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I did it, I finally won a game with the Traxos wombo combo with Scrap Trawler, Daring Archeologist, Antiquities War and a million 0 or 1 mana artifacts and all that jank. It's a real dumb deck but it's real fun.
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precision posted:"Blockchain" sounds like some kind of weird pseudo-Banding keyword imagine if a bunch of high(er) end graphics cards all across the planet had banding and were attacking... something
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Jul 17, 2018 07:58
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It probably makes me a scrub, but I much prefer it when the control decks in standard are still running some actual, not-just-a-wincon, creatures in their main decks.
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Jul 17, 2018 08:38
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Just picked up my last 2 thorn lieutenants for $2.80. Got 2 in my 3 pre releases. Seems like it’ll replace resilient kherna at rotation in my deck. Better then merfolk branchwalker I think. Too bad monument and blossoming defense will be gone too.
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Jul 17, 2018 09:03
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Gustav posted:It probably makes me a scrub, but I much prefer it when the control decks in standard are still running some actual, not-just-a-wincon, creatures in their main decks. I run cards that I know would make my deck objectively better if I removed them (like Raff) but looking at the Tier 1 U/W decklists just makes me think it would be super not fun to play. I like denying my opponent the ability to play Magic but I also like to do more than that. It's too bad Chief of the Foundry is rotating out because U/W Artifacts is super fun and sweet to play (I just got another win with it!) but without a lord just lmao at being able to win with it and trying to jam Benalish Marshal in there, even with 4 x Renegade Map, is a big ask.
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Jul 17, 2018 09:50
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precision posted:It's too bad Chief of the Foundry is rotating out because U/W Artifacts is super fun and sweet to play (I just got another win with it!) but without a lord just lmao at being able to win with it and trying to jam Benalish Marshal in there, even with 4 x Renegade Map, is a big ask. 4 Shocks, 4 Checklands and 2-4 other sources could enable a W/u deck that can play Benalish Marshal and some number of spells that only cost a single blue mana. Dunno what a U/W Artifacts deck looks like but Shocks+Checks make for a pretty lively manabase by themselves, and there's other stuff like Unclaimed Territory or whatever if your creatures are mostly Humans.
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Jul 17, 2018 10:01
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Gustav posted:It probably makes me a scrub, but I much prefer it when the control decks in standard are still running some actual, not-just-a-wincon, creatures in their main decks. There's a guy at my lgs who plays uw second sun with a teferi. Most of his turns he plays a land then ends.
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Jul 17, 2018 10:08
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I just started playing Magic, and signed up for the Arena waitlist. 3 days later I got a mail saying I'll get an invite in 4 more days. I've heard people saying it took months for them to get an invite. Did I get really lucky or are they just inviting everyone in the beta now?
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Jul 17, 2018 12:13
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UnfurledSails posted:I just started playing Magic, and signed up for the Arena waitlist. 3 days later I got a mail saying I'll get an invite in 4 more days. I've heard people saying it took months for them to get an invite. Did I get really lucky or are they just inviting everyone in the beta now? They are inviting a huge crowd now to stress test the servers. I think it’s the 20th with lots of special events.
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Jul 17, 2018 12:28
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Gustav posted:It probably makes me a scrub, but I much prefer it when the control decks in standard are still running some actual, not-just-a-wincon, creatures in their main decks. That's a relic of formats where a third of the meta wasn't playing a deck built almost entirely around interacting as little as possible and with haste/block interference/resilience or some combination of the three stapled to every single creature. What good is an Omenspeaker when it won't get out fast enough to stop Bomat and can't block Khenra and Crasher? Teferi is a win condition, source of card advantage, and realistically the only card that has a chance to "block" for you.
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Jul 17, 2018 13:30
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If a deck can win, it has a win condition. And I say that as someone who never plays control.
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Jul 17, 2018 13:54
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Autism Sneaks posted:how about I don't let you act out your weird grudge against a computer science fad in the thread for a children's card game, lol I can't think of anything they're useful for either, Autism Sneaks.
