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Okay, so we each got one of the Planeswalker 2012 starter decks (the mono color ones with 30 cards). I went with blue (Pie took black, Grimm took green, I didn't think I'd enjoy red, so duh, blue). We also split a sealed box of Innistrad boosters AND got a shitton of free commons from the guys sitting at the store playing MtG.
But I'm getting my ass kicked. Blue just seems like such a shitty deck compared to the power of green (terrifying monsters, terrifying buffs) and black (zombies never truly die, vampires lifesteal). What does blue have? Deck burners and...that's about it. Ugh.green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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Apparently it is. I just don't know if you can actually play matches with it.
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In post 102, PJ. wrote:Not at 1 am...I'm down anytime tomorrow though...depending on the set though...
I was thinking probably DII, or at least III.
In post 103, Sudo_Nym wrote:I could be in, depending on the time we do it.
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In post 108, bv310 wrote:Nice. Draft or Standard?
EDIT: Also, if you get bored, post your Zombie decklist, I'd love to see what you've come up with so far.
I'll do this when I get home (I'm kind of at my boss's house dicking around with the new company laptop right now). chamber took at look at it and laughed at me for having Endless Ranks of the Dead but I <3 my ERotD!
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Yeah... I'm thinking I'll follow a rough listing of LSV's roundup of DKA-INN-INN drafts.
From the top down:
UW Fliers
WB Humans
RB Vampires
RG Werewolves
These are what I’d consider the Tier 1 archetypes, which doesn’t mean that they are always better than the others, but that they are better more of the time. There exists a nut version of every deck, but it’s pretty hard to go wrong while drafting one of these combinations; they are open more often, and better when they are open.
To me, this says "Go for white if it's open." Is that fair? I hear white is pretty stronk in the current format.green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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In post 122, FaerieLord wrote:White is strong if it's paired well. If you want to do another test draft with that fancy website of yours, I'll be on in like...15 minutes
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that was such horse shit
so won my first match (vs Gamma), lost the second match (against the guy who ended up undefeated for the night and won everything), won my third match. idiot official forgot to tell people it was a FOUR ROUND draft instead of THREE, so he just said 'well we'll just call it at three and end it now"
Gamma got second place. He lost to me R1, had a bye R2, and won R3. and got second. i didn't even place. whatthefuck.
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Yeah, byes are horseshit. "You didn't play a game, let's count that as you actually winning."
Also, here's my deck from last night. When we got home we had some leftover packs so I added more to it (like another Captain, a Thrabane Doomsayer, and a couple more geists).
The first pack I opened I had a Drogskol Captain, so I took it. The second pack passed to me... also had a Drogskol Captain. So I opened up with two of those. Then I just KEPT getting passed blue/white flying cards, so it was pretty clear to me that it was open (and it was, nobody else went for that combo).green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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Avacyn Restored panel from PAX can be followed here. Just a few things revealed so far:
- Avacyn is not the only legendary creature, there are three others.
- Undying is the only mechanic carrying over from INN/DKA
- New mechanic: Soulbond
- Silverblade Paladin - 1WW, 2/2, Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired as long as you control both of them). As long as Silverblade Paladin is paired with another creature, both creatures have double strike. Rare card.
- Restoration Angel - 3W, Flash, Flying, 3/4, When Restoration Angel enters the battlefield, you may exile target non-angel creature you control then return that creature to the battlefield under your control. Rare.
- Sigarda, Host of Herons - 2GWW - Flying, Hexproof, 5/5, spells and abilities your opponents control can't cause you to sacrifice permanents. Mythic.
- New mechanic: Miracles
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In post 151, redFF wrote:If I wanted to learn, what would be the easiest way? I don't really wanna spend $10 off the bat, is there a good free place to play online, or would it be best to just buy an account.
Depends on if you want to play online, or in real life. Honestly, as far as learning the rough BASICS go, you can dick around with Elements... it's similar to Magic in basic play and rules.
