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I look forward to seeing what is done with Exploit, but I'm curious about why it is templated as it is, with the ability explained on it's own, with no inherent upside, then a condition printed separately. Going by things like Battalion, I would have expected something like:quote:Exploit - When Sidisi, Undead Vizier enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, you may search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. I notice that there is no condition that you sac another creature, so if you want a 5CMC Diabolic Tutor you got it. It's going to be a case of the effects provided, and if any good death triggers come around. Maybe Athreos's time to shine?
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Interested in seeing Anafenza with Dash dudes, but with her being WW it probably won't work in standard.
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I've just noticed that new Sidisi, Zurgo and Anafenza all use their clan's mechanics. Does that mean we get another way to grant Rebound in Taigan? A trigger on the copy going off could be interesting.
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Mar 7, 2015 23:42
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Mae posted:Nah, we don't need a 4 mana wrath this standard. I don't see that a point of mana is relevant to this match, and I think the mana for this standard makes 5 mana for a wrath completely playable overall. Also Anger of the Gods and Drown in Sorrow would do work here. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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Mar 9, 2015 01:32
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So where does all the life come from in these GW games? I meant to watch and learn how it works but, you know, I got bored. Is it just in the mirror it happens?alphabrawl posted:Why hasn't the match gone to turns yet? I'm at the office watching this out the corner of my eye and this is just stupid. Top 8 isn't against the clock, which is why it's counting up. Edit: And why do Corey and Brad have different surnames?
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Mar 9, 2015 01:41
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Symphonie posted:Mastery of the Unseen gives you 1 life for each creature you control when you flip a creature face up. Yeah, knew about Mastery and Courser, I just figured that it couldn't come one point at a time. poo poo the bed. Do none of these decks play End Hostilities? Wisperwood Elemental lets you keep guys on the board.
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Mar 9, 2015 01:44
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Elyv posted:It's not; if you have 10 guys out and 2 Masteries and flip up a manifest, that's 20 life right there, for instance. Oh right, that's a strange card. My comment regarding bed making GBS threads stands.
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Mar 9, 2015 01:47
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The Nastier Nate posted:I know it's intended to be put on an opponents creature, but any value that will be derived out of this card will be from casting it on your own ETB effect or some other combo piece. Otherwise it just says "enchanted creature has defender until its controller can get rid of this" which even in limited is barely useful semi-removal. Stick it on Master of Waves. Gary would be good too except black devotion makes it fiddly.
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Mar 9, 2015 16:25
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Count Bleck posted:JUND.... JIGGLES? Junk (in the trunk). Assristocrats. Gruul Glutes. Sel-rear end-nya. Edit: JUNDERTHIGHS.
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Mar 11, 2015 15:47
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Froghammer posted:Why the gently caress was anyone expecting them to put enemy-colored lands in a set that's all about allied colors again? Innistrad had allied tribes and enemy land. And I totally called Duress as a parallel to Despise!
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Mar 11, 2015 16:59
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Kyrosiris posted:I forget, was Virulent Plague spoiled before? That seems harsh. It will only make sideboards, but it hits Elspeth and all the Hordeling decks hard. E: and Rabblemaster! And sadly Secure the Wastea, which I otherwise like.
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Mar 13, 2015 16:22
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Balon posted:This guy: Worst case it's 2 bears for 5, completely playable.
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Mar 13, 2015 17:47
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Has it been said what happens if an exploit creature comes in and is killed in response to it's trigger. "May sac a creature" goes on the stack, but won't this prevent the second trigger for doing so?
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Mar 15, 2015 23:14
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rabidsquid posted:You don't give these matches away on free tv, you have to save them to bolster the PPV numbers. Also no man-on-woman violence. Nahiri and Nixilis cards for Zendikar would be sweet, myself I'm looking forward to vampire tribal.
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Mar 19, 2015 01:42
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I quite like the Dragona promo one.
