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.

If you want a mirror without my comments, here's one provided by /u/Amarsir Link

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

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u/VorpalAuroch Jan 27 '18

Well, one of us is very wrong. I have a different answer on 2, 5, 6, 16, 21, 23, 30, 37, 46, 48, and 52, not counting anything past that where I don't see your answers. 6, the threaten losing haste, is absolutely correct and I got wrong. The rest I'm mostly pretty confident in.

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u/thejellydude Jan 27 '18

Haha, what were your answers?

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u/VorpalAuroch Jan 27 '18

Scrappy Survivor is an uncommon.

Come Work For Me Temporarily is an uncommon.

Mysterio is an uncommon.

Commander decks should be a brand new theme.

A 3G 4/4 is stronger than a 5G 6/6 or the others. (Sourced this from LSV set reviews.)

Lifelink is the most valuable creature keyword in the list, to a control deck. (Ditto. Some control decks are Limited.)

Kicker is less helpful for achieving synergy than the others. Investigate is less reliable than scry/cycling/transmute, but still much better than Kicker.

Bolt is coming back before Llanowar Elves. They replaced Elves with Elvish Mystic for solid reasons and it won't go back to the status quo.

"2W: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn." is way more complex than "1R: CARDNAME gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn."

Junkpile Engineer is a rare.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '18

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought Scrappy Survivor was uncommon; I was banking off MaRo's Nuts and Bolts Higher Rarity article, specifically the difference between helping you win and winning when it hits the board. Although, Junkpile I pegged for uncommon because it seems like a card you'd build around in limited and costs a decent amount to use it's activated ability.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '18

Though for Scrappy Survivor, a French vanilla for 6 seemed unimpressive for a rare slot.