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UberJew posted:even hero's downfall would do work in this standard With Torrential Gearhulk, Hero's Downfall would be amazing! Ruinous paths in my graveyard make me sad.
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Went 3-1 in my Gameday with BR Zombies. 2-1 against a Mono Green Emerge list. In a single turn in Game 2 he played two Decimator of Provinces, and I only won Game 3 by holding up a 'boarded in Unlicensed Disintegration to kill a 11/11 Oran-Rief Hydra and killed him on the crack-back. It was a pretty cool deck, but he said it was brand new and not tuned enough. He used Aid from the Cowl and ramp to cast big things; those two big pigs came in for free, which now that I think about it, shouldn't he have only gotten one Cowl trigger off that despite having two permanents leave the battlefield that turn? 1-2 against GB Delirium. He also played like two or three Lili's in Game 2, which was rough, but I lived the dream that game by untapping on turn 3 with two lands and a spirit token, Haunted Dead and two Prized Amalgam's. I lost that one, but that was rad. Flooded out Game 3, feels bad. 2-0 against GR Werewolves, which, uh, okay. She never seems to really care about the games and I think only shows up because her husband wants to. He was on Copycat beside her in another game and went off against a weird BW control list. Anyway I won game two when she flooded and I got stuck on two swamps. BR Zombies still does plenty with just two land. 2-0 against Mono Red Burn? Spells? He played lots of the ping tappers from SoI and burn spells. He flooded out Game 2. I must have been paired down in the last round. My opponents' win percentage was like 26%, so I ended up placing fifth, just short of prizes.  Overall I had fun; this was my first Gameday trip, I usually end up busy on these weekends. I had thought to bring BG Energy Constrictor, but when I was drafting last night, everyone seemed to be on it, so I brought RB Zombies since I thought it would pair up okay against that what with all the removal and going decently wide, plus I'd be my own special snowflake. Didn't see any other zombie lists, anyway. 5/5 keeping this deck sleeved even though it's probably just tier 2.
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Soul Glo posted:Went 3-1 in my Gameday with BR Zombies. I think Aid should only trigger once per copy no matter how many permanents left the field.
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Feb 13, 2017 00:37
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That finals was awesome, the last match was so good.
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Feb 13, 2017 00:41
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TwistedNails posted:I think Aid should only trigger once per copy no matter how many permanents left the field. Yep, this is correct. At least I won the match.
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Feb 13, 2017 00:42
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TwistedNails posted:That finals was awesome, the last match was so good. G3 was really back and forth... GB overextended into that fumigate so badly, then mardu ran right into a flaying tendrils and it went into top deck mode for both players. Glad to see GB take it down though
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Feb 13, 2017 00:44
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Man it's rough watching BDM and Jacob Van Lunen commentate on the GP Top 8. I love BDM, but why are either of them doing commentary on actual games??
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Feb 13, 2017 01:51
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oryx posted:Man it's rough watching BDM and Jacob Van Lunen commentate on the GP Top 8. I love BDM, but why are either of them doing commentary on actual games?? Bdm should have gone away when they made the last change. Sucks that lsv wasn't commentating.
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Feb 13, 2017 01:53
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Sickening posted:Bdm should have gone away when they made the last change. Sucks that lsv wasn't commentating. They should've made him the history guy and have him do the boots on the ground type stuff like they do at the protour. The random live look-ins at the PT with him peering over people's shoulders to get info about a match that is deep into game three with a complex board state was always fun. poo poo just have him running around the hall with a mic and a camera guy doing little drop-in interviews would be great, just get him out of the booth.
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Feb 13, 2017 02:08
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I'm so glad to see this sweet deck seeing more play, because it's such a blast to pilot and I really hope that more people jamming will lead to a truly competitive version of it.
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Feb 13, 2017 03:02
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Didn't get to play a Game Day, but I did crib a cool BW Displacer deck from someone who one at one of the big stores here.
