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TheKingofSprings posted:Honestly there's probably still a decent Eldrazi deck in modern, it just won't be the cosmic horror it was. Yup. That's what I'm looking for, I have plenty of t1 stuff I just want to fiddle with big dummies now that the hype is over.
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Has anyone had success getting random cube foils from Puca trade? I'm not having much success with the random nonsense I'm looking for now, but I don't really want to pay $45 to add foils and get 3 of the cards I'm looking for.
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I've yet to see any evidence cards like Thought-Knot Seer or Reality Smasher are going down in price. Doubt they will suddenly fall at all.
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TheDemon posted:I've yet to see any evidence cards like Thought-Knot Seer or Reality Smasher are going down in price. Doubt they will suddenly fall at all. They're in a good standard deck that as far as I know isn't actually losing any cards. I'm pretty sure that deck only plays Thought-Knot and Reality Smasher, and everything else in the modern deck has dropped hard.
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TheKingofSprings posted:Honestly there's probably still a decent Eldrazi deck in modern, it just won't be the cosmic horror it was. 4 Temple + 4 Vesuva still sounds like something playable. suicidesteve posted:They're in a good standard deck that as far as I know isn't actually losing any cards. I'm pretty sure that deck only plays Thought-Knot and Reality Smasher, and everything else in the modern deck has dropped hard. Matter Reshaper and Mimic are played in some builds. After looking at my pile of cards after OOB was finished drafting I somehow have all the cards to make Mono B Eldrazi. I'm trying the Coat of Arms equipment instead of Ghostfire Blade, and running maindeck Warping Wail to avoid wipes. GoutPatrol fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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suicidesteve posted:They're in a good standard deck that as far as I know isn't actually losing any cards. I'm pretty sure that deck only plays Thought-Knot and Reality Smasher, and everything else in the modern deck has dropped hard. also a Legacy deck that is at least decent and potentially still a Modern deck.
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GoutPatrol posted:4 Temple + 4 Vesuva still sounds like something playable. Comes into play tapped is a big detriment, and the Vesuva is gonna be super low impact if you don't have a temple already on the table.
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suicidesteve posted:Has anyone had success getting random cube foils from Puca trade? I'm not having much success with the random nonsense I'm looking for now, but I don't really want to pay $45 to add foils and get 3 of the cards I'm looking for. It takes a long time and is very random how they come in. I've had some wants take 3-6 months before they got filled (foil Staff of Domination) but they all eventually do, it just takes a very long time.
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Played for an hour against mono white last night with b/w/c and I have to say that mono white seems to fall over to lanquish in a big way. I didn't have tendrils in my 75 last night and I feel like it would have made it even worse. It even seems to have problems against ramp that are running 3-4 returns maindeck. It looks better than I thought on paper, just doesn't seem to play as well in practice. This was the list that was played. Maybe aother pro will make a better one. 3 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit 4 Dragon Hunter 4 Expedition Envoy 4 Knight of the White Orchid 4 Kytheon, Hero of Akros 4 Thalia's Lieutenant 4 Thraben Inspector Creatures [27] 4 Always Watching 4 Declaration in Stone 3 Stasis Snare Spells [11] 20 Plains 2 Westvale Abbey
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For starters 20 one drops is probably not ideal. Neither is 4 kytheon
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Someone bought my prerelease promo Abbey for $35 I opened one as my promo, too. Gotta get on offloading that. GonSmithe posted:Hahaha LSV just said on stream that at some point in the future he's gonna do a stream where he joins as many queues as possible at the same time.
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sarmhan posted:For starters 20 one drops is probably not ideal. Neither is 4 kytheon The list is from Melissa DeTora and there doesn't appear to be a lot of decent lists around. I wasn't a fan of all the one drops either but after playing against it I don't see how it would get better by being slower. If someone has a decent list, post it.
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Good news, this thread's favourite author is starting to release excerpts from his upcoming book! http://www.dailydot.com/geek/magic-pro-tour-history/ Kickstarter posted:Can't wait to read this! For those who don't know, CML is the Hunter S. Thompson of his generation (he infiltrates MTG tournaments rather than the Hells Angels) but far more talented.
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Well that's a bold claim.
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i want to put a cigarette out in the eye of whoever typed that
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:i want to put a cigarette out in the eye of whoever typed that I guess it's meant to be a joke...? A pompous, bad, unfunny joke...
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California, Labour Day weekend... early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw wizards wearing anime t-shirts, shades, and greasy cargo shorts roll out from damp motel rooms, Denny's, and their parents' basements in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo, and East Oakland, heading for the convention center... The Menace is loose again
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I can't believe that people think this Ulvenwald Hydra is Standard playable.
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Sickening posted:Played for an hour against mono white last night with b/w/c and I have to say that mono white seems to fall over to lanquish in a big way. I didn't have tendrils in my 75 last night and I feel like it would have made it even worse. It even seems to have problems against ramp that are running 3-4 returns maindeck. It looks better than I thought on paper, just doesn't seem to play as well in practice. I'm not a pro, but a better one could easily be made by: dropping expedition envoy, one anafenza, one kytheon and adding 3 secure the wastes, an Abbey, and perhaps an Avacyn or Ally of Zendikar. Now instead of a bunch of redundant legendaries and expedition envoy, for some loving reason, you at least have a real shot at turning on Abbey with a t4 Secure the Wastes. There's also probably a better one drop than Dragon Hunter, any ideas? You're still going to get transgress the mind'd and tear your hair out and have no real three drops to speak of apart from Always Watching but really this deck isn't going to be great. Gay Horney fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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mcmagic posted:I can't believe that people think this Ulvenwald Hydra is Standard playable. I have to agree, I play r/g ramp and there's so many other creatures I'd rather play. Getting the one land off it is also not nearly as relevant if you've got enough already out to cast it in the first place.
