SigmasonicX
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Honestly, I think you're best off just continuing to play normally and explaining rules as you go along. To explain draft, there are plenty of draft simulators online which may help.
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Magic: The Gathering |OT3| Enchantment Under the Siege
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Honestly, I think you're best off just continuing to play normally and explaining rules as you go along. To explain draft, there are plenty of draft simulators online which may help.
No love for any anthem effects?
I'm testing a few things including spear.
Some people thought that card with Garruk and Liliana was too rapey
"God's Beard!"
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If Boros Charm is getting you any less than four damage, you're doing it wrong...
It's compared to spending the same amount of mana on enchantments. Boros Charm is giving me 6-8 damage on curve, but on the right draws it can do some insane shit like let me swing for 30 on turn 5 or whatever.
The problem is that without rancor, madcap or stalker, boros charm might not actually translate that into actual damage whereas Selesnya Charm is more reliable.
On Buylist prices alone, the Dual Lands themselves are worth about 700 dollars, without knowing what any of the other stuff is (assuming they are NM). If you were to offer 600ish cash for the whole thing, it would be a fair offer
"God's Beard!"
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I'd buy it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Its a comic-booky pose, but I have no reason to believe its for sex appeal.
Heliod's is way more offensive.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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That sounds fairly reasonable. I've told him to buy some top-loaders and get those lands out of the binder (they've been safe for years, but some of the other cards have developed a bit of a bend in there).
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
We actually had a discussion about that on SA and determined its some sort of weird striking pose.
Was honestly kind of thinking this.
CeruleanSilver
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What do you guys think about the art on the special Comic Con planeswalkers?
I think they're very unappealing. I guess Jace and Chandra are passable because the bright spots actually have a visual structure on their own:
But all of them being nearly completely black is just boring. I guess someone must like the look.
I think they're very unappealing. I guess Jace and Chandra are passable because the bright spots actually have a visual structure on their own:
But all of them being nearly completely black is just boring. I guess someone must like the look.
narcosis219
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But all of them being nearly completely black is just boring. I guess someone must like the look.
The flames here look really bad
CeruleanSilver
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Yeah, the artist really reduced and simplified. It's a flat and stylized look for sure, but to me it feels amateurish and uninspired.
acheron_xl
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Looks like someone doing a Mike Mignola inpersonation.
"God's Beard!"
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I like the Ajani. It's super creepy.
edit: Trying to decide between these guys in bogles:
Deviant Glee is copies 5-6 of Rancor but ties up your prismatic mana in certain situations which could suck. Taste for mayhem has the highest upside and downsides, and Dust Corona might be too narrow.
edit: Trying to decide between these guys in bogles:
Deviant Glee is copies 5-6 of Rancor but ties up your prismatic mana in certain situations which could suck. Taste for mayhem has the highest upside and downsides, and Dust Corona might be too narrow.
"God's Beard!"
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I have a question about Pack Rats:
I have a 10/4 first strike Bogle and my opponent has 4 Pack Rats.
If my opponent quad blocks and I assign the damage 4, 3, 2, 1, what happens?
The first Rat dies during first strike damage, so do all the rest chain off as state-based actions before the regular damage step?
I have a 10/4 first strike Bogle and my opponent has 4 Pack Rats.
If my opponent quad blocks and I assign the damage 4, 3, 2, 1, what happens?
The first Rat dies during first strike damage, so do all the rest chain off as state-based actions before the regular damage step?
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";122598082]I have a question about Pack Rats:
I have a 10/x first strike Bogle and my opponent has 4 Pack Rats.
If my opponent quad blocks and I assign the damage 4, 3, 2, 1, what happens?
The first Rat dies during first strike damage, so do all the rest chain off as state-based actions before the regular damage step?[/QUOTE]You can't do that. You'd have to assign the damage 4,4,2,0. Even though the pack rat's power and toughness will change after damage, all damage is assigned and then dealt simultaneously. So when assigning damage all 4 pack rats would still be 4/4. You must always assign at least lethal damage to a blocker before assigning damage to the next blocker.
Assuming the pack rats don't have first strike, the first two would die after first strike damage, the third would die immediately after those two then during normal damage the remaining pack rat would deal 1 damage to your boggle as a (1/1).
I have a 10/x first strike Bogle and my opponent has 4 Pack Rats.
If my opponent quad blocks and I assign the damage 4, 3, 2, 1, what happens?
