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suicidesteve posted:My last 7 matches of modern online have been against Burn or Zoo which let's be honest, is pretty much also burn. Still playing Soul Sisters? 
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Like completely ignoring what is good/bad about modern vs other eternal formats, the sustainability of Legacy and Vintage is stunted by the fact that there is a limited number of cards for those formats that WotC can never print again. So if you think Legacy and Vintage are the best formats, then it would literally be better for you if WotC went bankrupt and Magic stopped being printed. Proxies/fake cards would not be an issue and tournament formats wouldn't have to be decided based on company profits, meaning there would be much more Legacy and Vintage tournaments being run in proportion to all tournaments. WotC not existing would open the door for better software to play the game online than MTGO, with the best simulator actually being the one most people played on. If you only care about Legacy and Vintage, WotC existing and trying to make profit by suppressing those formats while pushing Standard and Modern directly hurts you as a player.
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Nov 2, 2015 23:34
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Hellsau posted:Still playing Soul Sisters? Unfortunately, I was playing U Tron and mulled to 5 in almost every game (I'm no a real hot streak!) Apparently I should start again.
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Nov 2, 2015 23:40
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I have like 8 or so Khans fetch-lands on MTGO left over from drafting, is now a good time to unload them for tix or are they likely to climb up significantly now that they aren't being opened much any more? I have no plans to ever play constructed on MTGO.
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Nov 2, 2015 23:51
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Out of curiosity, would people be interested in the next Thunderdome being modern but allowing use of cards from the commander sets? Probably starting with anything banned in Legacy also gets banned, so no sol ring and probably with a True Name Nemesis ban tacked on. Past that, it would allow for use of cards like: Brainstorm Mother of Runes Phyrexian Reclamation Spoils of Blood Baleful Strix Flusterstorm Lim-Dul's Vault Malicious Affliction Animar Basalt Monolith (?) Toxic Deluge Edric, Spymaster of Trest Feldon of the Third path Widespread Panic Ruination Etc. Granted, the current Thunderdome still has two more rounds to go, but I'm just wondering if people would be interested.
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Nov 2, 2015 23:57
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Ultima66 posted:Like completely ignoring what is good/bad about modern vs other eternal formats, the sustainability of Legacy and Vintage is stunted by the fact that there is a limited number of cards for those formats that WotC can never print again. Besides the part where that means magic as a game is probably dead and stale, yes. I'd rather see every collector who likes the reserve list lose their lives in a tragic anthrax epidemic.
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Nov 2, 2015 23:59
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That could be a pretty cool format, but I see no reason that True-Name should be banned imo
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Nov 3, 2015 00:01
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Mother of runes in modern would be insane, it's the most busted "fair" card in the fair legacy decks imo.
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Nov 3, 2015 00:09
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Ramos posted:Out of curiosity, would people be interested in the next Thunderdome being modern but allowing use of cards from the commander sets? Probably starting with anything banned in Legacy also gets banned, so no sol ring and probably with a True Name Nemesis ban tacked on. Never been in Thunderdome, but it seems like fun brewing.
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Nov 3, 2015 00:11
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Ramos posted:Out of curiosity, would people be interested in the next Thunderdome being modern but allowing use of cards from the commander sets? Probably starting with anything banned in Legacy also gets banned, so no sol ring and probably with a True Name Nemesis ban tacked on. I feel like this is probably a pretty breakable format but I'm down for brewing broken formats. I don't see any reason to ban TNN either. I think Merfolk is the obvious deck to beat with it in the format but I don't think that's terrible. I would want to know if we consider Commander's Aresenal part of this pool as well. I actually think a more interesting brew format would be brewing with all of the "command zone" sets (http://magiccards.info/query?q=%28e...&v=card&s=cname ) which gives you about a Standard's worth of cards to brew with.
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Nov 3, 2015 00:18
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Doesn't that give infect Invigorate?
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Nov 3, 2015 00:27
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Mezzanon posted:Doesn't that give infect Invigorate? Yes.  Format seems like it could be fun but it may have some kinks that will need to be ironed out.
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Nov 3, 2015 00:31
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Mezzanon posted:Doesn't that give infect Invigorate? Include the From the Vault series and give it Berserk A modern with flusterstorm in it would be both cool and good, though. I'd probably play and see what I can do with the cool UB cards you get access to Actually, you'd get access to a bunch of the cards in Shardless Bug, which would be fun as heck
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Nov 3, 2015 00:43
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Mezzanon posted:Doesn't that give infect Invigorate? You're going to reveal my secret plan.  But yeah, it does. Bonus posted:That could be a pretty cool format, but I see no reason that True-Name should be banned imo Sigma-X posted:I feel like this is probably a pretty breakable format but I'm down for brewing broken formats. I suppose True Name Nemesis ban might be a knee jerk reaction, but it doesn't quite sit right with me in a format without Force of Will as a natural way to at least somewhat deal with it. As far as what the arsenal and planechase gives, there's Shardless Agent, Dark Ritual, and Reanimate, so sure, why not?
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Nov 3, 2015 00:44
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Profiles for the Commander legends are up, includes a familiar face or two. http://magic.wizards.com/en/content/commander-2015-story
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Nov 3, 2015 00:51
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Basically: Compleated Ezuri, zombie daxos, and a bunch of randos from ravnica, jund, kamigawa, theros, and wherever the sphinx and angel are from
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Nov 3, 2015 01:12
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Elyv posted:Basically: Compleated Ezuri, zombie daxos, and a bunch of randos from ravnica, jund, kamigawa, theros, and wherever the sphinx and angel are from The angel is another random from Ravnica by the feather colors, IIRC. Flaming Sphinx is neat as heck though.
