mana burn

YoungNed · Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 1

What's the point of mana burn? Is there a way to benefit from tapping a mana source you won't use?

Raybelfast · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 49

Mana burn no longer exists in magic. so you dont have to worry about it.

Deuce · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 107

There were some uses for manaburn and of course people sometimes forgot they had mana in pool which resulted in life loss so it couldve made the difference. Personally I think it shouldve been left in.

Markwerf · Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 44

Manaburn hardly mattered but I think it's good that its gone.
It allows for more interesting card designs where getting free mana doesnt have the added disadvantage of being a problem, such as mana drain like spells. Also cards that depend on the other players life total get more interesting such as hidetsugu's second rite.

dwarfas · Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 55

It's a rule change that caters to the casual magic player environment.

not everyone is smart enough to intentionally mana burn themselves. that is something that requires judgment.

NahHolmes · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 662

I used to play Scepter Chant in Legacy for a while and I'll miss responding to Dark Ritual with Orim's Chant and turn a first turn Duress/Hymn or Specter into a Lightning Bolt yourself in the face.

jonproject · Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 445

I won't miss losing because of mana burn because of excess mana from Tron lands in tight games. Yes, it does happen. Especially when you're trying to Remand/Mana Leak.

Huskie · Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 28

They did it so they could make Lotus Cobra, he'd suck w/ mana burn.

Spyx · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 1031

Not really it's a may trigger.

dwarfas · Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 55

Tron still sucks because while you setup you are open to beatdown/disruption/discard and even when you finally get your tron goin you dump it on one spell which gets countered.

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This was a decision made to cater to the casual player base stop trying to deny it

Hardtrack · Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 506

Ok, I think we drifting from rules discussions far enough. Go have this discussion in a more appropriate forum please.