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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Aren't bears 2/2s? Wouldn't 8 beats be a 16/16

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The power function of bears is non-linear due to infighting

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not even limited to bears, the power scaling for MtG cards in general is logarithmic. The most famous example being the fact that Emrakul, the plane-eating eldrich god and most powerful card ever printed, can be defeated by 15 1/1 squirrels.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Hey, if you can get 15 squirrels to work together, killing god is the least you have to worry about them doing.

[–] SeeingWhereThisGoes 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Summoning an 8/8 creature for a 2 cost is really good too

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really good is bit of an understatement i would say.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That 8/8 better be conditional.

Like "you have to take a hit from a real bear" conditional. Otherwise it's a 3/3 with defender.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Fine I'll take four in my Bear tribal deck

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grizzly Bears is a 2/2 that depicts 2 bears. Implying each bear is 1/1 on its own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, the og bear was before my time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this card could work with something like "Whenever Eight Fucking Bears is dealt damage, place that many -1/-1 counters on it." Maybe make it cost 2F instead of 1F.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't mean to tell u how to live your life, but standard representation for green mana is "G"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah crap, you're right. It's been a while since I notated Magic cards my brain went to Forest instead of Green.