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Feb 13, 2017 03:17
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I took second with Jeskai control (no combo). I lost to a sweet home brew U/B control list that used eldrazi as the win con. I'm now making the deck my own Esper tempo/control? The dream is casting Baraal's expertise turn 5 into gideon, kalitas, or glimmer of genius. Running 4 spell squeller, and 2 avacyn for tempo. My top end is a single Sorin; no torrential gearhulks for this build. So far, I feel like my mana base is very shaky and most spells are doubled cost. I know this deck won't be as good as Jeskai control, but I have been playing that for about 3 months, and want something of my own. Edit: got to beat the standard version of cherios. Game one he annihilated me, because half my deck is useless, but game 2 and 3 I got to sideboard in 11/15.
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Feb 13, 2017 06:29
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DangerDongs posted:I took second with Jeskai control (no combo). I lost to a sweet home brew U/B control list that used eldrazi as the win con. I have been working on an Esper control deck too similar to BW that I played last year.
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Feb 13, 2017 07:42
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It appears they REALLY want you to play more standard guys. http://wpn.wizards.com/en/article/whats-new-amonkhet
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Feb 13, 2017 15:32
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Sickening posted:It appears they REALLY want you to play more standard guys. I didn't realize the Learn to Cheat at Seeding your Sealed Pool Leagues were an actual sanctioned WOTC thing. Yeah, I'll definitely leave my cards in the possession of the game store, they'll love that liability. Except for my rares, I'll take those home with me. And then come back with three on-color mythics next week.
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Feb 13, 2017 15:48
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Magic league doesn't have serious prizes and is mainly targeted at new players, so you'd have to be pretty pathetic to want to cheat at it.
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Feb 13, 2017 16:03
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Feb 13, 2017 16:06
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Errant Gin Monks posted:I have been working on an Esper control deck too similar to BW that I played last year. I played B/W control as well. It is kind of where I got the idea. I miss having all the planeswalkers on the board, and not being able to pull a Westvale Abby win out of nowhere hurts. I first made the new deck Abzan by splashing green for tracker and painful truths, because there was no card draw. I think Esper will be smoother. My planeswalker base is: 2x Lili, 2x Gideon, 1x Ob, 1x Jace, 1x Sorin. Are you going the more conventional Torrential gearhulk route?
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Feb 13, 2017 16:14
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GoutPatrol posted:My store has everyone keep their league decks in store and it works just fine I didn't even know about the official Aether Revolt league, it wasn't well advertised, so I ran my own. Technically I could have just submitted the player list and gotten the energy/Gremlin promos, but they want league runners to submit the player list weekly instead of just once this time. Oh well, I'll do it officially for Amonkhet. Cheating isn't an issue at my league. I "register" the pools by taking a picture on my phone of every pack someone opens. Do I deck check people? No, but the idea that there's a record of what someone has opened eases everyone's fears about cheating and in theory stops people from slipping cards into their pool. The only issues I've had so far are people losing their scorecards. One guy lost his sealed pool and rebuilt it from the photos using leftover draft scraps.
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Feb 13, 2017 16:30
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We are doing the Aether Revolt sealed league at the store I play and it was really fun up until about week 2 where two guys just grinded out like 20-30 games during week one and another 30-40 week two and bought an extra pack after three losses each. Now they have significantly better decks than everyone else. I know the goal is to get people to buy more and more packs but they really should have limited it to a pack a week.
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Feb 13, 2017 17:14
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Dehtraen posted:We are doing the Aether Revolt sealed league at the store I play and it was really fun up until about week 2 where two guys just grinded out like 20-30 games during week one and another 30-40 week two and bought an extra pack after three losses each. Now they have significantly better decks than everyone else. I know the goal is to get people to buy more and more packs but they really should have limited it to a pack a week. We have a rule for leagues at the shop I frequent that you can't play the same person twice in a row just to prevent this. It's not fun when people cheese the system for a casual fun idea.
