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Magic: the GAFering |OT2|
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The Deck is very much based off of Craig Wescoes build from the 2013 WC, down to the fact that his build was also 3 Path and 2 Inquistion in the main http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=5388&d=231114
I always figured lntangible virtue was better
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I'm honestly surprised at how many people legit thought the deck was going to be stuffed with staples.
The event decks are never actually worth more than MSRP outside of corner cases. Sometimes they are on paper (e.g. Jace v. Vraska, although that's not an Event Deck), but rarely in reality could you profitably use all of the parts.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Either.
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Yawgmoth's Win and Necropotence are in Vintage Masters.
I would be vaguely surprised to not see basically everything on the Restricted List in Vintage Masters - there are only 41 cards on the Restricted List and a lot of them are just staples that need to be printed for Vintage to even exist, yet aren't terribly rare - e.g. Demonic Tutor, Demonic Consultation. The only card I really see them not sticking in the set is Imperial Seal, mostly because it is a functional reprint of Vampiric Tutor.
I don't really see how they could really say it was "playing Vintage" if they didn't have Force of Will in the set.
CorruptShadow
Member
They should have at least included 2 Godless Shrine instead of the City of Brass. Seems obvious given the 4 isolated chapel.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I think the idea was to print mostly stuff that's not currently in print, though.
They are stuffed with staples. Just not hyper-rare ones.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Meaning ones that they could part out for profit.
I feel like putting any desireable cards into these kinds of product for the sake of competitive players would be the second rising of the infamous Rat's Nest precon, where everyone who'd buy it would only be doing it for gutting the rares. High-level play does need some reprints, though, which is why I was baffled by Modern Masters being both more expensive and having less availability than other sets of its time.
Personally, I'd much rather have a more modest deck that's actually playable (for example, by not running lots of singletons to achieve more redundancy) than one you'd get a couple of cards from and throw the rest into your random chaff pile.
Personally, I'd much rather have a more modest deck that's actually playable (for example, by not running lots of singletons to achieve more redundancy) than one you'd get a couple of cards from and throw the rest into your random chaff pile.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I knew we'd eventually get around to Rat's Nest
I knew we'd eventually get around to Rat's Nest
Well, I did buy it for the rats, and ended mixing it up with the blue precon for some UB ninja rat action. Finally, I think I traded the Jitte away for nearly nothing sometime later.
GamerKingFaiz
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Is MTGO Traders a good place to buy cards on MTGO? I just bought an account yesterday and want to put together a standard deck. I like that you can pay them with PayPal for all the cards you need at once, instead of having to buy tickets and find the bots with the cards you need.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
If you use the coupon code "mtgsallypaypal" you get an 8% discount. Its a little weird that they ask you to message them from an eBay account or send them a photo ID before delivery though. I think that's because MTGO cards are a fairly good way to launder money, though.
GamerKingFaiz
Member
Marvelous! Is there any way to mass enter a list of cards like on TCGPlayer? I can't seem to find it on the MTGO Traders website.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Ok Grimace, ultimate troll deck time:
Grixis Combo
1 Codex Shredder
1 Quicken
4 Thoughtseize
2 Dakra Mystic
4 Thassa's Ire
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Disciple of Deceit
2 Far // Away
4 Rakdos' Return
2 Brain Maggot
4 Siren of the Silent Song
2 Notion Thief
2 Whispering Madness
2 AEtherize
4 Watery Grave
4 Blood Crypt
4 Steam Vents
4 Mana Confluence
4 Temple of Deceit
2 Temple of Malice
Notion Thief + Whispering Madness / Rakdos' Return to dump your opponent's hand.
Dakra Mystic to make it less likely for your opponent to draw instants.
Springleaf Drum + Siren of the Silent Song + Thassa's Ire to force a discard at your opponent's every draw step.
Disciple of Deceit + Springleaf Drum to assemble the combo.
