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Over in the SCG open, someone playing in their first feature match has forgotten important things like ticking Jace AOT up and drawing off his Bident. It's a competitive event and his opponent (Chris Vanmeter) is correctly enforcing rules, but I can completely see myself making these mistakes in his place. I would just want to crawl into a corner afterward. Does anyone have any tips for cleaning up play besides just slowing down? Not "making optimal choices" but actually "not being stupid."
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Feb 22, 2014 18:36
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Korak posted:If you're not watching and you're the type of person that slows down to watch car wrecks... Who is this for? It's impossible to tell what's going on accurately at that resolution and they can't playcall all four at once.
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Feb 22, 2014 18:40
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Pod is just the worst
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Feb 22, 2014 18:42
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Boxman posted:Over in the SCG open, someone playing in their first feature match has forgotten important things like ticking Jace AOT up and drawing off his Bident. It's a competitive event and his opponent (Chris Vanmeter) is correctly enforcing rules, but I can completely see myself making these mistakes in his place. I would just want to crawl into a corner afterward. Pay attention, and whenever you play casually, ask your opponents to tell you when you miss stuff.
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Feb 22, 2014 18:43
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Korak posted:Modern and Standard Jund is using it as a new tech. Ceddy has been showing off on his stream for the past week and Courser smooths out a lot of the awkward draws Jund was having. Courser honestly has no where but to go up in price as we near rotation or a new set that improves greens hole in the meta. Real deal for a 3 drop. You better be right, just bought 3.
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Feb 22, 2014 18:45
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Boxman posted:Over in the SCG open, someone playing in their first feature match has forgotten important things like ticking Jace AOT up and drawing off his Bident. It's a competitive event and his opponent (Chris Vanmeter) is correctly enforcing rules, but I can completely see myself making these mistakes in his place. I would just want to crawl into a corner afterward. Get into the habit of reading your cards if you're waiting for your opponent to do something. Also it's good to think about the board before you worry about what is in your opponent's hand.
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Feb 22, 2014 18:46
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Yea, just at the start of each turn look at all the permanents you have!
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Feb 22, 2014 18:50
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Boxman posted:Over in the SCG open, someone playing in their first feature match has forgotten important things like ticking Jace AOT up and drawing off his Bident. It's a competitive event and his opponent (Chris Vanmeter) is correctly enforcing rules, but I can completely see myself making these mistakes in his place. I would just want to crawl into a corner afterward.
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Feb 22, 2014 18:54
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anyone watching this excruciating SCG open game? Chris Vanmeter paired with some guy playing massively slowly, having to read every card CVM plays, misplaying ever step and having to be tutored on many abilities. Ends in a draw due to the guy playing so slowly. CVM looked super bummed.
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Feb 22, 2014 19:18
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Boring posted:anyone watching this excruciating SCG open game? Chris Vanmeter paired with some guy playing massively slowly, having to read every card CVM plays, misplaying ever step and having to be tutored on many abilities. Didn't see it, but that sounds awful. Maybe CVM should have called a judge instead of hand holding.
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Feb 22, 2014 19:20
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If I have an Artisan of Forms that has been made into a copy of an Akroan Skyguard and I then target it with a heroic-triggering spell, will the +1/+1 counter that it gains due to the Skyguard's heroic ability stay on the Artisan if I choose another creature for it to copy?
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Feb 22, 2014 19:24
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ScarletBrother posted:Didn't see it, but that sounds awful. Maybe CVM should have called a judge instead of hand holding. Judge! My opponent is bad at the game and missing triggers like mad, please award me the win. In the game of that I watched, I think there was one manners-reminding him about Thassa scry trigger, but there were also a couple "sorry, you upticked Jace after you pointed out the Bident trigger, no extra draws for you".
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Feb 22, 2014 19:24
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gorgeous west posted:If I have an Artisan of Forms that has been made into a copy of an Akroan Skyguard and I then target it with a heroic-triggering spell, will the +1/+1 counter that it gains due to the Skyguard's heroic ability stay on the Artisan if I choose another creature for it to copy? It does. If you want to be 100% sure, you can stack the abilities so that the Skyguard one will resolve first, and he will still be an Akroan Skyguard when the Artisan of Forms one resolves. But even if he changes forms first, it's still the same object.
