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odiv posted:It was probably sealed when you would open the pool and then exchange it with another player. They changed it so you open your own pool sometime after that first Vegas Masters GP for exactly this reason, I think. It was exactly this. Also big GPs like this are firing events practically 24 hours. You can comfortably play 5-10 events over 3 days depending on how you do.
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Big Leg posted:it sucks that your friend was abducted by jigsaw and forced to play 3 rounds of a masters set draft in vegas Pyrolocutus posted:"The rules are simple-oh god no not the layers NOT THE LAYERS" The stranger you are handcuff to you is your opponent for the round, and he owns 30 commander decks. When the drug I slipped you both wears off, he will awake and begin to describe each one to you. Pretend to listen for the whole round, or the bomb in your body will explode. You have 50 minutes. Live or die, the choice is yours...
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little munchkin posted:The stranger you are handcuff to you is your opponent for the round, and he owns 30 commander decks. When the drug I slipped you both wears off, he will awake and begin to describe each one to you. Pretend to listen for the whole round, or the bomb in your body will explode. You have 50 minutes. Live or die, the choice is yours... (protagonist snaps while opponent is describing how he couldn't decide between two generals for a Planeswalker Superfriends deck so he made both) Jigsaw: You think you're the victim here, Guy Who Spends 15 Hours a Day Trading at GPs But Only Values Cards at 50% of Their TCG Low Price?
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Rankle seems like he'd be a fun Commander with the right combination of bastard and politics. Anyone got any insight on that before I go searching for ideas?
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Rankle seems like he'd be a fun Commander with the right combination of bastard and politics. Anyone got any insight on that before I go searching for ideas? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3636688 Come join us in the Commander thread, brewing is 99% of what we talk about
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Bust Rodd posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3636688 Oh cool, I thought it was gone.
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Nov 10, 2020 18:33
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Big Leg posted:(protagonist snaps while opponent is describing how he couldn't decide between two generals for a Planeswalker Superfriends deck so he made both) That reminds me, I don't know what to use for prices now that TCGPlayer got redesigned. There's no more low/med/high, just normal market price and normal listed median. Probably for the best actually.
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Nov 10, 2020 18:52
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LifeLynx posted:That reminds me, I don't know what to use for prices now that TCGPlayer got redesigned. There's no more low/med/high, just normal market price and normal listed median. Probably for the best actually. I think you can probably use the cheapest listing in place of low?
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Nov 10, 2020 20:17
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Can anyone explain the logic to me behind throwing Yorion in Dimir Rogues? It seems like a hilariously terrible idea to add 20 cards to one of the biggest synergy based decks in standard just to play a card that really does gently caress all for the deck, but I've seen it multiple times now in Arena ranked and I really am curious.
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Nov 10, 2020 20:56
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I'm going to guess something to do with the thieve's guild enforcers and getting a bunch of rogues out at once, flickering them all, and having the enforcers mill a shitload? maybe?
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Nov 10, 2020 21:01
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PlasticAutomaton posted:Can anyone explain the logic to me behind throwing Yorion in Dimir Rogues? It seems like a hilariously terrible idea to add 20 cards to one of the biggest synergy based decks in standard just to play a card that really does gently caress all for the deck, but I've seen it multiple times now in Arena ranked and I really am curious. I mean, the first question is "where in arena ranked" because large chunks of the ladder are just people loving around with weird ideas once you get in the middle of the season the second answer is 'people really don't like mill decks'
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Nov 10, 2020 21:18
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Huxley posted:Yeah, that's why most stores run high-value pack drafts like, "If you open a pack you absolutely do not want to pass, please don't drop and leave. Let us know, we'll sell you another pack to keep drafting. Don't gently caress up a draft pod over value." The one mystery booster draft I did before everything shut down had like half the people there buying new packs because they had an $8 card in their pack. It was really annoying.
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The American Dream posted:The one mystery booster draft I did before everything shut down had like half the people there buying new packs because they had an $8 card in their pack. It was really annoying. lol I think my local store put this in specifically in response to some person opening a double Goyf. I can't imagine it being a standard feature people take advantage of.
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Nov 10, 2020 21:32
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This is random but does it drive anyone else crazy that TCG Player lists showcase and extended art cards completely separate from their normal version?? It annoys the hell out of me and I don't understand why they do it.
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Big Leg posted:it sucks that your friend was abducted by jigsaw and forced to play 3 rounds of a masters set draft in vegas Lol
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Huxley posted:lol I think my local store put this in specifically in response to some person opening a double Goyf. I can't imagine it being a standard feature people take advantage of. hitting the "rebuy" option until I crack a pack with a bomb rare,
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LeafHouse posted:This is random but does it drive anyone else crazy that TCG Player lists showcase and extended art cards completely separate from their normal version?? It annoys the hell out of me and I don't understand why they do it. If they have a different collector number on the bottom I think it's correct to do so. There should be a very obvious way to jump between all the variants of a card though imo, which there probably isn't.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:If they have a different collector number on the bottom I think it's correct to do so. There should be a very obvious way to jump between all the variants of a card though imo, which there probably isn't.
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Nov 10, 2020 21:55
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Huxley posted:lol I think my local store put this in specifically in response to some person opening a double Goyf. I can't imagine it being a standard feature people take advantage of. Whats the store care, they sold half a dozen more packs for $5 each. Held the draft up by a few minutes. I’m not innocent, I did it a couple years ago for a foil breeding pool and blood crypt.
