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deftest posted:Super broken in constructed though, no? How quickly we forget the season of all black / all blue They would contribute to constructed, yes, but these are far more balanced than Reckoner/Nightveil.
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deftest posted:Super broken in constructed though, no? How quickly we forget the season of all black / all blue I don't think those cards would be all that broken in devotion strategies. The Blue decks were good just because of the quantity of UU and UUU playables that were available and MonoB just had cards like Pack Rat and Thoughsieze with insane power levels. These wouldn't fall into either of those camps...
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mcmagic posted:I don't think those cards would be all that broken in devotion strategies. The Blue decks were good just because of the quantity of UU and UUU playables that were available and MonoB just had cards like Pack Rat and Thoughsieze with insane power levels. These wouldn't fall into either of those camps... Thoughtseize is still in Standard, and so is Grey Merchant of Asphodel.
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Mar 16, 2015 22:08
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Serperoth posted:Thoughtseize is still in Standard, and so is Grey Merchant of Asphodel. Yeah but I don't think Thoughtsieze is enough to bring back monoB and Gary was only in the deck because you had all these other super powerful cards that were BB or BBB. I didn't even bring up Underworld Connections...
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Serperoth posted:Thoughtseize is still in Standard, and so is Grey Merchant of Asphodel. Yeah and only one of those is good in a vacuum. There's nothing else to justify going mono B right now.
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TheKingofSprings posted:Yeah and only one of those is good in a vacuum. A BBB Dragon could help it, that's my point. It's no Nightveil for sure, but a curve that goes Bloodsoaked Champion->Thoughtseize->BBB Dragon->Gary isn't bad. Probably wouldn't be as dominant as Pack Rat MonoB, but CCC permanents can be dangerous right now, that's my point.
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Mar 16, 2015 22:15
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No more (e: of some) 8 man constructed queues on Modo. 6-2-2-2 queues! The sky is falling!!! http://magic.wizards.com/en/MTGO/articles/archive/magic-online/april-2015-event-changes-2015-03-16
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quote:One of the things we try to do is avoid regret.
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So, they got rid of momir dailies and now also queues?
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Mar 16, 2015 22:35
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I am glad they are replacing the good EV 4 pack sealed events which don't fire enough for phantom 4 pack sealed events which are good practice for real life and something players are really clamoring for.
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Tiny lovely flyers just don't feel like dragons. Even the 3/3 megamorphs are kindof pushing it. Admittedly I do like Hatchling and I wouldn't have minded that.
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Mar 16, 2015 23:06
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rabidsquid posted:I am glad they are replacing the good EV 4 pack sealed events which don't fire enough for phantom 4 pack sealed events which are good practice for real life and something players are really clamoring for. They are only removing the 4 pack sealed for the old formats, not the current one. Also the phantom sealed will be the current 6-pack sealed, not 4 pack. It's understandable: I spent a while trying to get in a 4 booster THS/JOU sealed event for some of that sweet sweet EV and they NEVER fired. Turns out there's not much desire to play Sealed+Old+Bad Format. I don't agree with every decision Lee Sharpe has made but he seems to actually be paying attention to the data and be willing to experiment.
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Mar 16, 2015 23:13
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There is actually no reason to play 4 pack sealed ever as the format only exists on MTGO. I doubt it would have ever gained traction if it weren't the only way to play with your packs without spending any tix at all. It would be nice if there had been an equivalent "real" sealed format.
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The 6-2-2-2-2 queues seem interesting. The risk isn't as high as the 8-4 drafts but the reward is on par with the previous payouts. Being able to play something comparable to a 4-3-2-2 without getting knocked out of the running for losing your first round is a nice change, too.
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So I passed my level two judge test at the open last weekend.  Bring on the PreTQs.
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Shavnir posted:So I passed my level two judge test at the open last weekend. Congratulations! In similar but unrelated news, the Summer Conference for my region was announced today. Seems pretty hype, and considering how fun the Winter one was, I hope I'll get to go.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:No more (e: of some) 8 man constructed queues on Modo. 6-2-2-2 queues! The sky is falling!!! Down with this so hard. Shavnir posted:So I passed my level two judge test at the open last weekend. congratulations u big sexy man cow u
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Mar 17, 2015 01:27
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Quick question, is it possible for someone to tap a card that isn't normally tappable due to an effect? For example, if player A has tangle wire out, could the tap that tangle wire as one of the cards?