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Nov 3, 2015 01:14
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The Orzhov ghost guy is also probably Teysa's "Uncle" from the novels.
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Nov 3, 2015 01:14
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MiddleEastBeast posted:The UR legend's name is like some fake looking haphazard mashup of word partials from previous UR cards. My first thought was that Snoop had been called in as a consultant on the set.
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Nov 3, 2015 01:20
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Ohhhhhhh that Daxos
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Nov 3, 2015 01:24
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Rinkles posted:Ohhhhhhh that Daxos Someone on here actually read the Godsend book and summarized in thread and his whole character seemed completely cringeworthy. Especially the part where he had an anime harem including Nylea and Elspeth.
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Nov 3, 2015 01:28
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So by color pair, my guesses: GB: Not-Deathrite Shaman, Mazirek WB: Daxos, Karlov. WR: Kalemne, Angel UR: Snoop Dog Album, Sphinx dude UG: Ezuri, Snake
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Nov 3, 2015 01:32
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Nov 3, 2015 01:33
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I was expecting enemy colour dragons, given that a large motivator for the set being the way it is was the pushing of ally-colour dragons in Khans block. Still, I'm happy with what we're getting.
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Nov 3, 2015 01:37
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There's normally three legends each, so it's not out of the question yet, but it's might just be reprints. Options are limited with the colors and themes here, so maybe there are more new ones to be revealed. For BW I think the existing legends are 2 Teysa, 2 Ghost Councils, the Theros sisters, Athreos, Selena and Vish Kal.
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Nov 3, 2015 01:59
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WhalerWren posted:The Orzhov ghost guy is also probably Teysa's "Uncle" from the novels. He is in fact that guy. So far most interesting is Comp'd Ezuri for flavor reasons; though to be honest they did the G/B Eeeeeeeevil Elf with Glisa so it's not like it's amazing. Now if they did Comp'd Koth that would have been cool. Question: Will these new Commander legendaries be legal in eternal formats like the previous? I'm going to assume yes; but I can see this "experience" mechanic potentially opening up new deck options in Modern/Legacy and that is yummy. Also holy butts the Confluences. Maybe I'm just over-reacting but dosen't this seem awesome in an eternal format? 
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Nov 3, 2015 01:59
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Yeah my guess is the third legend for each deck is a reprint.
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Gridlocked posted:Question: Will these new Commander legendaries be legal in eternal formats like the previous? I'm going to assume yes; but I can see this "experience" mechanic potentially opening up new deck options in Modern/Legacy and that is yummy. Also holy butts the Confluences. Maybe I'm just over-reacting but dosen't this seem awesome in an eternal format? Legacy and vintage yes, modern no. Also that card is pretty bad because it costs 4, isn't a creature, and isn't Jace.
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suicidesteve posted:Legacy and vintage yes, modern no. Heh good point. Forgot about the Jace Test. I guess I'm just over excited by "Choose 3, they can be the same mode more then once". I enjoy Charms/Commands way too much. Maybe the Blue/Black ones will be good though. Gridlocked fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 02:09
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Invigorate would be way more busted in Modern than TNN
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Nov 3, 2015 02:16
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Gridlocked posted:So far most interesting is Comp'd Ezuri for flavor reasons; though to be honest they did the G/B Eeeeeeeevil Elf with Glisa so it's not like it's amazing. Now if they did Comp'd Koth that would have been cool. He's totally gonna be the UG experience counters legend because there's a necromancer with a green skull that's being more GB and no one else is vaguely UG.
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Nov 3, 2015 02:19
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I didn't see this posted here: Seems fun for EDH I guess? Also finally some abstract art.
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Booyah- posted:I didn't see this posted here: Posted earlier; its a reprint from Odyssey with its original Odyssey art.
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Nov 3, 2015 02:24
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Booyah- posted:I didn't see this posted here: It (including the art) is a reprint
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Nov 3, 2015 02:25
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Oh no wonder the art is cool, it's not new era art direction 
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Nov 3, 2015 02:26
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Re: Legacy sustainability chat, for what it's worth, SCG still runs legacy 5ks at every open series event. Them not being on camera is legitimately an issue for popularity of the format, though.
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Nov 3, 2015 02:27
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:He's totally gonna be the UG experience counters legend because there's a necromancer with a green skull that's being more GB and no one else is vaguely UG. Also because he's got 'Progress' in his name and the blue Phyrexians are called the Progress Engine.
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Nov 3, 2015 02:29
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:He's totally gonna be the UG experience counters legend because there's a necromancer with a green skull that's being more GB and no one else is vaguely UG. Good point.
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Nov 3, 2015 02:33
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:He's totally gonna be the UG experience counters legend because there's a necromancer with a green skull that's being more GB and no one else is vaguely UG. Also because we already know what the non-Experience Counters legends for those colors are.
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Ramos posted:You're going to reveal my secret plan. My thought was not adding them to modern, but rather brewing with the 1170 cards available in those sets only. I think you'd get a more balanced format there and less "here's my modern deck + goodies" I think jamming them all into modern might be interesting for brewing but it might become lovely legacy because it'll have weird things like "no ponder, but yes brainstorm" and no BBE but yes shardless, etc. I think twin with maindeckable flusterstorm and brainstorm is probably just better than most decks that aren't TNN merfolk.
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