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Irony Be My Shield posted:I'm confused, I think you're talking about Temur Battle Rage here? I'm talking about Break Through the Line, the 2 mana enchantment that lets you give your small creatures (every creature in most Boss Sligh lists qualify) haste and unblockable for R. OH! I'm sorry. yeah, I got it mixed up. Anything that passes Unblockable is good, so I can definitely see it standard...maybe tried in modern but Modern has cheap unconditional (or almost anyway) removal and good wraths, so cards that 'help' get you damage end up not as good as cards that actually do damage. How long until we know the deck lists for the elspeth vs. kiora duel decks?
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Thanks. I always have trouble finding things on the Wizards site.
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TheKingofSprings posted:I really hope a couple of cards get taken off the Modern ban list, particularly GSZ. You are nuts. You know it's just a better chord of calling in Pod right? In addition to T1 dryad arbor for days. Blood braid and GGT are the safe unbans. Yes I watched Caleb durwards videos.
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I'm not a fan of Matthias Hunt's commentating, but he's currently killing his opponent with a Hive Mind + Summoner's Pact on stream. All is forgiven.
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Still considering myself a mtg noob, I had my best standard run at FNM last night. Went 3-0, on round 4 me and my opponent decided to split the 1st and 2nd place prize, lost the last round, won 7 packs. My packs pulled Sorin, Sarkhan, and a Wooded Foothills (also a foil Grim Haruspex , but who cares). Now I've got a full set of Sarkhan until they are rotated out and used my Foothills to get a set of Battlefield Forges in preparation for FRF. 
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qbert posted:I'm not a fan of Matthias Hunt's commentating, but he's currently killing his opponent with a Hive Mind + Summoner's Pact on stream. All is forgiven. He definitely has some neat sleeves, on top of playing a neat deck.
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qbert posted:I'm not a fan of Matthias Hunt's commentating, but he's currently killing his opponent with a Hive Mind + Summoner's Pact on stream. All is forgiven. That was a really good match of Magic (vs. Hwang and Ascendency).
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I haven't looked at MTG since the first set of the gods. I'm thinking of getting into it again. What are some of the more rediculous cards to have come out. The snapcasters and noble hierarchs and shocklands of the sets. Any must have cards?
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RC Cola posted:I haven't looked at MTG since the first set of the gods. I'm thinking of getting into it again. What are some of the more rediculous cards to have come out. The snapcasters and noble hierarchs and shocklands of the sets. Any must have cards? in pictures      honorable mentions  
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Rinkles posted:in pictures There is no way crackling doom is real. That's absurd
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RC Cola posted:There is no way crackling doom is real. That's absurd Ironically, it is the least played card on that list just because the deck it fits into doesn't really match well against the Rhino's deck.
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It's also three colors in colors that don't have good mana fixing, which balances the strength of its effect. Also I think Dig Through Time is an honorable mention, it's not getting played enough in Standard but people are saying it's strong enough to possibly get banned in Modern (despite only appearing in one kind of deck?)
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Rinkles posted:in pictures Also, they printed not one but two draw spells with delve.  
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If you haven't played since Theros you may have missed probably the most played card in Born of the Gods It seems so innocuous but it just hangs out there, being good. Also, red's army-in-a-can.  Anyway, goodness did I miss hearing Phillips and Sullivan make smalltalk over legacy cards. They show the Planechase version of Ghostly prison: "Look at that poor monster behind bars." "I dunno. Given the belt of skulls and the 18 pack abs, I think that monster is up to no good." "I choose to believe he has a sense of style and likes to go to the gym."
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Jan 11, 2015 17:31
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AlternateNu posted:Ironically, it is the least played card on that list just because the deck it fits into doesn't really match well against the Rhino's deck. It's a shame since it can take out a Rhino and negate some of that life gain, but then Courser and Caryatid still exists which walls a lot of potential early-game Mardu beats. I once Crackling Doom'd a Caryatid, though. That was fun.
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Mercury Crusader posted:I once Crackling Doom'd a Caryatid, though. That was fun. This is one of my favourite things to do with MarduKing.
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TheKingofSprings posted:I really hope a couple of cards get taken off the Modern ban list, particularly GSZ. So you want Modern to just be Pod and Pod variants?
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Jan 11, 2015 19:25
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Mercury Crusader posted:It's a shame since it can take out a Rhino and negate some of that life gain, but then Courser and Caryatid still exists which walls a lot of potential early-game Mardu beats. Last year, I EOT Golgari Charm'd away 3 of my opponent's Elvish Mystics, untapped and Bile Blighted my own Caryatid to kill his 3 Caryatids. It left him with 2 Forests in play and a Mistcutter Hydra in his hand. 
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Angry Grimace posted:So you want Modern to just be Pod and Pod variants? Pod wasn't the main reason that card was banned in the first place (it was 12Post). And GSZ makes Gaddock Teeg, a card which fucks over Pod's tutors pretty well, much more playable.
