Tom LaPille is shit. Ugh.
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Tom LaPille is shit. Ugh.
I don't think you can intentionally rush and/or not say anything to make your opponent not make a choice. Since you control it you should be required to mention it. Missing something that isn't a trigger is typically a Game Rules Violation on the controller.
divisionbyzorro
Member
What I see is a player putting their Tribute card on the table and saying "okay?" Then the opponent goes "uh, sure?" And then the "gotcha."
"God's Beard!"
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<3 Karakand
Well it's hard to match the most popular set ever.
I don't think it's gonna be an issue with BNG/THS/THS, if at all. We'll have to wait and see for the full common list to come out. I have a lot of faith that's it's gonna be a fun draft.
Plus, all the expensive theros cards are gonna drop even further with no break like gatecrash ^_^
Well it's hard to match the most popular set ever.
I don't think it's gonna be an issue with BNG/THS/THS, if at all. We'll have to wait and see for the full common list to come out. I have a lot of faith that's it's gonna be a fun draft.
Plus, all the expensive theros cards are gonna drop even further with no break like gatecrash ^_^
"God's Beard!"
Member
Order of format enjoyment:
- Two-Headed Sealed
- Draft
- Modern
- Standard
- Commander
- Sealed
I don't think that would fly with any judges. Saying "okay?" after casting a spell is generally accepted to mean "does this resolve?" and not, "are you making some choice during the resolution of this spell?"
And doing anything like that on purpose, which you'd clearly be doing if you don't ask them for a choice and then do whichever side of the choice is advantageous to you because they "forgot", would be rapidly approaching cheating and a DQ.
Remember that draft is going to be BTG THS THS. So you're only splashing a bit of BNG in with your regular THS draft.
Oh great. Reverse drafting. *sigh*
I think I would rather play the MLP CCG they sell now than play 2 Headed Giant anything. My least favorite format by far, replacing the old Core Set drafts (8E for example) they used to have exclusively on MODO.
Considering how awful this set is, i'm worried the Scrylands are going to hit insane prices due to the lack of any other chase cards for constructed play.
Considering how awful this set is, i'm worried the Scrylands are going to hit insane prices due to the lack of any other chase cards for constructed play.
cooltrainer
Member
I'm definitely gonna make a janky Perplexing Chimera deck.
I got the Monday after the pre release off so I could maybe go play 2 headed giant on sunday evening for the first time, I probably still will but I'm not that excited about playing with many of these cards.
Glad I put my money into Modern. Going to get 4 Geists and a Thundermaw Hellkite on Friday to increase my options some more. Next on my list is Vendilion Cliques. After that I'm not sure whether to for Twin or a fringe Tribal Flames deck. It looks pretty fun, very explosive with turn 2 Geist / Steppe Lynx / Snapcaster -> Tribal Flames.
Glad I put my money into Modern. Going to get 4 Geists and a Thundermaw Hellkite on Friday to increase my options some more. Next on my list is Vendilion Cliques. After that I'm not sure whether to for Twin or a fringe Tribal Flames deck. It looks pretty fun, very explosive with turn 2 Geist / Steppe Lynx / Snapcaster -> Tribal Flames.
8E draft was reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal bad dude, idk.
Onslaught block ---> 8th Edition was a limited season so bad I don't even think a hardened draft lover can sincerely say they enjoyed it / would have enjoyed it.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay this is just dumb
crimsonspider89
Banned
Luckily I don't think I'd be caught dead playing a deck that wants Brimaz. Also, Standard PTQ season is basically over for me now.
Well, at least there is another way to tap Pain Seer without sending him on a suicide mission.
phenax seems like a p. nice guy / god
divisionbyzorro
Member
I just realized how good Gild is in the same deck as Nightveil Specter.
Geez, mono-black is getting all the toys. All those people calling for mono-black to be a deck again sure got their wish with this block.
Geez, mono-black is getting all the toys. All those people calling for mono-black to be a deck again sure got their wish with this block.
They finally reprint Cabal Coffers (basically!), and the deck is playable again. Who knew?
No WCQs?
I mean, that's one tournament. This set is saving me a lot of money.
I kind of want to proxy up a bunch of decks this weekend and playtest a bit with Grakl.
I'm interested in Shardless BUG, TES, Jund Depths, and Elves..... I'm not sure if any have been positioned well recently, though. I definitely do not want to play delver -- did enough of that when he was in Standard.
The only thing I'm close to building IRL is Elves -- all I need are spare fetches, an extra bayou, and a couple of the uncommons.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Hah. The wide beta is such a mess. Bro, do you even test?
crimsonspider89
Banned
Shardles BUG and Elves are typically the best placing out of those decks mentioned.
Love Shardless BUG. SO fun. But nothing like Elves dropping a Craterhoof Behemoth as your opponent stare at you with hate.
Love Shardless BUG. SO fun. But nothing like Elves dropping a Craterhoof Behemoth as your opponent stare at you with hate.
Am I the only person who likes this set a lot?
Stuff like Brimaz and Xenagos might make the rest of the set look like crap, and I know it's bad for the secondary market to have weird power level imbalances like that, but still....