Grixis Combo
1 Codex Shredder
1 Quicken
4 Thoughtseize
2 Dakra Mystic
4 Thassa's Ire
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Disciple of Deceit
2 Far // Away
4 Rakdos' Return
2 Brain Maggot
4 Siren of the Silent Song
2 Notion Thief
2 Whispering Madness
2 AEtherize
4 Watery Grave
4 Blood Crypt
4 Steam Vents
4 Mana Confluence
4 Temple of Deceit
2 Temple of Malice
Notion Thief + Whispering Madness / Rakdos' Return to dump your opponent's hand.
Dakra Mystic to make it less likely for your opponent to draw instants.
Springleaf Drum + Siren of the Silent Song + Thassa's Ire to force a discard at your opponent's every draw step.
Disciple of Deceit + Springleaf Drum to assemble the combo.
I don't Cube so I'm excited to try some of this stuff in limited, if I played with these cards it was purely in (what passed for) tuned constructed environments.
Imperial Seal is pretty cheap on MODO already so they could probably do without.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I wish Temple of M'lady would stop being an $8 card on MTGO just so people can copy that Monoblack Devotion deck that splashes green for Abrupt Decay.
divisionbyzorro
Member
They want digital Power to carry some mystique, similarly to the way paper power does.
I'm just glad they're reprinting the dual lands. And I intend to draft this set a lot.
Yeah, duals will crash pretty hard. And that's ok.
Probably only on sale for a month or 2, like Modern Masters. Drafts will return every now and then though.
Most importantly, they spoiled on Twitter that Force of Will (new art) is in at normal rare- that should take the price of the original down (It and Rishardin Port alternate as the most expensive card on MTGO on a daily basis almost)
I get that, but I mean prices for the "Power 9" are gonna spike in the digital like they do paper, which is a little insane since there's no "printing"/limited costs.
I'd rather they put the Power 9 up for $20/a card of your choice and let people spend exorbitant amounts of cash to get them all + 4 for deck building. That'd be like... $720 for 4 of each "Power 9" card a pop. NintendoITPRINTSMONEY.jpg and all that while letting my collector itch for the digital version be scratched for $120 total. D:
They have never sold individual cards before. And they never will.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Oh thank goodness. When they spoiled Balance as mythic, I was worried that FoW would be mythic too (although I guess Balance is so obnoxious in limited it makes sense as mythic).
I believe Demonic Tutor may also be Mythic for this reason.
I guess the only thing I can do is cry about never getting a lotus by spending $30 or so for boosters for Vintage and
Is there any news on Wasteland yet? I could see legacy getting very popular on modo if it's near modern levels of affordability.
You only need 1 of each since the P9 is restricted in Vintage.
You only need 1 of each since the P9 is restricted in Vintage.
9x Forest
9x Island
4x Simic Guildgate
4x Wild Mongrel
4x Aquamoeba
4x Looter il-Kor
3x Arrogant Wurm
4x Basking Rootwalla
4x Circular Logic
4x Mana Leak
4x Artful Dodge
3x Deep Analysis
4x Careful Study
Kinda sux to not have a cheesy win condition like Wonder (or Quiet Speculation) but w/e. I also wonder (heh) if Gush will flow nicely with this... Deep Analysis is a scrubby card. On the other hand, it would make Careful Study much worse without Deep Analysis.
9x Island
4x Simic Guildgate
4x Wild Mongrel
4x Aquamoeba
4x Looter il-Kor
3x Arrogant Wurm
4x Basking Rootwalla
4x Circular Logic
4x Mana Leak
4x Artful Dodge
3x Deep Analysis
4x Careful Study
Kinda sux to not have a cheesy win condition like Wonder (or Quiet Speculation) but w/e. I also wonder (heh) if Gush will flow nicely with this... Deep Analysis is a scrubby card. On the other hand, it would make Careful Study much worse without Deep Analysis.
Built a new Black/White Control Enchantment deck. Win con is life loss.
