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Rinkles posted:Doesn’t the current rule also favor aggro? I think that’s what people were saying at the time of its introduction Yeah any deck that cares about which specific X cards in their deck vs having X+1 cards to utilize. Combo decks are the ones that benefit most (see Tron's huge uptick after london mull started) but aggro decks certainly benefit more than control or midrange decks that want to trade resources.
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precision posted:They could try not making 1 and 2 drops so insane and pushed That was how we ended up in the recent midrange fest. They tried making 1/2 drops mediocre with extremely strong 3+ drops and good removal. It was all midrange all the time until they printed some more good 1 drops.
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I can't believe they're still doing alchemy sets. Doesn't everyone hate them? Do they sell??
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Chamale posted:What if the second player started the game with a Treasure token? That's probably too strong. Obviously this isn't a 1:1 comparison, but Hearthstone essentially does this and it's still generally preferred to go first. Or at least, that's how it was when I played, it's been a number of years.
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precision posted:I can't believe they're still doing alchemy sets. Doesn't everyone hate them? Do they sell?? I play a lot of historic brawl so the alchemy cards are relevant to me but I never know when they're coming out 'cause nobody even bothers to post about them in the Arena thread That doesn't quite answer your question but the attitude toward them around here is so bad nobody even bothers to notice them And the newest batch sucks poo poo anyway
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precision posted:I can't believe they're still doing alchemy sets. Doesn't everyone hate them? Do they sell?? They get people to come back and draft a format a few more times after the initial allure of the format wears off more than anything I'd guess. I'm doing alchemy drafts of ONE right now and it's mostly just ONE draft with some spice that is pretty fun to play with. They're a lot better when the alchemy set for like SNC dropped and they were busted as hell
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Kashuno posted:They get people to come back and draft a format a few more times after the initial allure of the format wears off more than anything I'd guess. I'm doing alchemy drafts of ONE right now and it's mostly just ONE draft with some spice that is pretty fun to play with. They're a lot better when the alchemy set for like SNC dropped and they were busted as hell Does ONE need more spice? or does it already spread the spice around?
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Mar 1, 2023 20:04
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Rinkles posted:Doesn’t the current rule also favor aggro? I think that’s what people were saying at the time of its introduction Ehhh, the fact that the next format shift after the introduction of the London mulligan was Eldraine standard kinda gave it that reputation due to how monstrously good RDW was. It does help more if you have more early plays in your opener, but I wouldn't say it favors aggro per se, since good aggro decks are gonna pop off with a one lander anyway.
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precision posted:I can't believe they're still doing alchemy sets. Doesn't everyone hate them? Do they sell?? I saw one card that looked interesting from the new alchemy set (the 1 drop that gives an equipment equip: 1 forever) but I don’t play any of the formats that card is legal in. I’m currently using arena for RC testing for standard.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:15
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How does card in no way involve flying? Maybe it has art from before a redesign?
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Hey everyone. I used to play in the 90s (in fact, I learned English by getting flamed for my bad spelling on the wotc listserv!) and now my son plays, which means I got back into it. Tired of relying on his cards, I just literally built and bought a deck for myself on card kingdom which blew my mind that that's even possible. Amazing. ANYWAY - when I was his age I love this book called "Tapestry" that was a bunch of mtg-inspired short stories. I don't remember if it was good or not but I remember loving it. My question: are there any good/well-written young adult mtg-related books out there? Also how do I convince him that having a 5-color 40 card deck is stupid?
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nvrgrls posted:Also how do I convince him that having a 5-color 40 card deck is stupid? Buy him a bunch of fetches and triomes so he can do 5c in 60 cards
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nvrgrls posted:Also how do I convince him that having a 5-color 40 card deck is stupid? Well, it depends what the 40 cards are - there have been some limited environments where "5 colour good stuff" is much better than in others. Best way to teach in magic is to use times when things go wrong as learning experiences, with the proviso that sometimes you just don't have it - for 5 colour decks, that might be when he has the wrong colours of mana to play his cards, for example.
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nvrgrls posted:Hey everyone. That book was wild. I don't know of any good or even readable Magic stories made since then, but even though I'm a native English speaker I also owe my vocabulary to Magic. My daughter will be reading a book and ask me what a word means or how to pronounce it, and most of the time I know the word from some obscure blue card from Tempest block or something. Stories are mostly digital these days, which sucks, but they're not good either, which sucks even more. I've seen some cute-looking Dungeons & Dragons novels at bookstores if you're looking for Magic-adjacent. Some of those D&D characters and monsters got their own cards in Magic's recent D&D sets, too. My daughter bought me Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide by Jay Annelli. It's a coffee table style book with Magic art and a guide to all the characters and planes. I definitely recommend it, plus it'll catch you up on Magic's lore.