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Feb 22, 2014 19:27
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Finish to the Pardee vs Dickmann match was really fun. Pod is so drat resilient, if he had kept that redcap alive we might have seen a draw. Holy poo poo why are they doing a Bogles deck tech when everyone wants to see Blue Moon. Korak fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Feb 22, 2014 19:30
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Here's a link to the youtube stream of the pro tour since Twitch keeps stuttering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPazW4MI3Lg
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Feb 22, 2014 19:32
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Korak posted:Finish to the Pardee vs Dickmann match was really fun. Pod is so drat resilient, if he had kept that redcap alive we might have seen a draw. In all my years playing the game no deck ever makes me groan with annoyance like Pod. I'd play against nothing but Caw Blade with some poo poo tier 2.0 goblins list for the next 5 years if it meant I never had to endure another Pod game again.
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Feb 22, 2014 19:33
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Stinky Pit posted:In all my years playing the game no deck ever makes me groan with annoyance like Pod. I'd play against nothing but Caw Blade with some poo poo tier 2.0 goblins list for the next 5 years if it meant I never had to endure another Pod game again. What specifically bugs you about it?
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Feb 22, 2014 19:42
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I've no idea. I've been on both sides of the table with Pod and the only consistent part of the experience was how uncomfortable and unhappy I was, regardless of the outcome of the match. I played with and against far more broken, degenerate, and unfair decks but something about Pod is just zero fun for me in a way no deck ever has been. I don't think it needs to be banned or anything, I totally get its just a weird personal thing.
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Feb 22, 2014 19:46
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Boxman posted:Over in the SCG open, someone playing in their first feature match has forgotten important things like ticking Jace AOT up and drawing off his Bident. It's a competitive event and his opponent (Chris Vanmeter) is correctly enforcing rules, but I can completely see myself making these mistakes in his place. I would just want to crawl into a corner afterward. Practice, Practice, Practice. I'm willing to bet that guy just borrowed the deck and didn't play more than a few practice games with it. When picking up a new deck type, I'd recommend at least a dozen games before entering a competitive event, and more is always better, especially if you're a beginner. Switching to a new deck the day of the tournament without that significant practice time is never a good idea.
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Feb 22, 2014 19:46
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Serperoth posted:It does. If you want to be 100% sure, you can stack the abilities so that the Skyguard one will resolve first, and he will still be an Akroan Skyguard when the Artisan of Forms one resolves. But even if he changes forms first, it's still the same object. Thanks  for some reason I was having trouble finding an answer to that one.
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Feb 22, 2014 19:52
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Bleu Moon deck is the real deal. Absolutely smacking Sam Pardee's pod deck around, arguably the best pod player in modern at the moment.
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Feb 22, 2014 20:00
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ScarletBrother posted:What specifically bugs you about it? Generally it's the fact that Pod has about 12 paths to victory open to it at any time, and has to make a lot of decisions before it actually goes off. So a lot of "vs-Pod" matchups end up with you staring at them while they think for a good minute, then either they Chord of Calling for Melira and pod into Finks and go off, or say go, you shrug, untap and kill them with your next swing. It's not so much that it isn't interactive, as it's intensely interactive, but only between the pod player and their deck.
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Feb 22, 2014 20:07
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Korak posted:Bleu Moon deck is the real deal. Absolutely smacking Sam Pardee's pod deck around, arguably the best pod player in modern at the moment. Is it a new brew, or is it something that benefits from DRS going? I see it uses Snapcasters but I'm not sure they would be put off by last season's Jund.
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Feb 22, 2014 20:08
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Kai Budde drops an f-bomb that the camera mics pick up, booth gets awkwardly silent. Magic. 
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Feb 22, 2014 20:08
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BizarroAzrael posted:Is it a new brew, or is it something that benefits from DRS going? I see it uses Snapcasters but I'm not sure they would be put off by last season's Jund. Tien wins! Poor Sam but 
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Feb 22, 2014 20:13
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Well that was absolutely brutal.
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Feb 22, 2014 20:15
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BizarroAzrael posted:Is it a new brew, or is it something that benefits from DRS going? I see it uses Snapcasters but I'm not sure they would be put off by last season's Jund. It's definitely a new brew, but I think it does benefit from DRS leaving; less Jund means less Thoughtseizes to take your Blood Moons, and less mana dorks in the format has to be good for the deck. Elyv fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Feb 22, 2014 20:16
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Korak posted:It seems to be a newer brew. At first it seemed like a great meta game call but the more I've seen it on screen it has some serious go to it, at least until people run a shitload more basics. Could be one of those "gets hated out for a month, then comes roaring back next month" type decks? It's an excellent Meta call. I wouldn't play it at GP Richmond unless I had 2+ Byes, its taking advantage of a field at the PT that isn't going to exist at GP's and other events. There are plenty of Mono-color budget decks that are very popular and if you don't have the Byes to avoid them in the early rounds its going to make for a really frustrating GP.
