Magic: The Gathering,GO TEAM MS!

[GreyICE]

Well... vintage, so yes.

Actually its probably not even good in vintage. Maybe EDH?

[chamber]

I meant in some hypothetical standard that contained it.

[Llamarble]

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.

[bv310]

Sealed PTQ or Draft?

Also, 5c in this format is not nearly as bad as other formats. I've drafted 4 and 5c decks perfectly fine because of the hilarious amount of fixing available.

[chamber]

I don't think they have draft ptqq's? It would be sealed and then a draft in the top 8.

[kdowns]

It was still just a PTQ. PTQQ's don't start until November?

[bv310]

So I spent a good chunk of the night playing the Tournament Practice room on MTGO. I was playing my Archangel Pod list:

4 Birds of Paradise
2 Noble Hierarch
3 Voice of Resurgence
1 Wall of Roots
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Sin Collector
1 Spike Feeder
1 Eternal Witness
1 Orzhov Pontiff
1 Courser of Kruphix
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Restoration Angel
1 Entomber Exarch
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Reveillark
1 Shriekmaw
1 Archangel of Thune

4 Birthing Pod
2 Chord of Calling
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Thoughtseize

1 Godless Shrine
2 Temple Garden
2 Overgrown Tomb
4 Windswept Heath
2 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
2 Razorverge Thicket
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Gavony Township
1 Woodland Cemetery

Sideboard:
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
1 Reclamation Sage
2 Lingering Souls
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Siege Rhino
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Fracturing Gust

I played a total of 20 games over the night. Of those, 16 were against almost identical UR Delver lists. Treasure Cruise has done gross things to the Online meta.

[Burning_Earth]

Sorcery - Arcane (black)
all legendary enchantments gain protection from white until end of turn

Converted mana cost: 2

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Instant (black)
regenerate target white creature
--Nature bruises bigger than even the most stalwart arm shall
– Folk Song (Trad.)

Converted mana cost: 5

Wow those seem cheap

[chamber]

Instant (blue)
target opponent may put up to three cards from hand onto the battlefield

Converted mana cost: 3

Enchantment - Aura (black)
Enchant permanent
Enchanted permanent gains ''1, Discard a card: destroy target Beast''
--Her forest made of border flees a single toe yet blesses more effectively than the riddle
– Vitenka, the black

Converted mana cost: 3

Sorcery (red)
Choose one: clash with an opponent. If you win, add B to your mana pool for each card in your graveyard; or add R to your mana pool for each card in an opponent's graveyard
Entwine 3

Converted mana cost: 3


These are actually pretty interesting cards.

[InflatablePie]

Sorcery (black)
Choose one: Destroy target nonblack creature; or return target creature from your graveyard to your hand
CMC: 3

^Seems really interesting, especially for limited.

I've also been rolling a lot of library-related cards. Tap an untapped library you control. Return target library to its owner's hand. Gain control of target nonlegendary library (da fuq) until end of turn, it gains haste (+ scry 4), etc.

Yeah, this is way too much fun.

[edit]
Instant (red)
gain control of target permanent until end of turn
Replicate X, where X is the number of permanents on the battlefield
Madness Y, where Y is the number of spells cast this turn

Converted mana cost: 1

[Thestatusquo]

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.

[Natirasha]

Standard's pretty sick. I'm playing 4-color reanimator right now(really just sidisi whip+Siege Rhino).

[Sudo_Nym]

BURN THE HERETICS

[Natirasha]

I'm willing to accept I was wrong.

I still have ideological concerns about the format, but it's fun itself.

Also if Jeskai and Abzan continue their domination, I think 4 color is the way to go. How do you go bigger than Abzan? Run Dig Through Time and Pearl Lake Ancient with Siege Rhino.

Or Whip because all the grave hate fucking sucks right now unless you're running constellation.

[Sudo_Nym]

Well, that's good, actually, because I've been thinking about getting back in, now that I've got a job that pays me actual money and doesn't time-conflict with FNMs.

[bv310]

I really want to play the Ascendancy Combo deck. IT'S STANDARD LEGAL COMBO!

[Klazam]

Umbrella Revolution

[bv310]

I can't remember if the Umbrella Revolution list was the same as the one I was looking at. Was Umbrella the one with only one Altar of the Brood, or was it the Twinflame one?

[Natirasha]

Twinflame/Nissa is Umbrella Revolution.

Altar of the Brood was the LSV list.

[bv310]

Yeah, the LSV list is the one I wanted to play. Seems much more consistent and fits with my usual playstyle.

[hasdgfas]

The finals everyone expected from new Standard at GPLA: Mono-red versus GR Monsters.

[Natirasha]

This has been a very fun GP to watch.

Like, the coverage is better than the PT was for some odd reason?

[Oman]

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.

[Klazam]

Any of youse located in seattle? Whats the best store around there?

[Burning_Earth]

Instant (white)
untap target land
--Humanity speaks more effectively than the best yard
Albeit even one bedroom harms better than the grandest border
– Blescre the Wizened

Converted mana cost: 7