"God's Beard!"
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Yeah why take stoke there? Don't want to trade the rhino with a goblin? Its gotta just be the wrong pick, right?
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Magic: The Gathering |OT3| Enchantment Under the Siege
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"God's Beard!"
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Empty the Pits
The dude with the whip ability is the Sultai part of the cycle
It could be the Lich Lord, but he's pretty bad.
Kheru lich lord? Oh man sultai got robbed.
The previous block format was mono-Sultai decks, hence the non-push.
Also, all the "named mechanic" cards being mono-colored (there are no gold cards with delve, ferocious, etc.) really hurt them because everyone gets to play with the Delve cards.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Man people are super salty Ari won playing a non-Jeskai deck
GamerKingFaiz
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Congrats to Ari Lax for getting 1st at PT KTK!
Time for Siege Rhino to go to $20? =_=
Time for Siege Rhino to go to $20? =_=
"God's Beard!"
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Not me ^_^
All the beautiful and smart people play Abzan, right Grimace and Kirblar?
SigmasonicX
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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?"
Basically the same as it was before. Abzan Midrange and Jeskai Burn are the top decks, U/B control sort of viable if you're Ivan Floch.
ThLunarian
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It sounds like now stores can run any format they want for FNM - including made-up formats and cube drafts. Pretty cool.
I wonder, though.... what about proxies in cubes? In my experience, every cube I've ever played with has multiple proxies in it...
I wonder, though.... what about proxies in cubes? In my experience, every cube I've ever played with has multiple proxies in it...
"God's Beard!"
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The Birds and the Bees
I tried Kirblar's version with the mainboard Doomwakes and they sucked about as much as I expected. They just don't do anything in a bunch of matchups, and I want all my creatures to get me value. They're not bad in the sideboard for mirrors I guess. I keep cutting them, though.
I'm considering cutting a Murderous Cut for a 3rd Banishing light or a Sorin but I can't decide which.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You should just cut all the reanimation parts
I'm fine with proxies if you are just testing cards - unsure if they are worth the money or not - for casual fun. I'm not cool with them in the long run (if you have no intention to replace them ever) and they are UNACCEPTABLE in sanctioned events (I'm pretty sure they would straight out be illegal for FNM events anyway). Your Cube/EDH deck will still be good even if you can't afford Duals or Jaces or whatever.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Sanctioning alternate events is kind of a whatever move. The majority of MTG players have nowhere near enough money to buy decks for formats other than Standard.
"God's Beard!"
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Here's the thing. want to run Hornet Queen over Elspeth and Whip over Sorin. That makes Ajani a little worse because he has fewer tutor targets and he puts things I want on the bottom of my library instead of the graveyard.
I like Satyr Wayfinder better than Elvish Mystic once I have those two cards because he enables the whip and delve. He also increases the consistency of my deck by hitting land drops without losing value to Lightning Strike and Magma Jet.
Commune with the Gods and Murderous Cut take up the Abzan Charm/Hero's Downfall slots. The way I want to force card advantage with the deck is by playing more cards per turn in the early game, and reusing cards in the mid-late game. I lose a little bit of the mid-game flexibility of the stock list, but I make up for it by having a greater density of spellcasting. It's not unreasonable to cast 2-3 spells on turn three thanks to delve. We also don't lose the classic turn 3 Siege Rhino off Caryatid plan compared to the stock list, and curving out like that is just fine.
The card I think is more and more suspicious is really Nyx Weaver. The difference between 3 and 4 toughness is huge and the Weaver lives to snapcast something maybe 50% of the time thanks to the popularity of lightning strike and bile blight. That said, it's a huge card in the late game, which is a little unintuitive for a card that's ostensibly my Courser of Kruphix. Being able to chump then get back a rhino or a murderous cut is massive. I've looked through literally every card that brings things back to my hand, and Nyx Weaver is kind of a necessary evil. I do go back and forth between just sticking the Coursers back in, though.
GamerKingFaiz
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Just bought the rest of the pieces I needed for U/B control on TCGP. Now let's play the game of hoping they arrive before FNM.
People are salty because Ari won.
Ashcloud Phoenix is in a bunch of Jeskai decks and it's $1 on ebay. Hmmmmmm.
Lol wut? It's six bucks. Buy if u see it that cheap.
Did seem like an odd choice, and they did crush his face in after he made the wrong pick, so... note to everyone.
"God's Beard!"
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I don't know if people really want to see my 4-color Life's Legacy deck anyway.
Riverwheel aerialists is going obscenely late on MTGO, to the point that they're wheeling for me. I knew blue was underdrafted, but jeez...
Of course, my deck still isn't good, because I had to go full gimmick mode and pick up Temur Ascendancy and See the Unwritten, but still.
edit: lol, another gaffer is in the draft. Hi Exokell!
Of course, my deck still isn't good, because I had to go full gimmick mode and pick up Temur Ascendancy and See the Unwritten, but still.
edit: lol, another gaffer is in the draft. Hi Exokell!
divisionbyzorro
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I've noticed the same thing. It's kinda shocking to me. That card is a slam in any deck with blue.
I managed to pick up two for this deck. Can't wait to See the Unwritten for both of them.
control players learned how to hope again
I mean, sure, but Ashiok just seems awful in the U/B deck except in the Mirror, and it doesn't seem that great in the mirror either!
Also, is this the ceiling for Dig through Time? Or is it only going to get higher and buying in now isn't dumb?
ThLunarian
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The tricky part now as a speculator is figuring out what to trade for. I guess I can't go wrong on out-of-print Modern staples, but is there anything in Standard that's positioned to go up from where it currently is?
Khans cards can only go down from here because of the whole EV of a box thing. Even Dig Through Time is probably going to remain stable at about 10 for a while.
Khans cards can only go down from here because of the whole EV of a box thing. Even Dig Through Time is probably going to remain stable at about 10 for a while.
People don't want it so it... riverwheels.
foil foreign dig through time
foil foreign monastery swiftspear
you should probably wait a few months to pick up both, because they're insanely hyped right now, but if you can buy foils from yahoo.jp it's a very easy investment to make.
I reckon it's great vs the abzan midrange decks. Aethersprout -> Ashiok = trollface
Here's Adrian Sullivan's U/B control list that did x-3 or better at the pro tour:
Planeswalker (5)
4 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
1 Liliana Vess .
Sorcery (7)
4 Despise
2 Drown in Sorrow
1 Interpret the Signs .
Instant (18)
4 Dissolve
4 Hero's Downfall
3 Bile Blight
1 Silence the Believers
2 Ætherspouts
2 Dig Through Time
2 Jace's Ingenuity .
Artifact (4)
4 Perilous Vault .
Land (26)
2 Temple of Malady
4 Temple of Deceit
4 Dismal Backwater
4 Polluted Delta
3 Radiant Fountain
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Island
4 Swamp .
60 Cards
Sideboard (15)
1 Bile Blight
2 Drown in Sorrow
1 Liliana Vess
2 Thoughtseize
1 Disdainful Stroke
2 Negate
2 Pharika's Cure
2 Prognostic Sphinx
2 Cranial Archive
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean why? What did he personally do?
Twitch chat was relentless when he topdecked Elspeth in the semis and clapped his hands spontaneously, after both boards were cleared and both players were in topdeck mode.
Some said he had no respect for his opponent by showing bad sportsmanship. Some even claimed he has Asperger's.
It had nothing to do with his deck choice.
Some said he had no respect for his opponent by showing bad sportsmanship. Some even claimed he has Asperger's.
It had nothing to do with his deck choice.
SigmasonicX
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So it's basically a "how DARE he be excited about a chance to win!" thing?
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