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Feb 13, 2017 17:19
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Jabor posted:Magic league doesn't have serious prizes and is mainly targeted at new players, so you'd have to be pretty pathetic to want to cheat at it. You say that but I've seen people cheat at prereleases too, which are the same thing. Though I think those may have been for places that are more top-heavy in prerelease prize support, which is asinine to me, so the dumb incentives are there.
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I saw two guys collude at a prere, where they waited to get the results of another match to ensure that they could safely ID.
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Feb 13, 2017 17:28
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Some Numbers posted:I saw two guys collude at a prere, where they waited to get the results of another match to ensure that they could safely ID.  What was the size of prize pool?
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Feb 13, 2017 17:42
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Sickening posted:It appears they REALLY want you to play more standard guys. quote:Sign up for this event in Wizards Event Reporter and receive twenty Welcome Decks, plus twenty-five premium full-art basic lands (five of each) from Amonkhet to use as rewards for both new players and veteran players who bring a friend.
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Feb 13, 2017 17:52
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Entropic posted:Wait, does this mean Amonkhet has full-art basics? More likely they're just special promos and the lands in the actual set are normal, but it would be cool if actually bringing back full-art basics more frequently. Probably just special promos. They are doing non-full art battle lands with the expedition art as promos for the Aether Revolt standard league.
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Entropic posted:Wait, does this mean Amonkhet has full-art basics? More likely they're just special promos and the lands in the actual set are normal, but it would be cool if actually bringing back full-art basics more frequently. I want 20 Pyramid Plains. Twenty.
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Feb 13, 2017 18:08
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Do we know much of anything about Amonkhet yet? AFAIK all that's been confirmed is that it's vaguely Ancient Egypt-themed, and Nicol Bolas is the villain. I remember hearing somewhere that they were doing Gods again, which would make sense for the setting, and could mean an enchantment subtheme if true. But that could just be wild speculation.
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Feb 13, 2017 18:10
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People are hoping for Gods and speculating is all. We do know there's some heroic contest or sport of some sort where people vie for glory. My guess is story wise someone from the gatewatch will enter and win it to get an audience with Bolas and confront him but the team will be unprepared and get bloodied noses a bit.
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Feb 13, 2017 18:13
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It's going to be about chariot races and Stargate to explain the robot inserts included in the set.
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I recall hearing somewhere that there are going to be gods, but their mechanic won't be devotion but something else.
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The gimmick is they bought the rights to Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra from Konami and it's literally just those cards
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TheKingofSprings posted:The gimmick is they bought the rights to Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra from Konami and it's literally just those cards Looking forward to the cheating scandal as someone hides the head of Exodia on their lap.
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Feb 13, 2017 18:28
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Some of this minus the Gothic horror/alchemy
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Feb 13, 2017 18:32
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Some Numbers posted:I saw two guys collude at a prere, where they waited to get the results of another match to ensure that they could safely ID. This happens all the time in Socal, loving everyone thinks they're some PT grinder. I love that we are flush with stores but sometimes people have to chill out.
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Rinkles posted:Some of this minus the Gothic horror/alchemy Undying with Winding Constrictor'd be fun.
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BTW guys, side event drafts at GP Pitt were 20 bucks. gently caress you Past Times, what a complete joke.
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Jabor posted:Magic league doesn't have serious prizes and is mainly targeted at new players, so you'd have to be pretty pathetic to want to cheat at it. GoutPatrol posted:My store has everyone keep their league decks in store and it works just fine Same here. The foil thopter/servo token rules and i cant wait for the foil energy token.
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DangerDongs posted:I played B/W control as well. It is kind of where I got the idea. I miss having all the planeswalkers on the board, and not being able to pull a Westvale Abby win out of nowhere hurts. No torrentials. Basically using the BW shell replacing languish with Yahennis Expertise and running 2 Lilly, 2 Sorin, 2 Ob, 1 Jace, 3 Gideon. The rest is filled out with push, grasp, snare, counters and fragmentize with 2 Noxious gearhulks. Oh and some draw spells. The land based SEEMS smooth but I haven't played tested it much yet.
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