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Magic: the Gathering |OT13| Ixalan - Port to Sideboard
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't think Vraska is particularly good.
If you're paying 6 mana for a Planeswalker it probably needs to do more when it comes into play than 1-for-1 your opponent.
If you're paying 6 mana for a Planeswalker it probably needs to do more when it comes into play than 1-for-1 your opponent.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Well the least she does is 2 for 1 if she sticks a turn and she's a fairly strong wincon on her own.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Yeah, but 6 mana is an awful lot to hope she lives 2 turns.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
1 turn is all you need to at least be satisfied anything above is peachy.
Gotta play that story color combo and drop Vraska with counter back up. Of course, now we're talking 7 mana and the hope they can't pay for Spell Pierce?
"God's Beard!"
Member
Errata Trophy Mage to Pirate pls
StrategyFan
Member
arcane adaptation: build your own errata
I mean, if you don't kill something asap with her she comes down with 8 loyalty and a body. At that point she really only fears stuff like Never and Vraska's Contempt.
I can see her sticking around for a while if the opponent isn't playing black.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Treasure decks are not interested in vraska
I want to try her out in an Abzan Tokens deck, just because flooding the board with 2/2 menace tokens and occasionally killing guys seems really good. Shouldn't be too hard to further protect her with stuff like Dusk either.
Not sure what other green cards I'd add though. Not-Gaea's Cradle is cool, but the front half is so lackluster. I wish there were more go wide green cards.
Not sure what other green cards I'd add though. Not-Gaea's Cradle is cool, but the front half is so lackluster. I wish there were more go wide green cards.
I was thinking that it would've been much cooler to have the Iconic Masters reveal be at Worlds.
There are pirates that make incidentally, treasures
charlequin
Banned
Yeah I think this is kind of different for a Masters set where the potential upside scenario is enormous and it's clearly feel-bad to make people think about bouncing completely. For most standard sets there's so few cases where a whole booster is measurably bonkers (as opposed to just opening one crazy good card) that I feel pretty okay about just making someone burn their draft pick to get $100 or whatever.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
There aren't any good ones.
Treasure isn't a constructed mechanic unless you're doing something that specifically requires using them to do something weird like playing Marionette Master.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
If your deck is blue or black and can splash for another colour you should really be asking yourself why you aren't running old G to the Scarab.
This. A treasure deck wants a better rate than 6 mana and 2 turns for 2 treasures.
jakonovski
Member
I dream of treasure aggro with an X spell for a finisher. Torment of Hailfire doesn't do it I think.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
That's part of the reason I've been subbing a couple negates with Jace's Defeat instead.oh I mean Scarab Gangsta is super good in Tezzerator. When it comes down people are just like "aw fuck"
You know what stops Scarab G? Counterspell.
Can't recur it if it never hit the board in the first place ¯_(ツ_/¯
I didn't realize when Spell Pierce got spoiled that Dispel was leaving. Standard w/o Dispel seems crazy.
Cut//Ribbons
Edit: Just noticed the art on Ribbons is a severed Archfiend of Ifnir head
Hmm interesting
It's like a little gamble every time. I'm addicted
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
oh I mean Scarab Gangsta is super good in Tezzerator. When it comes down people are just like "aw fuck"
You know what stops Scarab G? Counterspell.
Can't recur it if it never hit the board in the first place ¯\_(ツ
The problem with Tezzerator is that why would you not just play Hostage Taker and Scarab God if you're UB and those are just random good cards that don't do anything specific with either Tezzeret or the required artifact theme.
It's cheaper, cost wise?
Tezzerator is definitely a meta call. It attacks from an angle other decks likely won't be prepared for.
It also has some really sweet play lines and is fun as hell
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I think AG is coming at it from a metagame angle more than playabiltiy.
Scarab God might end up smothering the format.
Scarab God might end up smothering the format.
It and Hostage Taker are pretty oppressive.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, I like SaffronOlive but the dude just punts obvious play lines sooooo much.
Imperfected
Member
It does if you cast it off the flipped Primal Wellspring.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't think I've ever seen a series of punts like SaffronOlive in this game. He spent 20 minutes laughing and ignoring the chat telling him specifically what he was fucking up so his opponent went to 75 life and he lost on time. Like, we were practically shouting at him to get rid of Anointer Priest and not let him embalm them with 2 Anointed Processions and a Hidden Stockpile out but he just ignored it and then couldn't kill his opponent.
Sounds hilarious
jakonovski
Member
I traded mine for Vance's Blasting Cannons.
That's exactly why he's so entertaining. Which stream was this btw, I only watch the Youtube channels.
have you not yet figured out he fucks up on purpose because that's a gimmick?
I can't stand watching SaffronOlive, which is weird since I generally like his articles.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
What do you mean getting caught?
Imperfected
Member
Punishable by death, you know.
Someone in chat said they hear something that sounded like vaping and SO said that it was because he was in fact vaping.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I got that much, it was more the choice of words that got me.
That said I don't approve of vaping unless it's recreational cannabis.
That said I don't approve of vaping unless it's recreational cannabis.
charlequin
Banned
Enjoying the give-no-fucks "eff the haters" Gaby here.
