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L0cke17 posted:He's just eye-liner and fingerless gloves away from playing dredge in Legacy! I feel like if I got paired against that guy, my chat with the rest of my team after the match would go one of two ways: 1) "I just played against a guy in the most ridiculous nerd uniform, straight from fedora to neckbeard! Nice guy though, we chatted through the match and he seems alright!" Or 2) "I just played against a guy in a ridiculous nerd uniform, and he was a total douche, he refused to make eye contact or shake my hand afterwards." Because I have been in both situations before.
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One of my favorite matches ever happened last night. Long story short: I wad playing my B/W Enchantments. He was playing W/G Archangle of Thune. We didn't get past game one, went to turns. Turn 4 we decided he'd ultimate Garruk and swing in with everything he had in his stupidly large assembly of creatures with counters on them that now all had +5 and trample. If he'd either kill me or we'd draw. I had 64 life, he had 156. All my creatures (Erebos, Heliod, and 4 Heliod tokens) had lifelink and were buffed in various ways. He swung in for 135, I absorbed (through blocking or lifelink) 58 of it. I lost, but that poo poo was spectacular.
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Lord Of Texas posted:Fixed. Northjayhawk posted:Watching community cup and I'm confused about something.
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Sep 13, 2014 20:32
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neetengie posted:a crack isn't a butthole, there'd be more problems if he was showing it off. Appreciate the clarification
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Sep 13, 2014 20:35
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Sirius Sam posted:sounds like The Gaming Warehouse, am I right? Glad you're diggin' it. Hands down the best shop in the area and I'll probably see you there every thursday for modern! Yup, that's the one. I live all the way over by the airport so it's not a fun drive, but seems worth it. None of the other shops I've looked at in the area seemed very organized, and at the very least Gaming Warehouse seems to have their poo poo very much together. I'll be there all next week and weekend, probably, my girlfriend is heading off to Florida for a conference for work so I'll have NOTHING to do but play magic, perfectly timed with prerelease!
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Sep 13, 2014 20:46
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Lord Of Texas posted:Appreciate the clarification
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What is your opinions on what will be a good mid-range deck if you want to play in the wedge colours? My heart says go Temur, but my brain says go Abzan and I am confused 
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Evil Canadian posted:What is your opinions on what will be a good mid-range deck if you want to play in the wedge colours? Abzan is long term creature control that really wants some kind of enchantment/creature that says "creatures are indestructible". As it stands, in the slow game they generally get run over, and in the long game they get wrathed before they can do their "Big" plays. If you want Mid Range, I'd say Temur is your best bet. They're kind of about "play a 3 mana 4/4" and "hold up counterspells while bears eat your opponent"
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Sep 13, 2014 21:17
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What's going on with this guy's cards on the SCG stream? Are they all really beat up around the edges or identically altered?
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So after an additional bunch of hours of testing last night, some thoughts: - Despise is virtually Thoughtseize 5-8 in this format, and so much more powerful than Duress was for RTR/Theros. With Sphinx's Revelation rotating out, there's basically no non-creature, non-planeswalker spell you care about in your opponent's hand that you would want to take, aside from their own Thoughtseize. It feels like this Standard is going to be all about who has the biggest/most efficient threats, and stripping your opponent of threats and leaving him with just reactive cards gives you such a huge edge. - Murderous Cut is a really powerful removal card. I probably wouldn't play 4-of in a deck, but the first 1 or 2 you cast in a game is just hyper efficient. - Mardu Ascendancy is by far the most powerful of the ascendancy cards and I strongly suspect will be a format defining card. 1) if you have any creatures out, it grants immediate value the turn it comes down 2) It protects your board from Anger of the Gods / Drown in Sorrow 3) fantastic synergy with Butcher of the Horde (allowing him to give himself lifelink whenever he attacks) 4) if you have multiple copies out, the game gets utterly ridiculous 5) makes Rabblemaster better, and who doesn't want that? - Savage Knuckleblade is obviously very powerful, and probably the best reason to play Temur. Great as an early draw because he's cheap, and great as a late draw because then he's like AEtherling's dumb little brother. Theros/M15 cards that I think will be good in the new Standard: Ajani Steadfast (his +1 on Rabblemaster or Brimaz makes it much safer for them to attack, and his -2 on Sarkhan not only puts it immediately at 6 loyalty, but makes him a 5/5 dragon going forward), Stoke the Flames, Xenagos, the Reveler, Ashiok (at least as a sideboard card against any green deck), Rabblemaster obviously, Banishing Light, Caryatid, Courser, Polukranos, Stormbreath Dragon, Elspeth. Next up I really want to test out some Delve decks, Jeskai control, and that 4/5 rhino in Abzan.
