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Software engineer and long-time dabbler in mathematics; 11th in the Putnams forever ago but I've long since atrophied.
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Feb 25 |
answered | What's actually good against Jund? |
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Feb 22 |
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Multiple blockers with first strike @ikegami (Nitpicking: that order is chosen during the declare blockers step, well before creatures actually get to do combat damage - see rule 509.2. While it is irrelevant to the question as given, the attacker does still get the choice of how they want to order blockers.) |
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Feb 21 |
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Multiple blockers with first strike This answer is completely wrong on all counts except that the attacker chooses how to order blockers. It doesn't go 'first strike then normal combat per creature' - all creatures with first strike damage deal their combat damage, and then all creatures without first strike deal theirs. (See rule 510.5) Furthermore, the 6/6 is never a 6/3, despite what Duels of the Planeswalkers tells you - it's a 6/6 with 3 damage on it. (This can matter for effects that check a creature's toughness) |
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Feb 19 |
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Highest difficulty and creativity Sokoban map families @Bitlab For the record, I think 'what are the best ways of measuring Sokoban difficulty and what are the best puzzles by those metrics?' is an excellent question, and one that I wish there WAS an on-topic location for! This just, sadly, isn't it. But if you agree, I encourage joining the puzzling.se proposal at area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/45128/puzzling and posting the 'hypothetical' question as a sample question there. |
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Feb 19 |
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Highest difficulty and creativity Sokoban map families Unfortunately, there really isn't an appropriate spot on the StackExchange network right now for questions about Sokoban - they would fit well into the proposed Puzzles area, but that site is a long way from getting even to beta. Also, it would probably be appropriate in the question to disclose that the 'creativity' metric is one of your own devising, and not a standardized measure. |
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Feb 19 |
awarded | Enthusiast |
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Feb 17 |
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Can I use a card with “Add one mana of any color to your mana pool” in any Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) deck? In addition to the discussion of 'any color' below, I thought I'd point out that color identity only means mana symbols and not necessarily land names - so for instance, Verdant Catacombs is legal for your Animar deck because it doesn't provide black mana, it just has the phrase 'search for a swamp card'... |
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Feb 17 |
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What was the largest flop in board game history? @thesunneversets Saying that 'Sales did not compare to those of M:tG' isn't a sign that the game didn't meet expectations; it's just a sign that the game wasn't Magic. The game had an expansion, stayed in print for a couple of years and maintained enough of a cult following to get a license rescue - that's much, much more than can be said for most CCGs. Netrunner wasn't even as much of a 'flop' as several Magic sets were. |
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Feb 13 |
awarded | magic-the-gathering |
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Feb 12 |
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Does 'shuffle your library' mandate that the cards actually change order? This would be covered more by the Floor Rules than by the comp. rules - and according to the floor rules, I'm reasonably certain you couldn't use a non-judge proxy to handle the shuffling of your deck. If it's not too impertinent, what prompted this question in the first place? (Insert the standard blurb about 'practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face.' here...) |
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Feb 12 |
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If Realmwright is removed from the battlefield, do the changed lands remain dual colored? The text 'Lands you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types' is the static ability text. It's a static ability 'by default': because it doesn't use the phrase 'when', it isn't a triggered ability; because it doesn't have the colon it's not an activated ability; and abilities that last 'forever' (i.e., that aren't tied to a permanent being in the appropriate zone) are (generally) expressed with emblems now. For more information on how to identify abilities, I suggest reading the rest of section 112 in the comprehensive rules. |
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Feb 12 |
answered | If Realmwright is removed from the battlefield, do the changed lands remain dual colored? |
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Feb 5 |
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Does Fateful Hour apply in this combat? +1 now from me! |
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Feb 1 |
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Cribbage pone strategy for hands involving a run and a pair corrected the analysis |
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Feb 1 |
answered | Cribbage pone strategy for hands involving a run and a pair |
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Jan 31 |
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What happens when the {X} in Mind Grind *is* zero? Excellent answer - +1 for the rules quotes. |
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Jan 31 |
answered | What happens when the {X} in Mind Grind *is* zero? |
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Jan 30 |
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Is this card worded correctly and balanced? @Lord_Gareth The thing is that the corner cases of 'can blocked even if tapped by external factors' are so small that it's simply not worth the additional complexity over simply declaring it with Vigilance in the first place. Your comparison to Nightguard Patrol is an apt one, but that's also a point - you've made it harder to cast and given it a drawback in the process. I would agree with corsiKa's first suggestion (First strike, Vigilance, must attack, must block, one mana cheaper); I think it perfectly captures the flavor. |
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Jan 30 |
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Are multicolor decks in any color combination viable in modern Magic? @AlexP It was on my mind, but I didn't see any good Flash decks in the couple of standard tournaments I looked at. :-) |
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Jan 30 |
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What to keep in mind when copying a small card game? If you have any legal concerns about what you're doing, I would actually recommend not sending the manufacturers money - it could easily be interpreted as an acknowledgement that you know what you're doing is in the legal wrong. |
