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[SigmasonicX]

When does BfZ rotate out? Spring 2017? I can't wrap my head around the new standard rotation. That's going to be a long while for much needed reprints, prices are already getting crazy for Tarn.



Enemy checks would be a bit of a let down since I don't play standard and they are still in good supply and price.

Spring 2016 (April) - Shadows over Innistrad enters, Khans of Tarkir and Fate Reforged leave.
Fall 2016 - "Lock" enters, Dragons of Tarkir and Magic Origins leave.
Spring 2017 - "Barrel" enters, Battle for Zendikar and Oath of the Gatewatch leave.

 

[Haines]

They feel it would cannibalize physical sales too much.

OK I understand.

I think I'm going to need to start taking a watch to my lgs. Some people slow play the fuck out of me as soon as they win game 1.

One guy must have took 10 minutes just to sideboard.

Another played fertile thicket, spent 5 minutes looking at the cards for God knows why and then when he passes turn to me asks if he can look at those cards on the bottom of the library again.

Just a couple examples. When I meet up with players who just use the rational time to make decisions check board state and make there plays I have a blast with the game. It just becomes unfun and unfair if I you get more time to make decisions and I'm just sitting and waiting.

Sorry. I needed to vent. I looked up the rules and it seems there is no time limit which makes sense but I'm just going to start to ask people to play a lil faster when they stall to think about everything 5 times.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Ok, guess i need to have some patience..

Why do the sets come out much later on magic online?

Prerelease is next weekend, and the set is "regularly" available starting next Monday, so its not that long.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I like how every game on this stream is "Rally vs. X."

 

[Joe Molotov]

I like how every game on this stream is "Rally vs. X."

Someone needs to jam Hooting Mandrills in and build Rally Monkey.

 

[Hero]

Eldrazi deck looks really stupid/OP.

 

[Daedardus]

OK I understand.

I think I'm going to need to start taking a watch to my lgs. Some people slow play the fuck out of me as soon as they win game 1.

One guy must have took 10 minutes just to sideboard.

Another played fertile thicket, spent 5 minutes looking at the cards for God knows why and then when he passes turn to me asks if he can look at those cards on the bottom of the library again.

Just a couple examples. When I meet up with players who just use the rational time to make decisions check board state and make there plays I have a blast with the game. It just becomes unfun and unfair if I you get more time to make decisions and I'm just sitting and waiting.

Sorry. I needed to vent. I looked up the rules and it seems there is no time limit which makes sense but I'm just going to start to ask people to play a lil faster when they stall to think about everything 5 times.

If you think they are actually stalling to gain an advantage, just ask them first and if they still unreasonably stall call the judge. He can encourage people to play faster since the other players need to wait for the next round too.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Post your eternal decks!

I need an excuse to show off the best deck in Modern

 

[Joe Molotov]

All my parts for Modern Burn are in the mail, Goblin Guides and Rift Bolts and what have you's. Bought a few Beta Mountains (Slate) because I was feeling spicy.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Well my eternal deck depends on whether they'll reprint cavern

 

[WanderingWind]

Two of mine. Also got Grixis, Fish and Burn.

 

[ultron87]

Added a few fancy versions of cards in the full art Memnites and WPN Vault Skirges. Like both of those a lot. Only other fancy thing is a foil GP stamped Plating I drafted from Vegas Day 2 which is theoretically strategically bad to have in because it doesn't match the other three, but screw it.

I should probably get an english Cage for my sideboard, because I even forget exactly the wording sometimes. That just happened to be the only one the store had right before an event.

Haven't actually taken it to a tournament in quite awhile. Before I take it out again I'll probably change some stuff up. Probably won't have 3 Champions in the main since they're so bad against Tron (especially if they have Kozilek's Return). And with Twin gone the 1 main, 2 side Spellskites is probably overkill. Probably will cut some number of Master of Etheriums also, because those aren't great and I'm not sure why I even had those in the board.

I was shocked to learn that Glimmervoids are 40 dollars now.

 

[traveler]

Wonder if it'll be worth picking up some Reality Smashers towards the end of this standard cycle, before Crackling Doom rotates. Seems like it will be a considerably stronger card on rotation. If only the effect functioned as the spell itself was targeted on the stack too...

 

[Wichu]

Now that my Modern deck is banned, my only non-rotating decks are my Commander decks.

I don't really miss it. I played a few casual games and one FNM, and I don't think the format is for me.

 

[Firemind]

Two of mine. Also got Grixis, Fish and Burn.

