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Magic: the Gathering |OT4| Izzet Me; Izzet You? A Love Story
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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?"
If you were willing to cheat to get a free shuffle, just move your arm and make your deck fall on the ground. This is way less obvious than drawing an extra card off a Brainstorm.
Guys I'm a bit lost, where do I start in MTGO?
My experience is pretty limited, posted maybe about two weeks ago, a friend and myself have been playing with 3 duel decks quite a lot and really like the game. I want to start playing MTGO.
I've created my account and got the client installed loaded etc. So a few questions.
Where can I buy singles? Or do I have to trade for them all somehow?
What site is a good resource for seeing some decent decks to put together? (Obviously I'll have to factor in cost but just something to browse and see reasonably high rated decks) Something similar to hearthead/hearthpwn?
I plan on doing standard for now, can I just play quick pick up matches?
My experience is pretty limited, posted maybe about two weeks ago, a friend and myself have been playing with 3 duel decks quite a lot and really like the game. I want to start playing MTGO.
I've created my account and got the client installed loaded etc. So a few questions.
Where can I buy singles? Or do I have to trade for them all somehow?
What site is a good resource for seeing some decent decks to put together? (Obviously I'll have to factor in cost but just something to browse and see reasonably high rated decks) Something similar to hearthead/hearthpwn?
I plan on doing standard for now, can I just play quick pick up matches?
You have to trade for singles using tickets or other cards. Some company sell them on websites then trade you in game.
mtggoldfish.com is a good resource for decks.
I'm just getting back into MGTO after like a 10 year absence. I got rid of some cards and have a few hundred tickets now. I'm kind of just waiting until origins is released to do anything though.
1.) You buy singles from bots. You can find them on the marketplace in MTGO, and you pay them in Tickets (bought from the Magic Online store). If you want to use a credit card, there are several sites that sell MTGO cards- I like mtgotraders.com- which after buying the cards from the website, will contact you in-client and "trade" you the cards you bought.
2.) Mtgtop8.com is a simple site that aggregates decks from tournaments if you are just looking for raw lists, and strategy sites like Channelfireball, Starcity, TCGPlayer all have articles talking about decks.
3.) You can play for free in either the casual room or the tournament practice room as much as you want at any time of day. In addition to scheduled tournaments, there are also 8-man constructed tournaments that fire whenever they get 8 players, and 2-mans that fire as soon as a second player enters the queue. Those all cost Tickets.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They deliver all day now too because it's just automated delivery. One time I bought Show and Tell using the PayPal discount and then sold the cards the next day and ended up getting tickets for cheaper than the official store.
Thanks guys, I shall get reading, perhaps I should wait for Origins also, might be a silly time to jump in
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Should probably just try to build a deck that uses fewer theros/m15 cards. Something like Jeskai keeps alot of it's cards (off the top of my head). Meanwhile any deck running Courser, Caryatid, Elvish mystic might have a hard time come rotation.
"God's Beard!"
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If you use checklist cards, how does that work with deck checks? It's not like you need 4 flipwalkers lying around for the deck to function since you'd almost never be able to have more than 2 on the battlefield except for very strange situations.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";171788078]If you use checklist cards, how does that work with deck checks? It's not like you need 4 flipwalkers lying around for the deck to function since you'd almost never be able to have more than 2 on the battlefield except for very strange situations.[/QUOTE]
You need to have one real card for each checklist card in the deck.
You need to have one real card for each checklist card in the deck.
divisionbyzorro
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Opponent ultimates Ajani Vengeant on me. I Balance the next turn and go on to win the game. #justholidaycubethings
charlequin
Banned
Okay, so the returning mechanic in RTR still didn't show up in every set of the block and was only really strong in Standard because of the returning mechanic from the next block.
This is a good change. "Drawing Extra Cards" used to be an automatic game loss, which sounds like it's a good idea until you realize that actually just straight-up cheating generally is something else, while DEC is really often just sloppy play or confusion. (And unless I misremember, this would have resolved the Pat Chapin game loss situation in PT DTK.)
"God's Beard!"
Member
It also would have meant that Paul Cheon would have gotten dream crushed at GP San Jose.
As someone who has actually made this mistake, I'm totally happy with this change.
charlequin
Banned
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";171824690]It also would have meant that Paul Cheon would have gotten dream crushed at GP San Jose.[/QUOTE]
win some, lose some
win some, lose some
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Holiday Cube rolls around
all I'm doing is turning men sideways
what am I doing with my life, er Phantom Points
Edit: I guess Hero of Bladehold is a lady, so turning women sideways.
all I'm doing is turning men sideways
what am I doing with my life, er Phantom Points
Edit: I guess Hero of Bladehold is a lady, so turning women sideways.
