I played a game of Fields of Green.
May
28
2018
/u/bboomslang on Quick deck building games
Valley of the Kings is one I always liked, as it is quick, simple, compact. Theme is a bit painted on (well, it is an abstract with images on cards), but that never bothered me.
May
24
2018
/u/bboomslang on [BBD] Fumble (easiest anti-Voltron answer)
Well, yes, just sacing the other creature works, too, but Rube Goldberg says the other way around sounds better 😉 (and hey, let’s just assume both have stuff equipped / enchanted you don’t want to lose)
May
24
2018
/u/bboomslang on [BBD] Fumble (easiest anti-Voltron answer)
You did notice it doesn’t say opponent, right? This can help Voltron – bounce your own, move equipment and auras around in response to opponents edict.
May
23
2018
/u/bboomslang on [BBD] Spellseeker
Could definitely see this in Jace High Tide – Dizzy Spell is much worse at same cmc, if you only see the tutor effect, and leaves a body behind. It is probably easier to counter, though, but as redundancy to find other stuff aside from High Tide, I thi…
May
22
2018
/u/bboomslang on [BBD] Arena Rector
I think it can be interesting in 1v1 to cheat in an early Ugin. That is one of the planeswalkers that really dpes some work in 1v1 by blowing up boards. So I could see it in something UWx as a safety valve and to get a value PW like Tez in Esper maybe.
May
20
2018
/u/bboomslang on An idea for Grixis Death’s Shadow
Well, I am a delver man, so peek at the top of your deck with delayed or decoupled draw is something I have experience with and it is damn solid. Makes Fetches that much better. And instant speed draw with opt or scour and an uncracked bauble on enemy turn can be fun, too. It still irks me that snappy doesn’t synergize with them, but I currently run only 3 of them anyway, so I think that shouldn’t be a big deal.
May
20
2018
/u/bboomslang on An idea for Grixis Death’s Shadow
Yeah, that’s where I got it from, quite some interesting developments by him on GDS.
May
20
2018
/u/bboomslang on An idea for Grixis Death’s Shadow
I just ordered Baubles, as I will switch to the 17 lands with 4 baubles list, which will open some places for looting. I think I will only try one for now. No idea for serum visions based lists, they always feel very tight already, not much wiggle room.
May
20
2018
/u/bboomslang on An idea for Grixis Death’s Shadow
How about instead run 1-2 Faithless Looting to get rid of air later in the game instead? I read a few discussions where that was an idea, removing superfluous lands or wraiths for more gas, in addition rising the chances to hit your SB cards in games 2…
May
14
2018
/u/bboomslang on And the nominated games for Spiel des Jahres are…
Well, I thought so, too, a while ago and just thought about it more – and then noticed that the SdJ price didn’t really change, it was me who changed. I just have very different expectations now. I think for geeks the GeekAwards will always be more relevant than SdJ. Still makes me enjoy those winning games, but we’ll, sometimes it gives you Kingdomino instead of something fun 😉
KSdJ is a bit different, quite a lot of the winners are good gamer games, also. But hey, if Azul makes it, it will be a pleasant thing and make it easier for me to talk with my family about what kind of games we play …
May
14
2018
/u/bboomslang on And the nominated games for Spiel des Jahres are…
I really hope for Azul to make it, it is a great game that we enjoy a ton at our boardgame meetups and at home. I fear it might be a little too much for SdJ, though, would have expected it more in the KSdJ category. But still, even having it nominated …
May
14
2018
/u/bboomslang on And the nominated games for Spiel des Jahres are…
You talk about BGG ratings as a qualifier and everyday gamers in the same sentence. Kinda weird idea 😉 In addition, Spiel des Jahres ist a German award and therefore concentrates on games available here – it actually is one qualifier for them: the gam…
May
02
2018
/u/bboomslang on Mana Web or Crawlspace in Teferi
Yeah, that is why Propaganda looks curious to me. It shows up in Teferi lists, but it only handles attacking creatures and crawlspace at least would have been a hate piece against creatures that can be tutotlred. Propaganda is not tutorable and is targeting something I wasn’t aware of being a big problem for CVT.
Mana web was just my thought of “why not that instead of Winter Orb”, but that is easily answered as you did. I just completely overlooked that detail.