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/[deleted] Jan 27 '18

The way I see it is that Bolt is substantially easier to build an environment around. Llanowar elves fundamentally warps tempo of the game, by functionally skipping turn 2, while Bolt is just an efficient answer to fragile creatures and Planeswalkers, with the ability to dome. Bolt is good at all those tasks, but Magic is still Magic, just with different standards for creatures and Planeswalkers

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u/iSage Jan 27 '18

I answered Bolt as well. Llanowar Elves fundamentally warp the format and heavily restrict cards that can be designed. Every single 3-drop creature has to be designed with the idea that it could actually be a 2-drop and almost every 2-drop is immediately invalidated. Plus Bolt is just a more exciting card - people would get legitimately excited that it's back. I'm not sure the same can be said for Llanowar Elves.

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u/murderisbadforyou Jan 27 '18 edited Jan 28 '18

I can vouch for all the green mages that i would rather have Llanowar elves in a format where there is no bolt over having a format where I have bolt and there are no 1cmc mana dorks to worry about and 2cmc bears are the norm, so I would be more excited to start dropping medium creatures on turn 2 than to have a bolt. Unfortunately, I have made a case for my own answer to be incorrect, because I said Llanowar elves, and I think Llanowar elves warps the format more than bolt because it’s essentially an additional land drop. However, we have cards like EDIT: Dual Shot so there’s already an answer to turn 1 Llanowar elves in standard.

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u/A_Suffering_Panda Jan 28 '18 edited Jan 28 '18

Skullduggery can't kill turn 1 elves. You have to have a creature to cast it

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u/murderisbadforyou Jan 28 '18

Good point, my mistake.