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Magic: the Gathering |OT11| Amonkhet - Have you ever had decks with a Pharaoh?
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I don't know. It's all really awkward.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
and it didn't even make sense for him to play slowly given that he needed a win to draw.
Imperfected
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Pretty much. There's more people who got super into mediocre Aether Revolt energy theme cards than embalmers. (Though a lot of that is surely because of Marvel.)
Yeah, he spun the marvel and saw the Worldbreaker that he was clearly going to play or he was dead and yet he shuffled, looked at his hand, shuffled, looked again. Took like a minute to cast the eldrazi. Infuriating.
Update to the MTGO bug awkwardness from earlier:
Lost the replay match, ended 5-4. Appealed the decision, and they said they "didn't consider boardstate".
Previous reimbursement policy was so generous that it just stings to lose 110 play points to a completely unavoidable bug. That's gonna be the end of me sinking money into MTGO.
Lost the replay match, ended 5-4. Appealed the decision, and they said they "didn't consider boardstate".
Previous reimbursement policy was so generous that it just stings to lose 110 play points to a completely unavoidable bug. That's gonna be the end of me sinking money into MTGO.
hm, with Mardu and Marvel still being the most dominant decks, it sort of looks like Amonkhet doesn't really get enough room to breath yet. The gods, embalm, exert, cycling cards all seem rather underplayed right now
Imperfected
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Based on the fact that he kept a three Ulamog opening hand--full stop, honestly, but particularly in a Marvel deck rather than ramp--I'm going to guess the slow play might not be entirely intentional.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
No Gearhulk decks at the top tables? Shame, UR Control decks are the most fun to play this standard.
Do we know what's at the top tables?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
This is kinda cute
oh wait that's even better.
? I don't get it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
flash hulk getting pili pala combo and a 1 drop to protect them, next turn make infinite mana play thrasios and win with lab maniac.
I'm sorry I tried making janky Thrasios but I have to accept that I'm a spike and a dick.
you have Mausoleum Wanderer linked not Lab Maniac, with Lab Maniac it makes sense lol
Imperfected
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I mean even without Lab Maniac putting as many untapped lands as you want into play while drawing as many cards as you want and having unlimited blue mana is pretty okay.
You can probably do something with those resources instead of just shitting out your deck to Lab Maniac.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
That's deliberate. Untapping is affected by summoning sickness so I have to wait a turn, or at least a couple priorities at the end of someone's turn, to go off. Mausoleum Wanderer or added in an edit later Sylvan Safekeeper + getting a Dryad Arbor I can get with the remaining CMC left over from Hulk. Cursecatcher would also work.
Should have put Lab Maniac at the end anyways even though infinite mana + thrasios illustrates the point.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
I don't think it was shown on camera. Unless you count a deck tech.
SigmasonicX
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... No, it really didn't.
Anybody here know what, if any, penalty exists for playing in a pptq after you've won one for that season? I'm like 300 points short of 2 byes for next year and most of the events with multipliers are pptqs. There is an Open last weekend of the month that I'll be attending and playing out all rounds including all rounds of the classic if I don't make the cut but that will only get me about halfway there.
Ya I'm having trouble seeing what that means. Like if I walk up, hand them money, and give them my DCI number won't it still put me in the event reporter? If I made it to the finals I'd just concede to my opponent so it's not like I'm there to rob an invite lol.
I think you'd just be barred or removed after the judges figure out you're there and not supposed to be.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
They never showed Lee Shi Tian's drafted deck play out? Wtf, that's amateur hour production. I don't care a bit for limited decks I've not seen the draft of and his UW aggro looked awesome and weird.
4-0 FNM. Gideon and the crew got there. Glorybringer is sick af.
Matchups:
R1: vs. RW Exert (mirror), 2-0
R2: vs. Mono-red Thermo-Alchemist, 2-1
R3: vs. WB Zombies, 2-1
R4: vs. GB Delirium, 2-1
Can I ask what deck you were running? I am currently looking for a good glorybringer deck to put my copies to good use.
Giant Panda
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Went 4-0 last night at FNM with BW Zombies. I'm so happy zombies are finally a thing.
with Giddeon, Glorybringer and Unlicensed Disintegration, I'd say it's very likely Mardu vehicles. Glorybringer isn't really a fixed staple of the deck though
Second draft in a row last night where I was forced to go blue because no one else was taking it and all of the other colors were drying up fast. Went 0-2 though, so maybe I should take the memo and avoid blue as well.
Did manage to do 16 damage in a turn with a Combat Celebrant + Limits of Solidarity, so that was cool. Would've been nice if I hadn't died two turns later, but whatever.
Did manage to do 16 damage in a turn with a Combat Celebrant + Limits of Solidarity, so that was cool. Would've been nice if I hadn't died two turns later, but whatever.
goldlion054
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I've played one sealed event and 4 drafts now for Amonkhet. And I really like the format. I think it's so much better than Khaladesh and Aether were. Maybe that's because I haven't played a game of limited without Glorybringer in my deck. Side note; Glorybringer and Rhonas is a pretty sweet Wombo Combo
lol at Fabiano played by 5 colors. What a weird table that must have been to draft at
lol at Fabiano played by 5 colors. What a weird table that must have been to draft at
Wait, so you managed to have Glorybringer 5 times in a row? You don't deserve to ever get lucky at Magic again lol
Also, Fabiano's deck is extremely sweet. Hope it goes all the way.
EDIT: He just put a Gift of Paradise on Evolving Wilds. God bless him.
goldlion054
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My constructed play results beg to differ
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
oh, yeah. Which equipment cards can you even play in standard these days?
TheBlackMarvel
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Bone Saw and Cathar's Shield
+ Aetherflux Reservoir lol
Maybe equipment will be better in Ixalan...
divisionbyzorro
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Seeing pros fuck up Cartouche of Strength makes me cringe every time.
I think it's good to normalize that interaction. We need to encourage players to call judges more often, and cutting away from it like it's somehow a shameful thing isn't the right way to treat it.
I think it's good to normalize that interaction. We need to encourage players to call judges more often, and cutting away from it like it's somehow a shameful thing isn't the right way to treat it.
It's just not good content, cut away to another match to show us some more magic.
What's there to fuck up? You put it on a dude, that dude fights someone, and if it lives you've got a dude with +1/+1 and trample? I don't see how anyone can fuck it up.
It's a may.
The fight is a may ability. Efro played a pump spell in response to the fight trigger and the other guy made them fight anyway and let only his creature die.
Oh, wow. That's why you gotta pay attention to the cards. You'd think people would really make sure to read the fine print on Cartouche of Strength seeing as it's one of the best commons in the set.
But if the pump spell is in response to the fight trigger, there's not much you can about it though, or am I wrong? You select the trigger when it ETB, it goes on the stack and from thereon it will try to resolve no matter what.
Is that how it works? Reddit was saying after they pump you can just not have them fight.
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