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Fox of Stone posted:Casual racism, sexism, and homophobia is still those things. And to be clear, the IPG explicitly calls out that it's still UC - Major even if the player's opponent doesn't mind.
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The SCG open finals is another example of the sheer power of mono black. MBD player had the resources to make two pack rats a turn, but decided to not do that for some reason (he's against GW, so no board sweepers available) and ended up with a decimated board without any rats left. He had a lifebane zombie, so was able to sneak a victory, but it all seemed like he chose the hardest route possible rather than just making two more rats every turn.
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Apr 13, 2014 16:28
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Boxman posted:The SCG open finals is another example of the sheer power of mono black. MBD player had the resources to make two pack rats a turn, but decided to not do that for some reason (he's against GW, so no board sweepers available) and ended up with a decimated board without any rats left. He had a lifebane zombie, so was able to sneak a victory, but it all seemed like he chose the hardest route possible rather than just making two more rats every turn. The GW Aggro player didn't point out that the packrat should die, it took the judges and staff at the table to point out it would die to damage still on it from the VoR block. I really wonder how many games are decided in these tournaments by both players playing incorrectly.  Punts game 2 hard too. Goes double temples instead of casting a devour on a 4 power board. Got run over.
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Apr 13, 2014 16:31
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So wait, we don't find out the next block's name until the pro tour in May?
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Apr 13, 2014 16:48
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Entropic posted:Can't roll my eyes enough at the Guest Designer gimmick for M15. Leave card design to the pros, please. I'm sure Wizards R&D worked closely with the "guest designers", probably even more closely than they did with the Invitational winners. Contrary to the belief of many, modern R&D has their poo poo together and would never give any sort of real control of their product to another entity. Magic already has a large overlap with a lot of other nerdy niche hobbies and this is a great way to strengthen that bond. Plus Genesis Hydra, have you seen that card?
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Apr 13, 2014 16:52
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Congrats to Mono Black Devotion for finally winning a Standard Magic tournament
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Apr 13, 2014 17:00
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The Lord of Hats posted:So wait, we don't find out the next block's name until the pro tour in May? Mono Black guy wins GP Dallas even though he was playing and sideboarding pretty terrible. Devour of Flesh should always come out against VoR decks unless you just absolutely don't have anything else to board in. "This is my first Open and I haven't played in seven years until Theros came out." That explains that. Korak fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Apr 13, 2014 |
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Apr 13, 2014 17:02
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Boco_T posted:Congrats to Mono Black Devotion for finally winning a Standard Magic tournament And piloted by a guy who has never been to an open before! Solid!
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Apr 13, 2014 17:06
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For the women playing MTG thing ... I know Seattle has a great thing with Lady Planeswalker Society. Run by former WOTC employee Tifa Robles, she's getting the word out on what she does pretty well now. I'd check out their FB, or contact her, if you're interested on finding ways to make it more inviting for women to come to your LGS. Or, you could just speculate on these threads! 
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Apr 13, 2014 17:31
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I think step one is to not act like frenzied sharks smelling blood in the water. My gf plays at her LGS and her biggest complaint is the "can I have your number?" question because apparently asking to see someone's trade binder or asking for deck advice is flirting. She's cool about it but I can definitely see that making women not want to play.
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Apr 13, 2014 17:42
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En Fuego posted:For the women playing MTG thing ... I know Seattle has a great thing with Lady Planeswalker Society. Run by former WOTC employee Tifa Robles, she's getting the word out on what she does pretty well now. I'd check out their FB, or contact her, if you're interested on finding ways to make it more inviting for women to come to your LGS. Even Lady Planeswalker events are half male
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Apr 13, 2014 17:55
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kingcobweb posted:Even Lady Planeswalker events are half male Not the point, and you know it.
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Apr 13, 2014 17:56
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I think LPS is great and a lot of my friends go to it. But it also seems sad that one woman in her spare time has been more successful at making a woman-friendly scene for Magic than the entirety of Wizards.
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kingcobweb posted:I think LPS is great and a lot of my friends go to it. But it also seems sad that one woman in her spare time has been more successful at making a woman-friendly scene for Magic than the entirety of Wizards. I don't disagree with that, but it also seems like she's making a lot of headway in the convention department. Geek Girl Con is using LPS over Wizards this year, and it may be a telling sign for them to pick up their game. The way, sometimes, to get a company to do something is to do it better and show that it's a successful entrepreneurial endeavor.
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Apr 13, 2014 18:11
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So, yesterday, y'all made it sound like there were gonna be another magic panel today but the PAX east schedule appears to disagree so did I just misunderstand or am I blind?
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kingcobweb posted:I think LPS is great and a lot of my friends go to it. But it also seems sad that one woman in her spare time has been more successful at making a woman-friendly scene for Magic than the entirety of Wizards. I wish there were a way to get an LPS-type group together in my area, but I certainly can't start one, and the lovely behavior of the guys is not going to encourage any women to get working on one. forbidden lesbian posted:So, yesterday, y'all made it sound like there were gonna be another magic panel today but the PAX east schedule appears to disagree so did I just misunderstand or am I blind? There's no panel I'm aware of. They mentioned at the panel that Huey will be revealed "Sunday at the Pro Tour," but people seemed to not hear the "at the Pro Tour" part.
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Apr 13, 2014 19:30
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Boco_T posted:Here's a budget green deck you might be able to start with: Thanks to you and Ramos for the suggestions. Just out of curiosity, are there any preconstructed decks a la the dated Hold the Line recommendation that are OK? I am going to work on getting that green devotion deck together most likely but I'd like to go get something now that's semi decent to play around with.
