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TheDemon posted:I'm 26-6 in tournament practice, 6-1 in 2-man queues, and 4-0 at my LGS with this lovely Enigma Drake deck Enigma Drake seems like a pretty fine card, to be honest. Four toughness puts it out of range of cheap removal, and in a UR spells deck it's a fairly cheap flyer that will kill people very fast if they don't have answers for it or you can protect it. AlternateNu posted:So, I know Death's Shadow was just reprinted in MM2017, but when do you think it is going to start spiking again? Or will it just be Thoughtseize creeping up until its $50 again? Outside of the mana base and Snap, Grixis DS is a pretty cheap deck, and I don't see how the slated "best deck in the format" can stay that way. There's a fair amount of anxiety that Grixis Shadow might see a card banned, which might be making people hesitant to buy the deck. The expensive pieces you're talking about are also format staples that have been in T1 decks forever, so even if they're in the current 'best deck' it's not necessarily going to spike their demand.
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Voyager I posted:There's a fair amount of anxiety that Grixis Shadow might see a card banned, which might be making people hesitant to buy the deck. The expensive pieces you're talking about are also format staples that have been in T1 decks forever, so even if they're in the current 'best deck' it's not necessarily going to spike their demand. The one good thing is that if death's shadow is banned you can just transition the deck back into grixis delver like it was before, maybe not the best deck but still a fairly good one.
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SoftNum posted:Standard has been depowering for like a decade? The burn deck around during Khans block was crazy strong and that was a format with Feed the Clan, Siege Rhino, Nyx-Fleece Ram, and Surge of Righteousness all seeing play at some point. It's just better to pay 2 mana for good threats right now rather then spend 3 mana to react to threats.
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Transformers cards that transform for HasCon. Grimlock spoiled by Trick, looks cool.
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Nerf War makes me want to go buy one of those lovely little Nerf Handguns so I can actually use this card. Which sadly makes me feel like that's the point.
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The marketing is pretty ingenious imo. Although a sufficiently good Nerf gun could kill an entire deck, that's pretty spicy.
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Protection from Clerics would have been somewhat real in Onslaught limited.
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LordAbaddon posted:The one good thing is that if death's shadow is banned you can just transition the deck back into grixis delver like it was before, maybe not the best deck but still a fairly good one. Is DS even really that good anymore? I mean it has a rough matchup against any deck that goes wide (which is a lot of them), Burn, Storm and with UW making a big comeback (at least on MTGO), you can't stubborn denial your way out of supreme verdict. Now the Jund version is much more scary because it has many more threats and a quicker timer, but the Grixis version feels like the remainder of the field has all figured out so much hate for the archtype. It might represent a large portion of the meta, but I don't know if it's dominant or anything deserving of bans.
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TheDemon posted:It's that deck that I tried to help that guy who was down on competitive mtg a dozen pages back with: Supreme Will.
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The Shortest Path posted:Is that a change to how Transform works? It would normally be worded "Transform Grimlock" rather than "Grimlock, Dinobot Leader becomes Grimlock, Ferocious King" (which is presumably the name on the back side of that card), but I don't think it's a functional change to how it actually works. The use of Transformers to refer to both Autobots and Decepticons is unusual wording too.
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Voyager I posted:Protection from Clerics would have been somewhat real in Onslaught limited.  I drafted onslaught like twice so I have no idea how good this card was but I suspect not very
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80s James Hetfield posted:Can't wait to build a Grimlock EDH deck If I had one, I'd tear apart my Depala deck and throw in all the Ixalan dinosaurs when it comes out without a hint of irony.
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So with RDW on the rise I fear playing U/W monument, but don't want to stop. Do you think replacing Hanweir Militia captains with Glory-bound initiates is the worst idea. GBI seems to hose RDW, but gets killed by Dusk.
