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WTF?! I'm so glad that I didn't play Magic when there was still Ante.
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(7/15/2011 2:53:23 PM)
This card is just ridiculously retarded, it basically says 'lose the card you used for ante OR give away a card as if you've lost'.
How could this have passed away from beta testing? Even a 10 year old child sees the potential of winning a game and stealing a card OR stealing a card and have the chance to win anyway.
Posted By:
BelloAbril
(11/2/2009 5:50:58 AM)
Four mana: steal a card at random from your opponent's hand or target player pretty much loses the game. That's just insane.
I can only agree with DragoKnight; removing ante from the game was the only right decision. If you really want to play for ante, simply convince your friends to do so instead of forcing it upon them. I for one can't see ante as being healthy in the casual environment
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(11/7/2011 1:11:36 AM)
@SlackWareWolf:
{sarcastictrollrant}
Congratulations!
You are right, and all those people who don't play this game for ante are sissies who just aren't Man enough to play this game the way it was played eighteen years ago. It can't just be that they simply enjoy other methods of play, depending on the situation (possibly including Ante, when consented to by all players), because there is only one right way to play the game, and that's your way. And only wusses would ever mulligan, or let an opponent mulligan, because the only acceptable way to play this game of strategy is to gamble on the games, and then allow chance to skew the results to an irrecoverable degree. Anyone who has any opinion other than this single view is clearly inferior.
While we're at it, lets do away with those silly ban lists, restricted lists, the increased minimum deck size, and most certainly that four-copies-per-card limit. Constructed deck restrictions aren't what Magic is... (see all)
Posted By:
Qoios-Mauryn
(1/10/2012 7:04:32 PM)
There IS still Ante... The reason you don't see it anymore is that a bunch of sissy boys play now who are scared they might lose an Island for a chance to win something good. Back when I started playing, Ante was REQUIRED. You HAD to play for Ante. The only time people didn't was when they were playing somewhere and they had "House Rules". You can find that in the back of the Revised Starter Deck Rule Booklet. Basically Not playing for Ante was a House Rule that was very common, so they started making it OK to not play for Ante. A Mulligan was also a House Rule at one point and now, you can do it at a tournament. Back in the day you drew 7 and if your hand sucked ass to bad, you had to play it anyway.
Posted By:
SlackWareWolf
(4/12/2010 12:55:13 PM)
People warewolf is either a troll or some lonely d-bag who makes up rules to intentionally try to emasculate newer players. Please stop taking him seriously, he is a joke. Ante was made to be an alternative way of playing the game. It was never mandated, which is why all cards for ante instruct you to remove them if not playing for it. Nor was there ever a rule against mulligans. He's clearly overcompensating for a lot of things by constantly calling others names on a message board. Don't feed the troll. Or. Leave the pathetic, lonely, waste of life be.
Posted By:
CranberryIce18
(9/22/2012 7:01:44 PM)
This isn't even an ante card, due to errata.
Posted By:
Axelle
(11/12/2011 11:00:03 PM)