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Post Post #5622 (isolation #1000) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:47 am

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

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Post Post #5624 (isolation #1001) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:54 am

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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.
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Post Post #5626 (isolation #1002) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:23 am

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I don't see why we cant do both of these things.
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Post Post #5628 (isolation #1003) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:08 am

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Post Post #5630 (isolation #1004) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:56 am

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Post Post #5632 (isolation #1005) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:31 am

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There's a lot of things I could say about that, but all I really want to say is I'm sorry and that sucks.
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Post Post #5635 (isolation #1006) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:43 am

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Doing some brief research it seems like Mr. Nice Guy Games might be a good option.

Is that one of the ones you tried?
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Post Post #5638 (isolation #1007) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:00 pm

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for all of that I will trade you 3 trident layers and 1 HP copy of Ekundu Cyclops
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Post Post #5640 (isolation #1008) » Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:04 pm

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dude. trident layers.
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Post Post #5660 (isolation #1009) » Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:41 pm

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I haven't had an actual "this is a bug" issue on mtgo in a couple of months. I've had a whole fuck ton of "wow this is designed really shittily" issues, but thats a given with mtgo.
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Post Post #5662 (isolation #1010) » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:53 am

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Thing is, the old version was outdated and function too, this version is less outdated but also less functional.

I don't think that's a good tradeoff.
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Post Post #5665 (isolation #1011) » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:40 am

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Thats awesome. I'm going to sleeve that up and play a little.

Can your curve afford more fetchlands? I feel as if brainstorm isn't going to be good like this.
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Post Post #6118 (isolation #1012) » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:38 am

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Just registered for Grand Prix Vegas.

Roll call. Who else is going? If we have enough it would be cool to have a MS dinner/drinks one of the days. I'll be there Thursday night til monday morning (maybe later on monday. I haven't booked my flights yet.)
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Post Post #6119 (isolation #1013) » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:35 am

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Also, I'll be with 3 other goons who are likely to like games like mafia (my buddy nick even comes to some of our meets here) so maybe we can even get a drunken mafia game going one of the nights.
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Post Post #6122 (isolation #1014) » Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:45 am

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That was like my strategy for AVR.

Open first pack wolfir silverheart. Open second pack wolfir silverheart.

Worked out really nicely for me.
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Post Post #6129 (isolation #1015) » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:00 am

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I liked AVR well enough. Best draft formats in the last few years:

1) INN-INN-INN
2) m14
3) KTK-KTK-KTK

Couple of notes: Fate reforged is the worst draft set in a long time. It's the perfect combination of "rares being absurd" and "commons/uncommons being horrendous" that leads to games that are decided by power level imbalance and not by play skill. I don't know how many times I've lost to citadel siege, but I'll be very happy when it never happens again.

Ideas like "3 colors are awkward" or "nothing feels right" are symptomatic of weaker players. Most notably, it implies that most of the players at your store don't know how to adjust their draft values to pick mana fixing highly enough.
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Post Post #6132 (isolation #1016) » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:43 am

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In post 6130, sthar8 wrote:Return and Gatecrash was a great format. Also Lorwyn and Coldsnap.


Coldsnap? COLDSNAP?

You mean literally the worst draft format of all time coldsnap?

You mean draft ripple cards so that they would go off and you would be left with a deck of 80% lands for the rest of the game coldsnap???

That format was actually the worst. The verifiable worst.

(lorwyn was sweet though.)
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Post Post #6137 (isolation #1017) » Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:06 pm

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m14.

Wait, you think m14 was forgettable? M14 is like the weirdest format we've had in the last 3 years. Aggro was unplayable. Divination was a first pick. That format was fucking dope.

M13 was ok.
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Post Post #6138 (isolation #1018) » Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:08 pm

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In post 6136, Espeonage wrote:Normal benchmarks are kinda out the window in DTK. Like 3/3 for 3 is undercosted for creatures in drafting at the moment which puts a new light on the format for me when I realised. Also removal is strong but hard to find, so take it when you can because it's not going to come to you.

3/3 for 3 has and always will be under costed. Thats not new at all.
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Post Post #6146 (isolation #1019) » Fri May 01, 2015 5:05 am

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I know its budget, but the key to good budget is knowing when and where the budget needs to be expanded. It's 100% wrong to not be playing 4 den protector 4 deathmist raptor.

I don't think you need wooded foothills. It doesn't fix your mana, and you don't really have any synergies to take advantage of it.

I think you need some sort of interaction. Stratus dancer is not enough. You're going to lose to getting run over by more powerful decks. Cards like disdainful stroke seem potentially very good in your deck.
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Post Post #6147 (isolation #1020) » Fri May 01, 2015 5:07 am

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I would probably play icefeather aven. Card seems sweet in your deck.
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Post Post #6148 (isolation #1021) » Fri May 01, 2015 5:38 am

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maybe even stubborn denial. Very good when your ahead. Mediocre when you're not. Fine at parity.
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Post Post #6150 (isolation #1022) » Fri May 01, 2015 6:39 am

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ooh hooded hydra seems sweet.
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Post Post #6152 (isolation #1023) » Fri May 01, 2015 6:40 am

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I usually forced mill in m13. With a surprising amount of success.
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Post Post #6157 (isolation #1024) » Fri May 01, 2015 12:36 pm

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You could probably trade for a couple of them with the set of wooded foothills that you should take out of this deck.
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Post Post #6161 (isolation #1025) » Wed May 06, 2015 3:30 am

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I've started to think that you're just almost never going to get "the red deck" in this format. It's viewed as good by pretty much everyone so you end up with at least 3 sometimes up to 5 people at a table trying to be in red.

Last night I opened up with roast into tail slash, saw a third pick pacifism and then just never saw another red card the rest of the pack. Ended up wheeling some really nice white and went into pack 2 with almost mono white plus the two red cards. Got shipped 2 pristine skywise pick 3 and 4 and pivoted hard into blue. Ended up working really well for me.

