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TheKingofSprings posted:"Back in the day" for me is Prime Time so uh same, except wurmcoil engine instead the 6th titan
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suicidesteve posted:Leviathan. And colossus of sardia! I always liked Maro and the 8/8 trampler with GGGG upkeep cost for my little kid timmy beaters bc antiquities cards were hard to find.
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PleasantDirge posted:And colossus of sardia! I always liked Maro and the 8/8 trampler with GGGG upkeep cost for my little kid timmy beaters bc antiquities cards were hard to find. Yeah, Leviathan, Colossus of Sardia, and Force of nature were definitely 3 of my 5 favorite creatures when I was little, along with Shivan Dragon and Royal Assassin.
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The Pre-Prerelease is on, up first is Marshall Deck building https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun
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One of my very first decks with any sort of coherent strategy was a mono-black monstrosity with multiple "combos". Lord of the Pit + Breeding Pit. Lord of the Pit was amazing back then and this way there was no drawback. Nettling Imp/Norritt + Sorceress Queen + Sengir Vampire/Krovikan Vampire Nettling Imp/Norritt + Royal Assassin. Sengir Autocrat + Hecatomb Icy Manipulator + Royal Assassin/Nettling Imp/Norritt. It was probably an 80+ card deck but nobody knew any better back then in our casual playgroup.
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Speaking of "memorable" assassins and good ol'magic art, one of my friends always had this in their deck (and since we played multiplayer in a group of 5 or 6, it was there virtually every game) Felt like it came out of a knock off or budget release.
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C-Euro posted:PYF creature from "back in the day" I want to say Phyrexian Plaguelord in honor of Sol Malka but it's really Nightmare. The first deck I ever owned was a BR deck a friend gave me and the first change I remember making was to add a Blanket of Night to help out my singleton Nightmare. It was stupid but hey
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Avatar of Might - the precon with him was my first set of cards ever. Dominating Licid - also a really cool creature I think came in a tempest precon.
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Rinkles posted:Speaking of "memorable" assassins and good ol'magic art, one of my friends always had this in their deck (and since we played multiplayer in a group of 5 or 6, it was there virtually every game)
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Jul 1, 2017 19:41
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Grifter posted:That is some amazing anti-synergy. It's a one card nonbo. Tap a guy on their turn, untap, destroy it?
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Favorite creature from back in the day: Skyshroud Troll! How do you even kill it!?
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Palinchron Scalpelexis Every Urza's Saga bulk rare I also remember being terrified of Craw Wurm when I was seven years old and all our decks were just 4th Ed tournament packs, out of the box. (Never mind that one of the rares in mine was Royal Assassin).
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Back in the day, I was beating up on Jund decks with the likes of Goblin Guide and Ball Lightning while some of my opponents lamented that they wish they had old frame copies of Lightning Bolt instead.
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Once the initial surprise wore off, Spiritmonger actually wasn't that oppressive because it was in an environment where Terminate, Wrath of God and Counterspell were still printable. Also you could just block it forever with a Nightscape Familiar, at least in theory. Spiritmonger was an interesting experiment in that it showed that they could push the power level of creatures safely, as long as the answers/alternative gameplans were also good. Unfortunately fifteen years later they've forgotten the second half of that equation and here we are
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Speaking of answers not being good: I assume we're going to get a Scorching Spear reprint in Ixalan, and that'll be our red burn. No, wait, it can target players, clearly it's too strong.
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Zemyla posted:Speaking of answers not being good: lightening strike for 3 is dumb.
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It's not intended for constructed. It'll be one of the better red commons.
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Zemyla posted:Speaking of answers not being good: Yeah I don't get what wotc has against Lightning Bolt, or even Lightning Strike, but they are determined to make red worse, and it's almost never been the best.
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If Open Fire cost 2, we probably wouldn't have Abrade in the set. And as a Limited player, I'd rather have more removal than less.
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lol at Marshal on the pre-pre release opening up a Life Goes On "If this wasn't a Wizard's stream I would rip this up"
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Tainen posted:lol at Marshal on the pre-pre release opening up a Life Goes On basically a cornerstone for the set as a whole
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Would Solar Blast have been such a bad reprint? It even fits flavor-wise.
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C-Euro posted:PYF creature from "back in the day" The first ever deck I built was U/G counterspells and land destruction, building up to Gaea's Liege with Instill Energy. It also played Force of Nature and Island Fish Jasconius. Get on my level.
