Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Ob's not playable in anything, I don't think. All you do is turn off fetchlands late into the game.
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Magic: The Gathering |OT3| Enchantment Under the Siege
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Ob's not playable in anything, I don't think. All you do is turn off fetchlands late into the game.
The Technomancer
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Having seen the whole set, I'm pretty positive on it I think. A lot of the rares they previewed were pretty crap, but I can't remember the last time I saw a spread of commons and uncommons that I found this interesting, at least from a design and limited perspective
keeblerdrow
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RB ramp to him. Generator servant(s) get him out turn 4. It's Christmasland, I know. But he also shuts off late game chord decks. I see him at a possible sideboard card or fitting into his own BGx ramp deck. He was terrible before but now he is at least borderline playable with fetches in. He makes them dead draws when he's on board.
You're also getting a 4/4 flyer with trample that generates tokens for himself.
EDIT: Meant counters, said tokens.
I've drafted and had success with a lot of decks with less than 14 creatures before and they all had something in common: they had bombs and removal. Drafting a Prowess-focused deck is like drafting Delvers; or Wingsteed Riders, except the +1/+1 is permanent, and you were still screwed if the opponent had removal and you didn't have God's Willing.
divisionbyzorro
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Yeah, I think that my previous reservations were unfounded. The set looks like it's going to be pretty crazy to draft, and one that's really going to reward skill and studying the format.
It definitely seems like this is a set that rewards building a thematic deck over stapling together goodstuff, which usually makes people like limited formats more.
I actually don't think Abzan is a bad choice, given that most of the outlast cards pass the vanilla test. You're not going to get the nut counter deck but with a seeded pack it's conceivable to get a couple of relevant outlast guys on the field often, which I think is enough to make the effect good in limited.
I'm assuming the prerelease packs are going to have enough relevant fixing (guessing allied refuge, triland, and banner) to enable your clan choice, but this is definitely a thing if I'm wrong, in normal sealed, and/or if you open badly.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Some guy lost to a bug on MTGO in the second round of a Swiss tournament and I walked him through how to request reimbursement. Of course his last thing was "Thanks for your help. BTW you were going to lose." (game was far from over).
divisionbyzorro
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In Marshall Sutcliffe's latest video on MTGO Academy, his opponent in the finals put him on the play in game three. Marshall was playing RW aggro and promptly crushed him. Of course his opponent had to tell him how lucky he was before conceding.
I just say "lol GG" when that happens. People are just bad sports.
If you're hardlining at FNM, which is one step above living-room casual, you end up coming across as a dick. It's like playing chess against someone who holds you to the touch-move rule, or playing tennis on someone who screams at every potential foot fault. It's a very simple, very effective way to ruin the enjoyment of the game for someone.
SigmasonicX
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No it isn't, and I say this as an Indian. It wouldn't make sense anyway, because the word for a female rakshasa is "rakshasi", and if the last syllable was silent, they would be indistinguishable.
"God's Beard!"
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I just bought a playset of Siege Rhinos, Crater's Claws, Abzan Charms and a Sorin for less than $30. All that's left are fetchlands and my decks are done. I'll just trade for those.
"God's Beard!"
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Amazon and Channelfireball.
Prices are super cheap. Set is deep.
Maro tumblr post
Third google result
Where I got it from. More than happy to admit I'm wrong though.
Edit: Lmao I just noticed your comment on the post. It seems like most official pronunciation guides end with ə so I'm deferring to you on this one. Linguistics adventures.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I wish I had the foresight to order my Caryatids earlier.
SigmasonicX
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Indian pronunciations greatly vary from language to language (remember that there are over a hundred different Indian languages), and the official English pronunciation of rakshasa appears to pronounce the "a" at the end. I think it was a bad move of MaRo to confuse the issue like this.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Genesis Hydra is also in the clash pack, I think. I doubt it can really get that expensive given the supply of those things.
