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Magic: the Gathering - Shadows over Innistrad |OT| Blue's Clues
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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?"
The vast majority of the pro tour is RPTQ winners or silver/gold members. There's only like 30 dudes in Plat to begin with.
A Serious Man
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They did what I hoped they would do, reinstate Platinum benefits for the next season and open a dialogue about what being "Pro" should mean.
I definitely think this was a thing to put out as quickly as possible so they could walk it back and gain "amenity" from magic fans.
Not on purpose mind you, but that they knew it was coming down from Hasbro, and by putting it out during the Pro Tour it gains the widest visibility as well as allowing WOTC to show Hasbro "hey they fucking care about their fans man".
Not on purpose mind you, but that they knew it was coming down from Hasbro, and by putting it out during the Pro Tour it gains the widest visibility as well as allowing WOTC to show Hasbro "hey they fucking care about their fans man".
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Pretty sure they had to as at least a couple people were consulting lawyers.
My understanding is that in qualifying for the pro tour, Wizards pays your hotel and airfare for the actual event. The issue, as far as I know, is that qualifying for platinum means traveling to grind GPs, which isn't covered by Wizards. The appearance fee helps to retroactively cover that.
They clearly are. That's how they killed the Modern pro tour as well
I believe you only get hotel if you are platinum. They pay for airfare for everyone except HOFers who aren't qualified otherwise
I mean, you play and enjoy Magic with your pals. It's a social game. Do high school sports teams pay you anything to attend tournaments? No, you go to them because you enjoy it and for some people they want to be playing at a high level.
Personally, I have gone to GPs and PTQs with my buddies in the past as a way to have fun memories, whether it's playing Magic at 7am or lying on the beach in Barcelona or get wasted in a random club. Just a year ago one of my friends asked me if I wanted to go to Beijing to attend a Team Sealed GP. For fun. I couldn't go in the end, but you get my point.
That wasn't where the Platinum benefits were being moved.
Joe Molotov
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Jace just bidding his time until Ob Nixilis rotates.
A Serious Man
Member
Jace is waiting for blue control to be good again.
Which wouldn't have really worked in court since WotC hold the reservation of rights, the right to change or revoke the benefits at any time. The backlash was enough to revoke some of the changes.
In other non-important news, I love Pieces of the Puzzle so damn much. Sometimes you whiff and mill Jace, but sometimes you chain Piece into Piece into Piece, which is so much value, especially with Geistblast and Stitchwing Skaab in the mix. You really only need one Rise of the Tides to make the strategy work (provides it's not the last card in your deck.) Good times.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
blue might be the worst colour right now.
"God's Beard!"
Member
The black control decks are splashing green for card advantage these days.
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A Serious Man
Member
It's great if you like 2/1 flyers with flash!
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";201966271]The black control decks are splashing green for card advantage these days.
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insane card advantage might I add, if your removal doesn't say "exile" it might as well be a bounce spell. Duress a Seasons Past, Seasons Past will get a Seasons Past.
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insane card advantage might I add, if your removal doesn't say "exile" it might as well be a bounce spell. Duress a Seasons Past, Seasons Past will get a Seasons Past.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I would say its not that easy - its a little nebulous what WOTC reserved the right to change and to whom the changes could apply. In either case the cost of defense and optics weren't worth the ~330K, I imagine.
charlequin
Banned
They used to have this, it was called the Masters series and it's specifically what they got rid of to create the Pro Player Club in the first place.
I am probably 60% confident that the WotC-level people executed this in part to get an excuse to walk back Hasbro-specified cuts.
So glad they dialed back on 90% those PT changes.
Modern PT is still dead though?
Gotta love when you have a limited bomb then proceed to NEVER draw it. Feels bad man.
Modern PT is still dead though?
Gotta love when you have a limited bomb then proceed to NEVER draw it. Feels bad man.
