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He's just saying he wishes the dates were in chronological order while the narrative was not. It would work just fine with day 30 first, though it might need to be reworded a bit.
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Wadjamaloo posted:Speaking of, I've been playing norin sisters and doing lovely with it. Mostly because I never face delver and instead just play against poo poo I have no chance of winning. How do you do it? Haha, idunno man. Almost literally all I've played has been UR Delver, which I'm currently 18/2 against. I've played this WUR Delver guy a few times, including one game where he Cruised FIVE TIMES (I still won because Norin.) Other than that, I played Scapeshift once and barely lost (I would have won on time but I conceded with his lethal Valakut triggers on the stack because MTGO had crashed on him halfway through our match) Zoo a few times, which I've never even come close to losing a game to, including one that splashed blue for treasure cruise because that's the world we live in, and GR Tron once which is borderline unwinnable. The only other deck I've ever played was this weird GR meta deck with a bunch of main Pyroclasms, Volcanic Fallouts, Anger of the Gods, etc. I crushed him. I like the deck because sometime you just run out a turn 2 4/4 Champion of the Parish followed by a turn 3 4/4+ Ajani's Pridemate, and the life gain is completely irrelevant. Torpor Orb is the bain of the deck, fortunately nobody seems to be playing it these days. Anyway, I was thinking we should set up something so anyone going to Jersey can meet up. I'll have my cube and obviously some legacy decks. Would a Facebook group work?
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Nov 12, 2014 04:21
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The vintage super league stream just died right as LSV cast a Notion Thief using a black lotus and a mox in response to a Preordain 
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Nov 12, 2014 04:23
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suicidesteve posted:Haha, idunno man. Almost literally all I've played has been UR Delver, which I'm currently 18/2 against. I've played this WUR Delver guy a few times, including one game where he Cruised FIVE TIMES (I still won because Norin.) Other than that, I played Scapeshift once and barely lost (I would have won on time but I conceded with his lethal Valakut triggers on the stack because MTGO had crashed on him halfway through our match) Zoo a few times, which I've never even come close to losing a game to, including one that splashed blue for treasure cruise because that's the world we live in, and GR Tron once which is borderline unwinnable. The only other deck I've ever played was this weird GR meta deck with a bunch of main Pyroclasms, Volcanic Fallouts, Anger of the Gods, etc. I crushed him. I'd be down. I'm judging Friday/Saturday but I can hang out in the mornings and on Sunday.
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Nov 12, 2014 04:28
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Boxman posted:I hate most Smug Blue Mage text but I love Jace's FoF: I thought it was kind of funny how in this Jace is literally choosing between two piles.
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Nov 12, 2014 04:48
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odiv posted:He's just saying he wishes the dates were in chronological order while the narrative was not. If you swap the date numbers it becomes a joke about how his time reversal didn't happen at all.
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Nov 12, 2014 04:49
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vOv posted:I thought it was kind of funny how in this Jace is literally choosing between two piles. Basically he's offering his opponent a choice and then is all "You're a loving idiot." 
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Nov 12, 2014 04:50
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Chorocojo posted:Goblins became more ape-like, Elves became monstrous tree-duders. White clerics became light beings, black clerics became horned fat sausage people, Beasts became covered in bone spurs and birds continued to be birds. But that sounds amazing??
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Nov 12, 2014 04:55
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Onslaught block seems like it was really fun to draft because of all the archetypes and synergies, but it perhaps could have been a complete nightmare. Can anyone report?
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Nov 12, 2014 05:03
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mango sentinel posted:Onslaught block seems like it was really fun to draft because of all the archetypes and synergies, but it perhaps could have been a complete nightmare. Can anyone report? OLS was pretty okay, but OOO is a nightmare.
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Nov 12, 2014 05:05
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Spiderdrake posted:Uhh there's a Adding to this: the board states in Onslaught block drafts are nightmarishly complex, because there are tons of creatures with activated abilities that can affect combat math which scale dynamically based on your amount of a creature tribe, so you have to count up your dudes, opponent's dudes, any facedown morphs, any instant-speed removal which could adjust the numbers before an ability resolves, and all of the permutations of the above. This is most pronounced with Clerics but really is an issue with all tribes. Also Legions had Timberwatch Elf at common, which would be absolutely unthinkable today. EDIT: "So I have a Skirk Prospector, a Goblin Sky Raider, an Embermage Goblin, a Goblin Sledder, a Goblin Taskmaster and a face-down morph I know is Skirk Commando. My opponent has a Shieldmage Elder, a Battlefield Medic, two face-down morphs I don't know and three open white mana. What is the safe attack here?" DAD LOST MY IPOD fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Nov 12, 2014 |
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Nov 12, 2014 05:11
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Symphonie posted:If you swap the date numbers it becomes a joke about how his time reversal didn't happen at all.
