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Skillface posted:Is there a list for this somewhere? Ember Swallower is my jam. I'd like to see it too, I love big red.
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Froghammer posted:I occasionally wonder what strange alternate reality some people live in where they think publicly calling someone a human being isn't a fireable offense at the vast majority of workplaces. I think it's more that people don't really understand that Twitter is public. In their defense, the real name public searchable eternal internet is totally insane.
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Nov 18, 2014 00:27
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BaronVonVaderham posted:Kemba, Kha Regent always comes to mind. Godsend is pretty bitchin' in that format. Skullclamp, Lightning Greaves, Darksteel Plate, Argentum Armor, Whispersilk Cloak. Worldslayer is mean if you can get out something like Eldrazi Monument. Going to try and get a Godsend into the white deck, and see which swords I can get. Jitte seems like another good candidate, since it's modern banning probably kept the price reasonable.
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Equipment decks in EDH are always going to be white and often mono-white. I'm just going to spout off a big list of cards I think are good in specifically that kind of deck. Steelshaper's Gift. Mirran Crusader. Puresteel Paladin. Kemba, Kha Regent. Stoneforge Mystic. If you're interested in running RW, Sunforger is very good. Godsend. Batterskull. Loxodon Warhammer. Leonin Abunas. Leonin Shikari. Raksha Golden Cub (also a potential commander). Skullclamp. See also the many good artifacts listed above.
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field balm posted:I'd like to see it too, I love big red. Skillface posted:Is there a list for this somewhere? Ember Swallower is my jam. I ran this list with some changes. Mainly Soul of Shandalar was another Scuttling Doom Engine, and instead of Peak Eruptions I ran Fated Conflagration. I went undefeated until Round 4 where I just kept really bad hands.
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MMD3 posted:The guy whose house we play our weekly MTG night at owns binders of every set back to Alpha. Every week we rotate through different formats and tonight we are apparently going to play a "Binder Draft". Essentially we'll roll dice and highest goes first to pick a binder to build a deck with. What, like you just build one-set constructed decks out of one binder? Are you limited to four of a card? Forty or sixty cards? Darksteel has Skullclamp. Betrayers has Jitte. Mirrodin has artifact lands, Broodstar, Frogmite, and Myr Enforcer. Urza's Saga/Legacy/Destiny may or may not have the tools for insane combo decks within a single set. You could probably make a mean, unblockable aggro deck from Tempest white or black. I don't think any tribe in Onslaught is strong enough without a full block of synergies, but maybe Lorwyn has enough juice. Really as long as you don't choose a weak small set, or something awful like Masques block you'll be fine.
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So while we were all enjoying the awesomeness of watching GP NJ, apparently there was another cheating controversy on camera during Round 13 of GP Madrid. Long story short, Pierre Dagen cracked a fetch for a Forest and then used it to cast a Birds of Paradise from his library. He wrote a long thing about how he had a BoP in his hand at the time and just accidentally got confused and pulled the extra one while he was fetching. http://blog.mtgmadness.com/index.php/what-happened-in-madrid/pierre-dagen Reading his explanation, I kind of give him the benefit of the doubt, as it would be insane to actually attempt to cheat like that on camera, and the advantage he gained from doing it was pretty marginal. In summary, even good competitive Magic players make dumb mistakes all the time.
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Count Bleck posted:I ran this list with some changes. quote:Jagishamesh says... #2 oh and then the comments go into deck thinning
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TheKingofSprings posted:What's the best direction to take an equipment EDH deck if I want to sword things really hard and really well? Like, what colours, any really good equipment I should run outside of the 5 swords, Jitte, and Butterskills? If you want to hit the hardest, you want Rafiq of the Many.
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qbert posted:So while we were all enjoying the awesomeness of watching GP NJ, apparently there was another cheating controversy on camera during Round 13 of GP Madrid. Panglacial Birds
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Panglacial Birds Land Creature - Mountain Bird They'll never make a cycle of 1/1 manlands ever and that makes me sad.
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In terms of your binder draft, are you looking at having multiples of cards, or just 1ofs, or what? Like I'd be hard-pressed to name anything but Alara if youre looking at singletons based on raw insano power alone, but Llornwyn faeries is probably the most obscene single-set collection of cards you could build if you have 4-ofs of all the poo poo.