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the guy who has a weird grudge against unsustainable financial bubbles that cause a lot of environmental damage (normal people actually love these things and think they're good)
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Jul 17, 2018 14:27
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I guess I'm qualified for nationals, so I should probably build a standard deck. How viable is UR wizard burn? I had a lot of fun with the deck type when Stormchaser Mage was legal.
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Jul 17, 2018 14:42
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Question about planeswalker points: I was looking at my yearly points because I was curious and saw that I only had 1 point each for the two NBL challenges and 1 point for the NBL modern open event. I made top 8 at that open but still only show 1 point, I guess because it was a "casual" event? Since it's not a sanctioned format does that mean nobody got points like they would have in a normal open?
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Jul 17, 2018 15:50
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Fingers McLongDong posted:Question about planeswalker points: I was looking at my yearly points because I was curious and saw that I only had 1 point each for the two NBL challenges and 1 point for the NBL modern open event. I made top 8 at that open but still only show 1 point, I guess because it was a "casual" event? Since it's not a sanctioned format does that mean nobody got points like they would have in a normal open? You will enjoy that one point and like it.
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Jul 17, 2018 15:54
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Fingers McLongDong posted:Question about planeswalker points: I was looking at my yearly points because I was curious and saw that I only had 1 point each for the two NBL challenges and 1 point for the NBL modern open event. I made top 8 at that open but still only show 1 point, I guess because it was a "casual" event? Since it's not a sanctioned format does that mean nobody got points like they would have in a normal open? Yep. Only sanctioned events get you those real-deal points.
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Jul 17, 2018 15:55
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Lame. Didn't even cross my mind, I was just looking to see if I had some extra padding to insure me for future events like Nationals. Ohhh wellll
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Jul 17, 2018 16:00
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gotta play real formats instead of SCG's "we bought a whole bunch of modern banned cards and then just so happen to host a large tournament where people can play them" extravaganza
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Jul 17, 2018 16:47
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Katana Gomai posted:gotta play real formats instead of SCG's "we bought a whole bunch of modern banned cards and then just so happen to host a large tournament where people can play them" extravaganza Aka the "CE/IE is legal but proxies are not" rule.
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Jul 17, 2018 16:55
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Has red adopted any of the new 2 drop card filterers? The new dark dwellers and the rummaging pyromancer
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Rinkles posted:Has red adopted any of the new 2 drop card filterers? The new dark dwellers and the rummaging pyromancer Not yet, there is speculation he may end up in a goblin shell. For whatever reason that card was in all my sealed pools so I played with it a fair bit, and it didn’t impress me. I can’t figure out a situation where you have a lot of mana open and a board presence in goblins and the game isn’t over one way or the other. It’s possible it gets played as just a 2/2 with a relevant tribe or for a sac outlet but the ability was really underwhelming. Pyromancer felt better but the activation for the 4 damage feels a bit too expensive for constructed
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The goblins aren't that bad in Goblin GPG, with Instigator and Dark-Dweller Oracle. Mostly relevant because it 1cc sacs with Gate out, or can in turn be fed to Skirk Prospector. The deck still has problems finding the Gate though, and Oracle doesn't really help there (4 mana and a board and the top of your deck needs to be just right).
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The Grixis standard mirror is literally exhausting to play after 3+ months of playing nothing but Modern Humans lmao
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fadam posted:The Grixis standard mirror is literally exhausting to play after 3+ months of playing nothing but Modern Humans lmao I'm on Ru wizards, splashing only for adeliz and counters in the board. No mirrors ever! Also, has pretty good play against everything in my limited sample size. I've been on tezzerator in modern the past week and boy do they play differently.
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Not sure what the best version of it is yet, but Sarkhan's Stompy is really powerful.
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:Not sure what the best version of it is yet, but Sarkhan's Stompy is really powerful. Modern? It's been running pretty hot according to folks on the discord; havent had a chance to run it yet
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Jul 17, 2018 19:39
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Standard. With Traxos and Scrounger, with Vine Mare, etc. Even Gigantosaurus is in on the action. Do you have a link to the modern list you are talking about?
