GamerKingFaiz
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Is there any tier list available for the JOU cards for use for the prerelease like there was for BNG?
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Introducing the other 5 won't lower the cost of entry (in the long run), but it will open up new avenues for deck building.
Standard however never needs fetchlands again. Absolutely abysmal format for those cards.
Most control players aren't that great, they just play the odds with their deck. Force is the embodiment of this, and there's few things in the game more satisfying than baiting a control player into playing incorrectly. Like the King of Beatdown used to say, there are no wrong threats--only wrong answers.
Confirmed as real - its the "special" pack at the prerelease you have a chance of pulling.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Yeah, but you can't put the the allied fetchlands in modern without putting them in standard, unless you make some weird rule, right?
So they are packaged as one of the two normal looking JOU packs?
The third, with the promo.
blindrocket
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I have Melira Pod pieces I'd trade if anyone is interested.
They've definitely said at some point that they don't want to print land cycles that don't include all the 2-part combinations, so they won't eschew printing the ONS lands. They'll probably just make them modern legal.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Why would they not put them in Standard, though? I'm not following what's so broken about fetch lands in a format that doesn't have other typed duals.
I agree. That's just the most common argument for why they'll put them in a supplementary, modern legal set, rather than standard.
You don't get enough of a print run. They'll be standard legal. MM2 will sell enough on its own.
Again, I agree. I think they'll be in standard.
"God's Beard!"
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I looooooooove Psychic Strike. Splashable hard counters awwww yeah.
Ah, ok, your post seemed to imply you agreed with the statement.
They can do whatever they want, there are no promissory estoppel issues wrt Modern set legality AFAIK. But yes, the set must have been post-Scourge Standard legal atm.
Wizards doesn't like newcomers shuffling decks.
That in conjunction with
1. Standard is generally underpowered and virtually every deck will use them as a result (i.e. hella shuffling).
2. R&D designs to encourage multicolor decks and virtually every deck will use them as a result. (i.e. hella shuffling)
Now if they printed some slick nonbasic land hate in conjunction with a fetchland reprint, that'd be interesting but it's unlikely since attacking manabases is anti-fun or some shit.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";109515784]I looooooooove Psychic Strike. Splashable hard counters awwww yeah.[/QUOTE]I could still only find one in a Top 8 deck since Theros dropped. Maindeck or sideboard. Monoblack featuring Ashiok is easier to find than Psychic Strike in the Top 8.
It was higher than that a a year ago IIRC
For anyone but the legacy player (EDH or Casual) Strip Mine has been reprinted a ton of times and is pretty cheap, and strictly better than Wasteland
It was? I don't remember that, but man, the prices are ridiculous.
i feel like I've been disagreeing with you a lot and I swear I don't mean to lol
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I guess from my out-of-it noob perspective, I don't see why there ever has to be a billion different dual land types. The shocklands seem like a good compromise between straight duals and having some kind of gameplay value. I'm not really sure why they aren't just perpetually in the core set.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
The game exists because it's kept fresh, both in flavor and gameplay mechanics. You don't stick around for 20 years as a TCG by doing the same exact thing every year.
It's pretty boring to have a cycle of multicolor lands with the same mechanic in every block, too. The Scry lands in Theros are an almost absurd parody.
Expansions are a great place to do cards like Nykthos (or its design predecessor, Cabal Coffers), not try and fulfill the role that core sets used to fulfill before they decided that core sets should sell expansions instead of being a pool for staples.
Expansions are a great place to do cards like Nykthos (or its design predecessor, Cabal Coffers), not try and fulfill the role that core sets used to fulfill before they decided that core sets should sell expansions instead of being a pool for staples.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I guess the maximum creature size on MTGO must be 1000/1000 because some guy managed to get 4 Corpsejack Menaces out with his Kalonian Hydra and I died with negative 978 life.
I actually don't know how much I really lost by though because the math involved in a 64/64 Kalonian Hydra with 4 Corpsejacks is too complicated for me to understand.
(Also, I had a Courser out and my next card was a Hero's Downfall. I had Kiora's emblem active as well.)
I actually don't know how much I really lost by though because the math involved in a 64/64 Kalonian Hydra with 4 Corpsejacks is too complicated for me to understand.
(Also, I had a Courser out and my next card was a Hero's Downfall. I had Kiora's emblem active as well.)
Just got back from my midnight prerelease. 4-1 which ended up being 6th out of ~50. (they stopped it a round short due to people wanting to leave)
Went white but got a pretty crappy white pool with no playable heroic activators. Green was only good because of getting 2 of the 4CC 7/7s with monstrous. Moneywise only got a Nykthos from my pool and two of the new temples from prize packs. I'll probably end up going to another prerelease today at my other LGS and assuming they have any left from last night I'll give white another try.
Went white but got a pretty crappy white pool with no playable heroic activators. Green was only good because of getting 2 of the 4CC 7/7s with monstrous. Moneywise only got a Nykthos from my pool and two of the new temples from prize packs. I'll probably end up going to another prerelease today at my other LGS and assuming they have any left from last night I'll give white another try.
Frankie Williamson
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Also just back from a prerelease, did terribly, went 2-2 and ended up 11th of 28. I also went white and lucked out with a Godsend, which actually won every game it was played in. Unfortunately, my 3 non-white scryland rares and nearly unplayable uncommons meant that it was an uphill struggle in every game.
blindrocket
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Corpsejack + Kalonian Hydra was a deck that I wanted to build. The Hydra's price of about $25 or so at the time kept me from doing it.
blindrocket
Member
I'm thinking about which direction to take my UWR deck.