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Froghammer posted:Mageta the Lion is a haymaker and a half if you can get him online in EDH. Truth, I love playing my Sisay deck, having people go "hurr better hope you can tutor up a Wrath with her", then saying "funny you should say that".
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After this weekend, I'm honestly convinced that Tom Ross is probably the best Magic player on the planet. He might not be ranked #1, but I haven't seen anyone else with so finely tuned an ability to read his opponent and think X turns ahead while just being an overall chill dude.
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By what metrics do they rank the best players in the world? Is it pro points by season?
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AlternateNu posted:After this weekend, I'm honestly convinced that Tom Ross is probably the best Magic player on the planet. He might not be ranked #1, but I haven't seen anyone else with so finely tuned an ability to read his opponent and think X turns ahead while just being an overall chill dude. I guarantee you that he's going to be ranked close to there soon now that he's back on the pro tour.
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Olothreutes posted:Rhystic study is a legit EDH card. The rest are pretty awful, though.
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AlternateNu posted:After this weekend, I'm honestly convinced that Tom Ross is probably the best Magic player on the planet. He might not be ranked #1, but I haven't seen anyone else with so finely tuned an ability to read his opponent and think X turns ahead while just being an overall chill dude. He'll be at the invitational in my city, is it super tacky to get a player to sign a card? I've got a few glistened elves...
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Cactrot posted:He'll be at the invitational in my city, is it super tacky to get a player to sign a card? I've got a few glistened elves... I had him sign a Rabblemaster for me. My friend's all LOL'ed at me when I told him that I was playing Rabble Red splashing White for Boros Charm and he said he thought of it but didn't like it.
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Olothreutes posted:Rhystic study is a legit EDH card. The rest are pretty awful, though. also the Avatars aren't all bad and there were a few cards that weren't bad in their day and would likely see play in other formats like Chimeric Idol and Abolish but it was such a loving bad set
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Bring a Become Immense in case he only has time to sign one card.
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TheKingofSprings posted:What's the best direction to take an equipment EDH deck I play Kemba commander online and I like it. Here's what's in mine:  I haven't updated it in a while, but if I was going to I would say ditch moonsilver spear and geist honored monk, find out why my Land Tax is missing, add a martial coup, Elspeth 1.0, probably some other changes are worth making. I also don't like to spend a lot and last time I checked sword of light and shadow was expensive. Basically your spending your first several turns getting out Kemba and suiting her up, protecting her with lightning greaves which should be your first fetch with stoneforge or steelshapers gift. Then start making dudes, antheming them up and swinging for 100 with true conviction and victory's herald. I usually end up closing out more games with regular damage instead of commander damage, although you're likely to have 15 power on Kemba.
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TheKingofSprings posted:What's the best direction to take an equipment EDH deck if I want to sword things really hard and really well? Like, what colours, any really good equipment I should run outside of the 5 swords, Jitte, and Butterskills? The scariest equipment Commander in my local group/meta is Tajic, Blade of the Legion. The guy who runs it often wins in the first five turns one on one, and does surprisingly well in multiplayer.
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You want scary equipment EDH decks? I run Jor motherfucking Kadeen, and he is a beast when he gets a Sword or two on him. Here is my list.
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LGD posted:also the Avatars aren't all bad and there were a few cards that weren't bad in their day and would likely see play in other formats like Chimeric Idol and Abolish Not only was it a bad set, its mechanics were unfun. Oh I have to sac lands and manaburn myself to do things?? Where do I sign up?!
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Froghammer posted:HAVE I GOT A WEIRD MELTDOWN FOR YOU "Words aren't racist." Wow. Just... just wow.
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AlternateNu posted:After this weekend, I'm honestly convinced that Tom Ross is probably the best Magic player on the planet. He might not be ranked #1, but I haven't seen anyone else with so finely tuned an ability to read his opponent and think X turns ahead while just being an overall chill dude. The only thing that's kept him from being ranked near the top is his refusal to play anything but Aggro style decks in every format. If he played what people consider the "best" decks he'd be winning so many more events, but instead he'll just have to settle for being considered one of the best Aggro players ever.
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qbert posted:The only thing that's kept him from being ranked near the top is his refusal to play anything but Aggro style decks in every format. If he played what people consider the "best" decks he'd be winning so many more events, but instead he'll just have to settle for being considered one of the best Aggro players ever. I have a feeling he's fine with that.
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We stand on the pinnacle of ethics in gaming journalism, alright. 
