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GeneX posted:The story of "Emrakul decided to trap itself by warping wrath of god into song of the dryads but blue" makes the eldrazi a lot more interesting than "kozilek and ulamog get burned to death by the power of friendship". To be fair, "Jace did a poo on the floor" is a more interesting story than "kozilek and ulamog get burned by the power of friendship"
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The Lord of Hats posted:1 new titan. The other titan is Delver finally achieving his destiny. God I hope so, Delver's continued scientific research despite theoretically debilitating personal mutation is incredibly inspiring
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Mighty Dicktron posted:Oldwalkers like Urza and Teferi were inherently 5 color with a preference (blue in both cases,) newwalkers have color limitations. So the newalkers are the super casuals that show up at prereleases and always play the same 1 or 2 colors? That makes sense thematically.
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80s James Hetfield posted:A third eldrazi has crashed into Innistrad A second power has hit the planes
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Jul 27, 2016 22:44
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I just re-read the story bit where Jace and Tamiyo met and ran into Avacyn. During their mind-meld, Jace learns of the iron-bound scrolls, and when Emrakul-Through-Avacyn is mindfucking Jace to death at the end, he begs Tamiyo to use the scroll, quote:The scroll. The iron scroll. You showed it to me. An old story. A powerful story. The survivors of a place that was lost...Serra's realm. That cataclysm, that power...the story fits. You know it does. You can stop this. I think that scroll was Planar Collapse, when Urza imploded the phyrexian-ravaged (and scourged by the insane Radiant, Archangel) plane of Serra's Realm into a powerstone to fuel the Weatherlight. Emeria tweaking it to shunt herself into the moon makes entirely too much sense. I am actually impressed at how well that presumed lore-tie-in from the far past of Magic's history links up
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Jul 27, 2016 22:54
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tamiyo was ready to kill literally everyone and the entire plane to get rid of emmy so in a way emrakul saved everyone's lives oh my god emrakul really is gonna come back and be the good guy all along
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Jul 27, 2016 23:20
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mandatory lesbian posted:tamiyo was ready to kill literally everyone and the entire plane to get rid of emmy so in a way emrakul saved everyone's lives  there is no way this ends up being wrong
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Jul 27, 2016 23:21
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mandatory lesbian posted:tamiyo was ready to kill literally everyone and the entire plane to get rid of emmy so in a way emrakul saved everyone's lives Thats not how I read it. Tamiyo was ready to die in failure rather than use that scroll (or to see her story end as she would put it)
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Jul 27, 2016 23:23
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Nibble posted:It's just over an hour from me, but yeah of all places in NY I wonder why that one. Yeah, I was wondering the exact same thing.
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Jul 27, 2016 23:24
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mandatory lesbian posted:tamiyo was ready to kill literally everyone and the entire plane to get rid of emmy so in a way emrakul saved everyone's lives Not quite--Tamiyo cast the moon-binding spell, but she and Nissa (who was using leylines to provide power) weren't able to fuel the thing, because trapping Emrakul in the moon takes an absolute shitload of power. Emrakul then hijacked Tamiyo, and used the Planar Collapse scroll that she'd altered--instead of using all that energy to actually collapse the plane, it fueled the moon-binding so that Emrakul could take her moon vacation while she waited for Innistrad to become properly ready for her arrival. I would guess that means that while Innistrad isn't getting as horribly hosed up anymore, there's still going to be some real Lovecraft stuff going on that they're going to have to work to deal with, in addition to all the stuff they already had to deal with.
