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OK, so I get that all you older people play hardcore MAGIC and think Banding isn't that complicated--
you know what, don't get overly defensive, Banding is...Kinda OK as mechanics go. I hear "grapple" rules in D&D are an even worse nightmare. I think I like Banding only enough to want to see it be a major feature of a single set--
Lets see them clean up house real good and give us a Blue Band of Thieves, a Red Goblin War Band, and other awesome Flavorful Bands that give the mechanic some real dignity and respect.
But I still don't think I want to see Banding as an evergreen word ever again. I think it was a hard mechanic for them to balance- it probably isn't as strong as I would like it to be because it has the potential to be way too broken for words. I don't hate Banding, but I don't love it either.
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(9/22/2013 9:45:46 AM)
They should have kept banding in the game and left it almost totally limited to white, instead of giving white more and more point removal (esp creature removal) which should never have become a strength of that color.
Posted By:
graey24601
(4/6/2013 4:18:08 PM)
What happens when a creature with shadow bands with a creature without shadow in a blocking defense? Nothing. The creature doesn't actually band in blocking, so you can't block with shadow if the attacknig creature doesn't have it. And vice versa. Also, trample and banding is boss.
Posted By:
raptorman333
(6/16/2013 12:30:51 PM)
I quite like this sort of old school, simple art.
Posted By:
BorosGreengrocer
(2/25/2014 8:37:53 AM)
@DrJack
Sigh... the problem with banding is not that it is impossible to understand; the problem is that it is very unintuitive and it is something can't be explained very well in a mere 10 seconds or so. By just looking at the reminder text for banding on the gatherer, I wouldn't have guessed that banding can totally stop trample. In order for someone to really understand how banding works, they basically just have to go online and look up how it works. However, the problem is that they shouldn't have to do that! What if people are playing in some location where the internet isn't easily accessible, and one person plays a card with banding? It's just annoying. A new player doesn't have to look online for what flying does, because a person can easily explain it to him/her. It's clearly a problem if someone has to look online for an explanation for a keyword that is simply meant to change who divides damage among two creatures.
Posted By:
OlvynChuru
(4/20/2014 1:22:09 PM)