Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019)
by trescenzi on Thursday December 14, 2023 @05:25PM
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No it's a group hug Commander/EDH deck. We all win together!
But yes it does kinda frustrate people. That's the downside of liking Magic because of it being fun to break as a system and not because you want to smash giant monsters into each other.
Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019)
by natbennett on Thursday December 14, 2023 @06:33PM
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I used to play with a guy who had a deck named “Judge Problems.”
I don’t know what all was in it (I never played against it) but remember being regaled with tales of what happens when Opalescence and Humility come into play together as part of an effect that puts a bunch of permanents into play all with the same time stamp.
Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019)
by thiagoharry on Thursday December 14, 2023 @08:42PM
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Its the infamous "judge destroyer": https://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?29732-Leg...
Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019)
by da_chicken on Thursday December 14, 2023 @06:11PM
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Unbounded automatic combos can be any colors. One of the simplest is:
Aether Flash - Enchantment
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, Aether Flash deals 2 damage to it.
Polyraptor - Creature - 5/5
Whenever Polyraptor is dealt damage, create a token that's a copy of Polyraptor.
Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019)
by brightball on Thursday December 14, 2023 @05:12PM
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I honestly thought calling Prodigal Sorcerers “Tim” was just a thing from a guy at my local comic store growing up.
Thanks for that memory.
Frustrating to play against if the loop is working, but often weak on killing power if it takes a lot of sacrificing to pay the upkeep.
I remember one game decades ago where I was slowly ground down by the tapping of a solitary Tim.