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I really wasn't a fan of what seemed like a gradual attempt to move things more towards sorcery speed, I think that cuts out on what is one of the cooler strengths of Magic as a game.
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Plenty of things play at instant speed in this standard. They're just creatures.
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Aug 1, 2016 00:39
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ShaneB posted:It's hilariously awful: I want to see the decklists for the B/R Vampires and Mardu Harmless Pact decks. Also, only one mono-white humans deck. loving lol.
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Aug 1, 2016 00:41
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AlternateNu posted:I want to see the decklists for the B/R Vampires and Mardu Harmless Pact decks. ShaneB posted:It's hilariously awful: Yeah this is a really unhealthy format
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DangerDongs posted:Boswell is such a cocky guy with horrible hair. He's a really nice dude. I can't defend his hair though.
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Aug 1, 2016 00:47
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AlternateNu posted:I want to see the decklists for the B/R Vampires and Mardu Harmless Pact decks. There's several labeled as "wr humans", presumably monow with the splash for needle spires and bushwhacker
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Aug 1, 2016 00:52
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Hellsau posted:Y'all gotta chill out, it isn't like the entire format is just Bant Company. There's a GW Tokens in the top 4 as well. I hope there's a broken UR Elder Deep Fried deck out there that destroys bant company and every other permutation of GWx
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some decks showing up in the t8 doesn't somehow change that a deck is over 40% of the metagame
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I just don't see how a Deep Fiend deck can beat a deck that plays 4 Reflector Mage.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Yeah there was only 1 copy of Bad Company in the SoI top 8 and it was only there because Mengucci bullied his teammate into resigning in the final round. More on the last part please
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Aug 1, 2016 02:33
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Shadow225 posted:I just don't see how a Deep Fiend deck can beat a deck that plays 4 Reflector Mage. Pretty obvious. You sac the targeted Deep Fried to help pay for the next Deep Fried with the Mage trigger on the stack. 
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Rinkles posted:Anybody know what's up with magiccards.info lagging on releases? it may be abandoned? no one knows. I'll be really sad if it is because it was the only place to find good looking magic images for TTS.
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Aug 1, 2016 02:39
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Tonetta posted:More on the last part please He needed to make top 8 for... whatever, Platinum? he begged his teammate who he was paired against in the final round of swiss to scoop him in, somehow it became bullying?
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Aug 1, 2016 02:40
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suicidesteve posted:He needed to make top 8 for... whatever, Platinum? he begged his teammate who he was paired against in the final round of swiss to scoop him in, somehow it became bullying? I don't see why there is anything wrong with this. Hell, if it wasn't a bannable offense i'm sure he'd offer winnings too, i'm sure he did anyways.
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I wonder at what point in FFL testing did they realize that hey, maybe they should be trying out decks with this "reflector mage" guy.
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Aug 1, 2016 02:42
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The Midrange Dream Lives Through Standard, The Worst Format.
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Jabor posted:I wonder at what point in FFL testing did they realize that hey, maybe they should be trying out decks with this "reflector mage" guy. i think it's fairly obvious, or should be, that design literally does not give a poo poo what they print on a creature card
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Tonetta posted:I don't see why there is anything wrong with this. Hell, if it wasn't a bannable offense i'm sure he'd offer winnings too, i'm sure he did anyways. There isn't but people like to find something wrong with everything so 
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Aug 1, 2016 02:52
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Tonetta posted:I don't see why there is anything wrong with this. Hell, if it wasn't a bannable offense i'm sure he'd offer winnings too, i'm sure he did anyways. The whole thing was covered on camera. Mengucci came off looking (key word) aggressive and almost insolent. His opponent seemed reluctant throughout the rather lengthy deliberation, and conceded the match misty eyed. It probably looked worse than it was, but left an ugly impression.
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Reflector Mage was pushed late in development to help UW as a color pair in OGW limited. I doubt it got tons of testing in FFL. It was an obviously powerful card when first spoiled since it's better than Man O War in two different ways and that card has been too good for Standard (granted as a monocolored card) for over a decade.
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Shadow225 posted:I just don't see how a Deep Fiend deck can beat a deck that plays 4 Reflector Mage. It's also a 4 reflector mage deck. Its your t3 to t4 deep fried.