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LGD posted:also the Avatars aren't all bad and there were a few cards that weren't bad in their day and would likely see play in other formats like Chimeric Idol and Abolish I honestly forgot that those were in that set. I actually ran chimeric idol in a standard deck back then, because it dodges wraths like a boss. I guess plague wind is also a card that people still run, but it has been reprinted a million times at this point.
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Brigit, Hero of Kinsbaile is a fun commander for a tron EDH deck. Grab any deathtouch-granter first and shut down anyone engaging you.
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TheKingofSprings posted:What's the best direction to take an equipment EDH deck if I want to sword things really hard and really well? Like, what colours, any really good equipment I should run outside of the 5 swords, Jitte, and Butterskills? Uril, the Miststalker Enlightened Tutor Steelshaper's Gift Armageddon Ravages of War Cataclysm Catastrophe Oblation Path to Exile Swords to Plowshares Chaos Warp Decree of Annihilation Beast Within Green Sun's Zenith Krosan Grip Life from the Loam Decree of Justice Boom//Bust Harmonize Silhana Ledgewalker Stoneforge Mystic Taj-Nar Swordsmith Sun Titan Godo, Bandit Warlord Wood Elves Eternal Witness Qasali Pridemage Sakura-Tribe Elder Terravore Sad Robot Nahiri, the Lithomancer Batterskull Behemoth Sledge Sunforger Sword of Bears and Mill Sword of Fire and Ice Sword of Light and Shadow Sword of War and Peace Sword of Feast and Famine Umezawa's Jitte Mana Crypt Sol Ring Darksteel Ingot Crucible of Worlds Coalition Relic Commander's Sphere Boros Signet Selesnya Signet Gruul Signet Talisman of Impulse Talisman of Unity Bear Umbra Rancor Shield of the Oversoul Spirit Loop Sylvan Library A pile of loving lands (GOOD LUCK)
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mcmagic posted:Kibler is such a smug rear end. I love it. There's no way he doesn't get that the term "Social Justice Warrior" is used sarcastically because the people to whom it refers do not care about or believe in justice in society. That's also the dumbest argument ever. "Yeah, you're against pro-lifers? Why are you pro-death?!" I hate that all the lovely fallout from Gamergate is making a bunch of reasonable and totally unrelated people feel like they have to comment or have an opinion on it. It's the poop that commands that you touch it. I have never ever seen a person I liked or respected comment on Gamergate and not had my admiration of them has diminish because of it. DAD LOST MY IPOD fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Nov 18, 2014 |
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:There's no way he doesn't get that the term "Social Justice Warrior" is used sarcastically because the people to whom it refers do not care about or believe in justice in society. Reasonable people are usually of the opinion that people acting like assholes, are assholes.
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Cactrot posted:Reasonable people are usually of the opinion that people acting like assholes, are assholes. My specific problem with Gamergate poo poo is that anyone commenting on it is almost immediately dragged into a flamewar with someone on the other "side," both of whom consider each other to be vile and beneath contempt and neither of whom even entertains the idea that their opposition might be motivated by anything other than Voldemort-style hatred for all things good and decent. The only way to win is not to play.
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:My specific problem with Gamergate poo poo is that anyone commenting on it is almost immediately dragged into a flamewar with someone on the other "side," both of whom consider each other to be vile and beneath contempt and neither of whom even entertains the idea that their opposition might be motivated by anything other than Voldemort-style hatred for all things good and decent. The only way to win is not to play. The irony is at this point I certainly don't and most others I would hazard also don't even know which sides there are any more? The ones who are against women and are for protecting the subculture that is gaming, or is that conflating the two, or are there people against those things? The whole thing is so stupid you have to trawl through some terrible twitter argument to even know what is going on. gently caress that noise.
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As far as I can tell what's happened is that there was an initial spark that ticked off both misogynists in gaming and those who are annoyed with ethics, and they've been playing tug-of-war over the name ever since, but both associating with it and by extension each other and it's a giant mess and gently caress it all.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:The irony is at this point I certainly don't and most others I would hazard also don't even know which sides there are any more? The ones who are against women and are for protecting the subculture that is gaming, or is that conflating the two, or are there people against those things? I think the whole conversation is pretty fascinating. Regardless of how things play out, it's been really surprising how many people have been coming out of the woodworks, banner-waving furiously on both sides. The conversation has morphed a bunch though, you're right. It's hardly the conversation it started as.
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