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rabidsquid posted:One of the things that has been massively stunting Legacy and Modern growth on a global level is that burn decks simply aren't viable without access to a dwindling number of snow lands There are burn decks in Modern that run Snow Lands that aren't Skred? Maybe I'm missing a joke here????
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Count Bleck posted:There are burn decks in Modern that run Snow Lands that aren't Skred? Snow lands are Neat and Different.
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Apr 28, 2015 21:15
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Count Bleck posted:There are burn decks in Modern that run Snow Lands that aren't Skred? I assure you the amount of people shunning eternal formats because they can't play burn is no joke
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Apr 28, 2015 21:21
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rabidsquid posted:I assure you the amount of people shunning eternal formats because they can't play burn is no joke I'm okay with that. The cost of Legacy means that, while it's slowly dying out, you only play against people who are truly invested in the format, making for an entirely better experience than modern or standard. Not to mention less burn means more diversity.
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Apr 28, 2015 21:27
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Besides, if the eternal formats were worth our time, WOTC would show support for them with their products. Out with the old, in with the new I say.
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Apr 28, 2015 21:36
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rabidsquid posted:One of the things that has been massively stunting Vintage and Legacy growth on a global level is that decks simply aren't viable without access to a dwindling number of dual lands rabidsquid posted:I assure you the amount of people shunning eternal formats because they can't play multicolored decks is no joke Count Bleck I filled the joke in for you
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Deofuta posted:Besides, if the eternal formats were worth our time, WOTC would show support for them with their products. Out with the old, in with the new I say. You post this a month before the biggest MTG event of all time to support a set with nothing but eternal format reprints...
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Apr 28, 2015 21:39
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Ramos posted:I'm okay with that. The cost of Legacy means that, while it's slowly dying out, you only play against people who are truly invested in the format, making for an entirely better experience than modern or standard. Not to mention less burn means more diversity. Legacy has more interest now than ever before.
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Apr 28, 2015 21:40
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Count Bleck posted:There are burn decks in Modern that run Snow Lands that aren't Skred?
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Apr 28, 2015 21:47
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Partial Octopus posted:Legacy has more interest now than ever before. Yes, from whiny, poor people. Who are best sitting outside of that money gate.
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Apr 28, 2015 21:49
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Madmarker posted:No because Lightning Bolt isn't in standard.........Lightning Strike on the other hand.... I don't think its a good keep unless you know what you're playing already. Against an unknown deck I think you're asking to get hosed up. The problem I would think about when I drew it is that the hand is relatively bad against control and especially bad against other aggro decks.
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Apr 28, 2015 22:12
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I might keep it if it had dragon fodder, but it's not really that explosive a hand anyway. Against control it's probably fine.
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Apr 28, 2015 22:16
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mcmagic posted:You post this a month before the biggest MTG event of all time to support a set with nothing but eternal format reprints... Modern isn't an Eternal format, it's a Constructed format
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Apr 28, 2015 23:01
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I know deck thinning doesn't do dick, but how are my odds of drawing gas effected when my mana base is 17 lands and 8 of them are fetches? It's still negligible because a small amount of my deck is land to begin with?
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Apr 28, 2015 23:12
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I use snow covered island, because I like the ice age art 
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Apr 28, 2015 23:15
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Babylon Astronaut posted:I know deck thinning doesn't do dick, but how are my odds of drawing gas effected when my mana base is 17 lands and 8 of them are fetches? It's still negligible because a small amount of my deck is land to begin with?
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Apr 28, 2015 23:32
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Babylon Astronaut posted:I know deck thinning doesn't do dick, but how are my odds of drawing gas effected when my mana base is 17 lands and 8 of them are fetches? It's still negligible because a small amount of my deck is land to begin with? You just said you "know" it doesn't do dick. The answer to your question is that they're barely affected. http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/print.asp?ID=3096
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Apr 28, 2015 23:36
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Skyl3lazer posted:Modern isn't an Eternal format, it's a Constructed format All eternal formats are constructed, you were looking for "non-rotating." Also who cares, to 99% of players eternal and non-rotating are the same thing.
