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Magic: the Gathering |OT10| Aether Revolt - That shit that make your Soul Burn slow
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SigmasonicX
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I figured Gideon would get a new card. Liliana is a bit of a surprise, but she is fighting one of her demons this block.
SigmasonicX
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If the gods are shard colored, then it makes sense that they wouldn't want two Grixis mythic rares in one set.
Lantern on camera. Boo hiss
This is not a leak, they are showing them publicly in the Hasbro Toy Fair. I'd love to see a leak of the guide though :9
This is not a leak, they are showing them publicly in the Hasbro Toy Fair. I'd love to see a leak of the guide though :9
Wulfric
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Lol, it would be almost as bad as the New Phyrexia leak.
If anyone wants HD card images from AER (Ashodin?), those are available here. They are from the survey that WotC did a while back. I believe this is the largest size artwork we have for most of these cards.
SigmasonicX
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Oh, one more prediction for Amonkhet: -1/-1 counters.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
All that's missing is an explosion in the background.
Infinite Stars
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The first round had lots, but I've seen progressively less.Damn was there really that much Tron at GP Vancouver?
Went 0-4 drop with burn today and didn't see any Tron, would have been so happy to play against it
My rounds have been GB Tron, Abzan, Turbofog, Lantern, and Jund.
BGx is the source of my draw and my loss so far. Turns out always remember to check your board count, because I did my post-board games with 65 in the main.
Bant Eldrazi though.. ayayaua
Why would you play Eldrazi Tron when G/x Tron is so much more consistent? Also of course there is a lot of Tron. Infect, Suicide Zoo and Suicide Bloo all got nerfed, some of the deck's worst matchups. Things are still reaching equilibrium.
The best thing though is watching Grixis Control chain K Commands, Surgicals and Fulminators on a Tron opponent. It feels good.
If they ban anything from Tron itll probably Stirrings if they dont care about hitting Bant Eldrazi.
The best thing though is watching Grixis Control chain K Commands, Surgicals and Fulminators on a Tron opponent. It feels good.
If they ban anything from Tron itll probably Stirrings if they dont care about hitting Bant Eldrazi.
You get to use Chalice of the Void and it's a bit more resilient against hate like Blood Moon or land destruction. Also just a fun deck, Endbringer/Walking Ballista + Basilisk Collar is the best
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Had a fun interaction come up today in EDH.
Oh and I remember couple weeks ago I Pithing Needle'd a Derevi turn 1. That was fun.
Also I managed to draw 5 colourless lands only in the narset deck.
Oh and I remember couple weeks ago I Pithing Needle'd a Derevi turn 1. That was fun.
Infinite Stars
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Well, ended up dropping the event in round 8. Went 4-3-1.
Losses were to Jund, Bant Eldrazi, and Grixis Control. Turns out staying fed is pretty damn important, as I was on Tilt from lack of food for 3 straight rounds. Jund I beat Game 1, Game 2 I lost for the aforementioned "Accident ally played 65 Cards", and Game 3 I got stuck on 2 Lands, no creatures, and starring down an impending Liliana The Last Hope Ultimate.
Bant Eldrazi I lost game 1, Won Game 2(But recieved a Game Rule Violation for failing to maintain Board State because my opponent didn't read big Thalia), then got another GRV in Game 3 when I let his Dismember resolve for one mana when I had a Thalia in Play.
Grixis is just.. ugh. I love the deck, I loved the guy playing it(Dude is super cool), but I just was drawing the complete wrong half of my deck. Need a Scooze and have 4 in the main board game 2? Counter each. Need any creature for Worship to not be a brick? Nope, Draw 12 land in a row.
All in all, I enjoyed it, but ugh, I need to remember to pack snacks.
Losses were to Jund, Bant Eldrazi, and Grixis Control. Turns out staying fed is pretty damn important, as I was on Tilt from lack of food for 3 straight rounds. Jund I beat Game 1, Game 2 I lost for the aforementioned "Accident ally played 65 Cards", and Game 3 I got stuck on 2 Lands, no creatures, and starring down an impending Liliana The Last Hope Ultimate.
