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[Haly]

Angel of Serenity vs Angel of Serenity is just silly.

 

[WanderingWind]

Yeah, you know why I have a pack additction? Because I buy 3 packs and open a Jace and Lotleth and Temple Garden in them.

Almost have a freakin' playset of Jace the Useless.

And SCG may have the inferior players most times, but their stream is usually less buggy for me. Plus, chat is back.

 

[Hex]

SCG going to address the shitty judging in that last match?
Sphinx's Rev without double blue? Seems special to me.

 

[WanderingWind]

Zombies are back!

Well, for you heathens. They never left my rotation.

 

[Hex]

Zombies are back!

Well, for you heathens. They never left my rotation.

I just want to know why he did not Tragic Slip the Snapcaster when they went to equip the pike? Could have made it much easier, he had one black open.

 

[WanderingWind]

I just want to know why he did not Tragic Slip the Snapcaster when they went to equip the pike? Could have made it much easier, he had one black open.

I'm not sure either. Probably a brain fart on his end.

 

[Gatekeeper]

Summer, Replacing the Casual release block (Archenemy/Planechase) release is my guess, with winter being the new time for the Casual release. Thats my read on it anyway- gets commander out the same time that Modern Masters and M14 are out, and the big 15th Anniversary is in full swing

cough*20thanniversary*cough

 

[kirblar]

What do you think about UW Flash as a deck? Is it actually good, or is it just good at preying on a particular slice of the metagame?

It's very good, but decks are adapting to it.

 

[Sinatar]

Which is the better card:

Or

It's closer then you may think.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Zombies are back!

Well, for you heathens. They never left my rotation.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[OnPoint]

They have the molds now, it would be stupid for them not to.
Would be great to see them swapped into Fatpacks or at worst duel decks.

I would not be opposed to this idea.

 

[OnPoint]

Yeah, you know why I have a pack additction? Because I buy 3 packs and open a Jace and Lotleth and Temple Garden in them.

Almost have a freakin' playset of Jace the Useless.

And SCG may have the inferior players most times, but their stream is usually less buggy for me. Plus, chat is back.

You must be getting my share of the good packs. I bought several over the last couple weeks... Carnival Hellsteed and that uncounterable red/blue counterspell are like the only rares I get

 

[Owlowiscious]

My current life counters are something like this. $7~ for both

 

[Haly]

Which is the better card:

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=254118&type=card

Or

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=253653&type=card
It's closer then you may think.

Jace.

My reasoning is that T3 needs to either be kept open for Dissipate, or used on GoST in a typical U/W/x deck. Once the opponent's tempo has been disrupted, it becomes safe for Jace to land and start forcing your opponent to deal with him. This on top of the obvious reasons.

 

[WanderingWind]

Anybody want to trade my Temple Garden/Overgrown Tombs/Jace for your Hinterland Harbor/Blood Crypt?

 

[bigkrev]

So I guess in Germany they can't actually give out money for prizes, so the prize structure for GP Bochum is pretty funny- http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtg/event/grandprix/bochum12

I don't think a PS Vita, Nexus 7, and 3 boxes of RTR are the equivalent of the 1000 prize that GPs normally give 5-8 though

 

[OnPoint]

Anybody want to trade my Temple Garden/Overgrown Tombs/Jace for your Hinterland Harbor/Blood Crypt?

I will go Blood Crypt for Temple Garden straight up. Looking for anything specific for Jace, in case I can throw it in for that too? I'd say I can do Overgrown Tomb too if you'd like

 

[WanderingWind]

I will go Blood Crypt for Temple Garden straight up. Looking for anything specific for Jace, in case I can throw it in for that too? I'd say I can do Overgrown Tomb too if you'd like

I bought 3 boxes of AVR and never pulled an Entreat. If you have any for trade, I hate Jace and have 3 of the fuckers.

 

[bunbun777]

You can have my Blood Crypt for a Jace I guess since you hate him and all.

 

[WanderingWind]

You can have my Blood Crypt for a Jace I guess since you hate him and all.

Lulz. Got any Caverns?

 

[OnPoint]

I bought 3 boxes of AVR and never pulled an Entreat. If you have any for trade, I hate Jace and have 3 of the fuckers.

I'm pretty sure I only have my 4, but I'll double check when I get home to see if I have a fifth. If I do it's yours.

 

[OnPoint]

I bought 3 boxes of AVR and never pulled an Entreat. If you have any for trade, I hate Jace and have 3 of the fuckers.

So it turns out I DO have a fifth Entreat. Jace/Temple Garden for Blood Crypt/Entreat a done deal?

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

I bought 3 boxes of AVR and never pulled an Entreat. If you have any for trade, I hate Jace and have 3 of the fuckers.

Wait, you're doing entreat for Jace straight up?

 

[WanderingWind]

So it turns out I DO have a fifth Entreat. Jace/Temple Garden for Blood Crypt/Entreat a done deal?

That's about a 7-8 buck difference, bro.

 

[Negator]

So Craterhoof Behemoth is worth something now.

I'm shocked.

 

[OnPoint]

So Craterhoof Behemoth is worth something now.

I'm shocked.

I should have bought a bunch when they were $4. What a massive jump.

Got the deck list that uses it from this weekend that caused it?

That's about a 7-8 buck difference, bro.

Moving this to PM haha

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

So Craterhoof Behemoth is worth something now.

I'm shocked.

WAT, I just checked the price. I forget if I have 3 or 4 of them. Can't believe they're so much, I guess using it as a reanimation target jumped a lot.

