SigmasonicX
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Magic: the Gathering - Shadows over Innistrad |OT| Blue's Clues
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What happened?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
happened to me at the prerelease, got attacked by a 10/9 Ulvenwald Hydra with doublestrike.
It really was a mistake not to print a Lightning Strike variant. Dat three toughness
Come to think of it, there's not even a Negate in the format to counter Coco, is there? :lol
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Rush of Adrenaline and Uncaged Fury on a Ember-Eye Wolf with pumps for 13 and lethal out of nowhere (opponent blocked and died due to the trample)
Next Game, Rush of Adrenaline-Rush of Adrenaline- Magmatic Chasm for 16 and lethal out of nowhere.
If I was a friend of Brian Braun-Duin, i'd make sure he avoids any high places and ledges for the next few hours.
Negate is one of the only Universal Base Set cards that they have anymore. I cannot fathom a standard enviorment that does not include it ever again, unless they shift and decide that UU Counter Target Spell is a valid card again.
So I'm new.to online. When I went 3-0 I got three packs.
It was Swiss format. What changes tmrw and why is it better?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Single elims become available, which have higher prizes. So if you have a ~60% winrate you can almost go infinite.
There's also a single elim queue where you get prizes for getting knocked out round 2 as well.
goldlion054
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Relentless Dead is prettyyyyyyyy good in limited. It makes me want to find a constructed home for it. Great mythic is great
Infinite Stars
Member
What's the deal with Bygone Bishop? I couldn't watch the Stream.
Also, I fully agree that Investigate is a fantastic mechanic. It gives Aggro a potential out to get that one last point of damage through, gives Control ways to dig for answers if they need to early on, can be easily hated on by artifact/token hate, etc. I'd not at all be surprised if in the future blocks Investigate becomes a "Jace" mechanic. Having a mechanic that fits a member of the Gatewatch would be a unique way to infuse story with Gameplay. If we get a block with Jace as the frontrunner, Investigate is in it. Gideon gets Support, Nissa gets Cycling, etc. Maybe not those exact abilities, but it's a thought. You give basic, simple mechanics that still feel good to each Gatewatch Walker.
As for the digital marketing, I'm willing to bet that Hasbro has been seeing Hearthstone and breathing down WotC's neck about fixing digital. I mean, the digital aspects are awful in UI/Bugs/Speed(that horror story about coding Archetype of Endurance was hilarious)
Also, I fully agree that Investigate is a fantastic mechanic. It gives Aggro a potential out to get that one last point of damage through, gives Control ways to dig for answers if they need to early on, can be easily hated on by artifact/token hate, etc. I'd not at all be surprised if in the future blocks Investigate becomes a "Jace" mechanic. Having a mechanic that fits a member of the Gatewatch would be a unique way to infuse story with Gameplay. If we get a block with Jace as the frontrunner, Investigate is in it. Gideon gets Support, Nissa gets Cycling, etc. Maybe not those exact abilities, but it's a thought. You give basic, simple mechanics that still feel good to each Gatewatch Walker.
As for the digital marketing, I'm willing to bet that Hasbro has been seeing Hearthstone and breathing down WotC's neck about fixing digital. I mean, the digital aspects are awful in UI/Bugs/Speed(that horror story about coding Archetype of Endurance was hilarious)
"God's Beard!"
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Update after a day of testing:
Moved Kalitas and a Languish into the main. Kalitas is a good target for Traverse, Den Pro and Pulse in the late game once you've got the grind engine going. Languish is good against the other value decks like bant company and the humans stuff since they don't have real graveyard synergies and I don't care if my Deathmists die.
That opens up slots for a second Virulent Plague and a Grip in my sideboard. Tokens + Abbey is a super popular archetype and Grip is just a monster in any game that isn't going to end very fast. Especially once you start rebuying it. Be careful about targeting Lumbering Falls.
Autumnal Gloom basically always flips within a turn of playing it, and usually on the turn it's played. Ironically it's better against other creature decks than control decks, since it's basically Anafenza and the control decks play edicts and Languish. That said, the Hexproof is still super relevant against the bant tempo creatures and white removal.
I'm still not convinced it's better than my Bgc Eldrazi deck, but it's moving into the conversation.
Moved Kalitas and a Languish into the main. Kalitas is a good target for Traverse, Den Pro and Pulse in the late game once you've got the grind engine going. Languish is good against the other value decks like bant company and the humans stuff since they don't have real graveyard synergies and I don't care if my Deathmists die.
That opens up slots for a second Virulent Plague and a Grip in my sideboard. Tokens + Abbey is a super popular archetype and Grip is just a monster in any game that isn't going to end very fast. Especially once you start rebuying it. Be careful about targeting Lumbering Falls.
