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They've decided to write Chandra as Jaya Ballard flavor text instead of having zero personality, a huge upgrade imo
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Elyv posted:They've decided to write Chandra as Jaya Ballard flavor text instead of having zero personality, a huge upgrade imo What if, Jaya Ballard IS Chandra Nalar, FROM THE FUTURE!!! It would explain the goggles and it's the kind of dumb poo poo they'd retcon.
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Jul 20, 2016 19:19
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Quite frankly the more outlandish and ridiculous they go with the story the better if you ask me. How about Jaya Ballard is actually... Pia Nalaar! Or Kiran! Whichever is supposed to be the woman!
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Jul 20, 2016 19:24
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:New magic story just reinforces how much I hate the whole Gatewatch shtick. They show up and Chandra immediately says "alright, Eldrazi, so we kill it with fire like last time?" It's totally just rubbing in how stupid the whole Ulamog/Kozilek thing was. "The Gatewatch is dumb" is different from "the resolution of OGW was dumb." I disagree with the first part and completely agree with the second. They were working fine together and would have sealed away the Eldrazi if it wasn't for Ob coming and loving everything up. It didn't even take everyone all at once to defeat Ob, just Chandra. Having them team up before that really lessened the impact of "a bunch of 'walkers coming together" that should have been the emotional high water mark of the plot. I would have been fine with the defeat itself being sorta handwavy if the actual team up had been a big moment.
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Jul 20, 2016 19:27
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Jaya Ballard is Jace and Chandra's daughter from the future sent back to prevent Gideon from dying from an otherwise incurable heart disease he got while training on Alara. She'll return in the next block when Mecha-Kozilek returns to get his revenge for the embarrassing loss he suffered on Zendikar and Jaya just roasts it in one go and hands him the cure.
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Jul 20, 2016 19:50
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Angry Grimace posted:Jaya Ballard is Jace and Chandra's daughter from the future sent back to prevent Gideon from dying from an otherwise incurable heart disease he got while training on Alara. She'll return in the next block when Mecha-Kozilek returns to get his revenge for the embarrassing loss he suffered on Zendikar and Jaya just roasts it in one go and hands him the cure. The real question is, who is Vegita?
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Jul 20, 2016 19:54
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Thisuck posted:The real question is, who is Vegita? Clearly Jace, right?
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Jul 20, 2016 20:00
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Thisuck posted:The real question is, who is Vegita? I want to know whose kid Jaya will Meld with.
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Jul 20, 2016 20:02
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Trilas posted:I want to know whose kid Jaya will Meld with. Young Pyromancer.
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Cactrot posted:Young Pyromancer. Wouldn't Young Peezy be Grandpa Peezy by then?
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Jul 20, 2016 20:20
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Trilas posted:I want to know whose kid Jaya will Meld with. Gideon and Nissa's. Come on, it's like you guys aren't even trying.
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Jul 20, 2016 20:27
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Oh god, I just realized that means that Gideon and Jace would end up melding too.
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Jul 20, 2016 20:28
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Some Numbers posted:Oh god, I just realized that means that Gideon and Jace would end up melding too. Bring on Gace.
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Jul 20, 2016 20:32
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Some Numbers posted:Oh god, I just realized that means that Gideon and Jace would end up melding too. If the result is like Brisela, then I'm all for it.
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Jul 20, 2016 20:33
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Entropic posted:Bring on Gace. Surely it would be Jacideon?
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https://twitter.com/lsv/status/755858398369812481
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Jul 20, 2016 21:29
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So this makes Naya Scott-Vargas some kind of wild nacatl
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Jul 20, 2016 21:41
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Retromancer posted:more or less. made by ogre wizards. massive magic boost but when you use it they try to get you to resurrect their dead race somehow. okkar blood magic in itself is fueled by deals with demons (cause they are oni) and empowered by the souls of their ancestors who are paying their portions of the deals with the demons...so yeah using their magic is literally channeling their souls.
