Thanks.
As someone new to magic, i go to time a lot at sealeds and it burns me out pretty hard. I too need to learn to play faster amd not overthink some things.
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Magic: the Gathering - Oath o/t Gatewatch |OT| Look again, the mana is now diamonds!
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Thanks.
As someone new to magic, i go to time a lot at sealeds and it burns me out pretty hard. I too need to learn to play faster amd not overthink some things.
It's definitely spiked to about $3 already, and if the dude Top 8's today I could see maybe $5 since it's selling out. I'm really curious to see if it makes any waves at the Pro Tour next month.
Haha finally! I love that card.
WarlockTheWise
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Can someone explain what happens to the blocking creatures when Breaker of Armies attacks?
say it gets blocked by 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 and a 0/6.
say it gets blocked by 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 and a 0/6.
What's confusing you? It works like usual multi-blocker situations. Breaker's controller decides how to assign damage to the blockers. The blockers' controller has no choice but to block Breaker (unless there are multiple attacking Breakers).
You pick the order they block and they die up to the power of attack he has? Or am i missing something
WarlockTheWise
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well the only multi-block situation im aware of is when the attacking creature has trample, but this doesn't so I wasn't sure how the attacking damage got dealt with.
Attacker chooses blockers.
Damage is dealt in order of chosen, so if damage kills first creature it ps leftover damage goes to the next crewture till either you run out of damage points or all the blockers are dead.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
When multiple creatures block a single creature, the controller of the single creature determines the damage order and damage distribution.
So let's say Player A's Breaker attacks into Player B and Player B is forced to block with his 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 and 0/6.
Player A chooses this order to assign damage: 2/2 -> 3/3 -> 1/1 -> 0/6
Then, during the Combat Damage step, Breaker's 10 damage is split up among all the defenders. So it deals 2 damage to the 2/2, which dies, then 3 damage to the 3/3, which dies, then 1 damage to the 1/1, which dies, then 4 damage to the 0/6, which lives. Those creatures with power also deal their damage to the Breaker.
2 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 10
This may sound like the creatures are dying "in order" but they're not. The deaths happen simultaneously on both sides of the field.
However Player A isn't limited to assigning only 2 damage to the 2/2. They can assign as much as they want, and leave no more damage for the rest of the blockers. The only caveat here is that Player A must assign at least lethal damage. 2 damage is okay, 5 damage is okay, 1 damage is not. You would want to do this, for example, if you think they have a pump that will save a Blocker you really want to kill.
The difference between this situation and Trample is that in Trample's case, if there's "leftover" damage after all blockers are dead, they hit Player B, or his Planeswalkers.
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
Just took part in the mad rush on this card. Completely sold out on eBay, but I did manage to snag a playset for $20. I'm sort of hedging my bets on this Eldrazi deck for now because I am not sure in what direction the strongest build will take us. I really like the sound of B/u, especially if it means I get to dust off my Ashioks, but I worry that it's less consistent than mono-B.
divisionbyzorro
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Heartless Summoning seems way too cute.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I've held on to Heartless Summoning, mostly for nostalgic purposes. I can't find a spot for it though. Seems a bit well, yeah, cutesy.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I'm going to guess that this
4 Conduit of Ruin
4 Kozilek's Channeler
becomes this
4 Thought Knot
4 Reality Smasher
as soon as OGW is legal
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I just don't understand how that list won. I guess casting Sower for free is nice.
The rest of the deck is strong enough to be able to work with that shitty replacement for the Exile shell. (Maindeck relics is sort of a big deal w shutting down a lot of decks.)
divisionbyzorro
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Look at your Tarmogoyf. Now look at my Relic. Now look back at your Tarmogoyf. The Goyf is now 0/1. Anything can happen when you maindeck copious amounts of graveyard hate.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Oh, so why does it say 1st place? But yeah, it's definitely strong enough to power through people forcing storm, Jund decks without Lilis and Goyfs and the Izzet counterburn decks. I haven't decided on a final version for what I want to run, but I can tell you this; it ain't got Channeler in it.
