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gwrtheyrn: Oct 21, 2010; AYYYE DEEEEE DUBBALYOO DA-NYAAAAAH!

Pontius Pilate posted:

What fast combo are you losing to?

The type that go off turn 1-2, you know before almost any of your hate is playable?

# ? Apr 29, 2017 06:37

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# ? May 17, 2024 06:49

Dehtraen: Jul 30, 2004; Keep the faith alive

Release day draft went well. Was in UW Tokens, the bulk of the creatures in my deck had embalm, had the guy that gave Tokens flying and vigilance, two of the white trial, two white cartouche, the embalm clone, also had some control elements in my top end, exile top card of your library brick artifact, dusk / dawn, approach of the second sun. I won two games via Approach and it was glorious.

Having multiple trials out then casting a cartouche to return them then recasting the trials feels busted.

# ? Apr 29, 2017 06:37

Star Man: Jun 1, 2008; There's a star maaaaaan
Over the rainbow

Sickening posted:

Dumb predictions for tomorrow.

Red god turns into a 15$+ card.
Green god continues to be solid but people end up playing too many copies.
G/W tokens actually gets played again.
U/X control decks of all types make up a good chunk of the room.
Mardu show itself to still be a good deck but overperforms due to the better players in the room playing the deck collectively.
R/U emerge feasts on creature decks.
R/W exert and mono black zombies get some feature matches and things spike due to casual appeal.

Probably wrong about everything but I am drunk and fnm was fun. Still exciting to watch some standard as hilarious as that sounds.

(Also fling is going to see constructed play)

At least I opened a Hazoret in draft today. Other than that, I had to tell an opponent to wash his loving hands because he's starting to come down with a cold and he coughed right into his bare hands. I didn't let him cut my deck anymore after that.

Star Man fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Apr 29, 2017

# ? Apr 29, 2017 06:39

mailorder bees: Nov 4, 2011; FLUFFERNUTTER

Gonna be playing some vintage tomorrow. Im running paradoxical storm.

# ? Apr 29, 2017 07:08

suicidesteve: Jan 4, 2006; "Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends.

Pontius Pilate posted:

What fast combo are you losing to?

And is this like the shops restrictions where unplayable means playable afterwards and now the most played deck?

Belcher, Elves, faster builds of storm like TES. Even ANT is a pretty bad matchup on the draw. I've played a surprising amount of UB Reanimator for some reason which is at least one good matchup.

I didn't realize Gush/Mentor would completely take over the format to the point where the only way to sometimes beat it was Shops.

gwrtheyrn posted:

The type that go off turn 1-2, you know before almost any of your hate is playable?

# ? Apr 29, 2017 07:18

Lone Goat: Apr 16, 2003; When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.

TheMaestroso posted:

I'm feeling pretty good about this, guys.

EE:

I'm actually curious if anyone has an opinion on whether or not I should play Spring//Mind. It was the last card I cut from 28+ cards I started with when I started deck-building.

Probably far too late to matter but Aven Initiate is arguably the best blue card in the format and has no business being in your sideboard.

# ? Apr 29, 2017 07:43

PJOmega: May 5, 2009

Lone Goat posted:

Probably far too late to matter but Aven Initiate is arguably the best blue card in the format and has no business being in your sideboard.

Errr, are you mistaking Aven Initiate (3U, 3/2 Flyer, Embalm 6U) with something else?

# ? Apr 29, 2017 08:34

Jabor: Jul 16, 2010; #1 Loser at SpaceChem

PJOmega posted:

Errr, are you mistaking Aven Initiate (3U, 3/2 Flyer, Embalm 6U) with something else?

I don't think he's mistaking it for something else, given that a 3-power flyer that you get to re-cast if they answer it the first time is fantastic in pretty much any format.

# ? Apr 29, 2017 08:49

A big flaming stink: Apr 26, 2010

technically angler drake is easily better but initiate is probably the best blue common

# ? Apr 29, 2017 09:11

Lone Goat: Apr 16, 2003; When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.

Yes I meant common, sorry!

