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atastypie posted:How can the production value of the pro tour consistently stay so low? gently caress This is pretty hilarious.
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atastypie posted:How can the production value of the pro tour consistently stay so low? gently caress Wizards of the Coast hires the same quality of AV guys for coverage that they do for programming MTGO.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:34
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atastypie posted:How can the production value of the pro tour consistently stay so low? Currently getting players to describe their sideboards between match 1 and 2, but the audio is still on the booth. Come on Hearing someone make train noises is far more important than the sideboards.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:35
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neetengie posted:I didn't buy them at $4 each because of other investments but I wish I had. Are most of the people at your LGS poor with card evaluation? I mean it's two dudes, and the ability of the main roc is upside. This was in this thread.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:37
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god i wish there were audio issues whenever zac hill is talking
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Oct 12, 2014 20:38
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atastypie posted:How can the production value of the pro tour consistently stay so low? Currently getting players to describe their sideboards between match 1 and 2, but the audio is still on the booth. Come on From what I remember (I may be wrong) the crew that does the Pro Tours is different than the crews who do the GPs. So, when you only do 4 events a year, there is a higher chance kinks won't be worked out. Compare to SCG, who has the same crew practicing the same things literally almost every week.
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Lord Of Texas posted:From what I remember (I may be wrong) the crew that does the Pro Tours is different than the crews who do the GPs. So, when you only do 4 events a year, there is a higher chance kinks won't be worked out. Compare to SCG, who has the same crew practicing the same things literally almost every week. in other words, wizards is too cheap to actually higher professionals e: vvvv would you accept the combo in the finals? A big flaming stink fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 20:56
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Really hoping there's no Jeskai player in the finals so the deck doesn't spike as much and I have a chance to pick it up. I just need to stop trading forever, because I am on a streak of trading away format staples that spike up in price shortly after being traded. Elspeth, Dig Through Time, Caryatid, Mantis Rider etc. EDIT: Does anyone remember that site that shows card prices in a set visually by resizing the cards? DAD LOST MY IPOD fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 20:57
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gently caress yes, Abzan won the match. Love that deck.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:59
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neetengie posted:gently caress yes, Abzan won the match. Love that deck. Why? Because of the possibility of flying rhinos?
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Oct 12, 2014 21:02
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Saporito has sculpted that neckbeard.  E: And apparently de-sculpted it overnight by shaving the whole thing off for the Sunday. Good lad. Sleep of Bronze fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 21:02
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:EDIT: Does anyone remember that site that shows card prices in a set visually by resizing the cards? Ark42 got taken down, but Dawnglare picked up the mantle: http://mtg.dawnglare.com/?p=viz
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Oct 12, 2014 21:06
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Rinkles posted:Why? Because of the possibility of flying rhinos? e: also helps that it's a midrange deck, my favorite archetype.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:06
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I like Strasky's build-- I'd like to see a Czech deck tech about it.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:11
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Jeskai Loses more like it.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:50
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Two incredibly dominating matches by Abzan over Jeskai. Good news for U/B control at least.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:51
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Hey it turns out multiple Siege Rhinos is really good WHO KNEW?!
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Oct 12, 2014 21:51
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Welp, 3 Abzan decks in the semis. This year's going to be so disheartening.
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qbert posted:Welp, 3 Abzan decks in the semis. That's a bit disingenuous. Sigrist's Abzan deck is quite different from the others.
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Eddie Whitson posted:Wizards of the Coast hires the same quality of AV guys for coverage that they do for programming MTGO. 
