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A guy playing Sultai Delve cast Wealth on me for 4 earlier tonight on MODO, he got to take a Fabled Hero, Battlewise Hoplite, and put Aqueous Form on his Nemesis of Mortals. Then I just put a Stratus Walk on my own Fabled Hero and killed him.
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LordSaturn posted:You know Saito posted a list for that, right? With Dictate of Karametra? Man, that's just cruel. Cernunnos posted:Wish they'd made some Enchantment Lands. I know it probably would have been a bad idea but still. Honestly, they probably wouldn't have been that bad if they entered in tapped. It gives constellation a bump but also have timing issues and a variety of removal out and ready. But yeah, it's going to be years before we ever even touch that.
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Oct 9, 2014 01:50
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LordSaturn posted:You know Saito posted a list for that, right? With Dictate of Karametra? I didn't actually(I don't really follow Constructed Magic anymore), but that sounds fun.
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Oct 9, 2014 01:54
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Ramos posted:But yeah, it's going to be years before we ever even touch that. Return to Theros! 
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Oct 9, 2014 02:02
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Dungeon Ecology posted:Return to Theros!
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Oct 9, 2014 02:06
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Yawgmoth posted:The gods have torn Theros right up and Sorin is here to fix it! I'd accept "Ajani and Elspeth are pissed and destroy Theros' entire pantheon", honestly.
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Oct 9, 2014 02:16
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Niton posted:I'd accept "Ajani and Elspeth are pissed and destroy Theros' entire pantheon", honestly. Also, Xenagos pops in with them and we have Naya Superfriends VS The Pantheon.
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Oct 9, 2014 02:18
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A friend bought a heist of saint Traft a week ago when apparently people went crazy and listed them for $100 on TCG. And apparently my friend was dumb and bought it. I had to break the bad news to him just now when he texted me about it.
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Oct 9, 2014 02:22
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Niton posted:I'd accept "Ajani and Elspeth are pissed and destroy Theros' entire pantheon", honestly. Hey man, Nylea is pretty chill! <  >
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Oct 9, 2014 02:25
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Chill la Chill posted:heist of saint Traft Want dis card name in Return to Innistrad But seriously, what am I reading about here? Your friend decided to buy a Geist from a position of complete ignorance about the card's value or price history, saw that the lowest price was $100 and went for it anyway? Or the price was spiking because of a frenzy of hype and your friend was part of the frenzy? JerryLee fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Oct 9, 2014 |
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Oct 9, 2014 02:28
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JerryLee posted:Want dis card name in Return to Innistrad Dack Fayden finding his way onto more cards.
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Oct 9, 2014 02:29
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Always mull, kids. Always mull.
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Oct 9, 2014 02:31
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I Love You! posted:Always mull, kids. Always mull. It was going to be a tough match anyway. Also, have you actually seen Retribution of the Ancients perform well in play? (you mentioned it during drafting)
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Oct 9, 2014 02:34
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Rinkles posted:It was going to be a tough match anyway. Oh my god yes. It can utterly take over a game, many decks have literally 0 outs to that card + a handful of outlast guys you'd be playing anyway. T1 ancestor, t2 grow, t3 retribution of the ancients is pretty much the scariest opening you will see. Unless you have a ton of fast removal that hits ancestors and all their friends over and over you are not going to get to play any mans. It's especially silly because 1 activation lets you pull any number of counters from any number of guys, so you don't even have to leave much mana open to make it scary as hell. And yeah, I kept that hand out of obstinance, but also because I think he was the only temur player at the table based on what wheeled and he had a ridiculous deluge of powerful cards, and while I couldn't be certain any given hand would have much game against his extremely good deck I figured the opener I had was actually quite strong IF i pulled a single mountain at any point in the game, and was worth the gamble. Unfortunately, that didn't pan out but it was a lot harder of a call than I made it out to be. Getting hit by Temur Charm, Trap Essense, Temur Charm on successive turns followed by Bear Companion into Savage Punch doesn't feel very good at all. That topdecked Temur charm after I Despised him the prior turn in G1 really put me on tilt especially since that was his second goddamn charm he drew in a row. I Love You! fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Oct 9, 2014 |
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Oct 9, 2014 02:35
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One thing I guess I need to keep in mind while drafting is that people are still confusedly making poor choices with regards to overpicking fixing, ending up in a situation like that set where I had a very high quality set of cards in my wedge but 1 fixing land despite grabbing any fixing I saw at that point. At least one, if not two people across the table from me sent pretty clear signals passing easy pickups on color and we all probably ended up with worse decks as a result. Even more reason to keep my deck as 2color as possible initially until I see fixing or necessary bombs and not accidentally shred my own mana base due to poor signals. At least considering I think I passed 2 on-color fixing the entire time, once to take a semi-bomb, I don't THINK I made a mistake with regards to it =/ I Love You! fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Oct 9, 2014 |
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Oct 9, 2014 02:46
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JerryLee posted:Want dis card name in Return to Innistrad I'm guessing his friend bought the WMCQ foil participation promo 
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Oct 9, 2014 02:50
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Jabor posted:Dank Fiddy finding his way onto more cards. He's already stolen my heart! They keep blue balling us - I want a Dark Fader card already! I guess my friend thought it was a judge promo or something. He should've asked first! There were thousands of those things!