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Mar 1, 2023 23:00
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Rinkles posted:How does card in no way involve flying? It isn't the flying things, it is the thing they are flying out of. It is the Hive (Dandan isn't the boat)
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Mar 1, 2023 23:07
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Thom Yorke raps posted:It isn't the flying things, it is the thing they are flying out of. It is the Hive The mites don't fly either
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MrL_JaKiri posted:The mites don't fly either 
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Sit on my Jace posted:Obviously this isn't a 1:1 comparison, but Hearthstone essentially does this and it's still generally preferred to go first. Or at least, that's how it was when I played, it's been a number of years. Force of Will also does (did? is it even still around?) this: the player going second got to create a 'Will token' that could be sacced for one of their not-commander's colors.
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Mar 1, 2023 23:17
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Free mana on the draw would do some real weird stuff to combo decks like oops and whatnot.
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Yeah please make it so that I only have to get 3 mana sources instead of 4 to go off on turn 1. Even just having enough extra mana for a Thoughtseize to strip out a counterspell would be huge.
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Yeah, the existence of decks like Oops All Spells or Scam is a thorn in the side of changing mulligan rules to allow too much hand consistency. I remember the story Richard Garfield told that after they banned Black Lotus, he got a letter from some kid who said he would miss playing War Mammoth on turn one.
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LifeLynx posted:That book was wild. I don't know of any good or even readable Magic stories made since then, but even though I'm a native English speaker I also owe my vocabulary to Magic. My daughter will be reading a book and ask me what a word means or how to pronounce it, and most of the time I know the word from some obscure blue card from Tempest block or something. Thank you for the Visual Guide rec.
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Chamale posted:Yeah, the existence of decks like Oops All Spells or Scam is a thorn in the side of changing mulligan rules to allow too much hand consistency. 7 lines of text? Didnt finish reading but I bet this card is badass
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Ooh, I didn't notice there's a new Rhystic Studies (holy poo poo it's an hour) [cw: hosed up dentistry stuff, as well as the expected] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRl0Z-HYe2g This is the new "Tapestry" imo CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Ooh, I didn't notice there's a new Rhystic Studies (holy poo poo it's an hour) [cw: hosed up dentistry stuff, as well as the expected] This video is seriously so. Good.
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Watched it earlier and it was all great but I especially loved the bit with actual spoken examples of Phyrexian with the Metallica noises included, and a detailed explanation of the basic structure of the language.
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MasterBuilder posted:Could someone that plays pioneer give a reality check on this Tyvar sacrifice deck? It's nearly one to one with what I play on arena in explorer and while looking at potential changes I saw the explorer version is basically the same as pioneer (I added deathrite shamans in the sideboard just because I have them)
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rickiep00h posted:This video is seriously so. Good. I fuckin love conlangs. This was such a good watch, as one could expect from Sam.
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I'd watch the hell out of an animated series with that Phyrexian language. It's so beautiful and otherworldly. Are there any WOTC videos with Phyrexians speaking?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLFRvmPLWOo There's this pro tour Philadelphia presentation by two ladies at wizards who manage the language where some phrases are spoken in phyrexian. Its even revealed that Urabrasks flavor text 'Let them be' is actually 'Let them be, duh.' due to Urabrasks use of phyrexian slang. Like he's pointing out the obvious to his subordinates. Go to 24:44 for that whole section. Before it at 22:37 is the in universe explanation for why phyrexian is written the way it is.
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Fritzler posted:I think it is interesting and fun deck. When you look at like top 8 of recent pro tour there were a lot of combo decks. Worry about this being too slow for that, but really good against other creature decks and rakdos midrange, much like rakdos sac. Prob way better in explorer cuz those combo decks don’t really exist in explorer yet, but something to think about. Thanks. I think I'm going to mull it over a bit longer before pulling the trigger because I can still play it on arena and with the amount of compleated bundles that will be opened this weekend the price of tyvars is going to drop even more. Not that he is the expensive part of the deck but I think he'll drop below 1$.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Ooh, I didn't notice there's a new Rhystic Studies (holy poo poo it's an hour) [cw: hosed up dentistry stuff, as well as the expected] i was watching this as i went to bed and 26:34 legit scared me
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We have the entire thing with Atraxa's daughter Ixhel quietly turning against the Machine Orthodoxy while Vishgraz, made with Geths head and presumably having access to his memories is in the dross pits doing something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdDXMG9jvwg "In consuming our world, the infectors have become infected." That line is becoming more true as time passes. Below is a relevant excerpt from the Ixhel sidestory https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/a-hollow-body quote:"I wanted—" You don't finish. That's the crux—you feel it before it leaves your teeth. You wanted, and in wanting, you failed. Something is going on when Phyrexians who have been born to the oil and the ideology it carries can question it and go against it, even when not in red.
