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suicidesteve posted:We've been trying to get our store owner to allow some number of proxies for at least vintage but he's worried that people won't buy these cards if they can use proxies. I'm sure that's true of some people but I'd much rather use my own Moxes than my current "Moxes," 3 of which are actually just Russian basics. And more importantly we'd have more people playing vintage which is sweet. My store used to do unlimited proxies for certain weeknight Modern and Legacy events, although I live in a small podunk town and there probably aren't eight people with complete Legacy decks around here, let alone eight that could get together on the same night so you have to make some concessions. Hell, once a month or every other month they used to do a winner-gets-a-box Modern tourney that allowed unlimited proxies, AND it was free. And honestly, for those you wouldn't see too many proxies but it's also easier to find those cards.
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suicidesteve posted:On one hand, it sucks that more people can't play because of no proxies being allowed. I'd love to have a 30-person vintage tournament instead of the usual X-teen. On the other hand, it would be really bad for his business to let people proxy cards in these events. Most of the $400-something I won this month went right back into the store to finish my playset of Workshops, but I'd be willing to bet most people wouldn't do that. Why buy half a Mox when you could just scribble Jet on a Swamp and keep the money? We've gone over this before Steve. Ron hates money.
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Mezzanon posted:Real talk: I'm. Gonna build that kibler golgari aggro deck and I am gonna love the loving HELL out of it. Because that deck is solidly my jam. That's pretty much everything I like about a deck since predator ooze aggro! Could someone post a copy of the list? The website isn't working for me, and I'm super interested in this list.
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Cauldron Moose posted:Could someone post a copy of the list? The website isn't working for me, and I'm super interested in this list. 4 Den Protector 4 Deathmist Raptor 3 Surrak, the Hunt Caller 3 Warden of the First Tree 2 Herald of Torment 4 Rakshasa Deathdealer 4 Boon Satyr 4 Elvish Mystic 4 Thoughtseize 4 Hero's Downfall 4 Temple of Malady 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 9 Forest 6 Swamp 4 Llanowar Wastes Sideboard: 2 Collected Company 3 Bile Blight 2 Dark Betrayal 3 Hunt the Hunter 3 Ultimate Price 2 Duress Think Abzan Aggro without Fleecemane Lion or Siege Rhino.
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Partial Octopus posted:We've gone over this before Steve. Ron hates money. Vintage chat: How critical is the Black Lotus to a UR/x Delver's plan? Obviously 3 mana for free is insanely powerful in every deck but I can see a lot of games playing out where the lotus being something else doesn't really matter. I've been keeping my eye out for the on-color moxes and the two blue pieces of power and... it ain't that expensive.
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Cauldron Moose posted:Could someone post a copy of the list? The website isn't working for me, and I'm super interested in this list. I don't know why you wouldn't want to have white in here for Lions plus a number of Mastery's in the 75 at minimum...
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mcmagic posted:I don't know why you wouldn't want to have white in here for Lions plus a number of Mastery's in the 75 at minimum... Fewer taplands and painful mana sources seems like a pretty obvious reason - adding colours to your deck always has a cost. Are those benefits worth giving up the white cards? Who knows, but it's good to try these things instead of taking the established configuration as gospel.
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qbert posted:Read the text on Den Protector. Got it. I remember it as "Megamorph Eternal Witness" but forgot about the other ability.
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mcmagic posted:I don't know why you wouldn't want to have white in here for Lions plus a number of Mastery's in the 75 at minimum... Because it's fun to experiment.
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Partial Octopus posted:We've gone over this before Steve. Ron hates money. Hates money. Loves the reserve list. AgentSythe posted:Vintage chat: How critical is the Black Lotus to a UR/x Delver's plan? Obviously 3 mana for free is insanely powerful in every deck but I can see a lot of games playing out where the lotus being something else doesn't really matter. I've been keeping my eye out for the on-color moxes and the two blue pieces of power and... it ain't that expensive. Eh, it'll randomly win you the game on turn 1, but it's not a huge deal if you don't have one. I actually don't play one in Shops by choice (also I don't own one but I wouldn't play it anyway.)
