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bv310 · Post Post #46 (isolation #0) » Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:24 am

bv310. I'd be up for some stuff, but my budget is pretty limited because of paper MTG. I'll do a fuckton of Cube drafts once that comes online.

bv310 · Post Post #48 (isolation #1) » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:09 am

Blue is the control colour. The Blue DotP deck is awful, heavily change it and it can work.

You bought innistrad, so you should have a full 4-set of Delver of Secrets. That, 4 Mana Leak, 4 Unsummon, and you already have a heck of a strong start. Include 2-3 Dissipate, a few Think Twice, and then pick your beaters as you choose. If you have the stuff, I'd suggest 4 Invisible Stalker, as many Geist of St Traft as you can find, a set of Spectral Flight, some Silver-Inlaid Daggers, and then get mid-range stuff like Murder of Crows or even Geistcatcher's Rig to help deal with fliers while your hexproof enchanted/equipped guys go to town.

bv310 · Post Post #62 (isolation #2) » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:12 pm

I've been playing various versions of Heartless Summoning decks since Innistrad launched. If you have a 4-set, I highly recommend it. It's the Timmy-est deck in Standard, and all you do is run a bunch of decently costed fatties, and filter cards.

bv310 · Post Post #64 (isolation #3) » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:42 pm

No, that's RDW.

bv310 · Post Post #69 (isolation #4) » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:41 pm

I'mma pick her up as a general for my mono-W EDH, but that's about it.

bv310 · Post Post #71 (isolation #5) » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:01 pm

I would tell you that squirrel does look rather OP

bv310 · Post Post #80 (isolation #6) » Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:13 am

Panzer, this is the most diverse Standard in years. U/W Delver, W/x Tokens, G/R Wolf Run (and the billion variants of all three), G/x Aggro, Haunted Humans, B/u Zombies, Birthing Pod, RDW, all place at tournaments relatively frequently. There's also a bunch of fringe-viable decks like Heartless (Grixis and U/B), FRites, Tempered Steel, Mono-B Infect, even some G/R Aggro-wolf decks can do really well.

Also, FRites, to me at least, is as one-dimensional as decks go. I know someone who played it for a while, then quit and made a Pod deck instead. He said it was too boring, and too vulnerable to Surgical Extraction to be useful right now.

bv310 · Post Post #85 (isolation #7) » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:54 am

Legacy is an Eternal format: cards never rotate out of it, and almost every card is allowed, except for a small-ish banlist. Vintage uses the same sets as Legacy, but the banlist is significantly smaller. Modern is a new format using everything from 8th Edition up (all of the Modern card frames, also has a large-ish banlist), while Extended allows the 4 most recent sets (in this case, Shards of Alara, Zendikar, Scars of Mirrodin, Innistrad).

Legacy and Modern are the two big fish besides Standard. No one plays Extended, and Vintage has a ridiculously high price entry point.

bv310 · Post Post #89 (isolation #8) » Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:03 pm

Yeah Reck, the Core sets in between those are all still allowed. Also, good point chamber.

bv310 · Post Post #92 (isolation #9) » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:55 pm

I want to do a Winchester draft one of these days.

bv310 · Post Post #106 (isolation #10) » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:26 am

I'm up tonight, as long as it's after Community.

bv310 · Post Post #108 (isolation #11) » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:34 am

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.

bv310 · Post Post #117 (isolation #12) » Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:20 am

Don't overcommit to a colour or colours too early, look for a cohesive plan, draft based on strength and not rarity. Don't forget to try and get some removal.

When I draft, I usually pick the best card from pack 1 and build with it, unless I see nothing useful in that colour by pick 3 or 4.

In DKA/INN/INN, tribal drafting can work, but it can also be really hard if someone else tries it. Don't underestimate things like Feed the Pack, those outright win games.

And for the love of god, don't talk while you're drafting. Yeah, it's fucking fantastic that you pulled a Snapcaster pack 3 or a Sorin pack 1, but the rest of the table doesn't need to know. (/petpeeve)

bv310 · Post Post #120 (isolation #13) » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:14 am

Oh they're usually worth it, even if you just splash for them, but don't JUST take them because they're expensive (This is also assuming you want to win rather than break even money-wise).

Also, don't forget that hate-drafting (picking a card you don't want to see against you) is an entirely viable tactic, even if it'll get you hated by the rest of your table. Don't do it if it'll hurt your deck, but if it's late in the draft and the rest of the pack is useless to you, then you take that Bloodline Keeper so no one else gets it.

P-EDIT: I agree with Sens, to a point. Taking a Snapcaster Mage in a late pack is entirely correct, since you just paid for your night.

bv310 · Post Post #123 (isolation #14) » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:35 am

Fliers in general are always strong in draft

bv310 · Post Post #135 (isolation #15) » Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:04 pm

WRR has a strong midgame, but loses to fast decks and anything that can shut down their bombs.

I played U/B Heartless tonight at FNM. Went 3-2 on the night, should have been 4-1, but I made some really bad mistakes in G4 that cost me the match. Dungeon Geists continuing to be the sleeper MVP while Havengul Lich soaks up the limelight.

bv310 · Post Post #139 (isolation #16) » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:12 am

Wow, two captains would be insane.

bv310 · Post Post #141 (isolation #17) » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:45 am

You forgot the important part: Fall set is RETURN TO RAVNICA. Ravnica, if you never saw it, was a set based around 10 Guilds (one for each colour pair).

bv310 · Post Post #143 (isolation #18) » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:03 am

Simic #1

bv310 · Post Post #146 (isolation #19) » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:38 pm

Orzhov also good.

bv310 · Post Post #157 (isolation #20) » Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:57 am

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.

If you've got 5 bucks to spend and you want to learn the rules, Duels of the Planeswalkers is on sale on Steam this weekend. Really good for learning the game, and the Challenges really get you to start thinking about your cards in different ways.

bv310 · Post Post #163 (isolation #21) » Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:05 am

In post 160, Haze wrote:lol Someone give me a breakdown on the new sets and what they do.

I feel so old when It comes to MTG.

Also @Sensfan: do pauper tourneys require tickets too? Or is it just a casual room where you go around playing randoms for no prize?

Here's a quick breakdown of the past 4 sets:

Shards of Alara: Wedge coloured theme, lots of gold cards (last set is entirely gold), each shard has its own theme (Esper is artifacts, Grixis has unearth, Jund has Devour, Naya has "power 5 or greater", and Bant has Exalted)

Zendikar: Adventure land. Has a "land matters" theme in the first two sets, "landfall" keyword is the big one. Last set was Rise of the Eldrazi, standalone large set. Annihilator mechanic, Eldrazi Spawn, and otherwise abandoning of the past themes

Scars of Mirrodin: Artifact-heavy block. Lots of decent equipment, strong artifact creatures. "Metalcraft" keyword and "Infect" keyword. Infect is on the Phyrexian cards only, and is a mashup of wither and player-wither (10 infect damage = 10 poison counters and GG)

Innistrad: Gothic Horror land. Tribal themes (Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Spirits, Humans), but it's "not a tribal block". Morbid and Undying are the two big keywords as of now, but Avacyn Restored (3rd set in the block) is adding a bunch of keywords, including Miracles, which look absolutely fun.

