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Rivals of Ixalan Limited Set Review: Part Blue

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Get it, cause blue rhymes with two? We're still on the same 0.0 to 5.0 scale. If you missed yesterday's White review, here ya go. Let's get into it. Rating: 2.0 This card is basically Cancel, and Cancel is about a 50/50 playable that slow decks will usually end up playing. It'll depend on how fast this format looks (with red dinos and white vampires it looks pretty fast), but counterspells are usually not played around very well or often in limited so this is fine to play or side in against slower decks. The Raid will maybe come into play once every 5 games or so to counter a combat trick, which I guess is a nice bonus, but don't hold out for a perfect blowout scenario. Rating: 2.0/3.0 I'm giving this card a 2 in draft and a 3 in sealed because this card is directly relate to the speed of the format. This card is disgustingly slow, but if you can get into a board jam and can support a merfolk theme (most blue decks will), this card coul...

2018 NFL Playoffs Predictions

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I've watched a total of one complete NFL game this year, so I look forward to seeing how incorrect my annual "bracket" can be. I do have a decent idea of what's going on in the league, thanks to satirical sports youtube channels, so I'm only moderately uninformed. Anyway, here's my ms paint bracket (RIP ms paint): Here are my rankings for teams in terms of how likely they are to win the Super Bowl: 12: Tennessee 11: Buffalo 10: Jacksonville 9: Kansas City 8: Carolina 7: Philadelphia 6: New Orleans 5: Los Angeles 4: Atlanta 3: Minnesota 2: New England 1: Pittsburgh And here are the matchup analyses for the Wild Card round: 5 Tennessee (9-7) at 4 Kansas City (10-6) The Titans just don't seem that good, and definitely benefited from a weak AFC, outside of two teams (which, lets be real here, are the only two teams with a chance to win the conference). Tennessee got to play in the debatably weakest division in the league, going 5-1 in division wi...

Rivals of Ixalan Limited Set Review Part 1

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Welcome to my limited set review. I drafted Ixalan twice and also called One With the Wind "unplayable garbage" so I think I'm qualified to tell you good and bad cards in limited in Ixalan. We're starting with the white cards and going alphabetically. I'm not even good at drafting. Why am I doing this. Cards will be rated on the LSV 0.0 to 5.0 scale with 0.0 being unplayable garbage like One With the Wind and 5.0 being unbeatable bombs. Rating: 3.0 This card looks pretty good. It's Silkwrap with downside, but not much because who maindecks enchantment removal in limited? Might be worth cutting game 2 against green decks or blue decks with nonland permanent bounce spells (notice the "leaves the battlefield" clause") but this is fine, if unexciting removal. Rating: 3.5 This card is one more mana than Fiend Hunter for a pretty significant upside. This only gets better in aggressive and/or Vampire decks and is a card ...