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Lets Pickle posted:They should just make a card that costs 2 or 3 that says "activated abilities can't be activated unless they're mana abilities" and then they can also give it something funny like "1: You win the game." Lets Pickle posted:Actually here's a better one: An artifact that says "0: you win the game. Any player may activate this ability." I want you all to remember this the next time you :armchair: like motherfuckers in this thread.
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The Shortest Path posted:What MODO really needs is Desert Cube. This looks rad. Are there many other highly thematic cubes?
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The Shortest Path posted:What MODO really needs is Desert Cube. black is unplayable in this unless it's for like 5 removal spells in your control deck, right
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Nov 17, 2016 07:57
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Mystic Mongol posted:You... draft your basic lands? Twenty copies of Kindle? An endless selection of one toughness creatures to die in the desert? there is a shop here in austin that makes people draft their basics. it's the most banal thing.
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my Warcraft guild posted:there is a shop here in austin that makes people draft their basics. it's the most banal thing. 
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Nov 17, 2016 08:25
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my Warcraft guild posted:there is a shop here in austin that makes people draft their basics. it's the most banal thing. how exactly do you play the game afterwards, with only 3 lands per deck
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Nov 17, 2016 08:29
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mandatory lesbian posted:how exactly do you play the game afterwards, with only 3 lands per deck I think he is talking about how some stores just have you go ahead and yank your basic land out of your pack along with your ad/token card.
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Nov 17, 2016 09:05
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Yeah most places I have gone to, in fact all places besides this new place I tried last friday, you remove the tip card and basic land and draft the rest. however here, you only remove the tip card. No idea why other than making the draft process take a smidge longer than it needs to.
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Nov 17, 2016 10:12
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Well someone has to watch them.
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my Warcraft guild posted:Yeah most places I have gone to, in fact all places besides this new place I tried last friday, you remove the tip card and basic land and draft the rest. however here, you only remove the tip card. No idea why other than making the draft process take a smidge longer than it needs to. I mean I guess if you really want to signal you're not in a colour you can take the basic third-last pick and pass the two mediocre green cards or whatever.
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Nov 17, 2016 16:07
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With stuff like Masterpieces, don't they replace the basic land slot? So you could end up with packs with differing numbers of cards if you drop the basic land, and that can lead to confusion at the end of the pack.
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Nov 17, 2016 16:14
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mastermind2004 posted:With stuff like Masterpieces, don't they replace the basic land slot? So you could end up with packs with differing numbers of cards if you drop the basic land, and that can lead to confusion at the end of the pack. Nah the inserts have always taken a common slot.
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Nov 17, 2016 16:16
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mastermind2004 posted:With stuff like Masterpieces, don't they replace the basic land slot? So you could end up with packs with differing numbers of cards if you drop the basic land, and that can lead to confusion at the end of the pack. A normal pack as 1 rare/mythic, 3 uncommons, 10 commons and a basic (14 actual cards plus a basic). If there's a foil or other premium card in a pack, it always replaces a common. So you get 1 rare/mythic, 1 premium card, 3 uncommons, 9 commons, and a basic (14 actual cards plus a basic).
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Nov 17, 2016 16:21
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my Warcraft guild posted:Yeah most places I have gone to, in fact all places besides this new place I tried last friday, you remove the tip card and basic land and draft the rest. however here, you only remove the tip card. No idea why other than making the draft process take a smidge longer than it needs to. The Magic Tournament Rules say to remove the basic land and tip/token card. During Dragon's Maze, I kept having to remind players not to take out the dual land because they were so used to taking out the basic, maybe that's where your TO's habit came from? I feel like there was also one set that you had to keep the basic land in if your pack had one because not every pack did, but I'm tired and may be conflating it with Dragon's Maze or chaos drafts, where you need to keep the land in because older packs didn't replace a common with a basic and you're passing odd numbers of cards if you don't.
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Nov 17, 2016 16:27
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You also shouldn't remove a foil basic land, which adds to the confusion.
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Nov 17, 2016 16:32
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Fate Reforged had you not taking out basics, because there were no basics in FRF packs. Unless you were drafting Russian packs, in which case there were. Some of the time.
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MiddleEastBeast posted:http://magic.wizards.com/en/MTGO/articles/archive/magic-online/you-make-cube-voting-2016-10-17#option3 This list is basically unreadable on a phone. The white cards are treated as subheaders for a list of cards of other colours. Cool responsive design, wizards.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:01
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I've foolishly decided to start playing this game, and I'm watching youtube videos of games. What is the deal with that rapid flipping through the cards? People do this poo poo over and over and over again, way past the point where they know what cards they have, and I'm just thinking, if this was a poker game, everyone would assume there is some straight up cheating.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:13
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ElGroucho posted:I've foolishly decided to start playing this game, and I'm watching youtube videos of games. Nervous tick people develop when they get into a habit of playing against people with lots of "reveal your hand" cards, they feel that the shuffling helps their opponent forget. After a point you just wind up doing it because you aren't doing anything else.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:15
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ElGroucho posted:I've foolishly decided to start playing this game, and I'm watching youtube videos of games. Mirrored behavior after viewing other good players doing it. Lies to themselves and others about why they do it.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:25
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Dude is at work and doesn't have someone to watch his kids, seems good....
