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I've always loved weenie/aggro strategies, white weenie, gruul, naya, etc. My favorite card is probably Kird Ape.
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It's kind of a dumb pick, but I love Skirsdag High Priest. Innistrad had just come out when I started playing, and my first deck was a GB morbid deck. That dude was a hero, and just a really fun card to play with, plus the flavor is great. What a cool guy, easily my favorite card.
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toadee posted:This man knows whats up! I suppose I can go more in depth now that I'm more awake. I love Stasis because I am a miserable bastard, for sure. However, it will always hold a dear place in my heart for winning me a tournament held after school by a kid who was a senior, in probably 1995 or 1996. I remember quite clearly dominating with something like the following list: 4x Stasis 4x Counterspell 4x Serra Angel 1x Balance 4x Wrath of God 4x Power Sink 1x Sol Ring 4x Howling Mine 4x Boomerang 2x Kismet 4x Yotian Soldier 4x Tundra 10x Plains 10x Island Something like that, I know the sideboard had Disechant, CoP for Black, Red and Green, probably Blue Elemental Blast as well. People were tilting the gently caress out over this thing. One large bone of contention was that I borrowed some cards (a Tundra, one of the Kismets, and a Wrath of God or two) from my Dad. This probably wouldn't have caused a stir if I wasn't locking the gently caress out of everyone and slowly destroying them. Originally, the tournament grand prize was supposed to be a Mox Pearl I believe, could have been any of the five. After all of the uproar I ended up with a Colossus of Sardia. I was kind of bummed but seriously slamming Stasis was so satisfying all day I couldn't wipe the grin off my face. Best card ever.
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I've always liked Wing Shards for some reason.
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King Kambrook posted:I too love the nicknames cards acquire. I'd be really interested to see which of these are common around the world. (I'm in Brisbane) Where do you play? I've noticed people seem to either love or hate GG so they're either huge GG fanboys or they will only ever play at Ace. Also, best card is Smoke, for much the same reasons as Stasis.
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Last Stand has a place in my heart, because of how dumb and janky and useless all the effects are, but god drat it, I cast it! 
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Feb 7, 2014 13:53
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I like Brainstorm. Also Birthing Pod.
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Feb 7, 2014 13:56
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Blood Artist. Loved how it messed with combat maths and the like.
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Dungeon Ecology posted:On a related note, I love hearing about the different names that people/playgroups have adopted for different cards. Young Peezy et al. I used to called Gray Merchant of Asphondel "Gay Merchant of Assbuttland" but it never caught on. Gary is way less fun. Also Innistrad Limited we would call "Galvanic Juggernaut" Big Juggz. E: Also my pet card is Figure of Destiny. I have a soft spot for white weenies that suddenly become enormous.
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Feb 7, 2014 14:10
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Shadow of doubt. Sweet art, sweet effect, you feel like a genius when you play it on a fetch / gifts.
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Does anyone have a good link to JUST the card names in each set? I'm trying to get something I can cut and paste into deckbox, but all the sites I am finding have more than just the card names. At the moment I am just trying to enter my current standard legal stuff. *edit* NM, magiccards.info organized it into an easily cut/paste spreadsheet. Kilazar fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 14:14
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Bread Set Jettison posted:I used to called Gray Merchant of Asphondel "Gay Merchant of Assbuttland" but it never caught on. Gary is way less fun. I call Gary "Gay Merchant of rear end Fondle" but luckily no one at my LGS plays Mono-B except for one fellow, who I haven't fought at FNM in quite some time.
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I don't really have a pet card, but Skullcrack always makes me smile just because of the flavor text.
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Ponder is easily my favorite magic card. But only with the art with the hand and the three moons, the merfolk art is kinda Meh. Actually in order my list of top 5 favorite magic cards is 1. Ponder 2. Mana Leak 3. Sphinx's Revelation 4. Tanglewire 5. Stripmine Madmarker fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 14:28
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Mahamoti Djinn. I was exposed to magic by a big group of guys playing in the cafeteria, and this one guy would always win because his Djinn was bigger than a Serra Angel. The 90s were a silly time.
