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I know a lot of Americans don’t know how to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius so here’s a little cheat sheet.
I needed this
As a Canadian - specifically a Winnipegger - I chuckle to think that -20C is "really damn cold". My sweet summer children, you know nothing of winter.
Being awake is terrible.
I wanna go back to sleep.
(suggested by @conflictedcontradiction)
Aggravation Rating: 9/10
I won’t lie, I have a personal hatred of this card. Craterhoof Behemoth is, in my opinion, one of the easiest and least interesting ways to win with a green deck in EDH, which is frustrating because so often that’s what he does.
Green likes creatures, and big ones at that. It also likes mana dorks and other small utility creatures like Fauna Shaman and Reclamation Sage. Long story short, Green likes to have a big board full of creatures. Add in cards like Avenger of Zendikar which make a wide board all by themselves, and you have a very likely situation where Craterhoof just outright wins the game. And that’s where the issue in the card lies.
Every card in Magic is working towards one goal: to get their player to win. My issue arises with cards that do this much too quickly and efficiently, leaving no chance for an actual game to be played. What’s fun about slowly establishing a board back and forth, and suddenly your opponent plays Craterhoof and kills you? It’s not a real game and it doesn’t take some absurd effort. It doesn’t have the feeling of a hard fought game, of a well earned victory or a glorious defeat. It’s the kind of game that you shrug off and say “yep, Craterhoof again. maybe next game.” You don’t think fondly on games lost to Craterhoof because the card is so individually powerful without any sort of real setup that it’s not interesting to lose to after the first time.
In addition to the unfun game aspects of Craterhoof, there’s also the deck building aspects that make it aggravating. A deck that runs Craterhoof almost certainly also runs Avenger of Zendikar, a one-two punch that’s sure to win most games. And these decks always, ALWAYS have some way to find Craterhoof. Worldly Tutor, Tooth and Nail, Primal Command. Green has no shortage of creature tutors, and that’s perfectly fine. But Craterhoof is the type of card that makes tutors boring. I see tutors as a way to find a good answer that gets you out of a tight situation; too often you can just find Craterhoof and kill your opponent. So many decks that include the behemoth devolve to have a plan of essentially “play random creatures and then eventually find Craterhoof and win.” It’s boring. You could have an extremely interesting tokens deck, maybe Hazezon Tamar with Epic Struggle and Warrior Tribal. But if you decide to run Craterhoof, you’ll a lot of the time find that you could just cast it and win, which prompts you to make boring games that end the same way.
Finally, Craterhoof is hard to deal with because only a counterspell stops the actual game-ending effect. On a board of five creatures, killing the Craterhoof does practically nothing. You have to be able to deal with most of the creatures or else you die, and if you’re in a position to do that then the creatures should be dead already. And seriously, did it have to have haste? Craterhoof utterly demolishes board stalls, can only be effectively dealt with by counterspells or instant speed board wipes, and in most cases may as well be an eight mana card that just says “if you control five or more creatures, you win the game.” Its only saving grace is that it requires that threshold; when the board is repeatedly wiped and contained, it’s not as big of an issue. But that’s a small comfort.
Craterhoof is a too-often used card that promotes lazy deck building and boring games; it ends games the same way much too often and doesn’t create an enjoyable experience. The most fun way to lose to Craterhoof is spectacularly; see how low your life total can get. All in all this card is a monster that doesn’t promote good gameplay both before and after a game starts, and has become a scourge of EDH.
While I can understand where this post is coming from, I can't agree.
The beauty of EDH is that you have ~60 unique, non-land cards in your deck, you will usually have something to do with those cards, so if the moment isn't right for Craterhoof, don't play it.
However, if the game is locked in a board stall and has been going on for 45 minutes or longer, Craterhoof is just as legitimate a way to end the game as say Kiki-Jiki and Zealous Conscripts or Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron + Nonsense.
Playing with powerful cards that aim to end the game isn't "lazy deckbuilding", it's just "deckbuilding".
What Worlds Do You Want to Go Back to?
This poll is about worlds you’d like to return to. You can list as many as you like but please put them in order of preference so that your number one choice is where you may want to return.
1. Mercadia 2. Lorwyn/Shadowmoor
Ugh, self.
My favourite canonical Greek myth is that one where Zeus gets an iPhone.
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…It would be EXACTLY LIKE THIS. …Oh gods.
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watching any action movie after seeing Fury Road
Stupid Sexy Flanders
brain: it seems like problems are happening. would you like to pretend they're not & think about fictional characters instead
me: yes please
I have been waiting so long for this image set
Hello again everyone! This time Jackson and Daniel are joined by Maureen to discuss the ongoing project of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The locus of the discussion is the recently released Age of...
My friends Jackson ( feral-throwback ) and Dan invited me on their podcast to talk about Age of Ultron and the MCU at large.
Listen to me have opinions! Listen to my awkward voice!
Yo listen to my podcast.
Good DM Dan.
The fact that this has almost 200 notes is ridiculous…
Good DM Dan is a fucking scholar and saint.
ahhhh god I miss playing D&D so much.
feral-throwback
Like, I’d love an Urza planeswalker card but a godlike WUBR planeswalker card seems like a hard thing to do. Like, you’d need to put it in a 4 color commander deck.
Well if Teferi and most every walker ever printed is any indication he won’t be anywhere near Lore power level
yeah but still
WUBR
also most printed walkers aren’t much stronger than your average mage.
I doubt Urza would be 4 color, he would most likely be 3 or 5, I agree he should have black in him but I feel like 3 color doesn’t fit him and I doubt they are really going to ever print 4 colors cards again multiple Wizards employees have gone on to save they think its a bad philosophy
Urza as a character is 4 color. Printing him at either 3 or 5 wouldn’t feel right. That’s why I feel like we aren’t getting him, considering that 4 color is really really hard to do.
I think you could justify a Jeskai-coloured Urza basically up until the Invasion arc