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Jul 27, 2016 23:26
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Northjayhawk posted:Thats not how I read it. Tamiyo was ready to die in failure rather than use that scroll (or to see her story end as she would put it) the last chat between tamiyo and jace is her saying she was reading the planar collapse scroll
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The Lord of Hats posted:Not quite--Tamiyo cast the moon-binding spell, but she and Nissa (who was using leylines to provide power) weren't able to fuel the thing, because trapping Emrakul in the moon takes an absolute shitload of power. Emrakul then hijacked Tamiyo, and used the Planar Collapse scroll that she'd altered--instead of using all that energy to actually collapse the plane, it fueled the moon-binding so that Emrakul could take her moon vacation while she waited for Innistrad to become properly ready for her arrival. oh ah i didn't quite catch on she was mind-controlled into reading instead of by her own voletion but of course it's even more anime then i thought fully expecting a talking cat planeswalker in the next set now
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mandatory lesbian posted:the last chat between tamiyo and jace is her saying she was reading the planar collapse scroll Ah, sorry, I just posted the description bit, which was from Jace. At the end of that story Tammy goes "Nah. Promised not to use that, some stories have to come to an end, sorry buddy" But yeah Tamiyo basically went:  Ok let's seal Emrakul  Oh god it's not working  Oh god I'm being possessed  OH GOD SHE'S READING THE NUKESPELL it wasn't a nuke anymore
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mandatory lesbian posted:oh ah i didn't quite catch on she was mind-controlled into reading instead of by her own voletion but of course it's even more anime then i thought Fortunately for anime fans everywhere, Innistrad has the correct clothing aesthetic for gothic lolita Emra-chan to be a thing. There's a distinct lack of drill hair, but I'm sure that can be sold as a visual callback to tentacles. I'm vaguely disgusted with myself for typing that, even as a joke.
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I really like that dorky Mono-U or UB Prison deck from a month ago as something janky to play until Kaladesh comes out. Are there any good builds floating around with any EMN cards?
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A close friend of mine and fellow Magic enthusiast, Steven Marshall (aka Goober) passed away last year, and I am organizing a Magic tournament to celebrate his memory. He loved not only playing the game, but also competing and putting his skills up against those of others who loved the game, so a tournament is the best way I can think of to remember him. The event will be held on Saturday August 27th at 11AM at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. It will be SOI/EMN sealed format. Whether you knew him or not, you are more than welcome to participate in the event. If you would like to play, the registration is $30 and can be submitted through the GoFundMe we set up for the event. If you can't play but still want to contribute, that is certainly welcome as well! All surplus funds raised will be donated to Child's Play. There will be prizes of various kinds, including t-shirts, packs, playmats for top 8, and possibly a trophy for the winner! I hope some of you guys are interested/can make it. Let me know if you have any questions.
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I'm actually really impressed with the plot twist, it's way more interesting and ominous than the expected "we trapped Emrakul yay go team." It also fits into the idea of Emrakul being a Cthulhu-like figure, the world has to be ready for her blessing and she is merely biding her time in the moon.
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Jul 28, 2016 00:20
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Emrakul isn't eating the plane anymore or anything but there's still the roving deathcults, demons, mana-channeling cryptoliths, and ravenous werewolves all over the place. If anything the Gatewatch just put some time on the clock until something finds a way to crack that egg in the sky.
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Jul 28, 2016 00:49
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Really Emrakul just wants to sup on brains so putting her in the moon means she can eat the brainwaves of all life on Innistrad.
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Wait they referenced plot points from Urza's loving Legacy? drat, y'all are making me want to read this story.
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Wurzag posted:Come to think of it the Eldrazi have only ever hosed up planes which they got lured to against their will. We only have Ugin's theorizing that they've ever done anything other than chill in the blind eternities. Basically what I'm saying is the Eldrazi did nothing wrong. Nah, the first time we saw Ugin, Sorin, and Nahiri together, they were on a plane that the Eldrazi were eating. Nahiri made a sword for a lady, but she got ganked, and Nahiri took the sword in remembrance. It's in fact the sword that Nahiri makes in her ultimate on her first planeswalker card.
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From Emrakul's point of view her chat with Jace was hilarious. "huh, interesting, this little bug's mind is almost capable of communicating with me. Its been many millennia since I could talk to anyone, sure I'll talk to the bug." "thats amusing. The bug thinks it can reason with me. I'll play with it a little, give it hope, then show it that I could have easily squished it before taking my lunar vacation."
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It also sounded like Emrakul was pissed because she was summoned to the wrong place/too soon. This is the best resolution of a villain since New Phyrexia though.
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So what's this anti scouting change pros are bitching about? Are deck lists going to be posted or are they outlawing open scouting.
