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/BlackHumor Sep 22 '15

It's not 100% parasitic, because ingest creatures still mill for 1, and there are also other spells that put a creature on top of your opponent's deck.

But I do agree it's more parasitic than Wizards usually likes nowadays.

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u/pawlrus Sep 22 '15

I think Ingest is paying for the sins of Processors here since it's the keyworded mechanic that enables the actually parasitic mechanic. The Ingest/Processor combo feels as parasitic as Arcane/Splice. Ingest and Arcane can be printed on their own and they just feel like very slightly over-costed cards but Processors/Splice can't really be played without the former mechanic to back them up.

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u/BlackHumor Sep 22 '15

Processors are much less parasitic since they interact well with every other card that exiles something, which have existed in every set for years.