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Aug 1, 2016 03:07
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Rinkles posted:The whole thing was covered on camera. Mengucci came off looking (key word) aggressive and almost insolent. His opponent seemed reluctant throughout the rather lengthy deliberation, and conceded the match misty eyed. It probably looked worse than it was, but left an ugly impression. Okay this was the context I was looking for. It hurts to take one for the team but sometimes it's for the best. I'm sure he'll be rewarded for his patronage.
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One cool dude with G/B Aristocrats into Day 2 
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whydirt posted:I doubt it got tons of testing in FFL. They've said as much.
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Yeah it was seen as a strictly limited card. I don't think Man o' War was "too powerful" for standard so much as something they thought was too good for common and not worth printing at other rarities.
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Rinkles posted:The whole thing was covered on camera. Mengucci came off looking (key word) aggressive and almost insolent. His opponent seemed reluctant throughout the rather lengthy deliberation, and conceded the match misty eyed. It probably looked worse than it was, but left an ugly impression. I hope he gave the kid a good portion of his prize money.
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whydirt posted:Reflector Mage was pushed late in development to help UW as a color pair in OGW limited. I doubt it got tons of testing in FFL. It was an obviously powerful card when first spoiled since it's better than Man O War in two different ways and that card has been too good for Standard (granted as a monocolored card) for over a decade. Some WOTC dude straight up said they never tested Reflector in Standard; that was linked ITT a while back. It was a 2/2 originally and then bumped up to a 2/3 to make UW better.
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whydirt posted:Reflector Mage was pushed late in development to help UW as a color pair in OGW limited. I doubt it got tons of testing in FFL. It was an obviously powerful card when first spoiled since it's better than Man O War in two different ways and that card has been too good for Standard (granted as a monocolored card) for over a decade. Reflector Mage would still be an elite 4 of in multiple decks without Collected Company but it's not as oppressive without it.
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Got second place in a standard tournament running GB aristocrats, pulled a foil and regular Liliana in my prize pool, feels good. i ran permeating mass mainboard as a 4 of and it walled the human decks and company decks. Pretty drat funny card.
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Reminder that WotC has stated very few of their playtesters are competitive tournament types
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TheKingofSprings posted:Reminder that WotC has stated very few of their playtesters are competitive tournament types What the gently caress did you do to your av dude
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mcmagic posted:I hope he gave the kid a good portion of his prize money. "The kid" was a player who was dominant on the pt in the mid 2000s, although I forget who exactly
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Elyv posted:"The kid" was a player who was dominant on the pt in the mid 2000s, although I forget who exactly Mark Long
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rabidsquid posted:Mark Long Actually it was Katsuhiro Mori
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TheKingofSprings posted:Reminder that WotC has stated very few of their playtesters are competitive tournament types One of the guys from Team MetaGameGurus just got hired as a playtester, so maybe they're looking to change that by hiring a bunch of GP and SCG winners? I don't know if they hired anyone else from other parts of the world along with him.
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Tonetta posted:What the gently caress did you do to your av dude so weirdo gave cavewoman avatars to people, primarily people who post in the Anime Death Tentacle Rape Whorehouse I think
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It kind of makes sense that the people overlap in the venn diagram of people who are A) Top tier magic players, B) Don't have a nice primary job they can't just ditch for a few years, and C) want to not play competitive magic for two years is pretty small.
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Don't forget D) Have to move to Seattle and get paid garbage for a high cost area.
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ShaneB posted:It's hilariously awful: A Day 2 vs Top 16 comparison isn't quite apples-to-apples, but a reminder that there were 16 different decks in the top 16 of SCG Modern Classic Columbus a week ago, devoid of several format regulars like Tron, Infect, Delver, and Kiki-Jiki decks. If you want a diverse format right now, Modern is the place to be.
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Tonetta posted:What the gently caress did you do to your av dude GeneX posted:so weirdo gave cavewoman avatars to people, primarily people who post in the Anime Death Tentacle Rape Whorehouse It's this and also I'm too cheap to rebuy hipster Bowser Lum would be fine if I wasn't stuck with a weird looking purple and pink av.
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