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Ah right that's pretty cool then cheers
Like I said I'm still learning the rules and such, went to my first event today which was for newbies. Ended up with loads of cards some of the vets helping out were giving away so making a couple of decks.
Got a couple (Red and Blue) of the Magic 2013 30-card Duels 13 promo boxes from the comic shop too which are quite good to put together a rather weak but playable deck.
Think I've got enough for 4 decks just need some more lands to fill it out.
divisionbyzorro
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Even better: if you Cloudshift something that you temporarily stole (through something like Act of Aggression), it becomes yours permanently.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Also, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but if you Cloudshift a Sanctuary Cat, you get free candy.
Haha yes indeed.
For folks like myself who like to watch themselves some magic:
Grand Prix Atlanta - Legacy
Star City Games Open - Standard
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Hell yeah
divisionbyzorro
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Any sweet Land Tax shenanigans in Legacy yet?
Not sure, the wizards stream isn't loading for a lot of people (myself included) =/
EDIT: looks like they fixed it.
I'm uh... Shoujin for some reason on MODO.
I'm at work so I can't watch the video, how did he do it? Back in South Dakota there was a guy who did that when Lorwyn was out, he had a huge table of cmc creatures and used dice to see what comes into play.
He had a big box full of creatures with different colour sleeves, each colour representing a cmc.
So uh... M13's Wrath is Planar Cleansing. Unless we get DoJ or something in RTR then this new metagame will be whacked.
I mean it was in M10 but didn't DoJ come out in a block set that time?
Also Rewind, hahaha
Ground Seal is an excellent hoser for a lot of decks right now though. Go Go Green and/or splash.
Quiron Dryad will be value town once we get back to Ravnica however.
Index... What the hell. It's one of the worst cards made. If WoTC thinks this is a ponder or preordain replacement then, oh god.
I mean it was in M10 but didn't DoJ come out in a block set that time?
Also Rewind, hahaha
Ground Seal is an excellent hoser for a lot of decks right now though. Go Go Green and/or splash.
Quiron Dryad will be value town once we get back to Ravnica however.
Index... What the hell. It's one of the worst cards made. If WoTC thinks this is a ponder or preordain replacement then, oh god.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Don't you just love it when they reprint crappy cards that were only good very narrowly in tiny, tiny situations that won't ever be relevant in today's standard?
This cocktease of not simply reprinting Dismiss because back in the day when the people voted for Rewind cause they're dumb has to stop.
That's awful. Hopefully we'll get a W/B wrath at 4 CMC. I'll even settle for 5. Maybe. Wait we still got Mutilate right? B/U control it is for the next 2 years then. Except without Rav Duals that'll never happen. It's not even that good in B/U. NOOOOOOOH.
Edit: dangit, sorry doublepost. Spoiler season does this to me.
I think control decks will have to be black based after rotation. There is a mono black control deck coming up now that is based around a lot of artifacts that will rotate out, but there are quite a few reprints like Mutilate and Sign in Blood that are solid control cards. Also solid creatures like Bloodgift Demon that are currently overshadowed by the Titans (+ Sphinx in particular). Then the mana should be really good if they do (I think they are going to) reprint all the shock lands so experimenting with colours should be easy. Splashing white for Lingering Souls and a better sideboard for example. Maybe Grixis as well.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Index is like a shitty ponder
MBC will never happen. Ever. It's a fools dream.
Index is a useless card. Even with shuffle effects its still balls.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
It'd be more useful at Instant speed.
divisionbyzorro
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Magic has never not had a 4cc white sweeper. When WoG missed a core set, DoJ got printed in the next expansion. I would bet that RtR will see DoJ get reprinted.
I think we'll see BoP in RtR as well. I really think Wizards is trying to make Block a better format, so they're making sure certain core staples make it into Block.
I think we'll see BoP in RtR as well. I really think Wizards is trying to make Block a better format, so they're making sure certain core staples make it into Block.
BoPs has precedent and I'm fairly certain it'll be there. I'm willing to bet DoJ isn't in RTR but in the first expansion to RtR however as an "Oops, that was a shitty experiment"
Mutilate is only one piece of the puzzle. Without a proper draw engine MBC will be dead in the water.
Sign in Blood!
There is a list that is X-0 at the SCG Open right now but it is colourless as much as black.
divisionbyzorro
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New Liliana kinda draws cards...
The Xtortionist
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Reminds me of Blue Tron in Mirrodin/Kamigawa T2.
From what I understand on MTGsalvation some poster using the name and number crunch is saying its confirmed, but others say no.
From what I've seen of this set so far I'd believe it was in.
Maybe I'm misinterpreting your guys's posts.
Bonkers as in "What why would they reprint a bad card" or as in "Wow this card is great for some reason!"
Sweet, I love Quirion Dryad. It hasn't been that great in recent years and is a very safe reprint, but the old Gro and Godzilla decks were loads of fun with him.
As in what will they reprint next, Furnace of Rath?
God I wish I could find that article on Starcitygames where the guy was writing a fairy tale about a newbie who was losing and then Kai Budde appears out of nowhere telling the kid to use the force and a Furnace of Rath appears and all was good.
I think it was John Rizzo who wrote it but I can't ever find it.
In a metagame that includes restoration angel? So I counter your guy, untap and put down my resto angel to boot?
Oh yea. Bad card. Totally.
You're going to hold up 4 mana just for that one interaction?
Yeah, its a bad card, totally.
That's great. Let me know how your rewind/resto angel deck goes.
I forget, when did Wizards go to white card borders and then back to black? I've got some 8th edition cards here that are white borders while Urza's Legacy block was black. What was the reasoning behind the move to white borders?
I kinda like the white borders. Pretty contrasting with the card art
White borders were for Core sets starting in Revised until 9th edition. However foils in core sets had black borders.
People considered the white borders to look ugly and back in the day Foreign language cards fetched a premium on the fact that a lot of them had black borders.
Now that they're back to black borders it makes it more uniform and there's less bawwing by people that hate white borders, which is a majority.
White borders were used to signify core set reprints. They stopped doing them when they realized that 99% of Magic players hated them.
Also, holy shit this Mono-Black vs. Naya Pod match in SCG Seattle is dumb/epic. People who are up now should be watching.
Edit: Well that was a shitty ending :/
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