Unrelated, but I went on my MTGO account yesterday, sold off all my collection from drafts. Got 14 tix for the whole thing, played a Cube Swiss draft. Won 2 packs, opened them, pulled two mythics and a good rare. Sold those, and I now officially have a Standard deck to play on there.

bv310 · Post Post #168 (isolation #22) » Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:45 pm

Yeah, Creature with SB enters play, pairs with an unpaired creature, both get a bonus.

bv310 · Post Post #201 (isolation #23) » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:35 am

Well, you're in luck, fall set is Return to Ravnica.

bv310 · Post Post #204 (isolation #24) » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:04 am

In post 202, xRECKONERx wrote:"Come down and join us for either a $15 booster draft using your choice of packs (Rise of the Eldrazi, M11, Scars of Mirrodin, and/or Mirrodin Besieged)."

what... just got this e-mail from one of my LGSs

CHAOS DRAFT! Always wanted to do one of those.

bv310 · Post Post #206 (isolation #25) » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:55 am

They're all pretty good. Not a ton of super-valuable cards besides mythics right now, iirc.

bv310 · Post Post #231 (isolation #26) » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:37 am

Closest I can find is Golgari Rotwurm

bv310 · Post Post #237 (isolation #27) » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:30 am

I like it for RDW, but it's got narrow applications for that.

bv310 · Post Post #253 (isolation #28) » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:20 pm

I like the idea of making an Arcane Melee deck, just to be a direct counterpart to my Heartless Summoning deck.

bv310 · Post Post #267 (isolation #29) » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:10 pm

In post 257, Sudo_Nym wrote:

Not sure what Sigarda is supposed to be good for. Are there a lot of sac effects after you hit 5 mana?

Sigarda's basically just unkillable in G/B/R/U, outside of a handful of specific cards (BSZ, Blasphemous Act). Most of the Black decks right now run spot removal, and Tribute to Hunger as a way to deal with Hexproofs. this just makes it even more unkillable.

bv310 · Post Post #269 (isolation #30) » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:23 pm

In post 266, Glork wrote:I'm really underwhelmed by Soulbond. :/

The 2/2 that gives another guy Double Strike is pretty good as a replacement for Mirran Crusader after rotation.

bv310 · Post Post #305 (isolation #31) » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:07 pm

In post 300, GreyICE wrote:
In post 298, xRECKONERx wrote:uh... coolstorybro?

You've been playing for 18 years, congratulations

I've been playing for 2 weeks

i fail to see your fucking point

My point is I think I'm getting lip from people who can't put their money where their mouth is.

Because of course we're all 12 years old. Getting "lip" is not the same as stating opinions and why one disagrees with them, which is what this thread has contained.

bv310 · Post Post #314 (isolation #32) » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:54 am

I think we can all agree that Besieged/SOM/SOM was the worst draft format of recent years.

I have to say though, I never got to draft RoE x3 and that makes me sad. It looks like it'd be a ton of fun.

bv310 · Post Post #319 (isolation #33) » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:19 am

Sealed INN and Sealed DII is actually really fun. Lots of cohesive strategies, some decent removal.

bv310 · Post Post #321 (isolation #34) » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:39 am

Titans rotate in 6 months' time, and they're almost guaranteed not being reprinted. I want to make a proper U/W Spirit deck with that walker. That Black critter'll probably be the new U/B Control finisher once Gravy Train rotates.

bv310 · Post Post #324 (isolation #35) » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:21 am

I always see planeswalkers as a toolbox, and she fits exactly what I want out of my toolbox in a Spirit deck.

bv310 · Post Post #333 (isolation #36) » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:28 pm

Sneak Attack Emrakul, "oops, I win"

bv310 · Post Post #340 (isolation #37) » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:11 am

Get creatures with higher toughness, so that his burn spells can't touch them unless he doubles up, then when he goes in to topdeck mode, beat him to death with card advantage.

http://magiccards.info/query?q=o%3Aflyi ... card&s=cmc

This is a list of all creatures with flying (or reach, but that's a program problem) that have a toughness greater than 3.

EDIT: Grey, he's just started playing. What do you think the odds are that any of his playgroup even own a SoWaP?

bv310 · Post Post #342 (isolation #38) » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:30 am

Like I said, I doubt he has one, nor does he have the 40 bucks to drop to buy one.

bv310 · Post Post #362 (isolation #39) » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:28 am

In post 358, Sudo_Nym wrote:Just got MTGO back. I'm Sudo_Nym on there. Building $30 werewolves.

I built 7 ticket werewolves to go alongside 11 ticket UG Dredge. No Huntmasters, but besides that it's awesome.

bv310 · Post Post #407 (isolation #40) » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:46 am

Yeah, Here's two alternatives:

http://tappedout.net/
http://draft.bestiaire.org/index.php

bv310 · Post Post #413 (isolation #41) » Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:49 pm

If you haven't played sine M10, there's a significant set of rules changes you'll need to learn.

bv310 · Post Post #430 (isolation #42) » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:19 pm

I got the last spot in the one tomorrow. My brother didn't get in though, so he's on standby

bv310 · Post Post #432 (isolation #43) » Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:05 am

Pulled two mythics in my prerelease pool: Bruna and Entreat the Angels. 1-1 so far.

bv310 · Post Post #435 (isolation #44) » Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:20 pm

Overall, I went 3-3 and got 24 out of 48. Got an oversized Avacyn and a die out of our Helvault, so now I have a giant EDH Commander.

Did anyone here have any of the premium ones?

bv310 · Post Post #439 (isolation #45) » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:03 am

In post 437, xRECKONERx wrote: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.

I would've called a judge. I'm like 90% sure that's completely against the rules.

bv310 · Post Post #445 (isolation #46) » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:28 am

I'm fairly sure that's right, but at Regular REL that might not even be enforced (I'm working on my Level 1 Judge)

bv310 · Post Post #456 (isolation #47) » Thu May 03, 2012 5:16 pm

Pie, protip, you can easily deal with that deck through 4 Mana Leak, or by not going all-in on so much. If you put all your eggs on the Pike, then you're asking to be killed because of it.

bv310 · Post Post #460 (isolation #48) » Fri May 04, 2012 8:39 am

Cracked an AVR Fat Pack today: 2 Demonlord of Ashmouth, Malignus, Champion of Lambholt (STEVE HOLT!), Reforge the Soul, Tyrant of Discord, Vexing Devil, Tibalt the Fiend-Blooded, and a Temporal Mastery. I'm pretty okay with this.

bv310 · Post Post #469 (isolation #49) » Sun May 06, 2012 7:57 am

That sounds absolutely atrocious. Do it.

Mow I need to see if my shop's doing a league

bv310 · Post Post #489 (isolation #50) » Sun May 13, 2012 4:55 pm

As a mild sidenote, this is also Block Constructed. The in-block counterspells are god-awful. Dissipate and nothing else is worth running.

bv310 · Post Post #495 (isolation #51) » Mon May 14, 2012 7:46 am

I'd try it.

bv310 · Post Post #504 (isolation #52) » Tue May 22, 2012 1:09 pm

I can see Bonfire, Entreat, and Thunderous Wrath being the Miracles to run in Constructed. Wrath's got the right price that miracling it is never a bad thing.

bv310 · Post Post #515 (isolation #53) » Sat May 26, 2012 3:54 pm

Played Game Day here today with Heartless. Went 4-0 in Swiss, then lost in the semi-finals in the most ridiculously close game ever.

bv310 · Post Post #527 (isolation #54) » Wed May 30, 2012 2:25 pm

Easier way to look at it, there's two combat damage steps: First strike and normal. A creature with first strike deals damage in the first step, a cretaure with neither FS nor DS hits in the second step. Double Strike means it deals both First strike and regular combat damage.

bv310 · Post Post #529 (isolation #55) » Wed May 30, 2012 3:24 pm

I like it, but Marrow Bats and Wingcrafter seem like bad choices. I'd run Invisible Stalkers, personally. Stick that with a Homicidal Seclusion and you're basically set.

