|
TheKingofSprings posted:Someone who hasn't seen JtMS, holy poo poo Jace is broken as hell. He does not have keyword soup, plus an etb effect, plus a flip side that wraths and increases p/t There's a difference between "development hosed up, horribly" like with jtms and "development/design just kept adding mechanics" like with avacyn.
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:09
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 20, 2024 23:25 |
|
|
I'm amazed at how often I topdeck exactly the card I need to get out of a situation after thinking about which cards are in my deck and deciding which one I would like to draw the most. It's uncanny, considering how many cards are usually still in my deck. I often lose to my opponent topdecking the card that they need, but in most losses I can identify at least one line of play that would have probably won me the game. Even something as innocuous as using a kill spell a little too late can snowball into a game loss.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:17
|
|
|
Chill la Chill posted:See, I do because we all tacitly agree to the variance in this game and still choose to play it. We could be playing Chess or Go instead but we're not. Variance is part of the game. I actually don't feel empathy for people who get so frustrated at the variance in this game. Most I can do is shrug.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:20
|
|
|
Yawgmoth posted:You can take that stance if that's what makes you happy, but I think being annoyed about things we can't control and in particular being annoyed that we can't control them is inherently justified to a point. You'd be pissed off if you got a stomach flu right before a big event you want to go to, you'd be pissed if you got a flat tire on your way to work, and these are no more controllable than drawing 7 lands in a row; the only thing you can do is be pissed off at the entropy inherent in our universe for a bit and hope it doesn't happen again for a while. To get all judgmental about someone being frustrated about something frustrating sounds an awful lot like "ha ha you care about something, what a loser! Having emotions is for chumps" and personally I got past that whole shtick well before I was old enough to drink. Lighten up. If you are going to let variance from a childrens card game get to you, it would probably be a good idea to take a step back and reflect upon things. It takes some mental gymnastics to take the post you quoted and take it to that extreme.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:31
|
|
|
Yawgmoth posted:You can take that stance if that's what makes you happy, but I think being annoyed about things we can't control and in particular being annoyed that we can't control them is inherently justified to a point. You'd be pissed off if you got a stomach flu right before a big event you want to go to, you'd be pissed if you got a flat tire on your way to work, and these are no more controllable than drawing 7 lands in a row; the only thing you can do is be pissed off at the entropy inherent in our universe for a bit and hope it doesn't happen again for a while. To get all judgmental about someone being frustrated about something frustrating sounds an awful lot like "ha ha you care about something, what a loser! Having emotions is for chumps" and personally I got past that whole shtick well before I was old enough to drink. Do you not see the problem with like.. His choice of language in a public setting that is designed to accommodate other people's children? If he was rattling off like that next to me with nothing done about it, I would be reluctant to give the store owner any further business. I'm there to play a game, not be a lashing post for an unstable man's insecurities. Also, what's the problem with Jeff Hoagland? Seemed fine when I caught his stream.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:32
|
|
|
Well, my friend walks up behind him during that game and makes a pretty salient point: "well he has like 5 cards in his hand, they're there to do something, I don't get why you're mad that he's using them." He ignored that.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:33
|
|
|
Sickening posted:Lighten up. If you are going to let variance from a childrens card game get to you, it would probably be a good idea to take a step back and reflect upon things. I'm going to unironically start blaming the entropy inherent in our universe for every match I lose from now on. When I win I'll just tell my opponent "It's okay, we're all just meaningless specks of dust flying aimlessly through an infinite void. Good luck in your upcoming rounds!"
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:35
|
|
|
I'm going to go out on a limb with a controversial opinion here and say that I think it is okay and understandable to get annoyed at runs of bad luck, but it is not okay and acceptable to express that frustration by screaming about how that gay retard avacyn deserves to be raped.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:39
|
|
|
Four horsemen was the only bulwark we had against the uncaring entropy of the cosmos, and even that was taken from us.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:39
|
|
|
It would help a lot of people get over being mad about variance if they'd just accept that sometimes you are going to lose no matter what you do. Also sometimes you're going to win when you don't deserve to. If you're playing well you're going to start winning again no matter how unlucky your run is.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:41
|
|
|
GeneX posted:To be fair, Avacyn might be the most blatantly pushed for massive constructed play card I've ever seen Siege Rhino was more powerful.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:56
|
|
|
This Eli Kassis guy plays painfully loving slow.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 20:59
|
|
|
A lot of MtG players are self professed "smart" people who, surprise, haven't had that brilliance reflected elsewhere in their lives. Instead, their genius manifests in better-than-average-but-not-stellar performance at a low stakes card game. Therefore they need to at least assuage their dissonance with statements about "variance" making them lose.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 21:00
|
|
|
Hell, if we're talking about tilting topdecks, my opponent has 0 cards in hand, and is dead on board to a Thraben Gargoyle transoformed, and topdecks Detective Jace. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 21:03
|
|
|
Lottery of Babylon posted:I'm going to go out on a limb with a controversial opinion here and say that I think it is okay and understandable to get annoyed at runs of bad luck, but it is not okay and acceptable to express that frustration by screaming about how that gay retard avacyn deserves to be raped. Yeah pretty much.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 21:06
|
|
|
Angry Grimace posted:Hell, if we're talking about tilting topdecks, my opponent has 0 cards in hand, and is dead on board to a Thraben Gargoyle transoformed, and topdecks Detective Jace. It was a good move on their part to wait until you were down to your last creature to play such a stabilizing card, IMO.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 21:07
|
|
|
Hot take alert: Skulk is great
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 21:16
|
|
|
Modern Eldrazi dead?
