Etrian Oddity
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Vile Redeemer and Sifter of Skulls will make nice additions to my Aristocrats deck.
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Magic: the Gathering - Oath o/t Gatewatch |OT| Look again, the mana is now diamonds!
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"God's Beard!"
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Currently 2-0 at the GP, 4 straight games vs GR Ramp.
Maindeck Negate is paying off.
Maindeck Negate is paying off.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Tarmogoyf is blatantly overpriced given how good it actually is in Modern though haha
For the record I don't even know what to say about the fact that the Thoughtseize-Tarmogoyf-Liliana deck is kind of bad.
do they even have coverage before noon
Giant Panda
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Path would be fair if it only destroyed probably, but exiling is just super efficient for minimal downside.
keeblerdrow
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pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Getting rid of a 10-cmc eldrazi for 1 white mana seems like anti-standard, the way Wizards wants it anyways.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I pathed an Ulamog yesterday
It didn't help that much given the Karn that followed. Now THAT's a dumb card haha.
It didn't help that much given the Karn that followed. Now THAT's a dumb card haha.
Gunna be honest.
Tuned into magic stream and someone just basically one with some infect deck so quick
I mean, hey if thats fun for the players all the power to tyem, and i understand this is probably some wierd format, but as someone who keeps bouncing whether to get into magic or not i always just get pushed into ...noooo stay in limited....when i see this stuff
Is there anywhere i can pratcice for a sealed event, aka prerelease. I know theres draft simulators. I have no idea if there are sealed omes, and ones updated with the new cards for that matter
Tuned into magic stream and someone just basically one with some infect deck so quick
I mean, hey if thats fun for the players all the power to tyem, and i understand this is probably some wierd format, but as someone who keeps bouncing whether to get into magic or not i always just get pushed into ...noooo stay in limited....when i see this stuff
Is there anywhere i can pratcice for a sealed event, aka prerelease. I know theres draft simulators. I have no idea if there are sealed omes, and ones updated with the new cards for that matter
"God's Beard!"
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4-0 at the GP
LaserBuddha
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If you want to have fun playing magic just play EDH.
keeblerdrow
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This is not true.
shrapnelmagnet
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";191715080]4-0 at the GP[/QUOTE]
Keep it up, man!
Keep it up, man!
LaserBuddha
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Prove it!
"God's Beard!"
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4-1-2
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";191737031]4-1-2
:c[/QUOTE]
Someone got jinxed
You still have a shot at Day 2 though right? Just can't lose again.
shrapnelmagnet
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Someone got jinxed
You still have a shot at Day 2 though right? Just can't lose again.
It wasn't me, I swear. I bring extraordinary luck. Objectively.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Man the ramp deck is already stupidly amusing to play since you sometimes end up with board states with Oblivion Sower, Atarka and Ulamog out at the same time, adding in a bunch of extra good stuff is gonna be crazy.
I take back anything negative I said about this beautiful thing
I take back anything negative I said about this beautiful thing
"God's Beard!"
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"God's Beard!"
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One of my teammates for GP San Jose team sealed Blake is 8-1 at Oakland right now. At least there's some positive.
I think I'm gonna sell most of my cards.
I think I'm gonna sell most of my cards.
Man the ramp deck is already stupidly amusing to play since you sometimes end up with board states with Oblivion Sower, Atarka and Ulamog out at the same time, adding in a bunch of extra good stuff is gonna be crazy.
I take back anything negative I said about this beautiful thing
Yasssss. Join the good side!
Didn't yall hype up BG Infect just for Tom Ross to still play UG Infect? Lol
"God's Beard!"
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I'm so tired. I can't play fast enough to win with the control decks I like to play. I should have played the third Dragonmaster like I planned. Two of my draws I was one turn short of lethal. Every match I played today went within 5 minutes of time or went over. Only one match where I played 3 games ended on time.
4-2-3. Just horrendous. I'm not going to blame draws or luck or my opponents or fetchlands being in Standard.
I went to time in large tournaments playing Whip and Sphinx's Rev as well. It's a real problem that isn't getting better. I took PVDDR's advice and planned out my sequencing during my opponent's turns, but building inevitability takes me so long. I need to figure out what mistakes I'm making or I'm just going to burn out and quit magic. I've lost too many rounds during the last two years of competitive magic because of time. The only time I had real, consistent success was when I was playing Bogles. My roommate and I go back and forth all the time, but I've gone 7-0 in matches against him playing Atarka Red. Maybe I just need to play aggro.
