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In post 206, bv310 wrote:They're all pretty good. Not a ton of super-valuable cards besides mythics right now, iirc.
Rise of the Eldrazi is terrible, in my casual opinion.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 221, Sudo_Nym wrote:I hated RotE. The Eldrazi cards were poorly thought out, in my opinion. I don't mind Annihilator, so much as the additional abilities that come on them.
I hated Annihilator. No fun at all. Level up was ok, but I preferred it on Figure of Destiny because of the flavor.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1340, xRECKONERx wrote:About to do a live 8p draft at the Reckoning. I bought a box, lets see how this goes
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In post 1524, Thestatusquo wrote:Good. Hexproof is like the biggest design flaw of magic as it is currently printed, and it certainly the most non-interactive and unfun mechanic.
Annihilator was also pretty terriblejdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Friend and I found a hilarious bug in Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 today.
We were playing Planechase and were at this plane.
Instead of working correctly, the chaos ability triggered for every non-planeswalk roll of the planar die. You can imagine the results.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1551, Fate wrote:I have a question about resolution:
if a card is indestructible (let's say rootborn defenses)
That doesn't prevent them from taking damage (in the cases of lifelink and shit)
It jus prevents them from DYING FROM damage, correct?
SO
Scenario:
My Rakdos Berserker deals 2 damage to an indestructible Husar Patrol
THENI reduce his P/T by -2/-2 with my Rix Maadi Guild mage.
NOW Chamber said if you reduce a creature's toughness to zero it doesn't matter if they are indestructible
so DOES IT DIE?
I don't think it does. It's a 0/2 with 2 damage on it. If it's indestructible, it shouldn't die. Damage doesn't lower toughness.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I went to a prerelease, ran a Simic/Gruul combination deck that I liked a lot. I had probably 8 non-games of magic out of the 11 that I played. Went 1-3 because clearly I'm not allowed to actually draw lands. When I did draw lands and creatures and spells, the deck worked well.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1644, xRECKONERx wrote:Fate duh I'm blending my RDW and White Weenies deck.
I went 2-2-1. Gamma just rolled me game one with LOL +9+9trample blood rush.
I rocked my match against Dimir. I had a guy kick my ass with Orzohov due to motherfucking Ghost Council + Treasury Thrull (seriously ghost council is too good)
The one match I'm mad about is vs Simic, I rolled him game 1 then we had a drawn out game 2, game 3 I had him down to 8 life with me still at 20, he asked how much time was left, I told him 8 minutes, then suddenly his turns started taking FOREEEEEVVVEERRR. We went to turns, and he turn 5d at 2 life left with my next draw being a Foundry Champion
You could have called a judge on him for slow play.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1775, Fate wrote:ALSO I told someone at the pre-release something that is apparently wrong. The Gatecrash FAQ SPECIFICALLY said each time you pay to activate the keyrune's ability of turning it into a creature, it is a NEW creature with NO memory of its past self. aka if they enchant agoraphobia (i think the example was) on your shit, you let it resolve, then pay the activation cost to make it a NEW creature that ISNT agoraphobiad
FOLLOWING this logic, I told someone that they couldn't cipher encode onto a keyrune, well they could but it would be LOST once it turned back into an artifact because its encoded on the CREATURE keyrune, and once it turns back into a artifact all knowledge of that creature is gone forever, and no cipher.
But then the Magic site said you CAN encode onto a keyrune and it will stick...??? not following the rules logic here
The rules logic is that they decided that was the rules for cipher. Keywords have rulings, the ruling here was that you can cipher onto a keyrune and it'll stayjdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1785, Sudo_Nym wrote:Red's three drop options are what? Pyreheart Wolf and more 2 drops? 2 gets you Ash Zealot, plus some unleash and haste guys, and 4 gets you to Hellrider, but 3 is kinda blank if you don't play with the Wolf.
Boros Reckoner seems good.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1928, Thestatusquo wrote:Then they cheated.
I must be missing how that's cheating. Seems pretty easy with shocklands. Unless you are referring to the fact that he actually means Burning-Tree Emissary instead of Shaman.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I think the problem is that Boros bleeds the Gruul cards and Orzhov bleeds the Dimir cards. Simic probably should be open consistently. I drafted a solid Simic deck at work a couple weeks ago and only lost to a Boros deck, and only because I couldn't find a third land after mulling to 5 + beingjusta turn behind. Was able to win my other matchups against Orzhov and 5-color.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2024, xRECKONERx wrote:I think it would break the randomization of the packs if they had to include a code with each one that accurately marked each pack for what cards were inside. I suppose there's a way to do it via computer, but I feel like that'd be easily game-able.
