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Sleep of Bronze posted:Galaia Ooo mama. Galaia, Swordseeker 4UR Legendary Enchantment Creature - Chimera When Galaia enters the battlefield, search your library for an equipment spell, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your library. When Galaia attacks, you may pay 4. If you do, put an equipment spell into play and equip it to Galaia. Haste 4/5
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jassi007 posted:I knew someone was going to object to me saying she had asian features. Whatever. These two people don't look like each other.   v  v
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Apr 2, 2014 16:14
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Yay Ajani officially announced, now we just need someone to leak his rules text.
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Apr 2, 2014 16:14
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jassi007 posted:maybe it was legendary enchantments are only god stuff? It was something about the reason why chromanticore couldn't be a legendary. Legendary Enchantment Creature — Manticore is too long to fit on the type line. The reason God is a creature type and they aren't Avatars is God is the only word that would fit after Legendary Enchantment Creature.
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There is information on some of the gods that isn't online, you only find it in the Players' Guide you get with fat packs. Some of it is interesting:quote:Ephara is the patron god of the city-state of Meletis. She presides over all aspects of civilization, including city-building, learning, industry, architecture and philosophy. She believes in establishing stability without crushing imagination, and she recognizes that mortals can create wonders when they work together. Even in the trouble times that shake Theros, she stands firmly on the side of the humans. quote:Phenax, the masked patron of lies and cheats, was imprisoned by Heliod in the Underworld. He chafed at his bonds and eventually discovered a way to escape. Phenax crossed back over the Rivers That Ring the World on the tattered cloak of Athreos, who ferries the dead to their ultimate rest. Because Phenax was hidden by illusion, the river guide could not detect him, and Erebos could not find him to drag him back. So there's your link between Phenax and the Returned both having gold masks. Phenax is kind of a complete gently caress. Related: He and Ashiok are currently doing things in the Dack Fayden the greatest thief in the multiverse comics. quote:The god of wrath and pain, Mogis takes the form of a ferocious minotaur. In his dominion over warfare, he delights in the dark side of battle, feasting on the utter destruction and abject fear of the defeated. Mogis is the twin brother of Iroas, god of victory, who commands the nobler aspects of war, and the two spar constantly. quote:Karametra is the god of the harvest, the hearth, and protection. She is the patron deity of Setessa, where a mystical grove of ancient trees enclose an immense temple to her. A serene, wise god, Karametra values community, stability, and the balance of nature. She speaks of Nylea, god of the hunt, as her sister; while the two often come into conflict, Karametra values wild animals as protectors of civilization. quote:The satyr Xenagos fully indulged himself in the revels of the Skola Valley before his Planeswalker spark ingnited. After traveling the Multiverse and learning the truth of the gods' nature, he returned to his home plane disillusioned but with a bold new plan: he would seize power on the Theros by becoming a god himself. In his arrogance, he sees this ascension as his right. Chorocojo fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Apr 2, 2014 |
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Apr 2, 2014 16:42
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jassi007 posted:The style is different, she looks swarthy in the second image and eurasian in the first. She looks like two different ethnicities. Have you ever seen an Asian person? Elspeth does not look like different ethnicities on those cards, they both look white European. If you want to look at planeswalker ethnicity swap, Sarkhan Vol looks pretty European on his first card but very Asian on his second.
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Apr 2, 2014 16:45
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The Lord of Hats posted:His behavior there is waaaaaaay more Blue-Black than Red-Green. Eh yeah, I can roll with that. These novels continue to impress me with how bad they can be.
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Apr 2, 2014 16:49
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Elspeth is also a Scottish name, a variant of Elizabeth. (Not that names determine everything since they went and made red-haired Irish Chandra canon.) It'd be hilarious if everyone trying to use Kruphix to figure out how to topple Xenagos end up playing into a bigger plot that topples every god except Kruphix.