If you want to get rolling on it, honestly, a starter kit on MTGO is probably the best bet. Or you can do what I did and go to a local game shop... most of them have these Magic 2012 base sets for free that give you a certain amount of starter cards in a certain color. You can then buy an intro pack or an event deck just to get the basics down and play some practice games.
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In post 165, TheButtonmen wrote:Miracles is my least favourite mechanic ever.
It's a failed design in every way that only serves to increase the random aspect of limited.
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A card is either going to be REALLY FUCKING BROKEN or REALLY FUCKING USELESS
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In post 167, AGar wrote:My understanding of Soulbond is "Card with Soulbond comes into play, is paired with another card you control in play. Both get buffed in some fashion as long as they are in play."
In post 168, bv310 wrote:Yeah, Creature with SB enters play, pairs with an unpaired creature, both get a bonus.
But it's not like... they become "lovers" where if one dies, the other does, right?
In which case, it's basically just a creature card with a buff for another creature that applies when it enters the battlefield.
Oh, and rules question: at the FNM I went to last week, I was playing this guy (who eventually won the tournament). He used Prey Upon to force one of his monsters to fight one of mine. I had Bonds of Faith on the creature he chose to attack me with, yet he said it didn't apply since BoF only works with "combat damage" and this was "Prey Upon damage", not "combat damage".
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In post 173, GreyICE wrote:Miracle actually seems fairly non-random as long as you're not counting on doing massive card draws.
It's tech as hell with think twice and forbidden alchemy, and is going to way power up those decks.
how is it 'tech' with those
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do you not get that Soulbond can be applied to any new creature entering the battlefield as well?
so they remove it on their turn; you can immediately play another creature (or even the same one if it's a removal-to-hand) and get the soulbond back
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In post 290, GreyICE wrote:By the way, TSQ, Sudo and Reck, I would LOVE to put together that netdraft with you guys sometime. If you're going to call me names, I'd love to watch you put your money where your mouth is. My bet is I'm gonna roll y'all like five dollar whores.
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In post 294, GreyICE wrote:In post 292, xRECKONERx wrote:In post 290, GreyICE wrote:By the way, TSQ, Sudo and Reck, I would LOVE to put together that netdraft with you guys sometime. If you're going to call me names, I'd love to watch you put your money where your mouth is. My bet is I'm gonna roll y'all like five dollar whores.
seeing as how I just started playing 2-3 weeks ago, ok
Um, okay.
My first set was called Fallen Empires.
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You've been playing for 18 years, congratulations
I've been playing for 2 weeks
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In post 276, xRECKONERx wrote:do you not get that Soulbond can be applied to any new creature entering the battlefield as well?
so they remove it on their turn; you can immediately play another creature (or even the same one if it's a removal-to-hand) and get the soulbond back
they blow a removal and you are only set back on the deathtouch ONE turn
omg so much lip
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I hated my pulls. Not a single mythic and my rares were shit. The only decent rare pull I got was Divine Deflection, which actually won me a couple of games. I ended up going white/green, because I had so many cheap humans + bomb ass angels that it made sense for me to throw in the Pathbreaker Wurm with Trample Soulbond and the Druid's Familiar with +2/+2 Soulbond. I also had an INSANE amount of removal for a set that supposedly lacks removal, but in the end I only wound up 3-3. I will say the last match I played was bullshit, as I played against some rules stickler who wouldn't let me mulligan because I had drawn my cards already before we decided who was going to go first or something bullshit like that, so I wound up with a 1-mana starting draw and STILL almost beat him.
I'm actually really interested to see what I can do with my UW spirit deck from INN/DKA mixed in with all the new angels.green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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Oh um... so I signed up for my LGS's Avacyn Restored league. I opened Cavern of Souls, foil Terminus, and a Griselbrand in my packs. There is a slight problem, though -- I have pretty much exactly the same amount of each color, and only a handful of creatures in each color. Meaning I might just have to suck it up and go FIVE COLOR CONTROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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