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Count Bleck posted:Didn't the Disciple of the Vault deck win that? It was won by Big Red with maindeck Furnace Dragons.
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If I take Norin soul sisters to any big events, I'm going to write the name down as Trigger Warning: Boros.
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So, in light of every regular format being shat all over by Eldrazi and what seems to be an abject lack of foresight by Wizards, I have decided to investigate Pauper. Why didn't I do this sooner? I honestly have no idea, considering I'm typically a What do all of you people think about Pauper?
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The Marauder posted:What do all of you people think about Pauper? It's the only good format left. Especially with Cloud of Faeries gone.
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odiv posted:Since it's not "Izzet Eldrazi" does that mean we are going back to RUG instead of Temur? Izzet Eldrazi Again? would be a pretty good name. suicidesteve posted:It's the only good format left. Especially with Cloud of Faeries gone. Legacy 
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If you can find people to play it, its amazing. Cheap, but has a really high level of power and complexity. Plus, you can actually play interactive decks.
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Feb 22, 2016 04:26
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Too bad no one plays Pauper in paper.
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Rogue0071 posted:Legacy Meh. Legacy has turned into 4 color good stuff, ANT, and Miracles. Pass.
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Is Eldrazi a deck in Standard? I mean, Standard is probably terrible because Standard, but I thought the best deck was still Rally?
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Rogue0071 posted:Izzet Eldrazi Again? would be a pretty good name. okay, only good format if you're not bourgeoisie scum or just really bad with money
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I didnt know they banned the faeries, that loving rules. Gonna get on mtgo later!
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come play in the next round of the pauper league you ding dongs https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3764731&perpage=40
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Elyv posted:Is Eldrazi a deck in Standard?
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Elyv posted:Is Eldrazi a deck in Standard? It's gonna be very good after rotation and the ramp decks with World Breaker and Ulmogg are already pretty good now.
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Feb 22, 2016 04:59
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I played UR Eldrazi at a recent modern event and went against Elves in the final round. Took game 1 handily but the elves player sided in Essence Wardens which wrecked me when he had 2 by turn 3. Turns out gaining 4-6 for each creature I play and 4-8 on each of his turns is enough to beat the Eldrazi menace. Makes me really want to fit in some board wipes. Kozileks Return or something, but i know its just as dangerous for me too.
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Pauper is the most interactive format I have played. Almost an annoying level of interaction when playing against some decks. Though somehow boggles still exists in pauper.
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Balon posted:I played UR Eldrazi at a recent modern event and went against Elves in the final round. Took game 1 handily but the elves player sided in Essence Wardens which wrecked me when he had 2 by turn 3. Just don't pack anything 7 or more casting cost.pmand it's second round won't trigger.
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checkplease posted:Though somehow boggles still exists in pauper. Gladecover Scout, Slippery Bogle and Aura Gnarlid were commons. Ethereal Armor, Spectral Flight, Hyena Umbra, and Rancor are all common too. It's missing Kor Spiritdancer and Daybreak Coronet sure but the core plan of making a bogle's pants fat is still there.
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Balon posted:I played UR Eldrazi at a recent modern event and went against Elves in the final round. Took game 1 handily but the elves player sided in Essence Wardens which wrecked me when he had 2 by turn 3. Just play All is Dust I guess
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Lightning Lord posted:Too bad no one plays Pauper in paper. If ya look around you just might get lucky. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zILWbmOZoQJM.kh4HFNWH6fqg&hl=en_US If you're in the Minneapolis area Universe Games runs Pauper at 5pm on Saturdays. There are loaner decks. They run things differently than most and use the printed commons list with the MTGO banlist. Hymn, Desert, High Tide, etc are legal while MTGO Masters Edition cards like Chainer's Edict and Battle Screech aren't.
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Honestly, the only reason the affinity player won was because he drew both ensnaring bridge AND ghirapur - 2 ofs in his sideboard - AND his opponent didn't draw disenchant. I play affinity as one of my decks and am glad it won, but seriously if anyone looks at this as "eldrazi is beatable guys!!" and thinks it's somehow indicative of a healthy format and that the 20/32 eldrazi decks aren't insanely bad numbers... I don't know what to say.
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ShaneB posted:Honestly, the only reason the affinity player won was because he drew both ensnaring bridge AND ghirapur - 2 ofs in his sideboard - AND his opponent didn't draw disenchant. I play affinity as one of my decks and am glad it won, but seriously if anyone looks at this as "eldrazi is beatable guys!!" and thinks it's somehow indicative of a healthy format and that the 20/32 eldrazi decks aren't insanely bad numbers... I don't know what to say. Some people are just eternal optimists.
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ShaneB posted:Honestly, the only reason the affinity player won was because he drew both ensnaring bridge AND ghirapur - 2 ofs in his sideboard - AND his opponent didn't draw disenchant. I play affinity as one of my decks and am glad it won, but seriously if anyone looks at this as "eldrazi is beatable guys!!" and thinks it's somehow indicative of a healthy format and that the 20/32 eldrazi decks aren't insanely bad numbers... I don't know what to say. I love all Eternal formats and think it's cool and good that there's such a thing as an Eldrazi deck out there. But Eye of Ugin and Eldrazi Temple's got to go.