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Nov 10, 2020 21:58
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Infinite Karma posted:They let you jump between different printings of the card (as in different sets and promotional versions), it's preposterous that they have different top-level entries for the alt-arts. They aren't even consistent in how they categorize the alternate and showcase cards between sets. Pro tip: instead of selecting the auto-fill dropdown option, just fully type the name of the card yourself and hit enter, and it'll pull every version
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sit on my Facebook posted:Pro tip: instead of selecting the auto-fill dropdown option, just fully type the name of the card yourself and hit enter, and it'll pull every version Yeah but if I’m going off EDREC or something like that and click the link to the card I have to specially search out the extended version since it’s not listed under “All Versions.” It’s just stupid and annoying. Box topper extended art Karn from UMA shows up under all versions but the 2XM topper doesn’t?? Grinds my gears
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PlasticAutomaton posted:Can anyone explain the logic to me behind throwing Yorion in Dimir Rogues? It seems like a hilariously terrible idea to add 20 cards to one of the biggest synergy based decks in standard just to play a card that really does gently caress all for the deck, but I've seen it multiple times now in Arena ranked and I really am curious. To flaunt the fact Force of Despair isn't Standard legal.
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LeafHouse posted:Yeah but if I’m going off EDREC or something like that and click the link to the card I have to specially search out the extended version since it’s not listed under “All Versions.” It’s just stupid and annoying. Ah okay yeah that is super lame lol You should see it from the seller-side, it's even clunkier
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HootTheOwl posted:To flaunt the fact Force of Despair isn't Standard legal. Containment Priest is though? And costs less?
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Shrecknet posted:Containment Priest is though? And costs less? Outside of Yorion's ETB it doesn't do anything to anything, and as a 2 toughness 2 drop it's actually the overlap between every piece of removal in use.
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Shrecknet posted:Containment Priest is though? And costs less? Less than zero?
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I don't remember who mentioned doing quests in Forge but the description and allure of building a collection with boosters of random cards from Magics history got me interested so I downloaded it. The Quests aspect has been a little hit-or-miss for me. Most starting card pools you get aren't impressive and even the Easy AI decks have synergies that blow me out more often than not, even post board. What I've really enjoyed though are the Puzzles. I love being able to interact with a board state, with rules enforcement, a clear goal and the knowledge I have all the tools I need to achieve it. It's also been fun being able to import and goldfish legacy decks against AI so I can get used to basic play patters/clicking/decision before going to MTGO. Pros: Magic rules seem well implemented; Very few cards missing/unimplemented/bugged; Multiplayer Cons: Requires Java to run; Looks like a Java app Anyways, that's my book report on why Forge is a very good fan made project. Thank you to those who brought it up in the past. If you download it and wonder "Where are the ZNR cards?" they're only in the latest snapshot build which I could only find a valid link to through the discord which I had to dig through a VERY 90's looking forum to get a link to.
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Forge is pretty fun on mobile, good for absent-mindedly playing a few drafts when I was road-tripping with my in-laws
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This probably doesn't matter one way or the other but please vote correctly in this poll. https://twitter.com/MTGSecretLair/status/1326595085023129600?s=19 (The correct answer is Hydras).
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odiv posted:Hydrae hydroid kraseses: draw x cards, gain x life
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 The art is a Dream Halls reference!
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That's adorable, but why isn't the christmas card R/G?
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Silhouette posted:That's adorable, but why isn't the christmas card R/G? there's been over a dozen of the holidays cards, one was already RG https://scryfall.com/sets/hho?order=set
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I know it's the position of this thread that combo decks are actually Good, but historic Neoform combo decks have got to be some of the least fun to play against. At least you can beat Goblin decks a few different ways; Neoform decks just drop lands in T1-2, get to T3, and win.
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Are you not playing any instant-speed creature removal?
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Jabor posted:Are you not playing any instant-speed creature removal? Isn't Sea Gate Stormcaller's ability an ETB trigger? If so, removal doesn't help. The only practical way to beat it I can think of is just countering the Stormcaller or the first Neoform, but if you're not playing a control deck you're out of luck. MeinPanzer fucked around with this message at 12:26 on Nov 12, 2020 |
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MeinPanzer posted:Isn't Sea Gate Stormcaller's ability an ETB trigger? If so, removal doesn't help. You kill it in response to the trigger. Then they don't get to copy their neoform unless you've let them have a second creature to sacrifice.
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Jabor posted:You kill it in response to the trigger. Then they don't get to copy their neoform unless you've let them have a second creature to sacrifice. Oh right, I realize I was thinking Neoform was an instant. Still, if you don't have that instant speed removal in hand, you're done. At least with Muxus you get a couple of more turns to prepare and throw a spanner in the works before your opponent drops him. Also, the problem I have is that it's often hard to identify it as a Neoform combo deck until it's too late. You just see them drop a Breeding Pool and mountain or whatever, and then bam.
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They can't even do the combo unless they have a specific card (that they only have four copies of) in hand, so if you run more than 4 removal spells the odds are in your favour. The "needs one very specific card" thing also makes them super soft to hand disruption. Slap 'em with Thoughtsieze the turn before they hit 4 mana and unless they're sitting on a god hand you're gonna buy yourself a ton of time.
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