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Xeom posted:Today someone played void winnower against me and I actually raged. The card might as well read, play this and win. Both games I got my opponent to two health and bam, void. His deck was pretty bad....ugh. Still came in first place, but gently caress that card. I pulled one in my draft today, but the deck didn't come together to be able to play it. I think the draft gods are telling me something because I've done 6 drafts and every single one of them have been W/r/x ally decks. I tried so hard for Eldrazi today getting a Void Winnower, Bane of Bala Ged, and Brood Monitor picks 1 through 3 only to be passed a Rolling Thunder, Sheer Drop, and Retreat to Emeria right after that. Then, I get PASSED a Munda and Resolute Blademaster pack 2. I guess I can't complain since I've gone 3-0/4-0 in all but one of them. But, I wanna drop some drazi.
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Ramos posted:Congrats. How did it all go? I've had a great time actually. Most all of my opponents have been nice, although usually less so a few Ulamogs later. It's been relatively well run and easy to figure out where to go. Just wish I'd had a chance to show off what the deck can do on camera. The tie game I had I was on turns 2 and 4, one more turn would've won the game for me. I'm going to see if my luck streak continues for tomorrow but I'm glad I went either way.
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Oct 11, 2015 03:54
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Boco_T posted:Nope, that's a perfectly good plan. You can even put together some reasonable quality 1-2 color Modern decks that will be competitive enough in the Just for Fun room to have a go. Like, a lot of the stuff in this MTGS Extreme Budget thread will cost almost nothing in MTGO tickets and you can have a lot of hours of fun just with that. Thanks, that thread looks like a good starting point to learn how to build more interesting decks.
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Oct 11, 2015 03:57
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As a warning the cost of buying into a good modern deck is comparable to the cost of buying every single card in Hearthstone.
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Oct 11, 2015 04:01
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Terrible Horse posted:I've played 2 BFZ prereleases and: I dont like this format. The board becomes gummed up like crazy, which normally would be ok but then, outside of topdecked removal, you now need to deal with topdecked infinite/infinites. I might be wrong and draft is more focused, but sealed is a complete crapshoot (which it kinda always is) Draft is way different than sealed. The aggro decks in this format are quite strong, so you can't just hope your 8 mana Eldrazi will show up and win the game for you. You'll be dead way before you cast it without a solid defense. Also it turns out that having a bunch of weird synergies in your set works a lot better when you are choosing your cards than when you are just opening packs.
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Oct 11, 2015 05:22
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Went to a draft last weekend. Drafted every single W/B ally and ending up with 7 Kalastria Healers and 2 Drana's Emissary along with a few of the guys that let me pay a W to add a +1/+1 counter to a creature when I gain life. Went through the night only dropping 1 game to never drawing a swamp. I feel like that is not a realistic draft. I really like the drafts AND the sealed in this format, but I've always been a weirdo who enjoys making sealed decks work so 
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Oct 11, 2015 06:32
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Aureus posted:They're not, watch it muted with the sad music off and they just look bored. Yeah just did this and hey they look like crying nerd lords. Sorry dude, your heroes are giant dorks who get emotional over a card game tournament. Don't be ashamed. It's not your fault.
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Oct 11, 2015 07:52
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Errant Gin Monks posted:Yeah just did this and hey they look like crying nerd lords. This seems like a very aggressive post. I think we can all agree that most magic "competitive" players are just awful.
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Oct 11, 2015 08:35
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So I found out tonight that some guy went around to every Target and Walmart within 100 miles and bought every single fat pack. He has like 50 of them. He's now trying to sell them out of his car at FNM for $70 or trying to trade them for high value stuff. He explained that he "won't let them be $40" and that it's just too much value. Magic players are the worst.
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Oct 11, 2015 09:01
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I can't wait for the high cost of Magic to drive away the kids (read: future and health of the game) so that all the sharks that pull bullshit like buying 50 Fat Packs to turn for a profit (and making less than minimum wage doing it) lose value on the pieces of cardboard they insisted were worth hundreds/thousands. I like this game but gently caress, it's for kids. When some 12-year-old's parents can't get them a Fat Pack to open and play with their friends for their birthday because some 20-40 year old shithead had to have 50 of them only to turn a profit/keep sealed on some shelf for "collecting future value" something needs to change. Wizards could just sell rare singles for $8. It's twice cost of a booster, you pay 1/15th of the cardboard and printing costs that you do for a booster, and kids can still afford it. The maximum cost of a deck/sideboard would be $600 assuming no lands and all rares. It might be a terrible idea but if makes spikes/sharks angry I'm all for it.
