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Post #4742 (isolation #800) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:42 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
I don't think treasure cruise needs to get banned in legacy. It seems pretty similar to me in use in terms of the time of the game you can use it to ancestral visions but is worse because you cant agent into it. It depletes resources fast enough that you can't reasonably play 2 in one turn very early in the game and creates some interesting tensions because most of the decks that want that sort of effect have some sort of graveyard interaction that they're already dependent on (team america: other delve cards, RUG delver: nimble mongoose and goyf, storm: past in flames shenanigans. BUG decks: Deathrite shaman and Goyf)
Time will tell though, and I haven't done any testing with it and haven't really played it in anything yet.
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Post #4745 (isolation #801) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:05 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
Glittering wish might be the answer, since without it the deck loses quite a bit of its consistency. It's a 3rd turn kill probably around 50% of the time right now, I think axing wish lowers that number considerably.
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Post #4756 (isolation #804) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 4:40 pm
Postby Thestatusquo »
Doran doesn't fit with the deck. If you want a doran deck build a doran deck. He doesn't solve any problems that the deck has.
I don't like that you cut a chord or voice of resurgence. Voice is close to your best card in the BG matchups and he's pretty great in aggro matchups and blue matchups as well. Abzan charm does not seem good enough to justify having 2 non creature slots in the maindeck. You need a critical mass of creature spells. Chord and a shriekmaw is almost surely better. Imagine this scenario that happens quite a bit with the deck your opponent has killed your creatures and you just need a creature to go off. You draw a.... Insert card here. Does that card win you the game from this spot? No? Then its bad. Thoughtseize might be a necessary evil ala angel pod but abzan charm is not strong enough imo. You have the best tutor engine in the format. Why include cards you cant tutor for?
Anafenza seems meh. In what situations will you want to pod for it? Against what matchups is it better than just kitchen finks with a gavony township?
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Post #4779 (isolation #808) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:53 pm
Postby Thestatusquo »
Its a very diverse format. And I mean actually diverse as in there are actually many different decks trying to do many different things, as opposed to just 4 different midrange decks of various different colors.
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Post #4826 (isolation #817) » Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:32 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
Like any community you have to find the right part of it. There certainly are parts of the magic community that are as you describe. You can find the parts that aren't, though. Like MS vs. EpicMafia
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Post #4850 (isolation #820) » Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:47 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
Shanba and I were talking about dig through time and he asked me if I thought it was better than fact or fiction and I thought about it for a while and was like...Actually yeah. By a wide margin.
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Post #4885 (isolation #822) » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:00 pm
Postby Thestatusquo »
In post 4877, Llamarble wrote:I went to my first ever PTQ today!
I went 6-2, which was good for some packs but not top 8. My second match loss was pretty frustrating; I got a loss game 3 for forgetting to return 2 delved cards to my library between games. I won when we shuffled the cards in and played the game out. That's a mistake I won't be making again.
I was surprised I did so well; my pool felt pretty weak so I played 5 colors to avoid using bad cards. The alternatives were WGB (with no bombs or lategame) or UGR (with no 2 drops whatsoever and minimal removal). The things I did have going for me were strong fixing (I played 4 triple lands and 6 lifegain lands) and Ashcloud Phoenix, which stabilized / outright won several games for me.
I almost went to that!
Congrats on the good finish though.
Also, I um...I never thought I'd say this but um...Standard seems awesome right now.
In post 4897, Oman wrote:Went to my local gaming store for card sleeves. There was a sign, rule 4 and 5 were "Please shower before attending" and "Remember to use deoderant".
What the fuck, gaming nerds. What the fuck is wrong with us.
There's a certain subset of nerd who believe that being a nerd makes them an enlightened creature of intelligence and therefore above base physical needs like showering. It's certainly off-putting.
It's more that many people who happen to take part in so called "nerdy" activities tend to fall somewhere on the spectrum of anti-social personality disorder, and honestly how they smell has never occured to them
In post 4897, Oman wrote:Went to my local gaming store for card sleeves. There was a sign, rule 4 and 5 were "Please shower before attending" and "Remember to use deoderant".
What the fuck, gaming nerds. What the fuck is wrong with us.
There's a certain subset of nerd who believe that being a nerd makes them an enlightened creature of intelligence and therefore above base physical needs like showering. It's certainly off-putting.
It's more that many people who happen to take part in so called "nerdy" activities tend to fall somewhere on the spectrum of anti-social personality disorder, and honestly how they smell has never occured to them
Okay, but I know from my game store at least two who are of the "enlightened" type, since they won't shut up about it.
