|
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're gonna play casually, just don't play any real format and just make it so you can't play more than 4 of anything. If some rear end in a top hat shows up with 4 of a BS card you can informally ban that card amongst yourselves. I would think EDH sounds about right though. It *can* be expensive, but I'd guess the majority of EDH deck lists boil down to "pile of cards owned by person playing deck."
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 22:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 16, 2024 10:39 |
|
|
jassi007 posted:Pauper. Play pauper. You get to play old and "fun" cards but it isn't wallet smashingly expensive.http://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pauper#paper This is great until you actually want to play and realize that no one plays pauper.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 22:05
|
|
|
mcmagic posted:This is great until you actually want to play and realize that no one plays pauper. Do what I did: build 6 decks so people can borrow decks then still never play.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 22:09
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/IdeallyDumb/status/701806653537181697 I hope you didn't like deck tech's.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 22:13
|
|
|
Sickening posted:https://twitter.com/IdeallyDumb/status/701806653537181697 And Nick Miller still has a job?
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 22:14
|
|
|
Modern 73% FNM 62% Prerelease 41% Gameday 37% Should've never conceded every match at Gameday Journey Into Nyx!
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 22:16
|
|
|
mcmagic posted:And Nick Miller still has a job? He knows where the bodies are buried I guess....
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 22:21
|
|
|
To win at modern at your LGS, pick a decent deck that it relatively fixed and learn it very well. I recommend fish for this purpose.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 22:55
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/701890260398010368
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:10
|
|
|
Did conspiracy have any reprints for other formats or is it just its own separate game?
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:11
|
|
|
Roshambo posted:Did conspiracy have any reprints for other formats or is it just its own separate game? It had both reprints and new good cards like Council's Judgment or Dirk Fable
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:13
|
|
|
I mean, only one card has ever gotten Emergency Banned for real and there was that one time where Aaron wrote an article a year too late saying "btw we're banning everything in Ravager Affinity but wait another month for us to actually do it!"
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:13
|
|
|
Roshambo posted:Did conspiracy have any reprints for other formats or is it just its own separate game? The set was multiplayer draft focused. Cards reprinted in Conspiracy are legal in any formats they're legal in. If they're new they legal in vintage and legacy (and formats that use those lists, like EDH) unless they're specifically banned.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:14
|
|
|
loving. Brilliant. I doubt the GP attendance drop off will be too big but the stats are going to be hilarious to watch.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:15
|
|
|
Roshambo posted:Did conspiracy have any reprints for other formats or is it just its own separate game? I think the big reprints were Brainstorm and Swords to Plowshares
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:16
|
|
|
I'm glad he did this.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:16
|
|
|
I'm constantly amazed that not only do people think Maro's comics are funny, but some seem to believe that they're brilliant.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:16
|
|
|
Brownhat posted:I think the big reprints were Brainstorm and Swords to Plowshares Stifle was nice to see, but maybe a bit "smaller".
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:17
|
|
|
exploration, misdirection, and stifle were all in conspiracy
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:18
|
|
|
Brownhat posted:I think the big reprints were Brainstorm and Swords to Plowshares Exploration, Sifle, Misdirection, and Pernicious Deed were also big reprints.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:19
|
|
|
[quote=" PATRICK CHAPIN"] Look, I don't know what you want me to say. Modern is borked. Sure, some formats are messed up, but not like this one. Without exaggeration, we're talking historical levels of messed up. A broken deck can dominate a weekend. The Eldrazi decks, however, broke the format in a way that doesn't heal (and in fact is rapidly getting much worse). We're gonna have to amputate. Something has to go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. There are three Modern GPs coming up in two weeks, all on the same weekend. Those GPs are going to be the real test. [/quote] I am little surprised SCG lets him write articles like this considering their partnership with WOTC. I applaud it in full, but it is just surprising.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:24
|
|
|
Brownhat posted:I think the big reprints were Brainstorm and Swords to Plowshares Misdirection and Stifle were the big reprints. Brainstorm and Swords to Plowshares had a lot of reprints already.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:25
|
|
|
Sickening posted:I am little surprised SCG lets him write articles like this considering their partnership with WOTC. I applaud it in full, but it is just surprising. It's a little overboard. Modern was a dumb format before these decks too.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:25
|
|
|
odiv posted:Stifle was nice to see, but maybe a bit "smaller". Stifle was like 35 bucks before it was reprinted in Conspiracy. That was huge.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:26
|
|
|
mcmagic posted:It's a little overboard. Modern was a dumb format before these decks too. I get that you are on this deck now therefor you are going to defend it, but can you not say dumb things like this?
