Fiar enough, I hadn't considered that there might be no DFCs in Rivals. I just hate that they keep printing half cycles in standard.
No?
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Magic: the Gathering |OT13| Ixalan - Port to Sideboard
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Fiar enough, I hadn't considered that there might be no DFCs in Rivals. I just hate that they keep printing half cycles in standard.
No?
SigmasonicX
Member
Defeated by a Chandra's Defeat draw.
Imperfected
Member
I guess he does deserve to lose that way for boarding it in.
I wanted Javier to win, but Huey is a really deserving champion. Glad for him 
It's better than Abrade or Bomat Courier.
It's better than Abrade or Bomat Courier.
charlequin
Banned
Nope, last small set ever.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2017-10-08
Splinter Twin wins the last Modern Challenge hahaha.
Splinter Twin wins the last Modern Challenge hahaha.
charlequin
Banned
Not for certain although I feel like I'd be pretty surprised to see otherwise -- it's the type of mechanic people tend to really strongly assume will carry over.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Called Huey winning, I'm really not on the side of any control deck having all that favourable matchups against energy decks. Way too easy to stumble and get wrecked in short order.
RDW on the other hand is way favoured for RUG energy moreso than BUG.
RDW on the other hand is way favoured for RUG energy moreso than BUG.
Aw yeah, modifying my Commander Cat deck seems to have done the trick, at least to some degree! Did a lot better playing it this time around (not exactly getting suoer frequent games with friends, though, so admittedly not a ton of proper testing on it yet). Got some fun stupid plays. In particular, got Kemba Kha Regent rolling alongside the Bloodforged Battle-Axe, so that was fun. I believe I failed to account for the tokens being able to spit out further copies themselves, though. Also had the sillyness of my friend and I staring each other down while both having an equipped Godsend, which left us wondering what would happen if they clashed... but then I drew the cat that removes an artifact from play while on the field, which dealt with that.
Actually, about the Bloodforged Battle-axe: I saw online that thanks to the wording, you should get tokens twice if you hit for damage with both halves of your doublestrike. Now, the question I have is, say I have the Hammer of Nazahn down. That lets you instantly equip an artifact when it comes into play. So... I'm guessing not, but any chance the copy would pop then insta equip to hit for more damage and an extra copy from the second part of the doublestrike hit?
(Also, still think I may need to look further at the flying problem a bit, as that's easily my deck's sorest spot. Like, it kind of sucks being the only one without fliers, prompting people to just continually go "oh, I can get a free hit on you right now? Sure, why not." Still, don't want to get too fixated on that and end up weakening the other elements too much, as I feel like things are working pretty darn well outside of that...)
Actually, about the Bloodforged Battle-axe: I saw online that thanks to the wording, you should get tokens twice if you hit for damage with both halves of your doublestrike. Now, the question I have is, say I have the Hammer of Nazahn down. That lets you instantly equip an artifact when it comes into play. So... I'm guessing not, but any chance the copy would pop then insta equip to hit for more damage and an extra copy from the second part of the doublestrike hit?
(Also, still think I may need to look further at the flying problem a bit, as that's easily my deck's sorest spot. Like, it kind of sucks being the only one without fliers, prompting people to just continually go "oh, I can get a free hit on you right now? Sure, why not." Still, don't want to get too fixated on that and end up weakening the other elements too much, as I feel like things are working pretty darn well outside of that...)
Oath (and BFZ) had a land theme. Greater than average number of lands.
GregLombardi
Member
I thought worlds was an absolutely superb demonstration of the health of standard, and also the incredible high level play that can come out of magic. Was a great tourney / show all around. Jensen seemed like the player of the tourney, so the results are fitting.
