Magic: The Gathering,GO TEAM MS!

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So I keep talking to others about playing MtGO and I don't know if it's worth it.
I sort of know how to play Magic (I played a bit as a kid and I've downloaded Magic Duels and played some of that) but I don't

know

the game to any extent.

Is it worth getting into? Or should I get the physical cards and play that way?

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So if I played online what else would I use?
I drive for money atm so lots of travel is going to be a giant pain.

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So I found this game shop that I played at, and the manager walked me through and helped me build this awesome Blue/Red Artifact deck.
I'm going back on either Thursday or Friday.

Magic is cool.

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It is certainly addicting. Is it a standard deck?

Yep. I'll upload the decklist when I wake up tomorrow - I'm heading off to bed now.

In other news, I wound up going to my first draft today and went 1-2 in best of 3 sets. Every single game I won was because I played Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger. Apparently he's a super good card and good enough to be worth a draft on his own.
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No but really my deck had a bunch of "meh" landfall cards - I had a couple of good spells in there and a good artifact or two but my creatures were generally lackluster and only served to protect me while I looked for Ulamog. He's easily the most valuable card I have in my collection and I might be in the market to try to fashion a deck around him at some point.

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Alright, so here's my deck:

Spoiler:

2x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
2x Reclusive Artificer
2x Whirler Rogue
1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
4x Thopter Engineer
4x Chief of the Foundry
2x Ruination Guide
2x Bonded Construct
2x Ghirapur Gearcrafter
1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

1x Dragon Fodder
2x Collateral Damage
1x Ghirapur Aether Grid (sp?)
2x Wild Slash
2x Trumpet Blast
1x Magmatic Insight
2x Artificer's Epiphany

1x Foundry of the Consuls
2x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
4x Sweetwater Cliffs
9x Island
9x Mountain

Sideboard:
1x Boiling Earth
1x Negate
1x Orbs of Warding
1x Touch of the Void

Also, is it too outside the realm of possibility to create a deck centered on pumping out Ulamog? I was thinking

maybe

something like a Blue/Green deck with lots of draw and and defensive options to stall until I get him but I'm not sure if that would be super viable or not.

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Thinking about selling my Ulamog (BFZ), but I was hoping for a price spike after it made top 8 at GP Quebec. Anyone know why it hasn't and whether I can hope for a spike after this or if I should just cash out?

Probably because he isn't a planeswalker.
Wouldn't expect much in the terms of price increase until after standard rotates tbh - out of every single person I play Magic with, I'm the only one who runs Ulamog in almost any mode despite the fact that other players have him.

My view might be limited because I'm still relatively new to Magic but that's my two cents.

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Werewolves!

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And maybe vampires?
Or maybe I'll have switched to some sort of blue deck at that point. Idrk.

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Is it really?
The only thing I know about Innistrad is that there were Werewolves and Vampires in it. I signed up for MTGO just so I could play those drafts but I don't see them anywhere.

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I couldn't find the Innistrad drafts earlier when I signed up either.
I missed it already, didn't I?

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I found some thread on reddit from almost two weeks ago based on the draft.
It must have only been live for, what, a week?
That's practically nothing.

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Anyone else try out the new c15 decks?
I remade Ezuri into an infect deck but I still feel like he's too slow to be consistently scary.

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GB is a scary deck with a few upgrades

Remade blue green in a snakes deck, which is fun

Watched bw, and its really good straight out of the box

That's the Meren deck, right? What did you do with it?
Daxos was the only other one I considered even though I don't really like white or black but you know.

I've been drafting BFZ on MTGO. This set seems fun.

We should play - I'll send you my username or w/e when I get home.
And yes, BFZ is fantastic.

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Been having a lot of trouble in BFZ draft. Can anyone who's had successful draft decks post pictures of them? I think I just don't have a good idea for "how much of the thing" my deck is doing I need to have for it to work - how all-in on my archetype do I need to be? etc.

It depends on what types of colors you're being passed and stuff, but green in general is a big no-no in Zendikar unless you're running it as a secondary color.
I just won a draft tournament this week so here's the decklist in case you're interested:

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1x Dust Stalker
1x Wasteland Strangler
2x Dominator Drone
2x Kozilek's Channeler
2x Vestige of Emrakul
1x Reckless Cohort
1x Mindraker
1x Kalastria Healer
1x Kalastria Nightwatch
1x Bloodbond Vampire
1x Conduit of Ruin

1x Sure Strike
1x Stonefury
1x Rising Miasma
1x Complete Disregard
1x Painful Truths
1x Touch of the Void
1x Swarm Surge
1x Titan's Presence

1x Mortuary Mire
8x Swamp
9x Mountain

It also helps that red/black eldrazi is probably the strongest archetype in the current format but that's what I had.
Pedit - what chamber said. Green is pretty bad.

