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divisionbyzorro
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One of the Daily MTG writers featured a deck with it and Blistercoil Weird a few months ago. The deck was jank, but it got enough attention to make Mantle spike like crazy for no good reason. I think people were hoping to see a repeat of what happened with Daybreak Coronet.
divisionbyzorro
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Haha. I love Wizards and their sense of humor with the Community Cup. If the community wins, everybody who logged into MTGO gets a promo Sliver Queen and Rakdos Cackler.
If the community loses, we all get...
...a promo Totally Lost.
If the community loses, we all get...
...a promo Totally Lost.
We are a few weeks away from spoiler season
I was hoping things changed haha
PAX is in 2 weeks, and it's going to have a lot.
Speaking of, will any one else in MagiGAF be there?
"Every other creature with an aura attached has +4/+4 Hexproof, Trample and Flying"
Alright, WoTC staff. New world order is going off without a hitch. Control decks are competitive, and although they run a few permission spells, it isn't the same focus. Discard is terrible, but genuinely good cards like Duress pop up once in a while, which should be enough to deal with dominant spell-based strategies (if they pop up.) Land destruction and other strategies even experienced players didn't enjoy are nowhere to be seen.
We need a new mechanic literally nobody likes. I propose we make Trollshroud evergreen, call it hexproof, and put it on a TON of 1-drops.
They'll never fucking see it coming. They'll wake up one day and every casual group will be infested with uninteractive, self-piloting aura decks.
Can we make it competitive too? Let's reprint Rancor, get that shit into modern. Oo, we can make Magic just like rock paper scissors!
I was so happy they made the game more varied and skill-dependent by crippling the least fun strategies.
Then they just had to make one even less fun. It's ridiculously uninteractive, makes certain strategies unplayable while it's in a format, and goes against pretty much every "new world order" decision R&D makes. Hexproof should not keep being printed on commons and uncommons.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Hexproof was their way of making auras feasible again. It wasn't that long ago where you were pretty dumb to run auras in a standard deck.
Not my fault y'all don't run edicts! Just be glad that they didn't make the all perms are indestructible clause as part of the simic charm. Then you'd be really fucked. Oh and Witchbane Orb is rotating too.
#TeamHexproof
Not my fault y'all don't run edicts! Just be glad that they didn't make the all perms are indestructible clause as part of the simic charm. Then you'd be really fucked. Oh and Witchbane Orb is rotating too.
#TeamHexproof
You just reminded me of the one time when I was playing my BUG flash creatures + removal + Aetherling deck and my opponent played a Sigarda. I didn't even know she prevented sacrifice effects, and had no possible way to get her off the board, not even with my trusty Far/Aways! I had to read the card when I tried to make my opponent sacrifice, said "duh" and couldn't do anything as I got beaten to death by an evasive, untargetable creature that wouldn't die to anything short of a wrath.
Grakl and I did one at PAX East. It was a blast, until we were like OH FUCK THEY HAVE EVERY CARD WITH EXTORT.
Dem four life point swings.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Two Headed Giant Limited is probably my absolute favorite form of Magic, which is why its a shame I only ever get to do it Sealed at pre-releases.
3-man sealed is the best format in M:TG. It is known.
divisionbyzorro
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Is that another term for Team Sealed (12 packs, 3 players per team)?
If so, I would agree.
Correct!
blindrocket
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Does anyone have recommendations on good one or two drop creatures to run a play set of in my Standard Black / Red Rakdos deck?
I am thinking of perhaps Ash Zealot or Thrill-Kill Assassin. I already have Rakdos Cackler and Spike Jester in the deck.
I am thinking of perhaps Ash Zealot or Thrill-Kill Assassin. I already have Rakdos Cackler and Spike Jester in the deck.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Correct!
I gotta try this some time, it sounds like it further amplifies the two aspects of Magic I love most that THG Limited feature: the social aspect and the way Limited forces you to evaluate the potential and interactions of every card in a set.
Getting to play with my less experienced friend was great since it gave a fantastic opportunity to share some card evaluation tips mid draft as well as play advice.
divisionbyzorro
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This is me kicking myself in the pants for not taking my own advice and buying the Zendikar manlands two months ago when I said I was going to...
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/card/Celestial+Colonnade+[WWK]
It's on a price spike right now because of the incredibly popularity of UWR control in Modern, but damn...
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/card/Celestial+Colonnade+[WWK]
It's on a price spike right now because of the incredibly popularity of UWR control in Modern, but damn...
Those lands are so, so, good, but because they're bad in Commander/Casual formats, they just kinda got crapped on until Modern arrived.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Tarpit was part of that cycle right?
Yeah. It's seen Legacy play, but not a lot.
