Dude, who even knows.

22nd October 2021

Post reblogged from Kontextmaschine with 28 notes

kontextmaschine:

Oh, at some point they adopted general “Mill” as text for the Millstone effect, that’s nice

I ran a blue/white (so no black) Turbo Stasis deck once that killed with Chronatog and Howling Mines, Kismet and Stasis

Before that I remember Hypnotic Specter, riffed out of Turn 1 Dark Ritual range in Ice Age as Abyssal Specter, and a BB sorcery, “Howl of the…” something? (Hymn to Tourach, h/t @cyprinodont) that made sure your opponent never kept a hand, so at most he could topdeck, including lands

Oh god, what was that one black enchantment like if you would lose life instead destroy a permanent, if you would gain life instead draw a card? That and that sac-a-land-for-2-life 0-cost artifact was one of the first global cycles, like suddenly wherever in the world you were playing competitive games someone would be fielding those decks, like I think this was even before Sligh and the mana curve

  1. vexingsibilant said: they were slowtrips, even.
  2. vexingsibilant said: I like how they later tried to fix Necropotence, and came up with Yawgmoth’s Bargain.
  3. space-wizards reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    Still wild that concepts so basic they’re used as loading screen tips had to be discovered multiple years after...
  4. kontextmaschine reblogged this from space-wizards and added:
    Anyway the concept of card advantage was still young then, that's what the Ice Age "cantrips" were about.
  5. space-wizards said: Ha! I was wondering what the hell the Lich/Zuran Orb combo was.
  6. javob reblogged this from kontextmaschine
  7. kontextmaschine said: @cyprinodont ty
  8. cyprinodont said: Hymn to Tourach