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Hellsau posted:I guess WotC follows the One-China policy. They're a multinational, so yes, like everyone else does. It may be somewhat unrealistic to hold a corporation to higher standards than the United Nations.
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Ultima66 posted:If this wasn't obvious enough when WotC claims all the Taiwanese players represent "Chinese Taipei" in event coverage. There was that one time when they referred to it as Taiwan during event coverage and they profusely apologized about it afterwards
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Jul 7, 2018 02:17
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i wish wotc paid the mtg pros more because their excuse that they cant afford to run the pro tour without a profit is absurd bullshit
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Jul 7, 2018 02:24
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1-2 drop at my prerelease, the set sucks rear end
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Jul 7, 2018 03:00
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Jul 7, 2018 03:43
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Katana Gomai posted:1-2 drop at my prerelease, the set sucks rear end Sealed is high variance, my friend
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Jul 7, 2018 03:56
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So, finally cracked open my Battlebond box for a draft tonight and pulled a foil True Name Nemesis, which is apparently like a $350 CAN card! What's the best way to sell this, given that I live in Canada? Should I just sell it to one of the Magic stores, like Face to Face games or sell it privately somehow? I'm a filthy casual who knows nothing about any of this stuff and live 6 hours away from a major city.
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Jul 7, 2018 04:06
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Katana Gomai posted:1-2 drop at my prerelease, the set sucks rear end 3-0 at mine, goblin instigator + mentor of the meek makes for a lot of off colour card draw. Edit: this is a shot in the dark but I don't suppose anyone is looking for, or knows anyone in Melbourne who needs a third person for the Games Lab guild league that kicks off next week? Phrosphor fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Jul 7, 2018 |
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Jul 7, 2018 04:11
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Katana Gomai posted:1-2 drop at my prerelease, the set sucks rear end I just went 3-2 and 5-0 on MTGO. My 5-0 pool played 0 rares, but I had two Dryad Greenseeker. I thought they would be good, and they were incredible.
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Jul 7, 2018 05:04
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This is the corest core set to ever core.
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Jul 7, 2018 05:37
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Jul 7, 2018 05:48
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mcmagic posted:This is the corest core set to ever core. It’s a big step down from Dominaria but not bad for a core set. The sealed pools were a challenge to build which is a nice change.
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Jul 7, 2018 06:04
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Marketing New Brain posted:I just went 3-2 and 5-0 on MTGO. My 5-0 pool played 0 rares, but I had two Dryad Greenseeker. I thought they would be good, and they were incredible. Dryad Greenseeker does seem very good. It's a two mana 1/3 blocker that ensures you nearly never draw blank lands unless you hit a pocket of three in a row. It doesn't even have the downside of Sinbad where you potentially mill yourself out in a 20+ turn game.
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Jul 7, 2018 06:09
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Hellsau posted:Dryad Greenseeker does seem very good. It's a two mana 1/3 blocker that ensures you nearly never draw blank lands unless you hit a pocket of three in a row. It doesn't even have the downside of Sinbad where you potentially mill yourself out in a 20+ turn game. Yeah when you are out of spells upkeep activating him to hit action was just winning me games and letting me grind out my opponents as a red green aggro deck. Tough to get a handle on draft from playing sealed but I think I’d take it over every common.
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Jul 7, 2018 06:35
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pumped to go to the prerelease this morning, had to stop playing last month for studying reasons.
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Jul 7, 2018 06:37
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0-0-0 drop at pre-release because gently caress playing at midnight are you crazy Got a Bolas though so, dope
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Jul 7, 2018 07:06
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Tainen posted:This thread has a bunch of scans of new Planeswalker art. Huh... That guy blocked me. Lol.
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Errant Gin Monks posted:Huh... That guy blocked me. Lol. Jesus you must be quite the rear end in a top hat. Or maybe you just said something like, "they should bring back the Cabal Patriarch and his kid."
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Jul 7, 2018 08:35
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What's the meta for the new Dominaria format on arena like so far?
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Jul 7, 2018 08:40
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precision posted:What's the meta for the new Dominaria format on arena like so far? Play mono-red because it wins a lot and it wins very, very quickly and you can concede if you're behind or just keep sticking it out for an extra ~10% chance to win or whatever. More games, more wins, less time.
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Jul 7, 2018 08:50
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So it's even more stale than regular competitive constructed? Hard pass. I have no clue why it costs so much more to enter
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Jul 7, 2018 09:11
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precision posted:So it's even more stale than regular competitive constructed? Hard pass. I have no clue why it costs so much more to enter You simply cannot switch decks without playing a hundred hours or paying another $100 bucks. If you only get one shot you should pick a fast, great deck, even if there are other potentially great decks (there aren't) and other equally fast or faster decks that aren't great (also probably aren't), since a fast deck that is also great will win fast. Hell maybe Esper Control is better than Mono-red. If it is, I wouldn't know, but I sure as hell know I can win two games with Mono-Red before that Esper deck will finish one.
