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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:It's a 3-colour common. It's not like Dezani needed to save the Witness, since casting Avalanche Tusker was the correct play against every card in the format except End Hostilities. seriously, even in the abstract, would you pay 5 mana to save a 2/2 or pay 6 to add a 6/4 to the board?
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It reminds me of how MaRo said players tend to rate lowly a card with a terrible ability, even if the rest of it is on curve. Dezani would have won that game if his Witness of the Ages was a Gray Ogre instead, because it wouldn't have allowed him to make that awful error.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:11
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In other plays that confused me- Goud just Master the Way'd Sorin instead of killing a 2/2 kheru bloodsucker (Reid was tapped out) and bashing with a 2/2 morph to kill Sorin. It just seems completely backwards. Especially now that we learn that goud has mindswipe in hand. I think Goud's chances to win the game go up a lot if he killed the bloodsucker there.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:12
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If your opponent plays their 5th mana precombat and has Jeskai, Temur or Abzan colors available you always, always assume Weaponmaster, Snowhorn or Guide. Ponyback Brigade generally doesn't flip midcombat and Abomination is less of a blowout, but those three are consistent traps that are always played in on-color decks and are common, so you have to assume that your opponent has it even if you haven't seen it.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:22
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:It reminds me of how MaRo said players tend to rate lowly a card with a terrible ability, even if the rest of it is on curve. Dezani would have won that game if his Witness of the Ages was a Gray Ogre instead, because it wouldn't have allowed him to make that awful error. It feels like a version of the kicker problem, where players will hold on to cards with kicker or buyback or other abilities like that until they can cast them for full value... and promptly lose because what they really needed to do was just use the cheaper mode at the point in the game where it would've ended up mattering more. Look at Kavu Titan, for instance. Sometimes the right play is to just drop a bear on turn two, but what they noticed was that people showed a disproportionate desire to hold on until they could cast it for 5... even when doing that ends up costing them the game. Sometimes, it's okay to just trade away your gray ogre rather than unmorph it for full value.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:25
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In honor of our hero, Dezani, MODO has declared today "Seriously, Nobody Draft Temur" Day. 
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Oct 10, 2014 22:35
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Unrelated: sometimes pack lotto works out. A local shop apparently came across a bunch of foreign-language Khans (Korean, Japanese, Russian), so I bought two Japanese packs and one Korean because what the hell. Three packs: Korean Wooded Foothills, Japanese Polluted Delta, Japanese Flooded Strand. Maybe I should go back and get more.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:36
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Sarcastro posted:Unrelated: sometimes pack lotto works out. A local shop apparently came across a bunch of foreign-language Khans (Korean, Japanese, Russian), so I bought two Japanese packs and one Korean because what the hell. Three packs: Korean Wooded Foothills, Japanese Polluted Delta, Japanese Flooded Strand. When you win, you stop playing. That way you stop a winner.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:39
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Sickening posted:When you win, you stop playing. That way you stop a winner. LET IT RIDE! But yeah, I won't be foolish.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:41
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Sarcastro posted:Unrelated: sometimes pack lotto works out. A local shop apparently came across a bunch of foreign-language Khans (Korean, Japanese, Russian), so I bought two Japanese packs and one Korean because what the hell. Three packs: Korean Wooded Foothills, Japanese Polluted Delta, Japanese Flooded Strand. Find someone who thinks "foreign language == more valuable" and flip them to him/her for cash.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:44
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Craig Wescoe makes a casual 11/11 for 2 mana just because when do you ever have a chance to do that. Didn't even need it to win that turn.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:56
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Welp nothing to see here.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:58
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That match was halfway to Vintage. Cifka paid U to draw 3, and Wescoe put an 11/11 into play for even cheaper than Tinker.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:58
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sarmhan posted:He didn't actually win that turn- ride down doesn't do anything vs the embodiment. The Embodiment doesn't have haste.
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Hellsau posted:The Embodiment doesn't have haste.
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Oct 10, 2014 23:00
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I missed the 11/11 play can someone sum up the situation?