And yeah, financially, they'd lose a ton of money if they did that.
The easy solution to that is not a marked code, but a code for "a pack".jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2028, kdowns wrote:Or they could do it like the Pokemon TCG and it's online counterpart, where they just give you and code and the code gives you a pack that is randomized online.
That's what I just said.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2109, Thestatusquo wrote:Also, I would agree with the commentary that "fun" and "winning" are not somehow exclusive, but are completely linked. Do you really have fun when you get outplayed at magic? I don't. It's an abysmal feeling to lose, and anyone who says it doesn't impact their fun negatively? Well, that's outside of my frame of reference I guess.
I play lots of things that I am not great at, but the urge to win is still the basic driving force behind any game play, right? Like, if we're not playing to win then why bother playing a competitive game at all? Why don't we play dominion to see if we can get one player to get all the provinces? Why don't we just all try to get one player the longest road we possibly can in Settlers? It's because those practices inherently do not provide the basic tension that makes game play interesting. I like interesting interactions and complex decks better than most people, and in fact if I had my druthers I'd run storm combo every single tournament I am in. (the decision trees! oh, the decision trees!) But losing with an interesting and outlandish deck just is not more fun than winning with a boring normal one. It's just not.
But I don't have fun winning because my opponent doesn't play a spell. I have fun when Magic feels like a battle of wits and the decisions actually matter. I drafted on Tuesday at work, and had way more fun losing g1 of round 2 because there were always decisions to make as opposed to g1 round 1 where I rolled because my opponent had nothing. Winning is more fun than losing, but losing doesn't mean you didn't have fun.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2112, Thestatusquo wrote:You're making a false comparison. I too prefer good magic to bad magic. But when you're comparing losing a game with complex interactions to winning a game that wasn't really a game of magic, you're comparing apples to oranges. A much more illustrative question is do you prefer to win a game where one player doesn't actually get to play magic, or lose such a game?
I prefer winning. Like I said, I always prefer winning to losing, but losing doesn't mean you didn't have fun.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2344, Klazam wrote:In post 2331, hasdgfas wrote:I was hoping for a better UW commander for EDH than that for my guild EDH project. Might have to use Isperia
Rasputin Dreamweaver in a blink style deck. SO GOOD
Related: THAT CHAMPION GOES IN THAT DECK. lolol. Perma-detain EVERYTHING FOREVER
Nope. It's aguildEDH project, not a project to build EDH decks in the guild colors.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2354, diginova wrote:I'm really not liking many of the double cards. Fuse is interesting, but their cost is such that they aren't useful at the point you'd be able to Fuse them.
They feel like Charms to me, in that you're paying extra for the convenience of options.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2360, Klazam wrote:In post 2347, hasdgfas wrote:In post 2344, Klazam wrote:In post 2331, hasdgfas wrote:I was hoping for a better UW commander for EDH than that for my guild EDH project. Might have to use Isperia
Rasputin Dreamweaver in a blink style deck. SO GOOD
Related: THAT CHAMPION GOES IN THAT DECK. lolol. Perma-detain EVERYTHING FOREVER
Nope. It's aguildEDH project, not a project to build EDH decks in the guild colors.
Go with Grand Arbiter Augstin IV then. Better than both Isperias, but will get you killed faster than either Isperia would
Augustin is too boring, I had already ruled him out. There's not any cool interactions with him.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I'm making an EDH deck for every guild, so I wouldn't call me a "blue white player"jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2368, Thestatusquo wrote:Also, it's too bad EDH is a terrible boring format.
Different strokes for different folks.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 2380, Thestatusquo wrote:Playing this at the SCG open on sunday. Wish me luck.
4 Delver of Secrets
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4 Force of Will
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The one in Milwaukee? I think some friends from work may be going, but for the Standard portion. Good luck, I'll watch for you if I get a chance.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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There's a reason I quit drafting guild archetypes about a month and a half ago. It's a boring format. I've had fun the last few weeks by forcing 5-color dumb decks like the Crackling Perimeter deck or mono-black.In post 2457, Thestatusquo wrote:I have lost one match of IRL draft in the last 2 months. I have drafted every single guild at least 2 times in that time frame. I think that the heavy battalion deck is the third best in the format and the heavy bloodrush deck is the fourth best in the format. Frankly, I don't know what you're talking about. That said, I don't think gatecrash is good. I think it's meh. And boring. I also think RTR is meh and boring.