I feel like I need a very strong reason to be in black or red, and by that I mean I need to open a bomb, otherwise I will start avoiding them. Our table had 4 black drafters and 5 red drafters.
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Post Post #6168 (isolation #1026) » Thu May 07, 2015 3:51 am

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The toughness fight card always wheels super late. There was a draft a couple of weeks ago that I saw that card 12-13-14th in a row. If you're getting cards that good that late your deck is going to be good.
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Post Post #6173 (isolation #1027) » Fri May 08, 2015 9:27 am

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I saw that. It amuses me that they picked Jacob Wilson to focus on, as he is literally the least charismatic person of all time.
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Post Post #6174 (isolation #1028) » Fri May 08, 2015 9:54 am

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MM2015 seems kind of disappointing.
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Post Post #6180 (isolation #1029) » Sat May 09, 2015 3:53 pm

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In post 6176, bv310 wrote:It looks exactly like Modern Masters 1 for me. A fun draft format with a handful of $50 bills thrown in for funsies. I like the archetypes they have available, and the rarity changes are neat.

There are 9 rares that are worth more than a dollar. 9. As opposed to 30 in MM1.

There are 4 uncommons in modern masters 2 worth more than 3$. 1 worth over 5$.

The mythics are better since there is only one brick as opposed to like 5, but this set, as a set designed to mitigate high prices and reprint things that need it is an unmitigated failure. Absolutely horrendous.

And they're charging MORE.
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Post Post #6182 (isolation #1030) » Mon May 11, 2015 3:57 am

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*should
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Post Post #6185 (isolation #1031) » Mon May 11, 2015 8:03 am

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I thought you already tried to learn magic?
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Post Post #6187 (isolation #1032) » Mon May 11, 2015 10:26 am

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I don't think this set will balloon in quite the way the last one did.
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Post Post #6189 (isolation #1033) » Mon May 11, 2015 10:41 am

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I haven't seen a draft under 45 here.
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Post Post #6194 (isolation #1034) » Mon May 11, 2015 5:24 pm

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That is one hundred percent shitty advice for sustainable legacy play. FoW is going to go in just about 70% of legacy decks, whereas the lands will not, and in a deck that cares about its life total as little as reanimator does shocklands are way closer to duals than forces are to dazes in a deck that completely dies to hosers.

In terms of which deck to play? I think that's mainly personal preference. I find tin fins to be more fun to play but reanimator is objectively the better deck (based off of tournament results in the last few years.)

But, like I said, forces are one of those cards you're going to have to pick up eventually if you want to play legacy even a little bit seriously. I'd suggest you do so.
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Post Post #6197 (isolation #1035) » Tue May 12, 2015 5:54 am

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I mean, sea's are played in what, BUG delver, storm and reanimator?

Forces are played in: RUG Delver, BUG Delver, UR Delver, Infect, merfolk, miracles, stoneblade, UWR delver, show and tell, solidarity etc etc.
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Post Post #6199 (isolation #1036) » Tue May 12, 2015 9:56 am

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I hate foreign cards. :(
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Post Post #6200 (isolation #1037) » Tue May 12, 2015 9:56 am

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Someone was trying to convince me to put foreign cards in my cube the other day and I was just like but then no one will be able to play my cube...
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Post Post #6202 (isolation #1038) » Tue May 12, 2015 10:45 am

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I like to make my basics white bordered to troll people like you.
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Post Post #6204 (isolation #1039) » Tue May 12, 2015 11:09 am

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Post Post #6205 (isolation #1040) » Tue May 12, 2015 11:10 am

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It serves another purpose. It makes fetchland searching quicker.
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Post Post #6214 (isolation #1041) » Wed May 13, 2015 3:58 am

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In post 6209, Espeonage wrote:I am think of picking a favourite art for each basic land type and ordering 25 of each. This is in the wake of falling in love with a foil swamp I opened recently that goes from boring to absolute amazeballs when in foil.


This is a good idea, but 25 seems like an excessive number. 17 should get you through even the most color heavy draft deck, and you rarely if ever want that many basics in a constructed deck.
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Post Post #6215 (isolation #1042) » Wed May 13, 2015 3:59 am

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I have 40 of each unglued land, but again that's for cube.
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Post Post #6218 (isolation #1043) » Wed May 13, 2015 7:20 am

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Most lists I've seen go 3-4 gristlebrand. Any reason you're on 2?
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Post Post #6224 (isolation #1044) » Thu May 14, 2015 4:21 am

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I like titan in the deck. It's very good against a bunch of the things the deck is bad against: karakas, liliana, etc.
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Post Post #6225 (isolation #1045) » Thu May 14, 2015 4:23 am

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It's also a thread that you can reasonably just cast and likely still win the game with it if you're being hated out game 2. I'm not sure if that means it should be in the board but I definitely like it in the 75, and most lists online seem to agree.
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Post Post #6226 (isolation #1046) » Thu May 14, 2015 4:23 am

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On that note, you should probably have at least a show and tell or two in the board to bring in against potential graveyard hate.
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Post Post #6228 (isolation #1047) » Thu May 14, 2015 5:35 am

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Makes sense. So your plan against graveyard hate right now is grave titan and echoing truth?
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Post Post #6238 (isolation #1048) » Fri May 15, 2015 11:20 am

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I think its not correct to take rabblemasters out nearly as much as most people do.
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Post Post #6244 (isolation #1049) » Fri May 15, 2015 8:03 pm

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Unless its like a 9$ draft. My store does 9$ drafts on a weekday with redrafts.

Also, Modern Masters drafts will be redrafts a large amount of the time because of the cost.
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Post Post #6249 (isolation #1050) » Sat May 16, 2015 2:30 am

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In post 6246, Espeonage wrote:I just don't see the point of playing if there isn't a redraft. There's no reason to even try to come first, just pick whatever is the most value and then leave.

well... uhhh...some people play magic because they enjoy playing magic.

I'm sorry you appear to not be one of those people?
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Post Post #6252 (isolation #1051) » Sat May 16, 2015 4:28 am

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In post 6250, hasdgfas wrote:
In post 6248, Espeonage wrote:The two times I've done without redraft all first place got was whatever the fnm promo was at the time.


Then your store is really, er, "frugal" with their prizes. Most places that don't do redrafts actually give you packs as prizes for doing well.

In post 6244, Thestatusquo wrote:Unless its like a 9$ draft. My store does 9$ drafts on a weekday with redrafts.

Also, Modern Masters drafts will be redrafts a large amount of the time because of the cost.


