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Besides, 2HG was played at the pro tour at one point, it's no less a made up format than the rest of Magic.
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it'll be interesting seeing who likes the emphasis on multiplayer and who doesn't cause then we can easily tell the people without irl friends
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Dec 12, 2015 21:14
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mandatory lesbian posted:it'll be interesting seeing who likes the emphasis on multiplayer and who doesn't cause then we can easily tell the people without irl friends Key word is emphasis. Just like EDH, this game was not made to be a 3+ player endeavor. Perhaps try Caverna or Campaign for North Africa? The latter takes 10 players with estimated time for a game totaling 1200 hours. Lots of bonding time in there IMO. 
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Dec 12, 2015 21:16
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mcmagic posted:Is there anyone who enjoys listening to Randy Buehler do commentary? Yeah I like his enthusiasm. I think he comes across as enjoying the game on a different level than any other commentator. Also I'm not bothered at all by his forgetting cards or whatever.
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Dec 12, 2015 21:21
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Zoness posted:Im this scg players champs video where we want to show that all our players are inartiuclate. I unironically like the new SCG promo with Cedric, Patrick and Matthias getting hyped. They're so excited 
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Dec 12, 2015 21:34
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Kitchen Lynx is pretty adorable, I have to agree. Hopefully I can get one before they change again.
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clamiam45 posted:Yeah I like his enthusiasm. I think he comes across as enjoying the game on a different level than any other commentator. Also I'm not bothered at all by his forgetting cards or whatever. Cedric Phillips is the most enthusiastic commentator, and I don't think it's particularly close. Dude is a fantastic hype man, and i'm sure his heavy interest in pro sports helped make him as good as he is.
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Dec 12, 2015 21:50
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I really want a surge card that makes Storm great again.
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Niton posted:Cedric Phillips is the most enthusiastic commentator, and I don't think it's particularly close. Dude is a fantastic hype man, and i'm sure his heavy interest in pro sports helped make him as good as he is. I don't watch SCG that much, but I listen to Cedric's podcast. I definitely like him and would put him close to Randy in terms of enthusiasm. I'm not making GBS threads on Cedric at all, he's great.
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Dec 12, 2015 21:58
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Serperoth posted:Good, cause that's what it will be. Colourless mana (the kind that Sol Ring makes) will now be C. They won't use "has to be colourless" mana in costs in every block, just like with Hybrid and so on. Okay why can't the Bonzis figure out I understand how the mechanic works Let's just let it die because I'm talking to a big purple brick wall
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Count Bleck posted:24 people playing the 1v1 swiss format at prerelease is 24 prerelease sets being opened. No, I mean everyone I know who does it just pays for both and just gets a random friend who barely knows how to play to show up.
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Dec 12, 2015 22:12
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Well that's stupid, so no wonder you think the format is stupid too.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:Well that's stupid, so no wonder you think the format is stupid too.
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Dec 12, 2015 22:26
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Yawgmoth posted:Trying to make magic into a multiplayer game is like trying to use D&D rules for a survival horror RPG. But Call of Cthulhu is fun?
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Dec 12, 2015 22:33
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Creating an EDH deck after a recent burglary left me with hardly anything left. I've got Derevi, some mana rocks, mana web, winter orb, and some other pieces for control. What I need is a reliable way to get some critters out and trigger the untaps with Derevi. So far I've got Marshal's Coup but it would toast the Commander/Prophet/Seedborn, etc.
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Dec 12, 2015 22:38
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I'm angry that Wizards is adding a mechanic that requires me to play multiplayer games by forcing me to cast two whole spells a turn.
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Dec 12, 2015 22:42
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Expecting me to have friends and acquaintances just shows once again that wizards does not understand their target demo
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Dec 12, 2015 22:44
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My (D) is surging
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im gaye posted:Creating an EDH deck after a recent burglary left me with hardly anything left. Have you considered Aether Vial? Depending on how much your creatures cost and where they sit in a curve, it could do you a lot of good. Also, if you've got a lot of mana rocks, there's Tezzert the Seeker and Unwinding Clock.
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mandatory lesbian posted:also, surge is a hella cool mechanic Agreed, it reminds me of a "fixed" Storm that I thought of a while go. I'll bet they'll be really gunshy about printing any Surge costs of 2 or less though, I doubt they want Storm to come back in force.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:13
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C-Euro posted:Agreed, it reminds me of a "fixed" Storm that I thought of a while go. I'll bet they'll be really gunshy about printing any Surge costs of 2 or less though, I doubt they want Storm to come back in force. Yeah, particularly with super awesome delve draw cards sitting around, they've probably made sure none of them are too potent. Still, if they could print something to put Jeskai Ascendancy back on the map, standard will get a lot more fun, at least for a short while.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:19
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Ramos posted:Yeah, particularly with super awesome delve draw cards sitting around, they've probably made sure none of them are too potent. Still, if they could print something to put Jeskai Ascendancy back on the map, standard will get a lot more fun, at least for a short while. On the other hand they're only around for 3 months. They were apparently really careful about designing stuff to work around Monastery Mentos for the 18 months it was in standard, so I would expect at least a couple of nice cards to play with it before it rotates out.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:23
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Angry Grimace posted:No, I mean everyone I know who does it just pays for both and just gets a random friend who barely knows how to play to show up. If nobody in your locality is benefiting from the opportunity to select a good partner, then it sounds like a market for 2HG events with randomly assigned teams. In all the (few) events I've ever played in, there were only ever four or five teams, but all of them were solid duos.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:35
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TheKingofSprings posted:On the other hand they're only around for 3 months. They were apparently really careful about designing stuff to work around Monastery Mentos for the 18 months it was in standard, so I would expect at least a couple of nice cards to play with it before it rotates out. Lightning Bolt in OTG!? 