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:29
|
|
|
Sickening posted:I get that you are on this deck now therefor you are going to defend it, but can you not say dumb things like this? I'm not trying to defend it. I know it's getting banned. I've said that modern was a dumb format since I started playing modern or posting about it in here.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:30
|
|
|
mcmagic posted:It's a little overboard. Modern was a dumb format before these decks too. It was dumb but never this level of dumb. This is a level beyond dumb.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:34
|
|
|
Sickening posted:I am little surprised SCG lets him write articles like this considering their partnership with WOTC. I applaud it in full, but it is just surprising. Can someone post the full article? It's behind a stupid paywall because for some reason Magic commentary is the kind of thing people pay for
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:35
|
|
|
TheKingofSprings posted:It was dumb but never this level of dumb. I think people are understating how dumb modern was before these decks. It might be worse now but not THAT much worse, at least in my opinion.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:36
|
|
|
Lancelot posted:Can someone post the full article? It's behind a stupid paywall because for some reason Magic commentary is the kind of thing people pay for Says the man posting on SA
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:36
|
|
|
mcmagic posted:I think people are understating how dumb modern was before these decks. It might be worse now but not THAT much worse, at least in my opinion. What made it that way to you?
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:39
|
|
|
Lightning Lord posted:Says the man posting on SA
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:39
|
|
|
mcmagic posted:I think people are understating how dumb modern was before these decks. It might be worse now but not THAT much worse, at least in my opinion. It will also be sorted by the SOI R&B update. At least there's a variety of OP decks with that core. It's just interesting, and it's right to allow this and fix the format in response rather than restrict standard for it.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:40
|
|
|
TheKingofSprings posted:It was dumb but never this level of dumb. No way this poo poo is great. I love Eldrazi (yes I play it) but it's funny as hell to watch this blip go.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:41
|
|
|
TheKingofSprings posted:What made it that way to you? Because it was (and still is) the goldfish format. The less interactive you are the better which doesn't lead to fun games of magic. BizarroAzrael posted:It will also be sorted by the SOI R&B update. At least there's a variety of OP decks with that core. It's just interesting, and it's right to allow this and fix the format in response rather than restrict standard for it. No it won't be. Unless they ban a hell of a lot more than Eye/Temple.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:43
|
|
|
Errant Gin Monks posted:No way this poo poo is great. I love Eldrazi (yes I play it) but it's funny as hell to watch this blip go. I'm literally not playing Modern every week because I don't want to use or run into the deck, as far as I'm concerned it's awful.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:43
|
|
|
I gotta admit that from a puzzle-ish point of view, I'm fascinated by the question of how one deals with a menace like this, and I'm looking forward to seeing what people use as their anti-Eldrazi tech, or more properly, how they incorporate it into existing decks. Of course, there are at least two major problems: -It may turn out that the answer is just "play Eldrazi and try to git gud at the mirror match," or "play Infect/Affinity and try to go over/under the Eldrazi deck rather than interacting," which are less interesting -A compelling thought exercise and a format that's any fun to play for any real length of time are two different things So I'll be happy if the deck gets banned back into line with the others in a month or so. I hope that any bannings won't make it completely impossible to play a decent colorless Eldrazi deck. If it could be rejiggered to take advantage of playing all the colorless-producing utility lands, that would be a cool deck.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:49
|
|
|
JerryLee posted:
This was the argument for caw blade style decks. They became "skill matches" as mirrors, but yea, not a good argument.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:50
|
|
|
Modern has a core problem- the answers are worse than the threats. Being reactive in modern has been a losing strategy before eldrazi were printed.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:52
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 16, 2024 10:39 |
|
|
XyrlocShammypants posted:This was the argument for caw blade style decks. They became "skill matches" as mirrors, but yea, not a good argument. There's also way, way less skill than the Caw Blade mirror.
|
|
#
?
Feb 22, 2016 23:52
|
|