Yeah. If it's super cheap, redrafts are ok. But regular price drafts with redrafts as "prizes"? No way.

In post 6246, Espeonage wrote:I just don't see the point of playing if there isn't a redraft. There's no reason to even try to come first, just pick whatever is the most value and then leave.


I like, you know, playing Magic too.


Oh yeah, charging 15 and not prize supporting is absolute horse shit.

I suspect there are almost no places that do that though?
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Post Post #6264 (isolation #1052) » Sat May 16, 2015 8:50 pm

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KoC, just saying "the person who does better in the tournament gets better prizes" with more pejoratives doesn't actually make it a bad thing?
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Post Post #6267 (isolation #1053) » Sun May 17, 2015 5:24 am

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In post 6265, Knight of Cydonia wrote:
In post 6264, Thestatusquo wrote:KoC, just saying "the person who does better in the tournament gets better prizes" with more pejoratives doesn't actually make it a bad thing?


Context is a wonderful thing, especially when you consider the context of "$18 drafts with no other prize support"

I mean, if you want to argue that that's how we want to introduce new players to the joys of FNM, that's cool

you're an idiot.
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Post Post #6274 (isolation #1054) » Sun May 17, 2015 5:41 pm

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I'm not saying that redrafts are good. I agree they're bad. I'm specifically annoyed by his attitude that seems to suggest that people who are better in the tournament shouldn't get better prizes. Thats just...how tournaments work. And called people names like "playmore mcspikington" or whatever just shows that he's not good at the game and needs an outlet for his anger and jealousy towards people who are.
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Post Post #6277 (isolation #1055) » Sun May 17, 2015 7:09 pm

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I don't believe you've cashed the last 4 GPs you've played in. :)
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Post Post #6284 (isolation #1056) » Mon May 18, 2015 10:35 am

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The store I'm involved with here in Chicago runs 3 per head as prize support for drafts and 4 per head as prize support for constructed. 15$ and 10$ respectively.
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Post Post #6286 (isolation #1057) » Mon May 18, 2015 6:08 pm

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4?

We make 2.25 per person on constructed and 1.25 per person on limited.
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Post Post #6290 (isolation #1058) » Sun May 24, 2015 4:48 am

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9th place in PPTQ yesterday on 3% breakers.

All the daggers.
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Post Post #6292 (isolation #1059) » Thu May 28, 2015 4:26 am

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Leave for vegas in about 10 hours. Plan "scrub out and play poker the whole weekend" will be in full force.

Although day 2 nets you two free MM drafts. Dat value.
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Post Post #6310 (isolation #1060) » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:38 am

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Missed D2 with a record of X-2-1. Guy chose to take the draw even though I had him dead on board next turn, had a banefire in hand and a draw knocked us both out.

Fucking fantastic.
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Post Post #6311 (isolation #1061) » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:39 am

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"I don't scoop, dude. I just don't do it."
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Post Post #6703 (isolation #1062) » Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:39 pm

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Post Post #6717 (isolation #1063) » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:28 am

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In post 6712, Natirasha wrote:So, I have a question for everyone here.

My EDH partner and I've had a bit of a falling-out lately due to the fact I win upwards of 90% of our matches(this extends to non-edh formats, too). Her because losing sucks, me because I don't like playing things with a near-fixed outcome and I don't like hurting my friend's feelings. We are also both each other's only Magic partner, so we effectively don't play Magic anymore due to it.

But, I'm having trouble diagnosing the cause of
why
or figuring out how to fix the apparently win rate disparity. She has nearly three times the collection I do and she plays semi-competitively in other formats so it's not a card-evaluation issue nor an availability issue. We can swap and play each other's decks, and I'll still maintain my win rate, so its not really a deckbuilding issue.

Which really only leaves a skill discrepancy, which is weird considering we've also both played for similar amounts of time. I guess it's a mindset issue(I'm very Spike-y and she's very Johnny), but I don't know how to fix this in a way that doesn't involve me just throwing matches(which feels so gross and I directly hinders my enjoyment of the game)...

"u guise halp me solve dis problem it is that i am 2 gud at magic omg halp."
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Post Post #6722 (isolation #1064) » Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:59 am

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Roommates play lot of commander.
Shea hates commander.
Shea wants to play magic with roommates despite this fact.
Shea throws every black green or blue rare he owns into a deck
Commander Sidisi.
Shea can play commander with roommates.
Shea sometimes wins games which seems absurd to him.
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Post Post #6727 (isolation #1065) » Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:06 pm

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I mean, I played omni for a long time. That deck was fucking fantastic.
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Post Post #6735 (isolation #1066) » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:12 am

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Layers and timestamps my friend.

How this works is that multiple characteristic defining abilities that effect the same layer for one card, so they're applied in timestamp order. In this case we have the following P/T layers to deal with:

7b: Power/Toughness setting effects.
-Awaken spell sets P/T to 0/0
-Activated Ability of Hissing Quagmire sets its p/t to 2/2

Whichever thing happens second will take precedence because thats how effects in the same layer work.

So if you activated it and THEN awakened it it would be a 0/0 for the turn, but if you awaken and THEN activate it it would be a 2/2

then we get to

7d: Power/Toughness changes from counters.
- X +1/+1 counters are on the land.

So whichever the base toughness is based off of the time stamps in layer 7b, you add the number of counters to it.

The second part is that when the activated wears off (at the end of the turn) it is still a 0/0 because we still have the awaken modifer in 7b but we do not any longer have the other modification in 7b.

Source: I'm a level 1 judge.
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Post Post #6737 (isolation #1067) » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:31 am

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Modifying effects of the same type in the same layer go by timestamp order, yes.

Your understanding is correct. Whichever of those things happens last is the one that is true. Either it is a 2/2 creature with death touch or it is a 3/3 creature with haste. This is because of the wording "becomes" rather than "gains."
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Post Post #6741 (isolation #1068) » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:47 am

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Derp, chamber you're right. I forgot that abilities have their own layer.

This is why you always have the right to appeal your judge calls, kids.
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Post Post #6745 (isolation #1069) » Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:53 pm

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Yeah I passed my test like 4 months ago.
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Post Post #6746 (isolation #1070) » Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:54 pm

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Cow is also an l1
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Post Post #6754 (isolation #1071) » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:26 am

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Twin was an archetypical fair combo deck. Couldn't win before turn 4. Highly interactive.

