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2012-07-13 01:11:36: ttt3142 commented on Head Taker

Actually, it said "destroy target non-artifact creature" earlier, so this isn't necessarily worse...
2012-07-13 00:53:05: ttt3142 edited Head Taker:
Nerfed.
2012-07-12 10:17:54: jmgariepy commented on Head Taker

Man, I remember when Brainspoil was a strong card because it could kill almost anything, yet it only cost . Murder has kind of changed the way we think about that, though, I suppose. Ignoring that, in a slow draft environment, I would still draft this card as fast and as often as I could. Kill target creature is still pretty good at .
I don't know if there is no room for nekrataals in limited, like Alex suggested. Before Æther Adept became a core set standard, we hand't seen many straight up Man-O-Wars for a long time. Sure it's rare, but it doesn't really break anything... but maybe it should cost +... I'm not sure if you want it to be limited MVP...
2012-07-12 09:45:14: Alex commented on Head Taker

Hmm. I like the rest of this cycle, but Nekrataal and similar effects (Keening Banshee, Morkrut Banshee, Flametongue Kavu, Murderous Redcap) are uncommon for a reason. At common this will show up with incredible regularity in Limited, almost certainly more often than you want. It's a very strong version of the effect too: this will 2-for-1 all your coloured fatties all day long.

I'd recommend dropping the cost and making the effect "gets -1/-1 UEOT", like Blister Beetle, Blisterstick Shaman or Sparkmage Apprentice; that's the version of this effect that seems to exist at common these days.
2012-07-12 09:41:58: Alex commented on Laboratory Sentry

Whoa. Better than Elvish Visionary in two ways. So far blue's never got a 2-mana cantrip creature apart from Silvergill Adept; they're still stuck with Sea Gate Oracle.

All that said, this probably isn't overpowered. It's just a lot better for this effect than blue has got before.
2012-07-12 00:27:08: ttt3142 edited Head Taker
2012-07-12 00:24:59: ttt3142 edited Siege Blaster
2012-07-12 00:24:10: ttt3142 created the card Laboratory Sentry
2012-07-12 00:17:35: ttt3142 created the card Siege Blaster
2012-07-12 00:10:34: ttt3142 created the card Head Taker
2012-07-12 00:03:56: ttt3142 created the card Poison Gas Canister
2012-07-11 23:58:42: ttt3142 edited Tactical Missile:
Removed Missile subtype from set.
2012-07-11 23:57:32: ttt3142 edited Blue Rinse Missile:
Deleted missile subtype
2012-07-11 23:56:47: ttt3142 edited the details page Skeleton
2012-07-11 23:55:27: ttt3142 deleted a card from Armageddon
2012-06-28 02:50:49: ttt3142 commented on the cardset Armageddon

Yes it does. My bad.
2012-06-28 02:48:41: ttt3142 deleted a comment on Armageddon
2012-06-26 09:32:02: Alex commented on Dismantling Vines

:)

There's so many options. Thornbreak... Stemstrangle... Leafsunder... Stamensever... Xylemrend... But I do particularly like Tubersquish.
2012-06-26 05:44:02: Link commented on the cardset Armageddon

Doesn't white normally get more token making then green?
2012-06-26 05:40:25: Link commented on Dismantling Vines

Alex, I giggled at your suggestion.
2012-06-26 03:35:38: ttt3142 created the card Intentional Carelessness
2012-06-26 03:20:06: ttt3142 edited Cranial Scanner
2012-06-26 03:17:39: ttt3142 created the card Cityscape Streetmage
2012-06-26 03:10:57: ttt3142 deleted a card from Armageddon
2012-06-26 03:02:26: ttt3142 edited Stock Broker:
Now uncommon.
2012-06-26 03:01:55: ttt3142 commented on Stock Broker

Thanks for your feedback. After taking everything into consideration, I agree that this should be uncommon.
2012-06-25 08:20:29: jmgariepy commented on Stock Broker

You recently edited this card, so I noticed you responded to my post from a while ago, but I never got the message. So, in case you're wondering, that's why I'm responding like some sort of ghost from the future. oooOOOOooohhh....
First of all, thank you for saying 'thank you, but I'll pass'. It's nice to know that, even if my thoughts don't match yours, that my opinion was evaluated. That being said, I think you may have misunderstood my point when comparing this to Thought Courier. That would infer that I thought that this card was too complicated for common, which, no... actually, I think this card is right on target for complexity at common. My argument for uncommon for a card like this boiled down to two reasons:
Approximately half the players who play Magic will actively dislike this card. The demographic known as 'Timmy' (sorry... I know that's awkward. Shall we just come up with a different name for this demographic? Let's call him Buster). Buster dislikes Merfolk Looter because he has to discard cards, and discarding cards is a drawback. No, really, I know it sounds silly, but he does. Buster doesn't exactly work on a rational level. This card tacks a life loss onto a card that Buster already wasn't happy about. I would think that that would make Buster super frustrated. Cards that make one demographic unhappy often don't leak into common... though it does happen.
This card is a real skill tester. Every turn you need to evaluate whether you should pay one life or not. I like that sort of continuous inherent decision making, but, I would guess that most people do not. If this card was common, that sort of regular decision making would become a regular part of any draft environment this guy was in... and I know a lot of people who just wouldn't enjoy that sort of draft environment.
For those two reasons, if it were up to me, I would choose to bump the card up to uncommon. You're more than welcome to disagree with me, though. Don't take this response as me trolling or anything... I just wasn't sure if my original point came across correctly.