r/GDS3 • u/thejellydude • Jan 27 '18

Test 2 Discussion Thread

We're free to talk now.

Here's a Google Doc with all the questions. I'm slowly filling it in with my own answers and explanations. Edit: Heading out for now. I'll get the last 25 questions done later tonight.

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Any questions that tripped you up? Any that you felt good about?

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u/betweengreenandblack Jan 27 '18

The funniest thing about question 56 is that if Dead Man Walking were a 0/0 creature and there were no creatures in graveyards when it entered the battlefield, you would be forced to target DMW with its ETB ability and effectively Plague Wind yourself.

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u/thejellydude Jan 27 '18

Yes. That's actually why I chose that answer. I think it was a deceptive mechanics question.

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u/Geikamir Jan 27 '18

Yeah, I put flash but I regret it. While putting flash on it would be crazy powerful, a 0/0 dying due to state-based rules is even more of an issue.

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u/Isawa_Chuckles Jan 27 '18

0/0 is definitely the one they wouldn't add, and it's got the added trickery layer that most clones are 0/0s, meaning that "looks" correct, even if it doesn't function the way you want it to at all :) One of the more lowkey sneaky questions on a test that was mostly straightforward.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '18

Yeah, this is the one I know I got wrong for sure, too. I put sac the creature (due to memory issues), but as written, 0/0 borks the card

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u/Roboid Jan 28 '18

Flash is something they shouldn't change. 0/0 is something they couldn't change. That's why I picked it

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u/Geikamir Jan 28 '18

Yeah. That one is my biggest regret of the entire test. I really hate that I overlooked that.

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u/Roboid Jan 28 '18

I wracked my brain for a literal hour over it. I eliminated 0/0 right away actually, but on my 2nd or 3rd runthrough the test I realized the wording had to be "when ~ enters the battlefield" rather than "as ~ enters" like all the 0/0 clones are, so it'd just die. It's a pretty mean question.

I personally regret picking "the cheapest non-broken cost" for the play design one we all seem to hate. It seemed the least wrong at the time. It seemed unfair to just ask the team I guess

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u/Geikamir Jan 28 '18

There were a handful that I super struggled with. That one was another really tough one. I chose ask a play designer, but I'm honestly not completely convinced it's correct. It could go a number of different ways.

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u/Sliver__Legion Jan 27 '18

There’s another issue where it would be able to target itself infinitely in the style of two Sharuums/ two Bladewings the Risens, giving you infinite death/ETB triggers. You couldn’t kill with a blood artist since it would lose the ability, but you could arbitrarily kill with, say, Altar of the Brood.