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Lightning Lord posted:Some people are just eternal optimists. I'm more of a limited optimist, really
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Gladecover Scout, Slippery Bogle and Aura Gnarlid were commons. Ethereal Armor, Spectral Flight, Hyena Umbra, and Rancor are all common too. Oh yeah I was just annoyed because I was just playing a boggles deck with my rg madness and had no real good answer for hexproof/armadillo cloak in my 70. Though I am sure any deck with black probably has answers to it in pauper.
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It does seem like the Affinity player had a good plan that could stop eldrazi, and I'm sure that some of the other decks can come up with good plans as well. I don't know if that will be enough to push people off the eldrazi plan but I think this does mean the start of the meta adjustment to the deck and I'm pretty sure it won't stop with one dude who plays affinity. I think eye is super busted, because lands that tap for more than one mana are usually busted as gently caress, and this one can tap for 2-10 a turn or something like that which makes it ripe for abuse. I also think we should give people more time to find clever things to board in against them before we snap ban eye.
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So I haven't played in years and all my cards were tragically lost. A bunch of guys from work started playing, and the consensus is we are gonna play legacy, but I don't think anyone is planning on getting all the super expensive cards. Are there any fun casual, relatively cheap options out there for me? Is now a good time to get all standard cards to play casually with them and maybe take a crack at competitive for the first time? I guess what I'm asking is should I buy a booster box or individual cards? I'm confident if I bought individual cards it would be unfun real fast for my casual friends, but I'm not sure if standard is playable buying just random packs based on the last few pages of this thread.
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Star Man posted:I love all Eternal formats and think it's cool and good that there's such a thing as an Eldrazi deck out there. But Eye of Ugin and Eldrazi Temple's got to go. Sadly these two things are mutually exclusive 
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smertrioslol posted:So I haven't played in years and all my cards were tragically lost. A bunch of guys from work started playing, and the consensus is we are gonna play legacy, but I don't think anyone is planning on getting all the super expensive cards. Are there any fun casual, relatively cheap options out there for me? Is now a good time to get all standard cards to play casually with them and maybe take a crack at competitive for the first time? If you buy packs of cards you should be doing something with them. Playing sealed or draft is the usual recommendation. Just buying packs to open in hopes of getting specific cards isn't economically effective and if you just want specific cards for as little money as possible you should buy singles.
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TheKingofSprings posted:Sadly these two things are mutually exclusive I can like whatever the hell I want.
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TheKingofSprings posted:Sadly these two things are mutually exclusive Eldrazis probably survive if just Eye or just Temple is banned. I'm not sure that WotC is willing to risk having the deck still be too good, though. If it keeps up its current win rate, WotC is going to burn it to the ground at the next B&R announcement.
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checkplease posted:Pauper is the most interactive format I have played. Almost an annoying level of interaction when playing against some decks. Though somehow boggles still exists in pauper. Infect also exists in Pauper. Pauper is probably my favorite format! Where else can you play with Goblin Sledder and DEATH SPARK
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ShadeofBlue posted:Eldrazis probably survive if just Eye or just Temple is banned. I'm not sure that WotC is willing to risk having the deck still be too good, though. If it keeps up its current win rate, WotC is going to burn it to the ground at the next B&R announcement. If Eye hypothetically stayed it's something I could see, but Temple alone means you have to mulligan to a 4-of to have your overpriced cards have any impact in a Modern game.
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Olothreutes posted:If you buy packs of cards you should be doing something with them. Playing sealed or draft is the usual recommendation. Just buying packs to open in hopes of getting specific cards isn't economically effective and if you just want specific cards for as little money as possible you should buy singles. Are there frequently sealed or draft tournaments all over? Having never played it, is it a format that's fun and refreshing after having only playing constructed on and off for ten years? And is there anywhere I can read up the strategy for one of these things so I'm not going in blind?
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smertrioslol posted:Are there frequently sealed or draft tournaments all over? Having never played it, is it a format that's fun and refreshing after having only playing constructed on and off for ten years? And is there anywhere I can read up the strategy for one of these things so I'm not going in blind? Friday Night Magic basically everywhere almost always has draft. Sealed happens at prerelease/release events typically.
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rabidsquid posted:Friday Night Magic basically everywhere almost always has draft. Sealed happens at prerelease/release events typically. Do you keep the cards you end up drafting for a fee or something?
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smertrioslol posted:Do you keep the cards you end up drafting for a fee or something? Generally you pay $10-15, keep everything you draft, and get some number of prize packs if you did well.
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Elyv posted:Generally you pay $10-15, keep everything you draft, and get some number of prize packs if you did well. That sounds pretty neat. Thanks for the advice everyone 
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I love Eldrazi. Some of my best friends are Eldrazi. But, let's face it, Eldrazi are killing this format. Maro is great! I love Maro. I played golf with Maro last week. But Maro can't make the bans we need to make Modern great again. When I'm head of R&D, I will make the best bans you'll ever see. The best bans. You're gonna love the bans I make.
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smertrioslol posted:That sounds pretty neat. Thanks for the advice everyone Run away if you hear anyone mention "rare redrafting." Then nobody keeps rare cards they draft.
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