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Count Bleck posted:Watch them capture and compleat Emrackles when he decides to bumble onto New Phyrexia to eat some robots. I actually kinda like the idea of Ravnica being re-revisted but in the context of it being invaded and all hosed up, with the guilds having to unite against a common enemy
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Wurzag posted:I actually kinda like the idea of Ravnica being re-revisted but in the context of it being invaded and all hosed up, with the guilds having to unite against a common enemy Imagine for a moment, a card with art depicting Rakdos and Isperia, fighting a Phyrexian Obliterator, surrounded by Revokers. Would that be baller or what? Also the Golgari would totally be compleated first.
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Sep 1, 2014 01:03
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Count Bleck posted:compleated That's a made up word, right?
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Wurzag posted:I actually kinda like the idea of Ravnica being re-revisted but in the context of it being invaded and all hosed up, with the guilds having to unite against a common enemy I prefer the idea that the first plane the Phyrexian-infected Eldrazi visit will be Theros where the gods have to team up to fight them off, and in the confusion,
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Sep 1, 2014 01:07
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It's just a nonstandard spelling of complete that MtG decided it wanted to reserve for the Phyrexians. Pre dictionary-based spelling standardisation, it's all over the place.
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Sep 1, 2014 01:07
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Rinkles posted:That's a made up word, right? No, actually.
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Rinkles posted:That's a made up word, right? Actually kind of no. "Compleat" is a real word, an archaic spelling of "complete" in the sense of "contains everything". A quick look didn't reveal any use of the form "compleated" as in "made whole", though.
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I'm having a hard time imagining a good outlast card, it seems so bad to give up an attack for a counter.
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Sep 1, 2014 01:13
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Here, US Declaration of Independence.
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BizarroAzrael posted:I'm having a hard time imagining a good outlast card, it seems so bad to give up an attack for a counter. The tap + sorcery speed is not conducive to doing much unless the rest of the "counters matter" mechanics are busted. And even if they are, its in the same colors as Ajani Steadfast.
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Sep 1, 2014 01:19
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I love seeing these 13 year old kids show up at these big Legacy tournaments with decks older than they are. One of the many reasons Magic is awesome.
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Applebees posted:Modern Tron decks could possibly play Ugin's Nexus. They could use Phyrexia's Core to sacrifice it.
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Sep 1, 2014 01:36
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Ah, gently caress it, this is annoying me too much now. Anyone remember the name or URL of that old blog which went down about a year ago, and did a load of reviews of the MTG books, collected the flavour articles and all that? Just wanna see if I can dig the TSP reviews out of archive.org and be sure Bolas mentioned Ugin. Not what you're looking for, but it's close. http://thesickreads.wordpress.com/
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Huh. Apparently I haven't deleted my internet history in well over a year and it was still buried in there. On the down side, archive.org saved very little of the site, so it didn't really help. (mtgfiction.com, if anyone cares)
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Dr. Stab posted:Plea for Power, Search the City, Magosi the Waterveil and Time Sieve. Search the City doesn't count because gently caress that terrible card. BizarroAzrael posted:I'm having a hard time imagining a good outlast card, it seems so bad to give up an attack for a counter. An attack AND a potential block. Not being instant seems to make it really bad. I'm willing to be proven wrong but it seems like a really lovely mechanic.
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Outlast will probably be exactly what they advertise it as: Late game usable. It's basically an incredibly slow way to build up your troops and is only meant to be used when you have excess mana and blockers. That means your guys, no matter how strong the other creatures are, will eventually out strip them in raw power. There will be a few major exceptions, like the token making outlast guy, but Abzan is presented as the absolute slowest of the wedges.
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So Allied Fetchlands probably means the other cards in Modern decks are going to get expensive as poo poo no? I just picked up Snapcaster Mages because I have a feeling they are going to spike. Even if they're in MM2, I don't expect them to get "cheap."
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Sep 1, 2014 02:31
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Both the store owners of the LCSs I go to both say the price of the Enemy Fetches are probably going to go down, actually! So I have hopes that's the case.