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The one line that makes the Hydra seem anything less than bad is having a Shrine of the Forsaken Gods out, searching a Shrine out with Hydra, and casting turn 7 Ulamog. But that's not good enough to make it playable.
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stinkles1112 posted:The one line that makes the Hydra seem anything less than bad is having a Shrine of the Forsaken Gods out, searching a Shrine out with Hydra, and casting turn 7 Ulamog. But that's not good enough to make it playable. It'd be cool if that Hydra was actually just the spider that could block 7 extra creatures in addition to having the fetch land clause. >_>
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stinkles1112 posted:The one line that makes the Hydra seem anything less than bad is having a Shrine of the Forsaken Gods out, searching a Shrine out with Hydra, and casting turn 7 Ulamog. But that's not good enough to make it playable. Or just grabbing a utility land of some kind. I mean it doesn't look amazing but Hydra grabbing Mirrorpool seems like a cool and good thing.
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I mean I probably put the Hydra in Animar because it's a Big Butt That Grabs Cradle but hey.
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It doesn't seem like that bad of a card in the ramp deck. Blocks well, ramps you by 2 mana or can find you a Sanctum which will later turn into a huge threat.
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When the gently caress did Thopter Foundry shoot up to 10 bucks?!
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Yesterday. I'll sell/trade you a foil playset 
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Count Bleck posted:When the gently caress did Thopter Foundry shoot up to 10 bucks?! after sword of the meek got unbanned in modern yesterday
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Molybdenum posted:Yesterday. I'll sell/trade you a foil playset Got mine when they were 70 something cents each, I'm just baffled. Also, the Commander 2013 ones are 10, the Alara Reborn ones are 8 
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What artifacts are you supposed to feed to Foundry? I guess I don't see how it's so much better than Bitterblossom. I know you can do it as an instant and multiple times a turn, but for mana and a permanent.
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BizarroAzrael posted:What artifacts are you supposed to feed to Foundry? I guess I don't see how it's so much better than Bitterblossom. I know you can do it as an instant and multiple times a turn, but for mana and a permanent. Sword of the Meek
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BizarroAzrael posted:What artifacts are you supposed to feed to Foundry? I guess I don't see how it's so much better than Bitterblossom. I know you can do it as an instant and multiple times a turn, but for mana and a permanent. You sac sword of the meek to the foundry to make a 1/1 that fetches sword from the graveyard. Repeat until out of mana.
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Kalli posted:You sac sword of the meek to the foundry to make a 1/1 that fetches sword from the graveyard. Gain life equal to mana spent this way.
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I think its going to be easier to fight off Thopter-Sword in a hate-driven format like Modern than they might be imagining because various forms of hate on decks like that are pretty common. Is Ancestral Visions a very good card against Jund-like attrition decks? Yes, absolutely. But its also possibly too slow for the format in general.
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Yeah, noted SB allstars ancient grudge, kataki, stony silence, pithing needle, RiP, etc. all became much more important but decks already run them in good numbers thanks to affinity. VVVVVVVV Bug/rug good stuff? Molybdenum fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Angry Grimace posted:Is Ancestral Visions a very good card against Jund-like attrition decks? Yes, absolutely. But its also possibly too slow for the format in general. The only place I can see Visions is in a re-worked version of Storm, as an alternate to Serum Visions or Sleight of Hand as your T1 play. It's crazy if it's copied off an Ascension, but the fact that you can't cast it the turn you're going off is awkward. Maybe Storm will start using Epic Experiment instead of (or in addition to) Past in Flames?
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:The only place I can see Visions is in a re-worked version of Storm, as an alternate to Serum Visions or Sleight of Hand as your T1 play. It's crazy if it's copied off an Ascension, but the fact that you can't cast it the turn you're going off is awkward. Maybe Storm will start using Epic Experiment instead of (or in addition to) Past in Flames? I just don't see these two unbannings as becoming pillars of the format, which is why I was critical of Reid Duke's freak-out article. Neither Thopter-Sword nor Ancestral Vision do anything nearly as busted as "2 mana untapped land." Visions can't be cast by Snapcaster to begin with and even if it could, something like Leyline breaks both Thopter-Sword and Snapcaster (assuming, as Reid says, this is the problem that's going to break modern decks open.) As neat as Thopter Sword is, its two cards that basically don't do anything on their own, and something like Jace, the Mind Sculptor isn't legal to go find your combo. I dunno, its just like Bitterblossom to me: a remnant of a busted deck where lots and lots of pieces of an actual busted deck are still not legal. Chrome Mox and the Depths combo aren't legal and I simply don't find it that likely that Ancestral Visions makes control a viable deck on its own. Molybdenum posted:Yeah, noted SB allstars ancient grudge, kataki, stony silence, pithing needle, RiP, etc. all became much more important but decks already run them in good numbers thanks to affinity. If there's any deck I'd put AV in its Faeries and that's already in the Third Tier Toilet. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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