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Rinkles posted:numot got an mtg tatoo? Yeah, I think he said it was his family mon with the 5 color symbols from magic in it. He showed it briefly once but I couldn't make out much besides the color symbols.
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the Orb of Zot posted:I'm sorry, but Unscythe, Killer of Kings is the exact sort of stupid name that's good. I like everything about that card's flavor--art, mechanics, epithet--except the dumb proper name. I play(ed) it in my Thraximundar EDH deck even though it was honestly pretty bad there 
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Dec 30, 2015 22:41
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alansmithee posted:Yeah, I think he said it was his family mon with the 5 color symbols from magic in it. He showed it briefly once but I couldn't make out much besides the color symbols.  no comment
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Dec 30, 2015 22:45
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alansmithee posted:Yeah, I think he said it was his family mon with the 5 color symbols from magic in it. He showed it briefly once but I couldn't make out much besides the color symbols. It's actually not bad looking, as far as such things go (It's his family crest)
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Dec 30, 2015 22:46
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"helicopter parents" is the loving 
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the Orb of Zot posted:I'm sorry, but Unscythe, Killer of Kings is the exact sort of stupid name that's good. what the gently caress is an unscythe though?
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Dec 30, 2015 22:55
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the Orb of Zot posted:I'm sorry, but Unscythe, Killer of Kings is the exact sort of stupid name that's good. It sounds more like a Creature than an Equipment, though.
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Dec 30, 2015 22:57
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Niton posted:It sounds more like a Creature than an Equipment, though. You never played with sentient weapons in D&D before?
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Dec 30, 2015 23:02
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Rinkles posted:
Holy gently caress thats awful. That outside line is uneven all over the place (and why is it there in the first place???), and are any of the circles actually circles?
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Dec 30, 2015 23:03
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AlternateNu posted:You never played with sentient weapons in D&D before? I have, but that doesn't make it not sound like a Legendary Creature - Skeleton Warrior.
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Dec 30, 2015 23:06
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the best sentient weapon was definitely that bone dagger that flips into a demon from DKA. Withengar or something.
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Dec 30, 2015 23:09
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Hopefully it's just a lovely picture?
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Dec 30, 2015 23:09
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any card that could be the title of a symphonic metal song is Good
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Dec 30, 2015 23:11
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Bugsy posted:Holy gently caress thats awful. This was my first thought too. His artist needs to be fired into the sun.
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Dec 30, 2015 23:13
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Night Danger Moose posted:This was my first thought too. His artist needs to be fired into the sun. Get a stopwatch, start it, look at the tree, and see how long it takes you to stop laughing.
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Dec 30, 2015 23:21
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Rinkles posted:
That is the worst coloring job I have ever seen. It looks like they took a colored market and filled them in. His artist needs to be fired and he needs to get that thing touched up by someone who knows what they are doing. Edit- oh god the inner circle of the white mana is SO BAD,
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Dec 30, 2015 23:42
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For whatever it's worth(very little) I think the best card spoiled today is the manowar and that it's going to see Standard play and has a shot at seeing modern play This isn't related to any particular conversation I just wanted to make a prediction
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Dec 30, 2015 23:43
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Elyv posted:what the gently caress is an unscythe though? An undead scythe, clearly.
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Dec 30, 2015 23:52
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The man o war is a solid card that might, depending on how things go, end up in the core of a UW tempo deck featuring harbinger, it, and various awaken spells like roil spout, clutch of currents, etc. I'll certainly be trying to brew one of those up, at least.
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Dec 30, 2015 23:54
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the Orb of Zot posted:An undead scythe, clearly. When zombie Sigmund kills you, does he use an Unscythe?
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the Orb of Zot posted:I'm sorry, but Unscythe, Killer of Kings is the exact sort of stupid name that's good. You just have to realize that everything on Grixis sounds like power metal bands or albums, and it becomes way more forgivable. Thraximundar would be a fantastic 80's power metal name. Who wouldn't listen to "Killer of Kings" by the band Unscythe? "Cruel Ultimatum" by Prince of Thralls?
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Elyv posted:When zombie Sigmund kills you, does he use an Unscythe? Depends on whether you can give weapons directly to zombie familiars
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Dec 31, 2015 00:25
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Elyv posted:When zombie Sigmund kills you, does he use an Unscythe? No, because he has only the regular scythe he had upon death. For it to be an unscythe, you would have to kill the scythe and then reanimate it.
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Dec 31, 2015 00:27
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An unscythe is a nonexistent scythe that Winston Smith needs to write out of history so that people don't get the wrong ideas.
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Dec 31, 2015 00:31
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Reflector Mage or whatever is like 90% of creatures in BFZ in that it has prospects once Siege Rhino rotates out. I mean being free of Siege Rhino casts for a turn seems like a bad trade for them getting the ETB again.
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Dec 31, 2015 00:33
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Reflector Mage or whatever is like 90% of creatures in BFZ in that it has prospects once Siege Rhino rotates out. It's a pretty sweet tempo play if you think you can kill them in your next two combat steps, but it's in probably the two worst colors for that 
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I mean it's also possible you'll have Disdainful Stroke up when they get to try and recast it.