The first Rat dies during first strike damage, so do all the rest chain off as state-based actions before the regular damage step?[/QUOTE]You can't do that. You'd have to assign the damage 4,4,2,0. Even though the pack rat's power and toughness will change after damage, all damage is assigned and then dealt simultaneously. So when assigning damage all 4 pack rats would still be 4/4. You must always assign at least lethal damage to a blocker before assigning damage to the next blocker.
Assuming the pack rats don't have first strike, the first two would die after first strike damage, the third would die immediately after those two then during normal damage the remaining pack rat would deal 1 damage to your boggle as a (1/1).
"God's Beard!"
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That makes sense. Damn resilient Rats.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Nothing good in my sealed pool. Oh, and 5 minutes after the event started I had to drop because my wife's stupid asshole dog dug a hole through the fence and I have to drive all the way home and get him from some person's house.
shrapnelmagnet
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Any non-US peeps use TCGPlayer and try to use a non-US credit card but ship to the US?
It says that it wants the countries of the Billing and Shipping addresses to match. I understand this is reasonable, but I just placed an order with StarCityGames and they had a mild issue, but it didn't stop me from, at least, placing the order. I e-mailed TCGPlayer, but they haven't responded, yet, and thought maybe one of you guys might have experience with the site.
I just don't know if it's site policy, vendor policy, or my credit card. Thoughts?
EDIT: I've used them many times shipping to Canada, but a friend has a place in the States and it's a lot cheaper
It says that it wants the countries of the Billing and Shipping addresses to match. I understand this is reasonable, but I just placed an order with StarCityGames and they had a mild issue, but it didn't stop me from, at least, placing the order. I e-mailed TCGPlayer, but they haven't responded, yet, and thought maybe one of you guys might have experience with the site.
I just don't know if it's site policy, vendor policy, or my credit card. Thoughts?
EDIT: I've used them many times shipping to Canada, but a friend has a place in the States and it's a lot cheaper
It's to keep foreigners from using US credit cards. It makes sense given their model. SCG can "sniff test" this stuff since it's all going through one company.
ThLunarian
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Anyone planning to be at GP Portland on the 8th/9th of August? I'm randomly going, but I'm from the east coast and my friend I'm riding with will be working there all day. It would be cool to meet up with someone on here.
shrapnelmagnet
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Hmm, it's a Canadian card. Anyway, I think I can switch my CC address and have it work that way... Never done it, though. Thanks for letting me know! Considering just trying to order direct from the vendor, too... we'll see. These Tombs of Yawgmoth keep selling out before I can get my order through, bumming me out
divisionbyzorro
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Had a sick day of Magic today:
Played a couple of rounds of EDH: I was on Melek, Izzet Paragon (a new deck I just built). One player was on a Selvala prison deck, and the others swapped around a bit. I managed to combo off for the win in both games; once with a Dragonstorm into Scourge of Valkas and Utvara Hellkite and some other sweet stuff, and once with infinite mana and infinite storm into an Ignite Memories. In both cases, I only got there because of other players at the table; game one a Norin player bled the entire table down to single digits, and in game two, the prison deck played a City of Solitude when meant that the rest of the table just had to look at their counterspells and not cast them.
Then we busted open a box of Scars and did a draft. My deck wasn't all that great; a UB poison deck that could never quite make 10 poison (but got to 9 a few times). The winning deck had cracked a Koth and a Mox Opal, and we all got to get a little giddy about seeing a Mox Opal pulled from a pack.
Finally, we finished up with a cube draft from my peasant cube. It was the first time we'd gotten a reasonably sized group of players to draft the cube, and it was sweet. I played five-color wurms, with Enlisted Wurm, Pelakka Wurm, Roar of the Wurm, and other sweet stuff. One player had a grindy value deck with Blastoderm that cast and replayed the same Blastoderm three times across the game. There was a blue-red spells deck that was wrecking shop with Raid Bombardement backed up by Young Pyromancer tokens.
And then there was this deck, which stomped the draft:
Turn 2) Daring Skyjek
Turn 3) Lingering Souls
Turn 4) Battle Screech + Flashback
Turn 5) Maw of the Obzedat - you are dead.
Sweet stuff. One of those days that reminds just how much fun Magic can be.