Where are the spellskites? :3

Man i wish the ravnica and time spiral flashback drafts would start already

 

[Santiako]

Sorry for the potato pics, but this is my untouched 11 years old extended Psychatog deck:

And sideboard:

Just thought it was a cool little piece of magic history

the sleeves are a bit grimy

 

[Giant Panda]

In modern, what relevant stuff does Natural State miss? I can only think of Batterskull and Wurmcoil, but I'm new so I'm probably missing a few.

 

["God's Beard!"]

In modern, what relevant stuff does Natural State miss? I can only think of Batterskull and Wurmcoil, but I'm new so I'm probably missing a few.

Leyline of Sanctity

 

[Hero]

Someone know what happened to Zhengdong Shan, the G/R Eldrazi pilot that made it undefeated most of the Open? Missed a few rounds, did he bomb out? Seemed like he was a shoe in for top 8.

 

[Joe Molotov]

In modern, what relevant stuff does Natural State miss? I can only think of Batterskull and Wurmcoil, but I'm new so I'm probably missing a few.

Splinter Twin(pbuh) D:

 

[Santiako]

Someone know what happened to Zhengdong Shan, the G/R Eldrazi pilot that made it undefeated most of the Open? Missed a few rounds, did he bomb out? Seemed like he was a shoe in for top 8.

He lost 4/5 rounds the second day it seems. (Finished 10th with 33 points)

 

[Little Old Man]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";193135244]Post your eternal decks!

I need an excuse to show off the best deck in Modern [/QUOTE]

Awesome! Who is the Thoughtsieze signed by? The artist?

As for my two modern decks- Coco Elves and RDW- I'll be sure to post them once all the singles I've ordered have arrived in the post. So many singles ordered from the US! The supply of older cards in the UK is severely lacking, so the cost saved by buying from over the pond more than makes up any shipping fees!

Once they all arrive there's just some money cards to go, such as Spellskite, Blood Moon, Goblin Guide, etc.

Also planning some commander decks: GB counters/sacrifice (which I'll initially base around lots of singles I have with the pre-con), and RUG monsters/hydras, probably with Animar as the general?

 

[Giant Panda]

Here's my brew:

Leyline is not a problem for me so I think I'll add Natural State in.

 

[kirblar]

Return to the Ranks with only 8 2-drops?

 

[Santiako]

Return to the Ranks with only 8 2-drops?

And 10 one drops.

 

[Infinite Stars]

Got the vast majority of my Modern deck coming in at GP Vancouver, during which I'll trade for what's left (Noble Hierarchs/Scavenging Oozes). Then I get to make a sideboard, but I think I've got most of stuff ready for that.

 

[kirblar]

And 10 one drops.

Ah, missed the "or less" part.

 

[Hero]

He lost 4/5 rounds the second day it seems. (Finished 10th with 33 points)

Damn, that sucks. Seeing him play the deck was fun.

 

[Santiako]

Mono-Green Eldrazi in the scg finals. Interesting.

edit: The deck is kinda weird

 

[Infinite Stars]

Mono-Green Eldrazi in the scg finals. Interesting.

edit: The deck is kinda weird

Am I missing why you'd run Leaf Gilder? If we're talking 2 drop dorks, the Whisperer of The Wilds would be better, right, unless you're actively attacking which a ramp deck doesn't do.

 

[Santiako]

Am I missing why you'd run Leaf Gilder? If we're talking 2 drop dorks, the Whisperer of The Wilds would be better, right, unless you're actively attacking which a ramp deck doesn't do.

It can attack Jace or trade with red creatures or something. Idk

 

[El Topo]

Am I missing why you'd run Leaf Gilder? If we're talking 2 drop dorks, the Whisperer of The Wilds would be better, right, unless you're actively attacking which a ramp deck doesn't do.

Trades with a few creatures, can put on early pressure against some decks if necessary and/or attack planeswalkers. I assume that one extra mana from Whisperer of the Wilds was considered less important.

 

[Santiako]

Dude just won a game in the finals thanks to fucking Bane of Bala Ged! in constructed!

He had 3 on the table!

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

He won because his opponent had nothing every 7CMC eldrazi would have been enough

 

[Haines]

That card is pretty insane tho. Eldrazi cards are really neat in ogw too. Love me some eldrazi.

 

[OnPoint]

Todd Anderson wins Modern with Temur Delver? Didn't someone in here just say that Delver is bad in Modern?

Creatures (15)
4 Delver of Secrets
2 Hooting Mandrills
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Young Pyromancer
Spells (25)
1 Dismember
1 Izzet Charm
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Mutagenic Growth
4 Remand
3 Spell Pierce
1 Thought Scour
3 Vapor Snag
3 Gitaxian Probe
4 Serum Visions
Lands (20)
1 Forest
2 Island
1 Mountain
2 Breeding Pool
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
3 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2 Grim Lavamancer
3 Spreading Seas
2 Threads of Disloyalty
3 Ancient Grudge
1 Dispel
2 Gut Shot
2 Surgical Extraction​

Post-Twin world already looking a bit different.