I dunno. My brain hurts from being stuck shoulder-to-shoulder with 2000 people for twelve hours without any breaks to walk around because all my matches went to time.
I'm really stressed out about this. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm not Ivan Floch.
4-2-3. Just horrendous. I'm not going to blame draws or luck or my opponents or fetchlands being in Standard.
I went to time in large tournaments playing Whip and Sphinx's Rev as well. It's a real problem that isn't getting better. I took PVDDR's advice and planned out my sequencing during my opponent's turns, but building inevitability takes me so long. I need to figure out what mistakes I'm making or I'm just going to burn out and quit magic. I've lost too many rounds during the last two years of competitive magic because of time. The only time I had real, consistent success was when I was playing Bogles. My roommate and I go back and forth all the time, but I've gone 7-0 in matches against him playing Atarka Red. Maybe I just need to play aggro.
I dunno. My brain hurts from being stuck shoulder-to-shoulder with 2000 people for twelve hours without any breaks to walk around because all my matches went to time.
I'm really stressed out about this. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm not Ivan Floch.
Joe Molotov
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I made my first Modern purchase today: a playset of Arabian Nights Kird Apes.
OG Kird Ape da bes
OG Kird Ape da bes
To be fair, Tom Ross hyped up BG Infect for Tom Ross to still play UG Infect.
shrapnelmagnet
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";191763185].[/QUOTE]
Don't make any rash decisions- It already sounds like you're gaining valuable insight and as a result will be better in the future.
Get some rest and draft tomor
Don't make any rash decisions- It already sounds like you're gaining valuable insight and as a result will be better in the future.
Get some rest and draft tomor
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Even the pros don't run the same exact type of decks every single time. Your brain needs some refreshing. Just give it a switch up every now and again and you'll be fine.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";191763185]I'm so tired. I can't play fast enough to win with the control decks I like to play. I should have played the third Dragonmaster like I planned. Two of my draws I was one turn short of lethal. Every match I played today went within 5 minutes of time or went over. Only one match where I played 3 games ended on time.
4-2-3. Just horrendous. I'm not going to blame draws or luck or my opponents or fetchlands being in Standard.
I went to time in large tournaments playing Whip and Sphinx's Rev as well. It's a real problem that isn't getting better. I took PVDDR's advice and planned out my sequencing during my opponent's turns, but building inevitability takes me so long. I need to figure out what mistakes I'm making or I'm just going to burn out and quit magic. I've lost too many rounds during the last two years of competitive magic because of time. The only time I had real, consistent success was when I was playing Bogles. My roommate and I go back and forth all the time, but I've gone 7-0 in matches against him playing Atarka Red. Maybe I just need to play aggro.
I dunno. My brain hurts from being stuck shoulder-to-shoulder with 2000 people for twelve hours without any breaks to walk around because all my matches went to time.
I'm really stressed out about this. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm not Ivan Floch.[/QUOTE]
Playing Aggro really fast is a mistake in and of itself though.
Join the dark side there's only one deck with this kinda top end
The Nissa's Revelation is a super fun card to play. There were a few people playing Nissa's Renewal (Gain 7 life, Explosive Veggies for 3), but the difference between 6 and 7 is nothing in this deck and Scry 5, probably gain 10 life and draw 10 cards is kind of huge.
People are only suddenly starting to realize that Infinite Obliteration naming Ulamog doesn't actually win the game. Hell, I board one or two out against black decks with I Can't Even guy.
4-2-3. Just horrendous. I'm not going to blame draws or luck or my opponents or fetchlands being in Standard.
I went to time in large tournaments playing Whip and Sphinx's Rev as well. It's a real problem that isn't getting better. I took PVDDR's advice and planned out my sequencing during my opponent's turns, but building inevitability takes me so long. I need to figure out what mistakes I'm making or I'm just going to burn out and quit magic. I've lost too many rounds during the last two years of competitive magic because of time. The only time I had real, consistent success was when I was playing Bogles. My roommate and I go back and forth all the time, but I've gone 7-0 in matches against him playing Atarka Red. Maybe I just need to play aggro.
I dunno. My brain hurts from being stuck shoulder-to-shoulder with 2000 people for twelve hours without any breaks to walk around because all my matches went to time.
I'm really stressed out about this. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm not Ivan Floch.[/QUOTE]
Playing Aggro really fast is a mistake in and of itself though.
Join the dark side there's only one deck with this kinda top end
The Nissa's Revelation is a super fun card to play. There were a few people playing Nissa's Renewal (Gain 7 life, Explosive Veggies for 3), but the difference between 6 and 7 is nothing in this deck and Scry 5, probably gain 10 life and draw 10 cards is kind of huge.
