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Tainen posted:The LGS I draft at is 12.50 entry and a pack or $3 credit per win. If you go 3-0 you get a free draft entry in addition. You're at a golden location. Here it's $15, play cross pod. 3-0 = 5 packs 2-0-1 = 3 packs 2-1 = 1 pack No option for store credit. Since the difference between 3-0 and 2-1 is so stark there's a lot of incentive to draw at the top tables, so you only get 2 rounds of play. Plus since you're likely to be playing someone from another pod you can't trust that they didn't do something stupid like only 1 green drafter at a table of 8. And some people will still hate draft on their picks 5+.
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Nighthand posted:I've been thinking about proxying up a powered cube for kitchen table sealed, can anyone recommend a cube? My buddy found a printer to make him proxies. He printed every legacy teir 1 and 2 deck from the day before the miracles ban. The way we play it is dice roll, highest goes first and chooses their deck to be on the play. The lower guy picks the deck he wants to pilot and is on the draw. Probably the best 400 bucks he ever spent. All legacy all the time.
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Aug 17, 2017 05:15
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My store is 12.50 and a pack per win or 4 dollar store credit, and if you won the free Standard earlier and you 3-0 the draft you get 4 packs or 16$ store credit.
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Aug 17, 2017 06:11
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Tainen posted:The LGS I draft at is 12.50 entry and a pack or $3 credit per win. If you go 3-0 you get a free draft entry in addition. How is that possibly sustainable?
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Aug 17, 2017 06:16
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I might have run into a bug on MTGO where you can very easily clone cards in your draft pool. I was dragging a River Hoopoe from my main deck into my sideboard as the draft ended, and now in deck construction, it shows that I have two River Hoopoes. It's also showing that I have 46 cards total between my deck and my sideboard. On the one hand, I want to see if I can actually submit a deck with both, but on the other hand, I wonder if I'd get banned.
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Aug 17, 2017 06:32
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Carl Killer Miller posted:How is that possibly sustainable? They take in $100 and give out 39 packs which is like $78. Credit is even better for them I'm sure. Your $3 credit is going towards something they probably spent $1.50-1.80 on. yourdadsbestfriend posted:I might have run into a bug on MTGO where you can very easily clone cards in your draft pool. I'm shocked. yourdadsbestfriend posted:I was dragging a River Hoopoe from my main deck into my sideboard as the draft ended, and now in deck construction, it shows that I have two River Hoopoes. It's also showing that I have 46 cards total between my deck and my sideboard. On the one hand, I want to see if I can actually submit a deck with both, but on the other hand, I wonder if I'd get banned. I don't think it will let you submit but I vote you try it. They won't ban you and if it works you can probably file for reimbursement. Alternatively, reboot MTGO and it'll fix itself. suicidesteve fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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Aug 17, 2017 06:37
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suicidesteve posted:I don't think it will let you submit but I vote you try it. They won't ban you and if it works you can probably file for reimbursement. Alternatively, reboot MTGO and it'll fix itself. Yeah, I kept getting illegal deck messages when I tried to submit. Rebooting cleared out the clone Hoopoe. I guess it was just a temporary thing.
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BJPaskoff posted:*FNMs do require stores to run specific formats in order to be eligible for FNM promos, but that's just so Wizards can guarantee some kind of attendance numbers.  That hasn't been the case since January 2015. Stores can run literally anything that uses magic cards as a "format" for FNM if they enter it as "Friday Night Magic—Casual" instead of Ranked. Pauper Kamigawa Block Tiny Leaders is a legal FNM format. "Standard but the owner wants to play his Copy-Cat deck" is a legal FNM format. Carl Killer Miller posted:How is that possibly sustainable? The shop I play (pauper) at runs free, prize supported, FNM. Thank you boardgamers for buying so many boardgames at retail. Prize support is all over the place there: The Pauper event will be a 4 round (3 if 8 or few players) Swiss tournament. Prizes will be based on record after the Swiss rounds: 4 Rounds: 4-0: 3 Packs (4 Packs if you played the previous week) 3-0-1/3-1: 2 Packs (3 Packs if you played the previous week) 2-1-1/2-2: 1 Pack (2 Packs if you played the previous week) All other: 1 Pack 3 Rounds: 3-0: 3 Packs (4 Packs if you played the previous week) 2-1/2-0-1: 2 Packs 1-1-1: 1 Pack (2 Packs if you played the previous week) All Other: 1 Pack FNM Standard: Entry fee: NONE!!! Free Prizes: 4-0 will get 5 packs. 3-0-1 get 4 packs. 3-1 get 3 packs. 2-1-1 get 1 Pack $15 draft 3-0 gets 6 packs. 2-0-1 get 4 packs. 2-1 get 2 packs.
