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traslin posted:My LGS does one friendly mulligan on FNM. I think the idea is that it is supposed to be a more casual night for newer players. I would buy that if it wasn't for the legend rule thing that was apparently just how it was done at his old store.
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traslin posted:My LGS does one friendly mulligan on FNM. I think the idea is that it is supposed to be a more casual night for newer players. I'm pretty sure they're not actually allowed to do that if it's sanctioned.
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Mar 28, 2014 05:17
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I've seen some people at my LGS declare a game a draw when they both need to mulligan and then start a new game with seven cards each. I don't know if this is technically a thing, if you have to report winning 2:1:1 or something like that, but at FNM I don't really think it should matter.
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Mar 28, 2014 05:20
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Olothreutes posted:I've seen some people at my LGS declare a game a draw when they both need to mulligan and then start a new game with seven cards each. I don't know if this is technically a thing, if you have to report winning 2:1:1 or something like that, but at FNM I don't really think it should matter. This is technically legal but isn't ever +EV so there's no reason to do it.
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Mar 28, 2014 06:22
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So, to any of the judges in here, we just had something weird come up in EDH, and I thought I'd get your opinions. 4 player, an opponent plays Notion thief. I copy it with Phantasmal image. I've read the rulings on gatherer, which say that they nullify each others' effects, so, if I go to draw a card, they cancel each other, and I draw a card. If he goes to draw a card, they nullify, and he draws a card. What happens if someone other than us draws a card? FYI, clockwise order goes myself, other notion thief, other two players...so notion thief is to my left, other two players to my right. The last I heard on trigger order, is that if a bunch of triggers are to happen at once from multiple players, they go on the stack in the order of active player, then the person to their right, etc. So, if the player to my right goes to draw a card, both triggers would happen, the player to my left would go on the stack, then mine would go on the stack. Mine would resolve first, I would go to draw a card, notion thieves would nullify, and I would draw a card. Then, my opponent's resolves, he would go to draw a card, notion thieves nullify, and he draws a card. So, basically, any time player other than the two of us would draw a card, both of us draw a card instead. Is this right?
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Mar 28, 2014 07:00
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Malgrin posted:So, to any of the judges in here, we just had something weird come up in EDH, and I thought I'd get your opinions. 4 player, an opponent plays Notion thief. I copy it with Phantasmal image. I've read the rulings on gatherer, which say that they nullify each others' effects, so, if I go to draw a card, they cancel each other, and I draw a card. If he goes to draw a card, they nullify, and he draws a card. What happens if someone other than us draws a card? FYI, clockwise order goes myself, other notion thief, other two players...so notion thief is to my left, other two players to my right. Notion Thief's ability is not a trigger. It is a replacement effect. These do not use the stack. If any player that does not control a Notion Thief draws a card in that situation, then there are two replacement effects trying to modify the card draw. The controlling player of the draw decides which replacement effect is used first and which is used second. So if a third player draws a card in while you have a Notion Thief and I also have a Notion Thief, that third player will choose to either apply your Notion Thief first or my Notion Thief first. If the third player chooses mine to be applied first, you draw the card. If they choose yours, I draw the card.
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Mar 28, 2014 07:15
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End of Life Guy posted:It's not impossible to map a box for it's rares, then bring those packs to draft with. Most places I've drafted at let people bring their own packs, but they take your packs as part of the entry fee and randomly re-distribute them among the players.
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Mar 28, 2014 07:36
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ShadeofBlue posted:Most places I've drafted at let people bring their own packs, but they take your packs as part of the entry fee and randomly re-distribute them among the players. I never open packs and I'm lucky enough to have a store owner that let's me pay entry using 4 boosters. He always opens the packs afterwards or gives them out as prizes after marking them to make a game out of what I was giving up on those packs. I'm sure if he didn't trust me it could be a serious problem, since me and my friend both now just return prize packs for credit and we have talked to each other about how it's awesome he let's us do it since it definitely isn't positive value for him and it's not like we'd stop playing if we couldn't do that. On the other hand, he had opened a foil Voice of Resurgence and a Brimaz from my packs, and given a foil Brimaz pack to someone that was one of the ones I turned in.
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Mar 28, 2014 07:47
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So I just found out that there's going to be a sealed tournament each day at PAX East where first place gets a foil Modern Masters set, and 2-4 place get a non-foil set. Unfortunately, the format is going to be garbage. It's a "standard sealed" tournament, so you get a pack of each set in RTR block, one M14 pack, and one pack from Theros and Born of the gods. Oh well, still gonna have to try to get into at least one.
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Mar 28, 2014 09:03
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C-Euro posted:Detroit goons- what's the name of the place in Garden City with the huge-rear end playing area? I went to a bunch of pre-releases there a decade ago when I was growing up in Ann Arbor. I think it might be Pandaemonium?
