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I have a degree in Linguistics, but I work as a programmer. Most of my expertise about English is self-taught, plus lots of random trivia I've acquired here and there.

This is my favorite EL&U comment ever:

This isn't really a question about English so much as a question about hugs. Source


Mar
18
asked Copying Soul Seizer
Mar
15
awarded  Nice Answer
Mar
15
answered Why was the banding ability 'removed' from MTG? What was so complicated about it?
Mar
11
answered Hexproof on an opponent's creature
Mar
8
answered Does sacrificing a creature trigger Diregraf Captain?
Mar
7
answered What strong draft decks exist for Innistrad-Innistrad-Dark Ascension draft?
Mar
7
comment What strong draft decks exist for Innistrad-Innistrad-Dark Ascension draft?
This is a great answer. My only nit is with your list of three archetypes: aggro/midrange/control describes basically every format ever, and is hardly limited to DKA.
Mar
6
answered How do twitch effects work with the stack vs activated tap abilities?
Mar
5
comment When should I open a particular envelope in Risk Legacy?
I love this question.
Mar
2
awarded  Notable Question
Feb
20
awarded  Civic Duty
Feb
14
comment What happens if you sacrifice a creature brought back with Postmortem Lunge?
For more fun and games, if you cast Undying Evil on the creature before you sacrifice it, it'll come back again with a +1/+1 counter, and the exile trigger will fail because the creature on the battlefield is not the same one that the trigger originally targeted.
Feb
14
answered What happens if you sacrifice a creature brought back with Postmortem Lunge?
Feb
12
comment Is there any way to rehabilitate the “junk rare” Lost In The Woods?
I would have agreed with you that this card could never see competitive play, it turns out that Lost in the Woods was used by several players at Pro Tour Honolulu: wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/…
Feb
12
comment Is there any way to rehabilitate the “junk rare” Lost In The Woods?
Note that this deck was used by several players at Pro Tour Honolulu: wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/…
Feb
5
comment What's the current state of Magic: The Gathering online play?
It's very hard to go infinite just by drafting. However, you can do a lot better if you play Constructed daily events, since you only have to build your deck once and can enter it into as many events as you'd like.
Jan
24
answered Am I forced to choose targets for “may” abilities?
Jan
24
comment What ways are there for a Standard Werewolf deck to handle Ratchet Bomb?
Also, a flipped werewolf has a CMC of 0? For most purposes, a flipped card is considered the same game object as an unflipped card, so I'm very surprised to hear that the CMC changes.
Jan
24
comment What ways are there for a Standard Werewolf deck to handle Ratchet Bomb?
The tokens deck has the same problem, but worse.
Jan
20
comment What happens if I cast Green Sun's Zenith while Grafdigger's Cage is on the battlefield?
@DForck42, I don't think the creature goes into the graveyard, because it isn't countered. I think it just gets shuffled into the library with the Zenith.