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mandatory lesbian posted:i recall there being instances where, bc of how players word things, this is totally allowed for some reason Babylon Astronaut fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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MisterOblivious posted:Pauper Kamigawa Block Tiny Leaders is a legal FNM format. Hard to build a legal deck for that one, what with the lack of common legends. If you make it Peasant Kamigawa Block Tiny Leaders, then you get a tournament where everyone is required to run Brothers Yamazaki as their commander. While both players have their commander in play, they buff each other. Lottery of Babylon fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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Aug 17, 2017 07:31
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That might end up the only format where the sweep ability is relevant.
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Lottery of Babylon posted:Hard to build a legal deck for that one, what with the lack of common legends. You use rares for your commander. http://magiccards.info/query?q=e%3Asok%2Cbok%2Cchk+cmc%3C%3D3+t%3Alegendary+t%3Acreature&s=cname&v=card&p=1
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MisterOblivious posted:You use rares for your commander. Lottery of Babylon posted:Peasant Kamigawa Block Post/name combo checks out.
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Archenteron posted:High points included using Imprison In the Moon on one guys only G/B land (he kept a greedy start on the draw), using Invigorating Rampage Holy poo poo you're going deep on that list. I've been playing r/u emerge since Emrakul got banned and the only changes I've made have been adding abrade and champion of wits and reduce//rubble. I'm 9-1 over the last week because I still think the deck is aces. Only loss has been to u/w gifts. Which was a real squeaker (and will also probably be the deck that I will build after rotation) On the upside you just destroy ramunap red and u/r control and g/b scales
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Mezzanon posted:
I got destroyed so hard playing UR control playing against emerge that I'm switching to UW Approach. Can't beat em, just win the game instead.
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Hey, what kind of token does Hunted Dragon make? The best kind. The Banding kind.
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Lottery of Babylon posted:Hard to build a legal deck for that one, what with the lack of common legends. There's nagao, a couple snakes, the flip legends with ki counters, the flip flying guy
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BJPaskoff posted:So AlternateNu's post makes it sound like Wizards supplies the prizes for LGS's average tournaments, but they actually have nothing to do with it. What your LGS charges for entry, what format they run*, and how much they give away is totally up to them. The only things Wizards has cut back on are FNM promos, which used to be foil cards but will soon be foil tokens, and that there are no Masterpieces in the Standard Showdown packs anymore, which are both valid complaints, but I don't want anyone to get the impression that Wizards controls entry fees/prizes for weekly tournaments. I'm referring specifically to FNM promos and prerelease/game day prize support.
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Chill la Chill posted:Will do. Also: I think that means some art of war poo poo where you appear open to an alpha strike only to slam down a magmaquake, not having to read the verbatim text of 603.3b to explain why you're winning now.
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Mezzanon posted:Holy poo poo you're going deep on that list. Those were both sideboard cards (Insult is a fun-of maindeck) Sideboard is currently 4 negate, 3 imprison, 3 by force, 2 invigorated, 2 summary dismissal, and 1 wretched gryff. Really didn't feel like buying abrade for some reason 
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Carl Killer Miller posted:What are the prizes like at your LGS? Ours gives packs for undefeated and x-1 players, nothing for anyone else ( so every x-2 drops)what sounds like a p. standard $15 buy-in for draft, $5 for tournaments. I play at Cool Stuff here in Orlando, and they fire off both Standard and Draft FNMs every week. Standard is $5 entry, Draft is $13. Prize support for each event is 2 packs/player, distributed to either the top 8 or top 4 players, depending on how many people show up that week. (I think the cutoff is at 12 players). You can substitute prize packs for $2.50/ea store credit. Draft play is cross pod, with a cut to optional top-8 single elim for weighted prizes. Average week is around 15-20 drafters, either 4 or 5 rounds of play, and usually everyone agrees to split at top-8, so everyone in top-8 walks out with 4-5 packs or $10-13 in credit. Top-4 get the promo. Bigger turnout = bigger prizes. Months where the promo is actually worth playing for, we play out the first round of the top-8 and then split. I never play standard, but they usually have similar numbers of players and the same prize structure. There's also Friday night Yugioh at the same time, with similar numbers of players. Oh, also you get a free slice of pizza and a soda for playing. Basically Cool Stuff is awesome, and I'm glad I get to play there. The only store I've ever heard of that's better is Mox Boarding House.
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My LGS does $5 constructed, $13 drafts. Drafts are just 8 man pods, single elim, $30 credit winner, $10 credit second place (so usually $20 split). We have a lot of limited players so we fire off multiple draft pods when there's demand. 4 round constructed events (most Tuesday and Thursday modern and Wednesday standard) are Swiss, credit payout based on record (top 8 Wednesday get scg tokens in addition), 3-0 $30, 3-0-1 $22.50, 3-1 $15, 2-1-1 (not official but the 2-1 players often split, match slip marked as a concession to whoever actually cares about the points) $7.50. Friday Modern and Standard are usually five rounds (four if a small turnout) and I don't recall the payscale on that one, just that x-1-1 and better get credit. Small disclaimer: card prices at the shop are SCG based (with a discount on standard product if you're not using store credit). On the other hand, this makes trading in magic cards for video or board games a bit of a better deal.
