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Ooh hell yeah, I missed the boat entirely by a few months from not playing Magic at all yet. Card Kingdom Prof Picks ft Prof BoxHootTheOwl posted:I still haven't gotten mine! Sounds completely normal for physical rewards from a Kickstarter. Logistics is hard and exhausting.
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They're great deck boxes and definitely nailed the pure function aspect. It's the right size to not be an unwieldy full on pure storage focused box like an Arkhive or Cardslair, but big enough to jam a lot of poo poo into and more specifically make a tight "kit" of whatever you need; Any combination of a couple constructed decks and bits and pieces for limited works super well in them. It's nice to have a big, high quality feeling one stop shop so to speak.
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May 12, 2023 17:53
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Kull the Conqueror posted:OK so if I'm brave (i.e. dumb) enough to rock a Sultai pile in Standard, are there any good options against monored? Am I running Drag to the Bottom? Sheolddred and cut down lol
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May 12, 2023 18:55
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The two UBG three drops also look pretty fantastic against monored. Big bodies with either some lifegain or some protection stapled on.
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May 12, 2023 19:06
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HootTheOwl posted:I still haven't gotten mine!
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May 12, 2023 19:12
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Captain Invictus posted:me neither, but that's fine if they're a little late, it's not that big of a deal. I'm still waiting for Heart Forth, Alicia after all. I moved twice since the Kickstarter originally took my info, so I'm worried that there will be a miscommunication between Baker kit and Kickstarter and it won't get here. And also complaining about luck is the surest way to win a game anyways so it's just positive ev
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Their communication has been rear end I want mine so I can bike to my magic nights as well as not having to carry my Stanley toolbox with me But patience is a virtue, so it is what it is!
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May 12, 2023 19:52
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I deleted my kickstarter account when they went all in to crytpo for no reason, which corresponded with the prof's drive almost to the week lol.
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May 12, 2023 20:01
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uggy posted:The poofessor
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May 12, 2023 20:24
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Teferis parasocial box
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uggy posted:Teferis parasocial box 
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May 12, 2023 21:44
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uggy posted:Teferis parasocial box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvEIyjmIvEU&hd=1
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Simply Simon posted:What does "pile" mean in this context? Are you playing just good cards? Then you'll probably have Sheoldred and Cut Down already. You will sometimes get run over regardless but them's the breaks against mono-R. mcmagic posted:Sheolddred and cut down lol Tom Clancy is Dead posted:The two UBG three drops also look pretty fantastic against monored. Big bodies with either some lifegain or some protection stapled on. Ok cool that's about where I was with it anyway, thank you. Faerie Mastermind seems like such a cool card without a home and I unpacked a few Dina and Zimones; figured I could try and make something work.
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Captain Invictus posted:you asked for it you got it. a new professor video giving aftermath a failing grade Yeah, that set is an all time stinker. RIP all those that have to deal with these packs as prizes.
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Based on Bosh N Roll's video today, Faerie Mastermind seems legacy playable... I am still trying to make that Errant and Giada standard deck with it work lol
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Sickening posted:Yeah, that set is an all time stinker. RIP all those that have to deal with these packs as prizes. Gonna be a year or two of aftermath being in every convention-in-a-box bundle as they desperately try to move stock of this garbage idea
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Amazing they attempted to make an entire set of edh staples. How much will Bobby Nixon move by himself?
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I'm with the professor on this one: this set is for fake format Paper Brawl. There's a few interesting uncommons, but all the rares/mythics are Baldur's Gate level sub-standard power level. This isn't an EDH mini-set.
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May 12, 2023 23:23
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Was it here I heard it was "alchemy for paper"?
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:
I was tickled by this idea, so i've been working on my own brew on a similar line, using a control base instead of mechtitan. i dont have wildcards free for lands or a fourth seedshark yet, but here's the work in progress:  Deck 24 Island 3 Prophetic Prism 4 Negate 2 Fading Hope 4 Thirst for Discovery 2 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh 3 Reckoner Bankbuster 4 Make Disappear 3 Levitating Statue 3 Blade of Shared Souls 3 Chrome Host Seedshark 4 Omen Hawker 1 See Double Blade of Shared Souls is a fantastic payoff for the chrome host seedshark, since it creates a token and can be equipped to that token for a souped up shark and more tokens moving forward. levitating statue is also a decent backup win condition in case things drag on. as well as a strong target for tezzeret's -2. see double is in because i think it's funny to copy atraxas so far i'm having fun playing it, and my losses in testing have been to loving up my plays rather than having nothing to do, which seems promising. i'd like to find another payoff for the blade of shared souls if i can, though. at the moment it only combos with the seedshark, which seems weak even if it's really funny when it works
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Venuz Patrol posted:I was tickled by this idea, so i've been working on my own brew on a similar line, using a control base instead of mechtitan. i dont have wildcards free for lands or a fourth seedshark yet, but here's the work in progress: Re: counterspells, I'm not a tremendous fan of negate in monoblue. Normally I'd do a load out of 3 Make Disappear, 3 Essence Scatter, 2 Syncopate, but I've got a crazy idea: Omen Hawker's mana can be used for channel costs, so replace the Syncopates with Mirrorshell Crab!  Your opponent will never predict it, it can counter abilities, and you can even beat face with it. If you no want crab go snip snip and don't like Syncopate, I guess Dissipate?