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Apr 13, 2014 19:40
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tzirean posted:I wish there were a way to get an LPS-type group together in my area, but I certainly can't start one, and the lovely behavior of the guys is not going to encourage any women to get working on one. Talk to the owner. If s/he isn't a grognard, you might be able to progress. There's a women-only pathfinder/dnd night at our LGS. Helps that we have another room for RPGs though. The only bad thing is that it's scheduled on the same night as board game night. e: Oops, misread. I thought you were trying to do it specifically for a store.
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Apr 13, 2014 19:46
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vulturesrow posted:Thanks to you and Ramos for the suggestions. Just out of curiosity, are there any preconstructed decks a la the dated Hold the Line recommendation that are OK? I am going to work on getting that green devotion deck together most likely but I'd like to go get something now that's semi decent to play around with. The latest event deck is the one from Born of the Gods which is all black. It's pretty good and a nice way to start off in black if you want to.
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Apr 13, 2014 19:49
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Anyone else watching SCG that can confirm that David Thomas didn't reveal his hand when he got hit with Surgical Extraction? Not that it matters since he just dumped it all with Breakthrough, but still.
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vulturesrow posted:Thanks to you and Ramos for the suggestions. Just out of curiosity, are there any preconstructed decks a la the dated Hold the Line recommendation that are OK? I am going to work on getting that green devotion deck together most likely but I'd like to go get something now that's semi decent to play around with. Either that green deck or the black one is fine but if premade vs piece hunting is the issue, just print the green list out and show it to whoever is working at your lgs. If you have a good and organized store, they should be happy to hunt through their stuff and find the pieces for you. You could skip the sideboard for now until you get comfortable with the game again, and by then you might be ready to upgrade the deck too. Could be cheaper to make the green one but it really depends on how well-priced your store is and how helpful they are.
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En Fuego posted:For the women playing MTG thing ... I know Seattle has a great thing with Lady Planeswalker Society. Run by former WOTC employee Tifa Robles, she's getting the word out on what she does pretty well now. I'd check out their FB, or contact her, if you're interested on finding ways to make it more inviting for women to come to your LGS.
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First draft of Athreos EDH went surprisingly well. Guy needs to be more midrange though, that or I make the deck 1/3 Shadowborn Apostles because the idea of saccing six of them, waiting to see how many my opponent makes stay dead, then fetching a Rune-Scarred Demon into Immortal Servitude to twist the knife.
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Korak posted:Would a fetch land that gets any land it wants be too broken in Modern/Legacy? Yes
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Korak posted:Would a fetch land that gets any land it wants be too broken in Modern/Legacy? Immediate thought was that you now have a thinner deck and that much more room for the wasteland love to go around. Among other things.
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I don't know if it'd be too overpowered to have a terramorphic expanse for any land. Maybe tack on a life cost or mana cost to balance it?
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So I am trying to think of what white devotion splashing red could potentially ramp into? I know there isn't any conventional ones, would like creative ideas please 
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MrBling posted:Anyone else watching SCG that can confirm that David Thomas didn't reveal his hand when he got hit with Surgical Extraction? Yep, it seems like both players forgot about it.
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Mince Pieface posted:I don't know if it'd be too overpowered to have a terramorphic expanse for any land. Maybe tack on a life cost or mana cost to balance it? It wouldn't be overpowered in the sense that cards like Skullclamp and Ancestral Recall and Moxen are overpowered, but it would be overpowered in the same sense that Survival is overpowered; it would give you so much incremental advantage that it would probably overtake the format in it's entirety.
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Korak posted:Would a fetch land that gets any land it wants be too broken in Modern/Legacy? Yes, because Gaea's Cradle and Wasteland exist.
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Samael posted:So I am trying to think of what white devotion splashing red could potentially ramp into? I know there isn't any conventional ones, would like creative ideas please You could also mess with Aurelia, I guess. She might actually be sort of good at closing up the game and she is buddies with Iroas and Launch the Fleet.
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Mince Pieface posted:I don't know if it'd be too overpowered to have a terramorphic expanse for any land. Maybe tack on a life cost or mana cost to balance it? it probably needs to be worse than sylvan scying to not have a color pie bleed, and that seems a lot better
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I just remember that Cloudpost is banned in modern and giggled to myself a little bit.
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Spiderdrake posted:There are conventional ones, white devotion would ramp into AoSerenity off Nykthos a couple months back. Been thinking of ideas from FNM this week, angel of serenity is good and I have aurelia already, but I was more thinking of with all the token makers mono white has now post JOU, ramping into devout invocation would be so much fun 
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Is anybody else watching GP Philly? It's currently the last round of Swiss with Huey Jensen playing against a 13 year old kid in a win-and-in game and it's tense as gently caress.
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an_mutt posted:Is anybody else watching GP Philly? It's currently the last round of Swiss with Huey Jensen playing against a 13 year old kid in a win-and-in game and it's tense as gently caress. The kid misplayed the hell out of that game  . G1
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Nope, I'm watching SCG because there's Food Chain vs High Tide on right now.
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Jenx posted:Nope, I'm watching SCG because there's Food Chain vs High Tide on right now. Dammit I wanted to watch that game. At least it will be up on YouTube soon. In other news, Huey reveal is today right? I presume later?
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Serperoth posted:In other news, Huey reveal is today right? I presume later? They said they were announcing it during Pro Tour Journey into Nyx. So, May 18th.
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