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Magic: the Gathering - Oath o/t Gatewatch |OT| Look again, the mana is now diamonds!
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charlequin
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Rosewater says they're announcing something ELSE on Monday. That FTV that apparently still exists, I guess?
divisionbyzorro
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TFW you learn something (very minor) from the MTGO beta and can't say anything. 
Yeah, has to be.
charlequin
Banned
He also says there's an article coming "soon" that will explain the deal with Duel Decks now. And presumably they have to say what their new intro product looks like.
He already said that FTV is still coming this year.
http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/pos...will-there-be-a-ftv-this-year-im-asking#notes
charlequin
Banned
That's what I said?
The "I guess" made it sound like you weren't sure.
Oh ya, that thing.
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Eldrazi aren't getting banned in Legacy ever. Chill bro. Deck is probably not even T1. On the other hand, it's overplayed for sure considered it's extremely cheap for a legacy deck.
I want to give SCG some shit for the venue they chose for their SCG Open in Philly this week. They are running a tiny room in a part of the convention center that is 2 blocks away from where every Magic Tournament I have attended at the center have been, and this room is so small there were very few open tables for trading/sitting down/casual, and it was very hard to browse vendors/artists because there was so little room between the last row of playing tables and the other stuff. I've been to PTQs in this building that were in larger rooms.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Green should get more fight spells that don't target but choose.
A Serious Man
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Those budget cuts to event coverage were more serious than we thought.
GP Houston stream is dead, Rich Hagon is literally typing play-by-play in twitch chat.
That's just pathetic.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Rich is doing a great job
They are having technical issues and are doing the best they can, it's unfortunate.
The deck being able to perform well in Legacy is actually pretty good for the format, especially since it will be taking a hit in Modern. Might get some people to play in Legacy that bought in for Modern and get more Legacy players.
For sure. It also naturally predate most blue heavy cantrip decks, which have been on the top of the meta basically forever and had little natural predators that didn't fold to combo (DnT). If Eldrazi stay around, we may have an actual new pillar of the format.
LOL, dude in the finals of this Bazzar of Moxen Modern tournament is just straight trolling. Opponent has the infinate damage loop on the table, and he painfully made his opponent go through step by step when he had no cards in hand, stopping him at each step to read cards, ect.
IN THE FINALS.
IN THE FINALS.
If you guys were going to buy a box of an older set both for a fun draft and in the hopes of semi-decent roi, what would you pick?
I loved Innistrad, but the boxes seem super pricey for what's basically a shot at LotVs and Snapcasters, with little else of major value in the set.
I loved Innistrad, but the boxes seem super pricey for what's basically a shot at LotVs and Snapcasters, with little else of major value in the set.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Ravnica?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
lol Marshall
Marshall: "Why does Avatar of the Resolute have 2 counters?"
Chat: "Because that's what it does, Marshall"
Marshall: "oh thanks chat"
Marshall: "Why does Avatar of the Resolute have 2 counters?"
Chat: "Because that's what it does, Marshall"
Marshall: "oh thanks chat"
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
All my Nissas going UP UP UP
(lol)
(lol)
OGW, she's seeing a lot of play in the GP Houston stream.
Eldrazi saving legacy from the blue flood.
As of now 4 different decks in this SGC T8 (land, UR delver, infect and eldrazi). Don't know what are the other 4 players. I guess at least another delver variant and another eldrazi list.
EDIT : 2 Colorless Eldrazi, Miracles, Four-Color Delver, UR Delver, Grixis Delver, Infect, and Lands.
GerryT Eldrazi list feel so undertuned to me tbh. Mox diamonds and Matter reshaper WutFace
But he's in the final so w/e
As of now 4 different decks in this SGC T8 (land, UR delver, infect and eldrazi). Don't know what are the other 4 players. I guess at least another delver variant and another eldrazi list.
