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Rules question: Creature spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. Like on Krallenhorde Howler. If I have two out there, creatures still cost 1 less, right? The effects do not stack?
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May 5, 2016 22:35
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ButtWolf posted:Rules question:
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May 5, 2016 22:41
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If we're talking about MTG pet-peeves mine is when an opponent gets impatient that I haven't killed them from an advantage and refuses to scoop. Sorry I'm playing around answers that you have a reasonable chance of having.
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May 5, 2016 22:43
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Mikujin posted:They do stack. If you have two Krallenhorde Howlers on the battlefield your creature spells cost 2 generic mana less to cast. If you have 3 out, it's 3 less. Keep in mind this only reduces the 'generic' mana cost in creature spells, and does not reduce the colored mana requirements. Or the colorless, as I had to explain to a player last FNM when he tried to tap an Island and Mountain to cast a TKS with 2 Herald of Kozilek out.
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May 5, 2016 22:45
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qbert posted:Another pro tip you should not do that I saw Pro Tour champion Steve Rubin doing on-camera: Don't hold cards upside-down in your hand as a shortcut to remembering the Reflector Mage effect. This is more commonly done to keep track of which cards your opponent knows are in your hand. Also it's fine to do for Reflector Mage. Like who cares if your opponent knows which card in your hand is the Hangarback that they put there? Flipping the other 2 was probably not good, but it could make for some interesting bluffs.
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May 5, 2016 22:46
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Fish Of Doom posted:The grinders at my store either do that or, on the opposite end, announce every single thing that happens. "Beginning of turn, no actions, untap step, untap lands, untap creatures, go to upkeep, no actions, go to draw step, draw for turn, enter main phase one, play land for turn, tap island for one blue, tap plains for one white". Also constantly asking you how many cards are in your hand, even if its like turn 2 and all you've done is played a land. "Cards in hand?" "...Seven". You ask early on because the best time to cheat by drawing extra cards is the first 2 turns in the game. I've caught people doing this before. Sometimes it's just a newer player who didnt realize that they needed to draw 6 and not 7 after mulliganing or "no dawg we ain't doing friendly mulligan rules at a tourney". But sometimes people just try to scum ya.
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May 5, 2016 22:46
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suicidesteve posted:This is more commonly done to keep track of which cards your opponent knows are in your hand. Also it's fine to do for Reflector Mage. Like who cares if your opponent knows which card in your hand is the Hangarback that they put there? Flipping the other 2 was probably not good, but it could make for some interesting bluffs. My opponent casts Reflector Mage bouncing my Walker. At their EOT, I tap Jace and draw another Walker. I discard one of the Walkers to resolve Jace. If I discard the one I just drew instead of the one that's upside-down in my hand, I just gave away possibly important info. I mean, I don't mind if my opponent wants to do stuff that helps me figure out what's in their hand, but they're definitely hurting themselves. Edit: I've seen people do a similar thing in Legacy too where one person Git Probes to see their opponent's hand, then at EOT the opponent will Brainstorm, draw 3, NOT move the cards around in their hand, and choose 2 to put back on top, telling their opponent exactly how many of the known cards still exist in their hand. qbert fucked around with this message at 22:56 on May 5, 2016 |
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May 5, 2016 22:51
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:Random question, does anyone know what the MTG scene is like in San Francisco/Bay Area? I may be moving out there and want to know how much of my collection I should sell now vs. when I get there. It's pretty large, at least in the South Bay. CFB's HQ is in Santa Clara and they run tournaments every night.
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May 5, 2016 22:53
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qbert posted:My opponent casts Reflector Mage bouncing my Walker. At their EOT, I tap Jace and draw another Walker. I discard one of the Walkers to resolve Jace. If I discard the one I just drew instead of the one that's upside-down in my hand, I just gave away possibly important info. That's completely different from holding it upside down until you play it in 2 turns. And even in that situation if you discard the upside-down Hangarback you're not actually giving them any information.