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Oct 11, 2015 09:36
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Fish Of Doom posted:So I found out tonight that some guy went around to every Target and Walmart within 100 miles and bought every single fat pack. He has like 50 of them. He's now trying to sell them out of his car at FNM for $70 or trying to trade them for high value stuff. He explained that he "won't let them be $40" and that it's just too much value. Why is there someone like this in every set with some big deal chase cards. Why.
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Oct 11, 2015 10:37
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Fish Of Doom posted:So I found out tonight that some guy went around to every Target and Walmart within 100 miles and bought every single fat pack. He has like 50 of them. He's now trying to sell them out of his car at FNM for $70 or trying to trade them for high value stuff. He explained that he "won't let them be $40" and that it's just too much value. Is he getting takers? I figure he'll get desperate as single prices drop, even the expeditions went down.
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Oct 11, 2015 12:13
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BizarroAzrael posted:Is he getting takers? I figure he'll get desperate as single prices drop, even the expeditions went down. If he gets desperate he'll probably open the fatpacks and sell the land packs, and crack that poo poo himself. That way he only loses half the value of the fatpacks. 
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Oct 11, 2015 12:48
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Isn't this set being printed at demand, which would mean that fatpacks are just going to come back into stock?
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Oct 11, 2015 13:28
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I don't think fat packs are replenished. There will be tons of boxes though.
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Oct 11, 2015 13:46
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Allstone posted:Isn't this set being printed at demand, which would mean that fatpacks are just going to come back into stock? Fat Packs are never reprinted, they're always just a one-time print run, it's just that no-one bothered to buy them until now. It's also why the original Zendikar fat packs are so expensive, they're guaranteed first-print run which means a chance for priceless treasures.
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Oct 11, 2015 13:53
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drat, $70 from scalpers, $70 from SCG website, minimum $67 after shipping on tcg player...now my $50 plus tax last week doesn't seem too bad.
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Oct 11, 2015 14:17
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Count Bleck posted:If he gets desperate he'll probably open the fatpacks and sell the land packs, and crack that poo poo himself. its a big box retailer. they take returns. if he fails to sell for more than he bought them for, he'll be out exactly zero dollars.
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Oct 11, 2015 14:26
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My local store sold them for 32 bucks a pop, so gently caress him.
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Oct 11, 2015 15:07
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jassi007 posted:its a big box retailer. they take returns. if he fails to sell for more than he bought them for, he'll be out exactly zero dollars. But he could open an expedition Tarn!!!! Edit: Tune into SCG Open, it's a Yore-Tiller mirror. I am shocked. Count Bleck fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Oct 11, 2015 |
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Oct 11, 2015 15:24
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The meta today is almost entirely Jeskai Black and G/W variants? No rhinos to be seen for miles? Nice.
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Oct 11, 2015 15:37
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Ramos posted:The meta today is almost entirely Jeskai Black and G/W variants? No rhinos to be seen for miles? Nice. No Esper Dragons either...
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Oct 11, 2015 15:39
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ThePeavstenator posted:I can't wait for the high cost of Magic to drive away the kids (read: future and health of the game) so that all the sharks that pull bullshit like buying 50 Fat Packs to turn for a profit  quote:It might be a terrible idea but if makes spikes/sharks angry I'm all for it.
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Oct 11, 2015 15:46
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Chill la Chill posted:It would be p funny if it turned into hoarders with 50 goyfs insisting they were worth something. Would be like star citizen. It's actually impossible to get people into LCGs if it cost them more than the base set plus maybe two $12-15 expansions. It sucks because every LCG I've played has been very fun. I wish there could be something done with the LCG model to make it more appealing to new players, but LCGs seem to work okay enough for the companies that make them where they wouldn't even dream of making a change. Netrunner announced a rotation system, but it doesn't start until spring 2017 and then only rotates out the very first two blocks of sets, which still means a new player still needs at least one core set (ideally three to get a playset of each card) and two dozen expansion packs ranging from $15-30 each.
