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It's worth noting that in paper, the average value of the cards in a pack is more or less fixed (based on the wholesale price). Having rare lands to suck up some of that value means that the other cards in the set are less expensive. That doesn't apply in Arena of course, where the only purpose it serves is to make you spend more rare wildcards.
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magic as an lcg you cowards
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having "draft packs" vs. different kinds of packs is clearly a step in that direction don't expect them to do it unless governments start realising that yes, packs as they stand actually are gambling though.
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Jul 25, 2019 01:26
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GimmickMan posted:For years the line has been that they make duals rare because they keep packs for their sets "exciting" which has always been their codeword for "worth money". But Goat wants the explicit line that generated that often quoted pearl. Which has been around since, like, Onslaught. SalTheBard posted:How do you unlock Golgari and the other "rival color" guilds? Do you have finish the initial mastery "wheel"? I know this isn't helpful but I'm explaining why
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Jul 25, 2019 01:35
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Jabor posted:having "draft packs" vs. different kinds of packs is clearly a step in that direction Oh they realise it, they are just almost completely unaware of Magic the Gathering and, unlike with basically every other thing about our government, I don't really blame them.
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Jul 25, 2019 01:52
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I don't mind so much having to burn rare wildcards on dual lands, what I mind way more is not being able to burn rares on dumb jank to try out because then I won't have them to build real decks. There's no such thing as cheap bulk rares on Arena.
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Jul 25, 2019 04:15
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Aw, beans, did cubetutor.com finally die?
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Entropic posted:Aw, beans, did cubetutor.com finally die? I don't think so? It's still up for me, but it's no longer under active development (critical bug fixes and new sets only). The guy who runs is seems super unclear about what to do with the platform, and also unwilling to bring in the help he clearly needs to make it public or maintainable. Talking to him on Discord, he claims he has a lot of offers for help, but I suspect most of those are either not serious or wildly unqualified.
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Seems like everyone is still on Hogaak. https://twitter.com/hueyjensen/status/1154363229730160641?s=21 https://twitter.com/kaibudde/status/1154291634328231936?s=21 https://twitter.com/pvddr/status/1154341588262371335?s=21 https://twitter.com/lsv/status/1154351105427595265?s=21
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Tainen posted:Seems like everyone is still on Hogaak. https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2019MC4/mythic-championship-iv-modern-preview-2019-07-24 It’s the 5th most played deck in the field. Humans Phoenix Etron UW Hogaak Time fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Jul 25, 2019 |
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Jul 25, 2019 13:59
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Time posted:https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2019MC4/mythic-championship-iv-modern-preview-2019-07-24 That's not actually from the MC lists, it's from a bunch of SCG tournaments (including qualifiers) and MTGO 5-0 lists, which are heavily curated to avoid showing duplicates. Basically it's a rough overview of the meta but without even showing useful distribution. It's a worthless graphic beyond "here's some decks people have played, but the players aren't necessarily even any good."
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Jul 25, 2019 14:04
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Lone Goat posted:That's not actually from the MC lists, it's from a bunch of SCG tournaments (including qualifiers) and MTGO 5-0 lists, which are heavily curated to avoid showing duplicates. Basically it's a rough overview of the meta but without even showing useful distribution. It's a worthless graphic beyond "here's some decks people have played, but the players aren't necessarily even any good." Oh my bad. I can’t actually read which is going to make playing magic this weekend hard
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Time posted:Oh my bad Nah you're cool, it's incredibly misleading, especially when you see it out of context. I first saw it on Twitter and 'believed' it, until I saw replies criticising its validity.
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Lone Goat posted:Nah you're cool, it's incredibly misleading, especially when you see it out of context. I first saw it on Twitter and 'believed' it, until I saw replies criticising its validity. You can call bullshit when it says 3% of Modern is Goblins. Who will be the brave souls to try that this week? I really wish I had Vials to try the list Jim Davis was playing though. GoutPatrol fucked around with this message at 14:49 on Jul 25, 2019 |
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Jul 25, 2019 14:45
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Lone Goat posted:Nah you're cool, it's incredibly misleading, especially when you see it out of context. I first saw it on Twitter and 'believed' it, until I saw replies criticising its validity. Wotc loves to assemble these graphics with data that they’ve handpicked to confirm that the format is in a great spot and balanced. Reminds of that PT graphic where they had multiple versions of the RB deck separated out so that RB didn’t take up 35% of the metagame.
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Dehtraen posted:Wotc loves to assemble these graphics with data that they’ve handpicked to confirm that the format is in a great spot and balanced. Reminds of that PT graphic where they had multiple versions of the RB deck separated out so that RB didn’t take up 35% of the metagame. it's also a "weighted average" aka the numbers are completely made up
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Jul 25, 2019 15:38
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Sounds like the Mythic Championship isnt even worth tuning into. Easy peezy
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80s James Hetfield posted:Sounds like the Mythic Championship isnt even worth tuning into. Easy peezy oh, you can actually tune into this one?
