Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Its mono-green Urza
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Magic: the Gathering |OT13| Ixalan - Port to Sideboard
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Imperfected
Member
Surprised Vraska's price hasn't climbed at all, she seems to be showing up in a lot of lists, plus I imagine she's got pretty high EDH demand.
SigmasonicX
Member
I don't know, the treasure being taken to the golden city seems like it happened too long ago to be after Ugin woke up, but too recently to have been before Bolas defeated him a thousand or whatever years ago.
TheBlackMarvel
Member
It's Avacyn.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I'd like to think current Jace would actually consider that Ugin might know what he's talking about.
But will the writers?
We had competitive before, but casual fans weren't happy with it so they did away with it for the longest and gave out random prize support instead to encourage the bigger casual crowds to continue playing. Now they are splitting the pods between casual and competitive. Our store is big enough to support both crowds.
Yeah 3 rounds of draft and 4 rounds of standard on Friday and Saturday. Sunday is standard for the top 4 and some kind of team event. Also there is an Arena event on Sunday where we will see some more gameplay.
blindrocket
Member
I definitely want it for EDH but if I were to play Standard I'd like to put it in a Vampire deck I think.
There are going to be two more Ixalan sets? Vampires could still be a thing...
Nah just Rivals. Then we go home.
title better be
Magic: The Gathering |OT15| Dominaria - The Long Road Home
SigmasonicX
Member
On that subject, though it's way too early for this,
Magic: the Gathering |OT15| Dominaria - Chewie... We're home
Joe Molotov
Member
Squee...We're Home
Infinite Stars
Member
I mean, I'm fully aware it's probably not Ugin given the time frame, but considering his rivalry with Bolas I'm not willing to say it's something else until we know it's not.
I mean, we're dealing with an immortal cult/church that has been seeking Orazca for a while, with the Merfolk shapers having been around long enough that they have both seen Ixalan be razed and Tishana having seen the saplings grow into massive trees.
He would, because this Jace is an actual human being so far and not just snarky 1 liners.
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
So I just did a booster draft this past Saturday, my first time doing any kind of event, and I had a lot of fun. Are there any good sites for checking what kinds of decks or strategies are popular? I am also thinking about getting in to Standard as well. I am not really looking to be as competitive as humanly possible but I'd like to do the best with what I have, if that makes sense.
edit: thanks everyone!
edit: thanks everyone!
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Hah these grixis tezzerator lists are fun, Herald of Anguish seems like a bit of a mediocre payoff though.
blindrocket
Member
Ah, Explorers of Ixalan threw me off. At a glance it looked like it was going to be a three set block which did confuse me. Thanks for clearing it up.
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yo this deck fun as fuck. I think I'll sleeve this up for FNM. I have all the cards for once!
Speaking of which, Herald of Anguish is starting to climb. Hope you all got in early
Which Tezzoret list are you running? The one from the SCG open?
I'm having a real hard time deciding what to take to Showdown this weekend. Really want to try Tezzoret or Abzan Tokens but I will have to pick up a good number of cards. Another option is a favorable winds deck but it seems kind of boring. Will probably end up just upgrading the Drake deck and running it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I don't think the deck is actually all that great, The most it got speaking for itself is having a pretty favoured mono red matchup.
If it gathers any traction it'll absolutely get wrecked by players being ready for it.
Imperfected
Member
The Tezz deck is a little bit more resilient to sideboard hate than I would have expected, if only because the obvious line (artifact hate) is muddled by the fact that most of the artifacts it's beating you to death with are actually kind of worthless pieces of garbage.
You can hold up an Abrade to deal with one after it gets buffed by the emblem, but almost none of them are actually worth spending hate cards on before that.
You can hold up an Abrade to deal with one after it gets buffed by the emblem, but almost none of them are actually worth spending hate cards on before that.
This is awesome
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
the issue is boardclears and dealing with the limited threats it has. There's frankly also next to no draw in the deck.
The lowest one on magiccardmarket is 1900. Supposedly all NM too. Few more at 2/2,1k.
It's probably worth it even if the cards are in various degrees of SP. The Tabernacle alone in Italian SP is worth well over $1000,
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I once did this entire speech to a random FNM opponent after playing a Wingmate Roc and my opponent just stared blankly.
Did you tell him to take his deck, shine it up real nice, turn it sideways, and stick up his candy ass?
I've never been a fan of the "buy a pack" thing in drafts, especially when it's left to the player's discretion. I went to a place a few weeks back where someone opened a Liliana (not foil or anything) in a HOD draft and decided to just buy the pack and get another for the draft because he wasn't in black. It really screws with the integrity of the draft.
I hate places that let people do that. A guy in one of the drafts I was playing threw a fit when he opened a pack with a planeswalker and a bulk foil rare. The owner ended up letting him buy the pack but didn't let him return to the draft and now has a strict policy of not letting people do this.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I believe I held the card over my head and said
"FINALLY!
The Roc
has come back
to Standard"
and then I slammed it on the table to a blank expression of everyone around.
Cherubimon142
Member
A friend of mine pulled a foil Gideon Jura during a booster draft at my college. Regardless of the results of his match-ups, it was a win for him. Death glares all around at his table, as I recall.
We aren't allowed to do that in drafts at my lgs. You're allowed to stand up and leave. No one can force you to stay, but expected to be frown upon from here on I guess. I've had God packs like that before and I see it more as sharing the wealth lol, but I've been known to pass up money cards for a more playable selection.
Since all of the Masters packs has a foil in them, we prevent such situations by allowing everyone to keep the foil and draft with the rest. The foil isn't playable tho. You can keep those double Goyfs that you opened!
We have way more wrestling fans at my lgs
Joe Molotov
Member
You are a bitch if you buy your pack in any standard draft, straight up. Only way I could see it being justified is if we're talking Goyf/Goyf or something of that caliber in a Masters draft. And in that case just pick up your cards and leave.
Man people need to lighten up
Man people need to lighten up
If it's not a competitive draft, who cares?
Buying the booster is far less disruptive than packing up and leaving, and most players are price conscious and will prefer the option if the pack is worth the several times the cost of the draft.
TheBlackMarvel
Member
Chill.
Joe Molotov
Member
I don't even care about integrity of the draft or anything like that. If anything, it's worse if you're just hanging out with some bros drafting for funsies. If join a draft but you can't bear the thought of someone to your left getting a $6 rare, then come get your b-card.
There are no cards in Ixalan that are worth several times the cost of a draft, and rarely are there. At best you'll be passing up around a $15-20 card, and if you need that card, do what you gotta do. But know that you have been judged.
Oddly, I've never seen anyone at my LGS buy a pack during a draft. Maybe it's because it's full of lower skill players who can't evaluate prices that well, or I've never drafted masters sets, but even with stuff like Invocations and Masterpieces people would just grab them and pass the pack, with the knowledge that even if they didn't make the best pick for their deck they already paid for the draft.
Maybe it's just not allowed and no one bothered to tell me.
Maybe it's just not allowed and no one bothered to tell me.
um... hostage taker is $20 and foil Jace is $30...
edit: nevermind, said "several times"