Comments on: Jason’s Archives: Just Because You Can

By: kakwann

kakwann — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:46:57 +0000

In reply to Nick Crowley. obliviously, for him, you don't know anything about mtgfinance LOL

By: aregand

aregand — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:30:34 +0000

In reply to JasonAlt. No problem. I have a few Trade Routes in my Box Full of Evil (Fail) and wandered over to see why they were banned. Enjoyed your article. Solid work as usual. Props! Or Not.

By: JasonAlt

JasonAlt — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:34:24 +0000

In reply to aregand. You are correct. That makes way more sense than banning Trade Routes, but I figured I just didn\'t get how broken it was because I don\'t play EDH. I\'ll go ahead and credit you with the correction. Or not.

By: aregand

aregand — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:47:32 +0000

I read Trade Secrets not Trade Routes

By: Tian Yi Wang

Tian Yi Wang — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:38:26 +0000

Is the EDH banlist always posted at the same time as the official list?

By: Tyler Tyssedal

Tyler Tyssedal — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:15:53 +0000

In reply to Nick Crowley. It probably has something to do with Jund.

By: Corbin Hosler

Corbin Hosler — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:19:27 +0000

All the Merfolk-bashing here is 🙁

By: JasonAlt

JasonAlt — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:05:37 +0000

In reply to Dylan Moline.

\”I love the standard bashing.\”

I didn\’t bash standard as much as say there\’s no point in looking at decks the last week before a new set.

\”I HATE people who are like “ohhh, standard is so diverse!”\”

I say that all the time. Is this the first time you\’ve read one of my articles?

\”It’s about as diverse as it was last year before shit rotated… everyone played Delver.\”

We routinely get between 5 and 8 difference unique archetypes in the top 8 of Standard Opens. This week was a bit different but that says as much about the Seattle meta as it does Standard as a whole.

\”And yes, Merfolk is stupidly still a thing.\”

Merfolk is a very fast clock, abuses Aether vial well, has a good permission suite and has more consistent card-drawing than a deck like Goblins. It\’s cheap-ish to build, consistent and is impervious to changes in the metagame. I don\’t think the deck is stupid. I just like to rag on Corbin because we\’re friends.

By: Dylan Moline

Dylan Moline — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:47:02 +0000

I love the standard bashing. I HATE people who are like “ohhh, standard is so diverse!”

It’s about as diverse as it was last year before shit rotated… everyone played Delver.

I loved seeing the Junk Depths deck in Legacy, and hive mind is always fun. I now know why EVERY freaking featured match was Cedric also… /sigh

And yes, Merfolk is stupidly still a thing.

By: JasonAlt

JasonAlt — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:52:39 +0000

In reply to David Schumann. Chemist. We have to take Thermo, too.

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:31:55 +0000

You mentioned you took Thermodynamics…are you an Mech E too?

By: QED2

QED2 — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:02:28 +0000

Zvi had a similar sort of bant deck, but with Delver and “being awesome” instead of Young Wolf. But no one reads Zvi anymore, I guess.

By: Nick Crowley

Nick Crowley — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:06:15 +0000

Small note: the cheapest Underground Sea on TCG that is SP is $130, with MP being as low as $126. Either way, Underground Sea still hasn’t really reacted to SCG’s new buy price, which is unusual when compared to LED and Force of Will. Does anyone have any thoughts on why SCG increasing their buylist can affect some cards heavily and other cards negligibly?