Also, you're proving my point. You just named 5 decks. That's all you can draft. (also, if you were drafting izzet as control you were doing it wrong) That's not real limited magic. That's not fun. You lose just because 2 guys 4 seats away from you whose signals you can't even read are picking the same gold cards as you. It's bullshit. It's drafting with training wheels. I can't wait til we can actually have real drafts again, where you can draft a good strategy and evolve with the draft instead of being like "Oh, one of the only 5 things I can possibly do in this format is being done by the guy in my left, better switch into the 2nd of the only 5 things I can do in this format and hope the guy to my right isn't in that one.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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They aren't good, but at least they keep things semi-interesting for me.In post 2463, Thestatusquo wrote:I mean, sure. But those decks aren't good, unless you get shipped the nuts.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Prerelease sealed is 1-1-4, with the 1s being guildpacks. That's going to be bizarre for sure.In post 2484, bv310 wrote:
Sealed for this set should be 2-2-2, I think. AVR was different, since it was a large set.In post 2482, InflatablePie wrote:6x DGM sealed is gonna be such a clusterfuck >_>jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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But Armed is a sorcery?In post 2495, xRECKONERx wrote:I proceeded to go 4-2 for the night with the goddamn Bronzebeak Moa + Eyes in the Skies + Armed//Dangerous combo. Swing for 2? No blocks? Eyes in the Skies pumps it to an 8/8, then I play Armed to make it a 9/9 with double strike.
Anyway, I went Simic, got Golgari, pulled Unexpected Results as my Simic rare AGAIN, but made up for it with a Jarad in the Golgari pack, so I went BUG. Went 3-0-1, took an ID in round 4 for prize splits. Turns out that aggressively trading off your creatures works out pretty well when you have Jarad. Also, Maze Glider is good in that sealed format.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Yeah, that's where I prerelease. Neat place.In post 2635, Thestatusquo wrote:Wait, fuck. I totally blanked that this is where you are. We were at misty mountain games.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Is "first Jace wins" a possible reason for this? The second player having to use theirs as a Dreadbore instead of being able to mini-FoF/Brainstorm/whatever seems like a huge tempo hit, and I could see Wizards not wanting this to happen, at least for Planeswalkers.
As far as actual legends? Hmm, still not a big fan.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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We'll see. I'm not quite sure where she fits. She doesn't seem to fit neatly into either aggro or midrange/controlIn post 2884, Natirasha wrote:New Chandra is playable. Firebrand was almost there, and drawing a card each turn should be enough.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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She doesn't do much of anything the first turn she hits the field though. Ping a mana dork maybe, but otherwise? You're not going to have the mana to use her 0 then.In post 2890, Natirasha wrote:She's like a super-Domri, giving reach to aggressive decks with her 0(which is the ability you should be focusing on). Think of it this way--Domri only draws a card in the relevant decks like 50% of the time, while she will always draw a card and if you hit a land patch, she helps you get through it.
Her main competition is Jace AOT, but she gives functional card advantage to a more aggressive midrange deck, like the Naya lists or a slower RG list perhaps. I dunno, she seems really deceptively powerful to me.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Falter a creature you've pinged is super unimpressive with domri in the format. Again, I just don't see the deck where she fits.In post 2893, Fate wrote:you might want to re-read her +1 more thoroughly...jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying I don't see it. If I could predict Standard decks a month or two from now I'd price speculate some cardsIn post 2903, Fate wrote:
she's not going to see play until hellrider rotates probably, because they fight at 4 cmc, but she is definitely going to fit in red decks. Her abilities are super relevantIn post 2895, hasdgfas wrote:
Falter a creature you've pinged is super unimpressive with domri in the format. Again, I just don't see the deck where she fits.In post 2893, Fate wrote:you might want to re-read her +1 more thoroughly...
no one fucking listened to me about R/g aggro, so give me the credit herejdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I really want to draft a deck around that, even though it's likely going to be terrible. I like drafting the niche "terrible" decks, even though they don't always work out. Drafted gates/gatekeepers/hold the gates last night and it was incredibly funIn post 2909, xRECKONERx wrote:this new tuning fork thing is scaryjdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Just had a bit of a frustrating encounter at a work draft, want to see what other people think.
