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keywacat
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When playing the colour pairs that allow you to choose between them, which do you prefer, and why?
 
MAB_Rapper
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Most of the times, Talisman. It allows you to add mana without needing another mana source to be open, and can add colorless if you don't need the colors it makes.

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LemonMeringue
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 posted December 26, 2012 08:13 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for LemonMeringue Click Here to Email LemonMeringue Send a private message to LemonMeringue Click to send LemonMeringue an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View LemonMeringue's Trade Auction or SaleView LemonMeringue's Trade Auction or Sale
Do you prefer a painland or an odyssey filterland?

Edit: Well it's not an exact comparison, since being stuck with just two filterlands or something isn't possible with a signet. Generally a talisman is better, but it's possible that you would prefer signet. What deck?

[Edited 1 times, lastly by LemonMeringue on December 26, 2012]

 
keywacat
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It's not for anything specific, more that I was reading over some EDH decklists and wondered why people seem to like the signets so much.

I can see that they filter out your mana, but don't do anything on their own except cost you velocity.

 
JoshSherman
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Enemy talismans don't exist, only thing I can think of.

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LemonMeringue
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There are just way more signets floating around, it was a common instead of uncommon like the talismans, plus signets were reprinted in the EDH precons.
 
caquaa
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and if its just 2 colors and signet is right, talisman is likely also right. The difficulty comes when its a lot of colors and then that would be a lot of signets and talisman, however that might be kinda funny.... hrm
 
ryan2754
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in EDH, I'd rather jump from 2 mana to 4 mana with a signet than 3 to 5 with a talisman.

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caquaa
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quote:
Originally posted by ryan2754:
in EDH, I'd rather jump from 2 mana to 4 mana with a signet than 3 to 5 with a talisman.

Talisman of Progress & Azorius Signet
I'll fill in your excuse for you and assume you're talking about Pristine Talisman which, with a little reading, you can see this thread is not about

 
Mr.C
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quote:
Originally posted by caquaa:
Talisman of Progress & Azorius Signet
I'll fill in your excuse for you and assume you're talking about Pristine Talisman which, with a little reading, you can see this thread is not about

You know what's weird? I always Thought Talismans cost 3.

 
ryan2754
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****, I thought he was referencing the new Keyrunes, thus someone saying no enemy ones yet.
But now comparing Talismans to Signets, I'll take Signets all day. The damage is substantial enough, especially when I run 3 Shocks, 4-5 Sac Lands and what not.

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caquaa
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nah, key runes are terrible. At worst I'd rather have darksteel ingot but much rather do coalition relic. Turning into tiny creatures in EDH isn't super relevant. They might be interesting, if the cycle continues, in something like edric or such where more dudes does matter.
 
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Talisman. They open plays like Talisman --> Activate Top. I honestly don't like to play either in any deck with access to green mana.
 

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