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qbert posted:and his -2 on Sarkhan not only puts it immediately at 6 loyalty, but makes him a 5/5 dragon going forward You can only do one or the other. When Sarkhan's a creature, he's not a planeswalker, and vice versa. (This is in contrast to Gideon, whose ability has "he's still a planeswalker".)
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Sep 13, 2014 21:55
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Carrasco posted:You can only do one or the other. When Sarkhan's a creature, he's not a planeswalker, and vice versa. (This is in contrast to Gideon, whose ability has "he's still a planeswalker".) Whoops, missed that part. Well, it's still a good combo, you just now have to pick which benefit you'd prefer.
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Does circle of flame kill tokens popped by mardu ascendency? I think the answer is no, until they attack a 2nd time.
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Sep 13, 2014 22:18
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qbert posted:- Mardu Ascendancy is by far the most powerful of the ascendancy cards and I strongly suspect will be a format defining card. 1) if you have any creatures out, it grants immediate value the turn it comes down 2) It protects your board from Anger of the Gods / Drown in Sorrow 3) fantastic synergy with Butcher of the Horde (allowing him to give himself lifelink whenever he attacks) 4) if you have multiple copies out, the game gets utterly ridiculous 5) makes Rabblemaster better, and who doesn't want that? $0.68 on TCGPlayer right now. What are the odds that'll be a good investment?
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Sep 13, 2014 22:19
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Meatbag Esq. posted:Does circle of flame kill tokens popped by mardu ascendency? It doesn't, the tokens come into play attacking, they aren't declared as attackers.
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Sep 13, 2014 22:26
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stinkles1112 posted:$0.68 on TCGPlayer right now. What are the odds that'll be a good investment? I would think the margins are going to be too low to worry about it.
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Sep 13, 2014 22:26
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stinkles1112 posted:$0.68 on TCGPlayer right now. What are the odds that'll be a good investment? $3 for a playset? No reason not to buy. Cards Mardu Ascendancy is insane with: Hall of Triumph, Purphoros, Goblin Rabblemaster, Obelisk of Urd, Butcher of the Horde, and everyone's favorite MURDER KING.
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Sep 13, 2014 22:27
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Does bouncing a morph reveal it to the opposing player (the bouncer)?
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Rinkles posted:Does bouncing a morph reveal it to the opposing player (the bouncer)? IIRC, yes, because a morph card changing zones at all must be revealed.
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Sep 13, 2014 22:28
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TheTofuShop posted:IIRC, yes, because a morph card changing zones at all must be revealed. Makes sense.
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Sep 13, 2014 22:29
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Rinkles posted:Does bouncing a morph reveal it to the opposing player (the bouncer)? As TheTofuShop said, yes. It also reveals it when it gets countered, I feel that this could come up often.
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Sep 13, 2014 22:31
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TheTofuShop posted:IIRC, yes, because a morph card changing zones at all must be revealed. This is correct: quote:707.9. If a face-down permanent moves from the battlefield to any other zone, its owner must reveal it to all players as he or she moves it. If a face-down spell moves from the stack to any zone other than the battlefield, its owner must reveal it to all players as he or she moves it. At the end of each game, all face-down permanents and spells must be revealed to all players. Otherwise, it would be much easier to turn your top-decked plains into a grey ogre without getting caught.