Also, equipments are always nice things to have. Spectral Flight also wouldn't be a wasted slot. Comes down early, makes everything a threat. Allows the possibility of T1 Fume Spitter (Or Delver, or Diregraf Ghoul, or Typhoid Rats), T2 Flight, swing 3.

bv310 · Post Post #535 (isolation #56) » Thu May 31, 2012 11:09 am

In post 532, GreyICE wrote:So you're running a 3UU 4/4 with no evasion in a world with titans.

Why would you do this thing?

Because not everybody plays competitive where titans are everywhere?

bv310 · Post Post #541 (isolation #57) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:15 am

I drafted last night too. Has 0 luck for bombs, but had a solid R/G Aggro deck. In any other Limited Environment, I would have been golden. Unfortunately, AVR Limited means that I got blown out by other people with better bombs every time.

That said, I got an idea for a standard deck from it, so it's not a total bust. Simic unblockables, here I come.

bv310 · Post Post #549 (isolation #58) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:30 am

Go join our tournament in mishmash. Go now.

bv310 · Post Post #554 (isolation #59) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:22 pm

Blessings of Nature, or Soul of the Harvest? DAMN IT UT, YOU ARE CONFUSING ME, YOU JERK

bv310 · Post Post #557 (isolation #60) » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:25 am

bv310 · Post Post #573 (isolation #61) » Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:53 am

Nice. First mythic's a pricey one too. My first mythic was a Garruk Wildspeaker. Still have that guy in any EDH deck with green.

bv310 · Post Post #578 (isolation #62) » Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:43 pm

A good mono-W deck's got you dead before you can even hit 10 mana to Alpha Brawl. :p

bv310 · Post Post #581 (isolation #63) » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:06 pm

Dram, most Standard decks are nowhere near expensive, especially if you do drafts to get yourself stuff to trade with. My Heartless Deck is my crowning achievement, since I haven't ordered a single card in the whole deck. I traded for everything or pulled them in boosters. Given that the actual value of the deck is near $300, I'm pretty proud of that.

For Mono-W humans, the only money cards (Above $1) are Champion of the Parish, Honor of the Pure, and MAYBE Restoration Angel.

bv310 · Post Post #583 (isolation #64) » Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:04 pm

The most expensive Standard deck (to my knowledge) is Frites, which lands somewhere near $350, but most of this is from dual lands and a playset of Elesh Norn.

And yeah, Zomb-Pod looks fun as all hell.

bv310 · Post Post #585 (isolation #65) » Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:34 pm

Woodland Cemetery doesn't rotate for another year. You've got plenty of time. The Scars lands are the ones to avoid.

Also, it took me until now to figure out that the title is misspelled.

bv310 · Post Post #595 (isolation #66) » Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:05 am

It's kinda strange. Most FNM Metas are distinctly lacking in Delver matches.

bv310 · Post Post #611 (isolation #67) » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:21 pm

In post 602, PJ. wrote:
In post 581, bv310 wrote:Dram, most Standard decks are nowhere near expensive

This is not true. The Delver deck that just won the last SCG Open was $456.72. That is expenisve. Just because it's not as expensive as last standard/legacy does not mean it's not expensive. We are back to jund/mythic consciption prices.

Operative word in the initial sentence is MOST. Delver is expensive because it effectively NEEDS the playset of Snapcaster and Swords du jour, with Glacial Fortresses and Seachrome Coasts making up a hefty chunk of change as well.

Decks off the top of my head in Standard that are sub-$200, landbase included:

Heartless (non-combo version)
W Humans
U/R Delver (depending on the build)
G/B Rock
W/b/u Tokens
RDW (or the bastardized version that currently exists)
Pod (again, depends on the build)
Zombies
U/G Self-Mill
Non-Huntmaster Wolf Run

Of course, you can make any of these archetypes as expensive or cheap as you want, if you're willing to be creative. For U/R Delver, I've played against a build that ran Charmbreaker Devils and Artful Dodge as a late-game win condition. It was a pretty solid deck, all things considered. Probably going to attempt a weird version myself with Stuffy Doll in it for teh lulz

bv310 · Post Post #614 (isolation #68) » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:00 am

Yeah, that's a lot of mana-intensive cards for a 23-lander. If you had Green for ramp, maybe.

bv310 · Post Post #634 (isolation #69) » Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:58 pm

Simic pride!

bv310 · Post Post #640 (isolation #70) » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:06 pm

Silverheart+Latch Seeker, 2 Wandering Wolf, 2 Trusted Forcemage, 2 Gryff Vanguard, 2 Crippling Chill. I was living the dream that draft.

And yeah, a bit more land and that game would have gone radically differently.

bv310 · Post Post #666 (isolation #71) » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:26 am

I'm up for a draft in the near future as well. Sitting on 6 packs and I can sell Silverheart if I desperately need tix

bv310 · Post Post #670 (isolation #72) » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:26 pm

Ewwwww, Yugioh. If anything, play L5R

But yeah, Standard right now is pretty good. U/W Delver's a bit of a boogeyman, but it's nowhere near Caw-Blade/Jund levels of oppressive.

bv310 · Post Post #697 (isolation #73) » Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:35 pm

Difference being, even bad planeswalkers are better than most mid-range non-planeswalkers.

bv310 · Post Post #701 (isolation #74) » Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:54 pm

In general. Most mid-level cards (I mean middle-of-the-road, average) are worse then the bad walkers (Chandra Ablaze, looking at you here.)

bv310 · Post Post #703 (isolation #75) » Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:59 pm

Even Nissa and Tibalt filter you a card, and they're generally pretty underwhelming as walkers.

bv310 · Post Post #713 (isolation #76) » Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:41 pm

I have the new one on Steam, but I haven't fired it up yet. Enjoyed the 2012 edition, so high hopes.

bv310 · Post Post #715 (isolation #77) » Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:07 pm

Better or worse than 2012 so far? I like the manual land tapping in concept.

bv310 · Post Post #717 (isolation #78) » Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:34 pm

Well that's disappointing. I enjoyed the difficulty leap in the puzzles between Duels and 2012.

bv310 · Post Post #726 (isolation #79) » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:00 am

I can probably swing one draft this week, so we should try and get 8 scummers and take over a queue.

bv310 · Post Post #752 (isolation #80) » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:40 am

In post 742, InflatablePie wrote:It's probably better to search eBay/craigslist for playsets of commons+uncommons from the set, which I think will run you about $30 per playsets per set, then buy the rares you want.

That said, opening boxes is fuuuuuun.

I may also suggest just buying a fatpack or two of DKA, since the set isn't that strong and there'll be a ton of repeats if you buy a box since it's a very small set. Plus it'll give you guys some lands (which I know are easily obtainable regardless) and deck boxes/spindowns which could be useful. You can also skip buying a DKA box altogether and grab a 2013 core box in about two weeks or so, since it'll run you about the same price (plus shiny promo at participating LGS-es!). Or both, if you have the cash to drop on 4 boxes/3 and fatpacks.

If you're going to order singles, ebay is an awful choice. Using something like tcgplayer.com to order sets of the cards you want is cheaper, and easier to get multiples at once.