EDIT : 2 Colorless Eldrazi, Miracles, Four-Color Delver, UR Delver, Grixis Delver, Infect, and Lands.
GerryT Eldrazi list feel so undertuned to me tbh. Mox diamonds and Matter reshaper WutFace
But he's in the final so w/e
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Why isn't the Hardened scales deck playing Gideon?
Joe Molotov
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Bought a playset of Nissas yesterday, I'm so smart.
That seems like a good suggestion. We'll give it a shot. Thanks!
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Damn Owen Turtenwald gain a bunch of weight.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I know, isn't it great whenever Jeskai Black loses.
Both decks suck, but I was routing actively against Rally. Standard always sucks when it ends up like this.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Yup, Reflector Mage made the deck actual busted.
Spring rotation looking like the best-est idea.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
At least rally is gonna rotate, Jeskai black is probably just gonna cut a color.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
A very large number of the good cards in Jeskai Black rotate, its not gonna be around.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Thought dig was dragons. There'll probably be a Jace + removal suite deck though
Eh, I don't think it will be as oppressive as Rally, ignoring what may come in SoI, and that's fine by me. Having a best deck is OK. Having a deck that just always wins is not.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I'm gonna laugh when Goblin Guide shows up again as a Mythic in MM3.
charlequin
Banned
They've literally taken a card that was printed at rare in a set that had mythics and then reprinted it later at mythic, so I am extremely confident this is not going to be the first ever example of such.
Considering they obviously have no idea how to design decent red mythics, I would not be shocked to see GG at Mythic in MM3. Could also mean a Landfall theme with ZEN fetches as well, though, that would surprise me if they blew the reprint equity on the lands and not in another standard set. Probably not realistic, on second thought.
charlequin
Banned
Really? You really honestly, not in a cool hip cynicism to impress the kids who smoke way, think that for the first time ever they'll upgrade a post-Alara rare to mythic because they're too dumb to come up with two red mythics?
I'm wasn't 100% serious when I wrote it, but to be fair, they've done a really poor job with mono-red mythics so far in the Modern Masters line. I mean, if you break it down...
MM2013: Kiki Jiki (good), Ryusei (bad)
MM2015: Comet Storm (lol), Kiki Jiki (good)
So 2/4 mono-red mythics in the two Modern Masters sets are good and they're printings of the same card. Yes, I know Kiki isn't post-Alara as you said, but when I really look at Modern-legal mono red cards that could be mythic that could also use reprintings, I'm not coming up with much.
Here's a list of already-mythic cards I guess they might consider: Bonfire of the Damned, Past in Flames, Thundermaw Hellkite, Urabrask the Hidden, Koth of the Hammer, Inferno Titan, Warren Instigator, any number of Chandras, Tibalt (lol), the boring INN and DKA dragons, Stormbreath Dragon (if Theros is included, which I don't think it will be)
Here's a loose list of things I suppose could use an upgrade to a slot that aren't mythic: Goblin Guide, Through the Breach, Akroma Angel of Fury, Reiterate, Pyromancer Ascension
When I look at the list of mythics, it's just not a very exciting list. Some cards are more likely than others, obviously. If they do the praetor cycle then Urabrask is obviously a lock. Thundermaw Hellkite is probably your best bet for a creature, and people do love their dragons, so that might be an easier pick. Also some of those cards might be claimed by Eternal Masters, shrinking the pool even further. All things considered it's a pretty meh list. I'm not saying they're "too dumb" to pick something else, which I think is unfair of you to insinuate. And please tell me what I've left off that would be an awesome inclusion -- maybe I'm overlooking something. I'm just saying what's available just isn't super exciting and maybe bumping up Goblin Guide solves the "red mythics aren't exciting" problem these sets seem to have. That said, I'd love if they left it at rare.
divisionbyzorro
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If you're looking for a good mythic dragon, Thundermaw Hellkite fits the bill.
Ah I knew I was forgetting something!
Thundermaw absolutely would fit the bill.
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