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Is Tymaret, the Murder King something that could ever be constructed playable? I'm looking at getting back into Type 2 MtG for the first time in a few years, so I'm a little rusty on what's considered T2 good. I really want to do a Mardu themed token deck with Purphoros, and Tymaret seems like it could be solid. But it's currently selling for 20 cents so it appears I'm wrong. Edit: I see ol' Murder King was mentioned in answer to my last post, but still. Comboing well with one card doesn't mean constructed playable I suppose. sit on my Facebook fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Sep 13, 2014 |
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I don't think Mardu Ascendancy is very good.  stinkles1112 posted:Is Tymaret, the Murder King something that could ever be constructed playable? I'm looking at getting back into Type 2 MtG for the first time in a few years, so I'm a little rusty on what's considered T2 good. 'Sup?
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Day9 vs BDM in the battle of the best Arcade Game names... 
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Devor posted:
Sorry for dredging this up from the last page but I can't get over how his hat doesn't even seem to work like a normal fedora/trilby/whatever. I'm not sure if it's because it's too small for his head or what but it sits so high and tall. It's like a fedora and a shako had a baby.
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JerryLee posted:Sorry for dredging this up from the last page but I can't get over how his hat doesn't even seem to work like a normal fedora/trilby/whatever. I'm not sure if it's because it's too small for his head or what but it sits so high and tall. It's like a fedora and a shako had a baby. I imagine it comes from him trying to wear a fedora AND have a ponytail.
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Went to a draft last night and my opponent didn't show up for the first round. Apparently he left during deckbuilding. The guy next to him told me he said "gently caress this" and just got up and left all his cards. Weird. I haven't drafted outside of my group of friends much, does that happen often? If there's anyone from the NYC area here, what's your favorite place to play? I've been going to Twenty Sided in Brooklyn lately.
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Are we all just ignoring that his opponent is named "Boozer"?
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Montasy chapter 2 has been my favorite place to play at NYC. My friend lives in manhattan so it's the closest. Its a lot better than the old store that used to reside next to the Empire State Building that had a basement tournament area. Ugh.
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Entropic posted:Are we all just ignoring that his opponent is named "Boozer"? Ha, I did completely miss that. I think when you average out the name and the dressing/grooming, though, Boozer comes out way ahead.
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Cheesegod posted:I haven't drafted outside of my group of friends much, does that happen often?
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stinkles1112 posted:Is Tymaret, the Murder King something that could ever be constructed playable? I'm looking at getting back into Type 2 MtG for the first time in a few years, so I'm a little rusty on what's considered T2 good. It depends on whether you want to have fun or if you want to place with some regularity. He's got some fun synergies, but most of those synergies just amount to "spend a bunch of mana, deal 2 or 4 damage." Lots of people around here love him, but I'd be surprised if he Top 64'd more than one tournament.
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Boco_T posted:I haven't ever heard of this happening. I have, however, seen an entire sleeved draft deck in the trash after an early round. You obviously scavenged that good stuff, right? (I seriously think I would)
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Entropic posted:Are we all just ignoring that his opponent is named "Boozer"? He actually owns/operates one of the larger stores in the Atlanta area.
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Rinkles posted:You obviously scavenged that good stuff, right?
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En Fuego posted:You do realized he was banned for a while for that, right? Kind of that whole stance of, don't be an rear end in a top hat in the community! Hahaaha you do realize Sidney Blair has done more for the magic community than bdm, kibler, gay Cedric, straight Cedric and rosie combined right? Estas en fuego Papi thaz real.
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stinkles1112 posted:Is Tymaret, the Murder King something that could ever be constructed playable? I'm looking at getting back into Type 2 MtG for the first time in a few years, so I'm a little rusty on what's considered T2 good. before khans, tymaret was basically stone cold unplayable except in a niche deck that is the lovechild of the guy with the tymaret avatar on this board. Post rotation, however, there is a genuine chance for enough support with butcher of the horde, bloodsoaked champion, grim haruspex and others for an aristocrats style deck to florish, and tymaret provides a valuable sac outlet for that deck. i'm pretty high on it mostly because butcher strikes me as perhaps the best creature in khans, but tymaret is going for a loving quarter right now. its pretty much a freeroll to grab as many as you can get your hands on.
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always be closing posted:Hahaaha you do realize Sidney Blair has done more for the magic community than bdm, kibler, gay Cedric, straight Cedric and rosie combined right? I saw a man rear end crack playing magic earlier. His influence wasn't strong enough 
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I don't really see the synergy between Tymaret and Butcher. Could you explain?
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