ThLunarian
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I don't know, man. Umezawa's Jitte, Stoneforge Mystic, and Courser of Kruphix are evidence to the contrary.
I think I'm gonna start stocking up on Genesis Hydras.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
But Courser is in the same pack. I know God's Beard really likes Genesis Hydra, but I've never been a huge fan of a card that's always a bit behind curve. Although Mistcutter and Genesis Hydra might be interesting choices in that Abzan Counters deck I was looking at.
Bloodbraid Elf won't ever miss though, you cast Genesis Hydra for 4 (BBE's CMC) and you only get to look at 2 cards, you could easily whiff.
divisionbyzorro
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BBE was also fine on the vanilla test; Hydra is always behind. They also promote very different play styles/fit into different types of decks.
Decided to go to FNM for the first time in a month. I had to go to a new store since the one I usually go to just closed recently. I go in and recognize a guy behind the counter who worked at my old LGS and talk to him and find out where the sign in sheet is. I sign it and wait for pairings. The sheet comes out about 30 minutes later and I'm nowhere on it. So I ask the guy and he says it was a mistake but there was nothing he could do since there were even players unless I wanted to take a loss and wait the whole round, so I just left.
Total bummer.
Total bummer.
Store should've given you a bye at the very least, not a loss. Or, the employee could've joined to even up the numbers. Lame.
They're idiots, add you in w/ a bye- this is on them.
It wasn't the loss that upset me it was just the waiting. Which I know is always a risk at FNM. But they were being kinda rude so I left. Which I had heard rumours about it being a bad LGS with bad managers and really jacked up prices.
I also just havnt been going since I hate my only standard deck (mono black devotion) and am just waiting for the rotation. I just need to find my old LGS with the chill people. Or rather where the people went.
I also just havnt been going since I hate my only standard deck (mono black devotion) and am just waiting for the rotation. I just need to find my old LGS with the chill people. Or rather where the people went.
That's bs. He could've corrected it and reprinted the pairings. Avoid that store if you can.
After looking at the spoiler, white seems insane. Like, every single outlast is good. They have a bunch of fliers, big butts and decent removal. I wouldn't mind pairing it with blue. Gold cards be damned. Blue has a bunch of decent fliers and tempo cards, like Crippling Chill, Force Away, Singing Bell-Strike at common. Scaldskin is still a 2/2 flier for four and can be splashed for the ability. White/Black is probably the safer bet and allows you to play four gold cards and splash either mardu or abzan. Green is okay, but seems a little slow. They can't really deal with fliers. Even something like Longshot Squad takes a turn to be able to block fliers (unless you have other creatures with +1/+1 counters). Red seems fast, but is otherwise unexciting (will probably still first pick Arc Lightning).
Remembrance
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Do you really think impersonator will go down? Seems kinda like it will either stay or go up.
Fetchlands will crash out the rest of this set.
I'm pretty stingy and hate dropping $100+ at a single time so I culled most of what I thought I was going to get.
Pretty much cut out anything Temur since it just seems to "ramp into fatty" for me and left out Butchers and Bloodsoaked Champions for later (will probably pick them up at my LGS on game day). And probably Anefenza but I dunno.
What I did end up getting:
2x Sarkhan
4x Sidisi
2x Empty the Pits
4x Zurgo
4x Necropolis Fiend
4x Crackling Doom
4x Ghostfire Blade
2x Villainous Wealth
2x End Hostilities
4x Abzan Ascendancy
4x Sultai Ascendancy
4x Mardu Ascendancy
4x Sultai Charm
4x Murderous Cuts
Dunno why I'm bothering getting all the cards with white in them. I've been pretty staunch against playing white since the playstyle is just really "meh" for me. But at least the ones I did grab seem interesting enough and can be worked into sac engines.
Pretty much cut out anything Temur since it just seems to "ramp into fatty" for me and left out Butchers and Bloodsoaked Champions for later (will probably pick them up at my LGS on game day). And probably Anefenza but I dunno.
