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Gensuki posted:I want to say my story now! Kidding, did you open any bomb rares?
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Made Day 2 of the Invitational at 6-2, but I'm sad to report that I couldn't pull the trigger on bringing Breakfast Burrito and instead went with Burn. Turned out to be a really, really good choice but alas.
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AnacondaHL posted:Made Day 2 of the Invitational at 6-2, but I'm sad to report that I couldn't pull the trigger on bringing Breakfast Burrito and instead went with Burn. Turned out to be a really, really good choice but alas. You dishonor Goons everywhere. Good. I'm currently getting ready for the Standard Open tomorrow. I don't think I've felt this uncomfortable about going to a 'convention' of sorts just because of all the prep work I'm doing. Namely switching out my gold dragon shields for red ones. And doing my decklist. And signing a contract. This is kind of a first time dealio for me, should I bring lunch or something? I'm packing water and some granola bars so far. Count Bleck fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Aug 30, 2014 |
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Aug 30, 2014 05:23
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Count Bleck posted:This is kind of a first time dealio for me, should I bring lunch or something? I'm packing water and some granola bars so far. Make some sandwiches and carry a lunchbox unless you know in advance that there'll be actual food that you can get in less than ten minutes.
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Count Bleck posted:You dishonor Goons everywhere. A water bottle is good if you're okay with refilling it at the drinking fountains. You can bring a lunch or eat from the food at the site (expensive-ish but decent selection for convention center food) or there's like a Subway nearby if you can drive to it. But the Standard Open is likely to be 10 rounds (400+ people), so eventually you'll have to get dinner too.
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neetengie posted:you were at an anime con doesnt count I opened a yavimaya coast which I traded for a Skrillex the blight dragon, which feels like a bomb rare. But not really. I did see a Kalonian twin grove as my potential first pick, but then I saw the Overwhelm... I mean, that wins games! I kept hearing how everyone did 2 color in m15 drafts, so I figured I couldn't count on being mono green, and 6 mana for 2 3/3s didn't sound too appealing. My deck was stuff like... Borderland marauder goblin rough rider invasive species Living Totem And then I had some walls of fire and mulch for some awful reason... The biggest thing I had was Will forged Golem My winning packs had a Soul of Innistrad and a shiny Gobin Kaboomist though!
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Aug 30, 2014 06:04
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Nice part about Overwhelm though is that your walls can still potentially contribute to the spell. Sounds like it was a solid deck.
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Went 3-2 at FNM, losing to RW Burn and GW Aggro . The GW Aggro loss in particular was bad as I had a large Scavenging Ooze out and he had a Boon Satyr-Bestow'd Voice of Resurgence Elemental Token ( ) out and we were racing; he kept topdecking Call of the Conclave for blockers and I needed a single. loving. Removal. Spell. Counting Golgari Charm, I had eleven cards left in my deck at that point that could have won me the game had I drawn any of them:-3 Hero's Downfall -2 Golgari Charm -4 Abrupt Decay -2 Putrefy But no, I drew lands for five turns instead.  Overall I had fun and it's encouraging to see the deck do so well against Aggro (well, most of the time anyways...) and in particular GR Monsters, which early on had been a poor matchup. I'm now 4-0 against the deck over two weeks.
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Aug 30, 2014 07:02
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Mikujin posted:Yes. Don't forget to use the Magic Store & Event Locator at Wizards.com/Locator to find tournaments in their area.
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Dr. Stab posted:Don't forget to use the Magic Store & Event Locator at Wizards.com/Locator to find tournaments in their area.
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Aug 30, 2014 08:15
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He wasn't being sarcastic either. We discussed searching for magic events online due to some ruling or event a few weeks ago.
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Aug 30, 2014 08:19
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I know. I was being sarcastic. Though, it is a real thing that the rules allow you to do. If it's at comp rel, where electronic devices are forbidden, ask a judge to allow you to use the gameplay action detailed in rule 100.6b. e: Chill la Chill posted:He wasn't being sarcastic either. We discussed searching for magic events online due to some ruling or event a few weeks ago. I am actually sarcastic. Don't earnestly follow my advice.