The reality is that in any metagame there will always be a top deck that "warps the meta" in the sense that it is the best deck and you have to take it into account when you choose what you are sleeving up, but it only represented 11% of the metagame, as opposed to miracles which represents 17% of the metagame in legacy and abzan which represents 25% of the metagame in standard. You can not make the argument that twin was making modern undiverse. This is because modern was by far the most diverse metagame around and had been for a very long time.

So the deck was successful? So what? So it was (slightly) more successful than other tier one decks. So what? Is your goal to make every tier 1 deck have exactly the same level of success? That's stupid and impossible. 11% of the format is not format warping. Consistently top 8ing is not format warping.

It's by far the dumbest ban they've made since seething song.
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Post Post #6758 (isolation #1072) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:38 am

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You're kidding right? It was a combo that was answerable by removal spells which other decks already played???

Like, its not like you need some special cards to beat twin. Just abrupt decay, path to exile, etc. You know, cards that are already maindecked in modern.

That's like the least convincing argument I've ever heard.
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Post Post #6760 (isolation #1073) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:25 am

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I think wizards is banning decks because they want to change up the format for the pro tour.

And its fucking stupid. Modern was an absurdly healthy format. The whole point of eternal formats is that they don't change that much and decks are consistently good for a long time.
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Post Post #6762 (isolation #1074) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:10 am

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In legacy that doesn't really happen, but yeah, that's part of why I am so upset about this stuff.

Like, UWR control is literally the only pro tour winning modern deck to not have a card banned from it in the next year. That is deeply unhealthy for people who are thinking about plunking down a large amount of money to get into the format.

Say you were a standard player and you finally took the plunge and bought into modern with pod, a good deck that was very skill intensive to play. That got banned, I guess they're right that it is a LITTLE bit too good, so you were like ok I guess I'll just build twin instead since its literally the definition of what they say is ok for the format and its the best tier one deck (though only by a little bit). Welp, now you're fucked again. Even though the format was incredibly diverse. Even though it was incredibly healthy. Even though twin was having literally no negative effects on the format.

I'm pretty close to saying fuck modern and just sticking to legacy.
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Post Post #6766 (isolation #1075) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:17 am

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what the actual fuck.
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Post Post #6768 (isolation #1076) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:56 am

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I think a lot of the problems modern as a format has would be ameliorated by banning all fetchlands.

Thoughts?
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Post Post #6770 (isolation #1077) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:33 am

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I think hexproof is a worse development mistake that they keep propagating.
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Post Post #6774 (isolation #1078) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:42 am

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A deck that wouldn't need a banning if they had just left twin in the format...
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Post Post #6777 (isolation #1079) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:55 am

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In post 6776, Sudo_Nym wrote:It's like every time they ban a deck for being the best deck, the meta shifts so that something else becomes the best deck! Clearly, the only solution is to ban every card.
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Post Post #6781 (isolation #1080) » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:09 pm

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Shanba is probably a grisshoalbrand player.
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Post Post #6785 (isolation #1081) » Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:45 am

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No?

Eggs got banned mainly because it was a logistical nightmare for tournaments. Games were going to turns and then the eggs player would take a 30 minute turn after time going off. Tournaments were running over by hours.

Eggs was never nearly as good as pod or twin.
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Post Post #6789 (isolation #1082) » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:15 am

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Its similar to why top was banned at the beginning of the format. Not because they thought it was too powerful, but rather that they were concerned that it would make tournaments go too slowly. (which is another part of why I would love fetchlands getting banned. How much time do we waste shuffling every fucking round?)
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Post Post #6793 (isolation #1083) » Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:26 am

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I also don't like the effect they have on modern manabases and how colors basically don't matter.
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Post Post #6800 (isolation #1084) » Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:01 pm

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I loved eggs.

That deck was awesome.

There is a vocal group of people that freaks out anytime magic is more interesting than HERP DERP I PLAY MY 4 DROP CREATURE AND YOU PLAY YOUR REMOVAL SPELL THEN YOU PLAY YOUR 4 DROP CREATURE WHICH IS THE SAME THING BUT IN DIFFERENT COLORS. HERP DERP.

Eggs was a victim of that vocal group. Fuck those guys, they're the reason magic is now terrible and there is literally only one deck legal in standard, just 10 different versions playing different colors trying to execute the same boring creature midrange strategy.
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Post Post #6803 (isolation #1085) » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:46 am

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woah.

you're rich.
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Post Post #6810 (isolation #1086) » Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:06 pm

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thats a really pretty broad question?
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Post Post #6812 (isolation #1087) » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:35 pm

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Did I ever use the phrase "vocal minority?"
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Post Post #6813 (isolation #1088) » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:36 pm

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Also, nice strawman. I never said I wanted to go back to "spells and combo being king"

But I WOULD like to go back to standard being a format where there was more than 1 type of deck you could play.
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Post Post #6817 (isolation #1089) » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:14 am

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My favorite pauper decks were always mono U and mono B control.

I feel like they were both pretty pricey for pauper standards though (~100 tix)
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Post Post #6822 (isolation #1090) » Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:25 am

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Brainstorm is really really really bad in that deck, pie.
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Post Post #6824 (isolation #1091) » Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:26 am

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Daze? Spire golem maybe?
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Post Post #6826 (isolation #1092) » Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:42 pm

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I don't know how the meta has shifted in the last 2 years since I played seriously, but it would have to have shifted a lot for me to think that stormbound geist could ever be run over spire golem in a mono blue deck.

Have you read that card?
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Post Post #6829 (isolation #1093) » Wed Jan 27, 2016 4:28 am

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I think lonely sandbar is usually good in decks that need to hedge against flooding out. At 17 lands and cards like gush and deprive I don't really think that's a huge issue for your deck.
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Post Post #6834 (isolation #1094) » Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:51 am

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Is there decent support on mtgo again, shanba? I mean, I know the leagues exist but their prizes are shit. Are there regular dailies I can play in again? If so I'd love to get back in and brew with you.

