Yeah, DSD. Turning Swords into "Oh, well, I'm back to 13 life!" is pretty hilarious.
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The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
What!? What happened!?
Dude just conceded with his opponent dead on board.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Why?
narcosis219
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Going back to that post about "waaaaaaah why do you sit there thinking when you know you're deadddd just scooop", this can happen.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Legacy is actually quite interesting to watch, save for Countertop and Dredge decks. Counter wars do happen, but not over Brainstorm generally. If I were to have a complaint about watching legacy, it would be all of the shuffle effects.
And those keyrunes make me very sad if real. It simultaneously means that we're not getting Signets and likely not getting any manlands either.
We'll get manlands when we go back to Zendikar to stop the Eldrazi.
I don't play Legacy, so I'm not usually interested in watching it. With limited and constructed, even Modern, formats I at least know nearly any card that they play and can watch the match play out without confusion. I don't pay attention to much of Legacy, so a lot of the cards played I simply don't really know much or anything about.
Plus they give you a little bit more value as well, than simply being mana generators. Versatility is always a plus.
Edit:
Well shit. Eric Claar does a really really nice job on card alterations, but I could do a way better job on playmat art.
I should get into that.
I don't play Legacy, so I'm not usually interested in watching it. With limited and constructed, even Modern, formats I at least know nearly any card that they play and can watch the match play out without confusion. I don't pay attention to much of Legacy, so a lot of the cards played I simply don't really know much or anything about.
Plus they give you a little bit more value as well, than simply being mana generators. Versatility is always a plus.
Edit:
Well shit. Eric Claar does a really really nice job on card alterations, but I could do a way better job on playmat art.
I should get into that.
divisionbyzorro
Member
I didn't expect to get Signets back exactly, but I was hoping for something better than this.
Apparently WotC believes that artifact ramp is in the same place as counterspells. 2 mana colorless ramp needs a downside (see Sphere of the Suns) and 3 mana colorless ramp needs an upside. The upside here just isn't good enough though.
I'm not even asking for a cycle like Zendikar - we're just now going to a place where the only manland is cycling out, and I like having a card in standard that fills that gap.
The dead on board guy was at 1 HP, had a grim lavamacer and enough mana to kill the conceder *except* 1 of those lands was a fetch, fetching it would have killed him. Dude who conceded didn't take that into account and thought he was dead.
divisionbyzorro
Member
It's also not a manland, at least not in the sense that I mean manland. To me, a manland is a land that can turn into a land for a turn, then goes back to being just a regular land (e.g. Inkmoth Nexus). The lands that sacrifice themselves to spawn a token are something else entirely, and I'm not at all a fan of them.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I don't think so, I think its just the Selesnya entry in the "Guildhall" cycle turns into a giant creature.
Oh shit! I have no idea why I didn't realize how well it interacts with populate before
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
TwitchTV stream of a SCG Live tourney.
Was just about to ask that! Yes, I'll most likely be there on Friday.
ATL MagicGAF players should meet up and play
You don't have Legacy staples, do you?Was just about to ask that! Yes, I'll most likely be there on Friday.
ATL MagicGAF players should meet up and play
(Force/Wasteland lol)I'm playing the INVI and basically have had zero time to deckbuild and am scrambling.
You don't have Legacy staples, do you?
Nah, I sure don't.
Sorry buddy. I do, however, have a few friends with Legacy cards and I'll see if they're going to be tagging along too.
Gotcha. Yeah, that's rough. I maaaaaaaaaay play in the Standard tournament. That depends how my testing goes this week with my new changes to my deck.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
You don't have Legacy staples, do you?
I'm playing the INVI and basically have had zero time to deckbuild and am scrambling.
What are you playing?
divisionbyzorro
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SCG doesn't archive their feature matches anywhere other than TwitchTV, do they? Twitch has terrible performance here in Australia, and I have to run it through a corporate firewall on top of all that if I want to watch it at work.
http://www.scglive.com/
There's a coverage archive link at the top.
Haha, oh god the Death's Shadow deck is back on.
Pod in Standard. ????? in Legacy. Likely a Delver (Probably U/B) or SnT deck.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Wear a GAF shirt, just in case.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Or carry a large sign.
divisionbyzorro
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I always like watching the super-degenerate Legacy decks (Dredge, Belcher, and to a lesser extent ANT). If I ever bought into that format, I'm pretty sure I'd end up there.