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precision posted:So it's even more stale than regular competitive constructed? Hard pass. I have no clue why it costs so much more to enter It's just the "buy a Dominaria pack and play some games for free" format. The idea is to drain gold out of the economy prior to a new set release, so people buy gems. The meta is just Standard, since the format is Standard.
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First midnight prerelease in 2 years. gently caress me. Went 1-2 with a super mediocre B/W deck. I had four of the most busted green rares including Pelakka Wurm. But nothing else. A total of 6 playable green cards. I did pull a Resplendent Angel and the Deathmark for colorless dudes. That's about it. The Sigiled Sword of whatever thingy equipment is loving monstrous. I promptly lost game three, round two when my opponent decided to drop that out of nowhere onto their 4 drop 6/6 demon dude. That was fun... And yeah, the removal in this set is wholly poo poo.
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Jul 7, 2018 10:01
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AlternateNu posted:First midnight prerelease in 2 years. gently caress me. Was there a possible build of those 6 green cards plus a bunch of white, or a bunch of black cards, even if it only got you up to like 21 playables? I just prefer having actual Good Cards like Pelakka Wurm in my sealed decks, even if it's surrounded by a bunch of chaff.
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Jul 7, 2018 10:10
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Hellsau posted:Was there a possible build of those 6 green cards plus a bunch of white, or a bunch of black cards, even if it only got you up to like 21 playables? I just prefer having actual Good Cards like Pelakka Wurm in my sealed decks, even if it's surrounded by a bunch of chaff. G would have to have been the splash, and as bonkers as Pelakka is, I'm not splashing a GGG card. I had a decent B/W top end including Resplendent, the rallying angel that gives guys vigilance on ETB, and the vampire that drains opponents for three on ETB. No joking, I'm 90% sure that green is the best color in the set for limited.
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AlternateNu posted:G would have to have been the splash, and as bonkers as Pelakka is, I'm not splashing a GGG card. I had a decent B/W top end including Resplendent, the rallying angel that gives guys vigilance on ETB, and the vampire that drains opponents for three on ETB. You can "splash" Pelakka Wurm if your (presumably white) main color doesn't have ludicrous color constraints. 10-8 is okay but underwhelming, but if you don't have more double-white requirements past the Resplendent Angel you could probably have run 9 Plains 9 Forests.
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Jul 7, 2018 10:39
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Bad Standard Deck Idea: Only creatures in your deck are one copy each of Heart-Piercer Manticore, Ghalta, and Angrath's Marauders. Rest of the deck is removal and token spells. Then cast Indomitable Creativity x=3
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Was everybody’s pool just super creature light? The highest number of creatures I had in any color was 7.
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0-1 drop. I played modern FNM the beforehand with abzan loam pox and I was completely drained by the time I started cracking packs. I did snatch up two of the spirit lord and three of the tormod's crypt on a stick spirit, though. Hoping to get the rest today. My LGS is struggling for numbers so I signed up for a few prereleases. And yeah, super creature light ^^^
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Got talked into a midnight release, ended up with a pretty sweet pool. I had Vivien Reid as my promo, with Bone Dragon, Demanding Dragon, Goreclaw, Banefire, and a few more creatures with good goreclaw interaction and some good removal. Despite my new cardinal rule of not playing three colors, I effectively played Jund Dragons. I really only got screwed on colors once and was surprised with my deck’s ability to pull the lands I needed the rest of the games. Ended with a 2-2 record and a pity pack with Vaevictis Asmadi, which would’ve been nice in my pool, but eh. Still fun, I like the set, and I look forward to drafting it.
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mossyfisk posted:Bad Standard Deck Idea: What if you, y’know...draw one?
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Jul 7, 2018 14:21
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Jul 7, 2018 14:24
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It's funny because yesterday and today have been the first few nice days we've had here in Indiana in a long time. It's like the heat wave died when the 4th of July ended.
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Jul 7, 2018 14:32
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sc4rs posted:What if you, y’know...draw one? Look I'm just the ideas man
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Jul 7, 2018 14:44
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If you open Arcades, don't try playing it, you will fail That is all
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Jul 7, 2018 14:53
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sc4rs posted:What if you, y’know...draw one? Cheat.
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Jul 7, 2018 15:09
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GoutPatrol posted:If you open Arcades, don't try playing it, you will fail On the other hand. DO play Palladia Moors. I went 4-0 playing green/white with a small splash of red to play her. a dual. the pick up top 5 cards and put a land into play elf, a single mountain, and that bad enchantment for 3 that ramps you a little made me have no issues casting her. Seems like its impossible to have a reasonable splash if you are not in green in this format.
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I'm just hoping to do what I did in the dominaria prerelease, which is open $100 in rares and then win out by stealing everyone else's good cards. I don't think that's possible, mind you, it's just what I hope for.
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Does playing Arcades just as a Serra Angel-type thing not work out due to the mana cost, or what?
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