I sold out though so I'd have to buy back in which would be annoying.
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Post Post #6857 (isolation #1095) » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:04 pm

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i crecked this:

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And turned it into these babies:

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Post Post #6860 (isolation #1096) » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:25 pm

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I have 4 misty rainforest already?
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Post Post #6864 (isolation #1097) » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:46 pm

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Wanna feel more mad, Pie?

It's only my fourth pack of BFZ.

:-p
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Post Post #6865 (isolation #1098) » Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:07 pm

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Will any MS type people be in either DC or Detroit?

Those are my next two GPs.
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Post Post #6867 (isolation #1099) » Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:15 pm

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me too. Maybe see you there!
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Post Post #6868 (isolation #1100) » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:58 am

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Welp. Modern is broken.
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Post Post #6870 (isolation #1101) » Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:11 am

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Yep.

I wonder if they'll emergency ban it like they did memory jar.
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Post Post #6873 (isolation #1102) » Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:19 am

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10 of the decks currently in the top 16 (going into round 16) are this eldrazi deck.

It's had like a 75% win rate, which is deceptive since, as there are so many people playing it at the top tables, most of those losses are the mirror match.

It has just ripped modern in half.
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Post Post #6876 (isolation #1103) » Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:25 am

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Yeah. I don't think thats the better version of the deck, though.
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Post Post #6878 (isolation #1104) » Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:33 am

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The deck does not play tron.
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Post Post #6879 (isolation #1105) » Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:37 am

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Approximation of the list people have been playing from camera matches.


Creatures (26)
4 Endless One
4 Eldrazi Mimic
2 Spellskite
4 Matter Reshaper
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Reality Smasher

4 Chalice of the Void
3 Dismember

4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Eldrazi Temple
4 Eye of Ugin
4 Ghost Quarter
3 Mutavault
3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Wastes

Sideboard
3 Gut Shot
4 Relic of Progenitus
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Spellskite
2 Warping Wail
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Post Post #6884 (isolation #1106) » Sat Feb 06, 2016 1:14 pm

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The twin matchup would not be horrible.

Thought Knot is a hell of a card.

Bloom might have had a decent matchup against them.
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Post Post #6886 (isolation #1107) » Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:05 am

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In what way is this deck a combo deck?

Are you joking?
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Post Post #6887 (isolation #1108) » Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:06 am

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Also I'm not sure in what world a deck that swings with 2 5/5s on turn 3 struggles with batterskull but it sure must be an interesting one to live in.
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Post Post #6890 (isolation #1109) » Sun Feb 07, 2016 6:19 pm

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neither of those decks are even remotely close to being combo decks wtf.

do words not mean anything?
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Post Post #6898 (isolation #1110) » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:43 pm

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The u: counter target sorcery part might be playable, depending on the metagame (though not likely in current standard or modern, really.)

The rest of it is a resounding meh.

Players always always ALWAYS overvalue this sort of effect when it is almost never actually good. I can't count the number of times people have brought in their slaughter games or cranial extraction or surgical extraction against me and cast it triumphantly to which I would be like "ooooook....I am actively happy you have that card in your deck. That card does legitimately nothing against me."

These sorts of effects are really bad in general. This one is a little better than normal since at least it does something (counters a spell) instead of just paying four mana to accomplish literally nothing if I don't happen to have a copy of the card named in my hand, but its still not an amazing effect.

Lastly, the conditional on it is not trivial. 4 card types in the yard? In a strandard without fetchlands that could go a whole game without happening very easily (creature instant sorcery being the only big ones) and in modern its hit or miss.

All of this adds up to me thinking that card is really really bad.
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Post Post #6903 (isolation #1111) » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:42 am

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I will definitely be at detroit. It's looking less and less likely I'll be at DC (teammate backed out)
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Post Post #6910 (isolation #1112) » Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:15 pm

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In post 6904, Debonair Danny DiPietro wrote:
In post 6903, Thestatusquo wrote:I will definitely be at detroit. It's looking less and less likely I'll be at DC (teammate backed out)


Me and my brother need a third since ours backed out... (assuming you play better than Grant because he was a nice guy but not exactly a standout at the Magics).

So we're two teams of two without a third? lol.

I'm going to see if I can find a third for the teammate I ever have first and then if I can't I'll hit you back.
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Post Post #6912 (isolation #1113) » Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:10 am

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http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2016-02-15

Sad I literally just re-picked up my wastelands and my forces, but this is AWESOME for legacy as a whole, which is way more important to me than my personal value.

:)
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Post Post #6917 (isolation #1114) » Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:56 am

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I am a little bit skeptical that this will make legacy affordable for most players on, say, a modern budget.

The big elephant in the room is the duals. If they don't dissolve the reserved list and reprint them likely any lowered cost of staples like forces and wastelands will lead to increased cost of the format in the form of higher demand for duals.

:/

It's shitty, but this is the position wizards has put us in.
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Post Post #6970 (isolation #1115) » Thu Apr 07, 2016 10:30 am

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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.
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Post Post #6971 (isolation #1116) » Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:51 am

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WOOOO!

Incidentally all cards are for sale, if anyone happens to be interested.
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Post Post #6973 (isolation #1117) » Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:39 am

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I'd be looking for 40.
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Post Post #6976 (isolation #1118) » Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:01 am

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lol. Nothing criminal about supply and demand. These are promos of which only a handful are made, so the supply is very low. Also, they're the only foil versions of these cards available, so theres a pretty high demand from people who like foils.

Also also. You think that's bad?

Don't click this link to see what that Force of Will costs.
http://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/judge-p ... ce-of-will
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Post Post #6978 (isolation #1119) » Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:32 am

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Well mainly because you cant get these cards in boosters...

Also, if to get all the cards you want for a deck you have to open 50 boosters, you're spending WAY more money on sealed product than it would cost just to build the deck.
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Post Post #6980 (isolation #1120) » Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:04 pm

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1) That's fine. You are what is called a "casual player." That's a fine way to play the game. It's, however, not the way that a lot of other people play the game. There are tournaments and they're a lot of fun to play. You need to put more thought into which cards go in your deck. Why is the way you play better than the way other people play?

2) The average monetary value of the cards in a booster pack varies by set but it hovers around $1.50 to $2.50. you are almost always losing money on average when you crack a booster pack.