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Sep 1, 2014 02:32
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Huh. Apparently I haven't deleted my internet history in well over a year and it was still buried in there. On the down side, archive.org saved very little of the site, so it didn't really help. (mtgfiction.com, if anyone cares) This site is still up and has quite a bit on old stories: http://phyrexia.com/continuity/
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Sep 1, 2014 02:42
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Zendikar fetches should get cheaper because a lot of decks would prefer allied fetches - although most of the combo decks will probably stick to Tarns because UR is the main colour pair for combo decks. If this draws more people into modern, then yeh, expect Cliques, Cryptic Commands, colonnades, Remands, Paths, Bolts/Helix and Snapcasters to go up, because UW and Esper control and Naya zoo mana bases just got a lot cheaper.
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Is there a goon chat room in MTGO?
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Count Bleck posted:Both the store owners of the LCSs I go to both say the price of the Enemy Fetches are probably going to go down, actually! They seem to be down a bit on TCGPlayer already. I need 3 scalding tarns to finish off my legacy Doomsday deck and the lowest price I could find a few days ago was ~60, now they're around 50. Given that Rosewater seemed to indicate (I can't find the tweet right now) that they're not going to print only half a cycle of dual lands (I think it was in response to a question about fetches?) I imagine that they should continue to fall a bit, and I'd wager they're getting a reprint sooner than later. (Still might buy them now... after sucking it up and buying revised duals 50 bucks each doesn't seem so terrible...)
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The new inclusion of Ally Fetches in Modern will relieve some "price pressure" on the enemy ones. It's a bubble just waiting to pop and "new" Fetches in Standard will definitely make something pop. I'll be picking up whatever I don't get from my Box and Drafting when they hit <=$10.
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Count Bleck posted:Both the store owners of the LCSs I go to both say the price of the Enemy Fetches are probably going to go down, actually! I think that's also probably due to the fact that most people would expect the Zendikar fetchlands to appear in Set 3. It seems like the story structure of the block is Present Tarkir ---> Timey Wimey Sarkhan Fun Time ----> Present Tarkir (alternate). So then it would make sense that in alternate universe, there will be different colored fetches there. But the mana base for Modern has never been this cheap - shocks are incredibly plentiful, fetches are going to go the same way. The mana base being cheap means demand for the format is going to up. That then means the prices for all the other staples like Snapcaster Mage go up. I fully expect Snapcaster Mage to be more than $50.
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Mondrian posted:Zendikar fetches should get cheaper because a lot of decks would prefer allied fetches - although most of the combo decks will probably stick to Tarns because UR is the main colour pair for combo decks. Why would people stick to Tarns? The essential lands for combo builds are Steam Vents (can be fetched by Wooded Foothills, Flooded Strand, Polluted Delta or Bloodstained Mire) Breeding Pool (can be fetched by Wooded Foothills, Windswept Heath, Polluted Delta or Flooded Strand) and Stomping Grounds (can be fetched by Wooded Foothills, Bloodstained Mire, and Windswept Heath). I mean, you won't typically see more than 10 fetches in a single deck. I don't think there are any Modern decks with a greedy enough manabase to require Zendikar fetches instead of Khans ones.
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Why would people stick to Tarns? The essential lands for combo builds are Steam Vents (can be fetched by Wooded Foothills, Flooded Strand, Polluted Delta or Bloodstained Mire) Breeding Pool (can be fetched by Wooded Foothills, Windswept Heath, Polluted Delta or Flooded Strand) and Stomping Grounds (can be fetched by Wooded Foothills, Bloodstained Mire, and Windswept Heath). I mean, you won't typically see more than 10 fetches in a single deck. I don't think there are any Modern decks with a greedy enough manabase to require Zendikar fetches instead of Khans ones. You want on-colour fetches so that you can fetch basics when you need an untapped land without paying 2 / need to play around Blood Moon. You're going to end up with a playset of Tarns, plus either 6 more blue fetches if you're straight UR, or 4 U/x fetches and two R/x ones if you're playing a third colour.