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Mar 28, 2014 11:23
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 I am now the proud owner of 60 Chancellor of the Dross. My plan is to head to a LGS pretending to be a casual player wanting to test his kitchen table deck. I will find the greasiest grognard who looks like he will throw the biggest fit, and I will lay down 7 dross. Good idea? Bad idea?
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Mar 28, 2014 12:48
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Good idea, but I suspect the novelty will wear off quickly.
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Mar 28, 2014 13:04
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Literally The Worst posted:Today I had a player who was confused that there wasn't a free mulligan rule at the store and also thought the legendary rule was just "One legendary creature in play at a time, period". When I asked him he said he had played sanctioned FNM as recently as Scars and that was how the store ran it. I have no idea what the gently caress. I had someone new to the game try to mull to 7, believing the first one was free. She said that DotP actually follows that rule. Is that true? I have no experience with the game. Tharizdun posted:This is technically legal but isn't ever +EV so there's no reason to do it. Isn't this a game-by-game determination? If you know your deck mulligans poorly (burn, aggro, etc), then surely a chance at another 7 is better?
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Mar 28, 2014 13:12
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GonSmithe posted:So I just found out that there's going to be a sealed tournament each day at PAX East where first place gets a foil Modern Masters set, and 2-4 place get a non-foil set. It might not be worth your time. I did it last year (I think the tournament I entered the prize was a laptop) but so many people were playing in order to cut down to a top 4 the tournament lasted for 9 ROUNDS. The format itself was fun enough, I ended up building GW splashing blue and red for Mercurial Chemister. I just didn't want to play it all day so I dropped after round 3.
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Mar 28, 2014 13:21
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Boxman posted:I had someone new to the game try to mull to 7, believing the first one was free. She said that DotP actually follows that rule. Is that true? I have no experience with the game. It's a matter of whether your deck mulligans more poorly than his. If you both agree to a redraw, then one of you messed up.
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Mar 28, 2014 13:35
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Boxman posted:I had someone new to the game try to mull to 7, believing the first one was free. She said that DotP actually follows that rule. Is that true? I have no experience with the game.
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Mar 28, 2014 14:03
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Mortimer posted:
I must be missing something...why are you allowed to run more than 4?
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Mar 28, 2014 14:05
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Dr. Clockwork posted:I must be missing something...why are you allowed to run more than 4? I'm not, I'd ask to test my casual deck because I haven't played magic in my life and its a really dumb 20 dollar joke
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Mar 28, 2014 14:07
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Dr. Clockwork posted:I must be missing something...why are you allowed to run more than 4? You're missing  .
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Mar 28, 2014 14:08
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Mortimer posted:I'm not, I'd ask to test my casual deck because I haven't played magic in my life Oh in that case I'm all for it
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Mar 28, 2014 14:09
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GonSmithe posted:So I just found out that there's going to be a sealed tournament each day at PAX East where first place gets a foil Modern Masters set, and 2-4 place get a non-foil set. Not sure exactly where you're seeing that. Per the TO's website, none of the standard sealed events pay out a foil Modern Masters set. http://tjcollect.com/news/pax-east-magic-schedule EDIT: Well that's odd, the OTHER link of their events has the payouts you're describing. I don't know what to believe any more! For example: http://tjcollect.com/event/pax-east-modern-masters-booster-draft-315 revengeanceful fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Mar 28, 2014 |
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So I borrowed three Voice for my FNM tonight. (playing selesnya goodstuff) And I placed far worse than either of my previous FNMs - 17th, as opposed to 5th and 4th.  I'm guessing it was more my awful decision making about mulligans, but it's still made me hesitant to drop $90 on three pieces of wizard cardboard (as opposed to the MUD deck I am suddenly building). Has anyone else had similar experiences with bomb rares/mythics falling flat?
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Mar 28, 2014 15:11
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ungulateman posted:So I borrowed three Voice for my FNM tonight. (playing selesnya goodstuff) If it makes you feel any better, Pod loves Voices?
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Mar 28, 2014 15:19
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ungulateman posted:So I borrowed three Voice for my FNM tonight. (playing selesnya goodstuff) I think that voices at $25 are a decent deal. They are eternal playable and from a set that was not opened widely. Luck/variance is a thing and non optimal mulligans plus facing the wrong decks can make a particular fnm run seem extra bad. I think that if you practice with the deck and it still runs poorly every night it could be a bad meta call or maybe just a deck that doesn't vibe with your juju.
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Mar 28, 2014 15:37
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Kabanaw posted:It might not be worth your time. I did it last year (I think the tournament I entered the prize was a laptop) but so many people were playing in order to cut down to a top 4 the tournament lasted for 9 ROUNDS. I have a pass for Friday and Saturday, and the event doesn't start until 3:30 anyway, so there's no way I'm not gonna enter it, even if it does take forever.