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Jul 21, 2016 00:26
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Thisuck posted:What if, Jaya Ballard IS Chandra Nalar, FROM THE FUTURE!!! It would explain the goggles and it's the kind of dumb poo poo they'd retcon. Chandra is actually the abbess or something of a monastery that worships Jaya. The goggles are the monastery's sacred relic.
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Jul 21, 2016 02:40
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  These are hoogland lists. The bant humans is really close to my playgroups 75 and its really solid. It seems to be really good at droping a creature turn 1/2/3 and then riding tamiyo to victory. D-command is a really good card. The emerge deck though is something I haven't seen before and its pretty amazing. Sickening fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Jul 21, 2016 |
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Jul 21, 2016 05:16
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Reporting from baby Magic land "Magic Duels" for babies: Looping Emerge creatures with Grapple with Past is fun
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Jul 21, 2016 05:56
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So my opponent goes Ancient Tomb, Sol Ring, Simic Signet, go. I cast Thoughtseize and see this: my opponent went deep. First game they played a R/G Temple, I Hymned an Emrakul and Ancient Tomb, and then won without them playing another land. I kind of wish I didn't win that match in 5 minutes just to see what they had.
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Nomadic Scholar fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Jul 21, 2016 |
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Jul 21, 2016 08:41
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 Game lengths: M1G1: 2 Minutes M1G2: 3 Minutes M2G1: 4 Minutes M2G2: 3 Minutes M3G1: 2 Minutes M3G2: 5 Minutes
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Jul 21, 2016 08:50
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Sickening posted:
I can't wait until Company rotates in like 2ish months, good loving god
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Jul 21, 2016 12:54
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80s James Hetfield posted:I can't wait until Company rotates in like 2ish months, good loving god Yeah that stupid card never should have been printed.
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Jul 21, 2016 14:20
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Playing a Bant deck without Spell Queller is malpractice.
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Jul 21, 2016 15:06
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mcmagic posted:Playing a Bant deck without Spell Queller is malpractice. I could see how someone could feel that way and you may end up right. The problem you find when playing the deck is that it is hard to fit both 4 reflector mage and 4 spell queller in the same deck if you want to be aggressive. As great and awesome and spell queller is, reflector mage just a little more aggressive. Its more of a meta decision at this point. When playtesting games it just feels better when playing with a list closer to what I posted.
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Jul 21, 2016 15:25
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Having played Bant Humans with and without Eldrazi Displacer, I can't see leaving it out of the list. I would -1 Thraben -1 Duskwatch +2 Displacer. It is so good against G/W tokens. I am really curious about Tamio. I have my doubts about her; she seems really good when you are ahead, and bad when you are trying to catch up. I want my 4 mana spells to turn the game around. (I have not play tested her)
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Jul 21, 2016 17:19
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DangerDongs posted:Having played Bant Humans with and without Eldrazi Displacer, I can't see leaving it out of the list. I think both of her modes are relevant. In playtesting, tapping down 2 creatures is very relevant when you are behind. Often this means she comes down, taps things often making it hard for you opponent to attack, you come back to your turn being more able to plus and get back into the game. She punishes your opponent pretty hard if you are ahead on board and this deck seems to do that so often with reflector mage. She isn't a win more card. She is just really flexible. Her plus can target any creature. I have played on a board controlling no creatures only to force my opponent to attack down her 5 loyalty to draw me 2 cards. I have also mixed in one of my creatures and one of my opponents at times. Another perk is that decks that would run ruinous path aren't going to be super popular. I take back what I said about tokens. Tokens isn't great against spirits and is loving awful against the emerge deck. The more tuned the new decks get the worse tokens seems. Tokens might not be the powerhouse it was. If you have trade pieces from that deck I would trade them soon. Sickening fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Jul 21, 2016 |
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Jul 21, 2016 17:33
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So when I quit last year over the zach jessie debacle, I ended up playing smash competitively to fill the void. Well last weekend, some 27 year old famous (within the scene) guy fondled a drunken 17yo girl (while also drunk) twice in an afterparty for the game at EVO. 1 year ban, still has tons oF support. I guess I was wrong when I said this community was the worst. Fun fact: I got to see a lot of the same rhetoric to defend this rape guy as the last time.
