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I crossed the 2/3 foiled out mark on my Cube this week. I'd say I'll turn it into a downpayment on a house one day, but even if I sold out of this game, you know I'd keep this stupid thing. In other news, I got scammed on a re-backed lotus, hence my post in the trade thread looking for other power. Thank loving christ for paypal's buyer protection, though; this is why you don't send poo poo F&F. I already lined up a replacement though. Buying a minty one from Chris VanMeter of all people. He's a really chill dude, happy to wait for my refund from this debacle to resolve. Mezzanon posted:This year I turned legacy staples into becoming debt free. I know how good that feels man, congrats! Three years ago I unexpectedly lost my job after moving across the country. I made it 8 months by selling a Legacy deck and two Modern decks. BaronVonVaderham fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Jun 10, 2017 |
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Graduating into a recession was lovely, but I made rent money by selling speculation cards and playing 50-100 buck weekly tournaments 4 nights a week for around 6 months.
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I'm in crippling student loan debt and work 50+ hours a week to pay for my loans and mortgage and all of my wife and daughter's stuff.  Also one time I made Genesis Wave spike to $20 so that was funny.
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I bought an innistrad pack I saw at a walmart on a whim a couple years ago and the Lilliana helped pay rent one month between jobs the next year 
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Mezzanon posted:$70 well spent! People keep playing variations of it where I play locally and they always look like they are having fun. Ive been going 2/2 on average with my UB fae and now that im really practiced Im seeing a lot more sucess. Deaths shadow as of a 2x in the SB does wonders for most matchups. Fae normally gets down to ~5 most games anyway. I like scion but it does need to be timed well to avoid removal, being out of default push range is a plus. SSS is the best counter ever. Mistbind cliquing another Mistbind and creating the clique inception is hilarious.
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Man. I've been playing a lot of legacy on MTGO. And it just really really makes me wish we had a local scene. I find it so much more fun than modern. And I like modern.
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Walked posted:Man. I've been playing a lot of legacy on MTGO. And it just really really makes me wish we had a local scene. I find it so much more fun than modern. And I like modern. But modern is the ~~best format~~ Just wait until Deathrite goes and you can justify playing a deck that doesn't have it. jk pros love their midrange garbage so Deathrite will never go
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suicidesteve posted:But modern is the ~~best format~~ DRS is like 1/3rd of the meta, who cares its a 1/2 mana dork
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Pretty hosed up that it blocks Goblin Lackey AND Mon's Goblins Raiders for free, imo
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:Pretty hosed up that it blocks Goblin Lackey AND Mon's Goblins Raiders for free, imo But not Hurloon Minotaur
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Smashing Link posted:But not Hurloon Minotaur Well, there's a reason minotaur was one of the face cards of magic for several years
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C-Euro posted:Dammit, stop making this deck sound viable, I don't need to be dragged into another deck I'll never actually play Played it last week. It was trash. Couldn't beat a deck with counterspells, and the aggressive decks are too fast.
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EvilBeard posted:Played it last week. It was trash. Couldn't beat a deck with counterspells, and the aggressive decks are too fast. The first half is true, the second half is not. Edit: also it's a trash deck. Tier 3 at best.
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Mezzanon posted:Edit: also it's a trash deck. Tier 3 at best. Speaking of... 
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myDad posted:Speaking of... No Congregation at Dawn?
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myDad posted:Speaking of... What's the glittering wish for?
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Elyv posted:No Congregation at Dawn? Lol divin' deep uninverted posted:What's the glittering wish for? Wear/Tear & Firespout are the big ones, backup Nahiri is nice, myDad fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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myDad posted:Ancient Grudge a solid option Uhhhhh
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someone please stop me from taking this to vegas please. my family is dying (15th sideboard card is a toxic deluge, it just isn't here yet)
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You're not playing enough Deathrites and I can't tell what most of your sideboard cards are.
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i guess i probably should have just written the drat thing up: 4x Delver of Secrets 4x Death's Shadow 3x Deathrite Shaman 3x Gurmag Angler 4x Ponder 4x Brainstorm 4x Gitaxian Probe 4x Stifle 4x Daze 4x Force of Will 2x Dismember 2x Snuff Out 1x Fatal Push 4x Polluted Delta 4x Misty Rainforest 4x Wasteland 2x Underground Sea 1x Tropical Island 1x Watery Grave 1x Island //SB 3x Thoughtseize 2x Submerge 2x Nausea 1x Winter Orb 1x Pithing Needle 1x Flusterstorm 1x Surgical Extraction 1x Sylvan Library 1x Toxic Deluge 1x Echoing Truth 1x Fatal Push I'm not sure about the sideboard at all. I think I want to find room for a basic swamp, maybe some more of the flusterstorms and surgicals. Johnny Five-Jaces fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Looks fun as hell, but why aren't you playing some more shocklands?
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:i guess i probably should have just written the drat thing up.
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standard.deviant posted:I'm not sure how you got this far without realizing Brainstorm is legal in Legacy. I have no idea why i typed preordain instead of brainstorm, holy moly Bonus posted:Looks fun as hell, but why aren't you playing some more shocklands? There's enough life loss from the removal and probes that I don't really have a problem getting death's shadows turned on. Even the durdliest of durdle town decks have to present me with a snapcaster to point a snuff out at. But, it's also why Sylvan Library is so critical for the UW/x control matchups. It's also good to conceal the joke for as long as possible game 1. Johnny Five-Jaces fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:i guess i probably should have just written the drat thing up: Cut Gurmag number 3 for a Phyrexian Dreadnought and Dismember number 2 or Snuff out number 2 for the 4th Deathrite.
