B. H. Abbott-Motley

🤺Weapons & warfare in history & fantasy. ⚔️🗡️🛡️ 🧙‍♂️MTG🧙‍♀️ 🎲RPGs🎲

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@CamFantastic1 Canada is in NATO. Wouldn't invading cause a world (well, North Atlantic) war?

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@burnside_king @_Skallagrim_ The issue may be that the overall length of the object is not the same as the indicated length of the unit of measure it represents. That's certainly how some later British yard standards worked. The yard measure could be between two pins in the rod. Etc.

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@burnside_king @_Skallagrim_ The overwhelming majority of the literature says the Elizabethan yard was almost exactly the same as the modern yard. If it really was 985mm, something weird is going on. The 1588 standard yard remained in effect until 1824. Did the yard lose 2.8 inches then? I'm skeptical.

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@Androkguz @Total_DK @dywypi @RoborosewaterM @CocoaMix86 Yes. That's my favorite part about this card. You cast it at 1, go to 0, & still win.

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@RoborosewaterM Drop this & then churn through your deck with Preordain, Opt, Read the Bones, & company. End with Grapeshot for the win.

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@RoborosewaterM @RogueMonkOng The draw is mandatory, so perhaps this could find a home in a deck that punishes opponents for drawing cards or steals draws.

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@RoborosewaterM This goes infinite with Mind Over Matter & a Gilded Lotus.

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@RoborosewaterM @CocoaMix86 That's a rough echo cost. I love the art.

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@HannahCUBED @RoborosewaterM @Krazyguy75 Ruins taps for red. It costs almost nothing to include in a monored aggro deck. This new card, on the other hand, only taps for colorless. I do agree it's overpowered, though.

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@Anduil @RoborosewaterM @CocoaMix86 For eight mana, that would be terrible. This is still probably not great.

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@RoborosewaterU Protection from instants *and* hexproof! Just in case. Does come in handy against instants that deal mass damage, like Inferno.

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@RoborosewaterM This would be busted in Dredge.

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@RoborosewaterM Next up: Champion of the Straits.

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@genomancer Don't do it. Such a contract goes against basic principles of freedom, honesty, & openness.

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@RoborosewaterU Ok then. Guess I won't.

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@RoborosewaterU This seems solid. It's probably not playable in Constructed, but a huge bomb in Limited.

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@NortherlyMunk @worsematt At no point in the medieval period was England twice as rich as China per capita. Maybe the English economy become more productive per capita by the late medieval period, but the difference wasn't huge. & of course that's all according to dubious estimates based on limited data.

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@NortherlyMunk @worsematt Historical economic figures are speculative at best. But no, the 2020 Maddison Project database doesn't support your claim at all. For GDP pc, China is 1,225 in 1000 while England is 1,151. In 1400, China is 1,404 while England is 1,717. In 1500, it's 1,207 to 1,697.

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@mcsetty @deathriteramen Agreed.

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@mcsetty @deathriteramen I don't about you, but I'm going to continue playing "bracket 4" cards in casual decks. Wizards has no way to stop me, & many of the folks I've played against have similar feelings.