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Apr 2, 2014 16:50
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GoutPatrol posted:From the Planeswalker's guide to Journey Into Nyx: 
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Have you ever seen an Asian person? Elspeth does not look like different ethnicities on those cards, they both look white European. If you want to look at planeswalker ethnicity swap, Sarkhan Vol looks pretty European on his first card but very Asian on his second. Seems like people are making that giant leap to Asian because her hair takes some cues from the culture. However, all her other features look European and are pretty similar on both cards aside from dyed/sun-bleached hair.
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Apr 2, 2014 16:53
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mango sentinel posted:I think you mean Congregation at Dawn
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Thor-Stryker posted:Seems like people are making that giant leap to Asian because her hair takes some cues from the culture. However, all her other features look European and are pretty similar on both cards aside from dyed/sun-bleached hair. It makes sense now. Heliod owns a kickin' rad tanning salon. Entropic posted:Pretty sure it would feature 3 creatures in the art and not 2 planeswalkers if that were the case. There's other Leonin in the art.
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Count Bleck posted:There's other Leonin in the art. Four of them, for a total of 6 figures. Congregation at Dawn Twice.
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Apr 2, 2014 17:10
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Congregation at Noon. Kitties need their sleep. 
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Apr 2, 2014 17:12
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Heliod confirmed for Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives
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Apr 2, 2014 17:13
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Chorocojo posted:So there's your link between Phenax and the Returned both having gold masks. Phenax is kind of a complete gently caress. Related: He and Ashiok are currently doing things in the Dack Fayden the greatest thief in the multiverse comics. Also Xenagos apparently represents double mischief.
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I trust Kruphix even less than Phenax, to be honest. He knows something.Zero_Grade posted:Just more proof that U/B is the worst and Not To Be Trusted (ever). Oops! Second one is supposed to be mockery.
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Chorocojo posted:I trust Kruphix even less than Phenax, to be honest. He knows something. He knows everything.
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Apr 2, 2014 17:29
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Count Bleck posted:It makes sense now. Heliod owns a kickin' rad tanning salon. Oh no elspeth don't get cancer! 
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Apr 2, 2014 17:40
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Chorocojo posted:Oops! Second one is supposed to be mockery.
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Entropic posted:Pretty sure it would feature 3 creatures in the art and not 2 planeswalkers if that were the case.
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Apr 2, 2014 19:14
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GW needs something good out of this set because selesnya decks got screwed over in BotG. Even Karametra sucks.
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Apr 2, 2014 19:21
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Fingers McLongDong posted:GW needs something good out of this set because selesnya decks got screwed over in BotG. Even Karametra sucks. Very good for EDH, though. No seriously, make a landfall deck and see how it goes.
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Bored at work and MTGO has been down all day  . I have been trying to get information on programming MTGO bots but the only info I found starts from a downloaded bot package made by someone who cashes in on about 3.5% of all transactions of its users. I want to program one from scratch to divvy out to others and cash in on that same percentage (or less to undercut the ever popular MTGO Library and have the Goon version run rampant  ). If anyone has any info on this or would like to help and collaborate please PM me.
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Ramos posted:Very good for EDH, though. edit-nope look how wrong i am
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Ramos posted:Very good for EDH, though. I have never been so loving sick of Craterhoof Behemoth and Avenger of Zendikar high-fiving all over my life total before my brother picked up Karametra as a Commander. You know, when Elesh Norn isn't piledriving my board position into mush.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:I have never been so loving sick of Craterhoof Behemoth and Avenger of Zendikar high-fiving all over my life total before my brother picked up Karametra as a Commander. I'd like to take this moment to point out that Karametra's Hat looks a lot like Elesh Norn's 
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Fingers McLongDong posted:GW needs something good out of this set because selesnya decks got screwed over in BotG. Even Karametra sucks. I think you're out of luck, the next set will be all enemy pairs won't it? Uness you'll settle for things that are one or the other and work in the archetype. We're expecting the September block to be announced at PAX in about a week, right?
