I know you've been testing it for a while, but mtggoldfish put out a list and video of it today, just a heads up in case they have any card you may have missed.
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Magic: the Gathering - Shadows over Innistrad |OT| Blue's Clues
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I know you've been testing it for a while, but mtggoldfish put out a list and video of it today, just a heads up in case they have any card you may have missed.
Really. Interesting
Ah that's the budget aggro list. Mine is the resilient mid-range type.
A Serious Man
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I could watch this Seasons Past/Goggles matchup all day.
You better hurry, it's not getting any cheaper.
You better hurry, it's not getting any cheaper.
A Serious Man
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Narset ultimate alert.
Cause the name is too funny not to keep using.
A Serious Man
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LSV just pulled off some grim shit.
Mic drop
A Serious Man
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It's popped up in a few Bant matches. I think I remember someone casting CoCo like five times with him on day one, his stock is definitely dropping though.
"God's Beard!"
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(Heeby)GB decks winning all over the place, Brad Nelson almost locked for top 8 with a World Breaker - Kozilek's Return deck, is this my spectator dream?
Where are we at? I just woke up:
Where are we at? I just woke up:
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Yuuya is a monster. Playing a 1-drop aggro deck and still making several non-inuitive plays involving the ordering of his spells in the first several turns. Even if he didn't win that game, you can imagine why he's rising to the top when a lot of other mono white players aren't.
SigmasonicX
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*just joins in*
... Ah, so this is the creeper cam I've been hearing about.
... Ah, so this is the creeper cam I've been hearing about.
SigmasonicX
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I really didn't expect Seasons Past to be a breakout card in this PT. Given the interaction with tutors, I wonder if Wizards will continue the "put on the bottom of the library" experiment.
SigmasonicX
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I was referring more to how they typically exile the card to avoid loops like that, but they seem to be trying "put on the bottom of the library" to make anti-recursion seem less like a downside.
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I'm counting season's past loop as an infinite
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No, I meant literally losing the ability indestructible. Burn from within or that on cantrip enchantment both do it.
SigmasonicX
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Ultimated Ob Nixilis against a Goggles deck.
A Serious Man
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";201710295]No, I meant literally losing the ability indestructible. Burn from within or that on cantrip enchantment both do it.[/QUOTE]
Peep the square left of mid.
Also Loam Dryad is a squire and Kiblar finished low I believe, we can get there!
Peep the square left of mid.
Also Loam Dryad is a squire and Kiblar finished low I believe, we can get there!
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Forgot I had both lol
A Serious Man
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So the Top 8 has Finkel, LSV, Manfield, Shota, Nelson and maybe Yuuya in it? Crazy.
RIP Modern PT
YASSSSSSRIP Modern PT
Why? I like the Modern PT.
charlequin
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Okay, so based on the metagame reports so far, these seem to be some of the takeaways:
Anything I'm missing?
Investigate is right now the strongest of several pretty solid pieces of evidence that Kaladesh is next, IMO.
PAX is super late this year because of scheduling issues, normally it'd happen at the right time to do a Spring Set preview panel.
In retrospect it's pretty convenient that we skipped one of the most garbage Standard environments in PT OGW and are back in Standard when things are a bit more enjoyable to watch.
Modern PT distorts the Modern format, leads to more random results, and (usually) doesn't show off the latest set very well. I want there to be high-level Modern (I like the format a lot despite its numerous problems) but locating that in GPs is just more sustainable and functional, I think.
- Tiny Jace is losing ground as he doesn't fit in most good archetypes and the one he's best in is probably better without him.
- Green and white are far and away the best colors in this environment, blue is the worst.
- Investigate is the best Standard mechanic in SOI (which feeds into that "green and white are the best" thing, lulz), while the graveyard stuff isn't really making a splash.
- Bant Company is good, but also beatable; it converted poorly to day 2 and it seems like most of the other strong metagame decks just perform more reliably.
- Contra expectations after SCG, Goggles seems like it's the real deal.
Anything I'm missing?
Investigate is right now the strongest of several pretty solid pieces of evidence that Kaladesh is next, IMO.
Why the hell is this the same weekend as pax east
PAX is super late this year because of scheduling issues, normally it'd happen at the right time to do a Spring Set preview panel.
RIP Modern PT
In retrospect it's pretty convenient that we skipped one of the most garbage Standard environments in PT OGW and are back in Standard when things are a bit more enjoyable to watch.
Modern PT distorts the Modern format, leads to more random results, and (usually) doesn't show off the latest set very well. I want there to be high-level Modern (I like the format a lot despite its numerous problems) but locating that in GPs is just more sustainable and functional, I think.
A Serious Man
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Efro wiping the tears from his eyes right now.
"God's Beard!"
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Dat peer pressure
SigmasonicX
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Black-green seems to be working out pretty well too, both in control and Aristocrats shells.
charlequin
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Yeah both black and red seem to have some solid stuff and work well in supporting other decks, but I think every single really good deck has either white or green as the mechanical core, right?
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That means it's the perfect time for my BG midrange to shine. Moving up to 2 Kalitas main for sure.
The #1 seed deck is base black.
charlequin
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Lol at Finkel. "I didn't think there would even be 16 Pro Tours." "I'm not saying I'm bad at Magic -- I'm fine at Magic."
Yeah, you're right, Worlds is kind of the optimal place to feature it.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";201713199]
The #1 seed deck is base black.[/QUOTE]
Seasons Past?
Yeah, you're right, Worlds is kind of the optimal place to feature it.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";201713199]
The #1 seed deck is base black.[/QUOTE]
Seasons Past?
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