People are only suddenly starting to realize that Infinite Obliteration naming Ulamog doesn't actually win the game. Hell, I board one or two out against black decks with I Can't Even guy.
This is the truth.
If the second hand market is not the way it is, Wizards would not nave been able to get away with pricing MM2 at $10 per pack.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Took the ramp deck for a spin, and yeah, its good
The only way people seem to understand how to interact with it is to Infinite Obliterate Ulamog, which doesn't work as well as people seem to hope. It's not exactly non-interactive, its that the correct counter strategy is probably boarding in discard or going for a big win faster than the opponent can start dropping anything vaguely large, not trying to remove a wincon from the deck because there's too many of them, besides which Ugin can't be Obliterated anyways so you still have to deal with a board wipe.
The only way people seem to understand how to interact with it is to Infinite Obliterate Ulamog, which doesn't work as well as people seem to hope. It's not exactly non-interactive, its that the correct counter strategy is probably boarding in discard or going for a big win faster than the opponent can start dropping anything vaguely large, not trying to remove a wincon from the deck because there's too many of them, besides which Ugin can't be Obliterated anyways so you still have to deal with a board wipe.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Deck: Eldrazi Vegetables
//Creatures
3 Hangarback Walker
2 Den Protector
4 Jaddi Offshoot
2 Oblivion Sower
2 Dragonlord Atarka
4 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
//Planeswalker
4 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
//Spells
4 Explosive Vegetation
3 Map the Wastes
4 Nissa's Pilgrimage
2 Sylvan Scrying
1 Nissa's Revelation
//Land
10 Forest
1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
4 Sanctum of Ugin
4 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Mountain
1 Plains
//Sideboard
2 Void Winnower
2 Hallowed Moonlight
3 Rending Volley
1 Dragonlord Atarka
2 Radiant Flames
1 Roast
2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
2 Nissa's Renewal
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This is the decklist I just used, but I didn't find Sylvan Scrying to be particularly great - the corner case where it's better than just having a straight up land is either fetching Sanctum late-game (which I found mostly irrelevant, its very hard to lose if you GET to the lategame) or as a thing to do with mana on turn 2, which is usually better used on a Hangarback Walker. I also really liked Nissa out of the board and would consider her main, but she slows the deck down and Hangarback + Map is a pretty good turn 3. Nissa's Renewal out of the board is not a very good option either, in my opinion. I just don't get the card - it costs too much to be useful as a legitimate ramp card (Shrine usually lets you start accelerating for free at 7 lands) and does nothing to bring you back in a game where you're down. A Revelation with 2 card in your hand will just win you the game because you gain 10 life and draw 10 cards so often.
In a world where control was more common, I'd probably have a better strategy for dealing with counters, but its such a small part of the overall meta that the strategy is more often than not to just make land drops and pressure the opponent with the ramp spells. I'd probably play Gaea's Revenge, but I legit forgot it was a legal card.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
and yes, the concept of casting the Great Aurora has come up, I'm just not brave enough lol
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I'm really going to try giving B/W/C Eldrazi a spin. I can't get the thought that having Path and discard handy out of my head. The blue version seems really, really good against Jund though.
You already win that matchup.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Yeah, you're probably right. Drowner of Hope is a nice card, and Ashiok is basically an Eldrazi PW. But I don't want to try to get greedy with the base. You need black for discard. White is basically for Path and anti-Stony silence SB tech.
EDIT: You know what goes well with Eldrazi Scions? Like, really, really well? Tragic Slip. I'm also thinking about Bitterblossom to gum up the early aggro works. That may be a force, but Tragic Slip? That's perfect.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Ah, shit yeah. Good point. Fuck, also shores up Jund. Goddammit, why did I not remember that card? Going to post a list in a bit.
Nikodemos
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Which is why my personal motto is "Win fast or lose fast, just don't go to time". It slowly exhausts you and eventually makes you much more tired (due to the lack of breaks) than boom-or-bust gameplay.Sorry, God's Beard, but called it
Unfortunately, with aggro decks being underpowered now, I can't really play to my enjoyment.
Maybe after SOI comes out.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Europe is where it is at for card purchases. IoK for 20 bucks each? Yes please. All I'm missing now is Caverns.
A Serious Man
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I ran that ramp list for awhile and ended up swapping out Atarka for Villainous Wealth. The deck is categorically worse now but Wealth is just so much fun to cast for 10+.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Besides Tron, what do we see as a use for Ugin, long term?
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