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Aug 30, 2014 08:21
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Went 3-1-1 with my pseudo-block-constructed White Heroic deck at FNM. Lost round 1 to Jund monsters. I steamrolled him game 1, then he managed to play an unholy amount of Stormbreath Dragons and I didn't draw a single Brave or Gods Willing for 5+ turns straight in both games 2 and 3. Beat B/W Midrange in Round 2, mostly because he got screwed on mana. Beat a Mardu aggro list Round 3. It was a funky Goblin Rabblemaster-based deck with Spark Trooper and Athreos, but I was simply too fast and gaining too much life. Tied with U/W control round 4. I crushed him game 1, got ground out hardcore game 2 (I was on 71 life when I conceded), then we both completely forgot that I had a Phyrexian Revoker naming Elspeth in game 3, didn't notice for several turns, and decided to call it a draw rather than finagle over it. Beat mono-G devotion round 5. Another game 1 steamroll into a game 2 grind-out, followed by a concession in game 3 when he wasn't dead? He could have slapped my Ajani down a fair amount of life with his mana dorks, but I think he was burnt out after an intense mirror last round and we were all pretty tired (close to midnight). Pretty good for a pile of $2 rares and commons people would throw away after a draft.
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Whoa, what just made Keranos spike again? Is just the idea of it being played as a one-of in a Legacy make it move that much?
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ungulateman posted:Went 3-1-1 with my pseudo-block-constructed White Heroic deck at FNM. I think I sat next to you round 1 - I went 3-2 playing B/G constellation at what I think was this FNM
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GoutPatrol posted:Whoa, what just made Keranos spike again? Is just the idea of it being played as a one-of in a Legacy make it move that much? He's also seeing play as a win-con in UWR control, both in Modern and Standard. He's one of the best ways to spend 5 mana in U/R right now. (In addition to the always-stable casual appeal, etc.) Mondrian posted:I think I sat next to you round 1 - I went 3-2 playing B/G constellation at what I think was this FNM Good Games in Brisbane? There's no shortage of jank mono-white Heroic decks and players out there, I'm sure. 
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ungulateman posted:
Can you tell me anything else about this wrb aggro deck? Because that sounds awesome! Any pre-eminent captains shooting spark troopers out (they are soldiers) I had the best feeling ever earlier on the week playing my Selesnyaggro against Azorius control. I beat the control player to 5 mana while I had 2 fleecemane lions out. Opponent went for the quicken + verdict, so I just monstrous'd a fleecemane in response and that's pretty much gg for the control player. Oh god so good.
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ungulateman posted:He's also seeing play as a win-con in UWR control, both in Modern and Standard. He's one of the best ways to spend 5 mana in U/R right now. (In addition to the always-stable casual appeal, etc.) Oh, I know he's good. That's why I bought a playset of him, fast. I built my own deck around him (basically the Mono U shell splashing for him and Goblin Electromancer.) I just didn't know how his price tripled basically in a week.
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ungulateman posted:Good Games in Brisbane? There's no shortage of jank mono-white Heroic decks and players out there, I'm sure. Yup. My deck generally does well because of main-deck Grim Guardians as blockers, plus Bile Blight and Hero's Downfalls against all of the aggro that seems to be in that meta, and then I can side in Drown in Sorrows as well if I need. I lost to UW control and GR monsters, both matches I got horribly mana screwed and didn't get off 2 mana. I beat Junk midrange, Izzet midrange and mono-white aggro.
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RubberJohnny posted:So what time do we get PAX spoilers? The Magic panel runs from 1:30 to 2:30 EST, so probably around then.
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RubberJohnny posted:So what time do we get PAX spoilers? The PAX party is tonight at 7PM PDT (about 12 hours from this post), the worldbuilding panel is tomorrow at 1:30pm PDT.