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May 5, 2016 22:58
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80s James Hetfield posted:Also, everyone's favorite thing to complain about : The constant shuffling of cards in your hand instead of just holding them I cannot do this (or pile shuffle) at anything faster than a snail's pace and always feel like my opponent is judging me, at least if they can do either of these at a fast pace. suicidesteve posted:This is more commonly done to keep track of which cards your opponent knows are in your hand. Also it's fine to do for Reflector Mage. Like who cares if your opponent knows which card in your hand is the Hangarback that they put there? Flipping the other 2 was probably not good, but it could make for some interesting bluffs. I (and most of my opponents have done this when relevant) will just put the revealed cards on the table at the very back so as to not confuse them with stuff in play. Granted this is at FNM levels but I've never seen anyone raise a fuss over it. C-Euro fucked around with this message at 23:37 on May 5, 2016 |
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May 5, 2016 22:59
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suicidesteve posted:That's completely different from holding it upside down until you play it in 2 turns. And even in that situation if you discard the upside-down Hangarback you're not actually giving them any information. My whole point is why even hold it upside-down to begin with. If you draw another copy you're not going to flip it upside-down unless you're an idiot, and all you've done is create a situation where you could slip up and hurt yourself. If you're really that bad at remembering you can't cast a card, just write it down.
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May 5, 2016 23:01
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Does anyone know if WotC ever printed a Leafdrake Roost token? I'm pretty sure Dissension was before they started making official tokens, but I could be wrong.
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May 5, 2016 23:02
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At the scars of mirrodin prerelease j played against a guy who kept his mana myr down with his lands. He literally stacked his copper myr with his forests
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May 5, 2016 23:07
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:Random question, does anyone know what the MTG scene is like in San Francisco/Bay Area? I may be moving out there and want to know how much of my collection I should sell now vs. when I get there. I live in the South Bay and went to the SOI pre-release at Channel Fireball Game Center. It was a nice space, the people were cool, and fun all around. They have tournaments seemingly constantly. Edit: all this complaining about how hard it is to keep track of your opponents lands, but it's against the rules to very helpfully place them in front!
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May 5, 2016 23:23
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ThePeavstenator posted:Or the colorless, as I had to explain to a player last FNM when he tried to tap an Island and Mountain to cast a TKS with 2 Herald of Kozilek out. That does seem like it should work, though.
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May 5, 2016 23:27
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Soul Glo posted:That does seem like it should work, though. Herald reduces costs by generic though, not colorless.
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May 5, 2016 23:29
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Some Numbers posted:Herald reduces costs by generic though, not colorless. Yeah I get it, Herald reduces cost, it's not actually generating Colorless, which the TKS requires separate from its generic cost. I had this argument playing with a friend, it just SEEMS like it could work that way.
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May 5, 2016 23:32
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clamiam45 posted:I live in the South Bay and went to the SOI pre-release at Channel Fireball Game Center. It was a nice space, the people were cool, and fun all around. They have tournaments seemingly constantly. It's not against the rules to place them up front, it's just a requirement that you have them in certain ares if you are on camera.
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May 5, 2016 23:40
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Anyone have any magical recommendations for San Diego?
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May 5, 2016 23:50
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How long do you think we have to wait on the Travis Woo YouTube Special: Entering the Exile Zone?
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May 5, 2016 23:54
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anglachel posted:It's not against the rules ... it's just a requirement ... Oh right thanks for clearing that up.
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May 5, 2016 23:56
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Soul Glo posted:Yeah I get it, Herald reduces cost, it's not actually generating Colorless, which the TKS requires separate from its generic cost. I had this argument playing with a friend, it just SEEMS like it could work that way. Blame WOTC for deciding randomly that "one colorless mana" was too verbose but coming up with a symbol for colorless was too expensive.
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May 6, 2016 00:03
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Mikujin posted:How long do you think we have to wait on the Travis Woo YouTube Special: Entering the Exile Zone? I think the entire saga of Travis Woo has been fascinating and I'd love to see somebody comprehensively cover it and study him but I wouldn't want to have to be the one to jump on that grenade. edit: I also am really sympathetic to not being lovely to people with mental illness, which he may have, so trust me when I am very hesitant to say this, but I think Travis is just an rear end in a top hat and this has all been how he has coped with things not going exactly the way he thinks they should all the time.
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May 6, 2016 00:08
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clamiam45 posted:Oh right thanks for clearing that up.
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May 6, 2016 00:18
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Travis Woo might be mentally ill but he is definitely also a huge piece of poo poo who can't see past the wispy hairs on his face pretending to be a beard. It sucks if the former is true but I think the latter is almost definitely true independently.
