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 One day this will be back in Standard and it will be brewed around. So I think I ask it every new thread but why doesn't WotC or SCG support Block Constructed more? I think it leads to more interesting played decks than some other formats, with the downside being the chance to brew is theoretically less.
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It can win a tournament but you're going to need to run hot. If your opponent shuts down your big cards, you have a bunch of wipeble things. The version with 4 Predator Oozes can get there after a board wipe. It's popular online because it's cheap and you can grind with it. So I was watching one of the main modern brewers on twitch the other day and he was trying out a necrotic ooze deck. Seemed interesting. 4 Color Gifts seems to making a comeback online right now too. Korak fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Feb 8, 2014 |
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Tharizdun posted:Karametra might be the worst-conceived god from a design standpoint. Oh, you've got 5 mana? Let's get you some land ramp! Its Emmera + Voice switcharoo all over again.
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Feb 8, 2014 04:53
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I can think of at least three better things to do in GW. Even "gain 5 life" would be more useful.
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Feb 8, 2014 19:29
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jassi007 posted:Anytime your opponent chooses, they always make the choice that is best for them. Ok have a 4/3, bolt it. You have done zero damage. Ok take 4 damage, I kill you next turn, you failed to kill me so your 4 damage = 0 damage. The only time it isn't bad, is when your opponent has no answers/can't win anyway/can't deal with it, and even then in that case you are most likely going to win with any card. When your opponent has no plays, anything you play is going to be good. Think about this. If you cast vexing devil, and next turn I remove it, you have nothing. If you had instead cast any 3 damage one mana burn spell, you would have done 3 damage.
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Feb 8, 2014 19:31
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Apparently WotC is running some kind of super tourny today, starting 2pm est? https://twitter.com/search?q=mtgsuper If I was a card dev I would have changed punisher mechanics to the player casting the spell chooses which mode. Instantly makes a lot of these "bad cards" into good or great cards.
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Feb 8, 2014 19:39
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^^ You're a liar but I'm also enjoying coverage. :P Marshall has grown on me but he's still pretty bad.RoleModel posted:That's Adrian Sullivan, the pro Magic player version of your grandpa that says "BACK IN MY DAY..."
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Feb 8, 2014 21:55
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SCG coverage: Brad Nelson on RW Burn down a game vs GR Monsters. I think he had lethal if opponent didn't exile the phoenix, or if the scavenging ooze came down. Close one and GR is playing quite a few X/2's that turn on searing bloods. Quick edit: Brad dropped the first(?) Firedancer on cam. Curious how well it'll do! Holy poo poo, opponent plays Ruric Thar. Brad swings with phoenix. Block, 2 damage on ruric, phoenix dies. Brad casts helix on opponent, does himself 6 due to trigger but gets back phoenix and does 4 damage to ruric due to Firedancer. Ruric dead. edit3: Wow Brad dies to overloaded Mizzium wiping his board, mutavault does him in. Opponent was at 4. WotC coverage: Reid lost rd 3 is 2-1. Owen 2-1. Mihara 2-1. Owen posted a pic of his deck. 
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Feb 8, 2014 22:18
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Fingers McLongDong posted:Where can we see the decklists being played right now? I want to see Brad Nelsons list and compare it to what I posted in the deckbrew thread. Deck tech going up now! Korak fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Feb 8, 2014 |
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Feb 8, 2014 22:35
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WotC update: Mihara on cam round 5 playing a crazy fun Esper Midrange creatures deck. Was powerful enough to beat turn 2 packrat spam(although one turn was very hairy). He drew about 4 cards off Ephara which he also managed to activate and swing twice with. New archtype? Brimaz + good white 2 drops + spear + blood baron + detention sphere? I mean token creators + blood baron is just really freaking good.
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Feb 9, 2014 00:56
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Does anyone know how the SCG match Kent Ketter (G/R Monsters) vs Skyler Canada (Bant Walkers) went? Any interesting plays? Who won? Also how coked out were those parents to name those kids. 
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BizarroAzrael posted:Has Brimaz always been $30, or has something already made him spike? Esper list sound cool though.
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Feb 9, 2014 01:19
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BBD 1-0 over mono blue with his Bant Walkers deck. Being able to bring in 4 Mistcutter Hydras, 3-4 Brimaz against blue decks seems good for the sideboard.
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Feb 9, 2014 01:42
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Dehtraen posted:Best part is how he has periodically stroked the stuffed animals head. Has SCG found a new commentator dream team?
