It seems to me that the biggest problem here is getting hit by Wasteland on turn 1.

While I'd agree that Lotus Petal not needing metalcraft is a huge plus and arguably makes it a better card, don't forget the obvious (I'm sure you haven't, but I'll state it anyways).  Dispatch requires 3 other artifact cards to function.  Mox Opal only needs 2 other artifact cards to function.  That aspect is non-negligible.

Ridiculous statements like the one quoted above do nothing to help your argument.  All it does is hurt your arguments credibility.

I'm not convinced that one is absolutely better as the situations where one is better than the other are realistic and applicable.  Lotus Petal seems better for the early game (turn 1 and 2) while Opal seems better suited for the mid and late game.

They're damned if they do, damned if they don't.

With all the "Wizards doesn't care about vintage/eternal" type comments that get thrown around I would have thought that Lodestone Golem would have been praised, not vilified.

All this talk about restricting Golem smacks of blue control player bias that shows up every time a new card comes around that makes life slightly tougher for blue control decks.

Bridge From Below

This card was the tipping point in taking Dredge to a place where a magic deck could realistically win the game without any mana and without ever casting a spell.  While it's not the ideal way to design or play Dredge, I enjoy the idea.

The card does absolutely nothing when hard cast.  Nada.  Worthless.  I like that a very powerful card has this characteristic.

There are more answers to it then I care to count, but a counterspell isn't one of them and I love that.  The fact that blue control decks had a hard time beating Dredge using their normal tactics and some folks even started calling for the restriction of Bridge From Below gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

Nice writeup.  I liked the parts where you won.

What's Giselda do?  I can't seem to find the card anywhere.

I made it to:


At that point the shtick became too much and I lost interest.

Two more cents:

Fastbound Tower
Legendary Land
Fasbound Tower comes into play tapped.
Playing Fastbound Tower does not count as your regular land drop for the turn.
: Add  to your mana pool.

One step closer with Gitaxian Probe.  Just need a little more power creep and this card may be printable.

Whoopsy daisy!

It's always face up unless the card specifically says face down.

It appears you're new to the internet, allow me to be the first to properly welcome you.  :waves:

Wait wait wait, "wicked bad" means bad again?  And by "bad again" I don't mean good, but actually bad?  And by "actually bad" I don't mean actually good, but actually bad.

Freudian slip?

Which one was Sephiroth in that story?

Why am I not surprised that meadbert is the first person to point this out to everyone?

To add to that, what if you know your opponents wife is nine months pregnant?  There's a very real possibility that his cell phone could ring and he'd have to forfeit the match and rush to the hospital.  Is it still stalling if I'm out of win conditions, but I continue playing in hopes that his pregnant wife calls him?  Would the same apply if he had a terminal parent or grandparent that hadn't been doing so well lately?  What if it were just a terminal pet, like a dog or a cat?  Am I stalling in any of those cases?  Could the judge call the opponents wife to verify her pregnancy?

I opened a pack and found the hardest stick of gum you'd ever want to chip a tooth on and it had some powdered sugar on it that got on the cards a little bit.   

Well, that should put the nail in the coffin for Ichorid decks.  R.I.P.

Thank you, Nico.

Camel!?

Don't listen to that guy Vegeta, he's just being a double dick.

Definitely Planar Void.

I believe the fact that this thread got moved to the Improvement section while threads about Hermit Blaster (seriously, Hermit Blaster???) remain in the Open section should tell you all you need to know.

If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie," am I telling you the truth or a lie?

So do you still stand by your statement that Vault/Key and Painter/Grindstone are of the same power level?

I'm saddened that with the changes to zones, such as battlefield and exile, that cards like Platinum Angel remain untouched.  To keep with the more immersive (and awesome) theme they got going, instead of reading like this:

Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

It should be this:

Flying
You can't lose the battle and your opponents can't win the battle.

Or:

Flying
You can't lose the war and your opponents can't win the war.