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Feb 7, 2014 14:40
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Oh man, all-time favorite Magic card? I think it has to be Lingering Souls. W/B tokens is my favorite deck and that card is just insane value in it, and even just randomly in other decks too. I'm also hardline Orzhov, and while it's not from either of the Ravnica blocks, it still seems to fit perfectly with the theme of the guild.
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Feb 7, 2014 14:47
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Vines of Vastwood. It's just one of the most well-designed, skill testing cards out there. In addition to being a pump spell, it's also green's version of counterspell and stifle, all in one card. If you play Infect in Modern or Stompy in Pauper, your success will be determined largely by how well you use this card. I doubt it will ever be reprinted since it would need to be in a set with Kicker, and it's confusing because it's similar to but not the same as hexproof, but hopefully there will be more cards like it in the future.
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uggy posted:I do actually wonder what everybody's fav/pet card is. Grizzly Bears
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Dungeon Ecology posted:On a related note, I love hearing about the different names that people/playgroups have adopted for different cards. Young Peezy et al. I call Polukranos "Manyheads, Planet Swallower" I don't think anybody enjoys that.
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Feb 7, 2014 15:00
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Kird Ape. Mostly cause my friends and I would randomly break into song whenever he was played. An illustrated book about kirds! Yeah, we were living at Mountain Home AFB, there really was nothing better to do.
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Feb 7, 2014 15:03
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Ah, 10th edition my favorite core set. A full compliment of dual lands, cool legends, the original man lands, tons of good stuff. The pain lands look gorgeous in the new frame with a black border.
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Feb 7, 2014 15:10
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My favorite is Into the Roil. Card draw, "removal," it's not really that great, and its not a wincon. Everything I look for in a card.
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Feb 7, 2014 15:11
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Red has always been my favorite color and I have a special place one my heart for the Odyssey block punisher cycle of cards. I can't tell you how many times I casted Blazing Salvo, had my opponent take 5, then killed the target creature anyway with a different burn spell. The fact that they let me have a one mana Lava Axe pissed them off everytime. My favorite non-crap card is probably Ball Lightning. Simple, Iconic, Effective. As a bonus, it sounds badass in German. (Kugelblitz  )
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Dungeon Ecology posted:On a related note, I love hearing about the different names that people/playgroups have adopted for different cards. Young Peezy et al. Young Money for the Youngest of Pyromancers.  Just look at that bling!
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suicidesteve posted:In a time of terrible creatures, one stood miles above the rest. His name? Monger. Jumping on the 'Monger train. It was the first multicolor card I ever saw after getting introduced to the game, and he holds a special place in my heart. I know the color changing thing isn't exactly a green ability anymore (I'm not sure it ever was), but I think he's right at the power level of a good Mythic Rare. I want to see him get reprinted so I can wreck Standard with him, color pie be damned.  I guess Doubling Season and Verdant Force are tied for my secondary pet cards. I couldn't imagine playing one without the other.
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In terms of pet names my playgoup has always been fond of Simon (short for simon insanity) for Sire of Insanity. Makes for fun commander games. One of us: *Tap mana and play demon* Simon says dump your hands! Everyone else: 
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LightReaper posted:In terms of pet names my playgoup has always been fond of Simon (short for simon insanity) for Sire of Insanity. Makes for fun commander games. Sire of Insanity hitting the board isn't fun for anybody in Commander games. Unless you're the Nekusar
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Count Bleck posted:Sire of Insanity hitting the board isn't fun for anybody in Commander games. 
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I've always liked the Phantom creatures from Judgement. They're rather ordinary creatures, but they do a lot of different stuff and fit into all sorts of delightful combinations. As a casual player I really like this kind of versatility. The flavor is pretty cool as well. They're the spirits of nomads, centaurs and aven, with ties to the set and setting. They've even got their own interesting spirit-like mechanics, none of which involve 1/1 white Spirit tokens.
