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Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?
Stark's Mardu Dragons deck looks like the most interesting thing at this gp.

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Ramos
Jul 3, 2012


I need that monogreen deck list, that looks awesome.

YourHumbleMessiah
Oct 11, 2005




I played a similar list minus raptors this weekend and I assure you it is as hilarious as advertised. I am unsure about become immense, other then that this is a treat.

Johnny Five-Jaces
Jan 21, 2009


I'm probably going to throw the modern version together because people feel really silly when they get aspect of the hydra'd

Johnny Five-Jaces fucked around with this message at 20:03 on May 3, 2015

Kyrosiris
May 24, 2006

You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".



Ramos posted:

I need that monogreen deck list, that looks awesome.

That Aspect of Hydra blowout was a goddamned laugh riot.

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.
Wescoe's deck looks fantastic. A card as strong as Collected Company had to find a home in Standard eventually.

jassi007
Aug 9, 2006

mmmmm.. burger...
Why is Craig Wescoe wearing a babushka?

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.
7 decks with Den Protector in the Top 8 of GP Toronto. 0 Esper Dragons. 0 Atarka Red.

Hopefully folks were smart and dumped their Ojutais before this weekend.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca

AgentSythe posted:

I'm probably going to throw the modern version together because people feel really silly when they get aspect of the hydra'd
There's a winning list on Goldfish, and I have the deck put mostly together and it's very fun. Avatar of the Resolute is such a good inclusion and I the "put Spellskites main" tech that this guy recently added is solid as well.
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-stompy-19108

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.
Holy crap Cedric Philips might Top 8 the Open. He's currently 10-3.

morning wood
Oct 2, 2013

qbert posted:

Holy crap Cedric Philips might Top 8 the Open. He's currently 10-3.

Oh my god that first both of those game against Yang. :vince:

morning wood fucked around with this message at 21:56 on May 3, 2015

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.
11-3 Cedric!

Haven't been this excited in a long time for a person to do well at a tourney that wasn't me.

Johnny Five-Jaces
Jan 21, 2009


What are those islands the Esper Dragons player is using on stream right now?

morning wood
Oct 2, 2013

AgentSythe posted:

What are those islands the Esper Dragons player is using on stream right now?

Mirage islands.

KidDynamite
Feb 11, 2005

Brad Nelson is good at Magic.

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.
Cedric is 1 game away from Top 8.

If he wins the Open, I hope he records a video of him commentating his own Finals match after the fact.

Ramos
Jul 3, 2012


qbert posted:

Cedric is 1 game away from Top 8.

If he wins the Open, I hope he records a video of him commentating his own Finals match after the fact.

Go request it on his twitter, he might actually be up for it.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Meanwhile at the GP somebody kicked a cord or something and the stream died.

morning wood
Oct 2, 2013
Cedric just made top 8! :neckbeard:

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.
Cedric just won Game 3 into Top 8 with the best last turn ever.

Edit: Cedric had 5 Goblin tokens in play and Heelcutter in hand. He needed to draw exactly Atarka's Command to have a chance. He does.

Dash Heelcutter, before attacks his opponent plays Dromoka's Command to put a +1/+1 counter on a manifest and have Whisperwood fight Heelcutter, Cedric responds with Atarka's Command pumping his team and doing 3 to the dome, Whisperwood DIES TO THE FIGHT because the Abzan player didn't put the +1/+1 counter on it, so that's 1 less blocker, Cedric gets 2 tokens through for exactly lethal.

Just beautiful.

qbert fucked around with this message at 23:37 on May 3, 2015

Ramos
Jul 3, 2012


Through two rhinos for exactly lethal!

Peepers
Mar 11, 2005

Well, I'm a ghost. I scare people. It's all very important, I assure you.


Watching an aggro deck fight through a Drown and 2 Rhinos is loving scary.

Skyl3lazer
Aug 27, 2007

[Dooting Stealthily]



Mr. Peepers posted:

Watching an aggro deck fight through a Drown and 2 Rhinos is loving scary.

Would it be better if playing 2 rhinos meant aggro couldnt win?

KidDynamite
Feb 11, 2005

Is the GP stream down for anyone else?

morning wood
Oct 2, 2013
Not looking good for Cedric after that first game. :smith:

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.

morning wood posted:

Not looking good for Cedric after that first game. :smith:

What kind of bad luck do you need to get into Top 8 with Atarka Red, and your quarterfinals matchup just happens to play 4 Master of Waves mainboard.

morning wood
Oct 2, 2013

qbert posted:

What kind of bad luck do you need to get into Top 8 with Atarka Red, and your quarterfinals matchup just happens to play 4 Master of Waves mainboard.

No kidding. I watched the U/G player's feature match either yesterday or today and as soon as I saw the quarterfinals pairings I was like "welp it was fun watching Cedric this tournament". :emo:

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.
Such a steamroll. Please let Cedric into the booth to comment on that.

Lieutenant Centaur
Oct 17, 2010

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon
There is nothing more satisfying than in modern forcing an MTGO ragequit when you drop an Ethereal Haze on an Icochron

Kyrosiris
May 24, 2006

You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".



Cedric and the mono-green aggro guy are out. :smith:

Yawgmoth
Sep 10, 2003

This post is cursed!

Lieutenant Centaur posted:

There is nothing more satisfying than in modern forcing an MTGO ragequit when you drop an Ethereal Haze on an Icochron
You are a bad, bad man. and so am I, isochron scepter is so much fun

Dohaeris
Mar 24, 2012

Often known as SniperGuy
Where can I watch/read more about this atarka red guy everyone seems to like?

Entropic
Feb 21, 2007

patriarchy sucks
So there where, what, 25 Axe Moms in the top 8? I'm guessing SCG is sold out now.

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Dohaeris posted:

Where can I watch/read more about this atarka red guy everyone seems to like?

Cedric Phillips is a part time broadcaster for SCG, he also is possessed by the ghost of a tween girl who tries to communicate to us through playlists featuring Fallout Boy

Ramos
Jul 3, 2012


rabidsquid posted:

Cedric Phillips is a part time broadcaster for SCG, he also is possessed by the ghost of a tween girl who tries to communicate to us through playlists featuring Fallout Boy

He's also a generally cool and chill guy.

Wezlar
May 13, 2005



Also editor for SCG also Ke$ha enthusiast

qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Dohaeris posted:

Where can I watch/read more about this atarka red guy everyone seems to like?

Cedric Philips, he's the main commentator for every big SCG event. There's usually an Open on stream every weekend.

Xeom
Mar 16, 2007
So should I even bother updating my mono red heroic to this new RDW variant?

Wezlar
May 13, 2005



Xeom posted:

So should I even bother updating my mono red heroic to this new RDW variant?

Do you like winning?

Atarka Red is one of the top 2/3 decks right now and at least one copy of it seems to make every top 8

That being said Mono Red is still viable if you don't want to buy fetches and poo poo.

Wezlar fucked around with this message at 02:14 on May 4, 2015

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qbert
Oct 23, 2003

It's both thrilling and terrifying.
Wait, this guy on stream right now is the Pro Tour emo writer?

Well now I know who to root against at least.

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