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Nehru the Damaja posted:I didn't realize Amy Weber had done a single card that wasn't total poo poo. She did the freaky Ice Age Icy Manipulator: Which I love a lot.
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Korak posted:So Mono Blue got 2 Top 8s for SCG Open, including winning the whole thing. BBD's Bant Walkers almost made top 8 but lost the last match to Adrian Sullivan's UW control. Not sure how CVM did. Brad's burn deck got a terrible 180th+. I was going to play MonoB at somerset next week but now I'm thinking MonoU with 4 hallowed fountains and 3 temple of enlightenment to splash 3 DShperes.
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:No, because the TNN can still block. My Death and Taxes tend to handle it with the Sword of Fire and Ice. I can usually attach it to something that can keep up with TNN or out race it, which is most often Stoneforge Mystic, since she pulls it out in the first place.
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WotC event update: Super spicy board states between Mihara's Esper Good Stuff deck vs RG Monsters with active Xenagos god out. Mihara wins, Imposing Soverign doing a god's work of keeping nasty, large and hasty RG creatures from pressuring him. Fun little trick with Brimaz + instant speed removal. Block to get your free token, then kill the other creature. Owen got top 8 for the Modern Masters draft, should start in 30 minutes to a hour so 4:30-5pm est. Korak fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Draft started and they're watching Mihara. Pros on twitter making fun of his p1p1 that he's probably not going to use(Esperzoa.) Looks like he's going to have a mostly green deck splashing for a few other things. Also if I'm counting right he's been passed 3 empty the warrens and a few other Storm archtype cards passed. If someone is ballsy in his pod they're going to have a ridiculous storm deck.
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Feb 9, 2014 23:02
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Every time they talk about being giddy to watch Modern Masters being played I get angry because WHY DIDN'T YOU PRINT MORE WIZARDS I ONLY GOT TO DRAFT ONCE 
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Feb 9, 2014 23:19
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The supposed reason is it was a limited run to find out if there's a market for it... but I don't understand what company they get to print cards that doesn't have the capacity to print more if the demand is there? Like you could even, shocking I know, attempt to develop relationships with another company for an exclusive new partnership. It seems like the people that run WotC and now Hasbro overlords don't really know what they're doing. Mihara's deck is too fair for Modern Masters. Think he's going to be out 6-8th place. Praying someone in his pod grabbed the storm deck and destroys everyone. Curious if someone in the other pod could draft the artifacts deck, they might have an easy match up till the finals.
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Feb 9, 2014 23:26
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Offset presses don't really like downtime. The more it runs, the more money you make. They only really stop to put in new plates. It wouldn't surprise me if the print house has their production scheduled for the next 6mo-1yr
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Molybdenum posted:Offset presses don't really like downtime. The more it runs, the more money you make. They only really stop to put in new plates. It wouldn't surprise me if the print house has their production scheduled for the next 6mo-1yr Mihara takes the first game, bounced opponents suspended creature and then killed two creatures with spliced Torrent. Just overran opponent that was stuck on mono blue lands with some white in his hand.
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Feb 9, 2014 23:51
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That was a really hilarious Rude Awakening blow out
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Feb 9, 2014 23:56
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Seattle Magic goons: is there any place nearby I could play Standard on a night that's not Friday?
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Take Possession is a hell of a card in limited.
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Feb 10, 2014 00:28
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Some Numbers posted:Seattle Magic goons: is there any place nearby I could play Standard on a night that's not Friday? Green lake games has Monday standard listed on their site, but I've never been there for it.
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Some Numbers posted:Seattle Magic goons: is there any place nearby I could play Standard on a night that's not Friday? Green Lake Games Calendar says Monday night is Standard... http://greenlakegames.crystalcommerce.com/events_calendar The Dreaming in the U-District has "Open Magic" on Mondays, a friend of mine went there once on Monday and a bunch of people were playing standard, went another Monday night and no one was there... Outside of Seattle, for Standard on non-Fridays I've found, Comic Stop in Lynnwood on Thursday and Geek Fortress in Snohomish on Monday.
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Lynnwood's not too far. Thanks guys.