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Nov 17, 2016 18:43
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ElGroucho posted:...if this was a poker game, everyone would assume there is some straight up cheating.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:44
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Dr. Stab posted:This list is basically unreadable on a phone. The white cards are treated as subheaders for a list of cards of other colours. Cool responsive design, wizards. I really wish I could stop seeing the code behind the matrix, but my job won't let me. This is such a lazy mistake that would take almost zero effort to fix  But I guess they wouldn't be WotC if they actually hired competent developers (read: paid a competitive salary to actually attract same).
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Nov 17, 2016 18:51
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Yeah, if you've watched competitive poker, most players shuffle and clack their chips together constantly. Card players like to fidget. My favorite though is when people shuffle the cards in their hand on magic online purely out of habit. They're waiting for their opponent to do something and just rearranging the cards back and forth with their mouse.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:54
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mandatory lesbian posted:how exactly do you play the game afterwards, with only 3 lands per deck Desert cube drafts with 18 to 19 cards per pack instead of the usual 15. It means that, yeah, you'll get enough lands.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:55
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Fish Of Doom posted:Yeah, if you've watched competitive poker, most players shuffle and clack their chips together constantly. Card players like to fidget. Now this I don't get. Like, sure rearrange your poo poo to get it all nice and ordered if that's your thing. Why the gently caress are you moving that mountain from one side of the screen to another one card at a time you fidget.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:56
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From a practical perspective, it makes sense to shuffle your hand after you draw a card to hide the information of whether the card you just played came from the top of your deck or has been sitting in your hand. The rest of it is just a nervous fidget, though.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:58
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ElGroucho posted:I've foolishly decided to start playing this game, and I'm watching youtube videos of games. This game is played by sperglords.
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ElGroucho posted:What is the deal with that rapid flipping through the cards? People do this poo poo over and over and over again, way past the point where they know what cards they have, and I'm just thinking, if this was a poker game, everyone would assume there is some straight up cheating. Fish Of Doom posted:My favorite though is when people shuffle the cards in their hand on magic online purely out of habit. They're waiting for their opponent to do something and just rearranging the cards back and forth with their mouse. Elyv posted:From a practical perspective, it makes sense to shuffle your hand after you draw a card to hide the information of whether the card you just played came from the top of your deck or has been sitting in your hand. The "shuffle so they don't know if you top decked or already had it" is pretty valid, but for me it's also useful to swap the cards around so I'm re-reading them and re-considering them. It's easy to "forget" a path to exile in your opener when there aren't any valid targets and miss the premium time to cast it, so the shuffling helps there.
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Anyone have experience with that Grixis Emerge deck LSV was streaming with on CFB the other day? It looks pretty spicy and I have most of it but I want to know if it's actually legit or just made to look good via amazing pilot.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:49
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Ramos posted:Desert cube drafts with 18 to 19 cards per pack instead of the usual 15. It means that, yeah, you'll get enough lands. i'm not talking about desert cube, that guy said their regular drafts did it
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mandatory lesbian posted:i'm not talking about desert cube, that guy said their regular drafts did it What he should have said was they leave the basic in the pack for people to draft, not that they make you draft your basics.
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Anyone have experience with that Grixis Emerge deck LSV was streaming with on CFB the other day? It looks pretty spicy and I have most of it but I want to know if it's actually legit or just made to look good via amazing pilot. It was very popular at the beginning of this standard season. The deck is great against control decks. It has a decent matchup against rw/mardu vehicles decks if you hit the right part of your deck. Matchups against GB Delirium and UW Flash are rough.
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Dehtraen posted:It was very popular at the beginning of this standard season. The deck is great against control decks. It has a decent matchup against rw/mardu vehicles decks if you hit the right part of your deck. Matchups against GB Delirium and UW Flash are rough. Really? I thought that K Return decks are good vs Delirium.
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Nov 17, 2016 20:22
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mcmagic posted:Really? I thought that K Return decks are good vs Delirium. Eh, just my experience, maybe I am playing the match wrong or my opponents are just significantly better than I am but I just get kalitas'd out each game, usually with Liliana or grapple recurring him whenever he is killed. People here are still on the verd. Gearhulk builds so frequently their dudes are outside k-return range
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Nov 17, 2016 21:50
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Can someone please school me on on how to beat Ad Nauseum with affinity please. I think I manage most matches well enough but I seriously have zero idea what I should be doing with this match other than "Kill them by turn 4 (3 on the draw)" or loose. Any sideboard suggestions would be great.
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DoctorOozy posted:Can someone please school me on on how to beat Ad Nauseum with affinity please. I think I manage most matches well enough but I seriously have zero idea what I should be doing with this match other than "Kill them by turn 4 (3 on the draw)" or loose. Kill them by turn 3. Preferably with Inkmoth because it doesn't stop their "I can't die" spells. I don't think you really want to sideboard against them much because the deck is so redundant. Maybe a few Thoughtseizes or Stubborn Denials or something. Blood Moon I guess is ok against them but probably not good enough.
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Yeah that's a matchup that seems like a pure race where the job of any disruption you side in is to buy you a turn to kill them before they're ready.
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Nov 17, 2016 22:50
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DoctorOozy posted:Can someone please school me on on how to beat Ad Nauseum with affinity please. I think I manage most matches well enough but I seriously have zero idea what I should be doing with this match other than "Kill them by turn 4 (3 on the draw)" or loose. Thoughtsieze, Counters, Blood Moon
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Ok, seems I am trying to do what I should be doing. There is only one guy in my region I know of that plays the deck, so I never see it in RL. On MTGO I don't see it for ages and then 1-4 two leagues in a row with wall to wall Ad_Nausiem I swear it is my worst matchup (closely followed by Lantern Control)
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