 

["God's Beard!"]

To be fair Todd Anderson is a Modern Temur fanatic and is also the winningest player on the SCG circuit.

 

[y2dvd]

After tilting pretty hard at a pptq Saturday, I was able to bounce back to get top 8 into another event today. Unfortunately, my p1p1 was this beauty.

I say that because while of course lovely, I almost wished it was a bomb rare I could've played instead. Lost in the quarter finals. Gotten top 8 a few times now and can't win it damnit haha. :/ I even got passed Mirror Pool p1p2. No good targets unfortunately when I got it into play.

Now I will admit my consolidation prizes for losing was pretty sweet this weekend.

 

[OnPoint]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";193202255]To be fair Todd Anderson is a Modern Temur fanatic and is also the winningest player on the SCG circuit.[/QUOTE]

True that may be, but that doesn't mean the deck isn't real.

 

[Angry Grimace]

....you didn't play Mana Confluence?

 

[Angry Grimace]

and I hope RUG Delver is back because I have lots of URx cards to sell (I already shipped off Scalding Tarn)

 

[phazedplasma]

and I hope RUG Delver is back because I have lots of URx cards to sell (I already shipped off Scalding Tarn)

what else are you selling?

 

["God's Beard!"]

Speaking of selling, my Lantern Control deck is over $900 TCG mid now goddamn.

I might as well be playing Standard at that point.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I don't understand Mirrodin - Darksteel - Fifth Dawn as a format.

I drafted it twice and quit before deckbuilding both times. Whatever the draft strategy is supposed to be I don't know but the Fifth Dawn pack usually has 0 cards that look like cards I want in my deck because its all stupid 5 color shit that makes no sense in connection with the previous 2 packs and even Darksteel is sort of confusing it what its trying to add to Mirrodin. Waste of tix unless you're very familiar with the format, I think. I just don't like the theme to begin with, its far too focused on ARTIFACTS in a really un-fun, irritating way that seems busted if you happen to get the cards or heaven forbid you are allowed to play this synergistic bullshit in constructed (where bullshit like this becomes idiotic because there's a ton of Cranial Plating effects and a billion fucking artifacts including artifact lands).

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Just waiting for that sweet Ravnica

 

[Fou-Lu]

I bought a fat pack of Oath on a whim (mostly for the lands), ended up with a Mana Confluence, Kozilek's Return and Linvala, as well as a second Thought-Knot Seer, a Reality Smasher, a Matter Reshaper, a Eldrazi Displacer and a foil Eldrazi Displacer. Pretty good for a fat pack I'd say.

 

[SigmasonicX]

I don't understand Mirrodin - Darksteel - Fifth Dawn as a format.

I drafted it twice and quit before deckbuilding both times. Whatever the draft strategy is supposed to be I don't know but the Fifth Dawn pack usually has 0 cards that look like cards I want in my deck because its all stupid 5 color shit that makes no sense in connection with the previous 2 packs and even Darksteel is sort of confusing it what its trying to add to Mirrodin. Waste of tix unless you're very familiar with the format, I think. I just don't like the theme to begin with, its far too focused on ARTIFACTS in a really un-fun, irritating way that seems busted if you happen to get the cards or heaven forbid you are allowed to play this synergistic bullshit in constructed (where bullshit like this becomes idiotic because there's a ton of Cranial Plating effects and a billion fucking artifacts including artifact lands).

The reason behind the 5-color shift in Fifth Dawn was precisely because they realized that Mirrodin was broken as fuck and didn't want to add too much that fit into existing decks.

 

[Hackworth]

The reason behind the 5-color shift in Fifth Dawn was precisely because they realized that Mirrodin was broken as fuck and didn't want to add too much that fit into existing decks.

And the reason it's such a hard swerve is that Mirrodin wasn't set up correctly: too much colourless.

Mirrodin is probably why we got Devoid, now that I think about it.

 

[Ashodin]

Yeah Fifth Dawn was an attempt to patch the format after Darksteel broke it super wide open. IMO Darksteel was a great set, lots of flavor, and I love the introduction of indestructible with the metal darksteel.

Darksteel Colossus is one of my favorite cards even today.

 

[y2dvd]

....you didn't play Mana Confluence?

I ran it. I meant having a bomb that would've been more impactful to the board. I can pass up $10 cards in draft. $15 is already sketchy for me. Then I open an expedition land. Tried to have my cake and eat it too!