# ? Apr 29, 2017 09:18

primitive: Mar 14, 2001; I AM A CHEAPSKATE WHO HAS HAD THE STUPID NEWBIE BABY AVATAR FOR 12 YEARS.

Went to my first competitive play since 1995, Amonkhet sealed

Ended up making a Cards I Opened With Flying tribal deck and went 2-1. Flying and 4 toughness appears to be where you want to be. That white 2/2 flyer that you exert to pump your team is awesome too.

# ? Apr 29, 2017 12:37

Dehtraen: Jul 30, 2004; Keep the faith alive

A store in my area is doing some shady stuff. They no longer give out any of the Wizards supplied prizing / perks - FNM promos, release day promos, game day promos, playmats, full art lands - instead they are just selling these items as they're received. They also ran a league with promised prize support and pulled prizing shortly before the end of the league. The owners live elsewhere and work out of a different store (they have a number of locations). The employees that work at the store (that don't play magic) aren't doing this on their own and are being told by the owners from afar what to do. The entire group of players have decided to go elsewhere but a number of them are pretty pissed off and want to contact Wizards to let them know the BS that's going on - anyone have any idea how to go about reporting them?

# ? Apr 29, 2017 15:09

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

Dehtraen posted:

A store in my area is doing some shady stuff. They no longer give out any of the Wizards supplied prizing / perks - FNM promos, release day promos, game day promos, playmats, full art lands - instead they are just selling these items as they're received. They also ran a league with promised prize support and pulled prizing shortly before the end of the league. The owners live elsewhere and work out of a different store (they have a number of locations). The employees that work at the store (that don't play magic) aren't doing this on their own and are being told by the owners from afar what to do. The entire group of players have decided to go elsewhere but a number of them are pretty pissed off and want to contact Wizards to let them know the BS that's going on - anyone have any idea how to go about reporting them?

There is an email you send to or you can call wotc customer support too. The more descriptive you can be and the more people who email and call to collaborate the better.

FraudInvestigations@wizards.com

Which area by chance?

# ? Apr 29, 2017 15:15

Lone Goat: Apr 16, 2003; When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.

Dehtraen posted:

A store in my area is doing some shady stuff. They no longer give out any of the Wizards supplied prizing / perks - FNM promos, release day promos, game day promos, playmats, full art lands - instead they are just selling these items as they're received. They also ran a league with promised prize support and pulled prizing shortly before the end of the league. The owners live elsewhere and work out of a different store (they have a number of locations). The employees that work at the store (that don't play magic) aren't doing this on their own and are being told by the owners from afar what to do. The entire group of players have decided to go elsewhere but a number of them are pretty pissed off and want to contact Wizards to let them know the BS that's going on - anyone have any idea how to go about reporting them?

Send a dm to @HeleneBergeot on Twitter.

# ? Apr 29, 2017 15:16

TheMaestroso: Nov 4, 2014; I must know your secrets.

Hellsau posted:

A few things about this draft deck -

1) Is Oashra Cultivator playable? It seems so durdly and an absolutely horrible topdeck lategame, and it cannot possibly be better than the Essence Scatter in your sideboard. You also have Tah-Crop Skirmisher if you need low drops.

Oh, it's not good by itself, no, but it's pretty useful with my many counter-placing guys. I'm able to keep them big while also being able to use its ability or chump if necessary. If I didn't have those guys I'd take it out.

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2) Irrigated Farmland is better than an Island.

Noted!

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3) River Serpent seems better than Colossapede. The versatility of being able to cycle it for one mana is worth the extra mana on the actual cost.

I was considering this. Wasn't sure about it.

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4) Aven Initiate is very good if you can afford another four drop. It's a 3 power flier for 4 that embalms, that's a good deal.

I know it's good, but I need to assess the slot to see if there's space.

# ? Apr 29, 2017 15:24

AceClown: Sep 11, 2005

https://www.twitch.tv/scgtour

First post cat ban tourny starting now pals, should be interesting.

# ? Apr 29, 2017 15:31

Dehtraen: Jul 30, 2004; Keep the faith alive