So... do Allies actually function halfway decently in Commander, or no? I really like the look of them, with all the synergy building between them as you build up your board... but I've seen soooo many nukes in my (limited, to be fair) experience with the format that I'd have to imagine it'd be real, real hard to get them actually rolling. Like... is that a particularly solvable issue, or is the deck inherently at a disadvantage thanks to the way it works? Aka I kind of want to build an Ally Commander deck, but I kind of get the feeling it'll just get nuked into oblivion and just lose constantly, rather than pulling off the kind of cool comboes you'd want the deck to manage.
Imperfected
Member
Hammer of Nazahn triggers whenever an equipment enters the battlefield, so yes, you would be able to immediately equip a copy of Bloodforged Battle-axe created during the First Strike phase, then hit with it during the normal damage phase if the creature you equipped it to has Double Strike. The two phases of damage are discrete events.
Oh, awesome! Learning crazy interactions like that has probably been my favorite part of getting back into Magic, as younger me definitely never thought too deeply on such interactions!
Wulfric
Member
Ugly ass new logo :/
Dominaria will have this logo in the boosters ://
Honestly I would be fine with this logo on MTGO and Arena, but I can understand why they're rolling it out to the physical packaging and organized play as well. I think one of the main advantages MTG has over other games is age, and this new logo just doesn't reflect that. The marble texture on the old logos is a bit dated, but the mythic orange logo was perfectly serviceable. Their reasoning for getting rid of this one is kinda weird too.
Here's the full article if someone wants to take a look.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/raising-new-banner-2017-10-08
Wulfric
Member
Oh, I have no doubt it was intended for Arena in the beginning.
It would be interesting to hear how the B&M retail team feels about this. The shape is about the same, but you lose the white outline on the inside and the shiny reflection effect. It looks plain unremarkable without the planeswalker symbol right next to it. Nothing about this says fantasy.
It looks like the title of a self published novel.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
....the logic here is fine
but the new logo also isn't that
SigmasonicX
Member
Now what we need is something... tribal, yet futuristic...
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
FTFY
SO's pirate deck looks fun but fuck $130 for the Scarab Gods and $70 for the Hostage Takers. Even the Gifted Aetherborn is somehow up to $4 a piece.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/much-abrew-the-pirate-god-standard
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/much-abrew-the-pirate-god-standard
Either a lot of people are picking them up for Vamp decks or people are still worried about Carnage Tyrant.
Can't blame them, it's a great card, though I've always been a Vampire Nighthawk kind of player myself.
No it's because they are an excellent two drop when you have things that eternalize creatures.
I must not have been paying enough attention to standard decks. I haven't seen them anywhere outside of being requisite 2-drops for hopeful vampire decks. But I see your point. Eternalizing to get a 4/4 Lifelink, Deathtouch creature sounds really tough to deal with.
I keep forgetting that Scarab God is such a dominant force in the meta. That's what I get for not watching as many streams as I should.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
it's mostly been a sideboard card it's good against a wide range of decks when you just want to get to the lategame.
I'm not all that attached to the old logo, so I don't have much of an opinion, but I do kind of see their point. The old logo is kind of Comic Sansy. A little more cartoonish, like they want to lean a little harder into the hard fantasy. Make it more distinct from the softer touch of something like Warcraft/Hearthstone.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I think the reasoning there was that UB on turn 2 sets up your future turns better than having to get BB.
Yeah, for sure, it's easier on the mana base, but it was terrible every time he played it.
Because The Masters set isnt actually out tet
Heh.
I thought it came out and I just didn't bother buying it.
Too many sets too quick for me to keep track.
Next time I'll google the set release schedule
It's definitely come down some, but not enough for me to buy in yet.
Them giving good red effects to blue is a time honored tradition -- why stop now?!
If Hostage Taker was red, you'd have to randomly discard two cards to use it and still pay mana. Cause red is wacky and chaotic.
jakonovski
Member
Oh boy I do think Wizards might've goofed making both Scarab God and Hostage Taker. Then again the prices will be so high that I can sit on mine and sell/trade them later for some modern cards.
Thieves' Auction
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I wasn't really talking about color though. Just flavor