Played a couple of rounds of EDH: I was on Melek, Izzet Paragon (a new deck I just built). One player was on a Selvala prison deck, and the others swapped around a bit. I managed to combo off for the win in both games; once with a Dragonstorm into Scourge of Valkas and Utvara Hellkite and some other sweet stuff, and once with infinite mana and infinite storm into an Ignite Memories. In both cases, I only got there because of other players at the table; game one a Norin player bled the entire table down to single digits, and in game two, the prison deck played a City of Solitude when meant that the rest of the table just had to look at their counterspells and not cast them.
Then we busted open a box of Scars and did a draft. My deck wasn't all that great; a UB poison deck that could never quite make 10 poison (but got to 9 a few times). The winning deck had cracked a Koth and a Mox Opal, and we all got to get a little giddy about seeing a Mox Opal pulled from a pack.
Finally, we finished up with a cube draft from my peasant cube. It was the first time we'd gotten a reasonably sized group of players to draft the cube, and it was sweet. I played five-color wurms, with Enlisted Wurm, Pelakka Wurm, Roar of the Wurm, and other sweet stuff. One player had a grindy value deck with Blastoderm that cast and replayed the same Blastoderm three times across the game. There was a blue-red spells deck that was wrecking shop with Raid Bombardement backed up by Young Pyromancer tokens.
And then there was this deck, which stomped the draft:
Turn 2) Daring Skyjek
Turn 3) Lingering Souls
Turn 4) Battle Screech + Flashback
Turn 5) Maw of the Obzedat - you are dead.
Sweet stuff. One of those days that reminds just how much fun Magic can be.
Huw_Dawson
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So...
I am sitting in front of the contents of a M15 fat pack and a M15 deck builder toolkit. I haven't seriously played since Zendikar.
I opened the entire fat pack and it was only in the solo M15 booster in the toolkit that I got a mythic - Nissa Worldwaker.
What do I build.
I am sitting in front of the contents of a M15 fat pack and a M15 deck builder toolkit. I haven't seriously played since Zendikar.
I opened the entire fat pack and it was only in the solo M15 booster in the toolkit that I got a mythic - Nissa Worldwaker.
What do I build.
Other than a house of cards out of all these land cards
SigmasonicX
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Less than an hour until the Magic panel starts, so last minute predictions for Khans of Tarkir?
My guesses:
1. Return of orcs and dwarves.
2. While it's obvious that there is going to be a token army theme, my guess is that this will be the set to bring back / introduce delve. There are going to be a lot of instants and sorceries to summon tokens and buff creatures, so a lot of stuff will be going to the graveyard without actually making this a graveyard-focused block. The spells provide fuel for delve and there will be little other "graveyard matters" stuff fighting with it; they wanted to include delve in Innistrad, but dropped it for that reason.
3. This will not be a wedge block, at least not any more than Theros was a dual color block.
My guesses:
1. Return of orcs and dwarves.
2. While it's obvious that there is going to be a token army theme, my guess is that this will be the set to bring back / introduce delve. There are going to be a lot of instants and sorceries to summon tokens and buff creatures, so a lot of stuff will be going to the graveyard without actually making this a graveyard-focused block. The spells provide fuel for delve and there will be little other "graveyard matters" stuff fighting with it; they wanted to include delve in Innistrad, but dropped it for that reason.
3. This will not be a wedge block, at least not any more than Theros was a dual color block.
The Technomancer
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Nah I don't think its the wedge block. The art piece we saw pushed a very clear style that I'm betting drives the entire block, and with both Alara and Ravnica they've shown that when they want to do multicolor factions they want them to have strong visual identities.
Plus its only been two years since RTR
Plus its only been two years since RTR
SigmasonicX
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I don't know, in this article, Mark specifically talked about how it was a mistake to do a multicolor block (Shards of Alara) only three years after the previous one (Ravnica).
Now there is that caveat that Shadowmoor's hybrid theme increased the problem players had, but I can't imagine they'd decide to lower the number of years between multicolor blocks even more (to two years).
Probably from Commander 2014, the next from the Vaults set and Speed vs Cunning but not from Khans probably.
The Technomancer
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I think they've been hyping this up as a Khans infodump, in fact I'm sure I've heard mention of mechanics, so there might be one or two spoilers
I really like that twist, makes any random creatures a much bigger threat.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I'm in the panel which starts very soon. Maro is standing around outside waiting for it to start so I guess I could ask (he wouldn't tell me). Too bad I didn't bring a copy of Hornet Sting for him to sign.
Against BG it's a free 2 for 1 on everything except Citadel though.
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