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Magic: the Gathering |OT12| Hour of Devastation - Hour of Jace getting dunked on
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Imperfected
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I play Sorin Markov in my Superfriends deck, but he's really just there as an obvious threat to get people to stop riding the jock of every PW I put on the table.
You kind of need to do that since people just love swinging free on even the most innocuous walkers. Like, fuck, dude, Party Jace ain't gonna hurt nobody, clock some commander damage and chill.
You kind of need to do that since people just love swinging free on even the most innocuous walkers. Like, fuck, dude, Party Jace ain't gonna hurt nobody, clock some commander damage and chill.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I hate UG so much. STOP GAINING VALUE, gosh.
i like value, i just do it by playing rock decks mostly. i like creatures coming back over and over and generating tokens and stuff more than drawing cards. not a huge fan of blue, if anything i really like the concept of abzan but it doesnt have many commanders which i am that fond of currently
i do have one rakdos deck i like but it is basically just a waste not or wheels/megrim style combo deck
i do have one rakdos deck i like but it is basically just a waste not or wheels/megrim style combo deck
Would Dark Depths instantly-trigger with Solemnity?
Yeah. it board state checks for the trigger to see if it has no counters on it to get the token.
I play mono green and it is my most "combo" oriented deck. Who would have thought that making 25 mana turn 3 with selvala was going to be really good.
It is still creature oriented but the deck can literally just go off without any interaction. All my other edh decks are much more "fair" and aren't combo oriented.
FYI, if you copy Fraying Sanity with Mirage Mirror, the mirror will just go to the graveyard as a state-based action since it's an aura that's not attached to anything.
Played in a sealed release event today for HOU. Ended up playing a W/B Zombies deck with quite a few combat tricks. Went 2-1 before dropping since there was two more rounds and it was already 11:15. The +3/+3 give creature flying and then return it from graveyard if a zombie enters the battlefield was easily MVP of the deck. All of my creatures but Bontu and Razaketh were zombies so as long as I drew it and they weren't able to exile it I got a lot of use out of it.
What time do your stores usually start events? This was a 5 round '7:30' sealed event that didn't start round 1 until 8:30. With a 2-1 record and my deck I felt like I had a chance but i'm not about that life after doing multiple pre-release events last weekend. I guess if I ventured over into constructed i'd save an hour. Maybe i'll try it out this month.
What time do your stores usually start events? This was a 5 round '7:30' sealed event that didn't start round 1 until 8:30. With a 2-1 record and my deck I felt like I had a chance but i'm not about that life after doing multiple pre-release events last weekend. I guess if I ventured over into constructed i'd save an hour. Maybe i'll try it out this month.
Imperfected
Member
Prerelease flights at 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM registration and usually start at or no more than five minutes later at noon and six where I play.
If you like Ixalan spoilers, here's the basics someone pulled out of a HOU box
Basic Ixalan Lands
Also this video of Rudy from Alpha Investments animated as Kermit the Frog is hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUZ70rVfb9A
Basic Ixalan Lands
Also this video of Rudy from Alpha Investments animated as Kermit the Frog is hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUZ70rVfb9A
some nice forests and islands, one of the plains portrays Mayan terraces. The mountains and swamps look sort of generic. The pic quality could be better
How does this happen?! Also, is a reprint of an unreleased set tournament legal? Because it has the same name and is an actual Magic card, although I'm not sure if the latter part is true if the set isn't out yet.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
When he did that song, I heard it.
https://www.twitch.tv/scgtour
SCG Cincinnati Open is streaming. First big thing with Hour in standard.
SCG Cincinnati Open is streaming. First big thing with Hour in standard.
SigmasonicX
Member
Robert Gray using Magma Spray on Jonathan Job's Kari Zev, lol.
Yeah, this guy is playing very loose. He could have killed Hazoret for turns now with the Scar Mage and hasn't.
Keru_Shiri
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Scarab God, probably
Any resources to read on just playing the game better? I've realized that while i've been reading draft and sealed primers I really haven't read beyond just learning the basic rules of the game. I've picked up simple things through streams and just playing the game. I remember Chapin's deck building book was recommended on reddit I think it was when I was first getting into MTG, any read his Next Level Magic book?
