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HootTheOwl posted:In modern? There’s a lot of ways it’s worse than luminarch aspirant even then, when it can’t give counters or be a fully standalone threat. But yeah being 1 mana might make it better than a fringe playable creature in modern specifically.
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Thom Yorke raps posted:Depends on boars state and life totals, if you could counter two hawks then I'd be more likely to go for it. Do they play spell pierce? Do they have four mana? Cause if they can go hawk / spell pierce I would dispel the brainstorm and not try to get cute with countering the hawks They do have 4 lands on board but they haven't played a land yet. Mr. Locke posted:In a vacuum, I would say that I would counter the Brainstorm with the Dispel if the opponent has not yet found a Basilisk Gate, and think long and hard what your options are against a stream of resolved Hawks versus leaving yourself open to them sneaking in a Guardian in if your shields are down if they have. 4 Hawks is a lot of threats but depending on your hand and board you can beat 4 Hawks, even with Basilisk's Gate, but you're not beating a Guardian unless you can win the race. If you can avoid folding immediately to the known Hawks, I'd still hit the Brainstorm, otherwise I'd go for the Counterspell on the Hawk if the have your number just with Birds + Gate and you just gotta hope they didn't find something better to do off the Brainstorm. Oh wow this is a good point about the Gate. I have found that a bounce package against the current meta is pretty bad since a ton of creatures have ETBs that most people are probably willing to let get bounced. the only exception being large creatures with high casting cost. i can see why people are switching more towards dimir faeries/terror. if they have no answers to faeries the mono blue deck plays well but once flyers land because you run out of counter magic it gets harder to win. MasterBuilder posted:Went to a release sealed event (6player) at an LGS that is pretty laid back, friendly and on the non competitive side of things. Got pairings and one guy had his name as first name CRUSHER OF WILLS last name in the companion app. Played against him in the first round and he played quick and silent but from what I could tell clean. Where the other pairing had a bit of banter he was all business. Ended up losing against him but whatever. Played the next 2 rounds had a good time and ended up winning going 2-1-0 overall. i think if the James guy did win he probably deserves to get it unless their policy is to only award people who are still in attendance. i don't think what you did was bad but it seemed like you did it for the wrong reasons. maybe he's just reserved and thought the name was funny?
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I'm working on a standard brew that uses this guy, cenote scout, deathbonnet sprout, the mycotyrant, old rutstein and some other bits of self mill, it's still in the early stages but things are promising
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Strong Sauce posted:i think if the James guy did win he probably deserves to get it unless their policy is to only award people who are still in attendance. i don't think what you did was bad but it seemed like you did it for the wrong reasons. maybe he's just reserved and thought the name was funny? I don't think you're 100% wrong in your assessment of my motivations. But if he was being cheeky with his name it didn't come across in his demeanor. He seemed reasonable enough but he did mentioned playing paper events 2-3 times a week which would make more sense if he was a regular at one or both of the two other larger LGS in town which are much more competitive.