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 21:24
|
|
|
Man fractured visions control is loving miserable to play against
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 22:20
|
|
|
Bread Set Jettison posted:Hot take alert: Some rear end in a top hat put the +3/0 and first strike flash enchantment on the 1/3 lifelinker skulker and that was a loving beater. Skulk is pretty neat.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 22:21
|
|
|
Gotta say, modern is looking pretty awesome right now. Coco fills a pretty awesome niche for the Meliria/anafenza decks, gifts thopter can beat burn and eldrazi looks to be dead.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 22:28
|
|
|
Chill la Chill posted:It was a good move on their part to wait until you were down to your last creature to play such a stabilizing card, IMO. I can't see you winking over the internet to know if that's supposed to be sarcastic or just misreading.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 22:33
|
|
|
I see Skill Rhino is still making people pissed off even after rotating out.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 22:41
|
|
|
lmao craig kremple top-decking a seige rhino to beat korey mcduffie who was at 1 life
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 22:41
|
|
|
To be fair he was pressuring McDuffie the entire game and Krempel was always ahead.
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 22:52
|
|
|
SCG has the decks that went 7-1 or better in standard. http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/3746_71_or_better_standard_decklist.html
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 23:47
|
|
|
im the mono-red deck with 18 one-drops
|
|
#
?
Apr 16, 2016 23:53
|
|
|
Irony Be My Shield posted:im the mono-red deck with 18 one-drops Whats more mind boggling is the amounts of Bant Company
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 00:58
|
|
|
And the modern decks are up now. http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/3748_71_or_better_modern_decklists.html
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 00:58
|
|
|
Alaan posted:SCG has the decks that went 7-1 or better in standard. That's a lot of Bant Company.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 00:59
|
|
|
Seems very fair for modern. Only really two combo decks on that list, although there are also 5 burn/zoo variants. Interesting new(ish) cards seeing play: - Burning-Tree Emissary/Reckless Bushwhacker aggro deck - The full four copies of Cinder Glade in that weird GR scapeshift deck - Tron rocking Sanctum of Ugin, World Breakers and Kozilek's Return - 2 sideboard copies of Pulse of Murasa in Jund  - A 2/2 split of PtE and DiS in Bant Company 
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 01:19
|
|
|
Mezzanon posted:I'm going to unironically start blaming the entropy inherent in our universe for every match I lose from now on. When I win I'll just tell my opponent "It's okay, we're all just meaningless specks of dust flying aimlessly through an infinite void. Good luck in your upcoming rounds!"
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 01:21
|
|
|
Alaan posted:And the modern decks are up now. The 7-1 Knight retreat combo deck with a westvale abbey  I may have to give that deck another shot, it's a lot of fun but never put up any real results.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 01:27
|
|
|
All I'm saying is that if you design a spell that says "you get 6 mana of dudes at instant speed for 4 mana" maybe it should cost 2GG instead of 3G.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 01:37
|
|
|
Irony Be My Shield posted:
Gotta beat the burn match somehow with Green Timely Reinforcements.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 01:38
|
|
|
Shadow225 posted:Also, what's the problem with Jeff Hoagland? Seemed fine when I caught his stream. He just gets really mad at Magic. I followed him on Twitter for a while because he had an interesting Modern deck back when I played Modern but everything he posted that wasn't flogging said pet deck was constant griping about formats, MODO, having to go to events, not having any events to go to, etc. etc. Also he seemed to take it personally that his Legacy deck wasn't winning and flounced out of the format crying about Brainstorm. I don't know what he's been doing recently but I doubt he's gotten much more pleasant. EDIT: Oh he also had a meltdown on some subreddit because the mods wouldn't yell at someone for having the username "JeffBoohoogland" Johnny Landmine fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Apr 17, 2016 |
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 02:07
|
|
|
GoutPatrol posted:Gotta beat the burn match somehow with Green Timely Reinforcements. It's also (kind of) mana-fixing with Fetchlands. For a deck that's as sketchy as Jund can sometimes be, getting a second use out of a Fetchland is surprisingly reasonable.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 02:16
|
|
|
Irony Be My Shield posted:im the mono-red deck with 18 one-drops I think I would replace four of those with Abbot of Keral Keep, but which four?
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 02:18
|
|
|
My zoo deck made the top 8. Thats like 4 cards off from my 75 list. Good for that kid.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 02:35
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 20, 2024 23:25 |
|
|
How do I tune BW Control to beat Bant Company, or is that as hopeless as I fear it looks on paper? I don't know if I can beat getting whittled down by eot two value creatures.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2016 02:41
|
|