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Oct 11, 2015 15:56
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Well I mean the rotation would be a format that's different from a "legacy" format. I could see a base set + "newest X sets" rotation for its version of "standard" working, but it might need a new base set every few years to not be hampered by the design limits of the old one. Kind of like how X-wing just restarted its core but it's still compatible with the old core models.
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Oct 11, 2015 16:43
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mcmagic posted:No Esper Dragons either... I took Esper 5C Dragons to a PPTQ this weekend as I had not had much practice with Jeskai Black. Got one match win vs Jeskai Black and then got smashed twice by it. It was everywhere and the matchup felt bad as they could cycle crackling doom with jace and I could not cycle counters.
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DoctorOozy posted:I took Esper 5C Dragons to a PPTQ this weekend as I had not had much practice with Jeskai Black. Got one match win vs Jeskai Black and then got smashed twice by it. It was everywhere and the matchup felt bad as they could cycle crackling doom with jace and I could not cycle counters. I think there is a way to build esper to fight Jeskai Black, we'll see at the pro tour. Just straight esper's mana is so good right now I don't see the point in playing 5 color. You should be able to get fat on the 4 and 5 color decks that are stretching their mana bases.
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Oct 11, 2015 17:44
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I don't think the average player understands that MTG finance is a pretty lovely way to make money.mcmagic posted:I think there is a way to build esper to fight Jeskai Black, we'll see at the pro tour. Just straight esper's mana is so good right now I don't see the point in playing 5 color. You should be able to get fat on the 4 and 5 color decks that are stretching their mana bases. The point is that the mana is good for everything so what incentive do you have to not splash green for Siege Rhino
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Oct 11, 2015 17:47
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Angry Grimace posted:I don't think the average player understands that MTG finance is a pretty lovely way to make money. The 4 and 5 color decks have PLAYABLE mana, not great mana. There is a very noticeable difference even just in a few weeks of playing this format and watching coverage.
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Oct 11, 2015 17:50
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mcmagic posted:The 4 and 5 color decks have PLAYABLE mana, not great mana. There is a very noticeable difference even just in a few weeks of playing this format and watching coverage. If you can playably drop Siege Rhino I don't see a reason not to.
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Oct 11, 2015 17:57
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Angry Grimace posted:If you can playably drop Siege Rhino I don't see a reason not to. If you're not a bad person?
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Oct 11, 2015 18:01
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Dohaeris posted:If you're not a bad person? Down with Siege Rhino; Long live Siege Rhino
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Oct 11, 2015 18:05
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Dohaeris posted:If you're not a bad person? If you're playing Magic competitively, then it's too late for that.
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Oct 11, 2015 18:09
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Fun new MTGO bug for me. Playing Commander (I know, I know) and all of the drop down areas (Graveyard, Command Zone, etc) all close themselves back up ... Super annoying when playing Lazav when you have to open their GY to see what triggers, and it closes before you can figure out what they have or what the trigger is.
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Oct 11, 2015 19:11
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Gideon is the new God we deserve. I legit considered playing 4 Gideon in Jeskai.
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Oct 11, 2015 20:28
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Note to self: never, ever attack with a Hangarback Walker. Oyyy. Pitched a round hard because of it.
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Oct 11, 2015 20:51
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Night Danger Moose posted:Note to self: never, ever attack with a Hangarback Walker. Oyyy. Pitched a round hard because of it. it's literally in the name dude
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Oct 11, 2015 20:55
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TheKingofSprings posted:it's literally in the name dude 
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Oct 11, 2015 20:57
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Count Bleck posted:I 3-1'd FNM yesterday with a Jund (more like GB splashing Red for Kolaghan's Command) last night. It was fun as gently caress. Can you share your list for this? I wanna play with Catacomb Sifter
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Man this T8 is ridiculous. Bant megamorph vs GW megamorph, Jeskai Dragons vs Jeskai Black, straight jeskai black mirror, GW megamorph mirror.
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