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:I have never been so loving sick of Craterhoof Behemoth and Avenger of Zendikar high-fiving all over my life total before my brother picked up Karametra as a Commander. Try Curse of Exhaustion or some other stuff like that.
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Mindisgone posted:Bored at work and MTGO has been down all day I always thought the bots just connected to modos IRC backend, but then of course how would they interact with the trading fields. I know some were banned recently for dll injection so the ones that are left must just use UI scripting. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1964529/online-trading-bot is what I could find. Also you could try buying one of the commercial bots and see how it's set up. If they charge by volume of trades and you're not actually using it cuz you're rolling your own, maybe it wold be cost effective to buy and trial and see how it works in practice. Oh how I wish they'd dump the verisimilitude with binders and actual 1:1 trades and just go to some anonymous stockmarket type approach. But of course they can't even keep a tournament from crashing so good luck.
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BizarroAzrael posted:I think you're out of luck, the next set will be all enemy pairs won't it? Uness you'll settle for things that are one or the other and work in the archetype. Something like that. Though maybe this new ajani will be G/W and we'll get something else neat. Selesnya used to be a fun color combo in standard and it's really fallen behind. Edit: hey did you get those cards I sent you?
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Ramos posted:Try Curse of Exhaustion or some other stuff like that. I play mono-red. If the answer isn't dealing 3 damage to target creature or player it tends to be out of my reach.
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Apr 2, 2014 19:51
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:I play mono-red. If the answer isn't dealing 3 damage to target creature or player it tends to be out of my reach. Stranglehold, Chaos Warp, and Torpor Orb are your buddies here.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:I have never been so loving sick of Craterhoof Behemoth and Avenger of Zendikar high-fiving all over my life total before my brother picked up Karametra as a Commander. Chain Reaction and Blasphemous Act are two of my favorite lesser-known Wrath effects in mono-red. You also have Cinder Cloud and Fissure from a time when the color pie didn't matter and red could get unconditional creature removal.
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Saeku posted:Stranglehold, Chaos Warp, and Torpor Orb are your buddies here. Karametra is an on-cast trigger, not ETB, so Torpor Orb doesn't stop her from racking up lands. e: it'll kneecap Avenger of Zendikar, though
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Saeku posted:Stranglehold, Chaos Warp, and Torpor Orb are your buddies here. The best chaos warps are the ones where where you go through all the trouble of shuffling the big rear end deck and then flip over the tucked card. Also, Threaten effects with a sac outlet (or just Grab the Reins) are also a decent answer, especially if you have something like Mimic Vat or Skullclamp to capitalize on the death.
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You know what you need? You need some poo poo that fucks up spellcasting. You need Knowledge Pool and Possibility Storm. Also, Zo-Zu the Punisher and Ankh of Mishra will punch him in the face for playing lands. EDIT: Two words: Storm Cauldron. Zemyla fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Apr 2, 2014 |
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BJPaskoff posted:Chain Reaction and Blasphemous Act are two of my favorite lesser-known Wrath effects in mono-red. You also have Cinder Cloud and Fissure from a time when the color pie didn't matter and red could get unconditional creature removal. I think it would be kind of incredible to play a Kiki-Jiki into a Ball Lightning with a Nykthos on board for an Insurrection but that would probably never happen in a game of Elder Dragon Highlander.
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BizarroAzrael posted:I think you're out of luck, the next set will be all enemy pairs won't it? Uness you'll settle for things that are one or the other and work in the archetype. I was going to say there were enemy colored gold cards in BotG, but it was only Kiora and her followers... still, no reason why they can't go with Ajani and a few of his bros/sisters.
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JerryLee posted:I was going to say there were enemy colored gold cards in BotG, but it was only Kiora and her followers... still, no reason why they can't go with Ajani and a few of his bros/sisters. Everything is set up for a GW Mythic in JOU, there's even an incomplete cycle of allied color mythics in Theros that's missing GW.
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