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Heard an odd thing earlier and I wanted to check it out. A guy said that he had it confirmed from a PTQ judge that if you cast Skullcrack so "Damage can't be prevented this turn", a creature with protection can can take damage from a source it's protected from (so long as it doesn't need to target etc) is that right? It seems wrong to me.
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Feb 10, 2014 01:12
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BizarroAzrael posted:Heard an odd thing earlier and I wanted to check it out. A guy said that he had it confirmed from a PTQ judge that if you cast Skullcrack so "Damage can't be prevented this turn", a creature with protection can can take damage from a source it's protected from (so long as it doesn't need to target etc) is that right? It seems wrong to me. That is correct. Say, for example, Anger of the Gods deals 3 damage to the board. Normally that damage would be prevented to a pro-red guy, like Silver Knight, but Skullcrack as you said, stops the prevention. Protection leads to some cludgy rules sometimes but in terms of stopping damage it uses the normal game rules for damage prevention.
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Tendrils of Agony targeting an opponent with Leyline of Sanctity is not very strong, as it turns out.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Heard an odd thing earlier and I wanted to check it out. A guy said that he had it confirmed from a PTQ judge that if you cast Skullcrack so "Damage can't be prevented this turn", a creature with protection can can take damage from a source it's protected from (so long as it doesn't need to target etc) is that right? It seems wrong to me. No, that's right. If damage can't be prevented, Protection from X isn't going to prevent X dealing damage to you. Keep in mind that the creature still can't be targeted or blocked by things it has protection from, so you'd need something like Anger of the Gods that deals damage to all creatures, or to attack and have them block with it, for it to be relevant.
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Feb 10, 2014 01:18
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BizarroAzrael posted:Heard an odd thing earlier and I wanted to check it out. A guy said that he had it confirmed from a PTQ judge that if you cast Skullcrack so "Damage can't be prevented this turn", a creature with protection can can take damage from a source it's protected from (so long as it doesn't need to target etc) is that right? It seems wrong to me. this guy belongs on a metal album cover  http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=87900 (read the oracle rulings)
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Feb 10, 2014 01:21
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This final match of MMA draft on the super sunday is pretty incredible. A great advert for how good MMA draft is.
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frameset posted:This final match of MMA draft on the super sunday is pretty incredible. A great advert for how good MMA draft is. A great advert for a format that I couldn't buy at my LGS and is out of print so can't be found at reasonable prices most places near me. (And I can't order well online as you can't ship sealed product to other continents.)
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Korak posted:The supposed reason is it was a limited run to find out if there's a market for it... but I don't understand what company they get to print cards that doesn't have the capacity to print more if the demand is there? Like you could even, shocking I know, attempt to develop relationships with another company for an exclusive new partnership. It seems like the people that run WotC and now Hasbro overlords don't really know what they're doing. They would have done a second print run if they wanted to. They do more print runs for regular expansions and supplementary products all the time. The reason they're not doing another print run of MMA is because they decided not to, not because they couldn't find someone to print it.
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Boxn posted:Wouldn't Runed Halo be another option for White decks that can't defend well against TNN? Stupid rules question: What happens if, theoretically, my opponent's name is -also- the name of a card? Like if my opponent legally changed his name to Gaddock Teeg, would I be able to gain protection from him that way? (Also sort of wondering if this has ever come up on MODO)
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Niton posted:Stupid rules question: What happens if, theoretically, my opponent's name is -also- the name of a card? Like if my opponent legally changed his name to Gaddock Teeg, would I be able to gain protection from him that way? Nah, because naming a card isn't the same as naming an opponent.
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Niton posted:Stupid rules question: What happens if, theoretically, my opponent's name is -also- the name of a card? Like if my opponent legally changed his name to Gaddock Teeg, would I be able to gain protection from him that way? From Runed Halo's rulings: quote:5/1/2008 Runed Halo gives you protection from each object with the chosen name, whether it's a card, a token, or a copy of a spell. It doesn't matter what game zone that object is in. Given the "each object", I think this is a non-starter. It would be amazing if it worked, though. e: you can't even name 'Jack', because the comprehensive rules say only Magic cards count as "cards" according to the rules.