Playing the game and watching high level play on stream are still the best things to learn I think. As well as just following the discussions here. Always felt like these 'pro' articles are making you think you're good at the game, while your play does not really improve in critical situations.
I definitely agree with you. From Amonkhet pre-release to last night's release sealed event I've noticed an improvement. I actually got to play 2 guys I have played in the past that stomped me and got wins against em. Sealed obviously doesn't allow you to get consistent decks but going into the game 1 opponent I was already thinking I was going to start 0-1 because of the beating he had given me previously. I was able to beat him 2-1 with the wins being really solid. $37 is pretty steep for a book.
SigmasonicX
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if it's not about getting a better understanding of the rules (phases, ect.) but about how you become a better player, it's just practice and learning from other players by watching them. Learning about deckbuilding isn't super important because realistically, you'll either play a meta deck or a fun deck that probably isn't very competitive
"Who's the Beatdown" was very helpful for me when I was first getting back into the game a few years ago.
A Serious Man
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http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/shoulders-giants-2013-08-06
Here's a list of great articles that cover Magic theory and concepts. There is a lot of stuff in here that will change the way you think about the game for the better.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
For those that have gone over cards or have actually played the new ones in Hour of Devestation, is it worth it buying a booster box? Or not many good cards to really go after? I'm sure this is a silly question though.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
mtggoldfish.com has an article about EV, expected value, and it's terrible. Only buy a box to draft with it.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Yikes. I would try to buy one for $90, but according to that, it's roughly 60-ish. But it all depends on the draw because one could have shittier luck than that.
EDIT: I will admit, I got a giggle out of that fact that Overwhelming Splendor exists. It's a version of Humility that costs too much to play.
Went 3-3 at the PPTQ today. I feel like I threw away the match against Affinity but otherwise it was OK. And I got to bop Merfolk which is usually not a great matchup. Swiftspear, Revelry, Blaze, Blood and they didn't find their Spell Pierce. At least I got some Planeswalker points out of it. Got over 500 for the season now, 2200 is definitely possible.
Man that is so bad that is has to go up. Solely for the fact that vendors will otherwise lose money in the long run on the set
. I expect the value to be very concentrated in the few cards that do sell.Oh God, it's worse than I thought. And there are some mythics on that list that I'd say are overpriced, like Razaketh.
What a shitshow of value.
SigmasonicX
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I like this "mono-red" aggro deck from Job that plays Eldrazi.
EDIT: Didn't expect Ahn-Crop Crasher or Invigorated Rampage.
EDIT: Didn't expect Ahn-Crop Crasher or Invigorated Rampage.
shrapnelmagnet
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They are old and dated but this guy's articles and this specific article in general helped me so much with understanding the game. I wish he would come back and play / write more. I love his attitude and approach to the game:
http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/890_MmmmmmmmmanaFive_Rules_For_Avoiding_ManaScrew.html
Imperfected
Member
No one ever expects Ahn-Crop Crasher. That's the whole point of Ahn-Crop Crasher.
It is fantastic. It's also the perfect mechanic to return in a core set at some point. I'd love a cycle of 1 mana investigate cards.
If podcasts are more your thing, Mike Flores and Roman Fuscoe do a podcast where they read old articles and talk about them in modern context, called Ancestral Recall
I'd recommend listening to the ones of "Whos the Beatdown" and "Philosophy of Fire"
I feel like I should pick up a copy of Scarab God right now before the price goes up any more on it. Feel like it's not really gonna go down at all since, as some have mentioned, this set will not really be opened much and it's got such shit value overall that the few cards that are worth it will just retain their value really well.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
the 5c PW decks look garbo. They are playing Bolas for Christ's sake.
was that W/U Monument against the planeswalker deck? I loved how commentators talked shit about the deck and the double Dovin Baan. "Here comes the second Dovin Baan, the opponent could Negate him but - just doesn't want to"
TheBlackMarvel
Member
Got a link?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I really like the look of that UR prowess deck. I'd play green for blossoming defense and some other stuff though.
We all know Dovin Baan goes into the crested sunmare deck
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