Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990)
by Etheryte on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:38AM
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To date, Dryad Arbor is still one of the coolest cards in MtG, simply because of both the simplicity and the universality of its quote. When it came out, I was very surprised by the idea that a land could also be a creature. These days we have way wonkier mechanics, but that novelty along with the quote has a special place in my heart.
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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990)
by thom on Sunday February 07, 2021 @10:19AM
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Yeah I’m always really sad it doesn’t make it into the MTGO cube.
Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990)
by bobbyi_settv on Sunday February 07, 2021 @04:19PM
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An opponent being able to remove one of your lands with small creature removal or any ping effect or -1/-1 counter is scary.
It sees play (I think) in Legacy and Commander where there are a bunch of specific powerful ways to abuse it (e.g., combo off early with Arbor + Gaea's Cradle to generate a bunch of mana), but you're not going to pull that off often in cube, so it would mostly be a basic forest that your opponent can easily remove.