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It might end up a big ol nothing, but right now in goblin decks its about the best 1 cmc beater the decks have and I feel like it needed a good one. The evasion has played around really well and the added utility of the activated ability has been more useful than usual. It also helps the land math in situations where you might want to factor in thoughtsieze or something on turn one just from being black. Its also been kind of interesting even in non-goblin decks. ;;
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Qwertycoatl posted:This is why kitchen table is the best format Speaking of, my "having children" investment is finally paying off now that I have an 8 and 10 year old who just got introduced to MTG by one of their friends. Specifically the Lord of the Rings starter set, which is a great match for them because they're reading the books now and love it. They played two games today with the starter set. I just spent an hour tonight ordering 500 cards from tcgplayer for ~$80 and their minds will be blown with all the deckbuilding possibilities. My 8 year old remarked "the back of the cards doesn't look very cool". It's what we're stuck with now, kid, that's why everyone uses opaque sleeves
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canyoneer posted:Speaking of, my "having children" investment is finally paying off now that I have an 8 and 10 year old who just got introduced to MTG by one of their friends. My "having children" investment is paying off because now because I can never go out to play paper magic in person anymore I'm going to try and sell off parts of my collection and try to furnish a playroom, and a new fridge, and maybe a washer/dryer if I get lucky
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GoutPatrol posted:My "having children" investment is paying off because now because I can never go out to play paper magic in person anymore I'm going to try and sell off parts of my collection and try to furnish a playroom, and a new fridge, and maybe a washer/dryer if I get lucky I'm finding this post more accurate than the other one
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GoutPatrol posted:My "having children" investment is paying off because now because I can never go out to play paper magic in person anymore I'm going to try and sell off parts of my collection and try to furnish a playroom, and a new fridge, and maybe a washer/dryer if I get lucky I started buying into and playing Legacy like a month after my son was born like an idiot lol. He's almost two now and I have a playset of Volcs I get to play maybe six times a year. v  v
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Katana Gomai posted:I started buying into and playing Legacy like a month after my son was born like an idiot lol. He's almost two now and I have a playset of Volcs I get to play maybe six times a year. v When I die my kid is going to sell my collection and they're going to learn the hard way that only the modern cards were legal, and no I didn't actually own all those duals
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HootTheOwl posted:https://www.mtgo.com/en/mtgo/decklist/modern-league-2023-11-17 My point was that it’s worse than luminarch aspirant in the formats that luminarch aspirant saw real play in, which makes it a pretty useless comparison. But mostly I just wanted to coin hoot take.
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Nov 19, 2023 15:41
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canyoneer posted:Speaking of, my "having children" investment is finally paying off now that I have an 8 and 10 year old who just got introduced to MTG by one of their friends. Specifically the Lord of the Rings starter set, which is a great match for them because they're reading the books now and love it. I'm sorry your 8 year old doesn't have any taste.
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Magic: the Gathering:rickiep00h posted:I'm sorry your 8 year old doesn't have any taste.
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The MTG Teddy Fresh collab has been revealed and they used Necroimpotence
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The gob costs 1 which is ten times better than luminarch ASSpirant (heh gottem) costing 2. That's an important consideration.
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HootTheOwl posted:The MTG Teddy Fresh collab has been revealed and they used Necroimpotence They probably didn't want to spend the money to re-license Necropotence, it's fine.
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HootTheOwl posted:The MTG Teddy Fresh collab has been revealed and they used Necroimpotence Got a gallery? I own a TF hoodie and beanie and they are both high quality, but idk if I want to wear mtg art. Maybe as a t-shirt. A really good sweater or hoodie design might be able to get me to buy something.
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big cummers ONLY posted:Got a gallery? I own a TF hoodie and beanie and they are both high quality, but idk if I want to wear mtg art. Maybe as a t-shirt. A really good sweater or hoodie design might be able to get me to buy something. https://www.instagram.com/p/Czwc1qxvyHk/?hl=en They go on sale tomorrow
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I am not a customer of this kind of clothing but it’s def not fine.
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Lol at all the people having kids. Lesbians stay winning
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I found my old Standard decklist for I think City Champs 2007 (woo Bellingham!). I was watching BSG via Netflix mailed discs at the time, so it was called Battlewand Gaddak-Teega. I think I got 3rd or 4th overall. 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Treefolk Harbinger 4 Battlewand Oak 4 Gaddak Teeg 4 Doran the Siege Tower 3 Garruk Wildspeaker 3 Timber Protector 4 Nameless Inversion 4 Crib Swap 3 Saffi Eriksdotter 3 city of brass 3 Llanowar wastes 3 gemstone mine 4 brushland 8 forest 2 plains
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Pantsless Hero posted:I found my old Standard decklist for I think City Champs 2007 (woo Bellingham!). I was watching BSG via Netflix mailed discs at the time, so it was called Battlewand Gaddak-Teega. I think I got 3rd or 4th overall. I know questioning 16 year old deck building choices won't go far, but why no Murmuring Bosks? over a third of your deck is treefolk, so it's pretty easy to hit the condition.