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Oct 9, 2014 03:11
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You might want to get your doomwake giants soonish if you ever think you might play green/black or you want to make some cash next week. Its all over modo right now and SCG and channel fireball are suspiciously sold out(or they have taken them down). It might be nothing but if you can still sneak them out of the bulk rare bin in your local LGS it might be an okay investment.
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Oct 9, 2014 03:45
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Sickening posted:You might want to get your doomwake giants soonish if you ever think you might play green/black or you want to make some cash next week. Its all over modo right now and SCG and channel fireball are suspiciously sold out(or they have taken them down). It might be nothing but if you can still sneak them out of the bulk rare bin in your local LGS it might be an okay investment.
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Oct 9, 2014 03:56
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If it means I can flip this old Pre-release Promo to pay for part of a Kahns Draft then by all means it can move out of the bulk bin A.S.A.Now. Even if it only goes up to like $2-3 that still gets me a hell of a lot more than the 50 cents I would have gotten for trading it in.
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Oct 9, 2014 04:09
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Cernunnos posted:If it means I can flip this old Pre-release Promo to pay for part of a Kahns Draft then by all means it can move out of the bulk bin ASA Now. I would assume that this close to the pro tour that both SCG and CB have their pros giving them a good idea of what the field is going to look like already and price accordingly. I mean gently caress, look at the god prices right now. Channel fireball has had most of the two colors gods on their buy list for a few weeks with some already reaching 20 bucks. Sarkhan may hit 50 loving dollars by Monday. loving magic is a weird thing.
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Oct 9, 2014 04:14
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Ramos posted:
Maro just had a podcast on why there were no enchantment lands. He basically said "we can have constellation or enchantment lands, not both." Could you even imagine Doomwake Giant or Eidolon of Blossoms with enchantment lands?
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Oct 9, 2014 04:15
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People would've just whined about "land destruction" had they been made.
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Oct 9, 2014 04:19
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Count Bleck posted:Someone build this and name it Nega-Wave cmon man this is easy poo poo. Nemesis Wave. also the wave seems pretty good in a control-style deck as a one-of finisher. Of course with control being as bad as it is right now...
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Oct 9, 2014 04:20
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mcmagic posted:I really think that Courser and Caryatid to ramp into Polukranos or Siege Rhino makes any kind of aggro deck pretty much unplayable in this standard. Crippling Blight says get the gently caress out of the way. I've been playing 4 in my Mono-B aggro deck. Kill their Elvish Mystic or get Courser or Polukranos or Siege Rhino out of the way for that big final blow.
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Oct 9, 2014 04:23
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Chill la Chill posted:People would've just whined about "land destruction" had they been made. The best part about enchantment lands would be how crazy a blow out Back to Nature would become against a constellation deck.
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A big flaming stink posted:cmon man this is easy poo poo. Nemesis Wave. Easy as Elmer, right?
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A big flaming stink posted:cmon man this is easy poo poo. Nemesis Wave. My buddy won a 41-man GPT on Sunday playing Sultai Control. Aetherspouts, Downfall, Drown, Thoughtseize, Ashiok, Kiora, Nissa, and Jace. Control is actually great in a field of all midrange right now.
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qbert posted:My buddy won a 41-man GPT on Sunday playing Sultai Control. Aetherspouts, Downfall, Drown, Ashiok, Kiora, Nissa, and Jace. Control is actually great in a field of all midrange right now. http://www.twitch.tv/mrscottymac Is playing that exact deck right now. Its interesting for sure.