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PleasantDirge posted:I think that voices at $25 are a decent deal. They are eternal playable and from a set that was not opened widely. Luck/variance is a thing and non optimal mulligans plus facing the wrong decks can make a particular fnm run seem extra bad. I think that if you practice with the deck and it still runs poorly every night it could be a bad meta call or maybe just a deck that doesn't vibe with your juju. Do not agree. If you're not set on using Voice until October for Standard do not buy. It is barely eternal playable and you will be able to pick them up for $5 a pop after rotation.
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GonSmithe posted:I have a pass for Friday and Saturday, and the event doesn't start until 3:30 anyway, so there's no way I'm not gonna enter it, even if it does take forever. They've actually learned a bit from last year, so the biggest events they'll be running this year cap out at 64 players and 5 rounds, with no cut to top 4 or 8, so it shouldn't take all night.
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Mar 28, 2014 15:48
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What a Judas posted:Xanadu used to be THE place to play chill but competitive Magic. That's not really the case anymore, but the guy who owns it and the dudes behind the counter are cool folk. TL;DR - Check out Chesapeake Sports Cards in Crofton.
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AnacondaHL posted:Do not agree. If you're not set on using Voice until October for Standard do not buy. It is barely eternal playable and you will be able to pick them up for $5 a pop after rotation. Toxx yourself if you really believe that
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Mar 28, 2014 16:33
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revengeanceful posted:They've actually learned a bit from last year, so the biggest events they'll be running this year cap out at 64 players and 5 rounds, with no cut to top 4 or 8, so it shouldn't take all night. The only thing weird about that is you could go undefeated and still get 2nd, but yeah it sounds way better than not having a cap.
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AnacondaHL posted:Do not agree. If you're not set on using Voice until October for Standard do not buy. It is barely eternal playable and you will be able to pick them up for $5 a pop after rotation. What usually happens with foils of chase mythics at rotation? I want to pick up foils of Voice and an Archangel of Thune for EDH but I'm not in a rush. Voice is sitting at ~$70 right now and Archangel is sitting at ~$50. Will they stay close to that since they're fringe playable in Pod or will they tank just as hard? I just picked up a Sublime Archangel for $17, which from what I recall is well below what she was worth in standard even though I'm sure her price is propped up somewhat by the Angel Crowd. Death Bot posted:As someone who used to live in Ferndale, Eternal's probably gonna be your best bet. GG is indeed small as poo poo and TT is neat to go to but bad to stay at for very long. Eternal is right off of 696 anyways so it's only 5-10 minutes further than GG is and all of their stuff starts a bit later. haha I meant to say Guild of Blades instead of Gamer's Gauntlet, GG is super far away from me. Their prize support for EDH league is pretty poo poo so I'm not surprised. I just looked on Google Maps and Eternal Games is closer to me than RIW by a few miles, I might give them a try next week since I have to go to RIW tonight to pick up the Banisher Priest they owe me from taking down the draft last week. Sunday drafts might be a nice change of pace anyway, it'd be nice to have Friday nights back and goon meets are always a good time.
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AnacondaHL posted:Do not agree. If you're not set on using Voice until October for Standard do not buy. It is barely eternal playable and you will be able to pick them up for $5 a pop after rotation. I'll buy all of your Voices for $5 in October.
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ScarletBrother posted:I'll buy all of your Voices for $5 in October. I'll buy all the ones he can't carry. I like the card 
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Mar 28, 2014 16:48
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I don't regret trading off my voices for 60$ each especially since I can get them back for 25 a pop. I only need two for my Kiki Pod and they can wait anyway.
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AnacondaHL posted:Do not agree. If you're not set on using Voice until October for Standard do not buy. It is barely eternal playable and you will be able to pick them up for $5 a pop after rotation. I'm sure that Voice's price is being propped up by its inclusion in tier 2 standard decks and not by its place in a tier 1 modern deck.
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Well I guess I will give a shout out to Matrix Cards and Games in Redding CA. Really clean place, the owner is a retired pro Wake boarder. They keep board games, war gams, and most all the popular card games in stock. They have 3 storefronts in a strip mall, each shop is dedicated to each of the different game types. They sell stuff on Ebay and tcg player. Cant give these guys enough love, they keep the place clean, they will hose people down with axe or febreeze if they smell and have pretty good FNM turnouts for such a small city ( 28 = 50 people ).
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Mar 28, 2014 17:58
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MTGO Championships are currently on With no Audio. 
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Mar 28, 2014 18:48
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If you really want audio for some reason, the SCG Invitational is going as well. http://www.twitch.tv/scglive
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Count Bleck posted:MTGO Championships are currently on Is it just me or is it completely absurd that two people are sitting feet from each other, playing Magic via a lovely internet client?
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Count Bleck posted:MTGO Championships are currently on Works on my machine. toadee posted:Is it just me or is it completely absurd that two people are sitting feet from each other, playing Magic via a lovely internet client? It is but that's part of the charm. Snacksmaniac fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Mar 28, 2014 |
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