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Re:The mathematics of Magic: the Gathering (1999) by uxp100 on Monday June 18, 2018 @05:11PM (#17341725)
The more I play magic, the more I like the mana system, actually. It's very frustrating occasionally, but it usually is a message to me that I need to change my deckbuilding, add more filtering, card advantage, etc.
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Re:The mathematics of Magic: the Gathering (1999) by bigger_cheese on Monday June 18, 2018 @07:57PM (#17342644)
I agree I like that you have to take into account the manabase when you design a deck it adds an additional constraint. It also makes mana denial a valid strategy.

My favorite deck of all time (Goblins) is built around abusing Wasteland and Rishadan Port to lock down my opponents manabase.

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