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Btw, channeling the Crab to counter triggered effects is hilariously annoying to your opponent. Things like EtB and card draw effects are particularly aggravating.
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i go through a weekly cycle of using better counterspells until my combo creatures get controlled one too many times, and then losing my mind and stuffing my deck with negates until i get annoyed at them clogging up my hand all game and take them out again. i just happened to be on the worse side of the cycle when i made the post
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2 for 1 myself by countering an ETB trigger instead of the spell.
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Wooper posted:2 for 1 myself by countering an ETB trigger instead of the spell. You sound scared.
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Stifle is, as always, at its best when you can use it offensively
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Amazing they attempted to make an entire set of edh staples. I'm not sure why people keep saying stuff like this - taking a look at, say, the white cards there basically aren't any that are more than passable for EDH. You've got Tazri as a mediocre commander, Harnessed Snubhorn as a generally worse version of existing effects, Spark Rupture as a sideboard option for other formats, Deification as an interesting card that has basically no practical use case, Coppercoat Vanguard as a 120th card for human tribal, and Metropolis Reformer as a... blocker for Canadian Highlander or something? Whatever Aftermath was supposed to be, it certainly wasn't a EDH plant set. It has at least as many inclusions that make it seem like a dumping ground for weird cards for the past year that couldn't find a home in limited, plus some safety outlet cards for standard.
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orangelex44 posted:I'm not sure why people keep saying stuff like this - taking a look at, say, the white cards there basically aren't any that are more than passable for EDH. You've got Tazri as a mediocre commander, Harnessed Snubhorn as a generally worse version of existing effects, Spark Rupture as a sideboard option for other formats, Deification as an interesting card that has basically no practical use case, Coppercoat Vanguard as a 120th card for human tribal, and Metropolis Reformer as a... blocker for Canadian Highlander or something? Whatever Aftermath was supposed to be, it certainly wasn't a EDH plant set. It has at least as many inclusions that make it seem like a dumping ground for weird cards for the past year that couldn't find a home in limited, plus some safety outlet cards for standard. I think some people get in the habit of seeing cards that they personally would never play ever, and just assume that they must be EDH cards, because of all the other times they've seen a card that they would never play but it turns out to be a big thing in EDH.
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The cards in Aftermath are almost all cool or weird, it's just the presentation of the set that sucks poo poo Should've been produced like a core set, with like 240 reprints from current standard plus the new cards so that way it's draftable, especially since standard is now a 3 year format for some loving reason
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I find it weird that they've really pushed this as story heavy when its really not. Oh heres a tired dinosaur. Niv mizzit didnt die. Some places are rebuilding
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Pocky In My Pocket posted:I find it weird that they've really pushed this as story heavy when its really not. Oh heres a tired dinosaur. Niv mizzit didnt die. Some places are rebuilding How else would you tell a story using cards,?
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HootTheOwl posted:How else would you tell a story using cards,? I mean, you can include more cards that actually have room for flavor text. Or at least a write a full blog post somewhere on the new post-MoM setting assumptions instead of having it fully contained in the short stories. (Well, one that's more flavorful than the one Mark Rosewater made as a preview.)
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Lurks With Wolves posted:I mean, you can include more cards that actually have room for flavor text. quote:Or at least a write a full blog post somewhere on the new post-MoM setting assumptions instead of having it fully contained in the short stories. (Well, one that's more flavorful than the one Mark Rosewater made as a preview.)
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HootTheOwl posted:But that's not on the card tho Yeah, I did kinda swerve into just complaining about them not talking about the story of Aftermath enough. But to answer your question, I think they just devoted too many cards to showing that characters still exist. Take Tarkir. If they printed a sorcery showing what Sarkhan is doing to rebuild the plane now that he lost his spark instead of just showing us that he's still all about posing near dragons, it would feel a lot more like that plane has anything going on in Aftermath.
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Jabor posted:I think some people get in the habit of seeing cards that they personally would never play ever, and just assume that they must be EDH cards, because of all the other times they've seen a card that they would never play but it turns out to be a big thing in EDH. Well for one thing there’s a lot of legends in Aftermath. And since I think Commander is generally a more causal format, I assume there’s more space for weird, quirky or fun cards than Standard.
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Did a paper MOM draft that added a single pack of Aftermath. We did the Aftermath pack combined with the first MOM pack, and then you get two first pick cards. Unsurprisingly most of the Aftermath cards went late in the round since many of them play to such specific strategies. I put two copies of Blot Out in my deck, plus one Undercity Upheaval and an Urborg Scavengers. Ultimately I went 1-2 running most GW with a Black splash.
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HootTheOwl posted:Was it here I heard it was "alchemy for paper"? HootTheOwl posted:How else would you tell a story using cards,?
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If it weren't for the physical reality of like... designing and printing cards I think there could be kind of an interesting space for: "mini set not designed for limited where we can put powerful cards to help strategies/keep things balanced" with a new 3 year standard But considering the lead time on everything I don't think they can practically do that, so either it becomes an especially blatant cash grab or has to contain pretty safe cards that won't shake things up too much Still, I'm looking forward to trying some of the more interesting cards at least
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