Enchantment Creatures
Athreos, God of Passage x1
Brain Maggot x3
Eidolon of Rhetoric x2
Erebos, God of the Dead x2
Grim Guardian x2
Heliod, God of the Sun x1
Nyx-Fleece Ram x3
Underworld Coinsmith x4
Enchantment Artifacts
Spear of Heliod x2
Whip of Erebos x2
Enchantments
Banishing Light x4
Claim of Erebos x2
Dictate of Erebos x2
One Thousand Lashes x2
Sinister Punishment x2
Sphere of Safety x2
Stab Wound x2
Lands
Plains x11
Temple of Silence x3
Swamp x8
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The Eidolon is in there to slow down my opponent. Because of all of the activated abilities on my various creatures and artifacts, I can still do stuff with my mana even if I'm not casting. I know I need another Athreos and Heliod, Sinister Punishment goes once I get them. Keeping in mind that the goal is for anything that isn't land to be an enchantment (and therefore buff the sphere and trigger constellation) any other suggestions? (This one isn't just for silly fun, I actually want to win with it).
Enchantment Creatures
Athreos, God of Passage x1
Brain Maggot x3
Eidolon of Rhetoric x2
Erebos, God of the Dead x2
Grim Guardian x2
Heliod, God of the Sun x1
Nyx-Fleece Ram x3
Underworld Coinsmith x4
Enchantment Artifacts
Spear of Heliod x2
Whip of Erebos x2
Enchantments
Banishing Light x4
Claim of Erebos x2
Dictate of Erebos x2
One Thousand Lashes x2
Sinister Punishment x2
Sphere of Safety x2
Stab Wound x2
Lands
Plains x11
Temple of Silence x3
Swamp x8
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The Eidolon is in there to slow down my opponent. Because of all of the activated abilities on my various creatures and artifacts, I can still do stuff with my mana even if I'm not casting. I know I need another Athreos and Heliod, Sinister Punishment goes once I get them. Keeping in mind that the goal is for anything that isn't land to be an enchantment (and therefore buff the sphere and trigger constellation) any other suggestions? (This one isn't just for silly fun, I actually want to win with it).
Frankie Williamson
Member
I'd be definitely interested on how this goes.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
This set is going to set me back hundreds of dollars.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
A lot of people aren't familiar with Vintage as a format. Here's a primer on Vintage constructed:
http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/16xz9o/vintage_a_primer
http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/16xz9o/vintage_a_primer
divisionbyzorro
Member
A lot of those lists he links are quite old; you can see more up-to-date lists (although the five pillars are still correct) on morphling.de
keeblerdrow
Member
I saw this deck rip apart control, aggro, and mid range of every kind. Temples, Shocks & Mana Confluence included in the mana base. It may have been tweaked since the guy posted it on tappedout, but this is his base idea.
4x Banishing Light
3x Blind Obedience
4x Ethereal Armor
2x Extinguish All Hope
4x Godless Shrine
3x Grim Guardian
2x Heliod, God of the Sun
4x Mana Confluence
4x Master of the Feast
4x Nyx-Fleece Ram
5x Plains
4x Soul Tithe
4x Sphere of Safety
5x Swamp
4x Temple of Silence
4x Underworld Connections
Sideboard
3x Bile Blight
2x Brain Maggot
3x Celestial Flare
3x Deicide
2x Orzhov Charm
2x Rest in Peace
ThLunarian
Member
Mana Confluence has no business in this deck. There aren't even any double-white cards in the whole thing. Just replace them with like 3 swamps and a Plains.
divisionbyzorro
Member
I hate keyword highlighting. I appreciate what it's supposed to do, but it never works right.
I also turn off flavor text and reminder text. Yes, I am a monster.
I also turn off flavor text and reminder text. Yes, I am a monster.
ThLunarian
Member
That art really is abysmal. It's like the worst parts of old-school Unlimited-style art and modern art, combined
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
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