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jassi007 posted:Apparently GP Richmond is going to be big. I tried to reserve a hotel today, downtown is almost entirely booked. The hotel with SCG rates downtown is completely booked. Wish I had done it when I pre-registered. Sigh. Oops, I knew I was forgetting something  Got a room near the airport, but you're looking at close to $100 a night.
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a dozen swans posted:From Runed Halo's rulings: You could name Gus though 
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I love watching High Tide so much.
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Boxn posted:Nah, because naming a card isn't the same as naming an opponent.
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zanmatto posted:I love watching High Tide so much. Did Feline end up winning? I had to step away from the coverage. She is an absolute master. In the SCG Open she won last year, she resolved a Ponder (reordering the top 3 cards) with one hand. She's a combo robot sent from the future to stop people from playing Stoneforge Mystics.
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jassi007 posted:Apparently GP Richmond is going to be big. I tried to reserve a hotel today, downtown is almost entirely booked. The hotel with SCG rates downtown is completely booked. Wish I had done it when I pre-registered. Sigh. I'm a noob when it comes to GPs but if you pre register online you can fly in Friday night and register your deck Saturday before the tournament right? Also how early should you arrive on saturday to the tournament to make sure you can get that exclusive playmat before it runs out?
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AgentSythe posted:Did Feline end up winning? I had to step away from the coverage. She is an absolute master. In the SCG Open she won last year, she resolved a Ponder (reordering the top 3 cards) with one hand. She's a combo robot sent from the future to stop people from playing Stoneforge Mystics. I remember that open, her decklist had a ridiculous number of outs to every card that beats High Tide and she kept drawing or tutoring for them.
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AgentSythe posted:Did Feline end up winning? I had to step away from the coverage. She is an absolute master. In the SCG Open she won last year, she resolved a Ponder (reordering the top 3 cards) with one hand. She's a combo robot sent from the future to stop people from playing Stoneforge Mystics. She did end up winning and got 9th place. Tenjum squeaked in to 8th. TicalStal posted:I'm a noob when it comes to GPs but if you pre register online you can fly in Friday night and register your deck Saturday before the tournament right? Also how early should you arrive on saturday to the tournament to make sure you can get that exclusive playmat before it runs out?
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TicalStal posted:I'm a noob when it comes to GPs but if you pre register online you can fly in Friday night and register your deck Saturday before the tournament right? Also how early should you arrive on saturday to the tournament to make sure you can get that exclusive playmat before it runs out? https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/263e TL:DR No. You have to register Friday. If your going just pre-reg online? The GP Richmond site makes it sound as if all pre-reg get the playmat? IDK.
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AnacondaHL posted:Oops, I knew I was forgetting something Yeah I got something at Comfort Inn Conference Center Midtown for $100 a night. Thats ok its 3 way split, I just didn't really want to have to drive and deal with parking each day. Such is life.
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TicalStal posted:I'm a noob when it comes to GPs but if you pre register online you can fly in Friday night and register your deck Saturday before the tournament right? Also how early should you arrive on saturday to the tournament to make sure you can get that exclusive playmat before it runs out? SCG appears to be offering everyone a playmat, which is different from other recent GPs. The check-in times on Saturday are on their site, and depends on your byes: http://www.magicgp.com/grand-prix.html Without byes you might want to get there by 9:30.
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jassi007 posted:https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/263e When I preregistered online I didn't see an option to enter my deck so I was wondering if I had to go Friday to complete that or if that was taken care of Saturday. (The last time I did a GP was in 2006 or something where they gave foil spiritmonger promos) The mat question was just wondering if they would run out but hopefully not! AnacondaHL posted:SCG appears to be offering everyone a playmat, which is different from other recent GPs. Ah thanks I think that answers it
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TicalStal posted:When I preregistered online I didn't see an option to enter my deck so I was wondering if I had to go Friday to complete that or if that was taken care of Saturday. (The last time I did a GP was in 2006 or something where they gave foil spiritmonger promos) Oh I see what you mean deck reg? No clue, this will be my first GP.
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