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Tonetta posted:So when I quit last year over the zach jessie debacle, I ended up playing smash competitively to fill the void. Well last weekend, some 27 year old famous (within the scene) guy fondled a drunken 17yo girl (while also drunk) twice in an afterparty for the game at EVO. 1 year ban, still has tons oF support. I guess I was wrong when I said this community was the worst. I used to be into the fgc for years and lol if you thought it would be better for some reason. There are poo poo people everywhere in life. You can't quit every hobby that poo poo people take place in, you'll run out of hobbies.
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mcmagic posted:Playing a Bant deck without Spell Queller is malpractice. I played against a guy with version that had Queller and a couple of Elder Deep-Frieds to boot and borderline oppressive to play against.
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Tonetta posted:So when I quit last year over the zach jessie debacle, I ended up playing smash competitively to fill the void. Well last weekend, some 27 year old famous (within the scene) guy fondled a drunken 17yo girl (while also drunk) twice in an afterparty for the game at EVO. 1 year ban, still has tons oF support. I guess I was wrong when I said this community was the worst. Fingers McLongDong posted:I used to be into the fgc for years and lol if you thought it would be better for some reason. There are poo poo people everywhere in life. You can't quit every hobby that poo poo people take place in, you'll run out of hobbies. I love fighting games, but the FGC is definitely the worst. Honestly any competitive scene is going to have dinglefucks and scandals like this all over the place. There is a certain mindset that is attracted to this sort of competition, and a lot of it overlaps with the MRA misogynist shitlords. Even though it isn't perfect, probably the best gaming community insofar as not being rape-apologist poo poo lords is the Eurogame community.
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Tonetta posted:So when I quit last year over the zach jessie debacle, I ended up playing smash competitively to fill the void. Well last weekend, some 27 year old famous (within the scene) guy fondled a drunken 17yo girl (while also drunk) twice in an afterparty for the game at EVO. 1 year ban, still has tons oF support. I guess I was wrong when I said this community was the worst. I'd say welcome back, but honestly, I'm just sad that there's basically no geeky/nerdy hobby on earth without a voracious pack of completely unempathetic assholes. While you were gone, there have been more women involved in coverage, most notably gaby spartz, so magic might not be as hopeless as the fgc.
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Fingers McLongDong posted:I used to be into the fgc for years and lol if you thought it would be better for some reason. There are poo poo people everywhere in life. You can't quit every hobby that poo poo people take place in, you'll run out of hobbies. Smash isn't really fgc imo, but you're absolutely right that the fgc is mega poo poo. This doesn't mean i'm coming back to magic, but I might. I've been an off-and-on player for like 20 years now so there's a chance. I can at least take comfort in knowing wotc will do the right thing, even if the manchildren who run the metagame will not. I still follow a little magic here and there, like the alpha investments youtube channel. That guy owns.
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Magic coverage has been updated and they're doing 4 more GPs this year. Also: DailyMTG posted:In following conversations across social media over the last couple of months, I recognized that a little clarity on our commentator positions would be worthwhile.
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GeneX posted:I'd say welcome back, but honestly, I'm just sad that there's basically no geeky/nerdy hobby on earth without a voracious pack of completely unempathetic assholes. dont you remember the one guy who got real buttmad that she asks simplistic questions, cause apparently helping newer players understand the game is really bad
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Jul 21, 2016 18:19
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Boco_T posted:Magic coverage has been updated and they're doing 4 more GPs this year. Ok so which role is the idiot who isn't charismatic or knowledgeable about the game?
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I mea why would you want to facilitate more money into the system when you could just play with the same 50 people at every event and call it "metagaming" and "building a story line"
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