This is why you don't play shitty versions of good decks.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
If Cavern of Souls isn't in SoI I'm gonna cut someone's sandwich into weird triangles.
SigmasonicX
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Considering that Blogatog had a bunch of posts about how they are no longer going to try using Standard sets to reprint in-demand Modern cards...
It just doesnt't fit the lore, man.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
aazadan asked: When the core sets were removed, you said reprints would happen more aggressively. Yet with BFZ block now fully known we can see that the cards which most needed the reprints like IoK, and Goblin Guide couldn't be reprinted due to power level concerns. Is R&D going to reconsider the power level Standard is being maintained at so that reprints can actually happen?
Were going to obviously talk about what to do with reprints, but Standard-legal sets is just one avenue for us to explore.
How's this combo for my Merfolk EDH deck? Infinite mana, infinite draws, and infinite untaps. Wake Thrasher on the field can become ridiculously powerful. A tap/untap card paired with Daring Thief can essentially boardwipe creatures with enough chump tokens.
What am I missing here? I don't get how it's supposed to work. You know you can't even choose another mode since the spell is modal and isn't actually targeting anything except the player?
Turnabout isn't modal. You choose the permanent type and whether to tap or untap on resolution.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Fuck yes. Shifts in my work schedule mean I can fly back home and go to the OGW prerelease with my friends, among other things
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I know I shat on them pretty hard, but I find it at least somewhat encouraging that is seems to have gotten through that their current reprint policies are garbage. I hope it's an honest talk with some actual action and not just "Hey, we good bros?"
lol. Which would be doubly crap because Caverns didn't fit the lore real well the first time around. It seemed purposely vague and universal for the purposes of future reprintablity. I'm kicking myself for not jumping on it. I told y'all to do it when it was 5 bucks and never jumped on it then myself. Healer, heal thy self.
lol. Which would be doubly crap because Caverns didn't fit the lore real well the first time around. It seemed purposely vague and universal for the purposes of future reprintablity. I'm kicking myself for not jumping on it. I told y'all to do it when it was 5 bucks and never jumped on it then myself. Healer, heal thy self.
Hmm, I see. The new wording isn't clear though, I thought the word choose followed by options was enough. So it actually needs to reference the exact amount to be modal? The rules aren't clear about this.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
So, the set is known. What did the Gatewatch do, exactly? Kozilek and Ulamog are still wandering around eating Zendikar, right? Did the super friends just peace out?
SigmasonicX
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The rest of the story got summarized in the Art of Zendikar book (and it will get another summary in the Fat Pack booklet). Jace and Nissa use the leylines of Zendikar to create a seal to trap the titans on Zendikar, Gideon and NPCs fight off spawn, and Chandra burns the titans to death with help from Nissa's mana (basically Channel + Fireball). Well, "death", since the spawn are explicitly stated to still be around after the titans are incinerated, which should mean that the true forms of Kozilek and Ulamog are still alive.
The spawn are on the run now, and from the bodies of Kozilek and Ulamog, greenery blooms in the middle of the wastes. Jace decides to go to Innistrad to find Sorin and Nahiri, and the rest stay behind to fight the remaining spawn.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Huh. I ain't even mad at that. Actually sounds pretty sweet. Like, teamwork that makes sense for each of the characters.
The best part is that it's going to bite them in the ass.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
And Jace got to tell the immortal spirit dragon "neener neener, I was right"
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They're supposed to be looking for Emrakul.
Joe Molotov
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lol pithing needle
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
I picked up a playset just because, but I really wonder how many of these random spikes for this deck are going to stay that way. The decklist is still far from solidified at this point, but I imagine after OGW, things will start to come together and then prices will stabilize a bit. Felt weird paying $5 for a playset of a random unproven common.
Card's legit, been used before.
This is just one that is going to shock people because it's pretty UTR.
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