For instance, the pack EV of Oath is around 2.50. Here's the math http://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/the ... -gatewatch

3) Fair point. If you like playing scratch offs then thats on you. I don't really enjoy it, though.
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Post Post #6987 (isolation #1121) » Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:13 pm

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I'm not convinced the above post is in English.
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Post Post #6991 (isolation #1122) » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:56 pm

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Is that so?
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Post Post #6993 (isolation #1123) » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:32 am

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In post 6970, Thestatusquo wrote: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!
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Post Post #6998 (isolation #1124) » Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:07 am

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Thanks! That means a lot to me!

I'll be streaming modern again this wednesday.
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Post Post #6999 (isolation #1125) » Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:22 am

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Also, legacy players: Thoughts on RUG Delver vs Storm as something to build to get back into legacy?

The cost is relatively the same, as for one I'd have to buy 4 goyf + 6 duals and for the other I'd have to buy 4 Duals + 8 fetches + 4 LED.
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Post Post #7001 (isolation #1126) » Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:33 am

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Its worth noting that I get paid in store credit for both judging and for streaming, so when I say "buy" what I mean is "use my xxx$ of store credit that I've saved up for 6 months on."

also, life complete.

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Post Post #7004 (isolation #1127) » Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:53 pm

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Why would you ever do a 4-3-2-2?
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Post Post #7006 (isolation #1128) » Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:33 pm

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Seriously though, the EV is worse than swiss or 8-4 at literally every win rate. It's basically you just saying "no I do not want an extra pack in the pool." for no reason.
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Post Post #7009 (isolation #1129) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:43 pm

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In post 6970, Thestatusquo wrote: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.


Reminder that you can tune in to watch me cast modern tonight!
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Post Post #7010 (isolation #1130) » Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:05 pm

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Pro tour in about an hour! My friend Gaby doing coverage again. Which is awesome. It's so surreal to watch her in the booth.

Got some friends playing to, so hope they get there.
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Post Post #7012 (isolation #1131) » Fri Apr 22, 2016 5:02 am

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LSV at 7-0 is :)

Love seeing him do well.

Hope he runs it back to top 8 again.

Really feels like cfb/ultra pro pegged the meta perfectly.
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Post Post #7014 (isolation #1132) » Fri Apr 22, 2016 3:11 pm

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the double olivia one?
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Post Post #7016 (isolation #1133) » Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:11 pm

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His draft to start d2 was not nearly as good.
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Post Post #7018 (isolation #1134) » Sat Apr 23, 2016 2:55 am

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Yes. I also adore LSV.

Locked for top 8 no. 2 in a row.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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Post Post #7019 (isolation #1135) » Sat Apr 23, 2016 3:10 am

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Also, for the first time in a long time standard seems more interesting than "4 different midrange decks slamming 4 drops into each other."
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Post Post #7022 (isolation #1136) » Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:29 am

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A lot of twitter is exploding that they shouldn't have shown the concession discussion, but I strongly disagree. There's no sport in the world where they would cut away from a tense moment like that, and as long as concessions are part of the sport, viewers should see how they happen.

For the record, as a judge, there was nothing about the discussion that wasn't above board. They discussed their hands and what cards were left in the decks (derived information from what cards were in the yard, not by looking at the libraries.)

Mangucci was a little bit too forceful but that can be forgiven because of the emotions of the situation.

Though I will say I probably wouldn't have conceded in Mori's spot. I think he was more likely to win from that position, but obviously these were two teammates playing the mirror so they probably knew better than I do.
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Post Post #7024 (isolation #1137) » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:34 pm

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No more modern pro tours :(
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Post Post #7027 (isolation #1138) » Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:35 am

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Open avacyn.
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Post Post #7030 (isolation #1139) » Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:19 am

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it kills professional magic.

And doing it effective immediately absolutely FUCKS everyone who spent time/money/effort getting to plat this year.
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Post Post #7033 (isolation #1140) » Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:27 pm

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http://mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-show ... positivity

Craig Wescoe references Mafia wrt SOI limited at about 8:30 lol.
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Post Post #7066 (isolation #1141) » Sun Jun 12, 2016 8:25 am

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Don't have a trade binder anymore, but now the proud owner of these minty beauties:

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Post Post #7107 (isolation #1142) » Wed Jul 06, 2016 10:12 pm

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I think new liliana is mostly unplayable.
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Post Post #7249 (isolation #1143) » Wed Oct 26, 2016 5:53 am

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Is anyone going to Eternal Weekend or SCG Baltimore?
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Post Post #7251 (isolation #1144) » Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:46 am

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Oh right you're in Columbus. Hmmmm. Any chance you want to save me on hotel costs? Lol.
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Post Post #7254 (isolation #1145) » Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:12 am

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I will be at grand prix milwaukee if anyone is going to that.
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Post Post #7262 (isolation #1146) » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:26 pm

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In post 7255, hasdgfas wrote:
In post 7254, Thestatusquo wrote:I will be at grand prix milwaukee if anyone is going to that.
I will indeed.
Judge or play.
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Post Post #7265 (isolation #1147) » Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:29 am

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I'll definitely be in Louisville. Almost 0 chance of San Jose though.
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Post Post #7274 (isolation #1148) » Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:03 am

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In post 7273, Debonair Danny DiPietro wrote:Made Top 8 and $200 of my tournament, good day. It also appears Shea took on a buddy of mine in Round 11 of GPM.
Oh dear. If I recall correctly I played like crap that whole game.
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Post Post #7276 (isolation #1149) » Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:05 am

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In louisville this weekend. Battling.
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Post Post #7293 (isolation #1150) » Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:27 am

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Will be battling in CBus this weekend.

Here's the current list though that might change over the next few days of testing:


Main:

2x Anticipate
4x Harnessed Lightning
1x Negate
1x Quarantine Field
2x Blessed Alliance
4x Disallow
3x Saheeli Rai
3x Radiant Flames
3x Felidar Guard
4x Glimmer of Genius
2x Nahiri, the Harbinger
1x Fumigate
3x Torrential Gearhulk
1x Descend Upon the Sinful
4x Port Town
4x Aether Hub
4x Wandering Fumarole
3x Spirebluff Canal
3x Insipiring Vantage
4x Plains
4x Island

SB:

4x Spell Queller
3x Dispel
2x Negate
1x Fumigate
1x Quarantine Field
3x Fragmentize
1x Linvala
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Post Post #7296 (isolation #1151) » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:04 am

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I have a really wide range. But also I did play quite a bit of twin in modern and I've played quite a bit of control, which this deck is, just with an "oops I win" combo attached.