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qbert posted:Welp, 3 Abzan decks in the semis. Unless you play Robits. It can stop Caryatids with Phyrexian Revoker, and use Daring Thief to exchange a Singing Bell Strike or Ensoul Artifact for Courser.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:53
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Zurai posted:That's a bit disingenuous. Sigrist's Abzan deck is quite different from the others. I apologize. Allow me to rephrase: 12 Siege Rhinos in the semis. This year's going to be so disheartening.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:54
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I just picked up some cards at a garage sale. Cut a pretty good deal with the guy so we both are gonna do pretty good. However, there is a box of water and road salt damaged cards that is pretty amazing. Most is garbage but if I see something really cool and damaged I have to keep it.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:54
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qbert posted:Welp, 3 Abzan decks in the semis. If you want a vision of future Standard, imagine Junk, Jund, or Naya midrange stamping on an interesting deck forever.
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Wizards is literally comically bad at everything that uses electricity. Like, it doesn't make sense that they're bad at the tech side of casting, MODO, and Wizards Event Reporter. Presumably those are at least somewhat different teams. And yet, here we are. Also Jeskai Storm down game 1. 
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I need 4 Wingmate Rocs
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oryx posted:Ark42 got taken down, but Dawnglare picked up the mantle: http://mtg.dawnglare.com/?p=viz All those prices seem inflated to SCG levels. KillarySwank fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 23:19
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Nehru the Damaja posted:If you want a vision of future Standard, imagine Junk, Jund, or Naya midrange stamping on an interesting deck forever. This post fell out of a wormhole from five years ago and never stopped being true. edit: Two years ago? When was Wolf Run/Olivia/Thragtusk/Huntmaster
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rabidsquid posted:This post fell out of a wormhole from five years ago and never stopped being true. As opposed to some blue plus white and/or black deck countering and killing everything interesting?
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rabidsquid posted:This post fell out of a wormhole from five years ago and never stopped being true. A few months ago, the only good decks were mono-U, mono-B, and U/W control. Magic players have shorter memories than the goldfish I use to practice Breakfast Burrito.
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:A few months ago, the only good decks were mono-U, mono-B, and U/W control. Magic players have shorter memories than the goldfish I use to practice Breakfast Burrito. And before that was GR, Naya, Jund, Junk, Jund, Naya, different Naya, different different Naya, Delver, GRx. That's what, two hiccups where it's not one variation or another of the same old poo poo for years? edit: Forgot 4-color Thragtusk goodstuff so you can play Jund, Junk AND Naya.
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Standard is going to be boring as long as the cards are boring. Siege Rhino is a bad, boring card that is a step above Pierce and Peace Strider and if it dominates this format then it will say volumes about the quality of the cards in it
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Eh, yeah, 3 of the decks have 4 Rhinos each, but again, Sigrist's deck uses it a lot differently than the other two. For him it's a curve-topper and game-closer, for the others it's a stall tactic. EDIT: That said, this match looks like it's going to be pretty boring. Zurai fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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TheKingofSprings posted:Standard is going to be boring as long as the cards are boring. Calling it a Bad card is hilarious. It provides reach, life gain, and a decent body. It's mana cost is a weakness but base green decks are easily able to ignore that downside.
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Madmarker posted:Calling it a Bad card is hilarious. It provides reach, life gain, and a decent body. It's mana cost is a weakness but base green decks are easily able to ignore that downside. I took "bad card" to mean "badly designed card" but maybe I'm wrong. I certainly hate the trend toward green's better rates on creatures getting stapled to a great big "gently caress you" the moment you add a white mana.
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TheKingofSprings posted:Standard is going to be boring as long as the cards are boring. What card do you think is good/interesting? I personally love siege rhino because I like playing midrange and its such a gently caress you to aggro/burn decks which I hate playing against. To each their own I guess
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Ari's deck really is a well-oiled machine. He's playing really well too. I think he's gonna take this whole thing.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:I took "bad card" to mean "badly designed card" but maybe I'm wrong. Oh I can agree with the statement its boring, as I have said a few times, creature based midrange is my LEAST favorite archetype in magic. I'd rather play all day against donate-illusions than a game against, or with, junk or jund style decks. However, I appear to be in the minority because large swathes of players seem to love these things.
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