Magic: The Gathering,GO TEAM MS!

[AGar]

B) So we've finally reached the point where magic has been dumbed down enough that we're making rule changes with the idea of enriching a shitty durly offshoot variant? Eff that.

For what it's worth, nowhere did the devs say that this was a change influenced by Commander. It just so happens to help some kinks in that format as well.

The "why" from one of the developers.

[bv310]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Now I won't get to ever make my favorite play again:
- Fate casts Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
- I'm at 5 life
- "HAHA CAN'T REMOVE IT, GG"
- Play Clone

Oh well, this is PROBABLY a good thing for the game, honestly.

You still win through this play. He has to swing with Ruric into your Ruric, and they trade in combat.

[xRECKONERx]

Yeah but the great part about it was removing Ruric Thar without playing a noncreature spell

[Thestatusquo]

Playing this at FNM tomorrow, because why the fuck not.

3 Mountain
1 Swamp
4 Maze's End
2 Izzet Guildgate
2 Gruul Guildgate
2 rakdos Guildgate
2 Simic Guildgate
2 Golgari Guildgate
2 Azorius Guildgate
2 Selesnya Guildgate
2 Orzhov Guildgate
2 Dimir Guildgate
2 Boros Guildgate
4 fog
2 supreme verdict
4 Devour Flesh
4 Saruli Gatekeepers
4 Urban Evolution
3 Dreadbore
4 Far // Away
2 pillar of flame
4 Mizzium Mortars
1 Putrefy

[bv310]

God I wish I could go to FNMs. I would totally play that. Looks hella fun.

[Thestatusquo]

Just threw it together based on the block list. Any suggestions are welcome,

[Thestatusquo]

Oh man, I need a way to shove gatecreeper in there.

[xRECKONERx]

holy shit that looks fun

[Fate]

I think Azorius charm over devour flesh to catch back up on tempo lost from gates would be better, I know that card just really, really fucks me every time.

Just put like 15 sacrifice effects/ray of revelations in the SB for Bant Pants >_>b

[Thestatusquo]

I think as constructed bant is actually a good matchup.

[Thestatusquo]

Ok, so here's the final list:

1 Mountain
1 forest
1 plains
1 Swamp
4 Maze's End
2 Izzet Guildgate
2 Gruul Guildgate
2 rakdos Guildgate
2 Simic Guildgate
2 Golgari Guildgate
2 Azorius Guildgate
2 Selesnya Guildgate
2 Orzhov Guildgate
2 Dimir Guildgate
2 Boros Guildgate

2 gatecreeper vine
2 terminus
2 supreme verdict
4 bonfire of the damned
4 Devour Flesh
4 Saruli Gatekeepers
4 Urban Evolution
3 Dreadbore
4 Far // Away
2 pillar of flame
1 Putrefy

Sb:
3 pithing needle
2 dispel
3 abrupt decay
4 sin collector
3 cracking perimeter

[xRECKONERx]

when would you play Crackling Perimeter?

[TheButtonmen]

Crackling Perimeter doesn't hit creatures so probably never.

[chamber]

vs a control deck with land d?

[Thestatusquo]

Perimeter comes in against control. In particular it and abrupt decay are your only answers to pithing needle.

[Fate]

verdict and terminus x4 seems a lot better than bonfires

[Thestatusquo]

I don't know that I agree. For one thing, bonfire hits planeswalkers.

[Fate]

fair point

[kdowns]

15th at a TCG Platinum, That isn't too bad. xD

[Klazam]

I may go to scg Baltimore.

not sure if I'm going both days, but

standard: GR aggro
legacy: Dredge

[InflatablePie]

So this got first place at Ohio TCGPlayer States:

4 Cloudfin Raptor
4 Experiment One
4 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Strangleroot Geist
4 Voice of Resurgence
2 Young Wolf

2 Call of the Conclave
2 Feeling of Dread
4 Rancor
4 Rapid Hybridization
2 Rootborn Defenses
1 Selesnya Charm
2 Unsummon

4 Breeding Pool
1 Forest
4 Hallowed Fountain
4 Hinterland Harbor
4 Sunpetal Grove
4 Temple Garden

SB:
3 Dryad Militant
2 Ground Seal
3 Nearheath Pilgrim
2 Ray of Revelation
4 Spell Rupture
1 Unflinching Courage

I remember Shea or Reck or someone thinking of Bant Aggro with Cloudfin Raptor and this deck looks pretty close. So that's neat. And it plays Voice because value I guess.

[AGar]

Yeah Shea was looking to run something similar, but he scrapped it if I recall.

[xRECKONERx]

That is close to the Bant deck I wanted to make when I saw DGM spoiles.

[bv310]

I've been tooling around on something similar for a while, but I ended up cutting Blue for Black. Black gets Abrupt Decay and Putrefy, and I replaced GST with Loxodon Smiter. It ends up being a radically different deck to play, but it reaches similar goals.

[chamber]

I may go to scg Baltimore.

not sure if I'm going both days, but

standard: GR aggro
legacy: Dredge

There is a mafiascum meet happening in baltimore right now and you choose mtg instead? .