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[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mudkipology@lemmy.world 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.

[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 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.

[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 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.

[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, the og bear was before my time.

[–] SeeingWhereThisGoes@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really good is bit of an understatement i would say.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 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.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Fine I'll take four in my Bear tribal deck

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 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.

[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 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"

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 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.