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Magic: the Gathering |OT9| Kaladesh - Cruisin' Down the Street in my 6/4
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shrapnelmagnet
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I understand what you are saying, I just don't feel like the average Magic designer limits their personal viewership of fan sites, discussions, etc. I def agree it's draconian, though, no question. And I also agree that their policies have a warping effect on their employees : the team.
Damn, standstill too good. Make them draw 3 cards for you to control in their turn.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
So I was building my next EDH deck, Scion of the Ur Dragon, and trying room narrow down the list of dragons I'm running but instead I'm going to sleeve up all the dragons I like and before a game shuffle them all up and pick, however many I'm going to run total in the deck, at random.
Miracles makes me want to stop playing Magic just by watching. I'm watching HS now are you happy wizards?
Miracles makes me want to stop playing Magic just by watching. I'm watching HS now are you happy wizards?
Simply Sarah
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Sometimes I almost feel bad about enjoying Miracles. Almost.
Disgusting. It's like Lantern Control, except it doesn't suck.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
3 minute game, suck it miracle.
blindrocket
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Played EDH today and I ran Daretti again.
I of course had Darksteel Forge in play and Crucible of Worlds. So I had a lot of fun Strip Mining their lands away.
The table lost when someone played Hive Mind then cast Pact of Negation. No one else could pay double Blue.
I of course had Darksteel Forge in play and Crucible of Worlds. So I had a lot of fun Strip Mining their lands away.
The table lost when someone played Hive Mind then cast Pact of Negation. No one else could pay double Blue.
blindrocket
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Paradoxical Outcome foils spiked a mega ton today. lol
Wizards should know what they are doing, but they don't ever dare to print actual fucking hate to it, and it pisses me off.
Hey We have a bunch of shit that deals with the graveyard, and there is literally NOTHING that deals with the graveyard, I know let's print Emrakul, Ishkanah, Grim Flayer, Mindrack Demon, Lilliana, kozileks Return, World Breaker, Prized Amalgalm, Scrapheap Scrounger, and Haunted dead, but god forbid we do something like give someone the option to play bad cards to deal with it.
I'm not asking for Rest in Peace, Give me a toned down relic of progenitus, or a tormod's crypt., maybe a grafdiggers cage.
The same thing applies to Smugglers copter, you know what the price is for playing take down out of the sideboard ? It's a bad card wasted in your 75; would it have killed them to make it Instant speed ?
I find it hard to believe they didn't know that these pushed archtypes of theirs wouldn't dominate the meta like they have.
I just want the ability to have answers and not just go "yep, there isn't a single card in all of standard that would've helped me proactively stop that.
Hey We have a bunch of shit that deals with the graveyard, and there is literally NOTHING that deals with the graveyard, I know let's print Emrakul, Ishkanah, Grim Flayer, Mindrack Demon, Lilliana, kozileks Return, World Breaker, Prized Amalgalm, Scrapheap Scrounger, and Haunted dead, but god forbid we do something like give someone the option to play bad cards to deal with it.
I'm not asking for Rest in Peace, Give me a toned down relic of progenitus, or a tormod's crypt., maybe a grafdiggers cage.
The same thing applies to Smugglers copter, you know what the price is for playing take down out of the sideboard ? It's a bad card wasted in your 75; would it have killed them to make it Instant speed ?
I find it hard to believe they didn't know that these pushed archtypes of theirs wouldn't dominate the meta like they have.
I just want the ability to have answers and not just go "yep, there isn't a single card in all of standard that would've helped me proactively stop that.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Yeah, I'd totally play this card
Before rotation, I actually used Learn from the Past in some of my sideboards to great effect against delirium decks. But if you want really bad cards, you could always play Not Forgotten.
Copter dies to basically any instant-speed removal spell; you don't need Take Down. From a sideboard perspective, you're much better with cards like Clip Wings and Ceremonious Rejection that deal with multiple different problem-cards.
They purposely don't print hate for the strategies they want to push. That's why they let naturalize rotate out of standard for the first time ever. It's also why they didn't print any graveyard-hate. I'd wager that we'll see some playable graveyard hate in Aether Revolt, even if it's not super-strong. Eldritch Moon gave the graveyard decks the boost they needed to actually be competitive, but the gap between Eldritch Moon and Kaladesh was only 2 months. They likely avoided printing graveyard hate in Kaladesh to give delirium a bit more time to shine. For the same reason, we likely won't see much strong artifact-hate until Amonkhet.
SigmasonicX
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From GP Santiago's top 8, a Blue/Red Fevered Visions deck with 2x mainboard Chandra got second place, and there's also a Blue/Red Metalwork Colossus deck.
GP Warsaw top 8
Both top 8s were full of Black/Green Delirium decks, so there were few Smuggler's Copters, but White/Blue Flash won both in the end.
GP Warsaw top 8
Both top 8s were full of Black/Green Delirium decks, so there were few Smuggler's Copters, but White/Blue Flash won both in the end.
Mega Spooky
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I run a similar FV deck with mainboard Chandras. It's fun.
I ran through the spoiler and my god what a downgrade:
Picture is fine. But christ, that flavor text...
divisionbyzorro
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That's the same Mortify that they used in the Duel Deck and in Conspiracy. Godawful flavor text and all.
TheBlackMarvel
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TBH neither of them should have left Innistrad alive.
Why do you think Nahiri should've died?