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Makes sense.
The only real success I've had when drafting green was when I had some ace card that should never really be relied upon in draft, a la Oblivion Sower or Ulamog.

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The only good thing about the Splinter Twin ban is that I don't have to spend money/time building it only to have it banned when I actually had it.
Is UR still viable in modern outside of twin?

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Pulled an Ancient Tomb and Horizon Canopy Expeditions yesterday. I'd say its the luckiest I've been opening packs.

Dat value. Nice pulls

The only good thing about the Splinter Twin ban is that I don't have to spend money/time building it only to have it banned when I actually had it.
Is UR still viable in modern outside of twin?

Yep. Delver gained a new 2-drop beater in Stormchaser Mage, and a Kiki-Jiki deck is likely still strong.

Is there a decklist for UR Delver floating around? It sounds interesting but idk if it'd be solid enough to play against top tier stuff - I already run G/R ramp in standard so Tron is/was my other modern option outside of Twin.

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Pulled an Ancient Tomb and Horizon Canopy Expeditions yesterday. I'd say its the luckiest I've been opening packs.

Dat value. Nice pulls

The only good thing about the Splinter Twin ban is that I don't have to spend money/time building it only to have it banned when I actually had it.
Is UR still viable in modern outside of twin?

Yep. Delver gained a new 2-drop beater in Stormchaser Mage, and a Kiki-Jiki deck is likely still strong.

Is there a decklist for UR Delver floating around? It sounds interesting but idk if it'd be solid enough to play against top tier stuff - I already run G/R ramp in standard so Tron is/was my other modern option outside of Twin.

Something along the lines of:

4 Delver of Secrets
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Stormchaser Mage
1 Grim Lavamancer

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Serum Visions
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Remand
2 Spell Snare
2 Izzet Charm
2 Electrolyze
1 Cryptic Command
1 Mutagenic Growth

4 Scalding Tarn
4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Steam Vents
2 Sulfur Falls
4 Island
1 Mountain

with a Sideboard that includes at least 2-3 Blood Moons

Grixis could be spicy too, with Gurmag Angler, Kolaghan's Command, Thoughtseize, Terminate, and Tasigur.

I'm building this now.
I'd build Tron but that'll probably be gibbed next.

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Eldrazi are all but guaranteed to eat some kind of ban soonish - if not in April, then at the end of the year.
I'm not sure how it's going to work out in legacy but it won't last for long in modern.

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Someone stole my Ezuri, Claw of Progress deck a while back.
I'm still sad about it.

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So, I don't know why I forgot to post this here sooner, but I often stream magic tournaments on twitch at the stream

https://www.twitch.tv/mtgcm_live

Stream schedule is
Wed: Modern.
Thur: Legacy.

7:30 PM Central Time.

I don't stream every time but I will try to keep people updated about when I am. I'm streaming legacy tonight.

I'll be streaming tonight for the first modern since the bannings. Hope to get some sweet brews on camera!

Btw, I tuned in for this and thought it was a good broadcast.
You guys are good commentators.

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Someone stole my Ezuri, Claw of Progress deck a while back.
I'm still sad about it.

Btw, scratch this - I caught the guy who stole it from me and got it back.

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New Emrakul sucks.
So my ramp deck is completely dead and isn't coming back. I'm so sad. D:

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go blue/green ramp.

Also Thalia is gross!

Why? I'm enjoying the change to Izzet Eldrazi but I don't see what Simic gives me instead - all of the good boardwipes are in red atm and green just doesn't do much outside of midrange.

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I actually really like Eldrazi. My first big standard deck was Eldrazi and I'm currently in the process of building Eldrazi aggro for Legacy and Freyalise Eldrazi for EDH.
My biggest complaint with the upcoming set is just how much power white is getting. I don't see the point in printing even more efficient creatures in white when it's already the best color in the game and is already warping the format to the point where it's almost impossible to build a good standard deck without white in it.

I'm hoping Liliana will be strong enough to warrant unwarping the format but I doubt it, especially with Gideon being the strongest standard planeswalker as is.

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Tamiyo looks sick, but yes, I don't understand why they printed something that's already in the strongest current color combination in the game.