Art direction is top notch, most cards are oozing with flavor, there's a couple legacy playables tossed in, and a lot of the uncommons and rares promote interaction. The commons and uncommons have a lot of alternate casting costs in Bestow, and there's tons of activated abilities... Sets like this, where nearly every card forces you to make decisions, tend to reward skilled play.
It's true that most of the set seems unplayable, but I feel like the bar for standard-playable creatures is going to be moving lower in the next few years. WoTC is still figuring out how to balance creatures with spells, and it would make sense to scale back the former now that we've been getting eternal-playable dudes in every set for ~2 years.
Good to know that BUG is still doing well. I'll proxy up both.
... Still going to try to learn to play TES though. Statistics: The Deck.
Stuff like Brimaz and Xenagos might make the rest of the set look like crap, and I know it's bad for the secondary market to have weird power level imbalances like that, but still....
Art direction is top notch, most cards are oozing with flavor, there's a couple legacy playables tossed in, and a lot of the uncommons and rares promote interaction. The commons and uncommons have a lot of alternate casting costs in Bestow, and there's tons of activated abilities... Sets like this, where nearly every card forces you to make decisions, tend to reward skilled play.
It's true that most of the set seems unplayable, but I feel like the bar for standard-playable creatures is going to be moving lower in the next few years. WoTC is still figuring out how to balance creatures with spells, and it would make sense to scale back the former now that we've been getting eternal-playable dudes in every set for ~2 years.
Good to know that BUG is still doing well. I'll proxy up both.
... Still going to try to learn to play TES though. Statistics: The Deck.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I don't know if I'd say I love it, but I'm definitely not as down on it as most of the others here. Second small sets tend to be tricky
divisionbyzorro
Member
So can someone help me understand why "Promo Gaea's Cradle" is listed at $19 at every MTGO dealer on the planet, but nobody sells them, and the Urza's Saga Gaea's Cradle is $70?
I've seen this behavior with promos before; it's a promo that for some reason is inexplicably leagues cheaper than the regular version, but nobody actually sells it. I don't get it.
I've seen this behavior with promos before; it's a promo that for some reason is inexplicably leagues cheaper than the regular version, but nobody actually sells it. I don't get it.
crimsonspider89
Banned
How many of the original Gaia's Cradle are there compared to the promo GC?
That is why.
TBH a lot of legacy combo decks if not interrupted become single player decks.
My favorite deck to play is smallpox TBH.
That is why.
TBH a lot of legacy combo decks if not interrupted become single player decks.
My favorite deck to play is smallpox TBH.
Nothing better than engineered plague genocide.
Speaking of legacy I think I'll register the folliwing 75 at the upcoming GP.
4 underground sea
4 polluted delta
4 misty rainforest
1 verdant catacombs
1 tropical island
1 bayou
2 creeping tar pit
2 mishra's factory
2 island
1 swamp
4 deathrite shaman
4 snapcaster mage
2 true-name nemesis
3 jace the mind sculptor
2 liliana of the veil
4 brainstorm
4 force of will
2 spell snare
2 counterspell
3 dismember
1 go for the throat
4 hymn to tourach
2 thoughtseize
1 inquisition of kozilek
sb
4 leyline of the void
4 ghastly demise
2 spell pierce
2 engineered plague
1 darkblast
1 true-name nemesis
1 umezawa's jitte
divisionbyzorro
Member
Okay, but if nobody has them in stock (ever!), then they're clearly just as in demand. So why don't they fetch a price somewhat on par with the "real" ones?
Are they constantly buying more copies and reselling them, or have they been out of them forever? There's not a lot of incentive to update pricing on items you never have on hand.
crimsonspider89
Banned
Because a large portion of magic players have promo copies. Promo copies are typical easier to get than old copies. Hence low demand which drops the price of the promos.
Only reason.
divisionbyzorro
Member
It's odd; trying to actually get a hold of them through a dealer is essentially impossible because they never have any. I guess you have to actually try the classifieds or something?
crimsonspider89
Banned
Yeah you just have to contact players.
Just a card that players have a lot of that drops the price.
Just a card that players have a lot of that drops the price.
These are at least cool effects:
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Isn't exile normally a white thing?
Agree that Courser seems constructed playable. At least give Eidolon lifelink or something!
Both look pretty fun. Courser seems constructed playable.
Weird card. You want to attack with it but you have to tap to build it up. Fine for limited but not constructed worthy at all.TONS of new spoilers up on mythicspoiler:
http://mythicspoiler.com/newspoilers.html
Gonna link the interesting stuff:
It's like the card Future Sight, but you only get to touch the lands. So if you have a land on top, you basically snap play it. Very good with Scry.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Oh wow, this is awesomely weird. I mean, its not really playable probably, but its awesome and weird
divisionbyzorro
Member
So in short, yes it counts as your land drop.
It slots right into my favorite type of draft deck. Keep them off balance, drop this guy on turn 5, and they squirm because they don't have anything better. As soon as they play something better than it, I get it instead.
It's kinda like a pre-emptive Switcheroo. That card was really fun to play with (although in that set, you were abusing it with Archaeomancer).
New spoiler I think?
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divisionbyzorro
Member
Haha. I've never tried ZZW, but I intend to give it a couple of goes. The packs all go for over 4 tickets at each vendor, so it seems like decent value. Although I expect I'll be doing a lot of losing.
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