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Entropic posted:Aw, beans, did cubetutor.com finally die? It's up but it's really loving slow today. In other news, I'm wrapping up the project my friend contracted me for, after which I'm getting back to writing my replacement for cubetutor (that will have a day 1 feature to import a cube exported from that site to help transition). I'm in the middle of hopefully changing jobs, but I'm trying to plan in a little gap in between to have my first vacation in ages, which would give me a lot of time to work on these things.
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Hauki posted:oh, you can actually tune into this one? Unless you're talking about literal TV antennas I guess.
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When I was teaching myself React (a Javascript library) I wrote a thing that pulled data from Scryfall for all cards from my cube, and also a way to do a Winchester Draft online and spit out the list into something you could paste into a deck builder. I don't know anything about databases or handling hundreds or thousands of people submitting their cubes all at the same time, but it was a fun project. I'm sure the filtering data and display portion (with some minor Firebase database handling which is probably not the preferred way to handle a very large project like CubeTutor) is just scratching the surface of what needs to be done though.
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odiv posted:Have they had a Mythic Championship that you couldn't? Maybe they're that doofus on twitter that doesn't know the difference between a GP or MC? https://twitter.com/therealtedster/status/1153117519152128000 Responses were real good too https://twitter.com/lsv/status/1153137481354584064
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Lone Goat posted:also fake Okay "every set has a rare land cycle but it's for a reason that isn't a corporate edict which is functionally different because  "Pretend I put all caps and misspellings in there too
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odiv posted:Have they had a Mythic Championship that you couldn't? no, it’s just a jab at wotc willfully making GBS threads all over any semblance of coverage for the rest of their competitive scene
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Ate My Balls Redux posted:Okay "every set has a rare land cycle but it's for a reason that isn't a corporate edict which is functionally different because Rare lands make it so that other rares are guaranteed to be less expensive which is more beneficial for casual players, which is the actual target audience for WotC
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I’m going to be sleeving up Etron for GP Minneapolis, and I am still very much learning the deck though. I’m thinking of running this list, and would appreciate feedback. https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=22514&f=MO
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Valicious posted:I’m going to be sleeving up Etron for GP Minneapolis, and I am still very much learning the deck though. I’m thinking of running this list, and would appreciate feedback. Looks fine.
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The BfZ full-art basics are now on sale in Arena. They also added the Unhinged full-arts but I think you need to win those from the upcoming weekly Events one at a time. They also added sweet old arts like the Mirage basics, but I'm not sure how you acquire those.
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Valicious posted:I’m going to be sleeving up Etron for GP Minneapolis, and I am still very much learning the deck though. I’m thinking of running this list, and would appreciate feedback. Looks good. I like Trap instead of leyline for GY hate, but not sure if it is better or worse. Better against natures claim, but not as hardcore.
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qbert posted:The BfZ full-art basics are now on sale in Arena. Probably through the new "Chronicles" style events that are coming up.
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https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-izzet-phoenix-63536#paper I don’t own the Tarns. What are the next best couple lands to replace those with?
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Kjermzs posted:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-izzet-phoenix-63536#paper Fetch lands that get either blue or red but not both. Deck runs 2 already, just add more
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Kjermzs posted:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-izzet-phoenix-63536#paper What uggy said, or prismatic vistas, or another islet. Could also just bump up your steam vent numbers, and if you're on a serious budget you could find shivan reefs. They're all going to be markedly worse than a scalding tarn but you'll be close enough if you're just playing locals.
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Thanks! I’ll strive towards the other feteches. I own a second Islet, 2 more Shocks and the Shiven Reefs. Do the Vistas work well enough?
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Jul 25, 2019 19:09
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I think you’d definitely wanna play more shocks if you use off color fetches too
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So I will +2 Vista, +2 Shock to replace the Tarns for now.
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It definitely still needs iteration but I'm going to go ahead and say Jund Skelemental is both real and brutal. Really question with the deck is which name to go with; Jund, Alive! or JUNeartheD
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qbert posted:The BfZ full-art basics are now on sale in Arena. I still don't know how to change land art in Arena. 
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AlternateNu posted:I still don't know how to change land art in Arena. filter by basic land
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Typhus733 posted:It definitely still needs iteration but I'm going to go ahead and say Jund Skelemental is both real and brutal. Really question with the deck is which name to go with; Jund, Alive! or JUNeartheD Any name for the deck that doesn't include the word skelemental is doing a disservice to both the deck and the word skelemental, which is a very good word.
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