What I did end up getting:
2x Sarkhan
4x Sidisi
2x Empty the Pits
4x Zurgo
4x Necropolis Fiend
4x Crackling Doom
4x Ghostfire Blade
2x Villainous Wealth
2x End Hostilities
4x Abzan Ascendancy
4x Sultai Ascendancy
4x Mardu Ascendancy
4x Sultai Charm
4x Murderous Cuts
Dunno why I'm bothering getting all the cards with white in them. I've been pretty staunch against playing white since the playstyle is just really "meh" for me. But at least the ones I did grab seem interesting enough and can be worked into sac engines.
BlewHedgehog
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The only Ajani, Mentor of Heroes I've been able to find locally was foil, so I begrudgingly paid the $35 for it to sit in my sideboard. 3 weeks later and the chance to side it in against U/W finally arises.
The guy taps out to counter my wurm token at his EoT, so I untap, slip Ajani into play, and pretty much hand him the reins. Over the next 4 turns, he draws me 2 Voice of Resurgence, a Boon Satyr, and finally a Fleecemane Lion with monster mana open. Before leaving, he dumps 3 counters on the kitty before digging for his little brother who high fives him as they pass each other at the door. Little Ajani throws a perfect 7/7 double-striking spiral at my opponent who sits there looking like the Monopoly man, pockets turned inside out like he just opened a bad community chest.
Ajani, Mentor of Heroes is fucking badass. I'm off to buy a pop figure.
The guy taps out to counter my wurm token at his EoT, so I untap, slip Ajani into play, and pretty much hand him the reins. Over the next 4 turns, he draws me 2 Voice of Resurgence, a Boon Satyr, and finally a Fleecemane Lion with monster mana open. Before leaving, he dumps 3 counters on the kitty before digging for his little brother who high fives him as they pass each other at the door. Little Ajani throws a perfect 7/7 double-striking spiral at my opponent who sits there looking like the Monopoly man, pockets turned inside out like he just opened a bad community chest.
Ajani, Mentor of Heroes is fucking badass. I'm off to buy a pop figure.
"God's Beard!"
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2-1 in the draft. Feel free to make fun of me Grimace :-(
Swings for lethal with his seraph of the masses, plummet is the top card of my library :-( :-( :-(
Swings for lethal with his seraph of the masses, plummet is the top card of my library :-( :-( :-(
Alien Manobo
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You might say the Abzan are a tireless tribe.
That feel when you got an idea for a t2 kill with that card and Twisted Image only to find out Tireless Tribe isn't legal in Modern.
"God's Beard!"
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Abrupt Decay
Nope, but I doubt it's going to get cheaper. I bought in on it in the winter when I realized that.
"God's Beard!"
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I finally got to pull off my combo in EDH yesterday, it felt good:
It was nice to have something fun happen after the worst FNM ever. I swear, the gods of the coast have decreed that I not be able to defeat mono-blue in the finals of a tournament. Double verdict in my hand at the end of game one and never draw a fourth land despite keeping a 3-land hand. Game two I lose the game with 4 counters in my hand and 7 lands on the field and only one blue source. I didn't even know that was possible with 18 blue sources in my deck.
It's variance and I accept that as a part of magic, but man. I'm not saying I would have won because I have no idea, but losing like that is sad times.
It was nice to have something fun happen after the worst FNM ever. I swear, the gods of the coast have decreed that I not be able to defeat mono-blue in the finals of a tournament. Double verdict in my hand at the end of game one and never draw a fourth land despite keeping a 3-land hand. Game two I lose the game with 4 counters in my hand and 7 lands on the field and only one blue source. I didn't even know that was possible with 18 blue sources in my deck.
It's variance and I accept that as a part of magic, but man. I'm not saying I would have won because I have no idea, but losing like that is sad times.
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