"God's Beard!"
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Good games, G.ZZZ! It's a shame I don't speak Italian as an Italian citizen lol
Seems like there's a lot of people from Italy on Cockatrice, kinda cool.
Seems like there's a lot of people from Italy on Cockatrice, kinda cool.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";171831863]Good games, G.ZZZ! It's a shame I don't speak Italian as an Italian citizen lol
Seems like there's a lot of people from Italy on Cockatrice, kinda cool.[/QUOTE]
It's cause we're poor as shit and we can't afford cards so we download them.
Scab-Clan berserker is a real card.
EDIT: lmao agent don't give mana i'm dumb
Seems like there's a lot of people from Italy on Cockatrice, kinda cool.[/QUOTE]
It's cause we're poor as shit and we can't afford cards so we download them.
Scab-Clan berserker is a real card.
EDIT: lmao agent don't give mana i'm dumb
"God's Beard!"
Member
One day I'm going to figure out the way to build the Burnt Offering + Delve creatures interaction. It's gotta be busted somehow.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I really, really, really like Evolutionary Leap in elves. I may go up to 4.
Elves evolve into themselves, because they are perfect in every way.
I still haven't decided what I'm going to do for standard. Origins has a lot of fun cube cards, so I'm interested in tweaking my cubes and building a new one, but I need to brew something to use for Game Day. Seems like everyone is interested in building goblins and elves.
Maybe I'll build a constellation deck as a last hurrah for Theros block.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";171836075]One day I'm going to figure out the way to build the Burnt Offering + Delve creatures interaction. It's gotta be busted somehow.[/QUOTE]
Why when Food Chain is a better combo already?
Why when Food Chain is a better combo already?
"God's Beard!"
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GAF-exclusive 2AM deckbuilding prowess:
Don't try it at home.
Don't try it at home.
T
Transhuman
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My friend bought a played Italian Mana Drain for $150. How much is the Cockatrice version?
Wish I'd picked up a few at the pre-release because that thing might explode in price.
divisionbyzorro
Member
By the way guys: when your opponent plays Eureka and you put in True-Name Nemesis and Vendilion Clique, make sure you know what MTGO is actually asking you to do. I managed to lose a game last night because I gave True-Name Nemesis protection from myself when I actually wanted to Clique myself to cycle a land out of my hand. And I'm an MTGO veteran!
Still 3-0'd the draft. I'll post the deck when I get back home. I drafted the nuts Stoneblade deck, and it was great.
As someone who has a few M15 cards and knows the basics through playing mainly at home with the mrs but is looking to get more involved in MTG now I'm getting some nights off from the kids, is it worth me dropping the cash on an Origins booster box?
I do love the feeling of opening the booster packs and the whole collecting aspect of the hobby so it seems like a common sense decision but I don't know what the norm really is so it'd be nice to get an opinion from more experienced heads.
I do love the feeling of opening the booster packs and the whole collecting aspect of the hobby so it seems like a common sense decision but I don't know what the norm really is so it'd be nice to get an opinion from more experienced heads.
The Chapin thing was failing to reveal the card he chose off Ajani, not drawing extra. This wouldn't have changed that. (The video replay stuff they're adding for the Pro Tour wouldn't have either.)
When you say "get more involved" what are you looking to do? Booster Boxes really only make sense financially if you're going to draft them with a group. That gets you some fun times and lets you split the cost up. Otherwise, if you're looking for specific singles you're probably better off just buying them directly.
Mainly going down to the Magic nights at the local store, so I assume I'd need to start building a deck so I have something to use while I'm there. Like I say, I'm not massively experienced in it all outside of games at home. I figured buying a booster box would likely give me a pretty broad range of current cards to pick and choose from and experiment with. Is that not a normal way to do things?
Joe Molotov
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That's really the only reason to buy a booster box (other than for drafting, as mentioned above). Buying boxes is almost always a poor return on investment, but cracking packs is fun. Finding a deck online you want to play and then buying the cards for it is a better way to get started.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";171838982]GAF-exclusive 2AM deckbuilding prowess:
Don't try it at home.[/QUOTE]
Needs more Siege Rhino.
Don't try it at home.[/QUOTE]
Needs more Siege Rhino.
If you want that cracking a pack feeling you could go to your local store and see when they run drafts. That's where you don't have to bring a deck with you. You sit in an eight person group and everyone opens a pack, picks a card, and passes the rest of the pile to the next player. After doing that for 3 packs you build a 40 card deck from the cards you've picked + any number of basic lands. Draft is great because everyone comes in on a relatively level playing field, though drafting well is a skill you definitely need to develop. You also get to keep the cards you pick and can win additional boosters/store credit to slowly build up a collection.