Related to this, I've ordered a bunch of commons to make 3d life counters like this: http://imgur.com/a/qeTyd

I'm using Angel's tomb, and Moonscarred Werewolf for my ones. Been practicing on tokens right now, and they're turning out well. Will post pictures when I'm done.

bv310 · Post Post #759 (isolation #81) » Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:00 pm

In post 757, Untrod Tripod wrote:well I'm doing one regardless, so I'll just hit you up when I'm doing it

/in

bv310 · Post Post #766 (isolation #82) » Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:11 pm

Yeah, we definitely need Peg around for moral support

bv310 · Post Post #769 (isolation #83) » Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:28 pm

I prefer just using tcgplayer. It lets you shop around between different stores

bv310 · Post Post #783 (isolation #84) » Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:34 am

In post 781, AGar wrote:12-6 queues for Draft for the next week.

Cost normal?

bv310 · Post Post #790 (isolation #85) » Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:30 pm

Yeah, I can deal with a few extra tix for the chance to freeroll myself for four normal drafts.

bv310 · Post Post #814 (isolation #86) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:05 pm

Wound up with this monstrosity in a 12-6 draft. Hoping for the best.

bv310 · Post Post #815 (isolation #87) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:35 pm

These are awful quality, but some pictures of my new spare-card hobby:

bv310 · Post Post #818 (isolation #88) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:17 pm

I saw that Wolf one on someone's thread on MTGS as a commission. Your sister's got some skill.

If you get to talk to her, find out where she gets her pins for the beads, and also where she gets the small beads. Also also, find out how she got that plastic sleeve thing in the Swamp one. What kind of glue does she use?

My next goal is going to be with either:

or

bv310 · Post Post #823 (isolation #89) » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:46 am

In post 820, xRECKONERx wrote:fuck sudo, let's get her to stick around

You know, I was thinking the same thing.

bv310 · Post Post #828 (isolation #90) » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:19 pm

In post 827, AGar wrote:UT, I'm down for like 11 pm eastern or so.

Tentative /in

bv310 · Post Post #831 (isolation #91) » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:41 am

If we can start one up tonight around 9:30-10pm EST, I'm in. Work at 9am, but I can deal with less sleep to draft, especially since I'm missing the M13 Prerelease this weekend

bv310 · Post Post #862 (isolation #92) » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:29 pm

In post 859, xRECKONERx wrote:m13 seems really fucking gimmicky

It's just like every core set. Designed to give each colour things that it doesn't really need, but will help push archetypes in standard, but also a big cohesive unit to play limited with. I'm more excited for this core than the last one, but that doesn't mean much.

bv310 · Post Post #867 (isolation #93) » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:29 pm

Counter #2. Found a place in town that has proper beads. No luck on the pins though, so Moonscarred had to sacrifice hers. My next one's going to be a bit more ambitious.

bv310 · Post Post #889 (isolation #94) » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:07 pm

I intend to break Charmbreaker Devils for my next Standard deck. Or play Krenko Goblins. Suggestions?

bv310 · Post Post #910 (isolation #95) » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:43 am

In post 908, Shadow1psc wrote:
In post 907, InflatablePie wrote:
In post 906, Shadow1psc wrote:Again, unless I missed something, Timely Reinforcements is not legal in less than 12 hours.

Pretty sure M12 doesn't rotate until October.

M13 is legal tomorrow.

Core sets don't rotate with the new one anymore. They rotate with their block. So in October with RtR, Scars Block and M12 rotate out.

Also, it's like a 0.25 uncommmon. Shell out the dollar for the playset, you cheap fuck.

bv310 · Post Post #912 (isolation #96) » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:46 am

It's been that way for a few years now.

Also, see the edit above, you cheap fuck.

bv310 · Post Post #922 (isolation #97) » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:38 pm

In post 916, Shadow1psc wrote:
In post 913, AGar wrote:In standard, M12 doesn't rotate out until October 5th.

What is the point of having Civilized Scholar, to be honest? It's not really going to reliably flip I don't think, so I don't think you're using it to be aggressive (which you really don't want in this deck anyways). and it's not exactly great for getting those creatures into the graveyard. I'd more aim for something like Armored Skaab, that can sit back and defend and mills 4 when it comes into play in this deck.

Similarly, I don't think Pilgrim is going to really help you ramp all that quickly, because unless you put Cavern in, you really don't want to try hard-casting your Angels. Mana Leak and Vapor Snag don't rotate until October and odds are more often than not, actual ramp decks are going to have their fatties out first.

Civilized Scholar isn't relying on the flip, I like his ability (and playing him turn 2). The nut draw would be something like Forest, Hinterland Harbor, Sunpetal Grove, Pilgrim, Scholar, Defy/Unburial and any angel. If you don't pull two more lands by turn 4 (odds are you'd pull one), you would have used scholar to pitch unburial turn 3 and you can pitch/reanimate your target turn 4. If you're stuck with defy death, you pitch the creature turn 3 and beat face if its available. You're not using Scholar with the thought of trying to get in with him. It'd be a rare plus, I just like the free card advantage per turn.

Maybe he's not the most elegant solution, but he's also a body. Mulch + Forbidden Alchemy is great though.

If you want his ability, run Merfolk Looter. Scholar is overcosted for the effect.

bv310 · Post Post #923 (isolation #98) » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:47 pm

Also, CUBE IS BACK. We need to take over a Cube queue tonight.

bv310 · Post Post #931 (isolation #99) » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:37 pm

Woo Team MS makes Round 2!

bv310 · Post Post #939 (isolation #100) » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:27 pm

Golgari, motherfuckers.

bv310 · Post Post #942 (isolation #101) » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:21 pm

Well yeah, Simic bro-fist, but they don't come around until Gatecrash.

bv310 · Post Post #946 (isolation #102) » Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:03 am

Post rotation, you lose Erasure. I think right now in the twilight of M12, mill is viable

bv310 · Post Post #958 (isolation #103) » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:51 am

In post 947, Shadow1psc wrote:Yeah, Erasure is great with think twice/amass/jace's abilities in general. Does losing it hurt
that
much?

This is where I'm currently at. I'll have to play test this when I get home, but I'd like to order my Jace's now so they're here for FNM/Saturday standard. Is there a hard-fast rule about # of planeswalkers in a deck? In a deck like this is Jace a 4-of? I figured 3 was good due to his cost.

Spoiler: Deck

No Mindshrieker?

bv310 · Post Post #959 (isolation #104) » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:53 am

U/G Self-mill is actually pretty fun. My version has Postmortem Lunge for surprise-Cagebreakers

bv310 · Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:02 am

Have them both.

bv310 · Post Post #978 (isolation #106) » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:58 pm

In post 976, Thestatusquo wrote:Oh man, is that the beta? It looks so pretty.

IT'S SO FUCKING PRETTY.

Also, did someone say bad standard combo deck?
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/deadeye-combo-1/

bv310 · Post Post #980 (isolation #107) » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:10 pm

Jade Mage is standard for another three months, and is a mana sink when I need to stall (and a wincon). Treasure Mage was a typo, likely becoming Tower Geist or Silklash Spider, with the other in the sideboard.

bv310 · Post Post #985 (isolation #108) » Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:44 am

I honestly think the deck could work.I have two slots open right now from Treasure Mage that I'm likely filling with a 4th Faithless and a single Llanowar Elves.

bv310 · Post Post #988 (isolation #109) » Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:54 pm

I've become addicted to Pauper on MTGO. Built three decks today: G/W Slivers, G/B Madness, and U/R Dragonauts. Won two 2-man queues with Dragonauts already.

bv310 · Post Post #994 (isolation #110) » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:19 am

In post 993, Shadow1psc wrote:I don't get the one woodland cemetery.

