Nerd chic man.
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Nerd chic man.
Looking for some last minute advice on my Junk Reanimator:
4x Arbor Elf
3x Deathrite Shaman
3x Lotleth Troll
4x Thragtusk
2x Craterhoof Behemoth
1x Griselbrand
3x Angel of Serenity
4x Grisly Salvage
3x Mulch
4x Lingering Souls
4x Unburial Rites
4x Woodland Cemetery
4x Overgrown Tomb
4x Temple Garden
2x Sunpetal Grove
2x Vault of the Archangel
5x Forest
4x Swamp
== Sideboard
2x Armada Wurm (if they have a lot of ways to get rid of my dorks/spirits he seems stronger than Craterhoof)
1x Angel of Glory's Rise (zombies)
2x Duress (control)
2x Sever the Bloodline
2x Liliana of the Veil (control)
2x Oblivion Ring
2x Centaur Healer (zombies)
2x Abrupt Decay
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I feel like if I don't get a hand with Mulch or Grisly Salvage in it I'm basically screwed. I should be running 4 mulch, but what should I cut for the 4th. Loltroll maybe?
4x Arbor Elf
3x Deathrite Shaman
3x Lotleth Troll
4x Thragtusk
2x Craterhoof Behemoth
1x Griselbrand
3x Angel of Serenity
4x Grisly Salvage
3x Mulch
4x Lingering Souls
4x Unburial Rites
4x Woodland Cemetery
4x Overgrown Tomb
4x Temple Garden
2x Sunpetal Grove
2x Vault of the Archangel
5x Forest
4x Swamp
== Sideboard
2x Armada Wurm (if they have a lot of ways to get rid of my dorks/spirits he seems stronger than Craterhoof)
1x Angel of Glory's Rise (zombies)
2x Duress (control)
2x Sever the Bloodline
2x Liliana of the Veil (control)
2x Oblivion Ring
2x Centaur Healer (zombies)
2x Abrupt Decay
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I feel like if I don't get a hand with Mulch or Grisly Salvage in it I'm basically screwed. I should be running 4 mulch, but what should I cut for the 4th. Loltroll maybe?
God, I hate Sheldon as a commentator. Every once in a while, you get a "If I were judging this...." and they are interesting insights on judging and tournament play, but otherwise he seems confused at what is going on. They need to use him like Fox uses Mike Pereria- bring him in for issues that concern him. but keep him off mike the rest of the time
They look ridiculous. Dress with some class, fellas. You're at the Pro Tour.
Kibler can dress, I know that, but he's definitely guilty of the Graphic Tee/Blazer mess.
Got 8, may shoot for a few more.
I think it will be too late tomorrow. Keep in mind it's for Modern as well.
.... Still probably worth itProbably. That's the only time ill be able to get them though
I guess I could just buy em and not trade for em, and get them online. Bah!
It's definitely good for short term profit, but I imagine it's a rogue deck that will get hated out of the format before the next event. Or just get relegated to an MTGO budget deck, which is probably good for the format.
Or maybe I'm wrong and it will be banned at the next set release
I wonder if anyone will die by Slaughter Pact.
Or maybe I'm wrong and it will be banned at the next set release
I wonder if anyone will die by Slaughter Pact.
Holy cow, yeah I just ordered 3 for $1.50 a pop.
Even a dollar or two increase would be worth that asking price.
About the same for me, got a set for $7. It's always weird for me buying cards via Amazon, but definitely awesome.
Or maybe I'm wrong and it will be banned at the next set release
Seeing as how it just got ranched twice by a vanilla jund deck I don't think you'll need to worry about that.
He lost game 1 to a top decked Lilliana though... it's a combo deck so when you lose it never looks close.
No doubt.
You want to wear a suit and have decks worth hundreds of dollars but you can not have some damned tokens? Really?
Don't worry, the deck's still good. Jund may have hit the point of "obnoxiously opressive" though.
Ban Jund :x
(I don't see anyway to remove Jund domination from Modern, without a season of everyone packing dedicated hate or just an entire season of Jund. It has too much good stuff going for it to be ruined by any bans.)
(I don't see anyway to remove Jund domination from Modern, without a season of everyone packing dedicated hate or just an entire season of Jund. It has too much good stuff going for it to be ruined by any bans.)
You can have a pile of Tip Cards but you can't bother to have a pile of Tokens? Pfffffft.
Haha, yeah. Just havin' fun.
But I can definitely see Jund getting to that point. I kind of thought it would happen. I started playing magic again during the Alara/Zendikar standard, so I've felt the brunt force of Jund many times.
Haha, yeah. Just havin' fun.
But I can definitely see Jund getting to that point. I kind of thought it would happen. I started playing magic again during the Alara/Zendikar standard, so I've felt the brunt force of Jund many times.