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May 6, 2016 00:20
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rabidsquid posted:edit: I also am really sympathetic to not being lovely to people with mental illness, which he may have, so trust me when I am very hesitant to say this, but I think Travis is just an rear end in a top hat and this has all been how he has coped with things not going exactly the way he thinks they should all the time. I fully believe that TWoo is in full rational control and understanding of his actions and is just an idiot. He may have various illnesses or troubles, but none that would excuse his behavior. In law, an insanity plea is based on not "being crazy" because it's quite arguable that it's crazy to take a human life or whatever, but rather being fully cognizant of your actions and their consequences. If you've got some deep bullshit that will take years of therapy but you slash someone's throat because you know that that will kill them, you're still guilty even if you're soft in the noggin. If you are so removed that you can't understand the concepts of knives, throats, and the consequences of their intersection, then you get the insanity plea and they take you off to the hospital instead of the prison. TWoo is fully aware of what he's doing, and what he's doing is just Having Bad Opinions On Things.
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May 6, 2016 00:21
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black potus posted:Travis Woo might be mentally ill but he is definitely also a huge piece of poo poo who can't see past the wispy hairs on his face pretending to be a beard. It sucks if the former is true but I think the latter is almost definitely true independently. I have a wispy Keanu Reeves beard please do not bad beard shame
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May 6, 2016 00:24
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Does he still go down stairs backwards?
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May 6, 2016 00:25
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Mikujin posted:How long do you think we have to wait on the Travis Woo YouTube Special: Entering the Exile Zone?  Hell, he's even getting the set name right.
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May 6, 2016 00:26
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rabidsquid posted:I have a wispy Keanu Reeves beard please do not bad beard shame Do you walk up the stairs backwards so the draft doesn't chill your face?
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May 6, 2016 00:29
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black potus posted:Do you walk up the stairs backwards so the draft doesn't chill your face? No I just grow a cool beard
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May 6, 2016 00:35
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Full Fathoms Five posted:Is there any way to see which commons / uncommons in a given set might be useful / worth more than a couple pennies? I know I could just sift through all the prices manually, but I was hoping there was a process that was a little less tedious. I've got an old box of random Zendikar stuff that's like 99% C/UC stuff, but I'm not sure if there is anything worth keeping an eye out for of it's all just basically bulk. I'll buy your bulk stuff.
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May 6, 2016 00:46
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I wonder why Hanweir Miltia Captain isn't in the tokens deck? I tried it out and it just wrecks the loving game sometimes. I mean, sure its a 2/2 that doesn't do anything sometimes, but Hangarback Walker just gets exiled a significant portion of the time too given how much removal seems to go for that.
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May 6, 2016 00:49
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My LGS has a father and son play every Friday night that used to tap their lands about 30 degrees or so to denote usage for mana. I could never tell what was and wasn't tapped all the time because they were also a little sloppy on land placement. I broke them of the habit by constantly asking them to describe their board state, how much mana they had untapped, etc. Several times they couldn't tell me exactly and we'd have to get a judge in to sort it all out. They sorted it out quickly and now tap about 85 degrees. Now I just need to get one of the teenagers in the store to stop picking up my creatures and putting them in my graveyard for me when he kills something. And, when aiming burn spells at me, reaching across the table to nearly tap me with it. Personal space hoola hoop, man. But I enjoy his enthusiasm.
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May 6, 2016 03:24
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So I just finally got 35 season 1 QPs on MTGO. Can someone tell me what this means or how I use them?
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May 6, 2016 04:40
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One more rules question: Blazing Shoals. I have to pay 2R no matter what and the card i exile gives the boost only as its colorless cost, not total right?
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May 6, 2016 04:52
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No, you remove the card in your hand instead of paying the mana cost and the +X/+0 is the red card's total converted mana cost including all colours and generic. 7RR would be +9/+0.
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May 6, 2016 04:56
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ButtWolf posted:One more rules question: Blazing Shoals. I have to pay 2R no matter what and the card i exile gives the boost only as its colorless cost, not total right? Nope, if you exile a card it costs nothing and X is the total cost of the card, otherwise it's XRR and X paid is what sets X. E:f, b
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May 6, 2016 04:57
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Good. I got a real cheap hit for 16 on turn 1 gimmick deck. I like dumb poo poo.
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May 6, 2016 05:00
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ButtWolf posted:Good. I got a real cheap hit for 16 on turn 1 gimmick deck. I like dumb poo poo. If you're having fun you're doing magic right! Share your super dumb/fun combo with the rest of the class?
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