If you want to play Constructed, where you build a deck ahead of time, you can probably put something together from a booster box, but it honestly won't be that competitive if you're playing anything but random casual games. You're just unlikely to get the concentration of rares and uncommons needed to put together anything consistent.
Joe Molotov
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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?"
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";171838982]GAF-exclusive 2AM deckbuilding prowess:
Don't try it at home.[/QUOTE]
You're making a huge mistake trying to add white. Not sure how Sorin is better than Chord of Calling in a deck like this really.
Don't try it at home.[/QUOTE]
You're making a huge mistake trying to add white. Not sure how Sorin is better than Chord of Calling in a deck like this really.
"God's Beard!"
Member
It's not, I'm just screwing around at 2am.
Horatorobor
Member
What's the point of using a playmat? Maybe I should start using my mousepad in drafts and such.
SigmasonicX
Member
To show off your fantasy art / anime waifu, of course.
CeruleanSilver
Member
I chose black for my pre-release weekend sealed deck event, but ended up with more of a green ramp deck. I still used black as my 2nd color, but besides the one Languish, I didn't pull anything amazing. I probably got the most value from black out of these guys:
That 2/3 did pretty good work against a lot of the 2-drops in this limited pool. I also got a lot out of Elemental Bond and that green sorcery that pulls 2 or 3 forests out of your deck.
I went 3-2. When I lost, it was usually to a flood of early creatures. When I won, I usually pulled it off late-game with one of these:
The Timmy in me loves that haste fatty. Rawr.
The only negative thing about the pre-release was two out of my five opponents were pretty unpleasant. I know there's a lot to focus on in a game of Magic, but it is possible to say something that isn't just a literal description of what you're doing. One of those guys was super annoying, shuffling my deck 5-10 times every time he had the opportunity to cut; that was often since I did a decent amount of land fetching. He almost had a melt down when he realized someone accidentally took the pen he was using for life-total-tracking. I felt a secret joy when I beat him 2-0.
But the other 3 guys I played were very friendly. Overall I had a good time.
That 2/3 did pretty good work against a lot of the 2-drops in this limited pool. I also got a lot out of Elemental Bond and that green sorcery that pulls 2 or 3 forests out of your deck.
I went 3-2. When I lost, it was usually to a flood of early creatures. When I won, I usually pulled it off late-game with one of these:
The Timmy in me loves that haste fatty. Rawr.
The only negative thing about the pre-release was two out of my five opponents were pretty unpleasant. I know there's a lot to focus on in a game of Magic, but it is possible to say something that isn't just a literal description of what you're doing. One of those guys was super annoying, shuffling my deck 5-10 times every time he had the opportunity to cut; that was often since I did a decent amount of land fetching. He almost had a melt down when he realized someone accidentally took the pen he was using for life-total-tracking. I felt a secret joy when I beat him 2-0.
But the other 3 guys I played were very friendly. Overall I had a good time.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
A lot of LGS are disgusting or the play area you're assigned to is in between two tables.
CeruleanSilver
Member
Oh yeah, and fuck this guy:
I lost every game where he came down, since all my removal was conditionally non-operational against him (eg: Reave Soul).
I lost every game where he came down, since all my removal was conditionally non-operational against him (eg: Reave Soul).
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
isn't that a lady
"God's Beard!"
Member
Somebody trade with me ^_^
Yup, my sleeves start to pick up gross little dots if I don't play with a mat.
Yup, my sleeves start to pick up gross little dots if I don't play with a mat.
SigmasonicX
Member
Oh yeah, and fuck this guy:
I lost every game where he came down, since all my removal was conditionally non-operational against him (eg: Reave Soul).
Yeah, lost a game to her too.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Sentinel of the Eternal Watch is absurd. You should pick it over most rares in the set.
Whirler Rogue is also ridiculous, although its usefulness is far more conditional. It's my favorite card in the set though. It's like a baby Cloudgoat Ranger.
Whirler Rogue is also ridiculous, although its usefulness is far more conditional. It's my favorite card in the set though. It's like a baby Cloudgoat Ranger.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
This new set is going to be so, so good.
Has there ever been a card that turns off a card's triggered abilities?
Like:
Solitary Confinement 2W
Enchantment
Enchant nonland permanent.
Enchanted permanent can't attack or block. Abilities of enchanted permanent can't trigger.
Was just thinking of a way to turn off the Sentinel without killing it.
Like:
Solitary Confinement 2W
Enchantment
Enchant nonland permanent.
Enchanted permanent can't attack or block. Abilities of enchanted permanent can't trigger.
Was just thinking of a way to turn off the Sentinel without killing it.
divisionbyzorro
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