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Molybdenum posted:There's nagao, a couple snakes, the flip legends with ki counters, the flip flying guy All are CMC 4 (so not legal in Tiny Leaders) or are only legendary after they've been flipped (so not legal commanders, as they're nonlegendary in the command zone).
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I'm moving about 15 minutes out into the Chicago burbs and realized a comic shop is right around the corner, but it focuses heavily on yugiyo and pokemon, with a dash of magic. Just my luck. Stores like these almost always suck.
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ShaneB posted:I'm moving about 15 minutes out into the Chicago burbs and realized a comic shop is right around the corner, but it focuses heavily on yugiyo and pokemon, with a dash of magic. Just my luck. Stores like these almost always suck. They sell what their customers buy. I am also cursed with living in DFW and the LGS 5 minutes away being loving awful and unplayable.
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Sickening posted:They sell what their customers buy. I am also cursed with living in DFW and the LGS 5 minutes away being loving awful and unplayable. Yeah I mean I don't hold it against them for making profits as they can, it's just disappointing.
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Molybdenum posted:Food fight is a fun draft game and has a simplified MTG game afterwards I had a food fight themed card game as a kid called Kersplatt! (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2865/kersplatt) There was a mechanic where if you dodge food thrown at you it can hit valuables in the restaurant at which point the thrower is restrained by waitstaff and can't act for a certain number of turns. It was pretty great.
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Hellsau posted:Hey, what kind of token does Hunted Dragon make? I was wondering what kind of bugs would pop up in this gauntlet! Do they actually have banding or is it just cosmetic?
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Aug 17, 2017 18:25
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Gerard Fabiano now does content for CFB.
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Rinkles posted:Gerard Fabiano now does content for CFB. He is another turd on the poo poo pile. What an awful guy to play against. He is the type that makes you want to quit this dumb game.
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Archenteron posted:Those were both sideboard cards (Insult is a fun-of maindeck) Sideboard is currently 4 negate, 3 imprison, 3 by force, 2 invigorated, 2 summary dismissal, and 1 wretched gryff. I managed to open some Abrade's at pre-release so I'm just playing with those. Insult//Injury is loving great. I run a singleton in the side. My board is currently: 1x Insult//Injury 1x Dispel 3x Negate 3x Reduce//Rubble 2x Nahiri's Wrath 2x Wretched Gryff 3x Abrade I should really change the Nahiri's Wrath's and Wretched Gryff's numbers but I've just been really lazy, I used to run a singleton Hazoret in the board but I moved it to Jund Gods (The deck I was going to play after rotation) but then Hour of Devastation started seeing heavy play so now that deck is dead. I should also go up to 4x Champion of Wits in the main (From 3x) because that card is just loving gas.
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Cool, didn't even get to finish one throwback league before it went to poo poo.quote:GAUNTLET SCHEDULE CHANGE
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Anil Dasharez0ne posted:Cool, didn't even get to finish one throwback league before it went to poo poo. I just wish this happened yesterday when they posted on Twitter about jokes.
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At least they put up the next one to replace it, which looks like a pretty sweet set of decks (although that was about the time I really got back into the game, so I might be biased by that). If it works right, anyway.
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Anil Dasharez0ne posted:At least they put up the next one to replace it, which looks like a pretty sweet set of decks (although that was about the time I really got back into the game, so I might be biased by that). If it works right, anyway. Nah that Standard was super sweet also, but unfortunately Faeries is going to ruin that queue.
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Why are there zero Wrath of Gods or Damnations in this 5 color Teachings deck in the Lorwyn Gauntlet? http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online/gauntlet-6-release-tribes-2017-08-15 Like what the gently caress? It's playing Archon of Justice and forgoing any sort of wrath? e: holy poo poo this teachings deck is awful Hellsau fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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Anil Dasharez0ne posted:Cool, didn't even get to finish one throwback league before it went to poo poo. How do they keep loving this up? You know what cards are going to be in the gauntlet, spend a day and run through some games before you throw it up.
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Sickening posted:He is another turd on the poo poo pile. What an awful guy to play against. He is the type that makes you want to quit this dumb game. I honestly thought he got a job with Wizards. I haven't seen him on any coverage in almost a year. Did he just poo poo the bed as a "pro" player?
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AlternateNu posted:I honestly thought he got a job with Wizards. I haven't seen him on any coverage in almost a year. Did he just poo poo the bed as a "pro" player? He was banned for a number of months, I believe
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