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suicidesteve posted:Hates money. Loves the reserve list. Who is going to Vegas? I'm planning on going and getting a box to "practice" (open, build decks, probably not actually play, put cards in trade binder).
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rabidsquid posted:Most high level players agree that it's an extremely high level skill testing card, and it's mentally taxing to play a card like that over the course of multiple rounds or even an entire weekend. Plus nobody wants to be caught making misplays on camera, so you see all but the most confident of players shying away from these complex cards and deck types like "g/b/x" or "red cards." best post of this week Fuzzy Mammal posted:I met Gerry last weekend at a friend's birthday thing. He's a friendly down to earth guy. He looks like the biggest loving pot head in person though jfc. Isn't that just like everyone from wisconsin or specifically the madison area that plays magic though  . And by everyone I mean GerryT and Adrian Sullivan.I would have said the entire midwest but Cedric Phillips never came across as a stoner.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:I met Gerry last weekend at a friend's birthday thing. He's a friendly down to earth guy. He looks like the biggest loving pot head in person though jfc. Is this some sort of major moral failure on his part? I've heard about ppl being salty when I'm stoned and I win but never to my face so I've never had the chance to ask anyone why. You said he was a nice down to earth dude so who cares how much he smokes?
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Snacksmaniac posted:What are his thoughts on Mondays and lasagne? I am going to Vegas. Lots of MTG, but lots of VEGAS ridiculousness. Went 2 years ago and it's amazing.
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https://www.facebook.com/tournamentcenter/posts/987750917943441 Good news: Splinter Twin and Spellskite confirmed in MM2 at rare. Better news: This means the MTGS leak is NOT true.
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Idk man, I get stoned once in a while and I get that people who smoke a lot of pot don't think it's a big deal but I certainly wouldn't show up somewhere where kids play card games drunk or high but that's just me  edit: I don't know if Gerry is a stoner or not this is just in response to people being annoyed you're stoned/who cares how much people smoke
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PleasantDirge posted:Is this some sort of major moral failure on his part?
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PleasantDirge posted:Is this some sort of major moral failure on his part? I didn't see him say anything that particularly condemned Gerry for being a stereotypical pothead. Just that he perceived him as such when they met.
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:https://www.facebook.com/tournamentcenter/posts/987750917943441 Which one was the MTGS spoiler? Is that the one with the Command Cycle, Goblin Guide and Noble Hierarch?
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Yawgmoth posted:Man you are really defensive about looking like a pothead; maybe you should go smoke a bowl. "he looks like a stoner" is just a qualitative statement, not any indictment of character. Maybe I was. I just read the "Jesus loving Christ" part of that post as a bit judgey. I wasn't trying to come at him/her just trying to figure something out. Sorry if I was being a dick.
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Count Bleck posted:Which one was the MTGS spoiler? Is that the one with the Command Cycle, Goblin Guide and Noble Hierarch? The one that listed all the Mythics. Which included Twin at Mythic.
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Cernunnos posted:The one that listed all the Mythics. Which included Twin at Mythic. So which one is the one that Mythc spoiler has up, then?
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Yeah I don't know if he smokes at all. It's just impressive to me, considering how half the people you meet on Seattle these days do smoke on the reg.
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Count Bleck posted:So which one is the one that Mythc spoiler has up, then? Probably that same "leak." It's hard to tell since they're using other printings of cards as placeholders for stuff that hasn't officially been revealed.
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The funniest part about that Splinter Twin spoiler is that MTGS won't just admit they were wrong. "Maybe he saw it wrong!" they said. "Maybe he just lied about that one card!" they said. The idea that Elesh and all three Titans were at Mythic sounded pretty loving odd to me though. How are you going to even cast those outside of a dedicated ramp deck? Yawgmoth posted:Man you are really defensive about looking like a pothead; maybe you should go smoke a bowl. "he looks like a stoner" is just a qualitative statement, not any indictment of character. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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PleasantDirge posted:Is this some sort of major moral failure on his part? lmao
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Why would you need a dedicated ramp deck for Elesh or Titans? You'd need to be more controlling, certainly, but it's not that unreasonable for a limited deck to reach 6 or 7 mana, especially for a card of that level of impact.
