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That Terminus card is like the size of her face.
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Elyv posted:That Terminus card is like the size of her face. I think you mean her hand is like half the size of that Terminus.
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Dec 24, 2014 20:03
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Toshimo posted:Just to be clear, you guys have no chance. This is Joe Losset's waifu: M13 and AVR are legal at the same time. Why isn't she playing restothrag bullshit if she's the best?
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Dec 24, 2014 20:10
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SierraNovember posted:When we started playing a few months ago, a friend net decked his first rhino whip deck. I blew 20 quid on the KTK event deck and managed to make a few trades from gimmes at our LGS. I mean, you can imagine a scenario where someone looks up a decklist, studies it, understand why it is the way it is, plays with it frequently, and pilots it well. You can also imagine a scenario where someone picks a deck that looks neat, plays it for 3 hours every FNM and not much more, and always does meh at best because they don't understand it beyond a very superficial level (cast rhino win game!). If you build your own deck, odds are unless you are just piling all the elves or all your favorite white cards together, that you have put more thought into it, so you understand it. If you build it and play it and understand it well, odds are you'll do better than someone who just picks a list and expects the deck to do the majority of the work. However someone can pick up a deck, and put in the time to understand it like they built it, then they ought to do well with it too.
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Dec 24, 2014 20:30
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:M13 and AVR are legal at the same time. Why isn't she playing restothrag bullshit if she's the best? To be fair it doesn't say she's the best, at least in the blurb.
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Dec 24, 2014 20:31
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Looks like it comes from http://dengekionline.com/pr/d-mtg/. You can read it here.
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Dec 24, 2014 20:37
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SierraNovember posted:When we started playing a few months ago, a friend net decked his first rhino whip deck. I blew 20 quid on the KTK event deck and managed to make a few trades from gimmes at our LGS. This is probably true as long as there isn't a massive difference between your decks' qualities. I feel like this is what gets people so worked up about control. With aggro you're dead pretty drat quick if your deck's bad, same with combo, and midrange only takes a little longer. But with control, it can still be a long round, just one where you never have any chance and you aren't good enough to know their deck and know that there's no way you win when every card in your deck sucks aside from the planeswalker that you pulled and splashed for. Getting into magic when I had a friend who played drownyard control sure was an experience 
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Dec 24, 2014 20:51
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Let's just put it this way: if I asked this thread to come up with a Temur list (and I say that just because Temur isn't the most popular archtype in Standard), I bet you most of the decks would be like 75%+ the same.
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Dec 24, 2014 20:57
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Angry Grimace posted:Let's just put it this way: if I asked this thread to come up with a Temur list (and I say that just because Temur isn't the most popular archtype in Standard), I bet you most of the decks would be like 75%+ the same. Yup. The other main area is money I think. People who are fond of complaining about netdecks want their deck without 4x of key cards, without spending for the landbase etc. to be just as good.
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Dec 24, 2014 20:59
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Angry Grimace posted:Let's just put it this way: if I asked this thread to come up with a Temur list (and I say that just because Temur isn't the most popular archtype in Standard), I bet you most of the decks would be like 75%+ the same. Mine would have 4 Sagu Mauler and 3 Surrak Bearpuncher. Those cards are criminally underplayed.
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Dec 24, 2014 21:01
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suicidesteve posted:Mine would have 4 Sagu Mauler and 3 Surrak Bearpuncher. Those cards are criminally underplayed. As someone who actually plays Temur Ferocious in Standard, I can tell you why we don't play Sagu Mauler - you usually have to tap out to play it and even in a big honking ramp deck, you frequently can't just run them down on a Mauler faster than they can kill you with tokens or huge U/W Heroic guys. You really want to jam out a Ferocious-tier guy as fast as you can while still having mana up to use Stubborn Denial. For six mana I'd probably rather just jam a See the Unwritten. Besides, you usually win if you manage to get enough mana to activate a Stormbreath's Monstrous trigger. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Dec 24, 2014 21:15
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Angry Grimace posted:Let's just put it this way: if I asked this thread to come up with a Temur list (and I say that just because Temur isn't the most popular archtype in Standard), I bet you most of the decks would be like 75%+ the same. For most clans you need to specify the archetype, since Mardu supports aggro, midrange and control/walkers for example, but even then a bunch of the landbase is shared. But with that specification you will indeed get a bunch of similar decks playing the best cards in those colours. Mauler is indeed brutal, and Surrak should probably see more play for what he brings.
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Dec 24, 2014 21:19
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BizarroAzrael posted:For most clans you need to specify the archetype, since Mardu supports aggro, midrange and control/walkers for example, but even then a bunch of the landbase is shared. But with that specification you will indeed get a bunch of similar decks playing the best cards in those colours. You could probably play Temur a few different ways, too, if you really thought about it - play it as Counterburn with Caryatids for blocking and ramp or something. But it probably wouldn't be "competitive."
