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[LINK]The thing that is probably most important for vintage players: Converted mana cost
Remember when I said that the characteristics of the face that's up are all that matter? That wasn't quite accurate. Under the new rules, the converted mana cost of the back face of a DFC is based on the mana cost of the front face. (Previously, because the back faces lacked mana costs, their converted mana costs were all 0.) The one exception is if something is a copy of the back face of a DFC, its converted mana cost is 0. So If I control Insidious Mist, it has no mana cost, but its converted mana cost is 4. If I then put a copy of Insidious Mist onto the battlefield, that copy's converted mana cost is 0. Engineered Explosives and Pernicious Deed at X=0 no longer wipe out flipped cards. Seems like they both just got way worse against Delver strategies.
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fsecco
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2016, 01:25:52 pm » |
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I don't think I like these changes... I mean, it just sounds confusing if you have to look at the original side of the cards just to check its converted mana cost.
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2016, 02:03:02 pm » |
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Is this the first example we have of converted mana cost not being based on the mana cost of the object in question?
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2016, 02:06:02 pm » |
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Is this the first example we have of converted mana cost not being based on the mana cost of the object in question?
There are the clone effects but I think that's it. |
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2016, 05:54:50 pm » |
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I dont see the need for this change..
Its not Like there were any issues or confusion before. Smh.
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thecrav
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2016, 06:08:42 pm » |
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I dont see the need for this change..
Its not Like there were any issues or confusion before. Smh.
The only thing I can really think of is that they want to do something with CMCs in this set or a set coming soon. |
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2016, 07:09:38 pm » |
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This change irks me for two reasons (and a third, less legitimate one):
1) The mana cost of the card is now not visible if the card is transformed. That's just terrible logistics, not to mention being totally unintuitive. Why does this one case work differently than every other card/object in Magic that doesn't have a mana cost?
2) This actually has really annoying gameplay implications. Stuff shouldn't be getting harder to answer. Now we can't EE/Abrupt Decay/Repeal/Ratchet Bomb/Deed, etc. Things being answerable is a good thing. Those cards represent a significant portion of the answers in Vintage. Not only that, but this is very reminiscent of GP Flash, when like 3/4 of the field weren't even aware that Flash received errata because it was only posted in one tiny article on the WoTC site. I guarantee this will be a thing when someone tries to Repeal a Jace or something.
3) We're still doing cards with non-magic backs yet there's still no mention of Collector's Edition legalization. I've had no choice to accept that not only will DFCs exist, but they'll also be Vintage playable. Let's at least get something good to come from it.
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Aaron Patten
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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2016, 12:44:59 pm » |
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It seems like change for the sake of change.
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« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2016, 01:38:15 pm » |
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Right. With a corner case for copy effects, just for extra confusion.
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« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2016, 11:12:17 am » |
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It seems like change for the sake of change.
I think they may be trying to tinker with modern for this. Its true, there are implications for Vintage and Legacy but I think it's going to be a a bigger deal in modern. At the very least you can no longer Abrupt Decay a Huntmaster. I don't think any of the new flip cards that would see play in Vintage or even Legacy are above 3cmc anyways, so Decay would still work, but Modern may have more use for some of the higher CMC stuff, and perhaps Wizards felt that in that format, they didn't want Ratchet bomb to turn into a 2 mana wrath-like effect or to have Decay just be an uncounterable answer to all the new toys. It's kind of a bummer that Explosives takes a bit of a hit vs Delver. |
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