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Ugh Alex Bertoncini looks like he's going to top 8 another SCG Open since coming back. Magic: The Gathering: The Megathread: Tenth Edition: Please Ban 2explores
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How is this guy 8-(2) with this Gb deck? He must have ran smoking hot. edit: Wow UW Control mirror where post sideboard one guy has boarded into what is an active Ephara with 2 frostburn weirds and of course 2 detention spheres on the board. Korak fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Feb 9, 2014 03:59
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AgentSythe posted:Man, the broadcast teams without Cedric are just unwatchable. Also, how was the Reuben-replacement been? UW Control match was crazy. Non-Ephara guy is on 4 cards in his deck, for some reason not running 1 elixir. Ultimates his Jace right after ultimating his Elspeth. He goes to grab his opponent's deck and finds an Ephara. Goes on beat down for the win.
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Feb 9, 2014 04:19
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Is there a card similar to Sensei Divining Top that is legal in modern?
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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+. WotC coverage is back, Mihara's deck still seems really good. Needs a meta game tweak of the numbers, I'd probably move it to a more controlling shell. Aww he just lost to mono black pack rat spam. 
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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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Feb 9, 2014 21:52
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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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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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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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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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For anyone bored of just UW Control but still want to play control this deck from Nashville did some pretty incredible things on camera taking 4th place.
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Bonus posted:Just thought of an interesting card, and I was wondering, what do you think an effect like this could be costed at?
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Jabor posted:Seems disgustingly powerful at that cheap. Single-handedly making creature-based aggro unplayable.
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Oldsrocket_27 posted:Even funnier is that Mattias hunt was playtesting with that guy a while earlier, and Hunt did it too to topdeck a D-SPhere. Let me see if I can find the footage. End of Life Guy posted:I thought the whole point of the meadery was practice amongst friends. Why cheat if it's practice for the real thing?
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Feb 11, 2014 17:59
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goferchan posted:Sometimes, sometimes it's not. Cockatrice, the free MtG client, has a really, really bad RNG -- in my experience it shits itself if you try and roll a d2 (for a coin flip) and it's way better to roll a d20 and just call odds or evens. I know this is totally anecdotal and could be a freak occurrence but an opponent and I sat there rolling d2s back and forth for a minute and I rolled ten 1s and he rolled ten 2s. Whatever algorithm they use seems seriously hosed
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Conspiracy code broken in less than a hour. I give them credit for trying. While I'm happy to see this new set, haven't people tried this before and it didn't work out well? I mean yes this is designed from the ground up to work in a multiplayer setting but it seems too commandery in a bad way.
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bhsman posted:Block-recur-recast (2 damage via Purphoros) with Murder King must be the most maddening thing you can do to someone with this deck. Zonekeeper posted:At the very least people who cube will be all over this poo poo - especially the cards that mess with the draft itself. Plus there's always the odd chance that the set has Legacy playables in it.
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Feb 13, 2014 06:52
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Yeah Cogwork seems like an awesome pick up in pack 1, not worth it if it comes pack 3. So the number crunching has begun with the realization that this set follows a new scheme for distribution of cards, or this set only has about 60 new cards.
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Count Bleck posted:I also eagerly await the guy who puts his Cogwork back in to take a playable and ANOTHER Cogwork  I sort of want a GP Conspiracy just to see how much of a clusterfuck it would be to cover it on camera.
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Literally The Worst posted:I put back all the Cogworks and take everything.
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If they did a free spell they'd probably do the Pacts, but even then there's no need in a limited environment for that. Any reprints will be focused on either mana consistency improvements or fun funky multiplayer friendly cards. I do think the idea they reprint some filter lands or something akin is a possibility.
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What if they only program the "beta" client for the new set? This would allow them to get more people to use v4. efb beaten knowonecanknow posted:Got a question I'm hoping to get resolved. If I play a Gray Merchant of Asphodel is there any way for my opponent to block the damage done by the card as it enters the battlefield, can you cast an instant against it before it finishes "entering the battlefield"? Korak fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Feb 13, 2014 |
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Kabanaw posted:Official announcement of Conspiracy This is really pathetic and another reason why they need to sack the current MTGO team and hire some competent programmers.
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threefive posted:Knowing multiple people at WOTC: no one does this. They'd be fired instantly. Now do I think the design team people do this? No.
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Mob posted:What you guys often fail to understand it that until VERY recently, almost every single WotC employee who is in a position to do what you're describing is loving. terrible. at Magic and no amount of FFL testing is going to give them a clue about what will be hot or not.
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Boxn posted:Rich Hagon and BDM combo, great commentators together, add Randy Buehler to either and it's good too. Lots of people have said it and I agree that they really need to learn some of the positive things from poker tv shows, specifically World Poker Tour.
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