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Dec 24, 2014 21:21
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I really, really dig Temur 'Walkers'. Its basically midrange with a Sarkhan, Two Kiora and Xenagos. Turn 2 Knuckleblade into turn 3 Xenagos usually makes people scoop and it also turns out that if you get Kiora and a Knuckleblade out against Abzan, they can't do anything to stop you if you have counter magic for the Utter Ends and Downfalls. I guess it also turns out nobody expects main board Denials. Count Bleck fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Dec 24, 2014 21:25
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I thought we'd slain the word Netdecking years ago? Showing up to the court wearing an official jersey and the latest Air Jordans doesn't make you a professional Basketball player; neither does showing up to FNM with the last PT winner's deck.
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Dec 24, 2014 21:26
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Count Bleck posted:I really, really dig Temur 'Walkers'. The deck I've been playing with is pretty solidly a Tier 2 deck but it has a really hard time on the U/W Heroic and Tokens matchups. It basically plays like an aggressive version of the old G/R Monsters that can protect its big threats with Temur Charm and Stubborn Denial. I love the deck because it leads to a lot of very fun games of Magic, but drat if it doesn't scoop hard to any game where its playing from behind. Jeff Hoogland (the Meadery writer guy) is playing a super similar deck and got totally smoked playing it in an SCG event to those same matchups. Last I saw he was playing Rabblemasters though, which I hate in this deck.
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Dec 24, 2014 21:29
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jassi007 posted:Yup. The other main area is money I think. People who are fond of complaining about netdecks want their deck without 4x of key cards, without spending for the landbase etc. to be just as good. I run kavu predator because it is almost like tarmogoyf and 1/200th the price! 
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Dec 24, 2014 21:32
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Molybdenum posted:I run kavu predator because it is almost like tarmogoyf and 1/200th the price! Hidden Gibbons, bro. Get with it.
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Dec 24, 2014 21:42
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jassi007 posted:I mean, you can imagine a scenario where someone looks up a decklist, studies it, understand why it is the way it is, plays with it frequently, and pilots it well. You can also imagine a scenario where someone picks a deck that looks neat, plays it for 3 hours every FNM and not much more, and always does meh at best because they don't understand it beyond a very superficial level (cast rhino win game!). Really good post!
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Dec 24, 2014 21:44
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Elyv posted:That Terminus card is like the size of her face. It's in line with the size of yu gi oh cards in the anime. The reason yugi is able to always draw what he needs is because the cards in his deck vary between being as big as his head and as small as the last segment in his finger.
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Dec 24, 2014 22:29
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Dr. Stab posted:It's in line with the size of yu gi oh cards in the anime. The reason yugi is able to always draw what he needs is because the cards in his deck vary between being as big as his head and as small as the last segment in his finger. Well, that and he has a literal magic power to let him draw whatever he wants. Your explanation is better though.
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Dec 24, 2014 22:46
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TheKingofSprings posted:Well, that and he has a literal magic power to let him draw whatever he wants. Did the Puzzle actually let him topdeck the Best Possible Answer? Did it really? 
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Dec 24, 2014 22:55
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My problem with Temur is that all of the gold cards are pretty underwhelming in practice, and the main advantage is just getting to play a deck with Disdainful Stroke, Courser, and Stormbreath in it - which is fine enough but doesn't reward you for poisoning your manabase with taplands in the same way that splashing for Siege Rhino and Sidisi does. Playing straight up G/R feels more consistent and therefore more powerful. Angry Grimace posted:The deck I've been playing with is pretty solidly a Tier 2 deck but it has a really hard time on the U/W Heroic and Tokens matchups. It basically plays like an aggressive version of the old G/R Monsters that can protect its big threats with Temur Charm and Stubborn Denial. I love the deck because it leads to a lot of very fun games of Magic, but drat if it doesn't scoop hard to any game where its playing from behind. A couple copies of Kiora in the sideboard could be really good if you have a bunch of U/W Heroic in your area. That and 3-4x Destructive Revelry/Unravel the Aether to blow up Ordeals and Aqueous Forms so your Stormbreaths can win the game.
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Dec 24, 2014 22:56
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Count Bleck posted:Did the Puzzle actually let him topdeck the Best Possible Answer? It's canon.
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Dec 24, 2014 22:58
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Equilibrium posted:My problem with Temur is that all of the gold cards are pretty underwhelming in practice, and the main advantage is just getting to play a deck with Disdainful Stroke, Courser, and Stormbreath in it - which is fine enough but doesn't reward you for poisoning your manabase with taplands in the same way that splashing for Siege Rhino and Sidisi does. Playing straight up G/R feels more consistent and therefore more powerful. I took all the Coursers out of the deck. Stubborn Denial in practice does a lot less when they know you have it. That's just me though, I know Hoogland still has 3 of them. For some reason I've stolen a ton more games with Fanatic of Xenagos when I get him out Turn 2. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Dec 24, 2014 22:59
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Count Bleck posted:Did the Puzzle actually let him topdeck the Best Possible Answer? It was unconscious at first but as far as I remember at the end of the series when Yugi and the Pharoah are duelling, the Pharoah is straight up drawing whatever he wants and he says as much.
