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I don't know about you guys but I'm nerding out and watching the SCG coverage of Seattle.
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bhsman posted:Is it bad or just too narrow of use? mehall posted:Seems like it'd be fine in a Captain Sisay deck, but ETB tapped is kinda rough for a narrow use card. This, from my experience. Coming into play tapped is a huge bummer since the deck is kind of slow already, and I recently put in a little more ramp so I shouldn't be too hard up on mana in most games. I'll probably never tutor for it (and I have tutor'd for lands with Sisay before), and the one time I did manage to stick it early I spent nearly half my life total casting cards with it and died to some pretty weak attackers  On the bright side, if I decide I want to put it back in later I doubt anyone will want to trade me for it.E: Also when I first made the deck nearly half the cards were legendary, but I've since dialed that count back a bit so I can't use the mana from it as often. C-Euro fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Mar 15, 2014 |
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Mar 15, 2014 22:01
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morning wood posted:I don't know about you guys but I'm nerding out and watching the SCG coverage of Seattle.
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Mar 15, 2014 22:58
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Oh, cool, Andrew Shrout is doing the sideboard stuff. Did SCG can that Nick Miller idiot?
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Mar 16, 2014 00:07
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When do Journey Into Nix spoilers start?
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Mar 16, 2014 00:12
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Gyshall posted:When do Journey Into Nix spoilers start? The pre-release is at the end of April, so probably the first week of April at the earliest.
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Mar 16, 2014 00:15
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I demand to see that deck Notion Thief someone on camera.
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Mar 16, 2014 00:16
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AgentSythe posted:Oh, cool, Andrew Shrout is doing the sideboard stuff. Did SCG can that Nick Miller idiot? The real question is when will they can Matthias Hunt.
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Mar 16, 2014 00:17
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Matthias Hunt signed a year long contract with them I think. He's a part of the core team for 2014.Mr. Peepers posted:I demand to see that deck Notion Thief someone on camera. Andrew Shrout does one deck tech and it's already better than every deck tech Nick Miller did. RIP Nick, long live Shrout. edit: Playing with clear sleeves? Balla. Korak fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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Mar 16, 2014 00:18
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Mr. Peepers posted:I demand to see that deck Notion Thief someone on camera. The like first or second weekend DGM came out, I saw in the Legacy open some guy Notion Thief in response to an Ancestral Visions, have that one get killed by the Shardless BUG player, then Notion Thief again in response to a Jace brainstorm 
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Mar 16, 2014 00:33
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AgentSythe posted:The like first or second weekend DGM came out, I saw in the Legacy open some guy Notion Thief in response to an Ancestral Visions, have that one get killed by the Shardless BUG player, then Notion Thief again in response to a Jace brainstorm 
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Mar 16, 2014 00:50
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Zac Hill ranked 11th going into the... 8th? round at GP Montreal.
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Mar 16, 2014 01:07
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http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/03142014/potogold I really should know better by now but it is still so baffling to me that WotC/the MTGO online team will come up with a wacky and random time-limited event, make it phantom only, make the prize support be almost totally valueless, and still charge $10 per entry.
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Mar 16, 2014 01:20
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Mr. Peepers posted:http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/03142014/potogold Good grief. Are they always this bad? 2-1 is a push and 3-0 is barely 150% of entry.
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Mar 16, 2014 01:26
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It's $10 for an entry for a chance to...never win anything? No cards, no tix, no packs. You just get to keep playing if you'd like?
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Mar 16, 2014 01:32
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AegisP posted:It's $10 for an entry for a chance to...never win anything? No cards, no tix, no packs. You just get to keep playing if you'd like? You can use Phantom Points for other useless events as well. The best use for them is Cube, which they never leave up long enough.
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Mar 16, 2014 01:33
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There are two uses for phantom points: - Playing for fun - Grinding QPs against people playing for fun
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Mar 16, 2014 01:41
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gently caress off with the Phantom points, Wizards.
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Mar 16, 2014 01:42
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Two 7-0 Hexproof decks at the SCG Seattle event. I've been praising that deck for months and it gets better as less devour fleshes are played.
