Just Chatting - Take 3
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Posted on April 24, 2015, 4:02 p.m. by Didgeridooda
Third time's a charm.
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Greatest block in NBA history? Probably.
I am in awe. The offense throughout the game was pretty good to meh, but the defense was out of this world.
June 19, 2016 11:28 p.m.
elpokitolama says... #3
Words can't even describe my disapointment.
Sure, they couldn't make the card better because Nahiri's here, but still... I'll just go cry in a corner with all the Marit Lage fans. :(
June 20, 2016 11:06 a.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #4
The art is good. The card itself... not so much. I mean, if you're playing correctly, you could potentially cast a 13/13 for 6, but the taking control of your opponent loses too much excitement when your opponent gets it back.
June 20, 2016 11:17 a.m.
Wait so, ignoring how terrible that card is and that you're actually willing to cast it instead of cheat it out, how does this turn thing work?
Your turn: you cast it.
Your opponents turn: you take it for them.
Your opponents turn: they take a second turn, that they control.
Then back to you?
What's the point of a mindslaver on cast if you can't abuse it. So dumb.
June 20, 2016 11:19 a.m. Edited.
You can abuse it.. Stranglehold or Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio .
June 20, 2016 11:42 a.m.
That wording on the casting reduction makes me feel like they are reprinting tarmogoyf.
June 20, 2016 12:34 p.m.
wotc pushing a shit mechanic onto a good card
whyyyyyyyy
kyuuri117 tl;dr it's wotc trying to "balance" it by saying "oh here you can control their next turn and potentially screw up their game plan or something
will it ever be effective? probably not
June 20, 2016 12:40 p.m. Edited.
kyuuri117 You can still put them into topdeck mode by wasting all of their spells and attacking their creatures into your board. All they can do is hope to draw into removal for Emrakul (which has to be a sorcery) or else they're facing 13 in the air next turn.
Sure, it's a nerfed Mindslaver effect, but you also get a 13/13 flying trampling beater with evasion on top of it. And it has built-in cost reduction!
June 20, 2016 12:47 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #10
Card is good. Whether or not it's busted remains to be seen.
June 20, 2016 12:59 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #11
Hey kids why are we discussing cards in the just chatting thread, get thyselves to the spoiler forum
June 20, 2016 1:31 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #12
There's too much salt to be contained in just one or two spoiler threads.
June 20, 2016 1:32 p.m.
elpokitolama says... #13
Ooooh boys my body is definitively not ready for this kind of shit! Today's Uncharted Realms revealed the illustration for...
GISELA + BRUNA + EMRAKUL FUSION
Potaras are fucking overpowered.
June 20, 2016 1:47 p.m.
Coinman1863 says... #17
They couldn't do the safety dance, so they got fucked up.
June 20, 2016 3:21 p.m.
Somewhere in Japan a hentai manga studio just started their latest production "Magic the Merging: Fusion of Worlds".
June 20, 2016 3:24 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #19
I must admit, I'm happier than I thought I'd be about emrakul. He's balanced, not to OP, not too difficult to take care of, and still an awesome beater at the same time!
the werewolf legend, however, I'm VERY disappointed about. He's bland. nothing very special there, no werewolf tribal help, no way to build around him. Boring.
I'll have to try to use Arlin as my commander instead?
June 20, 2016 4:30 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #22
@ThisIsBullshit :| whatever. you know what i mean
June 20, 2016 4:38 p.m.
Why is there a wolf in his picture if he doesn't bring a wolf into the battlefield? I'm disappointed.
Oh, and btw in case you haven't heard yet, some dude in NJ just bought out Moat's and Tabernacle's. Moats are up to $750-$950, tabernacles are up to $1300. Apparently this dude is responsible for a LOT of the reserve buyouts that happen. Not gonna say his name for various reasons, but it's just annoying. I don't even get it, it's not like these cards are highly sought after. It's easier to trade/sell them at a lower price when they're more accessible. He's just hurting himself.
June 20, 2016 4:45 p.m.
Well... Ulrich certainly isn't "amazing"...in fact he's "meh".. at least they listened to us?
For standard though he's so bad with that 
spell that gives -4/-4 until end of turn.
June 20, 2016 4:57 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #26
If the abilities of one'mrakul are as awesome as the art it'll probably be my favorite of the set
June 20, 2016 5:19 p.m.
Just read the deadline for a work assignment and realized it said the due time was am, not pm like I remembered. Now I've got to finish this thing and wake up for work in 8 hours anyway. Then I get to work a full day, come home, work some more, and go to sleep to wake up at 4 am.
June 20, 2016 8:48 p.m.