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:i guess i probably should have just written the drat thing up: I don't have any big picture thoughts about the deck, but Dry Spell might be better than Nausea if you're playing with Death's Shadow.
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instantrunoffvote posted:I don't have any big picture thoughts about the deck, but Dry Spell might be better than Nausea if you're playing with Death's Shadow. doing damage as opposed to giving -1/-1 is worse against stuff like mom and TNN (though i don't think it will be in for the TNN matchups anyway) mcmagic posted:Cut Gurmag number 3 for a Phyrexian Dreadnought and Dismember number 2 or Snuff out number 2 for the 4th Deathrite. I have, no poo poo, thought about throwing in a dreadnought
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Just make it old school Legacy play Stiflenought.
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:doing damage as opposed to giving -1/-1 is worse against stuff like mom and TNN (though i don't think it will be in for the TNN matchups anyway) I always play 1 whenever I play a Stifle deck. If you get 1 free win with it, it's worth the slot.
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Gonna second the question about running Death's Shadow without more shocklands. You're gonna have a hard time controlling your own life total when your only self-harm outlet is a couple of removal spells and Gitaxian Probe.
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Also splash for Fire Covenant out of the sideboard.
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TBH, while Snuff Out is really cute, I'm not sure it's something a Death's Shadow deck necessarily wants to be running. You aren't just trying to nuke yourself at every opportunity - your life total is a resource to be managed, and you need to be able to consistently get yourself low when you need to, but also be able to function without damaging yourself once you've reached that point. Tying your self-damage in big chunks to removal spells is going to put you in awkward situations where sometimes your Shadows get stuck in your hand because there aren't targets and then other times you're going to have to pay four life to kill a Delver when you're already low and then die to a bolt. 1-2 Snuffs I could see the argument for just because they cost 0 mana and kill a bunch of big dumb things don't get answered by most removal (though not Griselbrand), but just run Push + Shocklands instead of Dismember.
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Voyager I posted:TBH, while Snuff Out is really cute, I'm not sure it's something a Death's Shadow deck necessarily wants to be running. You aren't just trying to nuke yourself at every opportunity - your life total is a resource to be managed, and you need to be able to consistently get yourself low when you need to, but also be able to function without damaging yourself once you've reached that point. Tying your self-damage in big chunks to removal spells is going to put you in awkward situations where sometimes your Shadows get stuck in your hand because there aren't targets and then other times you're going to have to pay four life to kill a Delver when you're already low and then die to a bolt. Voyager I posted:Gonna second the question about running Death's Shadow without more shocklands. You're gonna have a hard time controlling your own life total when your only self-harm outlet is a couple of removal spells and Gitaxian Probe. thinking emoji
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My teammate got 31st at the open this weekend with Gw elves! We all helped each other the night before at the hotel with sideboards and sideboard guides and it's always good to see a teammate do well. Also chameleon colossus was awesome every time it came in and won games against grixis shadow players. Two of the guys tried gw tron, one lost his win-and-in for day 2, the other didn't do as well. I tried abzan company and started off 3-0 but got stormed on twice and then lost 2 more after that. Companied 4 times in one game and never saw ooze or eidolon. Had a fun weekend though, SCG events are always well run. http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=114135
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Fingers McLongDong posted:My teammate got 31st at the open this weekend with Gw elves! We all helped each other the night before at the hotel with sideboards and sideboard guides and it's always good to see a teammate do well. Also chameleon colossus was awesome every time it came in and won games against grixis shadow players. Two of the guys tried gw tron, one lost his win-and-in for day 2, the other didn't do as well. I tried abzan company and started off 3-0 but got stormed on twice and then lost 2 more after that. Companied 4 times in one game and never saw ooze or eidolon. Had a fun weekend though, SCG events are always well run. Nice! That list is pretty sweet too (Mirror Entity!!)
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Why does Nettle Sentinel see play in so many Modern Elves decklists? Without Glimpse and Symbiote it seems like it is extremely rare for it to generate much more mana than any random 1 drop, and Modern has the untap forests elf (if you run a fetch and forest manabase) and the snow mana elf as alternatives in the 1 drop.
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Nettle Sentinel + Heritage Druid is what lets you dump your hand on turn 2 and be set up to overrun for lethal on turn 3 or 4. It's much better to have a card that's sometimes an explosive powerhouse and sometimes not than it is to have a card that's always mediocre. Being a 2/2 is also relevant in a lot of matchups.
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BaronVonVaderham posted:I crossed the 2/3 foiled out mark on my Cube this week. I'd say I'll turn it into a downpayment on a house one day, but even if I sold out of this game, you know I'd keep this stupid thing. Yeah I might cash out to get another house down payment soon. Stupid magic.
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Cactrot posted:I'm having trouble picking a deck for Vegas,. I had initially planned to play Burn in both Legacy and Modern, but Legacy burn is really bad/hard to win with and I haven't had much luck with it in Modern lately either, so I'm starting to get cold feet. I've got a number of decks available, but most of them are real bad in both formats.
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