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Magic: the Gathering |OT4| Izzet Me; Izzet You? A Love Story
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helloresolven
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UR Mill is the shit.
"God's Beard!"
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Or they whiffed because people were ready for them.
helloresolven
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Mill did it 
helloresolven
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LOL, he didn't even mean to play that deck.
"God's Beard!"
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stop giving kirblar more fuel Majors
charlequin
Banned
They did when it was "removed from the game" but once exile became a zone they stopped being able to. That's a bummer since I feel like it cut out a notable part of their functionality, although it did eliminate some of the Stupid Spell Tricks infinite-loop combos.
UR Mill in GP San Diego finals
This deck is hilarious. I'll admit I didn't give Sphinx's Tutelage a second glance as a serious competitive card.
Yeah, this is what we want to try out. It's an experiment so we have to see how it plays out, but I'm hopeful it'll have a pretty positive effect on the thread.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";174847422]stop giving kirblar more fuel Majors[/QUOTE]
Mill wins the GP? Alright, I'm in. Fuck that mulligan rule. If more crazy-stupid-awesome decks can win without the mulligan rule I'm all for keeping it as it stands. Of course this is without seeing any actual numbers to back up the argument for either side so I'm really just excited that a Mill deck won.
Mill wins the GP? Alright, I'm in. Fuck that mulligan rule. If more crazy-stupid-awesome decks can win without the mulligan rule I'm all for keeping it as it stands. Of course this is without seeing any actual numbers to back up the argument for either side so I'm really just excited that a Mill deck won.
"God's Beard!"
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To be fair there was a post on the front page of /r/magictcg specifically telling everyone going to GPSD to side Unravel the AEther to hate out ensoul.
I didn't watch any of the GP until the last two matches. Were the Thopter decks just that much more inconsistent today or was everyone packing answers? The deck just feels like it's pretty easy to hate out if you sideboard with it in mind.
charlequin
Banned
If we get new titan(s) I would think so, keeping them out of reanimator will probably still be a priority.
I'd have assumed the same thing, but I'm wondering if the UR Mill deck becomes an accidental casualty because of it. Would be kind of cool if they planned it this way -- give the UR Mill deck a run for a few months then nuke it when BFZ lands because the titan(s) may have that clause.
Likely both. Thopter hugely benefit from the extra look- they get more T2 nutdraw starts.
edit: Sam just confimed on Twitter that they missed Tutelage. (Likely supposed to have been a limited build-around-me.) Apparently they had the U/R draw engine in testing, but couldn't find a good kill condition to use it with.
I'm hoping they instead just shuffle themselves back into your library. As is, they're kinda annoying in Commander.
One tournament might be too small a sample size, especially now that people have Thopters in their sights for sideboards and deck construction.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Shuffling themselves to library is a more restrictive version of that and "If X goes to graveyard, exile it instead" would be an even more restrictive version of that.
charlequin
Banned
The former is definitely possible if they were concerned about it. The latter seems extremely unlikely to me.
Oh snap. Imagine if they did exile themselves upon hitting the graveyard, but then you could cast them from exile after they die. Would play into the whole Eldrazi mythos and power set.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
That's what they used for Blightsteel Colossus, so maybe.
SigmasonicX
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Adding an additional "haha, oh wow" to a mill deck winning a Grand Prix.
SigmasonicX
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Oh, is your avatar supposed to be Pet Shop from JJBA? Though I don't remember his "hair" looking like that.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
Love the Mill. I have everything for the deck, except for, you know, Jace. And I don't want to spend 150 bucks to get them.
Went 2-2 at GP Hong Kong before deciding to leave to play the Modern Tournaments playing Bogles. Went 3-0 in the first one before I had to leave on Saturday, and 2-2 on Sunday. Beat Grishoalbrand, Scapeshift, MartyrProc, Little Kid Azban, and a self-brew playing 4 colors, maindeck Blood Moons+Twin combo. Kind of like Temur Twin but with Magus of the Moon and Swords. Lost to Jund and Grixis Control in close games. I love Bogles, but it is hard to play when it loses to the two most popular decks in the format. I would love to play more Burn and Affinity because Bogles eats them up.
Went 2-2 at GP Hong Kong before deciding to leave to play the Modern Tournaments playing Bogles. Went 3-0 in the first one before I had to leave on Saturday, and 2-2 on Sunday. Beat Grishoalbrand, Scapeshift, MartyrProc, Little Kid Azban, and a self-brew playing 4 colors, maindeck Blood Moons+Twin combo. Kind of like Temur Twin but with Magus of the Moon and Swords. Lost to Jund and Grixis Control in close games. I love Bogles, but it is hard to play when it loses to the two most popular decks in the format. I would love to play more Burn and Affinity because Bogles eats them up.
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/vault-angels-2015-08-10
Full spoiler is up, Woo Jenara!
Full spoiler is up, Woo Jenara!
helloresolven
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Supposedly a new rare land from BFZ? https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/3gh0z2/spoiler_welp_here_it_is_a_rare_bfz_land/
But probably fake
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Supposedly a new rare land from BFZ? https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/3gh0z2/spoiler_welp_here_it_is_a_rare_bfz_land/
It's probably fake. It's pre-existing art http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/noahbradley/the-birth-of-eden/
Keru_Shiri
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Shame that it's a fake. It seems like an interesting effect that rewards using basic lands.
The G option is way too good relative to the W one if this were to be a full cycle. Also, if they want this effect, they already have the M10/INN lands.
Keru_Shiri
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My guess is that the G option would have been different for other lands, though I suppose it's a moot point.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The lack of HEDRONS EVERYWHERE says fake to me
It'll be mix and match of these abilities:
W - Gain 3 life
U - Draw 3 cards
B - Add 3 black mana
R - Eally, I'm joking
G - ood times
Honestly though, it would be cool if it were something like:
W - Gain 2 life
U - Look at top 2 put back in any order
B - Target player loses 1 life
R - Discard a card, draw a card
G - Add G to mana pool
Adding a G does seem a little too powerful, and it's hard to design a blue space without going into Scry. I also tried to stay away from dealing damage in Red and made sure each ability would do something despite the board state.
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