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2012-11-12 13:30:02: Mr. Man commented on Upcoming Challenges Discussion

I'll take 59
2012-11-12 13:26:58: Vitenka commented on Lich's Ingenuity

Phyrexian Arena, arguably the most abused card ever printed, plus no hand size limit. For no increase in cost?

What was Challenge # 056? Sneaky synergy across a colour cycle. Humm.
2012-11-12 13:26:18: Mr. Man commented on Challenge # 056

: Flickering Hope : Intuitive Apprentice : Lich's Ingenuity : Berserkfire Blaze : Battle Moldarch

And back to Flickering Hope
2012-11-12 13:23:00: Mr. Man commented on Battle Moldarch

Also for Challenge # 056.
2012-11-12 13:22:42: Mr. Man created the card Battle Moldarch
2012-11-12 13:20:38: Mr. Man commented on Berserkfire Blaze

Also for Challenge # 056.
2012-11-12 13:20:21: Mr. Man created the card Berserkfire Blaze
2012-11-12 13:17:27: Mr. Man commented on Lich's Ingenuity

Also for Challenge # 056.
2012-11-12 13:17:09: Mr. Man edited Lich's Ingenuity
2012-11-12 13:16:57: Mr. Man created the card Lich's Ingenuity
2012-11-12 13:15:00: Mr. Man edited Intuitive Apprentice
2012-11-12 13:14:38: Mr. Man commented on Intuitive Apprentice

Also for Challenge # 056.
2012-11-12 13:14:18: Mr. Man created the card Intuitive Apprentice
2012-11-12 13:12:13: Mr. Man commented on Flickering Hope

For Challenge # 056.
2012-11-12 13:11:59: Mr. Man created the card Flickering Hope
2012-11-07 18:58:58: dude1818 commented on Challenge # 057 // Challenge # 057'

I don't like my initial submission, so here's a new one: Inevitable March of Progress.
2012-11-07 18:55:08: dude1818 commented on Inevitable March of Progress

For Challenge # 057 // Challenge # 057'. Analyze=search and upgrade="be attached to". This lets you find grafts (auras), equipment, and fortifications (which really were from Space anyway).
2012-11-07 18:53:07: dude1818 created the card Inevitable March of Progress
2012-11-07 13:00:02: jmgariepy commented on Xenosocial Engineering

Yeah, I kind of assumed a shared tech zone with cards that felt very "Enchant-World". I didn't feel it belonged in exile, because, in theory, I could imagine cards altering how technology worked, or perhaps removing a technology from the match.
I really do like the tech tree idea, though I think requesting some subtype of technology might be more appropriate than "any two", since I assume there will be some very easy tech to achieve, and a tech like this wants you to work to get there. I figure you get that, though. It's kind of silly to talk about the power level of abilities when you've got nothing to compare it to. ;)
2012-11-07 12:24:17: Vitenka commented on Xenosocial Engineering

Second attempt at Challenge # 057'; following the lead of Agricultural Evolution

Let's make the tech zone mimic a 4x. It's a tech tree - there mitght be requirements other than '2' there; and hey, I figure they should affect the whole damn tournament - but didn't want to clutter up the card thinking about that.

So now the metagame has to incorporate "Do I make my deck so it's good in game 1, or good in game 3..." And I'm thinking there's only one tech zone.
2012-11-07 12:22:34: Vitenka edited Xenosocial Engineering
2012-11-07 12:21:51: Vitenka created the card Xenosocial Engineering
2012-11-07 12:14:38: Vitenka commented on Dissolution Chip

Not really sure this is "Would not exist in MtG / fantasy"

After all, there's Ashnod's Altar

Still; the imagery of going round implanting chips into dudes so that you can melt their brains at later need... pretty sci-fi ish.
2012-11-07 12:13:09: Vitenka edited Dissolution Chip:
command, not control.
2012-11-07 12:09:36: Vitenka moved the card Dissolution Chip from Community Mashup Set into Multiverse Design Challenge
2012-11-07 12:08:49: Vitenka commented on Challenge # 057 // Challenge # 057'

Added Celestial Dawn and Dissolution Chip And now Xenosocial Engineering too.
2012-11-07 07:54:03: Vitenka commented on Agricultural Evolution

Eh; if it copes with Karn I'm sure it could be made to cope with this.
2012-11-07 07:00:17: dude1818 commented on Agricultural Evolution

Very interesting. I love the idea of permanent advancement. This isn't relevant to the challenge, but you can't track what's been played from game to game in MTGO, so this couldn't be printed.
2012-11-07 05:50:45: jmgariepy commented on Challenge # 057 // Challenge # 057'

Added Agricultural Evolution, having read Alex's comments on the challenge being impossible. I think he's both right and wrong. That's how I roll.
2012-11-07 05:48:35: jmgariepy commented on Agricultural Evolution

For Challenge # 057. Alex is right... just about any concept you can express with technology, you could have expressed with Magic.
That said, there are some things that happen more often in scifi than fantasy, so I wracked my head and came up with the idea that all science fiction is built on a certain level of technilogical advancement. As the story progresses, technology advances... but when it does, you can't really put the genie back in the bottle. If it took centuries for people to travel from planet to planet, and someone discovers how to make cheap wormholes... well, you can go back to the old science, but many readers will call you on BS. Fantasy really doesn't have that problem. Sometimes a very powerful spell can only be cast once.
So 'Augment - Technology' is meant to represent a shift in science. If scientists discover Agricultural Evolution, we can't go back... players need to learn to respond to the new technology.