Baral was meh in my testing. The problem is the number of counters in this deck isn't super high. The discount is nice, but you don't really need it that much and he doesn't really help you in implementing any of your main gameplans.
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Post Post #7298 (isolation #1152) » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:16 am

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I'm not sure that tapping out for a 5 mana sorcery is quite where I want to be in this format.
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Post Post #7299 (isolation #1153) » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:19 am

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In post 7281, xyzzy wrote:tbh I really, really doubt the Saheeli Rai/Felidar Guardian combo will actually take off; it might do well occasionally in some metas, but it's way too easy to just hold up mana for Shock if you're in red and hold up mana (as well an Evolving Wilds or something else that can leave the battlefield for free) for Fatal Push if you're in black. it's a really good combo if your opponent can't play around it; if your opponent
can
play around it, it's just... nothing.
wut.
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Post Post #7301 (isolation #1154) » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:38 am

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On turn 5 I can also hold up counter magic and removal spells and then untap and win the game...
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Post Post #7310 (isolation #1155) » Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:10 am

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I like the list, Shea. It's close to what I came up with when building Jeskai Saheeli/Cat, although I've been trending towards UB Tezzeret because Herald of Anguish is stupid good.

Also yeah no I'd place good money on cat being banned in two months. Even the hard counters like Dampening Pulse and Authority of the Consuls lose to the fact they can play maindeck Nahiri, Shock is good but marginal and the Saheeli player get to play counterspells. Fatal Push doesn't even factor into it because there's close to zero revolt enablers worth playing. Literally just Cat and Evolving Wilds, I think?

I'd be more worried about Walking Ballista keeping it down than either of those.
Still tweaking the manabase, mostly. The strength of it to me in testing is that you don't need combo to win, but sometimes you can just hit it for the "oops I was 0% to win and then I won" factor. Otherwise it just plays like a pretty normal control deck. I have won most of my games with gearhulk. That card is just stupid.

To that point, pie, I don't think it needs another win, and crackdown construct feels reeeeeeaally clunky and doesn't win in many situations where the saheeli combo does not win. As you can see, I'm already not at the full 8 combo pieces, because I don't want to draw cards that don't interact that much.

re: banned, a couple of weeks ago I would have said no way, because standard bans are so rare, but I think the most overlooked part of the ban list announcement is the fact that they're giving themselves more ability to adapt to format changes with flexibility for their ban announcements. I think this might signify a change in philosophy from wizards as to how willing they will be to ban things in standard (and certainly banning an innocuous card like reflector mage speaks to that possible change in philosophy as well.)
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Post Post #7311 (isolation #1156) » Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:12 am

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In post 7309, McMenno wrote:cat? might see once polukranos rotates
also wut
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Post Post #7317 (isolation #1157) » Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:36 am

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list:
+1 island
+1 mountain
- 1 inspiring vantage
- 1 wandering fumarole

+2 shock
- 1 radiant flames
- 1 descend upon the sinful
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Post Post #7318 (isolation #1158) » Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:15 am

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Image

Sleeving up this beautiful monster this weekend.
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Post Post #7320 (isolation #1159) » Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:03 pm

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Here are some sample hands.

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Post Post #7324 (isolation #1160) » Fri Jan 27, 2017 4:09 am

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We specifically did not include those two packages because they're too easy mode.
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Post Post #7327 (isolation #1161) » Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:19 am

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Post Post #7329 (isolation #1162) » Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:44 pm

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Besides the opals, its actually cheap as dirt.
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Post Post #7335 (isolation #1163) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:16 am

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I was going to but its apparently more expensive to fly to SA than to mordor so I didnt.

http://articles.nerdragegaming.com/deck ... -2017-ctq/

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Post Post #7337 (isolation #1164) » Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:06 am

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It was a good 3 packs.

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Post Post #7371 (isolation #1165) » Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:11 am

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Anyone going to GP Indianapolis this weekend?
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Post Post #7374 (isolation #1166) » Mon Sep 18, 2017 5:16 am

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Was top 64 at SCG Louisville this weekend playing the following:

4 snap
4 Emmy

4 breach
4 serum
4 path
4 bolt
4 remand
2 izzet charm
2 electrolyze
1 spell snare
3 cryptic

4 strand
4 tarn
5 island
2 loothouse
2 colonnade
2 fountain
2 sulfur falls
2 vents
1 plains

Sb
1 verdict
2 ceremonious rejection
1 negate
1 keranos
1 roast
1 explosives
2 anger
1 Jace
1 Stony silence
2 by force
2 gigadrowse

It's impressive that I did as well as I did playing a manabase as objectively wrong as the one I played. The fact that there is no basic mountain and no sacred foundry is literally unforgivable, but I was not punished by ghost quarter specifically because my opponents gave me credit for having a basic mountain in my deck even when I didn't.

The deck plays remarkably like old splinter twin lists where you play the control game which forces your opponents to commit to the board while threatening to win the game with a combo at any time. The deck felt reeeeeeaaally good to me, and I think that if I were going to make changes they would be small ones.

Two islands should be the aforementioned mountain and sacred foundry respectively. I think I'd like one supreme verdict in the main. Not sure what the cut is for it, though.

Basically the deck just felt obscenely powerful and very difficult to play against and you get a lot of equity from people a) not knowing what you're playing or b) living in fear of the combo while you just snapcaster cryptic them out of the game.

