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Posted 3 years ago ( 2021/05/18 23:57:42 )
@Totalanimefan: That's exactly how my fear works, actually, with the shark. Although it happens even in pools and lakes and I panic. Like I said, irrational. I even know it makes no sense, there's nothing in the pool chasing me, but yeah. Stupid lol. I read all of the Goosebumps books a few times, thankfully other than my fear of ventriloquist dummies, I came out mostly unscathed in terms of irrational fears lol.
Yeah Magic is usually pretty good at trying to keep the formats diverse. If a deck creeps up past about 10% of the playing field (10% or more of people are playing that deck) they usually hit the deck with a ban. Or in the case of something like Hogaak or Eldrazi, which became like 60% of the playing field when they were released, they nail that coffin shut with some pretty hardcore bans. They even ban some cards if the gameplay "is stale and unfun to play against." Not even good necessarily, just boring. And Magic has one major advantage over Yugioh: Mana and consistency. You can't just cast your hand on Turn 1 like you can in Yugioh, you need to have the lands and the mana to cast those cards. You can get mana screwed, or "flood out" and not draw any action.
Take Pot of Greed for example, in Yugioh. Banned for ages because it's Draw 2 with no drawback. Whereas Magic has a TON of cards that draw 2, or even more, but because you can't just cast a bunch of them in one turn like you can in Yugioh, they're good but not busted.
Wayyy too much of an explanation, sorry xD I love Magic, if you couldn't tell.