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Oct 9, 2014 04:51
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qbert posted:My buddy won a 41-man GPT on Sunday playing Sultai Control. Aetherspouts, Downfall, Drown, Thoughtseize, Ashiok, Kiora, Nissa, and Jace. Control is actually great in a field of all midrange right now. Always remember that to win a game of Magic, you need to be much faster or slightly slower than your opponent. My local meta is full of control decks fighting an arms race of bigger bombs, which is why I'll probably play SubSligh at Game Day.
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Cernunnos posted:If it means I can flip this old Pre-release Promo to pay for part of a Kahns Draft then by all means it can move out of the bulk bin A.S.A.Now. Already up to $2 online, and Temple of Malady is spiking as well.
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moravec posted:Already up to $2 online, and Temple of Malady is spiking as well. I don't have any Malady but I'm still debating whether to flip my playset of Epiphany or build a Counter-Burn deck that got posted in the Brewhaus.
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Fish Of Doom posted:Crippling Blight says get the gently caress out of the way. I've been playing 4 in my Mono-B aggro deck. Kill their Elvish Mystic or get Courser or Polukranos or Siege Rhino out of the way for that big final blow. The fact that that doesn't address Caryatid is a problem though, and being unable to do so is the most awkward part of these aggro decks against the green devotion strategies.
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I don't get a lot of this aggro hate. I'm full Mardu aggro and it rolls right over Abzan midrange. Two cards put me over the top in that matchup: Ride Down and Chief of the Edge. Chief means that my Skullhunters, Champions, and Heroes walk through Caryatids, and my Aspirants and Rabblemasters trade with Coursers. Four Ulcerate mainboard also neatly shred blocking Coursers, and they won't play around it because they know my goblin tokens have to attack anyways and don't expect a trick. When they stabilize and drop a Polukranos or Siege Rhino, Crackling Doom eats it and maintains my momentum. Ride Down is an absolutely absurd card. It's very tough to play around. I sideboard four and they come in in every creature-heavy matchup. Like Doom, it's an insane tempo play that takes out their 4-5 drops and ticks down their life total. There are cards that crush me-- Hornet Queen, Drown in Sorrows (but I sideboard Mardu Ascendancy for the matchups where it's likely to make an appearance). I take a lot of damage from my manabase so I don't like Jeskai burn. But the deck semi-reliably goldfishes turn 4 kills, rips midrange apart, and mainboard two Sorins to race. It is the real deal.
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Myriad Truths posted:The fact that that doesn't address Caryatid is a problem though, and being unable to do so is the most awkward part of these aggro decks against the green devotion strategies. I also run Hall of Triumph as a 1-of which turns Caryatid into a chump blocker for all of your 3/2s. Caryatid also has no power, so you can just run one of your creatures into it while the others get around it. Or Thoughtseize/Brain Maggot it before they can cast it. Caryatid isn't that big of a deal. I run 2 extra Cast Into Darknesses in the sideboard for green decks because usually all I need is one more turn around the time they drop Courser or Polukranos, and just making them unable to block for 1 or 2 mana is pretty great. What Mono-black Aggro really needs is some sort of good 1-2 mana pump/evasion like Madcap Skills. Bestowing a Herald on something is usually good game, but 5 mana is a lot in that deck.
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I Love You! posted:Super excited about this weird 2color draft, especially after streaming the draft portion and the only comment made was "bad drafting man..." and then the guy left. Do you do a ub build? Cause the store owner just beat our faces in with it tonight. It was so annoying with the discard effects he ran.
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Did almost a straight up GW beats last night when we drafted with buddies, basically had just UW dual and Sultai triple to morph my single Icefeather Aven. When the colours are open you definitely can do just two colours fine, and pretty much ignore taking fixing.
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Cernunnos posted:Wish they'd made some Enchantment Lands. I know it probably would have been a bad idea but still. Imagine opening an enchantment land in a Theros pack a year ago. "OK. I guess this makes Commune with the Gods marginally better? And does nothing else except die to my opponent's enchantment removal?" Bonus knock against enchantment lands: being broken in Legacy Enchantress decks.
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Entropic posted:Bonus knock against enchantment lands: being broken in Legacy Enchantress decks.
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Entropic posted:There just weren't that many actual "enchantments matter" mechanics for them to interact with. In the block as-is, the only thing Enchantment Lands would even do is trigger constellation and die incidentally to enchantment removal. And constellation wasn't even in the first two sets of the block. I can imagine a block where Enchantment Lands make sense, but Theros isn't it, and wouldn't be without a major shakeup of the block's mechanics. Enchant creature - Aura This creature is an enchantment forest, in addition to its other type  E: make it a bestow
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