Anonymous
10/30/2025, 9:14:58 PM
No.724583973
>>724582835
the problem is that it could also be a called by or cross-out. so you're back to taking a 50/50 chance on it being this or that the same way your opponent has a chance to have an Ash you will have to play around in their 2 unknowns in hand. And even if you know about it, you're not going to play around it unless you have a way to dodge it or your opponent is bad at the game and gets baited.
To be clear I don't think Imperm is unfair by any means, but it isn't any more fair than stuff like Veiler or Ogre or even some of the lesser used handtraps like Phantazmay, and definitely not because it's "telegraphed." I'm always going to play my hand with the assumption the opponent has Ash.
But "fair" in the context of handtraps in my opinion is when it helps the player going second equalize and isn't actually an extra interruption on top of the already established board for the player going first.
the problem is that it could also be a called by or cross-out. so you're back to taking a 50/50 chance on it being this or that the same way your opponent has a chance to have an Ash you will have to play around in their 2 unknowns in hand. And even if you know about it, you're not going to play around it unless you have a way to dodge it or your opponent is bad at the game and gets baited.
To be clear I don't think Imperm is unfair by any means, but it isn't any more fair than stuff like Veiler or Ogre or even some of the lesser used handtraps like Phantazmay, and definitely not because it's "telegraphed." I'm always going to play my hand with the assumption the opponent has Ash.
But "fair" in the context of handtraps in my opinion is when it helps the player going second equalize and isn't actually an extra interruption on top of the already established board for the player going first.