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Feb 22, 2014 20:23
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Kai Budde's last turn...
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Feb 22, 2014 20:52
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Bleu Moon deck tech finally!!!  vvv err nevermind! Korak fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Feb 22, 2014 20:55
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Blue Moon 10 Island 4 Scalding Tarn 4 Misty Rainforest 3 Steam Vents 1 Mountain 2 Threads of Disloyalty 2 Cryptic Command 4 Spellsnare 3 Remand 2 Mana Leak 4 Serum Visions 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Spreading Seas 4 Blood Moon 2 Vapor Snag 2 Vedalken Shackles 2 Batterskull 3 Snapcaster Mage 2 Master of Waves Sideboard 2 Spreading Seas 1 Teferi Mage of Zhalfir 1 Negate 2 Vandalblast 3 Vendilion Clique 1 Flame Slash 3 Anger of the Gods 1 Counterflux 1 Combust
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Feb 22, 2014 21:00
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Pat Cox went 7-3 with Zoo, Kibler bragging he won every Zoo mirror. Can't wait to see their decks. Jared Boettcher got 9th place with Ad Nauseum + Life combo. Korak fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Feb 22, 2014 21:09
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Boxman posted:I would just want to crawl into a corner afterward. My first ever competitive event was an SCG Legacy Open playing Burn. My second opponent on the day was Sam Black, and I not once by twice forgot the suspend triggers on Rift Bolt and got a judge called on me. I wanted to just die. A strategy I learned there though was to put a coin or die on top of your library whenever you need to resolve an upkeep trigger until the triggers become second nature. It's not a "good" habit but it may help at first.
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Feb 22, 2014 21:16
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For funny stuff when playing, I swung a thrill-kill assassin last night, hoping that my opponent would block with his Rakdos, Lord of Riots, so I could stop him swinging on me with it. He did, and then said Him: you take 4 damage. Me: I what? Him: Rakdos has trample. You take 4 damage. Me: that's...not how trample works. Him: Yeah, he did two damage to your creature, and four to you. Me: Trample only counts when you're attacking. Him: judge!
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Feb 22, 2014 21:16
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I played against a Bogbrew Witch/Bubbling Cauldron/Festering Newt combo deck last night, and scooped when I shouldn't have and feel really dumb about it. I had Herald of Torment out, and on the turn that I thought should have been my last, lost 1 life and went to 3 during my upkeep and top decked a swamp. I conceded knowing that one more activation of his combo would kill me, but I didn't read the cauldron closely enough, and the creature he had available to sac wasn't a newt, so I really had 2 more turns to draw my out, and the card I needed to turn the game around was second from the top.  I'm never conceding again.
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Feb 22, 2014 21:25
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End of Life Guy posted:I'm never conceding again. Pro Tour Born of the Gods T8: McLaren (UWR Control) Lee (Blue Moon) Wilson (Melira Pod) Seibold (Affinity) Dickmann (RUG Twin) Fennell (Storm) Alkio (All-in Twin) Rivera (UWR Twin) T16: Boettcher (Ad Nauseam) Zatlkaj (Jund) McClain (Melira Pod) Vidugiris (Storm) Zheng Budde (Storm) Turtenwald (Scapeshift) Sochurek It's been said time and time again... ban islands! I'm happy they're going to show every single match tomorrow. That's a change I've been pushing for a long time. It can be annoying for the players understandably but it makes for a much better experience for the audience watching. They got up to 20,000+ people watching today, a reasonable amount of those people are probably watching for a first time.
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Feb 22, 2014 21:33
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I'm especially interested to see Wilson's Pod and Alkio's Twin lists.
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Feb 22, 2014 21:37
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Korak posted:Jared Boettcher got 9th place with Ad Nauseum + Life combo. Man, I should be happy for the local player making it big. On the other hand: well, he's a dick.
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Feb 22, 2014 21:41
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tzirean posted:Man, I should be happy for the local player making it big. On the other hand: well, he's a dick.
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Korak posted:It's been said time and time again... ban islands! I'd love to see Modern without fetches and shocks myself. Not gonna happen, I know. But I can dream.
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