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Oct 10, 2014 23:01
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Snacksmaniac posted:I missed the 11/11 play can someone sum up the situation? Kin-Tree Invocation cast on a buffed up Rotting Mastodon. I got to make a couple 8/8 tokens at prerelease with that combo so it was cool to see it.
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Oct 10, 2014 23:02
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Cernunnos posted:Ultra Pro makes such great products as... and... I snagged some of their perfect-fit wannabe Pokémon sleeves from Target for my friends' weekend drafts and they're surprisingly good.
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Oct 10, 2014 23:20
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If I play Anger of the Gods with a face-up Ashcloud Phoenix, does the Phoenix return or get exiled? e: Answering my own question, it looks like it gets exiled.
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Oct 10, 2014 23:28
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Hagon's hair looks less awful than usual.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Hagon's hair looks less awful than usual. Just you wait till Sunday.
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I decided to try this game after loving Hearthstone. Bought a Mardu starter deck. booster contained Sorin, sold Sorin to some guy for the cost of the starter deck. Jobs a good 'un.
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Trip Report on my very first FNM! Got in early and played some casual games with friends after watching a draft I couldn't turn up to the start of end, then did some trading to get Master of the Feast x4 and my final Bloodsoaked Champion. Slotted them into my deck, registered and got slotted into the newbie pool as it was my first time, then got into my first game! Round 1, won 2-0 - 1st year student at the neighbouring university, he'd bought a M15 toolkit and so had constructed a red/green deck out of basically every somewhat decent one he'd pulled. Rushed with Bloodsoaked Champions for 2-0, then proceeded to have a look through his deck and see what he could improve (as well as help sleeve it up). Round 2 won 2-0 - Another R/G player, though he had some alright stuff (Kiora's follower combos etc.). Managed to turn 3 Master both games and he couldn't deal with it, though he got me down to 1 on the second game when I had to block a trampler with Tormented Hero. Played a couple of casual games with him after and found out he had both Coursers and Caryatids, and hadn't drawn into them surprisingly. Round 3, lost 0-2 - Friend of a friend who'd bought the event deck, then proceeded to get the God Hand twice in a row with stacking Chiefs of the Edge/Scale and Seeker of the Way. Unfortunately couldn't race him fast enough, so lost both. Round 4, won 2-1 - Weird semi-mirror matchup against a guy who was running a similiar deck but with some of the 1 drops subbed out for green enchantments, which caused me to lose a game when he used Ranger's Guile on his own Master in response to removal. Otherwise, the games basically came down to who played Master first and hoping Pain Seer didn't draw anything too expensive. Overall, had a good run. My 2nd place prize packs had a Bloodstained Mire in there so was pretty chuffed with that, and also amused at how silly my promo Fanatic of Xenagos looks. Will definitely go back for the next one (though will probably be put into the proper pool as I placed fairly high).
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Dave Williams, on his opponent casting a Dig Through Time for two after filling his graveyard with See The Unwritten: "Jesus Christ."
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AgentSythe posted:Dave Williams, on his opponent casting a Dig Through Time for two after filling his graveyard with See The Unwritten: "Jesus Christ." at that point you just wink at your opponent.
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SierraNovember posted:I decided to try this game after loving Hearthstone. Bought a Mardu starter deck. booster contained Sorin, sold Sorin to some guy for the cost of the starter deck. Jobs a good 'un. Welcome! Magic is a complicated game, so if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask 
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SierraNovember posted:I decided to try this game after loving Hearthstone. Bought a Mardu starter deck. booster contained Sorin, sold Sorin to some guy for the cost of the starter deck. Jobs a good 'un. also magic is fun and very entertaining and will make you broke ENJOY\ The Wicked Wall posted:Trip Report on my very first FNM! Is your MBA deck pretty fast on average?
