancel each other out, and they make it a rule not to put the two in the same set anymore - much less the same card. No, I think it's clear that Indestructibler is the way of the future.

[Leafsnail]

You can already do it with Mikaeus, might as well cut out the middle man.

[Jimmy]

Don't talk to me about the cards man, I gave that shit up and went on cocaine. Less addictive and way cheaper.

[Culise]

On the downside, art large enough to discern the corpse makes clear that Slumgar Millionaire's throne is not atop a pile of bananas.

In related news, Wizards has announced a number of new mechanics that will be made evergreen in the near future:

Spoiler: It's All True, Folks (click to show/hide)

Superdefender (This creature can't attack, but it gets a +1/+1 counter each time it blocks.)
Extra Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying, and it gets a +1/+1 counter whenever it does.)
Megadeathtouch (Any amount of damage this creature deals to a creature is enough to destroy it, and this creature gets a +1/+1 counter whenever a creature it dealt damage to this turn dies.)
Hyperlandwalk (Whenever this creature attacks a player who controls a <relevant land type>, it gets a +1/+1 counter and is unblockable until end of turn.)
Ultraflash (You can cast this creature any time you could cast an instant. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on the permanent it becomes.)
Indestructibler (Whenever this creature would be destroyed, instead put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Double Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Whenever a spell or ability that couldn't target this creature resolves, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Gigashroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities. Whenever you or another permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

We're still waiting on the return of Firstest Strike.  *crosses arms*

[Arx]

I started playing MtG recently. How much of a part of the game is luck normally? I ask this in the context of having lost two games, one due to never drawing any lands and the other due to drawing lands almost exclusively.

[kilakan]

honestly not too much I find... you kinda need to be a prat and scatter the lands throughout your deck manually before shuffling to prevent some of what happened to you....  Most of the game is what cards you own, combined with how well your deck works.  there's some luck in it but less than in say any game that involves rolling a dice.

[Leafsnail]

Any game where you put a load of cards into a pile and randomly pick up a bunch of them is going to have luck.  You can reduce your chance of getting mana problems through savvy deckbuilding and good mulligan strategy though.

[Dutchling]

Drawing too many or too few lands is a part of the game. Obviously doesn't happen all the time.

If you really hate drawing too many lands get some Cycle lands or spells with Retrace.

[Leafsnail]

In standard scrying is a good way to help fix your land draws.

[Toaster]

Also, one way to cut down on your luck reliance is to have no more than the minimum (60 in most formats) number of cards in your deck.

[Tack]

Yes, there is very little 'pure strategy' nowadays on tabletop. Most incorporate cards or dice rolls, so it's difficult.
The closest you can come to pure strategy is Chess.

[tompliss]

Tack's profile -> Location: Australia.
Australia has the same board game culture as USA, then ?

You should try some german-typed board games. Most of those don't have luck involved at all, and rely much more on bluff and long-term strategy

[Reelya]

Good boardgames are pretty expensive in Australia. I bought Diplomacy for $20 when I was in highschool. Something like that would probably be $90 now.

I think it's a fusion here between US games and English ones. There are some homegrown ones too, but the international ones are better known.

My favorite ones I ever owned were Diplomacy, Axis and Allies and Talisman.

[Tack]

Most of those don't have luck involved at all, and rely much more on bluff and long-term strategy

How can you have bluff without cards?

Then again, I think random chance is necessary for there to be a certain balance. If everything was static, there would be just 'One Perfect Way', and it would suck all of the fun out of games.
Like how most RPG's have damage be an X - Y figure, and include crits; just because the luck element spices up the game.