darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Was cool to see that Chromantiflayer deck on the GP Paris stream. Seemed like a strong call for the current format. That and Collected Company are way better than the "jank" labels people love to attach.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT4| Izzet Me; Izzet You? A Love Story
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divisionbyzorro
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";163405342]To be honest the limited environment doesn't look good.[/QUOTE]
I agree :/
I agree :/
"God's Beard!"
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I've been generating sealed pools and god, some of this shit is just unplayable in sealed. So much synergy that takes a certain density of cards just to function. I feel bad for the Vegas guys.
"God's Beard!"
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If you add mana after blocks but before damage, do you lose it at the end of combat or only when you move to the next main? I think Antonio's opponent had a slight out there.
"God's Beard!"
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Ok, just making sure. I don't think he had quite enough then. I was trying to figure out if there was a way for him to flip Polukranos to Whisperwood and wipe out enough tokens to do anything.
They don't really even test it.
"God's Beard!"
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David Ochoa hasn't looked this shook since he lost to my team at GP San Jose
charlequin
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Yes, the problem with Magic players is that they don't complain enough and they're too enthusiastic about everything.
Single-player sealed is barely even a real format.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The dumbest part of Maro's blog is the part where he thinks he can trick his bosses into greenlighting a third Un-set nobody wants by just answering a lot of questions about it to fake demand for it. Nobody fucking wants an unset.
Yeah, I'd much rather see another Conspiracy style product with more EDH staples reprinted in it.
Why MaRo is a horrific developer, in one question- http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/118611635188/okay-so-i-counted-and-there-are-57-cards-that
That is NOT a lmitation. You only need 4-5 infect cards in a constructed infect deck. Reprinting the mechanic will make all of those decks better unless they make the mechanic completely terrible.
And the worst part- he knows this. He knows that formats don't self-regulate based on availability of cards with a mechanic stamped on it. But he makes the disingenuous argument anyway because he really likes that mechanic.
That is NOT a lmitation. You only need 4-5 infect cards in a constructed infect deck. Reprinting the mechanic will make all of those decks better unless they make the mechanic completely terrible.
And the worst part- he knows this. He knows that formats don't self-regulate based on availability of cards with a mechanic stamped on it. But he makes the disingenuous argument anyway because he really likes that mechanic.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Meh, I agree about Infect for the most part outside of just reprinting Inkmoth as a rare and dealing with it not being for limited. Its problematic because it doesn't work with regular Magic cards very well.
Infect is the cheapest deck in Modern (figuratively and literally) so I have to roll my eyes a little at the moaning and groaning over it not being in MM2015.
Infect is the cheapest deck in Modern (figuratively and literally) so I have to roll my eyes a little at the moaning and groaning over it not being in MM2015.
It won't tank if for no other reason than they will print the most desirable basic lands of all time in that set, one per pack.
Pretty sure his love of infect comes from a love of alternate win conditions
SigmasonicX
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I would like a third Un-set.
Depending on how they look for sure, I know my only interest in Un3 would be those lands.
"God's Beard!"
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I love watching these over-the-shoulder draft cams at GPs. My favorite part of magic coverage.
divisionbyzorro
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Conspiracy is as close to an Un-Set as we're going to get. And I hope they do more things like that as time goes on.
Conspiracy was great because it reprinted two of my favourite cards ever, Exploration and Stifle, plus had some really cool stuff Mirari's Wake, Misdirection, Squirrel Nest and Pernicious Deed. I wouldn't mind more Conspiracy sets if they did it in the same style - if they go MM15 on Conspiracy 2, I'd probably skip it.
He'd been trying to get poison back in the game forever and then finally did with infect, so he's pretty attached to the mechanic.
As far as Un-sets go, I would rather have a ragular set with some un-cards in a special slot rather than a full-on un-set. I can't see myself buying many (if any) Un packs and I have more than enough full-art lands as it is (and will probably have even more come Battle For Zendikar).
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I hope they bring back Battle of Wits again. My favorite card in the history of Magic. Sleeving up 240 feels so good.
pls maro
divisionbyzorro
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Ugh. Could Magic commentators who aren't named Rich Hagon stop trying to make puns?
This is the one thing I vehemently disagree with MaRo on. I find infect to be a completely terrible mechanic (poison in general). Everything in this game has answers except for poison* (one card from The Dark doesn't count). Killing the creatures isn't a valid defense either considering the plethora of crazy good, efficient pump/protection spells.
Poison played badly in limited. He literally had no idea that people wouldn't play half poison/half normal decks and was surprised by the min-maxing that made it such a not-great limited environment. It's not just constructed that's holding back (although printing no new 1/2 drops with infect is a rough thing to work around.)
I need to do a write up on the Hearthstone problem that Infect and Splinter Twin are guilty of- OHKOs from an empty boardstate suuuuuck and are something to be avoided having happen on a regular basis in gameplay.
charlequin
Banned
That is the perfect name for this problem.
Sequence Six
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No no, The Dark actually had a few good cards. Leeches is from Homelands. I understand if you want to forget that set happened.
I was checking Maze of Ith for my EDH deck and it's actually worth a lot considering it's an uncommon. It doesn't even tap for mana! Related, say an opponent has Urborg in play. Can I tap Maze for colorless mana even though my general isn't black?
Sequence Six
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Absolutely. And since it doesn't normally tap for mana I don't really count it as a land for my EDH decks. I slot it like a spell.
Ah, you are correct. Homelands was terrible.
Interestingly enough, I won the prerelease of my SoM by doing partial infect and partial normal. It totally threw a lot of people off and they made terrible trades. Don't think it would've worked past that but it was funny at the time. Totally agree that the OHKO thing is a problem. It's just not fun and doesn't feel good.
"God's Beard!"
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LSV with the double 3-0 drafts to make top 8
blindrocket
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Man, MM2 is still scary for me to preorder. Could lose out.
I'd just want a foil goyf to pay for what I lack in Modern. lol
I only have two Serum Visions! boo
I'd just want a foil goyf to pay for what I lack in Modern. lol
I only have two Serum Visions! boo
elrechazado
Banned
Any suggestions on safe/legit online places to buy mm2015? Ideally for msrp
"God's Beard!"
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typical five rares and no commons draft
I'm still hesitant on buying a box also, but there's quite a few people at the lgs that wants to home draft, so I think I'll pick one up for that.
"God's Beard!"
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This draft match is amazing
"God's Beard!"
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Let's go VICE|Jacob Wilson!
divisionbyzorro
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Basically it goes like this:
Marshall on stream: LSV's deck looks like crap.
Kai: Marshall stfu his deck is amazing
LSV: lulz watch me lose my first match
In all honesty, Limited is hard to evaluate, even for the best of the best. I tend to think that Marshall's evaluation is closer to the truth than Kai's here, to be honest.
The ensuing discussion about bomb rares warping modern limited is very interesting though.
SigmasonicX
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Grand Prix Paris only had two Esper Dragons control decks in the top 16, none of which were in the top 8. Abzan Aggro won in the end, and there were a lot of Abzan decks overall. It's interesting that Hidden Dragonslayer is in multiple decks, so now we have at least three morph cards seeing significant play. Also, a deck with Dragonlord Kolaghan (in the sideboard) was at 16th place!
The thing i dont get about the 'Un' sets is that they are the opposite of humour. There isn't a single card in any of them that even raises a smile, never mind a laugh. Its that awful "lots of bad puns are funny!" style of humour that doesn't appeal to a single person I know.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Who was selling some Goyfs over here? I'm going to just buy those instead of MM. Might as well buy them from a GAF bro.
Sequence Six
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They are Maro's babies. They are Maro's humor.
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