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Rinkles posted:Some off the top of my head (bunch of different reasons) Oh poo poo how'd I forget this one. Marketing New Brain posted:The first ever deck I built was U/G counterspells and land destruction, building up to Gaea's Liege with Instill Energy. It also played Force of Nature and Island Fish Jasconius. Get on my level. The first deck I can remember really vetting and tuning was a RW Goblins deck around Onslaught, trying to get Skirk Fire Marshall equipped with Spirit Link to gain a shitload of life and win with Test of Endurance. I
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Marketing New Brain posted:The first ever deck I built was U/G counterspells and land destruction, building up to Gaea's Liege with Instill Energy. It also played Force of Nature and Island Fish Jasconius. Get on my level. Apparently netdecking existed back then because you stole my deck! It even had 1 copy of each Urza's land.
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netcat posted:I like most of the old Amy Weber stuff though I know people like to poo poo on her illustrations. Also best Homarid art I actually just bought some Amy Weber art to go by my other magic artists, they are being matted and frame right now along with my Melissa Benson sketches
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OgreNoah posted:Yeah I don't get what wotc has against Lightning Bolt, or even Lightning Strike, but they are determined to make red worse, and it's almost never been the best. "Red's bad" they say, in a format with Temur Energy, Temurge, Mardu, and I guess Golgari.
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suicidesteve posted:Apparently netdecking existed back then because you stole my deck! It even had 1 copy of each Urza's land. Glad to see someone updated my list. I say my list because Tron lands didn't exist when I made this deck, I actually stopped playing/buying cards after fallen empires for the most part. I had a few mirage packs which we all thought were neat but actual nobody understood phasing back then, it was like banding part 2. My greatest achievement in this time period was opening Balduvian Horde in the ~3 Aliiances packs I had and instantly selling it for 20 dollars because gently caress playing red.
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I think my fav creatures through time: Basking rootwalla Wild mongrel Thieving magpie Hedron crab Judges familiar Edit - flickerwisp too now
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Marketing New Brain posted:Glad to see someone updated my list. I say my list because Tron lands didn't exist when I made this deck, I actually stopped playing/buying cards after fallen empires for the most part. I had a few mirage packs which we all thought were neat but actual nobody understood phasing back then, it was like banding part 2. Island Fish was Arabian Nights. Urza's lands were Antiquities. YOUR STORY IS FULL OF HOLES!
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uggy posted:Thieving magpie Yaassss
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Zemyla posted:Would Solar Blast have been such a bad reprint? It even fits flavor-wise. They made something like that in Amonkhet already. Just doesn't hit players.
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MrBling posted:One of my very first decks with any sort of coherent strategy was a mono-black monstrosity with multiple "combos". This was me, too. And Delraich! With Dark Ritual, you could get a 6/6 trampler (and a 2/2) on turn 2! Wow! It was so powerful, I actually decided to cut some other cards and put in... multiple copies of Dark Ritual. A daring move, abandoning the obvious strategy of all-1-ofs and diluting the all-important stat of "different cool things the deck can do", but it worked out okay. I couldn't cut the Pit Imp, though. That lil' 0/1 buddy was the secret tech against everyone else at school. They'd all bought the Stronghold precons and were jamming ultra boring Ensnaring Bridge + Millstone nonsense. ... Actually, people are still doing exactly that in Modern, huh. Some things never change.
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C-Euro posted:PYF creature from "back in the day" The Best Fatty Ever Printed, of course. Verdant Force for life.
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My favorite creature from back in the day is Denizen of the Deep like wtf how can you beat an 11/11? And when I started playing again it was definitely Krenko, that's still one of the coolest cards ever printed.
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I kinda want to play some 93/94 sometimes, just to play a format where Serra Angel is an amazing creature once again.
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My favorites when I first played were Royal Assassin, Drudge Skeletons, and Tim. In fact I remember writing Tim's ability and the Royal Assassin's ability on an extra Drudge Skeleton with a ballpoint pen and trying to use it at Magic Club. I later cut out other abilities from different cards and glue sticked them to a Drudge Skeleton to make a Drudge King. Never did it with a Royal Assassin though because I only had two.
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Mahamoti Djinn was my homeboy. Edit: And Ali from Cairo / Old Man of the Sea
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