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Nov 12, 2014 05:12
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Adding to this: the board states in Onslaught block drafts are nightmarishly complex, because there are tons of creatures with activated abilities that can affect combat math which scale dynamically based on your amount of a creature tribe, so you have to count up your dudes, opponent's dudes, any facedown morphs, any instant-speed removal which could adjust the numbers before an ability resolves, and all of the permutations of the above. This is most pronounced with Clerics but really is an issue with all tribes. DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:EDIT:
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Nov 12, 2014 05:17
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On top of all the mentioned problems with Onslaught Block, Amplify went from a neat mechanic to absolutely broken on some cards during the Grand Creature Type update. The big winner? Daru Stinger, which now can get counters off of Human creatures. Which are now a huge chunk of the block. Good luck attacking into that!
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Nov 12, 2014 05:17
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I have a ton of OLS packs from when it was last a flashback draft on MTGO. I managed to open zero fetchlands, but it was real fun knowing what cards were good and building a cohesive deck. I really wish they'd do flashback drafts more often.
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Nov 12, 2014 05:25
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mango sentinel posted:I was trying to figure out which 3 common cards Spiderdrake was referencing and I guessed Nantuko Shade, Timberwatch Elf, and Battlefield Medic, but I'm not certain. Shade is and was a rare, and Sparksmith has to be one of them.
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Nov 12, 2014 05:25
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Nov 12, 2014 05:30
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Ableist Kinkshamer posted:Nantuko Shade wasn't even printed in that block... He meant Nantuko Husk. And yeah Sparksmith was beyond unbeatable if you didn't have the removal spell within two turns, and it's just as good in Pauper against creature decks.
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Hellsau posted:He meant Nantuko Husk. mango sentinel fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Nov 12, 2014 |
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Nov 12, 2014 05:40
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mango sentinel posted:Yeah I meant Husk which was printed in Onslaught as a common. I started playing again in Mirrodin where everyone was comparing Ravage to as a more broken Husk which was allegedly already bonkers. Sparksmith would have been my next guess. Husk is way less good with the damage stack changes
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Nov 12, 2014 05:44
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If I was going to do a few rounds of sealed of each vaugely-modern block to get a feel for it, where should I start? Ice Age (with or without Coldsnap), Masques, and Mirodin seem like the logical starting points (First block, first block after the flustercuff that is Urza's, and first in the modern card frame)
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Nov 12, 2014 05:46
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odiv posted:He's just saying he wishes the dates were in chronological order while the narrative was not. Right. But the entries should stay the same, no need for rewording imo. Day 30 already happened before 31st, so the time reversal's already been going on.
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Nov 12, 2014 05:49
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Keiya posted:If I was going to do a few rounds of sealed of each vaugely-modern block to get a feel for it, where should I start? Ice Age (with or without Coldsnap), Masques, and Mirodin seem like the logical starting points (First block, first block after the flustercuff that is Urza's, and first in the modern card frame) Masques is a really bad block and you should not play it at all. The overreaction to Urza's block made for a pretty underwhelming set. I'd start with Mirage and Rath cycles are where you first start seeing "block design" as we imagine it but I would personally choose Invasion block myself because its a lot of fun and probably easier to get packs.
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Nov 12, 2014 05:51
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Ice Age sealed is really bad too. Cumulative upkeep is a boring mechanic. Masques is bad, but there are some great cards in the block at least.
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Nov 12, 2014 05:59
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mango sentinel posted:I like this kind of gamestate. The three miserable commons are Sparksmith, Timberwatch and Wellwisher. Wellwisher wasn't as busted as the other two, but what is worse - Losing to a constructed playable goblin, or trying to do 200 points of damage in a tempo based format? Medic is pretty busted good too though, but he is second fiddle to that 2/2 aven with prevent 2.
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Nov 12, 2014 06:02
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ugh I had forgotten Wellwisher (I was assuming Medic as well). What an absolutely miserable card.