Bant Eldrazi I lost game 1, Won Game 2(But recieved a Game Rule Violation for failing to maintain Board State because my opponent didn't read big Thalia), then got another GRV in Game 3 when I let his Dismember resolve for one mana when I had a Thalia in Play.
Grixis is just.. ugh. I love the deck, I loved the guy playing it(Dude is super cool), but I just was drawing the complete wrong half of my deck. Need a Scooze and have 4 in the main board game 2? Counter each. Need any creature for Worship to not be a brick? Nope, Draw 12 land in a row.
All in all, I enjoyed it, but ugh, I need to remember to pack snacks.
Walking Ballista?
Not watching any coverage this weekend, been busy. Is that happening at a tournament right now? That is a pretty nasty combo.
Having a similar experience, minus I'm on Jund. This (GP Van) is my first real modern tournament, after slowly putting the pieces of the deck together over the past few years.
Finished day one at 7-2, losing to Esper Control and Grixis. Luckily, I haven't encountered Tron, and I've beaten Eldrazi, R/W Prison, Lantern Control, Valakut, and some sort of white weenies deck, after my two byes.
I'm not super versed in the modern meta and how some of these decks work, but thankfully Jund's whole discard/threat/removal game has been straightforward enough to go against mostly unknown (to me) decks.
GP Brisbane Top 8 Decklists
2 Dredge, 1 Affinity, 1 Lantern, 1 WR Prison, 1 Living End, 1 GB Tron, 1 Abzan.
What a cool top 8.
Oliver Oks with Lantern wins the GP! God's Beard will be happy lol
2 Dredge, 1 Affinity, 1 Lantern, 1 WR Prison, 1 Living End, 1 GB Tron, 1 Abzan.
What a cool top 8.
Oliver Oks with Lantern wins the GP! God's Beard will be happy lol
It would make sense.
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SCG Baltimore Open: Feb. 18-19 | Day 2 - Team Constructed is now streaming
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I just looked at the Dredge list and I realized that I actually own some of these cards. It would probably cost me another 150 to finish the deck(Life from the Loam, Bloodghast, Thoughtseize, Abrupt Decay are all cards I don't have). Really considering it. Playing the Amalgam decks in Standard made me get really excited about graveyard decks and it seems like a fun, albeit antisocial, deck to figure out.
Since every Liliana has been playable in constructed minus dark realms, color me excited as a grixis player! Hopefully that demon/bolas is really good as well.
Ummm yes it does. Tron loses to: Death shadow zoo, affinity, burn, infect, etc. Anything fast has a good game.
Says the guy who clamored for a copycat ban before guardian even came out.
Infinite Stars
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Not really, the recent idea of adding Blessed Alliance, Fatal Push, Collective Brutality, etc depending upon your colors has given Tron a better Matchup. Not great, but being able to Collective Brutality Infect, killing their infect creature and removing a pump is underrated. Blessed Alliance is a godsend against half of those decks(2 Mana to gain 4 on a modal card is underrated af), and Affinity is the only one you can't Ugin to clear the board.
Tron has Affinity as a definitely bad Matchup, but otherwise? Most of it's bad matchups have been improved due to GR not being the default choice any more.
"God's Beard!"
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Two monitors bro
Interesting to see BBD on Miracles. I don't think I've seen him play Legacy before.
BBD won the largest legacy tournament of all time. Dude is a cross format monster, only doesn't have a gp win in modern I think because he got second place to...
Deck people used to insist was garbage wins its second GP c:
Infinite Stars
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";230610190]BBD won the largest legacy tournament of all time. Dude is a cross format monster, only doesn't have a gp win in modern I think because he got second place to...