Man, I just realized- why didn't you buy these things like, when Modern was first announced?
divisionbyzorro
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Yep.
Colonnade is the one that's seeing the huge spike right now because it's basically the key win condition of UWR Draw-Go in Modern. You essentially can't play the deck without it.
Tar Pit is seeing some play in fringe Grixis control decks in Modern, but those aren't nearly as good as they are sweet.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
That's a handy ass card. I can't believe that didn't see immediate play.
UWR is horrible right now, played with it on mocs final,. My jund opponent just destroyed every land I had with fulminator mage then casts thrun and its gameover. Anyway I have a set of fulminator mage that I bought for 10 tix each and its 29+ now lol. Fucking modern is expensive as shit! and people complain with standard.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Well, maybe I'll get on that. But I'm trying to figure out what deck I want to play in Modern before I buy into it. Maybe affinity? What the hell is any good in Modern?
There's a reason that they adjusted the scheduling so that there's only 1 more Modern PTQ season before MM2. They know the prices are going to go nutsy.
Do you have SCG premium? Ari Lax's primer was insane. Melira Pod definitely #1 atm but the format's wide open (if combo heavy.)
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I don't. I forgot about pod. Reddit is full of people whining about it being OP. But, I think I have the pieces for that already. Even for the Kiki variant.
Hm. OP, Reddit hates it and I don't have to pay into it? I think I'll try it
Hm. OP, Reddit hates it and I don't have to pay into it? I think I'll try it
The easy access to infinite life is causing issues in the format for sure.
divisionbyzorro
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No kidding. I'm just glad I picked up the fetchlands already, although I'm still missing a lot of green and black staples. I do have Cryptics, Cliques, and most of the important blue, red, and white spells though.
I'm trying to find a deck that I can buy into before things go too crazy that's a little less hit-or-miss than Splinter Twin. As much as I enjoy playing that deck, the viability of that deck is so dependent on the metagame and matchups it's crazy. I'm *this* close to pulling the trigger on Scapeshift, since I have the Cryptics already and that deck has always intrigued me.
The way I see it, metagames that are harsh to Splinter Twin are probably softer to Scapeshift, and vice versa, so owning both might be kinda sweet. (Or maybe I'm very much midjudging Scapeshift since I don't have a lot of experience with it.)
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Cheon is streaming a sweet modern grixis list. I wouldn't mind playing this.
divisionbyzorro
Member
That's the list I referred to above. It's more sweet than it is good.
EDIT: But it is very, very sweet. I've always loved Grixis. If Damnations weren't $10 on MTGO, and basically not used in any tier 1 decks, I would have built that deck already.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I wonder if that's a good buy though. Seems like a in the cracks kind of deck that will keep coming back
Never happening. Misdirection's apparently on their "we want to bring it back" list though.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Modern is very susceptible to flavor-of-the-month syndrome. The 25-30 ticket price that Scapeshift was selling for was a bubble that's popped now that a new FOTM (UWR Draw-Go) has appeared.
See also:
Birthing Pod: http://www.mtggoldfish.com/card/Birthing+Pod+[NPH]
Living End: http://www.mtggoldfish.com/card/Living+End+[TSP]
"God's Beard!"
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I think this is gonna be my final composition for my milling deck, which pulls my mana curve down a bit. Any last ideas before I purchase the cards?
4 Codex Shredder
3 Shadow Alley Denizen
4 Death's Approach
4 Tome Scour
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Wight of Precinct Six
3 Spell Ruptures
4 Crypt Incursion
2 Whispering Madness
3 Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
3 Jace, Memory Adept
4 Watery Grave
4 Rogue's Passage
14 Swamps/Islands
Sideboard:
4 Lifebane Zombie
4 Traumatize
4 Psychic Strikes
4 Codex Shredder
3 Shadow Alley Denizen
4 Death's Approach
4 Tome Scour
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Wight of Precinct Six
3 Spell Ruptures
4 Crypt Incursion
2 Whispering Madness
3 Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
3 Jace, Memory Adept
4 Watery Grave
4 Rogue's Passage
14 Swamps/Islands
Sideboard:
4 Lifebane Zombie
4 Traumatize
4 Psychic Strikes
divisionbyzorro
Member
From "The Planeswalker's Guide to Theros:"
divisionbyzorro
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Also, phantom 64-man Modern Masters drafts on MTGO, with FTV:20 as the ultimate prize.
15 tickets per event. I don't think I'll be able to resist, mostly because I loved Modern Masters and certainly wasn't ready to see it go when it did.
15 tickets per event. I don't think I'll be able to resist, mostly because I loved Modern Masters and certainly wasn't ready to see it go when it did.
Would Naturalize then become creature kill?
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