Exactly, fine tuning and tweaking will happen
FreedomFrisbee
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What's all this jazz about Nivmagus Elemental? I have a foil and a regular one.
There is now a Modern combo deck based around it.
Yeah, in game two he also let things get out of hand when he could have at least lessened things a bit.
divisionbyzorro
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I think that Marshall and Zac are a fantastic team. Their coverage on the Player's Championship was quality.
And do you know why that is? Because they're not trying to crack stupid jokes and laughing at each other's bullshit the entire time. They just say smart things about what's happening in the game at that moment.
divisionbyzorro
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Catching up on the stream now (Australia has its disadvantages).
I don't get this Nivmagus combo deck. Let's play a combo deck that dies to any sort of creature removal! It's like those all-in infect decks, but not as good.
I don't get this Nivmagus combo deck. Let's play a combo deck that dies to any sort of creature removal! It's like those all-in infect decks, but not as good.
I think it could be better if they played it a little more cautiously. I mean they have things like Apostles blessing and Mutagenic growth in the deck which could help protect the key creatures but they were just vomiting all those out on turn 2 to try and hit for 9.
divisionbyzorro
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Ran a couple of RtR 8-4s that didn't go so well; I think I maybe should play some Swiss to get some practice before playing any more 8-4s? That being said, I learned some good things about this draft format:
1) Selesnya Populate is a huge gamble to try to draft. I first picked the Selesnya guildmage and vowed to take everything that had Token or Populate in the text. I found a lot, but at the end it was clear that I just didn't quite have enough, or at least not the right proportion. I lost the first match 1-2; I won the first game when I drew the good half of my deck (T2: Call of the Conclave, with a populate card each turn after that), then lost the next two when I didn't. Populate effects are generally on cards that are terrible if you're not populating; there's a huge difference between Fog and Fog + Centaur.
I definitely want to try this deck again. But I need to be looking for a better backup plan for if/when the token cards just don't show up.
2) Grixis Defenders is a powerful control deck. I had everything I could have asked for in this draft (okay, I would have liked to have had a third and fourth Stab Wound), but lost match one solely because my opponent was Golgari and had a ridiculous amount of those swampwalk 2/1s and I couldn't answer them all with spells. Lobber Crew is so much more powerful that it seems at first, and Doorkeeper can do some serious work too. I absolutely love this archetype.
I only wish I could have had the opportunity to play this against some other decks to see how well it fared.
Well, I think they were correctly identifying that they were against Jund and were trying to beat them before Liliana came out. But Liliana is a 4-of, and those decks run 4 Terminate and 2-ish Maelstrom Pulse, maybe some Abrupt Decays; I would try to play around the spot removal rather than try to race Liliana personally.
1) Selesnya Populate is a huge gamble to try to draft. I first picked the Selesnya guildmage and vowed to take everything that had Token or Populate in the text. I found a lot, but at the end it was clear that I just didn't quite have enough, or at least not the right proportion. I lost the first match 1-2; I won the first game when I drew the good half of my deck (T2: Call of the Conclave, with a populate card each turn after that), then lost the next two when I didn't. Populate effects are generally on cards that are terrible if you're not populating; there's a huge difference between Fog and Fog + Centaur.
I definitely want to try this deck again. But I need to be looking for a better backup plan for if/when the token cards just don't show up.
2) Grixis Defenders is a powerful control deck. I had everything I could have asked for in this draft (okay, I would have liked to have had a third and fourth Stab Wound), but lost match one solely because my opponent was Golgari and had a ridiculous amount of those swampwalk 2/1s and I couldn't answer them all with spells. Lobber Crew is so much more powerful that it seems at first, and Doorkeeper can do some serious work too. I absolutely love this archetype.
I only wish I could have had the opportunity to play this against some other decks to see how well it fared.
Well, I think they were correctly identifying that they were against Jund and were trying to beat them before Liliana came out. But Liliana is a 4-of, and those decks run 4 Terminate and 2-ish Maelstrom Pulse, maybe some Abrupt Decays; I would try to play around the spot removal rather than try to race Liliana personally.
Was wondering how long it would take till someone broke nivmagus. A lot of the set reviews were very negative on him, which I found odd since the minute I saw the card I thought someone was going to abuse the fuck out of it.
Although by the sound of things, whomever is trying to use him in this new deck is doing so terribly.
edit: wtf how did I never see it says exile and not discard. I am a moron. I still think it could be used in a very interesting way (maybe something that wants an empty hand turn one or something that wants cards exiled...eh I dont know) but my poor reading comprehension has done me in again.
Although by the sound of things, whomever is trying to use him in this new deck is doing so terribly.
edit: wtf how did I never see it says exile and not discard. I am a moron. I still think it could be used in a very interesting way (maybe something that wants an empty hand turn one or something that wants cards exiled...eh I dont know) but my poor reading comprehension has done me in again.
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