@Smmenen @ChubbyRain However the MTGO account did tweet "Players will still be able to qualify for tabletop Mythic Championships through Magic Online tournaments." earlier today. Unclear if that still means format champs or not, but we're supposed to get more details next week.

@chubbyrain Are you saying that just not responding to those questions at all is the right course?

I voted for "X" and I'm going to set X=75 (Battle of Wits players are on their own). I understand no-proxy tournaments but I don't really understand "some but not all" proxy tournaments. It's kind of a bummer because I'd love to try to get a group of friends together (who no longer play competitive Magic regularly) to attend a local tournament, but it definitely isn't going to happen with the expense involved even at the fifteen-proxy level. Although maybe part of the purpose is to keep the scrubs out, in which case mission accomplished.

@chubbyrain Oh, absolutely! I'm totally in agreement with you that people should call judges whenever it might be needed (and I think that's what @Mathmentor's opponent should have done rather than just conceding). If you need information and your opponent chooses to be unforthcoming, get it from a judge. But I also think that on more of a social level, if your opponent clearly is just unfamiliar with the cards in question and assumes that there's a game-ending combo on the board that they just don't understand, it's nice to do the friendly thing and say "no no, I have not killed you yet." Obviously there's no obligation to explain what the actual combos in the deck are or anything like that. And yeah this is always a tricky needle to thread at tournaments... I think most well-meaning people want everyone to feel welcome and have a good time, but unfortunately there's plenty of opportunity for the other player to be a butt and you do have to protect yourself from that too.

@thecravenone said in Two Card Monte:

The correct answer to a rules question that you cannot/will not answer is "You should call a judge."

This is true, but also, if it's a "will not," you can just go ahead and let them know how it works. When both players have a good experience, everybody wins.

@aeonsovarius One issue with Mana Confluence is that it doesn't activate Wonder when you need it. So you still need at least one Tropical Island in the deck and you also might need to fetch it proactively, which is inconvenient if you're on the kind of five-color list that would benefit from a rainbow land.

I think Demonic Tutor is probably too expensive to be a fifth Survival/Bazaar. Entomb might be interesting though, in a black-heavy version.

@13nova That actually looks pretty fun even with the one Channel.

Unrestrict Channel, restrict Fireball. Should be fine.

The timing of this article made me smile, well done.

@wfain Bleh, you're right... I'm still on the GWubr version (aka five moxen) and it comes up from time to time there, but I doubt FS is helpful enough to make it worth it for BUG to go back to running all five.