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Sleep of Bronze posted:I'm fairly sure he found Dunce Foolio in one of the comics that not even I'm a big enough flavour fanatic to read. And Sorin was unamused by THE GREATEST THIEF IN THE MULTIVERSE. And Tibalt from the Duel Decks too. This brought a question to my mind: is there a story provided for the Duel Decks? I.E., is there lore as to what happened when Sorin met Tibalt? Because considering the participants, in my mind it pretty much goes like when Indiana Jones met that guy with a fancy sword - Tibalt boasts and makes some colorful sparkles, Sorin just glances in disgust at him, and then Tibalt collapses into a pile of ash. Confirm/deny?
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Rules question: if I +1 the new sarkhan and make him a dragon, then +1 Ajani MOH and give Sarkhan three +1/+1 counters, what happens to the counters at the end of the turn? Do they fall off or remain there and provide the bonus the next time I make Sarkhan a dragon again?
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I think we usually have a blurb on WHY they fight but not necessarily next follow up. I think Tibalt was just being a general dick and Sorin was like HEY THIS IS MY PLANE. And then they fought. Maybe Tibalt had a chance because his deck was better  Seriously: Tibalt's backstory is "basically a total rear end in a top hat, got nearly executed and fused with a demon. Still an rear end in a top hat." ^^^Edit: He keeps the counters though they do nothing while he isn't a creature.
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Jabor posted:You want on-colour fetches so that you can fetch basics when you need an untapped land without paying 2 / need to play around Blood Moon. I guess, but with proper sequencing of off-color fetches you can drop the (generally) two islands and still be able to fetch plenty of Vents. I do allow that Tarns might make a difference over a long enough time period, but I think it'll be possible to run Twin and Storm without them and still top 8 events.
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I had a tragic showing today at the SCG Modern event playing Junk and I must have just misread the meta (and also not have been very good playing my deck, i just finished it last week) since I went a pathetic 1-4. Lost to my mana a few times, lost to Pod twice which seems like a terrible matchup even with all the hate I SB'ed in and winning game 1 both times I saw it.
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Just noticed the dude on the left. That's not an Aven. What is that? (Abzan)
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Sarcastro posted:This brought a question to my mind: is there a story provided for the Duel Decks? I.E., is there lore as to what happened when Sorin met Tibalt? Because considering the participants, in my mind it pretty much goes like when Indiana Jones met that guy with a fancy sword - Tibalt boasts and makes some colorful sparkles, Sorin just glances in disgust at him, and then Tibalt collapses into a pile of ash. Confirm/deny? There's no story for that Duel Deck as far as I'm aware beyond "Tibalt you little loving poo poo" Gensuki posted:Just noticed the dude on the left. Dogmen. Abzan and Temur both have them. The Abzan ones are more Jackal like, the Temur ones are basically Chow.
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Gensuki posted:Just noticed the dude on the left. Dog-folk.
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Just reading Maro's blog and so many questions are about "Why does Sultai get an old mechanic" that I think he's running out of ways to say "Delve has appeared on exactly 3 cards in all of Magic".
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Gensuki posted:Just noticed the dude on the left. They're some new race of jackal people called the einoch or ainok or something
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mcmagic posted:I had a tragic showing today at the SCG Modern event playing Junk and I must have just misread the meta (and also not have been very good playing my deck, i just finished it last week) since I went a pathetic 1-4. Lost to my mana a few times, lost to Pod twice which seems like a terrible matchup even with all the hate I SB'ed in and winning game 1 both times I saw it. Pod is basically the reason I am back on Jund at this point. I played junk for a while and found the pod matchup nearly unwinable. Anger of the gods really does make that kind of difference.
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Watching Junk against Pod just looks like "they're playing basically the same deck except one of them gets to run Birthing Pod" which does not fill me with confidence for the matchup.
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redux posted:Pod is basically the reason I am back on Jund at this point. I played junk for a while and found the pod matchup nearly unwinable. Anger of the gods really does make that kind of difference. I landed a Stony Silence turn 2 both SB games and lost. It's loving unreal.
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