Magic: The Gathering: Megathread: Sorin & Sarkhan's Excellent Adventure

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Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

Greece vs USA and Denmark vs England semis.

USA probably beats Greece. I'd like an Anglophone finals, but I expect (as any true Englishman must) that my team will lose.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 10:19

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Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

Woo! Greece into the top 4!
Antiwoo! Greece vs USA!

2004 is only 10 years away, we can still make it! :pirate:

# ? Dec 7, 2014 10:25

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Super risky maximum aggression line pays off for Denmark.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 10:39

Omnikin: May 29, 2007; Press 'E' for Medic

USA down 1-0 in all three matches off-camera

# ? Dec 7, 2014 10:44

Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

Omnikin posted:

USA down 1-0 in all three matches off-camera

Greek MtG fans right now:

VV: They said on the coverage that it's a great matchup for Greece. :getin:

Serperoth fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Dec 7, 2014

# ? Dec 7, 2014 10:58

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

1-1 US and Greece. Final match rests on Greek Mardu vs American UW Heroic.

England 1-0 up. Whew, I thought we looked like we were getting smacked around in all three matches.

E: GREEK VICTORY. Celebrate, Serp.

Double Game 3s. Come on, England.

Sleep of Bronze fucked around with this message at 11:25 on Dec 7, 2014

# ? Dec 7, 2014 11:13

Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

Sleep of Bronze posted:

E: GREEK VICTORY. Celebrate, Serp.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 11:24

ungulateman: Apr 18, 2012; pretentious fuckwit who isn't half as literate or insightful or clever as he thinks he is

That Hero's Downfall into Strived Silence the Believers was pretty legit tho :allears:

# ? Dec 7, 2014 11:24

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

Match 3, Game 3 decider. :derp:

And there we go. Good show, chaps.

Sleep of Bronze fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Dec 7, 2014

# ? Dec 7, 2014 11:30

JerryLee: Feb 4, 2005; THE RESERVED LIST! THE RESERVED LIST! I CANNOT SHUT UP ABOUT THE RESERVED LIST!

Serperoth posted:

Are these references to classical Greek seafaring or is there some other joke I'm missing?

# ? Dec 7, 2014 12:12

Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

JerryLee posted:

Are these references to classical Greek seafaring or is there some other joke I'm missing?

When Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship, we called it "The Pirate Ship", probably because it was super unexpected.

EDIT: Oh god it's 1-1 in matches, this is so tense.

Serperoth fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Dec 7, 2014

# ? Dec 7, 2014 12:27

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

Other matches finished 1-1. Final match still in game 1, with both players at 40+ life.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 12:31

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

I know it's not gonna happen but Whip should be banned from standard. Not because it's broken but because it makes games take forever and is boring as hell.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 12:32

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

That fuckin' game. And that poor bloody Rhino.

Aaaand another M3 G3. Sweet.

Sleep of Bronze fucked around with this message at 12:51 on Dec 7, 2014

# ? Dec 7, 2014 12:39

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

That Soul of Theros activation for exact lethal. :drat:

# ? Dec 7, 2014 12:51

SEX HAVER 40000: Aug 6, 2009; no doves fly here lol

Sleep of Bronze posted:

That fuckin' game. And that poor bloody Rhino.

Aaaand another M3 G3. Sweet.

Jesus Christ. I thought I understood how to play this game. What's even happening here?

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:03

Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

SEX HAVER 40000 posted:

Jesus Christ. I thought I understood how to play this game. What's even happening here?

Both players had a bunch of stuff, Greek dude destroyed most of Danish dude's stuff, attacked with everything.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:05

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

Infinite turns of value with Sidisi, Whip of Erebos, Hornet Queens, Soul of Innistrad and Doomwake Giants, until Savvidis wiped his opponent's board with the Giants and just shoved his mass of creatures into the red zone.

loving lol, Ashiok ultimate on camera in World Cup finals. I love it.

Sleep of Bronze fucked around with this message at 13:08 on Dec 7, 2014

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:05

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

This is the most dramatic mana screw I have ever seen for Savvidis.

E: And holy poo poo, that super slam Duneblast.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:07

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

Dat Duneblast. Such a tense game.

DENMARK. My God, that last game.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:08

Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

Duneblast

Goddam mana screw man, that was BRUTAL.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:09

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

It was the best of topdecks, it was the worst of topdecks. :stare:

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:10

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

The newscasters are in such shock ... that their mics aren't on. C'mon, Wizards, ffs.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:12

joats: Aug 18, 2007; stupid bewbie

Greece must feel terrible. Only lost because of extreme mana screw and the other team was jumping up and down, high fiving each other.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:20

Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

joats posted:

Greece must feel terrible. Only lost because of extreme mana screw and the other team was jumping up and down, high fiving each other.

It really doesn't feel like a good loss. I know it's part of Magic and all, mana screw happens, but it was such a bomb mana screw (Dig Through Time, one land :negative:

), and Denmark topdecked perfectly after that Ashiok ult, it just feels bad.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:22

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

Modern Masters 2. What a surprise.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:33

Dungeon Ecology: Feb 9, 2011

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:34

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Zendicar fetches?

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:35

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

mcmagic posted:

Zendicar fetches?

Probably. Goes up to NPH and it would match with the KTK/Onslaught fetches.

Sleep of Bronze fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Dec 7, 2014

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:35

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Christ I want to go to that Vegas GP.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:38

Attorney at Funk: Jun 3, 2008; ...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.

10 bucks a pack?

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:44

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Attorney at Funk posted:

10 bucks a pack?

Yeesh. 30 bucks a draft. I'm gonna spend way too much money on that.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:45

Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

I missed part of the stream, did they show what that little golden thing in front of Helene Bergeot is?

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:46

Sleep of Bronze: Feb 9, 2013; If I could only somewhere find Aias, master of the warcry, then we could go forth and again ignite our battle-lust, even in the face of the gods themselves.

Their venue in Vegas is meant to have a 10,000 person capacity. :stare:

And they'll handle it by splitting it into 2 GPs if they get over 5k players.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:47

Attorney at Funk: Jun 3, 2008; ...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.

mcmagic posted:

Yeesh. 30 bucks a draft. I'm gonna spend way too much money on that.

I wonder if the higher MSRP signals an intention to up the print run.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:47

Sotar: Dec 1, 2009

I don't think this will drive down Modern prices that much then.

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:50

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

So pretty much confirmed no Bob, no Goyf....

Sell your Karns!

# ? Dec 7, 2014 13:50