TheBlackMarvel
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I tend to look unfavourably on people who try to destroy worlds.
She was expecting Sorin to sacrifice himself to save Innistrad, which didn't happen.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I'd like someone to get rid of ravnica come next return. 3 times is enough and the 2nd go around was already 2/3rds horrible.
TheBlackMarvel
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That changes nothing tbh. Her plan dooms Innistrad whether or not Emrakul was stopped, at least as far as Sorin is concerned. And, given how bad things got in the year Avacyn was just missing, I'm inclined to think he was right.
I'd look forward to her next card being "Nahiri, Destroyer of Worlds" except I think she'll be as successful at it as the Eldrazi...
Simply Sarah
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In fairness to the Eldrazi, the only reason Emrakul didn't actually wipe out Innistrad is because she, seemingly intentionally, trapped herself in the moon.
Well do you think the people of Innistrad were better off being cattle for pretty much everything else on the plane? Sorin gave fuck-all for humans and just created angels to prevent the humans from going extinct and having the vampires' food source from drying up. Who's really the bad guy here?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Its still Nahiri for risking everyone's lives for her revenge instead of just tracking down Sorin and murdering him
I mean, with Avacyn in place, did people's lives on Innistrad really seem that much more death-prone then any other plane in Magic? Particularly "I woke up one morning and the ground was gone" Zendikar?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Emrakul was at large anyway.
Jace and Lili both had dealings with Bolas yet they are part of the power rangers.
Jace and Lili both had dealings with Bolas yet they are part of the power rangers.
TheBlackMarvel
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I mean, being cattle is probably better than being wiped out entirely...
EDIT: He also only created one angel. Implying all the others were unable to get the job done...
I went in thinking "It can't be that bad" and promptly realized how wrong I could be.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
So all of Commander 2016 was spoiled? I have a mono green EDH deck and a Mardu Alesha deck. The only card I like is literally this:
Boo.
Boo.
Simply Sarah
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Define decent. Are you looking for something decent in the competitive sense, as in something you might at least consider bringing to a tournament? Or do you just mean a coherent deck to play with casually? If the former then, well, not really. Most of the cards, by design, aren't playable competitively. Now, for making a functional and coherent casual deck? Sure, but honestly you'd almost certainly still want to condense the deck to more 3-4 ofs instead of all the 1-2 copies of various things the current one has.
GregLombardi
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charlequin
Banned
There is literally nothing that could make them blow up Ravnica. (And only one of the three sets in RTR block is bad.)
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I'll go even further, there are only 2 good ravnica sets. I know they are not going to but Ravnica is a dumb concept of a plane to return to.
Infinite Stars
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The fact is, even with Avacyn's Wards functioning for a large part of the year she was gone, Humanity on Innistrad was this close to being fucked, and that's with Wards up, 3/4 Big Angels being free, etc.
Contrast that to Post EMN Innistrad, which has only 1 big Angel(the rest went insane/mutated), Emrakul Lurking in the moon, decimated cities/towns/populations as a result of the Sin Purge, a church/government that no longer exists, etc. The only positives is that Arlin Kord/Thalia/Sigarda/Saint Traft are all united in the defense of humanity(though arguably different ideas of what that means), meaning there's a slight chance of Humanity recovering.
However, it still doesn't excuse Nahiri fucking over all of Innistrad because Sorin was a dick to her(and even then, she turned on him quickly despite him having a half decent excuse). All she saw from the 5 minutes on Zendikar was "The Eldrazi are free". Not once did she try and find Ugin, or try to protect Zendikar before going after Sorin(she had an entire network of Hedrons there, and i think the Gatewatch would have worked with her so they could trap the Eldrazi and then deal with Sorin). She never gets told by anyone "Oh hey, Zendikar is fine", in fact her entire plot, despite having reasonable opportunities to side with the Gatewatch, is just so she can walk away for another set.
Contrast that to Post EMN Innistrad, which has only 1 big Angel(the rest went insane/mutated), Emrakul Lurking in the moon, decimated cities/towns/populations as a result of the Sin Purge, a church/government that no longer exists, etc. The only positives is that Arlin Kord/Thalia/Sigarda/Saint Traft are all united in the defense of humanity(though arguably different ideas of what that means), meaning there's a slight chance of Humanity recovering.
However, it still doesn't excuse Nahiri fucking over all of Innistrad because Sorin was a dick to her(and even then, she turned on him quickly despite him having a half decent excuse). All she saw from the 5 minutes on Zendikar was "The Eldrazi are free". Not once did she try and find Ugin, or try to protect Zendikar before going after Sorin(she had an entire network of Hedrons there, and i think the Gatewatch would have worked with her so they could trap the Eldrazi and then deal with Sorin). She never gets told by anyone "Oh hey, Zendikar is fine", in fact her entire plot, despite having reasonable opportunities to side with the Gatewatch, is just so she can walk away for another set.
Now I'm not a Nahiri defender, and I agree with almost everything you've said. But to be fair, she never crossed paths with anyone in the Gatewatch and Sorin would never have told her about it. In that light, she has no idea that Zendikar is fine now.
TheBlackMarvel
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This is what I've been saying all along.
SigmasonicX
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New goblin token:
Also, linked in that article, this Necropotence jack-o'-lantern is pretty neat.
Who cares about the zombie when there's this:
I need a million.
Those were already in Eternal Masters.
I missed it. I wasn't into buying $15 packs.
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