divisionbyzorro
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BR Burn is a pretty solid budget list, but the best "budget" deck by far is Living End. Fish is also pretty good and should be fairly cheap.
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I have to smile seeing you and kirblar talk about preserving the history / legacy of a deck that destroyed a Standard season so thoroughly that it had to be banned out of existence. (I understand the point being made.)
I have a soft spot for Torment so I can't be impartial about Ichorid.dec's name. It is very weird to see that card lend its name to a deck--especially that deck--in 2013 and beyond, however.
IIRC, it evolved from a humorous deck mainly comprised of cards the American Legacy metagame of the time visibly eschewed.
lawlohwhat
Banned
Just won a swiss draft with a self milling green/black deck. I thought I might go 0-3 without a whip, but I splashed prophet of kruphix and polis crusher, then fixed with a unicorn, amulet, and nylea's presence. Prophet just murders people if they don't have a lot of removal.
I learned that rescue from the underworld puts both creatures onto the battlefield in no particular order, so gray merchant hits feed off of each other when you sac one merchant for another.
Best part is that after winning the event I ended up with less stuff than when I entered. 3 packs, worthless cards, and no tickets for going undefeated. Okay...
I learned that rescue from the underworld puts both creatures onto the battlefield in no particular order, so gray merchant hits feed off of each other when you sac one merchant for another.
Best part is that after winning the event I ended up with less stuff than when I entered. 3 packs, worthless cards, and no tickets for going undefeated. Okay...
I'm partial to Solidarity which doesn't run a single copy of Solidarity and is a monoblue High Tide deck.
WELCOME TO LEGACY
GamerKingFaiz
Member
I'm thinking about finally going out of my normal budget range when building standard decks and trying to build a deck for around ~$100.
I was eyeing mono-black devotion or mono-blue devotion. Do these decks still fair well in the current meta? What is the current meta for that matter?
I was eyeing mono-black devotion or mono-blue devotion. Do these decks still fair well in the current meta? What is the current meta for that matter?
lawlohwhat
Banned
Both of these are very good, if a little too common right now.
I run mono black and I've won a couple of events recently, and have also placed highly in a few others. It's a very versatile deck with few weaknesses. I don't know if you can build a proper deck for that budget, though. Mutavaults alone are almost your entire budget.
Why not just call it High Tide?!
At least Full English Breakfast sounds funny.
And don't get me started on Canadian Thresh.
I would not go for those decks as they're kind of expensive and dumb to play with. I played mono blue against mono black and it's pretty much luck of the draw.
Personally, I'm going to play Boros in the next PTQ. Here's a list:
10 Mountain
4 Sacred Foundry
4 Temple of Silence
4 Temple of Triumph
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Young Pyromancer
4 Boros Charm
4 Chained to the Rocks
4 Lightning Strike
4 Magma Jet
4 Shock
4 Skullcrack
4 Warleader's Helix
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
SB:
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Assemble the Legion
4 Toil // Trouble
3 Spark Trooper
Should cost you around $100 excluding sideboard. No Mutavaults. Yay!
GamerKingFaiz
Member
That's nearing $150 on TCG Player without the side board! 0_0
EsotericManiac
Banned
team italia is black white red
To be fair, deck names have been fucking stupid since the dawn of time. Sligh and Ponza immediately jump to mind.
It's not called High Tide because there's another deck with a cleaner line of descent from the old Type 1.x deck that uses the name. (It runs Time Spiral, some other Urza's block "untap X lands" cards, Merchant Scroll, etc.) Solidarity originated from the days when Legacy's banned list wasn't severed from Vintage's restricted list so while it uses High Tide to fuel its wins, its heritage is distinct. (e.g. playing Reset)
RIP FEB you made Phage the Untouchable a playable card.
We'll always have Miss America.
acheron_xl
Member
Sligh makes sense, since it's named after one of the first guys to make the deck famous.
And I was rather fond of the era when all the top tier combo decks were named after cereals. That was a fun time.
Oh yeah, Chandra.
You can replace her with Assemble The Legion or something instead. Mono black has no answer to it.