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Archenteron posted:If I had one, I'd tear apart my Depala deck and throw in all the Ixalan dinosaurs when it comes out without a hint of irony. Those cards are probably like $250 each. How many do they give out at Hascon?
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I see that Amaz made day 2, glad The Web got so mad at Wizards
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Yuzenn posted:Is DS even really that good anymore? I mean it has a rough matchup against any deck that goes wide (which is a lot of them), Burn, Storm and with UW making a big comeback (at least on MTGO), you can't stubborn denial your way out of supreme verdict. Short answer, yes. The issue DS has is grixis is very HARD. Seriously, the play required to maximize the deck is so just past the normal player so the results are skewed. The Jund version falling out of flavor is less of the deck being bad and more because the high end players are just playing the better version of it. The jund version is just as dangerous as it ever was and has new toys. As players move away at the top so does it at the bottom. Sickening fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Jul 28, 2017 |
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Sickening posted:Short answer, yes. I'm just going off anedcotal (albeit HUNDREDS of MTGO games worth of anecdote) evidence, I just feel like I don't lose to DS almost ever. Maybe it's because I play decks that just have an advantage over it (U/W Control, Skred Red, and Storm). The piloting is super hard, you're correct...I went through my worst slide of losses when I switched to DS for a month straight. My basic point is that I don't see a ban because while it is a very powerful deck, it's not dominant at all so I can't fathom any part of it getting banned.
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Does not seem like its limited to just me so if anyone is ordering from CFB soon use this for 10% off.quote:Hi Planeswalker,
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Kurtofan posted:Hascon? Yes. Hascon.
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Is Painter's Servant the only card that permanently changes creatures colors? it's such a niche effect but I was interested in how easy it might be to have a infinite loop with Teysa Orzhov Scion
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Archenteron posted:If I had one, I'd tear apart my Depala deck and throw in all the Ixalan dinosaurs when it comes out without a hint of irony. I had the same thought instantly. To bad it will cost like $200 or something stupid.
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mandatory lesbian posted:Is Painter's Servant the only card that permanently changes creatures colors? it's such a niche effect but I was interested in how easy it might be to have a infinite loop with Teysa Orzhov Scion Darkest Hour is the most common teysa combo piece I think.
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mandatory lesbian posted:Is Painter's Servant the only card that permanently changes creatures colors? it's such a niche effect but I was interested in how easy it might be to have a infinite loop with Teysa Orzhov Scion This was actually a thing in modern abzan company back during eldrazi winter, let's you wipe out the board pretty easy.
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The Shortest Path posted:Is that a change to how Transform works? Judging by how slapshod the templating is elsewhere, no, I think that's just them not wanting the verb "transform" anywhere near a Transformer. This is an actual thing, avoiding genericizing the term so as to not lose copyright.
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80s James Hetfield posted:Those cards are probably like $250 each. How many do they give out at Hascon?
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Man how do I get one of those Grimlock cards, short of paying the entrance fee for this corporate shill convention? My little brother lives in Providence so maybe I'll just get him to go grab a few for me.
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Rap Record Hoarder posted:Man how do I get one of those Grimlock cards, short of paying the entrance fee for this corporate shill convention? The ticket option that includes those promos is $600 https://hascon.hasbro.com/tickets
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mandatory lesbian posted:Is Painter's Servant the only card that permanently changes creatures colors? it's such a niche effect but I was interested in how easy it might be to have a infinite loop with Teysa Orzhov Scion There are actually quite a few cards in ancient magic that permanently change a card's colors but most of them were one shot. The most obvious example of the Laces.
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Elyv posted:There are actually quite a few cards in ancient magic that permanently change a card's colors but most of them were one shot. The most obvious example of the Laces. those don't combo with teysa very well. or rather, they combo with her exactly once
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There's an old enchantment from Urza's? that turns all creatures black. Just play 2 of those, Magical Hack one to be white, and do whatever.
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I think Darkest Hour is the usual card that combos with her? I dunno, look at edhrec I guess.
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