Wulfric
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Thanks for the heads up, got myself a playset just in case. And to think I had groaned every time I opened an Eye of Ugin in MM2015 draft. I didn't even keep them.
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Magic: the Gathering - Oath o/t Gatewatch |OT| Look again, the mana is now diamonds!
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Thanks for the heads up, got myself a playset just in case. And to think I had groaned every time I opened an Eye of Ugin in MM2015 draft. I didn't even keep them.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
So the more I think about it Chandra's probably better than I gave her credit for, but I still can't help but feel she should ETB with 5 or even 6 loyalty. You should be able to clear the board of Wingmate Roc and still keep Chandra.
He was probably pissed off you drafted Reanimate.
SFM Unban would just mean I throw it in Abzan and shit gets dumb.
He was probably pissed off you drafted Reanimate.
Correct. You can choose not to attack.
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I just noticed something interesting
inklings of a standard equipment deck? (modern, with SFM unban?)
SFM Unban would just mean I throw it in Abzan and shit gets dumb.
divisionbyzorro
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Yeah; my legit terrible deck went 1-2. You ever have that draft where you get all the enablers but none of the payoff? That was my deck. Lotus, Ancestral, Entomb, Reanimate, plus some more goodies. But the best fatties I got were Angel of Serenity and Myr Battlesphere. It was embarrassing. My R3 opponent was probably the most clueless cube drafter I've ever played against, and thanks to a combination of my anemic deck and a bit of mana screw, he still handily beat me. Yeesh. I blame the New Years booze.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Say I have a Jace, Vryn's Prodigy with 5 cards in GY. Tap, opponent responds with Vapor Snag. What happens?
His ability has to resolve for the flip to happen so it'd go back to your hand, you'd lose a life, and then you'd loot.
Hellshadow
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Just noticed that 8th edition is available to draft on Magic Online, awesome. Gonna spend the new year playing old school Magic.
"God's Beard!"
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WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Thanks. Wondered about the order.
And Firemind now gets the right to bitch. They didn't even fucking try with the Izzet land. Why even waste everybody's fucking time with that garbage ass shit? Card is so bad it actively annoys me.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Huh that Nissa thing is...interesting
This is actually better than I thought it was going to be but still probably not modern playable.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's modern playable because it's red and blue and can attack.
ThLunarian
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My god, that Nissa thing is nuts. It's a one mana Anticipate with upside. Give me all the copies.
I was going to mention it's legendary but that's completely irrelevant lol
Really interesting card.
It seems like a strong enough effect for some decks even without the "get greedy with your superfriends" clause. I see myself brewing a lot of bad modern decks with this as a centerpiece.
If the rest of this cycle follows the "aggressively costed sorceries with incidental enchantments slapped on" theme, I'll be very happy. Even happier if they print a strong Enchantress effect to go along with them.
This is better than it looks. It has 4 power and can't be bolted. Still not great, and it's not like anyone's going to be swapping out Colonnade for this in Modern, but it's a fine card.
A Serious Man
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Really like Nissa's Oath. The manland... has cool art I guess.
"God's Beard!"
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So basically in a month Rally is getting kicked out of the format and Ramp is no longer a meta deck.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Pseudo Green Ponder doesn't seem very good. 2nd ability is almost totally useless.
UR manland is pretty sweet though.
UR manland is pretty sweet though.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It can be bolted if someone tries to switch its power and toughness because it will always end up as a 4/1 at some point after Bolt resolves.
Giant Panda
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It's different enough from anticipate that it isn't all upside. This is sorcery speed, can't get all card types, and you have to reveal what you choose. I think it's only worthwhile if you care about enchantments or the easier super-friends casting.
Very underwhelmed (for 1 more mana Colonnade is a 4/4 with two abilities) but I guess I'll still play it. Activation seems way too expensive.
SigmasonicX
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We also have the normal art for Immolating Glare.
Not much to say about Sphinx of the Final Word. It's a control deck finisher.
Oath of Nissa is a pretty unexpected effect. Even though it's restricted in card types and speed, it's surprising for green to get an effect that can be directly compared to Anticipate at one mana. Plus, even though it's a legendary enchantment, it is good in multiples because you can just use it as a sorcery effect. Also, as the preview article points out, you could potentially play a mono-green deck with Tibalt if you really wanted to.
It's interesting how manlands work. Wandering Fumarole feels weak, yet I can also tell that it will likely see Standard and perhaps even Modern play. Note that LSV points out that if you switch the power and toughness and the opponent casts Lightning Bolt in response, there is absolutely nothing you can do with the land by itself to protect it.
If the stack looks like this (newest on top)
Bolt
Switch
Then there will be 3 damage on a 1/4 Fumarole, then it will switch to a 4/1 and die.
Switch
Bolt
Switch
Fumarole will become a 4/1, then it will be hit by a Lightning Bolt and die before it can switch again.
Switch
Switch
Bolt
Switch
This will be the first scenario again. Fumarole will become a 4/1 and then a 1/4 again. It will have 3 damage on it, then switch to a 4/1 and die.
EDIT: I now wonder if Oath of Gideon's static effect will be something like, "At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control Gideon, Jace, Chandra, and Nissa planeswalkers, then you win the game."