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https://twitter.com/CWAUnion/status/1631359432071303169?s=20 Tcgplayer being lovely and telling people to call the cops on their fellow coworkers for union building.
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neaden posted:https://twitter.com/CWAUnion/status/1631359432071303169?s=20 God drat I hate Union-busting poo poo. I won’t be using TCGPlayer until this gets sorted out and the workers are able to successfully unionize.
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Reminder that Card Kingdom recognized their employer’s union
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ugh, literally just made a purchase through them like two days ago. definitely stopping there til further notice lmao, christ
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TotalHell posted:God drat I hate Union-busting poo poo. I won’t be using TCGPlayer until this gets sorted out and the workers are able to successfully unionize. Mix. posted:ugh, literally just made a purchase through them like two days ago. definitely stopping there til further notice lmao, christ Do keep in mind that the union hasn't called for a boycott of their employer, and they may not want people to stop shopping there. Their jobs do on some level depend on TCGPlayer getting business! They have asked people to contact TCGPlayer to ask them to stop union busting. Pinterest Mom fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Mar 3, 2023 |
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Back at it again with another middling tournament report! New tournament reports Tournament report: Deck list: Creatures: 4x Ornithopter 2x Giver of Runes 4x Esper Sentinel 4x Stoneforge Mystic 4x Puresteel Paladin 1x Kor Outfitter 1x Invisible Stalker 1x Gingerbrute (21) Enchantments: 4x Sigarda's Aid (4) Instants: 2x Spell pierce 2x Blacksmith's Skill (4) Artifacts: 4x Colossus Hammer 1x Shadowspear 1x Nettlecyst 1x Kaldra Compleat 2x Springleaf Drum (9) Land: 4x Urza's saga 4x Plains 4x Flooded Strand 2x Hallowed Fountain 2x Seachrome Coast 3x Inkmoth Nexus 2x Marsh Flats 1x Arid Mesa (22) (60) Sideboard: 2x March of Otherworldly Light 2x Path to Exile 3x Sanctifier en-Vec 2x Spell pierce 1x Blacksmith's Skill 2x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade 1x Pithing Needle 1x Relic of Progenitus 1x Manriki-Gusari (15) R1 vs 5c elementals (60 card ephemerate) Win die roll Win 2-1 - [ ] G1: I get a quick presence with protection spells and swing out relatively quickly with a blacksmiths skill to protect the hammer - [ ] G2: opponent gets a t3feri and W6 and multiple solitudes and I get ground out - [ ] G3: opponent has an active w6 and boseiju loop which gets 4 lands out of my deck until I land pithing needle and equip hammer and kaldra compleat on an invisible stalker. Absolute banger game. Invisible stalker continues to overperform R2 vs 5c elementals (75 card ephemerate) Lose die roll Win 2-0 G1: opponent keeps a 1-lander on the play (????) but I still play very cautiously by making constructs and eventually drawing a paladin to suit them up G2: opponent leads with cavern -> boseiju (????) I lead with a very conservative start to play around evoke elementals. Opponent reveals a solitude of a green suns twilight, I draw and immediately cast a lavinia. Then draw a paladin and equip a hammer onto a Lavinia and a hammer onto esper sentinel and its gg. Opponent died with solitude and force of vigor in hand on 3 land. R3 vs: rakdos scam Lose die roll Lose 1-2 G1: mull to 5 get thoughtseized, get opponent to 5 poison with inkmoth, never find a way to put the hammer on the inkmoth G2: invisible stalker Carries the game with a hammer. G3: mull to 6 get double grief’d on the draw. Draw 4 lands and 2 sigardas aids while facing a clock R4 vs grixis deaths shadow Win die roll Lose 1-2 G1: use the ol urzas saga value engine as well as the T1 sigardas aid G2: mull to 5, get thoughtseized which takes sanctifier. I am unable to grind out a win. I play around temur battle rage and it was extremely wrong to do so. Ah, well, nevertheless. G3: mull to 6 and try to play the grindy value game. T1 sigardas aid is just okay. Bad news is I see zero protection spells so everything is open to removal spells. Opponent draws an alpine moon for urzas saga and that seals the deal for me R5 vs amulet Win die roll Win 2-1 G1: we both mull to 6 and keep extremely questionable hands. Opponent casts all 4 arboreal grazer and 3 explore but sees no amulets or other creatures. I eventually put a hammer and shadowspear onto a paladin and that’s the ballgame G2: I get close with a paladin and two path to exiles on two dryads. But the opponent has a third dryad and two valakut and a bounceland and hits me for exactsies G3: another weird game. I have a pithing needle on boseiju. Opponent appears to draw every forest in the deck I chip in for 2 infect with a shadowspear and then suit up the inkmoth with a hammer and shadowspear, but forget to give it flying again. Opponent miscounts the blocks and takes 8 infect anyways lmao Bubble out like a beef boy
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