No, you choose to fight or not on resolution.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT11| Amonkhet - Have you ever had decks with a Pharaoh?
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No, you choose to fight or not on resolution.
You choose the target for the fight ability as it goes on the stack, but the "may fight" choice happens as part of the fight ability resolving, so the choice would happen after the opposing pump spell.
There's no way for an opponent to interact once you confirm the fight is happening, they either have to pump before you decide or not at all. It's part of why the cartouche is so good, there's a lot fewer ways it can backfire compared to a normal fight spell.
I mean, you're not wrong
I'm actually off the Equipment train because the amount of artifact hate in the environment has increased exponentially to combat Mardu Vehicles. This deck gets in hard with Glorybringers through Always Watching.
Always Watching I loved back when it came out but Dromoka's Command was still in the environment and I fucking hate that card so much. Its value was just insane.
Day 2 metagame breakdown http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/...ay-two-standard-metagame-breakdown-2017-05-13
Only one Amonkhet card in the top20 most played (Dread Wanderer in the #20 slot)
Only one Amonkhet card in the top20 most played (Dread Wanderer in the #20 slot)
I wonder how the lineup of decks would look if standard had rotated when it was originally supposed to. I don't think Aetherworks Marvel decks would be putting in nearly the work they've been doing if they couldn't get Ulamog. Decimator of the Provinces doesn't have nearly the same flair.
And hey, maybe Gideon of the Trials would've seen some play without Gideon AoZ hogging the spotlight.
And hey, maybe Gideon of the Trials would've seen some play without Gideon AoZ hogging the spotlight.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Went 2-1-1 in the showdown Lost to Mardi on the first round and drew against a UR control mirror.
I'm liking this Grixos list more and more every day. I hope some pros refine a version of the deck eventually.
Kefnet is a beast in the mirror
I'm liking this Grixos list more and more every day. I hope some pros refine a version of the deck eventually.
Kefnet is a beast in the mirror
Gideon of the Trials is STUPID good. Locking down a permanent is extremely handy.
How stupid good is Rogue Refiner right now? It's a 3/2 that replaces itself and gets you two energy. That card is way over rate.
I mean, it's basically an auto-include for any real energy deck, be it Marvel or Tower or whatever. It's insane value and I have no idea why it's so pushed. Fucking Elvish Visionary is too good to print anymore, but for one extra U you get another card, another 2 power, and two energy.
SigmasonicX
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Checking in on the Pro Tour.
Oh, so Liliana's Mastery is seeing play after all?
Oh, so Liliana's Mastery is seeing play after all?
Imperfected
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I think I said it earlier in this thread, but I'll repeat it: there was surely more broken artifact garbage in Kaladesh than just the vehicles, it just wasn't worth digging any deeper when they were ruling the roost.
Ban Marvel and someone will probably break Inspiring Statuary or Paradox Engine or some other dumb thing. Magic needs to stop doing Artifact Blocks.
Why did they go back on that decision? It was one of the few things I was moderately interested about when they were announcing all the overhauls around Magic Origins. Did they even let sets cycle out at all or did they back pedal the second it was supposed to happen?
Well Mirrodin doesn't exist anymore, really.
I hope you like more Phyrexian mana.
SigmasonicX
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They claim they were seeing huge drops in Standard buy-ins and interest reported by retailers, and anecdotally, many here have said they've seen the same thing precisely because Standard rotations happened too frequently.
And anecdotally, despite the Standard format problems, it seems like interest has returned since they announced the return to only one rotation a year.
Phyrexians already nuked it from the inside
Phyrexians are really popular. They just need to find the right way to bring them back.
SigmasonicX
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Interesting. Gonti was able to steal a Censor, and that was used to counter Ulamog in a monoblack deck.
Gonti is so undervalued. The amount of matches I've seen overturned with it is just obscene.
Imperfected
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I'm just glad it's an actual zombies deck and not a Burn deck masquerading as zombies like the old Geralf's Messanger decks.
divisionbyzorro
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Pro Tour Duel Decks: Marvel vs Zombies
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Does Zombies have a good Mardu matchup? I hope so as zombie is a cakewalk for Grixis and someone need to push them out.
Phyrexians are cool, but I'd hate for a new set with them to be a complete retread of New Phyrexia. Infect sucks to play against, Phyrexian Mana was a huge mistake, and everyone's spoken at length about how dangerous artifact blocks can be.
So basically I'd be OK with bringing them back if the cards were completely different from the last time.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It makes me laugh 63 players showed up with Mono Black zombies for some reason
Yeah I don't understand Mono-B when the W splash is almost free.
Nice. I was a little worried about how Zombies would perform because none of the 1-drops it has really excite me like Gravecrawler did back in the day. Glad to see my fears were unfounded.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's not actually free is why. There's also the issue that white doesn't add enough to make the deck better.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Not as good as the "crying nerds over the SCG tour" commercial they used to run
That Calcano clip.
*wipes a tear away*
Honestly didn't expect Zombies to do so well. Happy to see I was wrong.
*wipes a tear away*
Honestly didn't expect Zombies to do so well. Happy to see I was wrong.
What does white give you? Wayward Servant and Gideon?
Familienoberhauptvogel
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wtf is that skype clip? BDM standing awkwardly in the back, lol.
I really dislike that draft and constructed aren't tracked separately. Only a single UW flash list made top 8 during Kaladesh but they had the best record across the field by far in constructed.
I really dislike that draft and constructed aren't tracked separately. Only a single UW flash list made top 8 during Kaladesh but they had the best record across the field by far in constructed.
Imperfected
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What are the main advantages to mono black? Westvale/Ormendahl is obviously one of them, because it's a lot harder to run it when you need a diversified mana base.
Pretty much everything with BDM is awkward.
SigmasonicX
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Demon of Dark Schemes?!
SigmasonicX
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Using the Confiscation Coup that way seems like a huge misplay.
Yeah, another shot at the marvel seems better than stealing the Siphoner.
EDIT: Wow, what a game. Chandra stealing the game back at the end.
SigmasonicX
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Though he won anyway, thanks to Chandra Flamecaller.
Imperfected
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Presumably HS's heavy reliance on randomness even beyond draws, given that Marvel is a "roll the dice" sort of card.
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