To pay for Birthing Pod activations. I'm guessing he doesn't have more than 1.

bv310 · Post Post #997 (isolation #111) » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:34 am

Because having one is better than not having any? There's no harm in having it, since it's a huge boon if he hits it, and no real loss if he doesn't. There's also very little other options for land for consistency without messing with his mana base rather heavily.

bv310 · Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:04 pm

Doesn't mean he has them now. This is kind of the point that we were trying to make here.

bv310 · Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:04 pm

Pauper is disgustingly addictive.

I have 2 more decks now: Mono-Green 8post, and B/W Orzhova

bv310 · Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:47 am

Have you tried torturing the people who are in the house for information? Waterboard some bitches!

bv310 · Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:45 am

You can always join me/shea/UT/sometimesAGar for drafts.

bv310 · Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:36 am

The game? Depends on the format you choose, how often you pkay, how competitive you want to be, etcc.

Online, it's easier to roll hrough a bunch of drafts on onne initial investment if you play well.

bv310 · Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:42 am

In post 1064, dramonic wrote:
In post 1059, bv310 wrote:Online, it's easier to roll hrough a bunch of drafts on onne initial investment if you play well.

I'd love to do that with you guys if someone can be nice and guide me through the procedure.
I've been eager to draft but I've nobody to draft with <.<

It's a lot harder than I put it, but basically just sign up, and as you win drafts (8-4s offer the best return. 8 to 1st place, 4 to second with 8 players total), you can build up a collection of packs. You can also sell these packs to bots, and usually get a decent return on them. If you win an 8-4, you basically set up for 2 more drafts for free, not including if you open any money cards.

I kinda want to do an M13 Release one tonight, if you happen to be around.

bv310 · Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:28 am

YOu haven't seen incredibly expensive yet. This is an incredibly expensive deck: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=147227

Alternatively, this: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost ... stcount=95

bv310 · Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:34 am

What deck was he complaining about? He just said incredibly expensive. Both of the ones I posted are commonly played in tournaments, and are miles beyond the average standard deck in cost.

bv310 · Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:39 am

A 1-of Entreat and 3 Terminus don't warrant naming it Miracles to me, but I'm not the one who named it. Glad to see the good miracles seeing play, but god damn it Entreat, go below $7 a piece so I can buy a playset of you.

bv310 · Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:43 am

First two suck, second one's awesome.

bv310 · Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:47 am

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/reanimator-31-08-12-1/

Anyone who's got a free second, I'd love some suggestions on this. So far, my only real problem comes from drawing my reanimation targets. Tempted to try and squeeze some Trading Posts in to deal with that, but they're really underwhelming.

bv310 · Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:56 pm

Dude, it's a legit idea. Maybe not top tier, but it definitely works.

bv310 · Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:38 pm

In post 1122, xRECKONERx wrote:anyone possibly interested in doing a sealed league here in MishMash?

/in

bv310 · Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:42 am

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/selesnya ... 0-09-12-2/

This is the deck I'm working on right now. I really love the interaction between Silverblade/Wolfir and the stuff I already have, and the ability to run answers and curve out heavily at 5 is nice. Armada Wurm is excellent as well in testing.

I'm also heavily considering a Bant Build that runs 4 Rancor, Ethereal Armor, and Spectral Flight with O-Rings as well. This is a test list: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/bant-enchant-aggro/

I'm probably going to make both, to be honest. The first is much more conventional, and I feel like it's a lot simpler, but the second looks like a ton of fun. (In the second list, Ancestral Mask is in place of Ethereal Armor until Tapped Out adds it to their database.

bv310 · Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:02 am

Golgari Zombies is going to be really good out of the gate, because it's losing almost nothing to rotation. There's a shitload of grave hate around though, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it fall off once people really get brewing in New Standard.

bv310 · Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:41 am

More importantly, if we do RTR Sealed, are we going to use the Guild Pack mechanic from the prerelease or just regular sealed?

bv310 · Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:12 am

In post 1161, Sudo_Nym wrote:So, serious question, because I keep going back and forth: Rakdos Zombies, Golgari Zombies, or Jund Zombies?

What does Red give you? Green? What would you have to cut if you went for Jund instead?

In post 1163, Glork wrote:Also, since I'm going to be playing paper magic starting with the RTR Pre-Release, I went ahead and dug up what I could find of my collection of cards, and looked/tallied up everything I knew to be over $5 apiece... turns out I'm sitting on over $1500 in just valuable rares in my binder, nevermind the bulk cards, and the $2-4 cards & promos that I didn't bother adding up.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Nice

bv310 · Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:52 am

Slitherhead and Cackler are both pretty bland cards for zombies. Rakdos is probably not as useful as he could be in that deck either. I'd go BG personally.

bv310 · Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:41 am

3-1-1, finished in 12th out of 48. Prize support went to top 8, and everyone got a free pack. Selesnya is fantastic in sealed. Pulled a Blood Crypt too, which is awesome.

My sealed pool was pretty atrocious outside of my guild pack, but I had some solid bombs and removal. If I'd had a bit better luck on my rares, I probably could have aced the day.

bv310 · Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:25 am

By way of Limiteds I've had more experience with, Rise of the Eldrazi, and M13 are my favourites. I've heard conflicting things about TSP, but it sounds entertaining.

bv310 · Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:04 am

I really want to buy a bunch of Rise and run a draft with it, but boxes of it are stupidly expensive

bv310 · Sun Sep 30, 2012 3:58 pm

Dude, CALL A JUDGE. If he's stalling on purpose, it's an infraction. If he's cheating, (which that take-back was), it's an infraction. If he's cheating with land, it's an infraction. Get the fucker a DQ, he'll learn pretty quickly to count his lands. Given that he's clearly not a new player, he's cheating.

Don't let people get away with stupid bullshit. If he's using lands that you can't readily tell the difference between them and swamps, call a judge, because those are illegal. If he wants to be a dick to you, then don't worry about being laid back or being "nice".

bv310 · Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:01 pm

Dude, the Necropolis Regent give the connecting creature +1/+1s equal to the damage it deals, not just 1 counter. Shit be mildly cray, yo.

bv310 · Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:24 am

WOoooooooooooooooooooo, box day!

EDIT: They were sold out when I got there at opening. Bought a fatpack and all the single boosters they had left. Equivalent to about half a box, and cost about $65 instead of $110, but I still got 4 shocks and a Rakdos.

bv310 · Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:51 am

Pick a guild, know what the other guilds do, and watch for signs that a colour is open

bv310 · Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:08 am

In post 1210, xRECKONERx wrote:keyrunes = bad

do not take them

LIES. Keyrunes es #1.

Also yeah, between the draft and the Izzet guildpack I bought, I now have 2 Abrupt Decay, 3 Blood Crypt, 2 Steam Vents, and I traded a Supreme Verdict and a Hallowed Fountain for some stuff for Modern and stuff I needed for Standard.

Why will no one trade their Trostanis and Temple Gardens

bv310 · Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:41 am

You can burn in hell!

Honestly, I'm very close to just biting the bullet and ordering three online.

bv310 · Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:48 am

In post 1215, Bitmap wrote:Hey guys. I just started playing MtG:Online and been doing M12 drafts. I've gotten like 4 planeswalkers with one of them being foiled.