Not much to say about Sphinx of the Final Word. It's a control deck finisher.
Oath of Nissa is a pretty unexpected effect. Even though it's restricted in card types and speed, it's surprising for green to get an effect that can be directly compared to Anticipate at one mana. Plus, even though it's a legendary enchantment, it is good in multiples because you can just use it as a sorcery effect. Also, as the preview article points out, you could potentially play a mono-green deck with Tibalt if you really wanted to.
It's interesting how manlands work. Wandering Fumarole feels weak, yet I can also tell that it will likely see Standard and perhaps even Modern play. Note that LSV points out that if you switch the power and toughness and the opponent casts Lightning Bolt in response, there is absolutely nothing you can do with the land by itself to protect it.
If the stack looks like this (newest on top)
Bolt
Switch
Then there will be 3 damage on a 1/4 Fumarole, then it will switch to a 4/1 and die.
Switch
Bolt
Switch
Fumarole will become a 4/1, then it will be hit by a Lightning Bolt and die before it can switch again.
Switch
Switch
Bolt
Switch
This will be the first scenario again. Fumarole will become a 4/1 and then a 1/4 again. It will have 3 damage on it, then switch to a 4/1 and die.
EDIT: I now wonder if Oath of Gideon's static effect will be something like, "At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control Gideon, Jace, Chandra, and Nissa planeswalkers, then you win the game."
I feel like if they weren't going to make them playable they should've just not bothered. Not happy about any of them really.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's a format with almost 0 relevant things you can do on Turn 1 though.
Also, this is the greatest deck in the world:
Deck: Goblin Dark-Dwellers
//Creatures
4 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
4 Seeker of the Way
2 Monastery Mentor
3 Soulfire Grand Master
//Planeswalkers
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
//Spells
4 Crackling Doom
3 Fiery Impulse
3 Kolaghan's Command
1 Murderous Cut
3 Duress
3 Read the Bones
1 Roast
//Lands
2 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Swamp
2 Battlefield Forge
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Canopy Vista
1 Wind-Scarred Crag
4 Flooded Strand
1 Nomad Outpost
2 Shambling Vent
1 Smoldering Marsh
1 Sunken Hollow
3 Wooded Foothills
//Sideboard
2 Arashin Cleric
1 Monastery Mentor
2 Outpost Siege
3 Kozilek's Return
2 Self-Inflicted Wound
3 Transgress the Mind
1 Duress
1 Ruinous Path
Display deck statisticsThe R/W ones way more interesting as a 1/1 for RW. Dont really understand it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Big Icarus
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It CAN be bolted. Anytime you switch it's power the opponent can respond with a Bolt.
Edit: LOL already covered. Twice.
IG is way better than the both of those. SW is only a sorcery most of the early turns. CF doesn't allow you to target and is WW. RG Atarka just got a whole lot weaker.
Big Icarus
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Just play Surge of Righteousness or Valorous Stance instead. I think Glare is just a cheaper Kill Shot. Probably won't see much play.
charlequin
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So I'm hanging out with my college buds for our annual mtg get together, right
One guy is bringing a box of BFZ for us to draft, and he shows up and asks us "so will you guys help me look through these cards my dad got from storage wars"
So we look through them, and they're pretty messed up, and most of them are junk, but as we keep looking we see... Unglued lands... Legends chain lightnings... Stronghold ensnaring bridges... And then for tempest wastelands.
Then we crack packs for our first round of drafting and someone drops on the table... Expedition polluted delta.
One guy is bringing a box of BFZ for us to draft, and he shows up and asks us "so will you guys help me look through these cards my dad got from storage wars"
So we look through them, and they're pretty messed up, and most of them are junk, but as we keep looking we see... Unglued lands... Legends chain lightnings... Stronghold ensnaring bridges... And then for tempest wastelands.
Then we crack packs for our first round of drafting and someone drops on the table... Expedition polluted delta.
that asshole
Wulfric
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I would definitely try looking for a new game shop; some stores tend to draw a certain "iffy", overly competitive crowd. You probably want to try a shop that caters towards more casual players.
The prerelease for the next set is coming up the weekend of the 16th-17th, and draws a more casual audience. I'd recommend it if you've been out of the Magic loop for a while.
The prerelease for the next set is coming up the weekend of the 16th-17th, and draws a more casual audience. I'd recommend it if you've been out of the Magic loop for a while.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Plus, if you've been out long enough where EDH/Commander wasn't real popular, it's drawn a whole new casual crowd! Also, the DCI handed down rules that anybody with a BO rating of 5 or greater would automatically start off with one less card per initial draw. Now the shops smell like candy and unicorn kisses.
"God's Beard!"
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Mono black Part the Waterveil
SigmasonicX
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";190979792]Mono black Part the Waterveil[/QUOTE]
... Uh, I think this needs more of an explanation.
... Uh, I think this needs more of an explanation.
Has anyone had any experience selling cards on eBay? Our playgroup opened an expeditions Polluted Delta and we figured the only fair thing to do was to sell it and split the money. Any tips, things to avoid doing/make sure we should be doing? We've got it doulbe sleeved and in a hard plastic cover, would that be enough? Is it even worth the risk or should we just sell to a LGS and get less for it?
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