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Mar 16, 2014 01:46
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Korak posted:Two 7-0 Hexproof decks at the SCG Seattle event. I've been praising that deck for months and it gets better as less devour fleshes are played. Pretty pleased with myself continuing to play Devour as a four-of. Edit: though Key's Hexproof just lost to Monoblack Aggro. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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Mar 16, 2014 01:52
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Bought a box of RTR for shits and giggles, and I wanted to fill out my binder with the poo poo I missed before rotation takes it. Also gonna draft half of it with m'bros. First 12 packs contained: 1 Blood Crypt 2 Hallowed Fountain 1 Precinct Captain 1 Rest in Peace 1 Pithing Needle 1 Pack Rat 1 Underworld Connections 1 Steam Vents 1 Loxodon Smiter 1 Volatile Rig 1 Angel of Serenity  ok Wizards I guess you showed me.
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Mar 16, 2014 02:25
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AgentSythe posted:The like first or second weekend DGM came out, I saw in the Legacy open some guy Notion Thief in response to an Ancestral Visions, have that one get killed by the Shardless BUG player, then Notion Thief again in response to a Jace brainstorm Best notion thief happened at my LGS. Esper Stoneblade vs High Tide. High Tide has cast some insane amount of High Tides at this point, I believe 4 or so after Snapcasting a couple. Goes to cast their first Time Spiral with no cards in hand. Esper player has 1 island, 1 swamp in play, 1 card in hand. Of course they Notion Thief the gently caress out of the high tide player. High Tide man untaps 6 lands, Esper man draws 14. High Tide player looks at their opponent. Looks at the board, scoops.
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Mar 16, 2014 02:57
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Fingers McLongDong posted:Are there any good mono-green lists out there maybe using Omnath as a commander? I thought about making a "big mana big creature" type deck. When Omnath says mana doesnt empty at the end of phases and steps, does that include end steps so you keep your mana across turns? Omnath is SUPER loving easy. My Omnath list is a pile with some good cards in it and I crush face on the reg. Just run lots of enchantments and artifacts to increase mana output and sorceries to fetch land, and fatties that make other fatties better or get you land. Also Bear Umbra. If you want, I can send you the list that I play with that isn't optimal but still hardcasts Ulamog turn 5 and turn 6 Gen Waves for half my deck. L0cke17 posted:Best notion thief happened at my LGS. No, I think it's the SCG Open where someone Notion Thiefed a Jace Brainstorm and the Jace's controller looked like someone shot his puppy.
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Mar 16, 2014 03:27
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Snacksmaniac posted:Good grief. Are they always this bad? 2-1 is a push and 3-0 is barely 150% of entry. Well, 2-1 in a B/T/T swiss queues puts you down 2.58 tickets, and 2-1 in a four booster sealed puts you down 1.2 tickets, and 2-1 in a normal phantom 6 pack sealed queue puts you down 1.2 tickets, so normally it's worse! I don't really get people complaining about bad EV when it comes to the current phantom cube payout (which this event mimics). I don't care about no "real prizes" when I (along with just about everyone on the planet) is negative EV long term in limited given current prize structures. Being able to actually re-queue with a Swiss 2-1 is much better value than anything else in MTGO limited these days.
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Mar 16, 2014 03:27
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I personally think having all 3 gold blocks fully represented in a single Sealed pool more than makes up for any whining over crappy prize support or bad EV. I can't wait to build an utterly unplayable pile of 5-color shite and pilot it to an excruciating 1-2 finish!
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Mar 16, 2014 03:31
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Literally The Worst posted:No, I think it's the SCG Open where someone Notion Thiefed a Jace Brainstorm and the Jace's controller looked like someone shot his puppy. It's, like, 9 posts up from you. The best part was when they explained that even though he didn't draw the three cards, he still had to discard two.
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Mar 16, 2014 03:33
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MiddleEastBeast posted:I personally think having all 3 gold blocks fully represented in a single Sealed pool more than makes up for any whining over crappy prize support or bad EV. I can't wait to build an utterly unplayable pile of 5-color shite and pilot it to an excruciating 1-2 finish! Same here; I think it'll be really fun to play these sets together.
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Mar 16, 2014 03:36
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Jesse Hampton getting a game loss for not desideboarding. I guess the one upside is we might see an Esper mirror that doesn't go to time. e: And Notion Thief stealing a Sphinx's Revelation G2. This is hilarious. Jabor fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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Mar 16, 2014 03:38
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Notion Thiefing a Brainstorm effect and making your opponent put 2 back on their library is probably one of the most exquisite experiences you can have in magic and it makes me sad that I'll likely never have an opportunity to do it. 
