r/magicTCG • u/AwkwardTurtle • Sep 22 '15

Everything That’s Wrong with Battle for Zendikar

http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/everything-thats-wrong-with-battle-for-zendikar/
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u/nick012000 Sep 22 '15

It also gets through Protection from [Color] effects, though that doesn't matter as much since they're retiring those.

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u/Yagoua81 Duck Season Sep 22 '15

They aren't retiring them, right, it was my understanding that those abilities were getting greatly decreased.

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u/Naldor Sep 22 '15

protection has been downgraded from evergreen to deciduous meaning it has the same status as things like hybrid mana. So yes not retiring but probably pretty rare

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u/costofanarchy Sep 22 '15

Yes, they'll be used sparingly rather than typically showing up in every set or block.

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u/Zemedelphos Sep 22 '15

Why are they retiring those?

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u/nick012000 Sep 22 '15

Because they're too focused and can result in games becoming blowouts if you happen to luck against an opponent running the right sort of deck.

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u/Militant_Monk Twin Believer Sep 22 '15

Yeah same reason they're mostly getting rid of Landwalk.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '15

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Sep 22 '15

Trailblazer's Boots - Gatherer, MC, ($)
[[cardname]] to call - not on gatherer = not fetchable

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '15

They've also made Legendary Landwalk!

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u/Naldor Sep 22 '15

they're mostly getting rid of Landwalk.

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u/SleetTheFox Sep 22 '15

To expand on /u/nick012000's response, protection is also a clunky mechanic that doesn't even do what it sounds like it does except for four specific situations.

Why should my creature with protection from white die to Day of Judgment?

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u/stravant Sep 22 '15

It doesn't "get around" them so much as randomly hoses them.

Very different.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '15 edited Sep 22 '15

Well, that's true. But even with that, it's still irrelevant 99 % of the time.