As for standard is there any point in playing standard right now? The whole format is changing in like a week.
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Post Post #7376 (isolation #1167) » Mon Sep 18, 2017 12:08 pm

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If only there was some format where this never happened...
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Post Post #7379 (isolation #1168) » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:08 pm

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Why would you play a format where the first person to draw umezawas jitte automatically won?
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Post Post #7381 (isolation #1169) » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:31 pm

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oh missed the pauper part.
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Post Post #7384 (isolation #1170) » Sun Sep 24, 2017 5:59 pm

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Anyone going to nationals in VA or Eternal Weekend in Pitt?
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Post Post #7385 (isolation #1171) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 3:47 am

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TIL BBD used to play on MS.
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Post Post #7387 (isolation #1172) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:48 am

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I don't know I should out it publicly.
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Post Post #7389 (isolation #1173) » Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:04 am

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This is what I'm taking to nationals:

Creatures (5)
3 Torrential Gearhulk
2 The Scarab God

Lands (26)
4 Island
4 Swamp
1 Scavenging grounds
3 Ipnu Rivulet
4 Drowned Catacomb
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Fetid Pools
2 Field of Ruin

Spells (29)
4 Censor
4 Disallow
4 Essence Scatter
4 Fatal Push
4 Hieroglyphic Illumination
4 Vraska's Contempt
3 Search for Azcanta
2 Essence Extraction

Sideboard
1 Torrential Gearhulk
2 Vizier of Many Faces
2 Essence Extraction
2 Negate
1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
1 Arguel's Blood Fast
4 Duress
2 Bontu's Last Reckoning

Thoughts?
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Post Post #7391 (isolation #1174) » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:01 am

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I would maybe value field of ruin over scavenging grounds.
Is this not what I'm doing already?
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Post Post #7393 (isolation #1175) » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:22 am

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Its a hedge against gifts decks and also my plan in the mirror is to mill them to some extent, so I want to be able to stop shenanigans with hulk/want another desert for milling.
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Post Post #7395 (isolation #1176) » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:28 am

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I hate putting lands in my sideboard.

Commit to memory is the kind of card that you might play in temur, not control.
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Post Post #7398 (isolation #1177) » Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:44 am

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Gonti is not for the same matchups hostage taker is for. It's for the mirror and grind games specifically, which means it can come in for matchups where hostage taker is bad (i.e. heavy removal decks with few creatures)

Vizier of many faces is specifically a sb card against cards like bristling hydra and carnage tyrant, against which hostage taker does nothing. The fact that you get two uses out of it also makes it better.
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Post Post #7400 (isolation #1178) » Thu Oct 12, 2017 4:59 am

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Are you going to nationals?
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Post Post #7402 (isolation #1179) » Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:37 am

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Post Post #7403 (isolation #1180) » Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:38 pm

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cut a vraskas contempt to move a bontu's to the main, added a make obsolete to the sb for the tokens match (blech)
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Post Post #7409 (isolation #1181) » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:41 am

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congrats, DN!
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Post Post #7411 (isolation #1182) » Thu Nov 09, 2017 3:22 pm

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i just realized also i haven't posted this cardboard porn here since i finished it so here it is:

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Post Post #7413 (isolation #1183) » Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:04 pm

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its just plain ol' 7th edition foil.
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Post Post #7415 (isolation #1184) » Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:21 pm

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yeah the only promos in the deck are the gitaxian probes.
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Post Post #7422 (isolation #1185) » Fri Nov 10, 2017 3:35 am

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So I'm friends with gaby spartz irl. She used to be a pretty big grinder here in Chicago. And she posted that video and Kibler commented on it and was like one of my greatest regrets in life is not wearing a better fitting jacket in that video. Lolz.
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Post Post #7425 (isolation #1186) » Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:01 am

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It has some odd card choices.

This deck just feels like a worse version of grixis shadow imo, which I dont think is in a great spot either right now.
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Post Post #7427 (isolation #1187) » Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:43 am

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If you have red blue lands I think the best deck right now in that color combination is storm.
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Post Post #7429 (isolation #1188) » Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:57 am

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You could also just hold on to them? idk LSV was saying on stream a couple nights ago that he likes the builds with fetchlands.

I' think jeskai geist is a pretty strong deck right now. Here's the list my buddy borrowed from me to win Chicago regionals:

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/821672#paper
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Post Post #7430 (isolation #1189) » Thu Jan 04, 2018 11:56 am

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Going to be at columbus this weekend if any are going.
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Post Post #7433 (isolation #1190) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:47 am

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Nah, but I am playing the team sealed GP in indianapolis this weekend.
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Post Post #7435 (isolation #1191) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:49 am

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I'm not super happy about it, because it seems like we're definitely shifting to a paradigm that the best deck gets something banned frequently, and I don't think thats healthy. Also, I'm not a huge fan of preemptive bans like reflector mage and I think ferocedon.
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Post Post #7437 (isolation #1192) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:54 am

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They do make sense from a more aggressive paradigm of cultivating the format. Energy legitimately was too strong. Not sure red was too strong but it was certainly close.

I would have preferred to just let rotation take care of this but I can see where they're coming from.
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Post Post #7440 (isolation #1193) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:33 am

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Yes but, this is a continuation of a bad precedent, and has the exact effect we're seeing in this thread. People scared to buy into standard because all of everything gets flushed. To be fair, though, I don't think any of the money cards in energy and red are going to lose that much monetary value.

But hey, can I interest y'all in legacy???
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Post Post #7445 (isolation #1194) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:46 am

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Rampaging ferocedon has not been a sideboard card for quite some time.
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Post Post #7453 (isolation #1195) » Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:54 pm

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I, on the other hand, didn't win a match d1.
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Post Post #7455 (isolation #1196) » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:25 am

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Nope went 1-4 in the ptq. :(

Really miserable weekend for me overall.
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Post Post #7456 (isolation #1197) » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:25 am

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Also I should just add congrats, thats a great record. Did you cash?
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Post Post #7459 (isolation #1198) » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:26 am

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Tidy conclusion is not a playable constructed magic card.
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Post Post #7461 (isolation #1199) » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:40 am

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Neither of them really are. They cost too much mana.

I am reasonably sure that if you are playing pirates you want to be an aggressive shell, which means 5 mana is a lot and spending 5 mana for a kill spell is just not what such decks want to be doing.

The black kill spell you want to be playing in this meta of scarab god's and hazorets is vraska's contempt.

Heres an example of what an aggressive BR pirates deck could look like:
4 Daring Buccaneer
4 Rigging Runner
1 Grasping Scoundrel
3 Dire Fleet Poisoner
3 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
4 Kitesail Freebooter
4 Ruin Raider
3 Forerunner of the Coalition
1 Dire Fleet Neckbreaker
1 Rowdy Crew
4 Lightning Strike
4 Shock
2 Abrade
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Canyon Slough
8 Mountain
6 Swamp
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