TheDevicer Well, that sucks man, sorry to hear that. Good luck. Maybe go out and buy some 5 hour energies.
June 20, 2016 10:21 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #30
Guys I just thought of something...
What do Modern Jeskai Control players and TV Actors have in common?
They are trying to get an Emmy...
June 22, 2016 7:48 p.m.
Nahiri Jeskai does. It's one of the dominant decks right now, in fact.
June 22, 2016 10:58 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #36
I guess so....depends on whether I have to spend money or not lmao
June 23, 2016 5:14 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #38
Downloading Dota 2....I'm scared
Also it's taking fucking forever
June 23, 2016 8:31 p.m.
I'm done with mobas. League was great in season 2 before it was invaded by people with the maturity and english language skills of 5 year olds. And while i've never played dota 2, from what i've seen the game looks kinda bland color wise. Everything is dark blue, dark black, and dark green.
June 23, 2016 9:55 p.m.
Coinman1863 says... #40
All I have to say is that the Brexit vote is one of the scariest things to happen in my lifetime.
June 23, 2016 10:13 p.m.
well I just made my first cube with the help of a friend and a box of EMA. its not great because I just used what I had access to at the time, so pretty much just what I had, what a Windswept Heath could be traded to my friend for, and what he was willing to gift me. it turned out to be pretty fun making it, but now we get to see what drafting it is like.
June 23, 2016 10:34 p.m.
elpokitolama says... #43
I am sorry for your loss ChiefBell. Good luck from here, things are not looking bright... :(
June 24, 2016 2:40 a.m.
Stock market has crashed. Pound has dropped. Prime minister resigned. Bank of England in crisis - worst financial loss in over 30 years.
June 24, 2016 3:36 a.m.
elpokitolama says... #45
You know what is the most ironic thing about all of this?
More than a half of 70% of Britons voted because they are tired to help other people. But by doing so, if the EU survives the chain reaction Brexit may have created, it will be the one that will benefits the most from all of this. British scientist will emigrate, and basically products coming from the UK will be much cheaper because of the pound; while the taxes will make imported products much more expensive as Britons lost money without paying anything once again because of the fall of the pound.
In other word, UKIP supporters are doing the exact opposite of what they wanted: they're now offering cheap holidays in the UK to everyone while sentencing themselves to a new economic crisis.
Also, it's funny to see that Scotish prefer the European Union to the Union Jack... New referendum happening nearby in the future maybe?
June 24, 2016 5:34 a.m. Edited.
Yeah probably Scotland leaves now.
Due to the stock crisis the bank might have to raise interest on loans which means borrowing money becomes really hard. That means that getting a large loan for a house is impossible. So it's really caused a crisis among younger people.
Me and my partner have already started looking at Seattle to move to and I have an appointment in August to go to the German embassy and ask for German citizenship.
June 24, 2016 5:54 a.m.
elpokitolama says... #47
I hope everything will be fine for you and your friends.
Now, I can just hope that the issue doesn't turns out to become the actual worst case scenario, with other countries leaving the EU. And when I say other countries, I also mean mine, too. If that were to happen, I think I would also leave and go abroad, probably to the T/O Shinobi's country.
Germany is the most stable country in Europe, but the recent identity crisis are making potential changes harder to read.
I've always been an optimistic asshole, but I do not like where all this stuff is headed at the moment...
June 24, 2016 6:05 a.m.
elpokitolama I don't think that's correct. England would love to have more tourists. Hell, with the pound dropping to 1.3, more tourists will help stabilize the economy. They just didn't want to be forced to host refugees.
And while I'm not an expert on economics, I think everyone is over reacting right now. While the vote passed, it's still going to be at least 4-5 years before England can actually leave the EU. The stock markets and banks will stabilize once people realize that it isn't the end of the world.
June 24, 2016 8:42 a.m.
No we don't like the pound dropping because we're a net importer and therefore our pounds now buy fewer of the goods we need. Also leaving the EU will cost us immigration because visa free travel is now gone.
It's two years before we leave the EU and the banks might stabilise in the short term but it's the long term you need to be worried about. Many have said they intend to move headquarters to Germany etc resulting in a huge loss of jobs and a lot of lost money in the system. This is going to be an ongoing problem.
June 24, 2016 10:20 a.m.
Sorry, didn't mean to imply that you like the pound dropping. Obviously that's bad. I was just saying that an increase in tourism would help stem the bleeding and would not be a bad thing like lama implied.
ThisIsBullshit says... #1
Lol I heard about that game
Coinman it's all good bro
June 19, 2016 10:54 p.m.