Comments on: How Card Advantage Works, Part 2: Picture of Consistency http://fivewithflores.com/2009/03/how-card-advantage-works-part-2-picture-of-consistency/ Where you learn to love what Mike Flores loves Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:49:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Five With Flores » Part Two, Who Wants a Loxodon Hierarch? http://fivewithflores.com/2009/03/how-card-advantage-works-part-2-picture-of-consistency/#comment-720 Five With Flores » Part Two, Who Wants a Loxodon Hierarch? Sat, 02 May 2009 05:37:43 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=475#comment-720 [...] This, my friends, sounds notoriously like a question of How Card Advantage Works. [...] [...] This, my friends, sounds notoriously like a question of How Card Advantage Works. [...]

]]> By: wrongwaygoback http://fivewithflores.com/2009/03/how-card-advantage-works-part-2-picture-of-consistency/#comment-601 wrongwaygoback Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:06:11 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=475#comment-601 Surely there's got to be some sort of cost/benefit payoff - that's the discussion I'm looking for. If you had a deck that was 40 blood pets and 20 swamps, sure it would be (a) consistent (b) entirely interactive (ie each blood pet interacts with each other), easy to cast, immediately relevant - but would it win? If ease of casting and immediate relevance is the trump card, why doesn't affinity win every matchup? Where's the model for what matters and what doesn't? Surely there’s got to be some sort of cost/benefit payoff – that’s the discussion I’m looking for.
If you had a deck that was 40 blood pets and 20 swamps, sure it would be (a) consistent (b) entirely interactive (ie each blood pet interacts with each other), easy to cast, immediately relevant – but would it win?

If ease of casting and immediate relevance is the trump card, why doesn’t affinity win every matchup?

Where’s the model for what matters and what doesn’t?

]]> By: mpace http://fivewithflores.com/2009/03/how-card-advantage-works-part-2-picture-of-consistency/#comment-600 mpace Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:15:27 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=475#comment-600 i really like this. immediate use has always been a big card evaluation for me. my question would be, how does this transfer over to standard and even more importantly (for me) limited. it seems to apply much less considering with the higher mana costs (isn't that the same as not having the appropriate colors?). i really like this. immediate use has always been a big card evaluation for me. my question would be, how does this transfer over to standard and even more importantly (for me) limited. it seems to apply much less considering with the higher mana costs (isn’t that the same as not having the appropriate colors?).

]]> By: DavePetterson http://fivewithflores.com/2009/03/how-card-advantage-works-part-2-picture-of-consistency/#comment-597 DavePetterson Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:07:28 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=475#comment-597 Actually, he did say it was Swans in the first post. Very interesting series so far. Mulligan theory is obviously important, but it doesn't get a whole lot of attention. I guess a big 'thank you' is owed to GerryT for getting you onto this kick. I think this and your response to the Zack Hill article on card advantage are going to be similar to Sligh/mana curve in a few years, with people saying "Did we really used to think about Magic in any other way?" Actually, he did say it was Swans in the first post.

Very interesting series so far. Mulligan theory is obviously important, but it doesn’t get a whole lot of attention. I guess a big ‘thank you’ is owed to GerryT for getting you onto this kick. I think this and your response to the Zack Hill article on card advantage are going to be similar to Sligh/mana curve in a few years, with people saying “Did we really used to think about Magic in any other way?”

]]> By: admin http://fivewithflores.com/2009/03/how-card-advantage-works-part-2-picture-of-consistency/#comment-595 admin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:37:20 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=475#comment-595 @StaplerGuy Yes it was Swans obviously! :) @StaplerGuy
Yes it was Swans obviously! :)

]]> By: StaplerGuy http://fivewithflores.com/2009/03/how-card-advantage-works-part-2-picture-of-consistency/#comment-594 StaplerGuy Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:31:33 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=475#comment-594 So was it Swans? You never said :( So was it Swans?

You never said :(

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