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mandatory lesbian posted:Lol at all the people having kids. Lesbians stay winning 
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Pantsless Hero posted:I found my old Standard decklist for I think City Champs 2007 (woo Bellingham!). I was watching BSG via Netflix mailed discs at the time, so it was called Battlewand Gaddak-Teega. I think I got 3rd or 4th overall. my word, how did all you boomer players get by without every card replacing itself
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Easy, just slam Stasis and win with a Serra Angel or two.
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Lmao that lesbians think they can't be breeders. You don't even need extra donors anymore
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this is a great draft format because not only is aggro good but its specifically the type of aggro where you play a bunch of stupid rear end one drops
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Dinosaurs is a trap, mono white tokens and UG explore is the truth
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Pantsless Hero posted:I found my old Standard decklist for I think City Champs 2007 (woo Bellingham!). I was watching BSG via Netflix mailed discs at the time, so it was called Battlewand Gaddak-Teega. I think I got 3rd or 4th overall. This looks like a beautiful deck and I hope it went well 15 years ago.
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Not 100% sure about the Murmuring Bosks. This was on an old HD and might not have been a final list. It was fun to play when it went off though.
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Pantsless Hero posted:Not 100% sure about the Murmuring Bosks. This was on an old HD and might not have been a final list. It was fun to play when it went off though. If that was a Champs list, then it would have been right after Lorwyn's release, not Morningtide, where Murmuring Bosk was printed.
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kalel posted:my word, how did all you boomer players get by without every card replacing itself You played an effective 5/5 for 3 and turned it sideways, which was the style at the time.
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For anyone who plays paper drafts, how much does your FLGS charge for it? The store I've been going to charges 20$ a person for 3 rounds of Swiss, with a pack or 4$ sc per win. I'd like to support them but man, it feels like I should just be buying a draft box myself at that rate.
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if you still want the princess bride, evil dead, and creepshow secret lairs you've got under 2 hours left
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Kids and Guns posted:For anyone who plays paper drafts, how much does your FLGS charge for it? The store I've been going to charges 20$ a person for 3 rounds of Swiss, with a pack or 4$ sc per win. I'd like to support them but man, it feels like I should just be buying a draft box myself at that rate. i assume they're supplying you the packs in which case that's on the low end of costs. i'm in california though. but prices now can be as high as $35 after taxes. you're paying them also to host the game and to provide space to play.
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Hot drat, that was close, thanks for the heads up. Almost procrastinated myself out of the Princess Bride SL!Kids and Guns posted:For anyone who plays paper drafts, how much does your FLGS charge for it? The store I've been going to charges 20$ a person for 3 rounds of Swiss, with a pack or 4$ sc per win. I'd like to support them but man, it feels like I should just be buying a draft box myself at that rate. I mean part of the appeal is you play Magic with other people. If you have a playgroup to draft with on your own that can change things but otherwise 20 bucks doesnt seem like a terrible rate given packs can be 5 a pop nowadays.
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Hey thread! I’m trying to break into Modern after a long hiatus from competitive play. I am starting with a modest pile of cards, mostly non-Modern format. For learning the format and tech, am I right in thinking renting decks on Mtgo is the way to go? I have the resources to buy in and eventually support 2-3 decks but I’m not trying to be a dumbass with my money. Right now I just watch Andrea Mengucci and Aspiring Spike videos and look at meta analysis of tournament lists.
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Kids and Guns posted:For anyone who plays paper drafts, how much does your FLGS charge for it? The store I've been going to charges 20$ a person for 3 rounds of Swiss, with a pack or 4$ sc per win. I'd like to support them but man, it feels like I should just be buying a draft box myself at that rate. $22AUD(33AUD for LotR), 3 rounds of swiss, 1 pack per player added to the prize pool, distribution fluctuates based on turn out
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