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I Rinkles posted:
I love my tattoo free life.
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the Orb of Zot posted:No, because he has only the regular scythe he had upon death. So I need to Tukima's Dance his scythe and kill it first?
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I was about to rage that the mana symbols are flipped before realizing that he probably used a mirror to take that picture.
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Fish Of Doom posted:You just have to realize that everything on Grixis sounds like power metal bands or albums, and it becomes way more forgivable. Thraximundar would be a fantastic 80's power metal name. Who wouldn't listen to "Killer of Kings" by the band Unscythe? "Cruel Ultimatum" by Prince of Thralls? Bonus points if it turns out that's where Nahiri has been hanging out.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Reflector Mage or whatever is like 90% of creatures in BFZ in that it has prospects once Siege Rhino rotates out. Reflector Mage seems pretty decent all around. It comes down early enough to be relevant and has a decent enough body for a utility creature, while the added no-recast effect on its bounce will absolutely win some games. It would probably be playable in 4C Rally as another way to keep Anafenza off the board and as general tempo fuckery. EDIT: actually it would probably be really good as an Anafenza response in 4C Rally. Right now Sidisi's Faithful gets used for the job, but bouncing Anafenza off an exploit trigger means something's getting exiled. Usually it's the Faithful, which means it can't be used for another bounce off a Rally. Reflector Mage can bounce Anafenza, then get itself into the graveyard for another trigger, and guarantees a whole extra turn of Aristocrats shenanigans without any Anafenzas in the picture. Obviously they fit in at very different places on the mana curve but for something that's already in color it seems like a desirable answer to a difficult card. Voyager I fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Dec 31, 2015 |
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Bugsy posted:I don't think this was posted? Aristocrats seems pushed.
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Count Bleck posted:Aristocrats seems pushed. Doesn't play that nicely with Collected Company, but with Haruspex about to rotate out maybe they're pushing the deck more towards Smothering Abomination and mass tokens as a card draw engine instead?
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Voyager I posted:Doesn't play that nicely with Collected Company, but with Haruspex about to rotate out maybe they're pushing the deck more towards Smothering Abomination and mass tokens as a card draw engine instead? I don't play Haruspex but yeah I could see why the deck loves it. I'm really hyped for this set now, though.
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Haruspex is a bulk rare and a core 4-of in most BGx Aristocrats decks. I highly recommend trying it out since being able to turn all your chump blocks and Husk pumps into sweet, sweet cards is a really good effect and it's got a tolerable body if you happen to end up ahead on board through the simple act of playing creatures every turn. It's also nice board wipe insurance since it means you just get to replace all the cards they blew up. I agree that between this thing, Catacomb Sifter, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Smothering Abomination, there's a pretty good BGx Tokens Aristocrats deck emerging. New Nissa might even be playable in it if they're moving away from CoCo and non-token sacrifices. The real question, of course, is if we'll get a new mass revival spell in the next block to replace Rally the Ancestors, though I suppose a token-centric deck is less concerned about replaying its graveyard. Voyager I fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Dec 31, 2015 |
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Elyv posted:at least the truly putrid names have largely vanished I think Bela Lugosi's scythe
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People were talking about Zada earlier; digging through Deckstats, it turns out there are some otherwise negligible White instants that also happen to draw a card. Normally, their effects are so negligible for their mana costs that the fact that they cycle isn't worth just having a better card in your hand to begin with, but this does create some potentially goofy as gently caress Zada situations where draft leavings like Defiant Strike draws like five cards. I kind of want to make a RW Zada Tokens deck with Monastery Mentor, Gideon, and a bunch of other token/pump spells. I think this could be a decent FNM contender for goofy decks that can also win games. Added bonus: Valorous Stance on Zada blanks wraths other than Languish! EDIT: quick n' dirty decklist for suggestions. http://deckstats.net/deck-8709158-4c6931b7c073e9f02e32b5eb4e9500cd.html The Pressure Points are more likely to be cast on your own Zada at the end of the enemy's turn as a way to draw cards. Voyager I fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Dec 31, 2015 |
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Shoulder to Shoulder does not trigger Zada or heroic, does it? The spell does not target, the ability "support" targets?
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Voyager I posted:People were talking about Zada earlier; digging through Deckstats, it turns out there are some otherwise negligible White instants that also happen to draw a card. Normally, their effects are so negligible for their mana costs that the fact that they cycle isn't worth just having a better card in your hand to begin with, but this does create some potentially goofy as gently caress Zada situations where draft leavings like Defiant Strike draws like five cards. I kind of want to make a RW Zada Tokens deck with Monastery Mentor, Gideon, and a bunch of other token/pump spells. I think this could be a decent FNM contender for goofy decks that can also win games. I think the consensus for best Zada spells in standard are Defiant Strike, Titan Strength, and Valorous Stance. Feat of Resistance is also a possibility. Comedy option: Arcbond 
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