Autumnal Gloom basically always flips within a turn of playing it, and usually on the turn it's played. Ironically it's better against other creature decks than control decks, since it's basically Anafenza and the control decks play edicts and Languish. That said, the Hexproof is still super relevant against the bant tempo creatures and white removal.
I'm still not convinced it's better than my Bgc Eldrazi deck, but it's moving into the conversation.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
30 minutes game 1.
Hmm. I dunno if I would be good enough. I'll have to look into it for sure tho.
3 game Swiss was very taxing on me.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I was fairly decent at Swiss but I got knocked out round 1 every single time I tried an 8-4, I get the reluctance but Swiss is gonna burn a hole in your pocket eventually. You might manage to keep going for a while but eventually you'll run out of tickets and your picks won't be able to make up for it.
I put enough money into MTGO to not even want to draft SOI at this point, I also suck at it.
72 minutes game 2 just finished.
At uncommon, all the recurring effects are.
Might play better w/ sealed because of that.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
p1p1 falkenrath gorger, never saw another playable vampire, feelsbadman.
I'm going to keep it once a week max hopefully. In reality it's all I have time for anyways. How do I sell my cards on it.
I had a great blue red madness deck last night.
Enablers off top of my head were mad prophet lightning axe ravenous blood seeker and geralf masterpiece
You can also use draw and discard spells like tormenting voice etc
An example in black would be macabre waltz
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
It's pretty cumbersome, you make a binder in your collection, set it as the active trade binder then put the cards in you want to trade. Then you go to the trade section and search for the bot of your choice (I use goatbots) and the bot will look through your binder and tell you the amount of tickets you can take, then you select the tickets submit and confirm the trade. Foils you can trade individually sometime for significantly more, just search for the name of the card and foil. For instance I sold a foil Tazri for 6 tickets when the regular version was worth next to nothing.
I love macabre waltz in the THG we got 2 and I actually splashed for it playing GW, while my partner played the other in RB Madness. Call the bloodline is the actually amazing discard outlet in black. Insane value.
and it's just game 3. The Pro Tour is gonna be a mess.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
126 minutes for a 3-0 sweep lol.
Wizards regretting that Bo5 move right about now.
Wizards regretting that Bo5 move right about now.
When was the last time a card got banned in standard?
Jace/SFM
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Why don't they start restricting cards in standard, aside from being a slippery slope that could cause standard to be interfered with more often it could stop some feelbads much easier.
Wow, that's a long time ago.
Then it feels even worse when your opponent draws that one CoCo.
Joe Molotov
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brb mainboarding Hallowed Moonlight
"God's Beard!"
Member
Please help me out. Here's the two finalists for the deck I want to bring to next week's PPTQ:
The one on the left is more interactive and has more power, but the one on the right is more consistent, has a massive engine and can grind through basically anything.
Need to decide by tonight if I want trades to arrive by the weekend.
The one on the left is more interactive and has more power, but the one on the right is more consistent, has a massive engine and can grind through basically anything.
Need to decide by tonight if I want trades to arrive by the weekend.
It's not that the SCG grinders have "solved" it so much as it's the descendant of the prior runaway best deck, one that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to fight because it operates on so many different axes.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";201219234]Please help me out. Here's the two finalists for the deck I want to bring to next week's PPTQ:
The one on the left is more interactive and has more power, but the one on the right is more consistent, has a massive engine and can grind through basically anything.
Need to decide by tonight if I want trades to arrive by the weekend.[/QUOTE]
I'd go for the deck with mainboard languish.
The one on the left is more interactive and has more power, but the one on the right is more consistent, has a massive engine and can grind through basically anything.
Need to decide by tonight if I want trades to arrive by the weekend.[/QUOTE]
I'd go for the deck with mainboard languish.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Bant company maybe should sideboard this.
or just more fliers in stratus dancer, skyspawner or bygone bishop
or just more fliers in stratus dancer, skyspawner or bygone bishop
divisionbyzorro
Member
Never going to happen.
Joe Molotov
Member
When will Wizards end this Gryff's Boon menace?
Infinite Stars
Member
CoCo's not going to get banned, people just need to be prepared for it. While the card is bonkers, it's still super hateable by sideboard tech. It is worrying in terms of the numbers it has, but it's nowhere near Stoneforge/Jace Levels.
Also, CoCo wasn't the breaking card for the last 6 months, it was Rally+the absurd mana base. If anything, It's a byproduct of Wizard's FFL being complete ass at their purpose, considering they seem to operate in a completely different reality.
I really don't want a CoCo Ban because I use it in Modern, and I'm totally afraid that a ban in Standard would carry down to Modern.
Tormenting Voice, Macabre Waltz, Insolate Neonate and Ghostly Wings are all good common enablers. The best ones are all uncommon or higher, but there are lots of them.
bizzarewars
Banned
How's the Limited format right now with this set? I haven't played draft or Magic in general since BFZ turned me off of it for a while.
20/32 is an alarming number if it maintains.
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