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Post #4910 (isolation #825) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:08 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
That's just like... Our FNM...
They used to fire all the draft pods at once, which was usually about 6-10 depending on the number of people, now they fire them as they fill up, which typically means that roughly 12 pods fire over the course of the night.
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Post #4941 (isolation #829) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:38 pm
Postby Thestatusquo »
In post 4939, Sudo_Nym wrote:Frankly, I don't see why any game should last longer than turn 3. As far as I'm concerned, if somebody hasn't comboed off by then, there's something wrong.
I actually think treasure cruise has done more to enable control/tempo decks than combo decks?
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Post #4968 (isolation #834) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:51 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
I mean heres the thing. Treasure cruise is warping the format for sure, but I'm not sure its warping the format in a bad way. BUG hasn't been a deck in forever, really. It's pretty cool TC makes it viable.
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Post #4988 (isolation #839) » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:49 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
So this was posted on a magic group I'm a part of. I don't think I'm good enough at recognizing shuffling cheats to be able to tell if this is legit or not. Will people tell me what they think? Is this legit? Do we think Jared is cheating?
watch how jared shuffles the deck he shuffles untill he finds a land on the bottom then reverses shuffles placing the very bottom card on top of the deck. then shuffles without changing the card he has places on the top
So with the recent drama at the SCG this past weekend I figured I'd add some more. While looking through footage a featured matches. I stumbled upon this. SCGProv - Leg - Quarterfinals - Jared Boettcher v…: http://youtu.be/Z39UYLpbWx8 SCGINVI - Invitational - Round 12 - Jared Boettch…: http://youtu.be/ffU9Uw1rBsE look at the 5,11,30 min mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MGtexeawlg 4:04-4:30 trop on top, same pattern 6:40-7:00 Failed delver flip after fetch, same pattern following jared 180ing the deck to get a better look 9:30-9:45, failed delver flip, same pattern off fetch 14:30-14:50, wasteland off top after fetch when both players flooded, same pattern 45:21- Puts hymn to top when just holding bolt and lands are mostly gone. Same pattern
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Post #4995 (isolation #840) » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:34 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
Thestatusquo (15:02)
I notice that the top card doesn't change as he shuffles for the last 50% of the shuffle
Thestatusquo (15:02)
But I don't think he can see the bottom of the deck with the way its pointed.
chamber (15:02)
I think its probably lazy suffeling
chamber (15:02)
like assuming he doesn't come off as a sleezeball IRL
Thestatusquo (15:03)
So its the assertion that he is finding a land, shifting it to the top and then not changing the top card
Thestatusquo (15:03)
I can see how mechanically that might be whats going on, but I can't see where and how he would be finding said land.
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Post #4998 (isolation #841) » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:54 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
Ak, I don't think you've watched the video. He's not overhand shuffling, and he is only being accused of doing it with one card, We are not talking about the Humphrey's guy. That guy is a confirmed cheater in my eyes. I'm talking about Jared Boettcher, and I've linked several videos that someone on a magic group I'm in found suspect.
Full disclosure, Jared plays at the local store I play at in NY and I know him.
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Post #5001 (isolation #842) » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:19 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
Yeah. Humphries was no doubt. This is shady shuffling, but its hard to say definitively that hes cheating, because I can't actually see anywhere that he's actually looking at the deck in any of these videos.
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Post #5012 (isolation #845) » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:56 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
I kinda agree with KoC/BV here I guess.
Like, ok. I am pretty opposed to permabans as a general principal. I don't like the idea that we give up on people and I don't like the idea that people can never changed.
But this guy? This guy clearly doesn't give a fuck. Clearly was, is and always will be unrepentant and clearly just intends to keep doing it. Why exactly would we let him back in?
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Post #5018 (isolation #847) » Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:12 pm
Postby Thestatusquo »
I (as a general premise) agree with the idea that social media and outside magic activities should not be within the scope of the DCI except at a pro level, the way any sanctioning body can and does suspend members for breaches of the code of conduct.
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Post #5027 (isolation #848) » Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:12 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
I like a level down from that. AJ Sacher for instance will come at you if you're being an aggressively stupid person, but usually his chat interactions are pretty civil.
In post 5055, Sudo_Nym wrote:Brainstorm is really only great if you have a shuffle.
Treasure cruise is only good with fetches too though, just for a different reason.
The cards to pretty different things. Brainstorm is actually usable on turn 2. I think treasure cruise is probably worse? not confident though which is really telling about just how busted treasure cruise is.
Yeah this was my thought process too.
The fact that we even feel like this is a "in the same ballpark" situation is crazy to me.