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AgentSythe posted:The vintage super league stream just died right as LSV cast a Notion Thief using a black lotus and a mox in response to a Preordain But more importantly, Kai Budde is the new Wraptor!
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:ugh I had forgotten Wellwisher (I was assuming Medic as well). What an absolutely miserable card. I played Elves when Onslaught was in standard. That was me. Tribal Forcemage, Wellwisher, and company.
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Nov 12, 2014 06:22
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So it will cost me about 30 bucks to build Norin Soul Sisters... I'm very very tempted.
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Nov 12, 2014 06:24
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Play it Wb with zealous persecution and thoughtseize. Though though seize and it's ilk have taken a real dive in quality with the printing of dig & cruise...
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Nov 12, 2014 06:29
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mango sentinel posted:I was trying to figure out which 3 common cards Spiderdrake was referencing and I guessed Nantuko Shade, Timberwatch Elf, and Battlefield Medic, but I'm not certain. So what is the safe attack?
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Errant Gin Monks posted:So it will cost me about 30 bucks to build Norin Soul Sisters... I'm very very tempted. I'm kind of tempted now that you said that.
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Keiya posted:If I was going to do a few rounds of sealed of each vaugely-modern block to get a feel for it, where should I start? Ice Age (with or without Coldsnap), Masques, and Mirodin seem like the logical starting points (First block, first block after the flustercuff that is Urza's, and first in the modern card frame) Ice age was not designed with limited in mind and is terrible for it. Masques is also pretty miserable. I'd start with Mirage (the first block that was designed for limited), Invasion (first multicolor block), and Mirrodin is probably fine for the third.
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Download Shandalar/Manalink and do a sealed with ABU or Revised. Start with the source, mate.
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Count Bleck posted:I'm kind of tempted now that you said that. Well the deck costs 400 on TCGPlayer but all I need is a few cards to make it since I have a martyr proc deck. I just need the norins and a cavern of souls, maybe 2 more champions. This is the build I'm looking at Creature (25) 4x Ajani's Pridemate 2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos 4x Champion of the Parish 3x Norin the Wary 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge 3x Ranger of Eos 4x Soul Warden 4x Soul's Attendant Artifact (2) 2x Genesis Chamber Land (20) 4x Cavern of Souls 4x Clifftop Retreat 3x Mountain 5x Plains 4x Sacred Foundry Instant (10) 4x Lightning Bolt 2x Lightning Helix 4x Path to Exile Sorcery (1) 1x Proclamation of Rebirth Planeswalker (2) 2x Elspeth, Knight-Errant Sideboard (15) 2x Avalanche Riders 2x Blood Moon 3x Kataki, War's Wage 2x Pithing Needle 2x Rest in Peace 2x Revoke Existence 2x Stony Silence
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Hellsau posted:Download Shandalar/Manalink and do a sealed with ABU or Revised. Start with the source, mate. Agreed. It's not a fun format, but it's an incredible look at what Magic once was.
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So I made a Facebook group for Jersey. This link might work? I'm not sure if people can actually join. If not let me know and I'll try to figure out how this internet thing works.
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Hellsau posted:Download Shandalar/Manalink and do a sealed with ABU or Revised. Start with the source, mate. I've actually done ABU Sealed before. Virtual, of course, I'm not made of money. I've also played the poo poo out of Shandalar, that environment is so busted in so many ways, but it's fun.
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suicidesteve posted:But more importantly, Kai Budde is the new Wraptor! Wowesome! Hellsau posted:I really wish they'd do flashback drafts more often. If only for the history lessons from lsv.
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Keiya posted:If I was going to do a few rounds of sealed of each vaugely-modern block to get a feel for it, where should I start? Ice Age (with or without Coldsnap), Masques, and Mirodin seem like the logical starting points (First block, first block after the flustercuff that is Urza's, and first in the modern card frame) Invasion is probably the start of modern block design. It's where they start picking and choosing mechanics because they work together (split and kicker work with the multicolor theme by rewarding multiple colors but not being useless with only one), and it's where they start making the sets within the block distinct (Apocalypse switching from ally colors to enemies) while still feeling connected. If you're considering starting from Masques, start from Invasion instead. Outside of a knee-jerk "let's make the power level incredibly low", Masques doesn't really have time to react to Urza block. It's also really terrible. Lottery of Babylon fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Nov 12, 2014 |
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