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Mar 17, 2015 01:34
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Yes, and that's the usual play with Tangle Wire.
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Fiend Computer posted:Quick question, is it possible for someone to tap a card that isn't normally tappable due to an effect? For example, if player A has tangle wire out, could the tap that tangle wire as one of the cards? Yep, you can tap any permanent even if normal game actions wouldn't typically cause it to tap.
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Okay, I thought so, but I had someone argue that I couldn't. Thanks!
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Fiend Computer posted:Okay, I thought so, but I had someone argue that I couldn't. Thanks! Not only that, but if you put the tap trigger on the stack before the Fading trigger, you only really have to tap 2 things because you have the Tangle Wire while they still have to tap 4.
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Mar 17, 2015 01:47
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Yeah tangle wire is absurd. Can think of very few cube decks that don't want it.
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Pontius Pilate posted:Yeah tangle wire is absurd. Can think of very few cube decks that don't want it. Or EDH decks! Except like, aggro ones, like Anafenza, probably.
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Mar 17, 2015 02:09
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Lottery of Babylon posted:Numot the Devastator, because it has Good Lord.
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colors and it flies in for a direct hit that destroys two structures from the air.
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Count Bleck posted:Or EDH decks!
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Mar 17, 2015 02:19
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Just use tangle wire with Vorel until you find your win con.
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Bugsy posted:Just use tangle wire with Vorel until you find your win con. edh.docx
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I wish they just replaced the pack-per-win queues with the 6-3-2-2's for everything, since the only real point of the swiss is getting to play three rounds.
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Spiderdrake posted:This sentence parses like you don't think Tangle Wire is an aggro card. Oh, yeah. I use that poo poo in my Jor Kadeen deck. He has pummeled many a face with Tangle Wire power ups. 
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Swagger Dagger posted:I wish they just replaced the pack-per-win queues with the 6-3-2-2's for everything, since the only real point of the swiss is getting to play three rounds. I would not be unhappy if everything was 6-2-2-2s.
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Bugsy posted:Just use tangle wire with Vorel until you find your win con. Nothing better than having tangle wire sitting at 3000 with a prophet of kruphix out.
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Hellsau posted:I would not be unhappy if everything was 6-2-2-2s. Don't let Lee Sharpe hear you or they're going to take that extra pack away and claim players were asking for it 
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rabidsquid posted:Don't let Lee Sharpe hear you or they're going to take that extra pack away and claim players were asking for it
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rabidsquid posted:Don't let Lee Sharpe hear you or they're going to take that extra pack away and claim players were asking for it If they come out with 6-1-2-2 queues I'll laugh and laugh and laugh.
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Phantom triple ARB is such a silly format. I drafted a fast Grixis deck with a pile of Grixis Grimblades and Esper Stormblades, some flyers and removal spells. The decks are all absurdly powerful, but with pretty bad mana, which makes for some insane swings. I just narrowly beat a crazy exalted deck. Ardent Plea and tons of 2 mana exalted guys, so I was usually staring down three triggers by turn 3. Round 2 I barely get taken down by a Jund deck with Lavalanche, 3 Putrid Leeches, at least 2 Bituminous Blasts, Bloodbraid Elf. Like, that kind of deck should not be barely beating anything in any sort of reasonable limited format. This is pretty much the best thing ever.
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Paul Cheon has the craziest fans. He's doing a 24-hour stream and has made something like $1.3k today through donations alone.
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1K came from a single person. Not a bad gig he's got there.
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Lancelot posted:Paul Cheon has the craziest fans. He's doing a 24-hour stream and has made something like $1.3k today through donations alone. Its funny because that's not even insane for a video game streamer. People are just straight nuts
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Wezlar posted:Its funny because that's not even insane for a video game streamer. People are just straight nuts Yeah MTGO players are like bottom rung on Twitch. People playing LoL or CS:GO (especially women) regularly make 5-7k a stream. Which is insane to me but good on them for supporting the entertainment they consume I guess.
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