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The Lord of Hats posted:Why would you need a dedicated ramp deck for Elesh or Titans? You'd need to be more controlling, certainly, but it's not that unreasonable for a limited deck to reach 6 or 7 mana, especially for a card of that level of impact. I think he meant "Eldrazi" not "Titans". Elesh Norn is a non-issue. That having been said, I still think Kozilek and Ulamog are going to be in the set along with Emrakul. The question is if any of the other Praetors are going to show up other than Elesh.
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I just want to see what the commons are so we can find out the draft archetypes. I'm guessing there will be a poison deck, a ramp deck, a metalcraft / artifacts deck, probably some sort of landfall aggro deck...
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AlternateNu posted:The question is if any of the other Praetors are going to show up other than Elesh. I wouldn't be surprised either way. It would make sense for her to go it alone since she's the only one of the cycle that sees play outside of EDH, but on the other hand they printed the entire dumb kamigawa dragon at mythic in the first MM. Zoness posted:I really hope there isn't a poison deck.
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Entropic posted:I wouldn't be surprised either way. It would make sense for her to go it alone since she's the only one of the cycle that sees play outside of EDH, but on the other hand they printed the entire dumb kamigawa dragon at mythic in the first MM. I wouldn't mind something like Skithiryx but plaguing the black/green common pool with creatures that don't work with the other half of the pool is so awful that someone who played the format has to be on the team to say no to maro's poison boner (not that maro's working on mm2015 or anything i hope) The problem is wither plays way better but there's no way they're mixing infect and wither so rip.
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Apologies if this question's already been asked and assessed, but would it be remotely smart to sell cards towards getting an MM2 box? I've pulled enough Ojutais (pulled a 5th one randomly today) and Ugins that I could sell a few to make up half the box's price, but I'm not terribly convinced that it's worth it.
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I just hope Chalice of the Void is in there. gently caress everyone/everything who made that card quadruple in price overnight. Also Leylines would be cool.
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Entropic posted:I wouldn't be surprised either way. It would make sense for her to go it alone since she's the only one of the cycle that sees play outside of EDH, but on the other hand they printed the entire dumb kamigawa dragon at mythic in the first MM.
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InterrupterJones posted:Apologies if this question's already been asked and assessed, but would it be remotely smart to sell cards towards getting an MM2 box? I've pulled enough Ojutais (pulled a 5th one randomly today) and Ugins that I could sell a few to make up half the box's price, but I'm not terribly convinced that it's worth it. No, just buy the cards you need instead. Ojutai right now is one of the best market-to-retail values so it's almost like trading them straight up for some fraction of a Goyf.
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Yawgmoth posted:This actually surprises me because Sheoldred is a really solid card IMO. I have a (lovely because I'm too lazy to make it better) reanimator deck with her in it and she just does so much work it's incredible. Sheoldred is a solid card but there are enough better big guys in Modern.
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Chill la Chill posted:No, just buy the cards you need instead. Ojutai right now is one of the best market-to-retail values so it's almost like trading them straight up for some fraction of a Goyf. That's what I assumed. In all honesty, not sure what I'd even want from MM2, it would just be nice to finally have a Goyf someday. Cernunnos posted:If you want to you could buy the box and then draft it with friends. I've been considering that too. After the release drafts, will stores still be doing MM2 drafts? I'd assume so, but there's also no telling how high the demand will be for people just straight up buying packs.
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Elyv posted:Sheoldred is a solid card but there are enough better big guys in Modern. She was the best card to draft in that set. E: Read not as "the best card" but as "The card I enjoyed the most drafting and playing with"
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