Unless you're using them now, sell them to a bot for tickets and freeroll a bunch more drafts with them. That's the way to play MTGO

bv310 · Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:02 am

In post 1218, xRECKONERx wrote:Looks like the new standard is going to be dominated by UW decks. Funny, the other day I was thinking about expanding my mono-white humans deck into UW humans. All I'd need to build the first place deck is +2 Elite Inquisitors (<$1), +3 Geist of Saint Traft ($60), +1 Restoration Angel ($10), +3 Sublime Archangel ($45), +3 Thalia ($10) (and I guess I'd need a cavern of souls if I really wanted to go all out). So...about $100 to complete my deck. Feh. And I already have so many of those cards

Dude, it's been literally three days since rotation. Let the format settle first

bv310 · Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:02 am

In post 1218, xRECKONERx wrote:Looks like the new standard is going to be dominated by UW decks. Funny, the other day I was thinking about expanding my mono-white humans deck into UW humans. All I'd need to build the first place deck is +2 Elite Inquisitors (<$1), +3 Geist of Saint Traft ($60), +1 Restoration Angel ($10), +3 Sublime Archangel ($45), +3 Thalia ($10) (and I guess I'd need a cavern of souls if I really wanted to go all out). So...about $100 to complete my deck. Feh. And I already have so many of those cards

Dude, it's been literally three days since rotation. Let the format settle first

bv310 · Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:18 am

In post 1223, Thestatusquo wrote:
In post 1201, bv310 wrote:WOoooooooooooooooooooo, box day!

EDIT: They were sold out when I got there at opening. Bought a fatpack and all the single boosters they had left. Equivalent to about half a box, and cost about $65 instead of $110, but I still got 4 shocks and a Rakdos.

Buying unopened product is just so inefficient. For that money you could have had at least 6 shocks.

For me, I prefer the enjoyment of opening packs, and I also like supporting the store here. If they sold singles with any degree of consistency, I'd just pick and choose my stuff, but they don't. I prefer fun over efficiency. I do efficiency in my trading.

bv310 · Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:16 am

Sudo, I'd cut the Rakdos Cacklers for Blood Artists. You don't really NEED 11 1-drops, and I think you'll get more value out of the Artist

bv310 · Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:46 am

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/gw-29-09-12-2/

is the list I'm working on for my FNM'ing for the near future. Probably going to trade for some overgrown tomb once I get my Temple Gardens and the last Thragtusk I need to finish the list.

The Black splash is for Sever the Bloodline out of the sideboard to deal with Miracle'd Entreat the Angels.

bv310 · Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:29 am

Hey Reck, what are the chances you're going to GP Charleston in a few weeks?

bv310 · Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:37 am

They're doing Pauper side events and I was going to give you some lists to go win some boxes with.

bv310 · Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:00 am

What do you like playing? Aggro, Combo, or Control?

bv310 · Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:39 am

For aggro, the standard right now is Stompy:

4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
4 Young Wolf
4 Quirion Ranger

4 Silhana Ledgewalker
2 Safehold Elite
2 Wild Mongrel
1 Shinen of Life's Roar
4 Rancor
1 Bonesplitter

4 Groundswell
4 Vines of Vastwood
3 Gather Courage
2 Hunger of the Howlpack

17 Forests

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthre ... 262&page=8

Very basic goal: beat face as much as possible

For combo (my baby archetype, I can talk this much more), there's 3 that tend to be very effective: Storm, WeeFiend, and Infect

Storm is inevitable. If you let Storm be, they win. period.

4 Rite of Flame
4 Manamorphose
4 Dark Ritual
3 Cabal Ritual
2 Seething Song

4 Lotus Petal
4 Chromatic Star
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Ponder
4 Sign in Blood
3 Ideas Unbound

2 Duress

4 Grapeshot
2 Empty the Warrens

4 Ancient Spring
4 Geothermal Crevice
4 Sulfur Vent
Sideboard:
4 Red Elemental Blast
3 Echoing Truth
3 Goblin Bushwhacker
2 Empty the Warrens
2 Duress
1 Seething Song

Storm suffers from the weakness to a couple cards. Echoing Decay/Echoing Truth are rough against the Empty the Warrens builds. (I want to play Storm, but I have no money for it). It's GOOD

Infect is a more interesting matchup. It relies on playing an Infect creature early, and pumping it to 10 for lethal. Apostle's Blessing/Vines of Vastwood are your protection, Invigorate literally wins you games on its own.

Lands (18)
18 Forest

Creatures (14)
4 Glistener Elf
4 Ichorclaw Myr
4 Blight Mamba
2 Cystbearer

Other (8)
4 Apostle's Blessing
4 Gitaxian Probe
Pumps (20)
4 Rancor
4 Vines of Vastwood
4 Mutagenic Growth
4 Invigorate
4 Groundswell
SB (15)
4 Nature's Claim
4 Hornet Sting
4 Sandstorm
3 Seal of Strength

(I <3 Infect. Shit be cray yo)

Next is the Tier 2 combo, WeeFiend. It's been my personal baby since I started playing Pauper. It plays nearly the same as Infect, but most of its pump spells are also cantrips.

Lands:

4 Terramorphic Expanse
8 Island
8 Mountain

20 Lands

Sideboard:

0 Sideboard Cards
Creatures:

4 Kiln Fiend
4 Wee Dragonauts
4 Delver of Secrets

12 Creatures
Other Spells:

4 Assault Strobe
4 Mutagenic Growth
4 Distortion Strike
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Ponder
4 Vapor Snag

I personally prefer Shadow Rift or Artful Dodge over Distortion Strike, but it's personal preference

As a bonus, here's a list that's near-totally untested. It's the one I'm running now, and have been eagerly waiting for RTR to commit to: HEXMASK

Creatures (16) :
4 Slippery Boggle
3 Gladecover Scout
4 Silhana Ledgewalker
3 Aura Gnarlid
2 Totem-Guide Hartebeest

Mana Enchantements (6) :

2 Wild Growth x 2
4 Utopia Sprawl x 4

Creature Enchantments (16) :

4 Ethereal Armor
4 Rancor
4 Armadillo Cloak
4 Ancestral Mask

Removal Enchantments (4) :

4 Journey to Nowhere

Lands (18) :

6 Plains
12 Forest

Sideboard (15) :

4 Sandstorm
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Circle of Protection: red
3 Circle of Protection: black
2 Soltari Visionary

I hate the sideboard from this list, but it works. Sandstorm is wicked-strong against a lot of decks.

One thing to worry about with everything, Diabolic Edict. Edict effects exist in the Mono-B Rats deck, and it sucks. Same with targeted and non-targeted discard. Thos ehurt, and the Mono-B control list has it in spades.

Also, mono-U and/or UR Cloudpost will both beat you by running you out. Post drowns you in card advantage, and then sets up Ghostly Flicker + Mnemonic Wall/Archaeomancer + Spellstutter Sprite to lock you out.

bv310 · Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:48 am

Related story: for Storm, there is an alternative that focuses on Goblin Bushwhacker/Empty the Warrens instead of Grapeshot as primary wincon. You can find that list elsewhere, I like it less than the one I posted.

bv310 · Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:34 pm

In post 1269, chamber wrote:It is common only. But the card just needs to have been printed as a common at some point, most recent printing doesn't matter (Assuming you are talking about rancor).

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup

But yeah, there's a handful of cards that have this. Rancor's the only important one that comes to mind.