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The problem with GSZ is that it could get any undercosted green creature at a still-fair price, while also getting Dryad Arbor on turn one. It makes it so that the only creature decks are green toolbox decks. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to cast it, but I don't think it's good for Modern.
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Jan 11, 2015 22:23
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The reason it's banned I think is (besides the Dryad Arbor fetching) that if you're a green creature deck, there's pretty much no reason not to run 4x GSZ.
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Jan 11, 2015 22:24
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TheKingofSprings posted:Pod wasn't the main reason that card was banned in the first place (it was 12Post). GSZ was originally banned because it made the zoo decks that were dominant at the time too versatile and flexible, actually.
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GSZ is a Llanowar Elf that can also get better if you pay more than 1 for it. It's funny how Modern has had to ban a couple mana dorks with late-game utility for being too good and making the format monotonous.
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Elyv posted:GSZ was originally banned because it made the zoo decks that were dominant at the time too versatile and flexible, actually. Well Zoo's completely dead so bring back GSZ.
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Jan 11, 2015 22:40
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Well Zoo's completely dead so bring back GSZ. This, Knight of the Reliquary owns and it'd be great to see that card get some play.
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Speaking of cards seeing play, Kird Ape just won G3 of the Quarterfinals at the SCG Open.
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TheKingofSprings posted:This, Knight of the Reliquary owns and it'd be great to see that card get some play. I'm glad Modern Masters used the original art because the Knights vs Dragon art is so, so bad.
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Top 8 for gp Omaha is pretty interesting. 2 ur delver, Pod, merfolk, zoo, amulet combo, rg tron, and that breach valakut deck
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Looks like a really good top 8. Surprised to see no scapeshift there. Also wanna see that merfolk list!
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Bonus posted:The reason it's banned I think is (besides the Dryad Arbor fetching) that if you're a green creature deck, there's pretty much no reason not to run 4x GSZ. This isn't wrong, but isn't very compelling when you consider red decks and Lightning Bolt (and that's arguably the best card in Modern).
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Bonus posted:The reason it's banned I think is (besides the Dryad Arbor fetching) that if you're a green creature deck, there's pretty much no reason not to run 4x GSZ. If you're an aggressive red deck there's no reason not to run 4x Lightning Bolt. Should that card get banned out of the format?
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TheKingofSprings posted:If you're an aggressive red deck there's no reason not to run 4x Lightning Bolt. Bolt for the most part is a reactive card and can kill creatures with Toughness 3 or less, sometimes providing reach to finish a game. GSZ does a lot more and creates a lot of dependency, when I put bolt in my deck I'm dependent on red sources, other cards I have in common with other decks are for independent reasons. When I put GSZ in a deck it also brings along half a dozen one-ofs, meaning every green deck has a lot more slots in common, and by dropping it straight into play it doesn't have the tempo cost that most cards like this entail. That said I'm lukewarm on its ban, and its unbanning, but it's doesn't warp deckbuilding the same way Bolt does at all.
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Lunsku posted:Hahah holy poo poo this accidental open mic in GP stream what'd they say!
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Anti-Citizen posted:Bolt for the most part is a reactive card and can kill creatures with Toughness 3 or less, sometimes providing reach to finish a game. GSZ does a lot more and creates a lot of dependency, when I put bolt in my deck I'm dependent on red sources, other cards I have in common with other decks are for independent reasons. When I put GSZ in a deck it also brings along half a dozen one-ofs, meaning every green deck has a lot more slots in common, and by dropping it straight into play it doesn't have the tempo cost that most cards like this entail. The existence of Bolt in the format helps invalidate a shitload of creatures though, if your toughness isn't higher than 3 and you don't replace yourself, win instantly somehow, or aren't sufficiently cheap to cast you're basically useless.
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Top 8ed a PPTQ today, my first competitive Standard event so I was pleased to do that well; opened Sorin and Rhino in my prize packs as well. There was a DQ in the semis though; guy facing down Stoke the Flames for lethal, says "Well done" and shakes his opponent's hand, but then realises he can Last Breath his own guy to stay alive and says "Wait..." as his opponent goes to pick up his deck. The DQ came because the head judge asked him if he thought he had lost the match when he offered the hand and he said no, which was clearly not true - DQ for lying to a judge. If he had told the truth, the game would have continued (apparently there is no shortcut for conceding) and he would probably have won. Honesty - still the best policy.
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jassi007 posted:what'd they say! Ben Stark slammed Portuguese and French pretty hard in regards to cheating, not knowing the mic was open. I would think someone will transcript the whole bit before long.
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https://twitter.com/BenS8528/status/554417826035798017 Seems extremely good.
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Bloom Titan in Second Place is pretty impressive, I must admit. Maybe I should grab a playset of Amulets now and not later.
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