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Mar 20, 2015 23:32
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Couple of really good prereleases for me. First one I picked Dromoka, splashed red for a fairly synergistic Naya deck with warrior tribal (Blood Chin Rager, Arashin Foremost and Dromoka Captain) and Morph (Temur War Shaman) with decent conditional removal and bolster to make up for having few real beaters. The second I did today and I picked Silumgar, splashing white for Dragonlord Ojutai, with good fliers (sadly no other dragons) and Exploit with a promo zombie Sidisi. Not great removal though, probably my best option was to sac my Shambling Goblin to Silimgar Butcher to -4/-4 something, bigger stuff was a problem if I couldn't deathtouch them. I did at least have a Corpseweft to make either disposable bears to feed to exploit or make a game-ending beater, and enough fliers, including Palace Familiar, to make Soulflayer properly good. They only got in each other's way a couple of times, Flayer was my only Delve spell. And I got the Rakshasa that make zombies, some really fun cards. This did lead to one of the most challenging and fun limited games I've ever played, the opponent ramped to a t5 Arashin Sovereign. I couldn't let it attack, so I used Reduce in Stature, and then had to figure out what to do next, as to swing with anything of more than 2 power means it blocks and gets recast, since I have no exile. We go into a sloggy, tit-for-tat exchange as I deal with his other guys one way or another, whilst unable to attack, until I'm able to cast Sidisi and use exploit to find Ojutai's Breath and get Ojutai herself out. I know the Sovereign came out t5 and if I cast those both it was at least t8, almost certainly later, probably at least my t12. I cast Breath in my next turn to keep the Sovereign from blocking for 3 turns, and get to swing and draw off Ojutai. Commons of the weekend were probably Ojutai Interceptor and Marsh Hulk. No one ever expect as much backend as Hulk when blocking and expecting a big guy.
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Mar 23, 2015 01:39
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Fish Of Doom posted:Exploit is such a fun mechanic. Sacrificing a Youthful Scholar to a Vulturous Aven and drawing 4 cards feels like you're doing something unfair. Weirdly, I sacces Shambling Goblin to Silumgar Butcher several times for -4/-4, and Palace Familiar to Vulturous Avan for 3 cards, but never the other combinations.
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Mar 23, 2015 11:53
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Entropic posted:I just want enemy SOM fastlands. Yeah, I'd like that. I think after the Zendikar fetch reprints that seem a lock now, I think that's the sort of thing they want to slot in between existing eternal staple duals, like Scry temples between Shocks and Fetches. Maybe they would be eternal contenders themselve, so too powerful, but I got the impression the M12/Innistrad buddy lands or Lorwyn filters would be the next candidates to facilitate that.
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Mar 24, 2015 20:47
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forbidden lesbian posted:literally laughed out loud Seriouspost, Thalia's original art is my current wallpaper.
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Mar 28, 2015 16:54
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I think I spotted a funny interaction for the Origins flipwalkers. If I understand right, Liliana flickers to transform because she'd die for having no loyalty without the ETB. So, Moonmist. Won't work on Nissa since she'll be an elf. Useful? Almost certainly no, but I like it.
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Apr 1, 2015 00:00
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Wait, Storm copys still happen if the cast spell is countered? Doesn't the Storm effect need to resolve with the rest of the spell?
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Apr 5, 2015 13:57
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I've not been playing standard much lately, not as down on the format as some, just not much time, and I'd rather be drinking on Fridays. I just remembered GP London is in August, so I'm trying to make a plan to make myself ready. I guess try to play every weekend and decide on a deck, but it's like 2 weeks after Origins, which could change everything. I'm probably doing myself no favours by really wanting to play Mardu. Best colours, and I dislike blue and green right now, or at least their mandatory cards.
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Apr 22, 2015 23:32
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Symphonie posted:The flip effect is specifically worded to only trigger off her tap ability. No it isn't. Attack, red spell, ping to flip. But she'd be removed by leathal combat damage and can't be saved by flipping. And I think flip-Lili is pretty good.
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May 5, 2015 00:40
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I don't have a proper standard deck right now, but will probably put BW warriors together to try it, but I think for the sake of winning tournaments (I'm going to GP London in August) I want to do either Abzan Aggro, for which I have almost everything but the land, or Mardu Dragon Aggro, for which I need Thunderbreaks and Stormbreaths. Anyone have any input on which represents a good way to go? I'm a bit concerned about spending a bunch on Stormbreaths for them to cycle out, likewise the Temples for Abzan. How are the decks doing now? I'm absolutely not playing another Abzan deck as I don't want to get Caryatids or Coursers. Partly I want to decide if I should put the Abzan stuff up for trade.