Also, there's a format called Peasant where you get 6 uncommons. This was where I found out that Force of Will was an uncommon.

bv310 · Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:15 am

I went 5-0 at FNM last night with GW Midrange, then went 2-2 with it today at game day. I just could not catch a break in the first 2 matches, and I had some misplays that ended up being compounded in to full losses by bad luck. Then it ran perfectly and I 2-0d both of my last two matches.

bv310 · Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:57 am

In post 1289, Sudo_Nym wrote:Jace, the Mind Sculptor isn't standard legal.

^ My main concern with the deck

bv310 · Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:22 am

Obviously it's Memory Adept.

Seriously though, that deck looks solid. My only idea would be to cut the two Think Twice for either 2 Dissipate or Syncopate.

bv310 · Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:03 pm

That's Standard, not Modern, and you need that many wraths. Standard's a little wacky right now.

bv310 · Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:51 pm

Prismatic Strands hoses WeeDs and Infect, and that deck is super-strong against Affinity. Give her a high-five for kicking ass in Pauper.

bv310 · Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:58 am

Selesnya Midrange (specifically the FlickerTusk version) has good results at tournaments, since it does really well against everything except Bant Control and some of the Frites builds (Frites is a luck matchup).

That said, Bant Control and Frites are the decks to play right now if you want to win tournaments.

Also, I'd like to point out that BR Zombies won GP Charleston, and more importantly, Ali Aintrazi placed in top 16 with Door to Nothingness in his deck

bv310 · Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:19 pm

Woo random StarCity sale. I am now 2 Angel of Serenity and 3 Sphinx's Revelations from being able to play OmniDoor

bv310 · Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:33 am

and I've now bought my entire Modern deck. Fuck you SCG, get away from my wallet.

Also, Power Cube Drafts.

Yeah, these actually happen apparently

bv310 · Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:51 pm

In post 1324, Thestatusquo wrote:no but, that pack is clearly shopped.

Apparently it's a glitch in the seeding of packs. Multiple people saying they got the same thing.

bv310 · Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:12 pm

I play GW Midrange almost exclusively (while I'm building OmniDoor). You need to cut the 2 mainbpard RiP and (probably) Yeva for either 4 Restoration Angel (because Resto and Thrag are BFFs, and Resto offers a shitton of utility) OR Sublime Archangel (Because I've heard swinging for lethal on Turn Thrag (aka Turn 5) is a good thing.

Also, tune your damned sideboard. What do you have a hard matchup against? If it's Zombies, 2-3 RiP and 3 Knight of Glory will get you there exceptionally quick. If it's Frites, RiP and possibly 2 Tormod's Crypt.

EDIT: Also, swap the Revenge of the Hunted for a Collective Blessing. Collective is semi-busted in a deck that runs more than 50% creatures.

Also also, Thalia and Garruk Primal are horrible in the same deck. I'd move him to the board, drop Garruk Rel entirely, and run Rancor.

bv310 · Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:36 pm

With Thalia out, he costs 6. Way too slow for what you're getting from him. If you're desperate for card draw, splash Black and run Disciple of Bolas in that slot. If not, other stuff'll get you there quicker and cleaner. One other option is to run Call of the Conclave main instead of Thalia, and bring her in against the decks where she kicks ass.

That said, keep Garruk Primal in your board against Control. By turn 5, they've likely used their counters already, and the 3/3s he pumps out are super relevant.

(This is all my opinion from my experience. YMMV)

bv310 · Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:00 am

Was just about to post that. I'm a fan of the mechanic

bv310 · Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:06 am

There;s been 6 cards spoiled so far. Also, I will play Enter the Infinite in Standard in my version of this monstrosity: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles ... ily-event/

Likely alongside Borborygmos Enraged. Also, look at the mythics out of RTR. There's like 5-6 that see Standard play: Revelation, Jace, Serenity, Armada Wurm, Rakdos's Return (and maybe Trostani)

bv310 · Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:32 am

In post 1344, Thestatusquo wrote:
In post 1342, xRECKONERx wrote:I really hate the Bant/Thragtusk archetype. Any suggestions for other shit to play in Standard? My RDW isn't cutting it right now and I want to invest in something that'll be a good backbone for the GC scene.

Omnidoor thragfire.

I have it. It's fantastic.

bv310 · Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:02 pm

I'm going Orzhov or Simic. All comes down to the removal that Orzhov gets alongside what kind of little Extorters they get. Also, Reck, meet Thrag-hate:

bv310 · Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:25 am

Red is exceptionally good right now, and not likely getting any worse with GTC.

bv310 · Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:28 pm

Vraska's a good 2-of in Rock-style decks, usually in GBW.

bv310 · Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:06 pm

In post 1365, Sudo_Nym wrote:What do people think of the Electromancer Storm deck?

The Modern version or the Standard Epic Experiment list?

bv310 · Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:04 am

I love Omni.

bv310 · Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:26 am

Mmmhmm. I've cracked a Pack Rat in pack 3 while heavily in WU before. You splash Black for that SOB and win.

bv310 · Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:49 pm

bv310 · Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:05 pm

If anyone wants to run Modern on Cockatrice, I'm usually on AIM if I'm free, and I'd be happy to play.

I'll also play Omnidoor on there for Standard, but I feel like you won't enjoy it as much.

bv310 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:31 pm

2 things come to mind:

1) You're a bad person.

2) If you want to run a toolbox, I'd go to at least 3 Teachings, if not 4.

bv310 · Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:23 am

In post 1555, hasdgfas wrote:
In post 1551, Fate wrote:I have a question about resolution:

if a card is indestructible (let's say rootborn defenses)

That doesn't prevent them from taking damage (in the cases of lifelink and shit)

It jus prevents them from DYING FROM damage, correct?

SO

Scenario:

My Rakdos Berserker deals 2 damage to an indestructible Husar Patrol

THEN
I reduce his P/T by -2/-2 with my Rix Maadi Guild mage.

NOW Chamber said if you reduce a creature's toughness to zero it doesn't matter if they are indestructible

so DOES IT DIE?

I don't think it does. It's a 0/2 with 2 damage on it. If it's indestructible, it shouldn't die. Damage doesn't lower toughness.

^. You'd need to Rix Maadi it 4 times to kill it. Damage by itself never actually modifies P/T, so like hascow said, it'd be a 0/2 indestructible until eot.

bv310 · Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:28 pm

In post 1565, chamber wrote:
In post 1564, Fate wrote:mm thats important to know

more as I think of them (or remember because there were some I had combos in that I didnt want to ask my opponent)

Here's two for mostly clarification:

1. You can cast instanst between first strike and normal combat damage, Im p. sure? Aka First strike 3/1+Searing Spear to rape a x/6

2. This one needs more in depth explaining: Wild Beastmaster. I read something about "announcing the trigger" what the hell is this about?

Aka:

I want t giant growth my Wild Beast Master. I read that downsize can shit on wild beast master pretyt hard, but in a response post someone else said that "they don't have a lot of window time to downsize wild beast master"

I think this meant that I should be:
1. Casting Giant growth BEFORE I declare that I'm attacking
2. Now my WBM is 4/4, and I say "I'm attacking"
3. Now they can downsize THEN, or not, and if they DO I don't swing with WBM because she'll get blocked and raped.
4. They say "Ok you are attacking, I do nothing"
5. I THEN tap the creatures I Want to attack with, if I tap WBM all my other creatrures get 4/4 and they CANT downsize before that effect takes place (they can do it before combat obv but they can't prevent the +4/+4 counters going out)

Do I have any of that wrong?