Deck people used to insist was garbage wins its second GP c:[/QUOTE]
To be fair, the deck is 50% unplayable(except in Lantern) cards. No one is rushing to go buy their Glint Nest Cranes, or their Shredders/Lanterns/Bells/Pyxi.
I mean, I love the deck, but from an outside view it looks like a pile of Draft chaff+Good cards
It is the closest deck that fits Sultai though, I mean, people laugh it off at first but then get milled out.
Deck people used to insist was garbage wins its second GP c:[/QUOTE]
To be fair, the deck is 50% unplayable(except in Lantern) cards. No one is rushing to go buy their Glint Nest Cranes, or their Shredders/Lanterns/Bells/Pyxi.
I mean, I love the deck, but from an outside view it looks like a pile of Draft chaff+Good cards
It is the closest deck that fits Sultai though, I mean, people laugh it off at first but then get milled out.
Infinite Stars
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Oh my.
I still think there's a few things that could be better in Modern(Cough Blue and White, Cough a better counter then Mana Leak for 2, Wizards to stop breaking the format every other set), but I'm very impressed with the format from both the stream and experience. I didn't play a single deck more then once yesterday, and despite my moaning about Tron, at least it's different.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Interesting games of EDH today.
Playing Zur my Turn 1:
Playing Zur my Turn 1:
I lost that game because my opponent had the red leyline.Turn 1 said:
look with top, tap draw and play
Joe Molotov
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Also a deck running Arlinn Kord of all things.
Have you been watching coverage? Tron has been getting beat by death's shadow. Hence why the deck has placed so well this weekend.
Also many pros have been saying that grixis reaminator is the best deck due to the kari zev + breaking/entering interaction.
Infinite Stars
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Tron was everywhere around me Round 1 though, and my friends who were half the centre away were in similar positions. Tron was the deck to beat this weekend(As In I saw way more GQ in non D&T/Hatebears then usual), with my Grixis Control opponent had 4 Fullminator mages in his sideboard.
Tron having a gun pointed at it as "The Deck to beat", with a bunch of Modern players being prepared for it, does not mean that it is somehow immune from being called the best deck. Push kills every creature in Death Shadow Jund, and the fact that no one remembered to bring Graveyard hate doesn't help against Goyf.
That's what I meant when I say I wish they would stop "breaking" modern every other set. Since BFZ, We've had Eldrazi Winter, Dredge Fall(Where Skred took down a GP because turns out 8 Maindeck anti-dredge cards is pretty good against Dredge), where decks lost to Dredge even after boarding in 4+ hosers and potentially Reanimator.
A deck doesn't have to be in the Top 8 to warp the format, because if the decks that are in the top 8 are the only good matchups against it, then it's warping enough. No one can play Wraths to kill BG's swarm because CopyCat can kill you the next turn and Mardu Vehicles DGAF.
I really like the Death's Shadow decks now using Tarfire and Traverse the Uvenwald in place of Gitaxian Probe to give the deck more versatility. The deck is different than it's previous all-out approach, and might even be a little better?
LOL Josh "I've played exactly 1 match with this deck before the tournament (where he is 13-1), but my team said the deck was insane, so I ran with it"
Remember that most Pros have between 1 and 3 byes- meaning they are only going to be playing X-0 players when they start, who have suruvived the early rounds
LOL Josh "I've played exactly 1 match with this deck before the tournament (where he is 13-1), but my team said the deck was insane, so I ran with it"
Remember that most Pros have between 1 and 3 byes- meaning they are only going to be playing X-0 players when they start, who have suruvived the early rounds
They've completely wrecked the field, GerryT and Josh Utter Leyton are already locked for top 8 and Sam Black and Matt Severa are live for it still.
AND YET HE LOST TURN 4 LMAO
ShadowSwordmaster
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I like what I see.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Yeah, that was an unnecessary risk that bit him in the ass.
Hatebears making top 8 would be dope.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
What is Altazan? Is that the new block after Amonkhet?
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