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Apr 28, 2015 23:41
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Kabanaw posted:All eternal formats are constructed, you were looking for "non-rotating." http://magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/gameplay/rules-and-formats/formats
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Apr 29, 2015 00:18
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Why is Commander not listed under Eternal Formats? It meets all the criteria of the definition on that page.
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qbert posted:Why is Commander not listed under Eternal Formats? It meets all the criteria of the definition on that page. I have no idea but it nearly hosed me over on the rules adviser test!
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https://twitter.com/rbuehler/status/593171883899506688 A better lineup than any Pro Tour Top 8 I can think of in recent memory.
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qbert posted:https://twitter.com/rbuehler/status/593171883899506688 A fine young man has retweeted this, I see.
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qbert posted:https://twitter.com/rbuehler/status/593171883899506688 Why the change in structure from the VSL?
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Rinkles posted:Why the change in structure from the VSL? To showcase more standard decks. They intend for people to brew and not bring the same thing every week.
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jassi007 posted:To showcase more standard decks. They intend for people to brew and not bring the same thing every week. Which is really sensible, seeing as if you locked people into decks for three weeks nobody would be interested in week three because all the decks would be outdated compared to the standard ~~metagame~~.
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Well how about that!
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Skyl3lazer posted:Modern isn't an Eternal format, it's a Constructed format lmao effortless autism trap sprung
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Standard Super League pre-show is live http://twitch.tv/magic Decklists will go live right at 9 ET on the Wizards site, apparently. GerryT on Sidisi Whip Wrapter on Esper Mentor (Standard Edition) Kibler on Deathmist Den Protector with Black Brad Nelson shuffling Bant Heroic Owen The Kid on something with Thoughtseize Cuneo on Sarkhan Unbroken Temur Ramp Boss Ross on Jeskai Tokens Paul on Esper Dragons Boco_T fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Incredibly stoked to see this RUG Sarkhan ramp deck
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From the discussion so far: Kibler - G/B Aggro Nelson - Bant Heroic Ross - Jeskai Tokens PAUL - Esper Dragons Wrapter - Esper Mentor Thompson - Sultai Whip Cuneo - Temur Ramp Turtenwald - Abzan Aggro
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qbert posted:From the discussion so far: Oh, this will be fun.
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Christ the audio issues are bad for the SSL.
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Doctor Teeth posted:Christ the audio issues are bad for the SSL. I like how the chat keeps acting like its MTGO's fault.
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Angry Grimace posted:I like how the chat keeps acting like its MTGO's fault. The terrible audio is related to mtgo in that they both stem from wizards' inability to do anything right with technology. Randy's bad-skype-connection quality audio was bad enough, but when it started cutting out completely I closed the stream.
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Oh and I guess we're not getting all of the matches?
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Owen stomps Cuneo (hooray Abzan Aggro!). Kibler stomps Nelson.Doctor Teeth posted:Oh and I guess we're not getting all of the matches? Only in Round 1 will they not show all the matches. Both Top 4 matches will be shown and the Finals obviously. qbert fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Kabanaw posted:The terrible audio is related to mtgo in that they both stem from wizards' inability to do anything right with technology. Randy's bad-skype-connection quality audio was bad enough, but when it started cutting out completely I closed the stream. Wizards doesn't own Twitch or Skype last I heard. That, or I'm completely lost as to what you're trying to say. I don't think Cuneo's deck was very good. 4 Sarkhan-0 Stormbreath just seems like a weird 8-man room brew.
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Angry Grimace posted:Wizards doesn't own Twitch or Skype last I heard. That, or I'm completely lost as to what you're trying to say. I'm saying that wizards is unwilling to put the time, effort, or money into making their stream look and sound good, like MTGO. The audio cutting out wasn't due to the stream buffering which means it was probably on their end, not twitch's, and Randy could use a better mic, both things controllable by Wizards. Although I tuned back in and it does sound better now, but it was really rough at the beginning.
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Kabanaw posted:I'm saying that wizards is unwilling to put the time, effort, or money into making their stream look and sound good, like MTGO. The audio cutting out wasn't due to the stream buffering which means it was probably on their end, not twitch's, and Randy could use a better mic, both things controllable by Wizards. VSL and by extension SSL are run by Randy and like two other guys coordinating the streams, wizards has very little to do with it aside from letting them use the official twitch page.
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