UWR Midrange
UWR Control
UWR Twin
Any suggestions? I was thinking UWR Twin for some fun but it seems like it would get a little boring maybe? Always trying to search out the combo for the win con.
Midrange is fun for the beat down. Control is fun because draw-go and playing cards on your opponents turn.
UWR Midrange
UWR Control
UWR Twin
Any suggestions? I was thinking UWR Twin for some fun but it seems like it would get a little boring maybe? Always trying to search out the combo for the win con.
Midrange is fun for the beat down. Control is fun because draw-go and playing cards on your opponents turn.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I saw a sweet Twin deck that transformed into more of a Control deck. It was on a stream or I'd post the decklist.
I know this is like, the least helpful post in the history of posts.
blindrocket
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Here is the decklist I'm looking at right now:
I don't remember where I got it, or if it won a tournament or not.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I want that list. I would change out the Pestermite for a Daze and maybe one more Daze instead of one of the Remands, but that is sexy.
"God's Beard!"
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blindrocket
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blindrocket
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Conspiracy comes out on June 6th. D-Day, baby.
Oh, and how do you guys like Telling Time? Instant speed, play at end of opponents turn, draw a card and set up the draw for your turn... push non-combo pieces (or whatever) down to the bottom
Oh, and how do you guys like Telling Time? Instant speed, play at end of opponents turn, draw a card and set up the draw for your turn... push non-combo pieces (or whatever) down to the bottom
It's not. Lets you filter too many options for too low a price. At sorcery speed, maybe.
blindrocket
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I'm looking at Modern legal cards, but I suppose it doesn't really matter since I don't go to tournaments (and Modern isn't played at FNM locally)
Ponder and Daze (mentioned earlier) are not legal in Modern.
blindrocket
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And speaking of these cards, this was just put up:
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/296
I only have a single Serum Visions and am hesitant to buy the others at five bucks each. But I do have three Telling Times. lol
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/296
I only have a single Serum Visions and am hesitant to buy the others at five bucks each. But I do have three Telling Times. lol
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Fucking useless Gatherer. Why would it not list Modern under legality listing? A simple "Invalid" would be nice for those of us without a encyclopedic knowledge of when sets were released.
Went 4-2 at the prerelease which is probably what my deck was worth. Had 1 awful mull decision (really didn't need to) and 1 game against mono 1/1 deathtouch where a second plains would have probably meant an easy win.
Highlights were drawing about 10 cards off of Master of the Feast using the tap dog in 1 game, and having an opponent ramp into Bearer of the Heavens when I have a 2/4 flyer in play + Reprisal and Gift of Immortality in hand.
Highlights were drawing about 10 cards off of Master of the Feast using the tap dog in 1 game, and having an opponent ramp into Bearer of the Heavens when I have a 2/4 flyer in play + Reprisal and Gift of Immortality in hand.
? Totally listed on each cards page
I went 3-1 in my pre-release, and the one loss involved a game where I kept a Hand of
Vaporkin
Lash of the Whip
Nyx Infusion
Pin to Earth
Island
Island
Swamp
... and never draw another spell before the game ends on Turn 10 (not an exaggeration)
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Fucking goddamn easily one of the worst sealed pools I've ever had. Between my partner and I we had 12 packs and we had no synergy. Basically no Heroic presence. Maybe ten enchantment creatures between us, maybe four of which had Bestow. No good Constellation effects, no good Monsters, absolute trash rares, its like we got all of the mediocre cards meant to fill out a more robust Limited deck with none of the actual good stuff. My strategy was basically play fliers and bounce stuff and my partner basically just had to "play the least terrible cards in black and green"
We went 0-2 and dropped out
We went 0-2 and dropped out
Stabndout cards:
Whitewater Nyads- this thing is basically a 4/4 unblockable that can also give a second creature unblockable on rare occasions. Super powerful.
Phareka's Chosen- while just a colorshited Scorpion, its better in black as a second small deathtouch guy (Bestow dude from Theros), and goes well holding the fort while you fly over for big damage
Nyx Infusion- if only Vaporkin was an enchantment.... Still goes well on a Nimbus Nyad and is decent enough kill
Whitewater Nyads- this thing is basically a 4/4 unblockable that can also give a second creature unblockable on rare occasions. Super powerful.
Phareka's Chosen- while just a colorshited Scorpion, its better in black as a second small deathtouch guy (Bestow dude from Theros), and goes well holding the fort while you fly over for big damage
Nyx Infusion- if only Vaporkin was an enchantment.... Still goes well on a Nimbus Nyad and is decent enough kill
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Also fuck Setessan Tactics
keeblerdrow
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Trip report for evening Pre-release:
Seeded White Pack: Athreos get.
Nyx Pack: Iroas get.
Born Pack: Kiora get.
Built 2 decks, WR & UG. I went 2-1-1 and got 9th place by being bumped out due to worse tie breakers than the other guy. >.>
Seeded White Pack: Athreos get.
Nyx Pack: Iroas get.
Born Pack: Kiora get.
Built 2 decks, WR & UG. I went 2-1-1 and got 9th place by being bumped out due to worse tie breakers than the other guy. >.>
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