I'm guessing there's not that many mixed-martial artists out there who also like Magic.
http://fightland.vice.com/fightland-meets/josh-barnett
I'm also guessing many of you aren't surprised that he's playing red.
http://fightland.vice.com/fightland-meets/josh-barnett
I'm also guessing many of you aren't surprised that he's playing red.
witchedwiz
Member
Not really bro..Even without the Mox Opals I think that Affinity is out of his budget.
Affinity is also called Robots, FYI.
Also, I should have listed monoblack Infect. There's a budget version of that which runs a hundred dollars.
EDIT: Well I didn't catch Euros at first. Okay your money will go further than my stinky American dollars.
Goyf lists for 120..
They lists for 110 eur..
Sigh
Anyway..
Found in an old stash 4x of a LOT of shockland, 4x of every fetch, 4x wog foil, 4x damnation with limited artwork, 4x ravager and most of old style affinity, 14 mixed chn dual, 4x chrome mox and some more kinky stuff..
Apparently i didn't sell everything
EsotericManiac
Banned
No, I'm debating between diving in on them and waiting until m15... The worry they'll be reprinted is scary
EsotericManiac
Banned
If you have the seas I can't imagine not using them instantly.
I have almost no good black cards so I'd be playing Esper
With all those fetches you can probably make any deck without Goyf/Lilliana for your budget. They were definitely good keeps!
witchedwiz
Member
I'll add.. Found all ita dual land 4x !
I asked my cousin to sell every card when i moved to Milan, apparently he didn't listen..
I'll search my room for more! Brb!
I came across my second favorite bit of flavor text today:
"Do not weep for the frail. Their time couldn't have been that far off."
Second only to:
"The clashing warriors turned to face O-Kagachi, the greatest kami, and their sigh of awe was their last breath."
Which brings me to ask anyone here if they have a piece of flavor text that sticks out for them. There's thousands to choose from at this point, so I know it's hard to pick one or two that are favorites.
"Do not weep for the frail. Their time couldn't have been that far off."
Second only to:
"The clashing warriors turned to face O-Kagachi, the greatest kami, and their sigh of awe was their last breath."
Which brings me to ask anyone here if they have a piece of flavor text that sticks out for them. There's thousands to choose from at this point, so I know it's hard to pick one or two that are favorites.
"To make peace with the forest, make peace with me."Multani, to Urza
Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
While it's true most Dragons are cruel, the Shivan Dragon seems to take particular glee in the misery of others, often tormenting its victims much like a cat plays with a mouse before delivering the final blow.
Shivan Dragon
"Well, at least all of that arm-waving and arcane babbling you did was impressive."
Remand
"Yes, I think toast' is an appropriate description."Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Incinerate
"Catch!"
Lava Axe
Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
While it's true most Dragons are cruel, the Shivan Dragon seems to take particular glee in the misery of others, often tormenting its victims much like a cat plays with a mouse before delivering the final blow.
Shivan Dragon
"Well, at least all of that arm-waving and arcane babbling you did was impressive."
Remand
"Yes, I think toast' is an appropriate description."Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Incinerate
"Catch!"
Lava Axe
Mine are the Love Song of Night and Day from various cards in Mirage, and the little parables by Karn in stuff like old Bottle Gnomes, old Spellbook and others. Also random flavourful stuff, like Mesa Pegasus, are very nostalgic and evocative.
Recent flavour text is mostly shit since it's either lame attempts at humour or cringeworthy "badass quotes" from named characters.
Recent flavour text is mostly shit since it's either lame attempts at humour or cringeworthy "badass quotes" from named characters.
There is one, it's called the MTG toolbox or something like that. They haven't updated in a while though.
It's got a life counter and access to the card database to look up rules and such.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Reparations is possibly the best combination of flavor text with art in the game. That or Gorilla Titan
narcosis219
Member
The only honey it wants is the sweet nectar flowing through your veins
How can everyone in this thread be so wrong
I've wondered if Infectious Ghoul's flavor text is a riff on Chub's.
*retains priority*
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
And then cry yourself to sleep in the arms of a meaty woman! It's the Buffalo way!!!
Watch the entirety of the Pro Tour Chicago 1999 final! Game 1 gets a lot of love, but the end of game 2 is way funnier.
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