WW, ROE, M2010, M2011 and WotC SUXX

[Carnac]

God damn am I tired of all the self-announced magic experts who writes articles on SCG? They are nothing but non-independent ass-licking amateurs. How heavy do they get paid for all this ass-licking? They got their tongues up so deep in the asses of WotC,that it disgusts me to imagine with what taste they fall asleep at night.

There are no criticism at all. Only pure ass-licking. M10 is this good. M11 is that good. ROE is sooo awesome. The Titans  -what a great idea! Jesus Christ… It makes me puke.

The truth is. The new sets SUCKS and so do WotC. They (Wotc) have totally lost grip of how to balance a set. And especially with the introduction of Mythic Rares, which has really fucked up the balancing of cards  and gameplay.

I wont waste my time going deep into details in this article, because with the lousy work of Wizards, they do actually not deserve my -or for that matter, anybody elses-  time at all. And btw that wont be necessary because the superficial overall-impression pretty much reflects the details.

Now look at the sucky Worldwake expansion. There is no fun in cracking a WW-booster. Cause there is only 1 card that really counts. The totally imbalanced you-know-who, who -as the only one of his already totally overpowered kin- happens to have not only 3, but fucking 4 abilities to choose from. You can crack 20 manlands, and only feel good if your out of lightning briquettes, and maybe a couple of Persecutors in case your out of toiletpaper. But do  you care? You can crack a whole WW booster Display, but if that one single increase-your-win-percentage-by-40%-in-any-deck-no-matter-how-stupid-you-play card  aint there… u just got yourself another pile of bulks. And even if he is there... You’re still stuck with another 500 bulks, that no one gives a shit about.

Do you feel proud Wizards? Do you really feel proud of making such a fucked up imbalanced totally crapshit expansion? A set that bores the shit out of your ass so hard, that the only advantage is that you wont suffer from any future diarrhea.

Same goes for Rise of the Eldrazi. Another crap set of bulks except for this Edward Scissorhand clone who looks like he had more unfortunate facelifts than Michael Jackson, and who –surprise surprise- happens to be a superfriend of you-know-who. Oh yes... there is this annoying creep which will bug you over and over in case you leave a shred of root. But that’s about it. A full large set of 248 cards… With only 2 worth keeping.

Do you feel proud Wizards? Do you really feel proud of making another fucked up totally imbalanced crapshit expansion?

After two disastrous sets, you start to think, well… At least it can only move forward from now on. So you turn your aspirations towards M2011. But… what do you get? A set of titans, a set of leylines, a reminder  of Darwins evolution theory and a reprint of Timetwister. 1-for-each-color-sets like the titans and the leylines are a clear proof that WotC are running short of ideas. And wtf is the big hype about Primeval titan? Is further mana ramp needed in an environment that are already flooding with green mana ramp. And at a point where you already got 6 mana available? There are much better solutions for a 6-mana-slot.

Another  sad thing is… WW and ROE could be nice sets, if it wasn’t destroyed by totally imbalanced mythic rares, which has been invented only to heavily increase sales. It is obvious that WotC now has chosen the path of profit and greediness for the sacrifice of fun, fair and balanced gameplay.

Lets have a look at good ol’  days. Fx around revised edition, which was one of the best balanced sets. You felt happy or at least you felt you had a nice card when cracking Shivan Dragon,  Mahamoti Djinn, Bad Moon, Balance, BoP, Braingeyser, Crusade, Elvish Archers, Eye for an Eye, Fastbond, Force of Nature, Fork, Gaeas Liege, Goblin King, Howling Mine, Ivory Tower, Lord of the Pit, Millstone, Mindtwist, Nevinyrrals Disk, Nightmare, Personal Incarnation, Rock Hydra, Royal Assassin, Savannah Lions, Serendib Efreet, Sorceress Queen, Vesuvan Doppelganger, Veteran Bodygard, Wheel of Fortune, Will-O-the-Wisp, Winter Orb, Wrath of God not to mention the duallands. And besides that, there were a ton of nice commons and uncommons too.

