A Planeswalker's Guide to SPPf (Magic: the Gathering)

[the3rdH0kage]

I can't wait, I started right after Slivers quit being in Standard (from after Alara before Zendikar came out). so I never played with them until I got into the game and learned aout the different game formats and some people showed me Slivers. So it will be cool to experience them in the Standard format.

[DucksGoMooful]

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazin...y/feature/248e
So what do you think of these changes? I personally like them.

[The Admiral]

Legend Rule: Yyyyyyyes and no. Mostly no. From a flavor stance, this is out-and-out ludicrous. There is no reason why a clone of that unique character should just disappear in a puff of logic just because there are two on your side, but you and another player can both control the same exact Melek. Glad they didn't clear up the "time paradox" version where you can have Teysa from now and Teysa from way in the past, though.

Planeswalker Rule: See above.

Sideboards: I'm okay with this. It makes life easier, just as I'm going to have to dump my Standard deck anyway because everyone will be running Ratchet Bomb.

Keyword Indestructible: "Gains indestructible," "has indestructible." These sound really, really crappy. "Indestructibility" might be better, but it might also be clunky. However, it also means that indestructibility now interacts with Spoiling the way it logically should.

"Can't be blocked": The meaning is preserved, but I think it looks clunkier.

Land plays: This is similar to a lot of simplifications made to rules in instances of "the players just don't think about it." It has its ups and downs for the same reasons.

[the3rdH0kage]

So I was asked to go down to Prestonburgh Kentucky with 4 of the other competitive players as a team on Saturday for a TCGPlayer Bronze event. So this week is testing, editing, revising, and stuff like that. Main changes so far (Kamotz has seen the list) moved 1 Boros Charm to Main from side because it I need it I had it almost every time today, and I'm putting in 3 Reckless Waif for Side against the Control matchup.