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"Tossed a couple lands on the table after deckbuilding. Person across from me was (unbeknown to me) hit and felt aggressed. During turn 3 of game 1, I get pulled out and told my tournament is over. Zero tolerance policy for potentially aggressive behavior. Intent is not taken into consideration." Not even his opponent lmao
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AgentSythe posted:Dave Williams, on his opponent casting a Dig Through Time for two after filling his graveyard with See The Unwritten: "Jesus Christ." My draft deck last week had those and I too lived that dream. My opponent was not amused.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:"Tossed a couple lands on the table after deckbuilding. Person across from me was (unbeknown to me) hit and felt aggressed. During turn 3 of game 1, I get pulled out and told my tournament is over. Zero tolerance policy for potentially aggressive behavior. Intent is not taken into consideration." Are you quoting some dumb reddit poo poo up in here? It's probably better than average content for this thread, anyway.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:"Tossed a couple lands on the table after deckbuilding. Person across from me was (unbeknown to me) hit and felt aggressed. During turn 3 of game 1, I get pulled out and told my tournament is over. Zero tolerance policy for potentially aggressive behavior. Intent is not taken into consideration." This is the end of the slippery slope of not being able to take pictures of people showing off their asscracks in a public venue. Where is this from?
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Greg Ogreenc at the Pro Tour. I'm loving it it's so stupid.
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I was hoping it was some anecdote from FNM or something with a tinpot dictator store owner. If tossing cards onto a table and accidentally hitting someone is cause for ejection from the Pro Tour then we really have passed into the realm of self-parody. e: I would say that whoever narced on him should be shunned Wescoe-betting-style, but they may genuinely have just wanted someone to tell him not to do that anymore, I have no idea. e2: I mean it's also not outside the realm of possibility that we'll find out that the dude actually spiked the cards directly at someone else on purpose and he's trying to spin it a different way. I guess I should withhold judgment. JerryLee fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Oct 11, 2014 |
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neetengie posted:That's good to hear man, save that Bloodstained Mire for either Modern/Legacy or for a rainy day, it's gun b gud. It's fairly fast, not Subsligh by any means but turn 5 win can happen it seems if nothing big gets blocked. I had to swap out a few 4ths of the 1-drops (except Bloodsoaked Champion because bananas) to get Master in, though Mogis' kind of compensates for this by just letting everything go ham as a finisher. I also got a 2nd Whip of Erebos in there now so it actually shows up when I want it. I also threw in 3 Temples of Malice as part of my 22 lands, which were really pulling their weight earlier. My plan RE: The fetchland is to wait and see what the pro tour does to the local metagame, and if MBA gets midranged out in the next events I'll probably transition into a R/B aggroey midrange thing as I have some okay red cards and 2 Sarkhans still.
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I just won a weird mtgo swiss draft I was playing straight 4 color on the back of 2 drops being really, really good in khans...I basically always had a play by turn 2. First match was against a temur player who was really slow to start, not having a play until turn 4. I won by using Act of Treason on his Meandering Towershell... which is a great feeling. he conceded game 2 after missing his turn 4 land and being outnumbered by 2 power creatures. Second match was against WUBR. First match they had no creatures and instead just answered me 1-1 with removal until turn 5, except they were one turn behind, so they just took 2 damage a turn from my highland game. They conceded when I used Timely Hordemate to bring back Mardu Skullhunter. Second match fell a bit into a stall after I brought him down to 4 health, but I managed to steal the game with act of treason + feat of resistance on his Flying Prowess creature. Third Match was against the slowest Player I've ever seen... he had 1 minute and 20 seconds left when he won the first game with a topdecked flying crane kick on turn...I think 12 (played first, no card draw, 21 cards left in deck). I was stuck on 4 lands for most of the game, and I was off white (which is a fair risk when you're playing 4 color). Second game he had no plays and I had him to 14 life by the time he conceded on turn 4 with 40 seconds left. 3rd game he took 10 seconds deciding if he wanted to play first, then he conceded.
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Butcher of the Horde declared best Khans Standard card.
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Standard is now starting on the Pro Tour broadcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ2v-uRBYuc Edit: First match is Ben Stark with Jeskai Aggro, vs. Raphael Levy as Mardu Planeswalkers control deck
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LSV is playing Jeskai Ascendancy Combo, apparently. God bless that man.
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Commentary reveals that LSV's on Ascendancy Combo this weekend, awesome.
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