All because this set was balanced.

Today you crack a WW, ROE, M2010 or 2011 booster, and there are only 3-4 cards you care about in a pool of like 700 different cards. Is that supposed to be a fun game? Would you buy a box of mixed, assorted chocolates, if there were only 4 of them you liked? Of course there is more to it, depending on whether you play sealed, constructed, Vintage, Legacy, Standard, EDH or whatever… But that does not change the overall picture, that the recent sets sucks hard. And as said earlier, I wont waste anymore of my time going into details, considering how little effort Wizards put into the last sets.

Wizards, you better start shape up! Cause these last crapsets pisses me off. And you lousy reviewers out there, whose only purpose is to lick ass on Wizards, better start finding the critical glasses. Because as long as you shit-reviewers continue praising those crap-sets, Wizards will keep spamming crap-sets.

-Carnac, Wizard of the Old School

[Delha]

1/10

[Killane]

This is a pretty bad thread. I for one love 2011. It's extremely flavourful, the average power level of the cards is quite high, the limited format is fun if not supremely skill-intensive, the art is just.plain.win., and it has a goodly number of eternal playables. What's not to like?

The only thing I agree with is the price of standard-legal rares these days. Jace is stupidly expensive and should have been reprinted, and Mythic rarity is not so much of a good thing. Otherwise I think Design and development has been doing a great job. those managing the B&R list for eternal format, no so much, but the new sets are quite good.

[policehq]

I bet you're pretty upset about selling all of your duals still. You've made some bad financial investments, and I see why you're angry. You shouldn't blame Wizards for the decisions you've made though. You don't have to buy Magic cards.

[Carnac]

Answer to policehq: I traded 2 duallands (2 x Savannah for a playset of Jace) while Jace the Gay Sculptor was 29,95 USD.

Now Gay Sculptor is 75 USD. Is that a bad investment, and why whould that make me angry?

I rarely buy magic cards, and when I do, its only cheap foil cards.

Cause the kids think they can get like a fetchland for a foil Sprouting Thrinax or something like that, just because Sprouting Thrinax is commonly played.

And instead of trading a fetchland for a foil Thrinax, I prefer paying 1 USD for a foil Thrinax instead.

All expensive cards I trade for.

While noobs like you have to either crack 300 Worldwake booster packs or pay 300 USD on SCG to get a playset of Jace, I get a playset for 2 duals, which has costed me a Mahamoti Djinn or sometinhg like that 15 years ago.

[BC]

That reminds me, does anyone know how to ignore posts from certain users?

[Carnac]

Envy is a bad thing BC...

[policehq]

http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=39893.0

This is the thread to which I refer when I say you have made some stupid decisions. I doubt anyone would read your threads and think you're capable of otherwise, though.

But I get it. Your account is probably just a big joke anyway. You get to tease users that respond to you seriously. Irony is in, and these threads are hip and funny.

[Carnac]

To policehq: I know its that thread you refer to. But just because Ive traded many duallands away, doesnt mean I made bad trades, nor that I regret trading them away.

I wanted ALL those cards I traded for, and I´m never gonna trade them away again. Even those who aint tournament-competitive like my foil Shivan-Dragon-deck.
That was a deck I made cause the Shivan Dragon has sentimental value for me, and I enjoy playing it. And I think I payed like 2 duallands to complete that deck. Ofcourse many would prefer the 2 duals, but since it has sentimental value for me, I do not really care paying 2 duals out of the 160+ I had.

And I now have an extreme variety of magic cards to choose from. I have all cards needed to build Reanimator, ANT, Zoo and most other TIER-decks dominating both Legacy and Standard. And wtf would I need 160 duallands for, if I do not have the other cards to build these decks?

I could, ofcourse, choose to BUY the cards, and spend like 10.000 dollars. But I prefer spending 0 dollars, and have 80 duals less, since I still have about 80 duals left.
Cause I do not really need more than 80 duals... Actually I do not need more than 40... Which means I still have 40 left to trade away...