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I came second in the only tournament I entered during my first MtG phase (Stronghold-Scourge). At 14, I entered a local Type 2 tournament with the relatively casual crowd that occupied my FLGS, and one rear end in a top hat (that none of us had ever seen before) with a £200+ millstone deck. Everything fell to my horribly janky UW Teferi's Moat control deck. Teferi's Moat is pretty much my favourite card. It served as a lesson to my brother, who refused to change his deck style (mono-G Ramp) from his first constructed deck (Spikes) all the way up to mid-Invasion block. I'd gotten sick of it, traded for some Moats and whipped him every game. It took him until I'd all but given up the game to think "maybe I could change up my deck to fight the person I play 50% of my matches with". My tournament deck attempt was horrible. I'd had to remove my counterspells, and some other stuff (as they rotated out), and so I replaced them with a soft lock using Temporal Adept and Delaying Shield. Janky as gently caress, but no-one expected me stopping ALL damage at all times. So yeah, Teferi's Moat: 
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Favourite from the kiddo days of playing (Revised to Alliances): Probably didn't see Fallen Empires as the huge letdown it is back then, was just happy with GOBLIN GRENADE in my bad goblins aggro deck. Something so sweet in blasting in 16 points to head with two grenades and two bolts. Favourite from the modern days of playing (Shards of Alara onwards):  Yeah I know it came out when I was still on my short hiatus from Magic, but I just love the design. It does an interesting, powerful thing, that makes both players make decisions. My kind of card. Yet, I play just limited so only time I've actually resolved Gifts is in a cube draft.
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Silklash Spider. I don't know why. Maybe it's because she murders the sky itself. I like seeing everyone's pet cards, this is fun. 
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On the pet names thing, one that I really like is "Serra Spider" for Sentinel Spider, since it matches the stats and abilities almost exactly with Serra Angel.
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Chorocojo posted:Silklash Spider. I don't know why. Maybe it's because she murders the sky itself. I also used to love Phage the Untouchable. Such a fun concept...and I lost a few times having her come back under my control not from my hand. Gotta love that double edged sword. And everyone loves Wonder when you have it and hates Wonder when the enemy has it.
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Lunsku posted:Favourite from the kiddo days of playing (Revised to Alliances): Yeah I have way different tastes now than when I started playing as a kid. Back then one of my favorite decks was five-color Slivers, and this guy was the all-star:  As for modern days, it's harder to say, I tend to just play Limited and Cube now so my time with any one card is pretty limited. Fathom Mage comes to mind as a card I really like the design, mechanics, art, and the way it captures the feel of both colors very elegantly. And the promo art is especially nice:  Oh and I guess when I was attempting to design my own cube, I came across this guy. I love how ridiculously powerful yet fragile it is, and I really just want to resolve this against someone and somehow manage to keep it alive long enough to beat down. It's the kind of card that my rational mind knows isn't very good, but I just kind of want it to be good because it's so cool. 
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Skinrender or Massacre Wurm. I love big fat black demons too.
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Lightning Bolt, but only white-bordered with the original art.
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For casual/EDH type shenanigans, it's definitely Yosei. He's an awesome white dragon that flies and fights well, and he has a sick ability when he dies. Just an awesome card. For more competitive play, it's Lingering Souls without a doubt. I made that card the centerpiece of my Standard decks from the minute it was spoiled. I won many matches just going turn 2 Intangible Virtue, turn 3 Souls, and that was the deck I really learned the fundamentals of more competitive magic on. Now I really want to play Modern mostly so I can cast Lingering Souls again.
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Slaughter Games, because gently caress your win con.
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 He was fun in limited and he's a fun card to build around for janky combo decks. Really like that he can swing for absurd amounts of damage sometimes.
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