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:Standard. With Traxos and Scrounger, with Vine Mare, etc. Even Gigantosaurus is in on the action. Do you have a link to the modern list you are talking about? These all feel super undertuned and seemingly allergic to putting in the good red cards like Phoenix and Glorybringer. That said I think Sarkhan's Unsealing has a ton of potential and would love to see it explored further, especially in something other than a modified stompy shell.
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AnEdgelord posted:These all feel super undertuned and seemingly allergic to putting in the good red cards like Phoenix and Glorybringer. That said I think Sarkhan's Unsealing has a ton of potential and would love to see it explored further, especially in something other than a modified stompy shell. You can't play Steel Leaf and phoenix/gb. I think modified stompy is exactly where Sarkhan's Unsealing belongs. Steel Stompy is already one of the better decks, adding reach, removal, and boardwipes to it is really strong, even at the cost of being a bit slower and less streamlined.
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Walked posted:Modern? It's been running pretty hot according to folks on the discord; havent had a chance to run it yet Which discord
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Budget fling deck? 4 llanowar elves 4 elphame druid 4 untamed kavu 4 shock 4 territorial allosaurus 2 grand warlord Radha 4 blossoming defence 2 helm of the host 2 galta 4 fling 2 Jaya immolating inferno 4 of the red/green lands 12 forest 8 mountain Side some naturalise, whatever the green is that gives all creatures indestructible, want to slip some grunn the lonely king in, mostly to fling a 20/20 grunn.
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AnEdgelord posted:These all feel super undertuned and seemingly allergic to putting in the good red cards like Phoenix and Glorybringer. That said I think Sarkhan's Unsealing has a ton of potential and would love to see it explored further, especially in something other than a modified stompy shell. This deck has done nothing but lost me match after match on mtgo: Deck: RB Sarkhan   //Lands 4 Canyon Slough 4 Dragonskull Summit 1 Hostile Desert 2 Ifnir Deadlands 8 Mountain 1 Scavenger Grounds 4 Swamp //Spells 4 Cathartic Reunion 2 Key to the City 3 Sarkhan's Unsealing 1 Unlicensed Disintegration //Creatures 4 Ammit Eternal 4 Bloodrage Brawler 2 Glorybringer 4 Hollow One 2 Rekindling Phoenix 4 Scrapheap Scrounger 2 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog 4 Wanted Scoundrels //Sideboard 3 Abrade 2 Bone Dragon 2 Desecrated Tomb 3 Duress 2 Hazoret the Fervent 1 Rekindling Phoenix 2 Vraska's Contempt  Display deck statisticsBut loving lol is it a load of nonsense to play.
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It seems insane to not play 4 Unsealings in an Unsealing deck, given that they're totally insane in multiples.
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ShaneB posted:Which discord https://discord.gg/zW44yP Scroll down, the MTG channel is under Game Room.
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:You can't play Steel Leaf and phoenix/gb. I think modified stompy is exactly where Sarkhan's Unsealing belongs. Steel Stompy is already one of the better decks, adding reach, removal, and boardwipes to it is really strong, even at the cost of being a bit slower and less streamlined. I guess my problem is that given the choice between Steel Leaf and Glorybringer/Phoenix I'd rather have the big red dudes. They are just better cards in most situations and grant your deck the ability to fly over board stalls while you are waiting for your bigger cards to start coming down. I do think Green is still a great starting point but I'm ready to put Steel Leaf Champion on the chopping block in order to pack in some better cards. This might undermine my previous statement but one card I do want to check out in an Unsealing deck is Goreclaw, primarily because of the discount it offers.
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why is llanowar elves from the viven reid deck $40?
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STONE COLD 64 posted:why is llanowar elves from the viven reid deck $40? #mtgfinance
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STONE COLD 64 posted:why is llanowar elves from the viven reid deck $40? It is not, there’s probably just a single copy on TCGplayer and other websites take their aggregate listings as “the price”.
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STONE COLD 64 posted:why is llanowar elves from the viven reid deck $40? M19 copies only come from welcome decks or whatever. People are now going crazy over them because the supply is so limited. Its one of the dumbest loving things ever considering they are exactly the same as the DOM ones except for the set symbol. They don't even come in foil.
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