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I'm spending my PAX day today with a bunch of MTG. If you didn't know there's a $30 sealed at 1pm which pays out top prize of a foil Modern Masters set. So, that's value. Plus I have Twin for modern if I feel stupid.
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I just read Maro's post from Monday, because I'm behind on magic stuff now that my job doesn't revolve around it anymore, and holy dick I am actually excited to see how the switch to two-set blocks affects the game. THis is interesting.
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Attorney at Funk posted:The PAX party is tonight at 7PM PDT (about 12 hours from this post), the worldbuilding panel is tomorrow at 1:30pm PDT. Will that be up anywhere, or should people rely on goon spoils?
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Gensuki posted:Will that be up anywhere, or should people rely on goon spoils? People will be posting stuff from the party on social media etc. but the worldbuilding panel will be streamed (as well as presumably uploaded to WotC's Youtube account some time next week)
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Gensuki posted:Will that be up anywhere, or should people rely on goon spoils? I'll be at the party, trying to live tweet stuff. You can follow me at @RevEnFuego, or usually just follow the #PAX or #PAXPRIME2014 hashtags.
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Applebees posted:This is my favourite LSV moment from Spellslingers. Ahahahahaha I legitimately burst out laughing. LSV owns
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Was just looking at the price history of Snapcaster Mage and found it spiked sharply with the release of Born if the Gods, anyone know why?
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Wasn't that when DRS was banned in modern?
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BizarroAzrael posted:Was just looking at the price history of Snapcaster Mage and found it spiked sharply with the release of Born if the Gods, anyone know why? Also PT BNG was Modern. Modern staples spike in price when Modern season starts. Mox Opal jumped around the same time and Affinity don't give no hoots about DRS.
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Attorney at Funk posted:People will be posting stuff from the party on social media etc. but the worldbuilding panel will be streamed (as well as presumably uploaded to WotC's Youtube account some time next week) Yeah, the social media stuff will end up in this thread. If no one else is posting 'em, I will.
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GoutPatrol posted:Whoa, what just made Keranos spike again? Is just the idea of it being played as a one-of in a Legacy make it move that much? OK here's babby's first speculation: I think pretty much everything in Standard that is enemy coloured is poised to spike, as well as anything that helps get around colour requirements. Every allied colour pair only goes in one wedge, but each enemy pair is in two wedges (so Keranos could be played in both the UWR and RUG wedges). I especially think anything blue-green is golden, as it's a hugely popular casual colour combination, and will be playable in both BUG and RUG decks in standard.
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Andrew Jessup was Bident hitting for 5 and so he drew like 15 more cards than Reid Duke, but Reid played as perfect as you'd expect The Best Player In The World to play and managed to win with Gr Devotion. That was a game 1 worth finding when they post the archive and watching. SCG Invitational Round 16.
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Reid Duke managed to eke out a win from a certain loss, and then converted a small mana advantage into the most crushing victory imaginable. He's pretty good.
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Attorney at Funk posted:Reid Duke managed to eke out a win from a certain loss, and then converted a small mana advantage into the most crushing victory imaginable. He's pretty good. Pretty good is an understatement. I want to be Reid Duke when I grow up.
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1-4, felt like a chump. I'll try again in a month..
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BizarroAzrael posted:He's not running his Bard Brew again? No, it was G/R devotion and holy poo poo he was making amazing plays all weekend. There was another game yesterday where he had Domri and Gen Hydra in hand and a Xenagos out, opponent had Pack Rat with Mutavault activation up. The obvious play would've been to cast Domri and minus to trade Satyr token and rat. Instead Reid taps out for Hydra, because he knows that if he hits just one creature, he can then +1 Xenagos for exact mana to cast Domri and fight the rat with the Hydra, thus saving a creature. Which he does. Because he's awesome. Edit: The moment I described is HERE at 5:24:50. qbert fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Aug 30, 2014 |
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