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Sickening posted:So what's this anti scouting change pros are bitching about? Are deck lists going to be posted or are they outlawing open scouting. You don't get told who you're paired against, just what table to go to. "Game rules" of no electronic devices etc. start as soon as pairings are posted. I'm not sure why pros would be mad about this, needing to do as much scouting as possible between rounds instead of being able to mentally rest and prep for the next match sounds horrible.
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Sickening posted:So what's this anti scouting change pros are bitching about? Are deck lists going to be posted or are they outlawing open scouting. They aren't posting who is playing who on the pairings. You find out when you hit the table. This means that if somebody wants to scout they will have to walk around and actually look to see what people are playing instead of immediately going to tables with top players. Further Wizards aren't posting matchups online until the match is well underway. Also no Electronic Devices until they finish their matchup (so you can't start texting parts of decklists to your team while you see it, it's gonna be memory only). I believe they also aren't supposed to be actively talking about matchups anymore either. Jabor posted:You don't get told who you're paired against, just what table to go to. "Game rules" of no electronic devices etc. start as soon as pairings are posted. Pro's hate anything that causes them to have to do something different. Good or bad. Seems like the only real advantage you get to scouting is your game 1 mulligan decisions, which is pretty big to be fair. But basically the bigger teams hate it because they now have to do more work to get the same information. anglachel fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Jul 28, 2016 |
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Even a 80% deck list is worth a lot on a Pro Tour when there isn't a set metagame.
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Yea the current setup for established pro teams is to have a spreadsheet in google docs with every person the team has seem playing and what they're on. Sometimes there's someone offsite maintaining the spreadsheet for the team. If it's legal, and you have the resources, why not? You're there to win. The rule change is good because it rewards creative deckbuilding and play skill rather than rewarding people for being part of an old boys network.
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Jabor posted:You don't get told who you're paired against, just what table to go to. "Game rules" of no electronic devices etc. start as soon as pairings are posted. Wasn't the scouting done by people outside the tournament? I believe some of the previous bitching was from folks that opponents had their sidebording figured out to go along with their deck choice much earlier in the tournament. I guess its a start. Still room to shark. Seems like the only way to create no advantage is to post decklists.
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It might be the way they end up eventually. It's always going to off kilter someway otherwise. Pros in teams have much greater scouting potential, but they also have a lot higher visibility. Once a member of a team is on coverage their deck and sideboard is now a known quantity for probably 80% of that team.
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Reminder if you'd like mana symbols to use on SA, donate here so we can buy them: https://www.gofundme.com/samanasymbols
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I hope we get a genestealer cult story with emrakul still driving everyone bonkers on innistrad while shes locked up
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More confirmation of the new token generation text in today's oracle update. They fixed mimic vat exiling multiple cards from one melded creature, and changed it to create while they were at it, but have held off changing every previous token generator. I guess that will happen with Kaladesh. Thop till you drop. Old rules text: Imprint — Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you may exile that card. If you do, return each other card exiled with Mimic Vat to its owner's graveyard. {3}, {T}: Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of the exiled card. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. New rules text: Imprint — Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you may exile that card. If you do, return each other card exiled with Mimic Vat to its owner's graveyard. {3}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of a card exiled with Mimic Vat. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
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Salvor_Hardin posted:I really want to try and process some spells exiled with Spell Queller but excepting Wasteland Strangler there aren't really any good options. Also anything trying to do cute small-value interactions will probably just get rolled over by bant right now. Just play modern eldrazi taxes if you are into those shenanigans.
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Tamiyo nervously glances around to see if she's alone, furtively unrolls an iron-bound scroll It's labeled "Planeswalker Shipping Chart" Somebody has hastily scribbled in "Emeria-chan" with arrows connecting her and Jace
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anglachel posted:Pro's hate anything that causes them to have to do something different. Good or bad. Seems like the only real advantage you get to scouting is your game 1 mulligan decisions, which is pretty big to be fair. But basically the bigger teams hate it because they now have to do more work to get the same information. cheetah7071 posted:I unironically want anime Emrakul-tan to happen
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Robo Rosewater created a thing today: https://twitter.com/RoboRosewater/status/758735050724679680 Does this work? I feel like it works, and that's kinda hilarious.
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