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Angry Grimace posted:Harold McNeill showed up to GP Seattle to sign copies of Invoke Prejudice and got kicked out. Please tell me this is not a joke.
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Elyv posted:Early templating was so sloppy. Compare these two cards from Alpha lol
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TheKingofSprings posted:Nantuko Shade must’ve been a mindblowing card back in the day It was, I remember a guy I played with in high school somehow getting hold of a signed copy of it and it was the dopest poo poo ever. Simpler times! E: PYF prized Magic card(s) from back in the day that aren't worth poo poo now. Mine was the playset of Goblin Piledriver that I picked up during ONS block, including one in Japanese (which I still have!). C-Euro fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Apr 8, 2018 |
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C-Euro posted:E: PYF prized Magic card(s) from back in the day that aren't worth poo poo now. Shivan Dragon.
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fadam posted:What did you guys add to the Vampire deck in MTGA to make it better? The 2BB guy who drains for 1 when a vampire attacks, adanto vanguard, Bishop of binding, the 1W 3/3 who only untaps when you gain life all did me pretty solid after making the BW anthem vamp a four of. The last one was the only card that didn't wow me
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C-Euro posted:
My revised edition Fork was my prized possession back in 6th grade.
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Vampire Bats was the card that I beat my dad with for the first time.
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C-Euro posted:E: PYF prized Magic card(s) from back in the day that aren't worth poo poo now.  
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Toshimo posted:P O S T D E C K L I S T Deck: Jace, The Austerity Mind Mage   //Lands 8 Forest 8 Island 2 Unclaimed Territory 4 Woodland Stream //Spells 4 Castaway's Despair 3 Deeproot Waters 2 Grasping Current 1 Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage 4 River Heralds' Boon //Creatures 4 Deeproot Elite 2 Herald of Secret Streams 4 Jade Bearer 3 Jade Guardian 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves 4 Merfolk Mistbinder 2 Tempest Caller 4 Vineshaper Mystic //Sideboard 4 Appetite for the Unnatural 4 Plummet  Display deck statisticsOddly, it gets a fair share of people conceding against it before Turn 5, but other than that it's just a matter of how long it takes to lose. I've also been experimenting with this:\ http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=14396&writer=Corbin+Hosler&articledate=1-16-2018
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Castaway's Despair has got to be worse than Waterknot even in a two-color deck, right?
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TheKingofSprings posted:Why aren’t you running the 1 mana 2/2 merfolk? I lust for +1/+1 tokens.
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Entropic posted:Castaway's Despair has got to be worse than Waterknot even in a two-color deck, right? That explains the puzzled looks I got when I cast it at the store championship on Saturday. This started as a PW deck I bought on a whim two weeks ago. It came with 4 of them.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:That explains the puzzled looks I got when I cast it at the store championship on Saturday. This started as a PW deck I bought on a whim two weeks ago. It came with 4 of them. The puzzled looks are because that card is only in the pre-con decks, not in packs, but still technically standard legal, so a lot of people will have never seen the card before.
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MTGO is a quality program https://twitter.com/saffronolive/status/983077298181165056
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:That explains the puzzled looks I got when I cast it at the store championship on Saturday. This started as a PW deck I bought on a whim two weeks ago. It came with 4 of them. Planeswalker decks are designed to be completely unplayable at a competitive level. That may explain why you are having trouble.
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Tainen posted:MTGO is a quality program this rules
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:I lust for +1/+1 tokens. Play bad cards, win bad prizes then, I guess 
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Tonetta posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvzhSvEsmZA An interesting point was brought up at the beginning of this video. It's against the rules to receive outside assistance under any REL, yet popular streamers receive comments from hundreds of viewers throughout their matches. From a practical perspective, obviously most of the comments are poo poo or unrelated - however it isn't unreasonable to imagine a player could receive valuable insights from a few comments. Who cares if it's a league, but it's kind of bullshit in a PTQ etc. As far as ghosting, I probably wouldn't do it unless I really hated the streamer or a butt load of money was on the line.
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fadam posted:What did you guys add to the Vampire deck in MTGA to make it better? Can't remember what the default precon is, but I would aim at a low-rare, token focused core of something like this, culling out the worse cards of similar cc or role: 4 Martyr of Dusk (C) 4 Dusk Legion Zealot (C) 4 Legion Lieutenant (U) 4 Queen's Commission (C) 4 Radian Destiny (R) 3-4 Cast Out (U) Cast Outs honestly can be Ixalan's Bindings or like if you have more important uncommons to craft. Instant speed, exiling, W cost compared to something like Vraska's Contempt's BB, being able to cycle just makes it the best big target removal option. The remaining ~13 slots really depend on how you want the deck to lean. If you want to go aggressive you fill 1cc slot with things like Skymarcher Aspirant, maybe Duskborne Skymarchers, have Adanto Vanguards at 2cc, top of at 4cc with Sanctum Seekers, and the +1/+1 deserts. If you want a bit more midrange build you are more likely to want Legion's Landings to start with (I'd honestly play some in even more aggressive deck I guess), more token generation from Call to the Feasts, Champions of Dusk at the top to refill, play a more even split of -1/-1 counter and +1/+1 pump deserts. I feel a problem in the deck honestly is (until Dominaria) in the mana - compared to Standard BW builds you are lacking the set of best duals for the deck in Arena, while leaning on white cards early but really wanting double black for your impact rares. It's an issue for any enemy colour deck honestly in Arena without Kaladesh, and unlike the UG Merfolk decks which play few if any non-creature spells, the "tribal dual" of Unclaimed Territory is not necessarily a 4-of solution and for an aggro 4-of tap dual will bite your curve at times.