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Dec 24, 2014 22:59
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TheKingofSprings posted:It was unconscious at first but as far as I remember at the end of the series when Yugi and the Pharoah are duelling, the Pharoah is straight up drawing whatever he wants and he says as much. forbidden lesbian posted:It's canon. That's perhaps the best dumb Protagonist Privilege I've ever heard of. Sometimes anime makes me smile.
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Dec 24, 2014 23:04
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Count Bleck posted:That's perhaps the best dumb Protagonist Privilege I've ever heard of. I think the puzzle made him king of games in general? I can't really remember. You kind of need it when your opponents are, among other people one who can see the future and one that can read your mind And the puzzle definitely wasn't a factor in getting a guy to burn himself alive while the guy had him at gunpoint, that was all him TheKingofSprings fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Dec 24, 2014 23:06
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Angry Grimace posted:I took all the Coursers out of the deck. Stubborn Denial in practice does a lot less when they know you have it. That's just me though, I know Hoogland still has 3 of them. For some reason I've stolen a ton more games with Fanatic of Xenagos when I get him out Turn 2. If you're not playing counters why are you playing blue? The splash isn't worth it.
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Dec 24, 2014 23:23
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TheKingofSprings posted:I think the puzzle made him king of games in general? I unironically love how completely batshit YuGiOh is. Cards that summon literal Egyptian Gods, dooming people's souls to hell when you beat them. And tell me the Pro Tour wouldn't be more exciting if they didn't race motorcycles while playing. The game sucks though, right?
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Dec 24, 2014 23:25
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Boxman posted:The game sucks though, right? unrelated but did anyone else read the last couple posts and immediately think the Pharaoh got whitelisted? aaaaaa
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Dec 24, 2014 23:30
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Boxman posted:I unironically love how completely batshit YuGiOh is. Cards that summon literal Egyptian Gods, dooming people's souls to hell when you beat them. And tell me the Pro Tour wouldn't be more exciting if they didn't race motorcycles while playing. I don't want them to race motorcycles while playing(that just reminds me of one section in Snow Crash), but duel disks would be sweet. Hell, I'd accept those giant arenas from season 1.
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Dec 24, 2014 23:35
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Boxman posted:I unironically love how completely batshit YuGiOh is. Cards that summon literal Egyptian Gods, dooming people's souls to hell when you beat them. And tell me the Pro Tour wouldn't be more exciting if they didn't race motorcycles while playing. I mean, I wouldn't play it for tournaments, but if you have any emotional investment in the game then it's a great source of super casual fun.
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Dec 24, 2014 23:44
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The Terminus EDH precon may be good but it's really unfun to play againstBoxman posted:The game sucks though, right? It's regarded as a sideboard card at best due to the absurd nature of the current metagame
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Dec 24, 2014 23:57
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Irony Be My Shield posted:The Terminus EDH precon may be good but it's really unfun to play against Tell us more 
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So I'm taking a look at buying into Standard on MODO, finding some of the prices odd in comparison to paper, like Chandra being about 15 tix. Do Core Sets not get opened online? Not sure what I want to do, replicating my Mardu walkers is a touch pricey, but maybe the practice will do me good, or I could do Heroic, or try BW Heroic again and not bother with competitiveness.
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Dec 25, 2014 00:10
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Irony Be My Shield posted:The Terminus EDH precon may be good but it's really unfun to play against vOv posted:Tell us more I don't know a lot about YuGiOh, but I know it gets ridiculous really easily. The fact that the game has no resource system means that a spell that says just "draw two cards" is/was banned for quite a long time, for example. But yes, Irony Be My Shield, please tell more.
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Dec 25, 2014 00:15
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I tried to force storm in the holiday cube, but nothing was coming pack 1, so I switched to drafting birthing pod. Then pack 2 nothing was coming for that so I switched back to storm. Pack 3 ended uyp being pretty kind, but I still ended up with a garbage pile. This deck is 2-0 right now, I have no idea how. Shardless Agent into Oath of Druids of an empty board is a pretty sweet combo. Its almost as good as Shardless Agent into Pentad Prism, but at least I drew the Tolarian Academy the next turn.
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Dec 25, 2014 00:26
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Serperoth posted:I don't know a lot about YuGiOh, but I know it gets ridiculous really easily. The fact that the game has no resource system means that a spell that says just "draw two cards" is/was banned for quite a long time, for example. Pretty sure Pot of Greed is still banned, when your deck is only 40 cards, two cards for no cost is horribly absurd. Especially since Yugioh has about a bajillion different tutor type cards.
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On a similar note, Shard of Greed is straight up unused in the meta. By giving it a two turn wait time for those two cards, it became unplayable due to how very, very tempo and combo based Yugioh is. But seriously, Pot of Greed is nothing compared to insane cards like Spellbook of Judgment. Tutor a card for each spell you played that turn (which don't have a cost to begin with) and pull out a creature for free.
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