But yeah - Show and Tell is good! Get some Omniscience and go all out.
But yeah - Show and Tell is good! Get some Omniscience and go all out.
I've been really wanting to make some custom GAF card sleeves with the GAF symbol, but I'm not sure how I'll do that. Maybe there's a site that does custom sleeves...kind of obscure. lol
I'll go whip up a GAF t-shirt before the event though. I WILL represent the hood from which I hail.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
There is a custom sleeve kick starter. Not sure if they're at the outside sales point yet though.
Yeah, I saw that. Couldn't find if they are actually selling yet.
Maybe there is some kind of thin gel adhesive paper I could print a design out on, and then apply to white sleeves. I'm sure I'd need to apply some form of sealant to it afterwards, but sleeves see SO much wear and tear that I'd worry about it getting really damaged really quickly.
Maybe an orange and gray sharpie to a set of white sleeves is what this endeavor will take.
Maybe there is some kind of thin gel adhesive paper I could print a design out on, and then apply to white sleeves. I'm sure I'd need to apply some form of sealant to it afterwards, but sleeves see SO much wear and tear that I'd worry about it getting really damaged really quickly.
Maybe an orange and gray sharpie to a set of white sleeves is what this endeavor will take.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Be careful with any of that. Don't want to catch a game loss for "marking" from some salty bastard you're owning.
On a side note, anybody have any reanimator pieces for trade? Entomb, exhume, reanimate? I'm also looking for the blue praetor to close out my Timmy cycle.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Don't do it. Even the slightest deviation in your sleeves falls under marking cards, and if you're playing competitively, you will get DQd.
crimsonspider89
Banned
Holy shit at the control and ramp.
All I got to say.
All I got to say.
divisionbyzorro
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Okay, I'm watching the Legacy archive, and they infuriatingly cut out the commentary that explained what happened at the end of the match. This is the feature match for Round #3.
You've got Hive Mind vs. Countertop Miracles. Game three. Hive Mind player gets his Hive Mind into play, but only has a Pact of Negation, so he passes with three lands and a tapped Grim Monolith.
Countertop guy plays Jace TMS, and Hive Mind guy Pacts it. And from what I saw, he didn't counter his own Pact.
Yet the commentators were talking like Hive Mind guy won, and the coverage cut out right at the handshake. Explain to me how Hive Mind guy doesn't auto-lose here. Did I miss something?
EDIT: Nevermind. I got it after reading the rulings/explanations on Hive Mind. It took a while though. Hive Mind guy's Pact "fizzles" because his opponent's Pact resolves first and is forced to counter Jace, leaving no valid targets for the other Pact.
You've got Hive Mind vs. Countertop Miracles. Game three. Hive Mind player gets his Hive Mind into play, but only has a Pact of Negation, so he passes with three lands and a tapped Grim Monolith.
Countertop guy plays Jace TMS, and Hive Mind guy Pacts it. And from what I saw, he didn't counter his own Pact.
Yet the commentators were talking like Hive Mind guy won, and the coverage cut out right at the handshake. Explain to me how Hive Mind guy doesn't auto-lose here. Did I miss something?
EDIT: Nevermind. I got it after reading the rulings/explanations on Hive Mind. It took a while though. Hive Mind guy's Pact "fizzles" because his opponent's Pact resolves first and is forced to counter Jace, leaving no valid targets for the other Pact.
divisionbyzorro
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divisionbyzorro
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Usually when I see durdle cards like that, I think "EDH"
But that clearly just doesn't work in EDH, so I have no idea how one uses that card.
But that clearly just doesn't work in EDH, so I have no idea how one uses that card.
crimsonspider89
Banned
Well, if your running several copies, then you can use that to gain card advantage when you draw the copy, then after five depleted, you get an extra turn.
My take on it. Unsure of though.
My take on it. Unsure of though.
divisionbyzorro
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If you're playing control, it'll likely just sit there and maybe draw you 2-3 cards. But that's a lot of mana to spend for that privilege.
This clearly seems like a card that R&D made just to see if it anyone could figure out a deck that works with it.
This clearly seems like a card that R&D made just to see if it anyone could figure out a deck that works with it.
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