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Ramos posted:Yeah, particularly with super awesome delve draw cards sitting around, they've probably made sure none of them are too potent. Still, if they could print something to put Jeskai Ascendancy back on the map, standard will get a lot more fun, at least for a short while. Jeskai Ascendancy won't be back on the map when one of the most popular decks is playing 4 copies of Dromoka's Command maindeck.
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Yawgmoth posted:Trying to make magic into a multiplayer game is like trying to use D&D rules for a survival horror RPG. EDH, 2HG, Emperor, and Conspiracy drafts were all great, and so is Call of Cthulhu. Sounds about right!
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Standard has had the shittiest turnouts for fnm in the last 6 weeks then i can ever remember. I think only a handful have fired in the Dfw area. It seems like I have to pay for ptq/iq to play standard. Bright side is cashing those events is about as easy as it gets right now. Hopefully someone is paying attention in creative.
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Sickening posted:Standard has had the shittiest turnouts for fnm in the last 6 weeks then i can ever remember. I think only a handful have fired in the Dfw area. It seems like I have to pay for ptq/iq to play standard. Bright side is cashing those events is about as easy as it gets right now. Creative? You think the problem with standard attendance is people don't like Eldrazi enough?
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Dec 13, 2015 00:59
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And amulet Bloom just lost by forgetting that he will have to pay for a pact the next turn.
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Sickening posted:Standard has had the shittiest turnouts for fnm in the last 6 weeks then i can ever remember. I think only a handful have fired in the Dfw area. It seems like I have to pay for ptq/iq to play standard. Bright side is cashing those events is about as easy as it gets right now. I've been noticing this at my store as well, I think we had like 30-ish people last night in a store that used to hit over double that.
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Dec 13, 2015 01:17
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The lesson is to never put fetches and fetchable lands in the same standard.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:The lesson is to never put fetches and fetchable lands in the same standard. Sperling made a post 1-2 yrs ago that wizards should "unprint" fetches - i.e. 1984 them and say they never should have happened. Increasingly agree with that idea.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:The lesson is to never put fetches and fetchable lands in the same standard. There were some really good meta-reasons for not letting fetches happen in standard anymore that I read somewhere. My favorite was it slows the game down every time someone has to fetch.
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FNM attendance has been very, very low lately. I think it has been a combination of the holidays coming up and high price of standard. To a lesser extent I am pretty sure it also has to do with how slow FNM runs now a days with it being a midrange crunch fest. Last night FNM started 15 minutes late, then every round when to turns for an extra 10-15 minutes, and then a repair going into round 4 because someone misreported their results. It was 15 minutes into round 4 and it was already passed the time I usually am getting home. Cactrot posted:I've been noticing this at my store as well, I think we had like 30-ish people last night in a store that used to hit over double that. Were you at CK last night? If so what were you playing?
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Dec 13, 2015 01:43
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I think it also has to do with the cheapest t1 deck having a bad matchup against the two most expensive t1 decks.
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When the standard format consists of decks that cost over a grand that wipe the floor with all other decks that don't, people tend to not play that format as much. This standard is one of the worst we've had since LOR/ALA, imo.
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Dehtraen posted:FNM attendance has been very, very low lately. I think it has been a combination of the holidays coming up and high price of standard. To a lesser extent I am pretty sure it also has to do with how slow FNM runs now a days with it being a midrange crunch fest. Last night FNM started 15 minutes late, then every round when to turns for an extra 10-15 minutes, and then a repair going into round 4 because someone misreported their results. It was 15 minutes into round 4 and it was already passed the time I usually am getting home. RB aggro, I went undefeated until I played against Cody and punted hard against Atarka red to finish 3-1. Edit: waiting for the inevitable realization that oh, I'm the jerk in the store that you hate :P
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I just see general slower playing, lots of newer / just returning to the game guys that are dropping $600 on whatever 4 color deck won the last SCG event, then stumbling their way through library searching effects (fetches, bring to light, nissa), tanking over really basic decisions, or just not even knowing what their cards do (yes, virulent plague effects your tokens too)Cactrot posted:RB aggro, I went undefeated until I played against Cody and punted hard against Atarka red to finish 3-1. We played round 2 I think, UB Sacrifice. We chatted about Merfolk / infect in modern and you won 2-0 with flamewake, blood soaked champ, and dashed zurgo g1 and I conceded to conceal info with two lands In play I believe?you thought I was playing 4 color rally but Thunderbreak & friends won g2 for you. Thank you for actually playing at a decent pace unlike the rest of my opponents last night.
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The Shortest Path posted:When the standard format consists of decks that cost over a grand that wipe the floor with all other decks that don't, people tend to not play that format as much. On the flip side, it's actually a really fun standard if you own the cards to play it. I'll never be dissapointed in a standard that doesn't feature a pile of 20 mountains as a deck.
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The Shortest Path posted:EDH, 2HG, Emperor, and Conspiracy drafts were all great, and so is Call of Cthulhu. Sounds about right! But hey it's nice that they're giving me an A+ reason to avoid this prerelease.
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