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C-Euro posted:E: PYF prized Magic card(s) from back in the day that aren't worth poo poo now. Mine was the playset of Goblin Piledriver that I picked up during ONS block, including one in Japanese (which I still have!). A set of Japanese foil Orim's Chants. e: or maybe the Japanese misprint Cursed Scroll or set of matching miscut AKs KenBearlLOLOL fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Apr 8, 2018 |
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TheKingofSprings posted:Play bad cards, win bad prizes then, I guess What should I take out to add them? E: I'm swapping the 2 Herald of Secret Streams for 2 more Tempest Callers, would have won my last game with that change.
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poo poo is weak posted:An interesting point was brought up at the beginning of this video. It's against the rules to receive outside assistance under any REL, yet popular streamers receive comments from hundreds of viewers throughout their matches. From a practical perspective, obviously most of the comments are poo poo or unrelated - however it isn't unreasonable to imagine a player could receive valuable insights from a few comments. Who cares if it's a league, but it's kind of bullshit in a PTQ etc. Please read Twitch chat again and tell me how much outside assistance it really is. Especially with the 20ish second delay Twitch has built in for some reason.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:What should I take out to add them? Couple of Jade Bearers, probably, are there no other good turn 1 drops for your aggressive deck? E: you should put multiple of that explore Merfolk in your deck as well, the 2/1 for 2 one
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:What should I take out to add them? The 'default' Merfolk package is something like 4 Kumena's Speaker 4 Mist-Cloaked Herald or Jade Bearer 4 Deeproot Elite 4 Merfolk Branchwalker 4 Merfolk Mistbinder 4 Silvergill Adept 4 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca With 4 Deeproot Waters and a few flex slots. You don't actually need any removal beyond some Unsummons since the game plan is to just overwhelm your opponent with value.
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Toshimo posted:Planeswalker decks are designed to be completely unplayable at a competitive level. That may explain why you are having trouble. Serious question, why do they exist?
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Serious question, why do they exist? They're the "learn to play Magic" product, primarily. You and a friend get the pair, then play against each other while reading the rules insert. It lets you learn the basics as well as the current mechanics for if you go along to FNM for draft or w/e.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Serious question, why do they exist? Easy access to shiny Planeswalkers for new players
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Easy way to just buy a ready-made deck for a kid or whatever Lots of people are just kitchen table players and never set foot in a game store
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Serious question, why do they exist? For new players. They're designed to be mostly noncompetitive so competitive players don't buy them and new players can get their hands on them.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Serious question, why do they exist? Good question
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Serious question, why do they exist? They serve as learning aids for new players. If I remember correctly part of the reason the Intro decks were replaced with the Planeswalker decks was because newer players had trouble understanding Planeswalker cards due to their rarity and cost preventing them from playing with them. The decks create a supply of cheap low power Planeswalker cards for those players to play with and familiarize themselves with the mechanics of the card type.
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Which are more cringeworthy: Jeopardy contestant interviews or SCG Open player profile facts?
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TheKingofSprings posted:Couple of Jade Bearers, probably, are there no other good turn 1 drops for your aggressive deck? Is it fair to say I've built a deck that isn't aggressive enough to aggro, and not midrange enough to survive?
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Serious question, why do they exist? An intro to building decks around a theme. Or just something for first timers to get a grip on the game, and play with their MTG playing friends. They switched the model recently to make Planeswalkers the central focus, both because they're flashy rare cards, and to promote their brand characters.
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suicidesteve posted:Please read Twitch chat again and tell me how much outside assistance it really is. Especially with the 20ish second delay Twitch has built in for some reason. I wasn't referring to that specific brief clip, but just in general.
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Star Man posted:Which are more cringeworthy: Jeopardy contestant interviews or SCG Open player profile facts? Star Man comedy internet forum posts.
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Toshimo posted:Star Man comedy internet forum posts. Besides that.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Is it fair to say I've built a deck that isn't aggressive enough to aggro, and not midrange enough to survive? This is exactly it, and Merfolk doesn’t really want to go in the midrange direction because it doesn’t really have the cards to play that game. E: Luckily Merfolk looks to be getting some very strong support in the next set TheKingofSprings fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Apr 8, 2018 |
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