I'm attacking with a 6/3 first strike Kithkin Greatheart and have a Blightspeaker on the field with 5-6 mana up. Opponent has Penumbra Spider token and about the same mana up. He says "Test of Faith, block." At this point, I try to respond to the Test of Faith by rebel-searching in a Bound in Silence to play on the Spider before blocks. At this point, he's insisting that he already blocked, but I said that he played Test of Faith first so I get to respond. We discuss the situation a bit, until he says "it's a casual game, you clearly know what I'm trying to do and should lighten up". Now, this guy and myself are both pretty laid back guys most of the time, so I'm a little taken aback by this. Yeah, it's casual, but I have a couple problems here. First, he clearly said(and acknowledged that he said) "Test of Faith, block", which, to me, is not clear that he's trying to block first. He may want to just be sure that Test of Faith resolved first before he blocked. Secondly, because he said it so quickly, I didn't have the chance to play anything between blocks and Test of Faith if I allowed them to be ordered that way.
At this point, we've discussed it a little bit, and he's not backing down, so I just rewind to after attacks have been declared. I could just rebel search for Bound and put it on spider because I know what's in his hand, but that feels a bit sleazy to me, since I know what he wanted to do at this point, so I let it play out the way he wanted it to. After this, I feel a bit taken advantage of because the situation clearly played out to his advantage as my creature died, and he's ticked because he thinks I'm being too much of a stickler in a casual game. What would others have done in this situation? Was I being unreasonable?jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Yeah, I do plenty of that also when it's totally clear what's happening. Earlier in the night I let someone take back an entire turn while playing Storm because I was tapped out and couldn't do anything. The difference in this case is that it wasn't clear to me that he was trying to do things the way he was trying to do things, but when I try to respond to what he actually said and did, he tried to change it. If he said "block, test of faith", I would have no issue at all. But he didn't, there are plenty of instances where test of faith before blocking makes sense, and I was holding up mana for rebel search for something exactly along the lines of what he was indicating that he was doing. Communication is just as important in casual as in competitive. Where's the line?In post 2982, xRECKONERx wrote:With casual games, if there's a misplay, I just rewind it and take it back then give the option to act again with new information on the table.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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At least for the gods.In post 3056, AGar wrote:I believe reading Maro talking about new card templates, so here we go, I guess?
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Yes. Pretty consistently. I think I got in on board in 5 of my 8 games. But I didn't even need to get it online with 2 Claustrophobia, Pacifism, Essence Scatter, Negate, 2 Disperse, 3 Archaeomancer, and some fliers.In post 3130, Fate wrote:
did you get it online >_>In post 3128, hasdgfas wrote:Went deep at my work draft tonight. 2 Elite Arcanist, 2 Silence, myriad of control cardsjdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Yeah, I had a bunch of those wheel as well. I ended with 4 Opportunity in my pool. It was absurd.In post 3132, Fate wrote:<________<
good thing you didnt draft with us last night. Literally NO one went blue. Frost breaths, claustrophobias, opportunities, the 2U card draw, that 3/4 aetherling pump thing, wheeled round and round.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Did you say "Syncopate for X" or just "Syncopate"?In post 3199, xRECKONERx wrote:Just got back from a sad excuse for a gameday. Got 2nd, and I only lost because I'm an IDIOT and I tapped the wrong amount of mana for Syncopate (tbf I think he should've let me tap an extra one because it's REL and I specifically asked him how much mana he had available but whatever).jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I've seen an Archangel deck. No idea whether it's Twoo's or not. Had Scavenging Ooze, Gavony Township, TrostaniIn post 3257, Sudo_Nym wrote:Anybody see Twoo's new Archangel of Thune deck? Looks really fun, and he did pretty well with it, but it's always hard to tell with a Twoo deck.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Drafted today. Was able to live a dream. Liturgy of Blood a Blightcaster, use leftover mana to Bogbrew Witch for a Newt, sac the newt to Bubbling Cauldron to kill a Giant Spider. Felt pretty great.
Shea, I assume the "almost" exception is Limited?jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Swiss are actually better EV than 4-3-2-2, from my understanding.In post 3476, bv310 wrote:In all fairness, if you're new-ish and not looking for the greatest EV right away, 4-3-2-2s will help you lose less money overall, while still getting to draft.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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