Subject: [ISSUES] Re: Exodus playable cards Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 10:14:19 -0400 From: "R. Kinyon" To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com Karsten - I think you and your conversation mate are both in error concerning playability of cards. I'd like to posit another ranking system which might shed more light on the "playability" of cards : Good, Look-At-Later, Don't-Look-At-Later. Now, examples of these categories would include : Good : Paladin, Cataclysm, Oath of Druids, Spike Weaver, Survival of the Fittest. Look-At-Later : Sphere of Resistance, Memory Crystal, Oath of Lieges D-L-A-L : Grollub, Allay, Goblin Raider, Pygmy Troll The idea would be to take the cards that have already proven themselves and put them in the Good category (similar to your Tournament Cards). I see more than 20 of these at Neutral Ground/NY. Then, take the ones that just do cool stuff, but you haven't seen the deck that breaks them yet and set them aside to look at later. Then, take the ones that just suck _verifiably_, through a set of guidelines, and don't look at them later. Cards such as Allay, which has a better version in the Cycle (Disenchant), or Grollub, whose weakness far outstrips his reduction in cc, or Pygmy Troll, whose doesn't compare to another creature we all know well (River Boa). Well, that's my two cents. Full lists for each category follow at the bottom. Rob Kinyon Team Pooh and Friends Good Cards (Cards I have seen in good decks at NG/NY) ---------- Mindless Automaton Null Brooch Cataclysm Paladin en-Vec Peace of Mind Mirri Oath of Druids Skyshroud Warbeast (Extended and up...maybe?) Spike Weaver (So(!) many ways for permafog...) Survival of the Fittest Reclaim Pandemonium (PandeNaught decks) Price of Progress (Some Sligh decks start 4 in Type 2!) Maniacal Rage Shattering Pulse Sonic Burst Anarchist Dominating Licid Forbid Mind Over Matter Hatred Oath of Ghouls Recurring Nightmare Volrath's Dungeon Dauthi Warlord (Put him in Suicide Black...) Carnophage Thrull Surgeon Vampire Hounds -------- 28 cards Look At Later ------------- City of Traitors Erratic Portal Memory Crystal Sphere of Resistance Thopter Squadron Exalted Dragon (combos with Oath of L...) Limited Resources Oath of Lieges Wall of Nets Pegasus Stampede (combos with O. of L.) Treasure Hunter Kor Chant Reaping the Rewards Soltari Visionary Soul Warden Welkin Hawk Manabond Spike Hatcher (Anything this big has to be breakable somehow...) Cartographer Avenging Druid Jackalope Herd (q.v. Spike Hatcher) Ogre Shaman Oath of Mages (Does damage for free! Possibly with Necro?) Ravenous Baboons Seismic Assault Flowstone Flood Spellshock Raging Goblin Reckless Ogre (q.v. Spike Hatcher) Equilibrium Ertai, Wizard Adept Oath of Scholars Curiousity Mana Breach Treasure Trove Fugue Necrologia Slaughter Culling of the Weak -------- 39 cards DLAL ---- Workhorse Medicine Bag Skyshaper Spellbook Transmogrifying Licid (can't dodge Disenchant in either form) Convalescence High Ground Keeper of the Light Penance Reconnaissance Zealots en-Dal Allay Angelic Blessing Charging Paladin Shackles Shield Mate Standing Troops Crashing Boars Elven Palisade Keeper of the Beasts Resuscitate Skyshroud Elite (Bonus is not guaranteed enough) Song of Serenity Spike Roge Bequethal Elvish Berserker Plated Rootwalla Predatory Hunger Pygmy Troll Rabid Wolverines Rootwater Alligator Wood Elves Fighting Chance Monstrous Hound Keeper of the Flame Mogg Assassin Paroxysm Sabertooth Wyvern Scalding Salamander Cinder Crawler (what were they thinking?!?) Dizzying Gaze Furnace Brood Mage il-Vec Onslaught Ephemeron Thalakos Drifters Keeper of the Mind Killer Whale Mirozel Scrivener Aether Tide Cunning Fade Away (Is NOT the blue WoG) Merfolk Looter Robe of Mirros Rootwater Mystic School of Piranha (no blue sligh...) Thalakos Scout (I always get suckered in taking three of him in Draft...*sighs*) Theft of Dreams Wayward Soul Whiptongue Frog Entropic Specter Plaguebearer Pit Spawn Dauthi Cutthroat Keeper of the Dead (Notice I don't like the Keepers? Too easy to kill for what they do) Mind Maggots Spike Cannibal (Aku Djinn my ass!) Cat Burglar Cursed Flesh Dauthi Jackal Death's Duet Grollub Nausea Scare Tactics ------ The rest (the sucky sucky)