The -2-2 wont kill an indestructible hussar patrol with 2 damage on it, its toughness would need to be reduced to 0 or less (-4-4), damage doesn't reduce toughness.

Triggers go on the stack just like spells do. When you announce who you are attacking with (the WBM) there is a window for them to downsize while the WBM trigger is still on the stack. The end result being that your team gets +0+0 because the WBM is a 0/4 when the WBM trigger resolves.

Personal favourite play from a draft: Guy swings with a Wild Beastmaster and some other guys, none of whom are larger than 2/2. Downsize it with the trigger on the stack, wipe the board.

bv310 · Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:00 pm

I missed the top8 plays that day. Tell him congrats!

bv310 · Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:22 am

3 Chromatic Lantern
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Door to Nothingness

4 Farseek
3 Ranger's Path
4 Supreme Verdict
3 Increasing Ambition
2 Temporal Mastery
2 Rakdos's Return

3 Sphinx's Revelation
2 Fog

1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

1 Detention Sphere
1 Omniscience

1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
2 Drogskol Reaver

4 Temple Garden
4 Hinterland Harbor
2 Overgrown Tomb
4 Sunpetal Grove
4 Hallowed Fountain
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Alchemist's Refuge
1 Steam Vents
1 Forest
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Blood Crypt
1 Swamp

SB: 3 Centaur Healer
SB: 4 Rhox Faithmender
SB: 3 Thragtusk
SB: 1 Worldfire
SB: 2 Abrupt Decay
SB: 2 Slaughter Games

is my list for Omni, if you're interested.

bv310 · Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:34 pm

I'm honestly cutting Lotuses from my list for Urban Evolutions after GTC. I want the extra land ramp and fuel over a bit of mana

bv310 · Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:03 am

2-3 Dispels in the board might be necessary if RDW stays as huge as it is.

bv310 · Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:31 am

My SB can afford to lose 3 Healers for 3 Dispels, tbh. Might go for Negates or Dissipates instead, since they're more of a catch-all answer.

bv310 · Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:23 am

In post 1590, Thestatusquo wrote:Honestly I think healer is the number one most important card to draw for the red match. All the other answers we have in the board are more powerful, yes, but many times turn 4 is just too late.

Really? I've been consistently underwhelmed by it. In those matches, drawing a Faithmender or a Thrag has been infinitely more useful

bv310 · Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:56 pm

I tell you to go fuck yourself, is what happens.

bv310 · Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:08 pm

In post 1616, PeregrineV wrote:Anyone know the promo cards for each guild? Also, anyone going to pre-releases this weekend?

http://www.mtgsalvation.com/gatecrash-spoiler.html
Entire Set Spoiler. Promos are:

Boros - Foundry Champion
Simic - Fathom Mage
Dimir - Consuming Aberration
Gruul - Rubblehulk
Orzhov - Treasury Thrull

bv310 · Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:09 pm

Also, piloted Omni to 4-1 tonight. Could have won that lost match by tutoring better. Went Door/Temporal instead of Door/Kessig with Drogskol in play. Could have swung lethal with mana up to drop Door if he survived.

bv310 · Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:05 pm

3-2 today with Boros. Took highest of the 3-2s though, since both of my losses were to people who went 5-0. Highlight of the pool was a Watery Grave and an Aurelia's Fury. Traded the Fury after the tourney for a Godless Shrine and a Stomping Ground. Also managed to swap a Mind Grind for a Thespian's Stage for EDH.

bv310 · Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:20 pm

I doubt this will help, but if any of you played during Kamigawa and have copies of Eight-and-a-Half Tails, I would happily trade you for 2-3.

bv310 · Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:08 am

Nice.

For Modern players, what do you think of this list? I'm looking to make Gifts Ungiven work in a non-Snapcaster/Remand/Spell Snare shell:

3 Qasali Pridemage
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Wall of Roots
1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Avacyn's Pilgrim

4 Lingering Souls
2 Unburial Rites
1 Raven's Crime

4 Gifts Ungiven
4 Path to Exile
2 Abrupt Decay

4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Overgrown Tomb
1 Watery Grave
3 Temple Garden
1 Godless Shrine
1 Breeding Pool
4 Forest
1 Tectonic Edge
2 Treetop Village
3 Plains
1 Island
2 Stirring Wildwood

SB: 2 Aven Mindcensor
SB: 3 Stony Silence
SB: 2 Torpor Orb
SB: 2 Krosan Grip
SB: 2 Ghostly Prison
SB: 2 Grafdigger's Cage
SB: 1 Sundering Titan
SB: 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

bv310 · Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:14 am

Redundancy. The deck can win without having to resolve a Gifts. It can hardcast all of the cards in the deck quickly, and can beat down with KotR as a backup plan.

bv310 · Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:03 am

I think they could have done a lot worse than BBE, but I don't recall Storm being dominant enough to deserve Song ban. Either way, my D&T List is getting a fair bit better with no Cascade in Jund.

bv310 · Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:22 am

Yep, but I feel like losing Cascade makes it a lot simpler of a matchup. No chance of them topdecking BBE into Lili to get them back in the game.

bv310 · Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:29 am

From the arguments I'm reading, losing BBE costs Jund a lot of explosiveness. Yes, they'll throw in Huntmaster/Olive with ease, but they can no longer come back from a board wipe with BBE->Bob or BBE->Goyf. Really, there is no way to nerf Jund too hard. The deck is simply RBG Goodstuff.

I'm more pissed about the Pauper bans the more I think about them. They single-handedly killed Storm, and nerfed Infect, but left 8Post and Delver alone? Fuck that shit.

bv310 · Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:53 am

In post 1686, Sudo_Nym wrote:Why isn't tarmogoyf banned yet? Is it because a 5/6 for two is fair, or because wizards doesn't want to loss of people who spent $300 for a playset?

It doesn't have trample, and also probably the second point, though they'd never admit it.

bv310 · Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:44 pm

22 land is too low if you want to consistently have 5 mana on T5. You should consider upping the count to 23 or 24.

bv310 · Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:44 am

What indestructibles are you coming up against right now that you need to worry about anyway?

bv310 · Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:55 am

In post 1732, Fate wrote:Predator Ooze, but I was more mad that I was up against a netdeck with both versions of Garruk and I didn't even have access to tragic slips in my RB deck and it stomped me T_T

Also Falkenrath Aristocrat I guess.

Pit fighting is pretty situational and always comes in handy in different ways. One of the ways I'm planning on using it is after my raiders gets counters for being sideways before they declare blockers, just instagib some troublesome fuck

Please don't be that guy who bitches about "netdecks". You're better than that.

bv310 · Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:48 am

Yeah, it's a nice intuitive change. I approve.

bv310 · Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:00 pm

In post 1854, Thestatusquo wrote:I'm not a huge fan of Saito, if only because I think he's a pretty dirty player. Shrug.

I would play a tournament.

In post 1868, Thestatusquo wrote:What format for the tournament? I would be most interested in playing modern or legacy. Not a huge fan of standard. And type one is sweet but no one wants to play it but me.

I'm in. I vote either Standard or Modern, but I'd be up for Legacy too. (I can play cheese-bag combo wherever I go, so I'm happy)

bv310 · Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:44 am

I like the idea of the RYOS system. Could end up with some fun shit.

bv310 · Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:03 am

I'll run the damned thing, but I won't be putting too much time into it. How do we go about picking the sets?