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May 17, 2015 13:23
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Mr. Jive posted:I don't know about Mardu Dragons but Fingers in the brewhaus seems to be running a cool BW Warriors deck: I mean to try that, I just really like Crackling Doom. Mostly I'm caught up in worrying about "value". I feel I don't want to trade Flooded Strands, which will likely climb, for Stormbreaths, gone in 4 months.
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May 17, 2015 15:31
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After a break from standard I'm trying to put a deck together, is it right I feel hesitant to trade fetches for Stormbreaths. Fetches will go up, Stormbreath will plummet. Mostly I'm annoyed someone dangled a trade of some of them for some Brimaz, then pulling out all of a sudden without warning.
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May 21, 2015 11:33
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Has much been written about the effect high-value constructed rares have on drafting MM? Skrillex will probably make your day but stink up your pool in limited.
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May 22, 2015 14:47
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Sickening posted:Stormbreaths are kind of required. They are also cheaper than they have been in forever. Buy them. There's two excellent reasons to play it in the name.
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Jun 5, 2015 16:25
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Is Bitterblossom in any decks now? It seems pretty expensive for a card noone plays.
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Jun 15, 2015 16:11
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Looking at the packaging I like that when all of the characters had their spark ignite they got some new facial marking, excluding chandra who got fiery hair and gideon who got ENHANCED SIDEBURNS Isn't that the Spear of Heliod?
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Jun 22, 2015 17:51
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Krasis also indicates this is a 10 pair cycle, and the three we've seen all seem strong. Come on BW!
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Jun 23, 2015 15:16
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Bwahaha, I couldn't get rid of my GP Goblin Guides! Guess it could be countered by a BFZ reprint.
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Jun 26, 2015 16:27
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How seriously do we think BFZ will not have enemy fetches now the painlands have been spoiked? Debating shifting my Marsh Flats. I mean, it seems like a big part of the reason they'd return to the setting.
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Jun 28, 2015 22:33
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Rinkles posted:Hearthstone has drafting, right? How do they get around in between rounds dead time? The draft itself is done in isolation, you pick one card from 3 until you have a deck, and you are not tied to other players, you play when you want and are paired at that point. You can put it down for days and return, you don't aim to win a tournament, only to keep winning as long as possible.
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Jul 12, 2015 22:20
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Sickening posted:4/0 at my fnm with mardu dragons and probably got more packs than I would probably ever want. Couldn't find anyone to buy my packs so I busted them all. What was your list? I've only been doing okay with mine. Also the promo Path isn't nothing.
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Jul 26, 2015 00:33
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Equilibrium posted:Liliana's pretty good. How's she being used? I'm guessing she was on a stream?
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Jul 27, 2015 01:31
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sarmhan posted:Even then having 10 fetches severely limits the designs you can make using landfall. The elephant is part of a herd- Delve gets better with more fetches. Unless a few playable Eldrazi come out to discourage it. So hmm. I sold 2 Marsh Flats, kept 2 after paying $5-10 each for them, guess I did okay. Could be interesting to see what Maro is so excited about for the new lands. ^^ Could be, doesn't look exactly the same, or maybe they follow the Nahiri model and made a legendary/walker based on it.
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Aug 6, 2015 00:35
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If there's going to be full art land, I think we can expect some land matters theme.
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Aug 6, 2015 19:12
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Sickening posted:It's actually a fringe deck right now despite it being great. Could you post a list somewhere? I'm not happy with my deck yet and GP London is next week.
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Sickening posted:Deck: Mardu Dragons Perhaps it's a discussion for the Brewhaus, but what do you make of the versions that drop Rabblemaster and Seeker and maindeck Elspeth and Ugin, like was on the [url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/perilous-research/taking-down-establishment-standard-after-pro-tour-origins-2015-08]Wizards site a few days ago? I tried that at Game Day (but didn't have Ugin or quite enough Wild Slash) and didn't do amazingly. Why are you using Dragonlord Kolaghan over the original? The ability doesn't seem so good in a format with Delve. And any tips for sideboarding your deck? I guess my main questions are what do you use Moonlight for, when you kill a Hangarback? And what do you drop and when?
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