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[hasdgfas]

Was Canada or Japan the bigger shock to fail to get to Day 2? (And who's the biggest surprise if it's not one of those two?)

[Thestatusquo]

Japan didnt day 2? They won their last round, did their tie breaks suck that bad?

[Thestatusquo]

Wow, yeah they came in 33. Rough beats. Not sure which is a bigger surprise.

France was a pretty big surprise too.

[beeboy]

Downloading magic online then I will do my first legacy cube (first cube I have done in general)

[chamber]

Was Canada or Japan the bigger shock to fail to get to Day 2? (And who's the biggest surprise if it's not one of those two?)

Is canada not day 2ing that big of a surprise?

[beeboy]

Why buy event tickets on sites like magic traders when they are cheaper on the client
I am pretty sure I am missing something pretty major

[bv310]

I honestly can not think of a single reason other than sales on tix like MTGOTraders had last week.

[Thestatusquo]

Was Canada or Japan the bigger shock to fail to get to Day 2? (And who's the biggest surprise if it's not one of those two?)

Is canada not day 2ing that big of a surprise?

I mean they have two pro tour winners on their team in Sean McLaren and Alexander Hayne.

They were a favorite to win it all. Seeing them not day 2 is definitely a shock.

[Thestatusquo]

The issue with Canadian magic isn't like top end quality. The top 3 of Jacob Wilson, McLaren and Hayne is as good as any top 3 in the world (better than most).

The issue is that outside of those three names there really aren't that many world caliber players. But in an event like this where you get to put your best 2 or 3 players, Canada is a powerhouse.

[theelkspeaks]

Where do we go to see this event you're talking about?

[Thestatusquo]

vods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3FJzZh ... n&index=22
www.twitch.tv/magic for the top 8 and top 4 of worlds sunday at 2 am.

[beeboy]

This is the deck I built

[Thestatusquo]

spectral possession seems borderline uncastable.

[Klazam]

Its still decent as a 4-5 mana play imo

[bv310]

I would have run Hypnotic Specter instead

[Klazam]

oh theres the sideboard. hm, yeah you're right

Hyppie instead of procession
dark confidant instead of pain seer
silverblade paladin instead of ranger of eos (you have too few 1 drops)

[bv310]

I agree on #1 and 3, but I think Pain Seer instead of Bob is probably better. This deck has a ton of 4-drops, and being able to turn off Bob triggers by not attacking seems decent.

[Thestatusquo]

I'd play them both and cut a couple fours for another one drop.

[Sudo_Nym]

If I'm remembering my LSV properly, you should just play a bunch of 7 drops and win that way. More balla

[Thestatusquo]

http://www.channelfireball.com/videos/c ... r-draft-1/

[Knight of Cydonia]

So. Modern Masters 2015. $10 a pack. 8th Ed to New Phyrexia. Not sure if Wizards taking advantage of licence to print money, or packs with insane EV. Knowing Wizards, probably the former.

[Shanba]

I don't see why they wouldn't have pretty decent EV in the packs - modern masters v1 wasn't bad from that standpoint. The concept as a whole makes sense as a way for wizards to tap into the secondary market for magic cards - let the high price of the singles you put into your packs subsidise the sale of those packs for draft players, allowing you to charge higher prices overall.

[Thestatusquo]

10 bucks per pack msrp means we're gunna see like 50 buck drafts again.

:/

[Sudo_Nym]

Alternate solution: Get a bunch of lands and just write the names of MM cards on them, then draft that.

[Thestatusquo]

Would there be any interest from anyone here in renting a house in vegas for the week of MM2015 GP? Looks like it would cost ~100-150 per week per person.

Would be super fun I think.