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Mar 16, 2014 03:39
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Notion Thief in response to a Rev in Seattle, haha. Control player immediately reads it.
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Mar 16, 2014 03:41
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Mr. Peepers posted:Notion Thiefing a Brainstorm effect and making your opponent put 2 back on their library is probably one of the most exquisite experiences you can have in magic and it makes me sad that I'll likely never have an opportunity to do it. If Spirit of the Labythinth makes it into Hatebears you can vial it in in response to a Brainstorm, which is both quicker to do and uncounterable
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Mar 16, 2014 03:47
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In the SCG Open, did that guy just bloodrush Ghor-Clan Rampager with GG mana? He had 3 forests + some other land, cast ultimate price for 1B, then bloodrushed Rampager. I think.
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Mar 16, 2014 04:09
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Devor posted:In the SCG Open, did that guy just bloodrush Ghor-Clan Rampager with GG mana? He had 3 forests + some other land, cast ultimate price for 1B, then bloodrushed Rampager. I think. He used his Caryatid for red, just sloppy tapping. Hahaha --- this Timothy Chavez guy goes to one of the local shops I play at.
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Literally The Worst posted:No, I think it's the SCG Open where someone Notion Thiefed a Jace Brainstorm and the Jace's controller looked like someone shot his puppy. Starting at 14:07-ish in this video
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Literally The Worst posted:No, I think it's the SCG Open where someone Notion Thiefed a Jace Brainstorm and the Jace's controller looked like someone shot his puppy. Not even the best part of that moment 
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Mar 16, 2014 04:26
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The Lord of Hats posted:Starting at 14:07-ish in this video It's actually at 44:40 Edit: It happens at 44 minutes 40 seconds, and also at 14 hours 7 minutesish like you said
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Mar 16, 2014 04:29
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Now he DEFINITELY just cast that 1WW banisher priest with a swamp, black/white dual land, and a mutavault, right? Edit: It's a black looking plains
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Mar 16, 2014 04:43
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Do you guys think I'd be better off buying one Box Set from the past 3 sets, or just find a deck I like and buy it individually for getting back into MTG? Should also mention I have close to $300 in Amazon bucks, but it wouldn't kill me to spend whatever on singles.
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L0cke17 posted:Best notion thief happened at my LGS. Esper Stoneblade vs High Tide. High Tide has cast some insane amount of High Tides at this point, I believe 4 or so after Snapcasting a couple. Goes to cast their first Time Spiral with no cards in hand. Esper player has 1 island, 1 swamp in play, 1 card in hand. Of course they Notion Thief the gently caress out of the high tide player. High Tide man untaps 6 lands, Esper man draws 14. High Tide player looks at their opponent. Looks at the board, scoops. I played in a vintage tournament a few weeks ago. Almost literally every-freaking-body played BUG. I played Breakfast Burrito because I wasn't smart enough to buy Lotuses when they were $400, and also because I was 9. The store owner was defending his Emerald with some awesome durdle forever deck with a bunch of Timetwister, Wheel of Fortune, etc. effects, plus Future Sight, which is just awesome, with the eventual goal of a lethal Kaervek's Torch. I'm not sure why it wasn't a Banefire, but whatever. To give an example of what the deck did, his one round went to time on his opponent's turn. His turn came up, and 20 minutes later the owner was still on turn 1, which he eventually won 15 minutes later. Anyway, so he was playing one of the BUG guys and casts Wheel of Fortune, I think. BUG guy flashes in Notion Thief in response. He scooped. But I've got one better that I did: 7-player Commander game, my friend casts Collective whatever it is 3 few turns in - the one that draws cards. Everyone taps out for like, 15 cards each. I cast Notion Thief and lose then go play Modern which I enjoy much more. Sab669 posted:Do you guys think I'd be better off buying one Box Set from the past 3 sets, or just find a deck I like and buy it individually for getting back into MTG? If you're just getting back into it, it's probably better to find a playset of all the common/uncommons back through at least Theros then buy whatever else you need individually. From what I've seen, they're usually around $40-50. Nothing is more fun than opening packs, but the value isn't usually there. suicidesteve fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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Sab669 posted:Do you guys think I'd be better off buying one Box Set from the past 3 sets, or just find a deck I like and buy it individually for getting back into MTG? Never buy sealed product unless you're drafting or you really like to open packs. Buying individual cards is always cheaper. To get all of the cards for something like mono black would have you opening multiple boxes of 5 different sets.
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