 

[OnPoint]

This could be it

Junk Reanimator
A Standard deck, by Martin Juza
1st place at a Grand Prix tournament in Bochum, Germany on 2012-11-18
Print this deck!
Maindeck:

Creatures
4 Arbor Elf
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
4 Craterhoof Behemoth
3 Deathrite Shaman
4 Somberwald Sage

Instants
4 Grisly Salvage


Sorceries
4 Lingering Souls
3 Mulch
4 Tracker's Instincts
3 Unburial Rites

Basic Lands
6 Forest

Lands
2 Gavony Township
2 Hallowed Fountain
4 Overgrown Tomb
1 Shimmering Grotto
4 Temple Garden
4 Woodland Cemetery

Sideboard:

4 Angel of Serenity
3 Loxodon Smiter
2 Restoration Angel
4 Thragtusk
2 Cavern of Souls

Of course, Reanimator has been growing steadily in popularity

 

[Haly]

This is the first time i've seen a primarily green reanimator deck.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

This is the first time i've seen a primarily green reanimator deck.

Really? It's been around since rotation pretty much. It's mana dorks and all the good green cards that you need to dig in the deck.

 

[Sinatar]

Craterhoof saw a bit of play pre RTR with the elf wave deck that was going around but yea winning 1 grand prix and placing highly in another on the same weekend will definitely crank a card's value.

 

[Haly]

Really? It's been around since rotation pretty much. It's mana dorks and all the good green cards that you need to dig in the deck.

I haven't really been paying attention to standard with all the modern stuff going on :x

 

[GoutPatrol]

So I'm going to GP Taipei this weekend. I've never actually been to a GP before, so what should I expect? Should I bring all my cards for trade/selling? Only focus on playing tournaments?

 

[kirblar]

So I'm going to GP Taipei this weekend. I've never actually been to a GP before, so what should I expect? Should I bring all my cards for trade/selling? Only focus on playing tournaments?

Do not bring your collection. Bring trade stuff + decks. What format is it? Depends what you want to get out of the experience re: time allotment.

 

[Negator]

I've been looking at some recent results. It seems that BR zombies is still a deck.

I think I want to try running it this weekend. There's a huge Grand Prix in town and I'm gonna eat some brains.

 

[kirblar]

I've been looking at some recent results. It seems that BR zombies is still a deck.

I think I want to try running it this weekend. There's a huge Grand Prix in town and I'm gonna eat some brains.

The midrange list is very good.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

There definitely seems to have been a lot of progress made on the standard metagame over the past couple of weeks. I'm just glad to see decks without Thragtusk in the maindeck doing well.

EDIT: Looks like I have one Craterhoof Behemoth in my online collection. Might just have to unload that; maybe for that second Sphinx's Revelation that my UW Flash deck desperately needs.

 

[kirblar]

I really should have picked up more than 4 Behemoths at $2.50

Thought he was moving to like 6-7, not loltown territory.

 

[Negator]

The midrange list is very good.

Are you talking about the one with Hellriders, Thundermaw, and Falkenrath Aristocrat?

I'm glad I picked up Thundermaw when they dropped around the $13 range. They're going up again.

 

[GoutPatrol]

Do not bring your collection. Bring trade stuff + decks. What format is it? Depends what you want to get out of the experience re: time allotment.

Its Limited. Limited tournaments on Friday for byes. I was thinking about bringing 1/2 standard decks for casual play along with the rare binder.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

Are you talking about the one with Hellriders, Thundermaw, and Falkenrath Aristocrat?

I'm glad I picked up Thundermaw when they dropped around the $13 range. They're going up again.

I picked up a bunch of stuff on MTGO right before rotation that I thought was going to do well. I only wish that I had thought to buy more Thundermaws; I got 2 at $7 apiece, and they're $25 apiece now. I also picked up four Thragtusk at $5 apiece (they're $14 apiece now), and four Restoration Angel at $7 (they're $20 apiece now).

 

[Haly]

Please be our financial advisor, divisonbyzorro.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

Please be our financial advisor, divisonbyzorro.

Step One: Be Psychic.

What I of course didn't mention was that I bought a few Sorins and Garruks, and then bailed pretty soon after instead of holding them. Had I kept them, they would have more than doubled in price as well.

 

[OnPoint]

Are you talking about the one with Hellriders, Thundermaw, and Falkenrath Aristocrat?

I'm glad I picked up Thundermaw when they dropped around the $13 range. They're going up again.

I'm still holding out on the foil Thundermaw I have hitting the $50 max ceiling before I try to unload it at about $40.

 

[red13th]

Jesus how can Magic Online be so bad, it won't reset my password. The site simply doesn't load after I click "next".
I remember when I signed up I had to contact their customer service to activate my account (even though I was promptly charged).
This served to remind me why I don't play Magic Online.

 

[kirblar]

Step One: Be Psychic.

What I of course didn't mention was that I bought a few Sorins and Garruks, and then bailed pretty soon after instead of holding them. Had I kept them, they would have more than doubled in price as well.

You don't have to be psychic.

You just need to be able to catch trends and get in before the door closes.

 

[joelseph]

Hoof went up overnight.

 

[Hex]

You don't have to be psychic.

You just need to be able to catch trends and get in before the door closes.

This is exactly it.

A) Be able to understand what actually constitutes a good card.
B) Keep up , even if it is just glancing at deck lists from big events.
C) Keep an eye on buy list changes on sites like SCG and TCG

 

[kirblar]

Hoof went up overnight.

He didn't. He exploded overnight, but SCG had moved him to 7 the week before, which is when I bought my playset for ten bucks. Same way I got my bonfires for $16- I saw the card moving to 10-12 on the top end, so I ran and grabbed one of the last remaining Ebay auctions.

 

[An-Det]

Looks like December's FNM Promo is Gitaxian Probe.