It being aired during the Pro Tour was the biggest red flag for me. Why announce something this heinous during the celebration of the game and release of a new set?
For dat pushback.
It's MUCH easier to convince higherups that your cutbacks are shit when you have ground-level consumer outrage. To say nothing of the Pros that would make the game feel deserted over time.
For dat pushback.
It's MUCH easier to convince higherups that your cutbacks are shit when you have ground-level consumer outrage. To say nothing of the Pros that would make the game feel deserted over time.
They thought that announcing a 500k prize pool for worlds was something that people are really going to like
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The problem with modern as a PT format is that the majority of decks are bullshit.
And I love Modern. There are a lot of bullshit decks though. The problem is that way too many games are dumb nonsense due to the fact that the sideboard isn't big enough to deal with weird decks that attack from a funky angle.
It was bad before eldrazi but Modern seems like the lawless wild west right now if you look at tournament results. No rhyme or reason for the 15 decks that all seem to be having the exact same results.
This is what the format is supposed to look like. (They're being vindicated for the Twin ban now)
Which is why I want a continued (though maybe not frequent) spotlight on it. Bring it into the open. Let it shine. Let it breathe.
charlequin
Banned
They thought this was something that would make more people interested in playing, which is very much not the same thing.
They really just need a way to showcase high-level Modern that doesn't have the level of focus and attention of a full PT. I think probably the way to handle that is to have an open event on a regular schedule -- like a once-a-month schedule for Modern GPs instead of just 3-4 times a year.
I actually prefer there to be ~5 decks that each are 10% of the field so sideboarding is more meaningful.
Been thinking about putting together a chord deck since being able to just put a ton of different 1 ofs in the sideboard and having 5 ways to grab them is really appealing when I can expect every opponent in a 9 rounder to be playing a different deck.
keeblerdrow
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Got to playtest a bunch of standard today. BG control with 2 World Breakers slotted in the main is a much better experience than otherwise. Faster closing and game against enchantments and artifacts is important.
I also got to play in my 4th ever modern event. Borrowed a Jeskai Geist deck, which was super fun. Still planning on putting together Abzan Company or KiKi Chord, though. Finally got my first Voice of Resurgence. Traded for it and a regular Avacyn and all it cost me was a foil Avacyn. Phew.
I also got to play in my 4th ever modern event. Borrowed a Jeskai Geist deck, which was super fun. Still planning on putting together Abzan Company or KiKi Chord, though. Finally got my first Voice of Resurgence. Traded for it and a regular Avacyn and all it cost me was a foil Avacyn. Phew.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Neat. It's obviously still going to happen for the next season, but at least the people on the grind aren't completely fucked. Now, if they try to make a big stink about it when they've been given full warning, I'll be on team #GetARealJobHosers
Etrian Oddity
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Ah fuck, I lost track of MtG and now I have a ton of cards from KtK worth no credits on MtGO. Shit, haha.
Give me the cliff's on new SoI Standard, gaf. Is Allies/Equipment still fun?
Give me the cliff's on new SoI Standard, gaf. Is Allies/Equipment still fun?
"God's Beard!"
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Just decked my opponent with 3 cards left in my library in a BG mirror match.
Holy shit that game was a grind. I brought back all 4 deathmist raptors 3 times.
Super happy I didn't jump the gun and build this version instead of the Eldrazi one.
Holy shit that game was a grind. I brought back all 4 deathmist raptors 3 times.
Super happy I didn't jump the gun and build this version instead of the Eldrazi one.
Modern isn't completely overrun by combo decks now that Twin is gone? But I thought it was the only thing holding them at bay.
Worse than the Bant mirror?
In Season's Past mirror decking is a viable win condition. Bant Mirrors are just creature clusterfucks (that are also a nightmare).
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Proxy Guy is saying somebody confirmed to him that Kaladash is the next plane. Salt grain and all, but hey, wild speculation is fun.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
How do you deck someone with Season's Past
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