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Prediction for today: Black/Mardu Aggro cards all spike double or more by the end of the weekend. 4x Pain Seer in top 16. So it seems like from FNM reports last night that playing deathtouchers in this format actually helps slow down aggressive decks and midrange decks. Pharika might actually be an interesting card in a Rock Control deck.
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Reid Duke is on GR Devotion! Dylan Fay is on... Reid Duke.  Reid cut his hair. Reid decklist so far: Sarhkan, Voyaging Satyr, Caryatid, Nylea God of the Hunt, Genesis Hydra, Mystic. Korak fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Sep 27, 2014 |
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Sep 27, 2014 16:36
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mcmagic posted:What MTG coverage is better than SCG? The answer in none and it's not even close heh.
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Sep 27, 2014 17:15
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Boco_T posted:If we're going to see boards like this for the next 3 months then In Garruk's Wake is going to become a playable sideboard card.
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Sep 27, 2014 17:22
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If you're playing Mantis Rider against a deck with 2/1 and 2/2s, always block and force them to have it.
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Sep 27, 2014 17:53
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Deflecting Palm wins a game on cam. Get your copies quick!
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Sep 27, 2014 18:02
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AgentSythe posted:Since the OP is new enough, would mtggoldfish (https://www.mtggoldfish.com) a good link? It's a good way to figure out the online meta.
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Sep 27, 2014 20:16
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KidDynamite posted:Hey new thread someone please link the 5 proxies on one card site. I need to get my Saito testing on.
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Fingers McLongDong posted:Can you link to saito's new brews?
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Sep 27, 2014 21:57
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bhsman posted:What was the Harness by Force win? Did Rabble Red pop up on stream?
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Sep 28, 2014 01:53
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Ascendancy Combo 11th Andrew Baeckstrom StarCityGames.com Standard Open 2014-09-27 Indianapolis So I guess this means that combo is a thing in standard.
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Sep 28, 2014 17:39
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Zorak posted:Except UW Control was probably the best deck in last Standard? Sphinx's Rev, Detention Sphere, Supreme Verdict, and Aetherling were incredible cards.
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Sep 28, 2014 20:23
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So there's some talk in control decks about running Perilous Vault since it can deal with EVERYTHING on turn 5 and the mana requirements are incredibly good, even if you're taking two turns off.
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Lurchington posted:I'd really like Fact or Fiction available in modern and think it'd be fine in an 18 month standard. I think it's a skill testing card that doesn't invalidate whole classes of cards like Sphinx' Revelation
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Sep 28, 2014 21:05
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Sleep of Bronze posted:4 mana to 7 mana is a big difference, especially if you want the card draw effect particularly. Blue seems like it will be going through a slump in the current standard. I think a few decks are going to mostly be splashing blue for sideboard counter spells and main deck draw(treasure or dig). quick edit: Speaking of Treasure Cruise, first on cam casting of it from a U/R Delver deck and it hits Bolt, Bolt, Mountain.
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Sep 28, 2014 22:06
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Samael posted:Goons, what is your preferred 5 drop for a Temur Monsters deck- Sarkhan, Stormbreath Dragon, Prognostic Sphinx, Surrak Dragonclaw, Keranos, God of Storms or Nissa Worldwaker? Keranos sounds fun as a garruk replacement, helps draw cards or helps kill opponent or problematic creature. Keranos + Polukranos activation kills just about everything in the format. The only issue is this would be turn 6 at the earliest. Nissa does amazing things, definitely a 2-of in any green deck.
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AnacondaHL posted:SCG has officially awarded me $50 for my performance with 4 Monastery Swiftspear registered in my deck. In Legacy.
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Sep 29, 2014 01:07
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Stephen Mann got a game loss and match loss due to slow play in the semi-finals of the Legacy tournament. Apparently he had got a few warnings throughout the day. Tough break for him since the top 8 isn't timed. I couldn't see what exactly was preventing him from moving on with the game.
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Count Bleck posted:This semifinals match is hilarious.
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Sep 29, 2014 02:18
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That legacy finals was pretty amazing. 8 Khans cards mainboard in the winning deck. Khans is a bigger legacy staple than Theros that printed a few hatecards.
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Cernunnos posted:MODO posts go here just make it obvious you're talking about MODO so no-one thinks you've done something insane.
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Jabor posted:I'm pretty sure the price will drop a little once people figure out that 4 Sarkhan 0 Stormbreath Dragon isn't the optimal card distribution.
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Sep 29, 2014 19:15
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Don't buy random loose packs either. Box mapping is a thing.Angry Grimace posted:I'm really torn on whether now is a good time to invest in cards or a completely terrible time to invest in cards given that we have no clue what's going to be played at the Pro Tour (which is far more likely to show us what Standard looks like than random SCG events). I've been toying with the 7 drop Resolute Archangel in white decks as a way to instantly get back up to 20 hp with how painful the early game is. It's one card that I could see pros taking notice of that others haven't.
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Angry Grimace posted:"Known by online testers" isn't what drives card prices, its results in tournaments. In that sense, yes, Pro Tour Theros DID invent Mono-Blue and Mono-Black.
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Sep 29, 2014 21:06
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Angry Grimace posted:I think you are overestimating the card evaluation skills of the Magic playing community at large. There's no overestimating card evaluation when we've had a few tournaments and 2+ weeks of testing proving what works in a vacuum.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:It won't be too good. If it gets popular, the meta will shift and people will add hate over time. There's a hilarious narset deck out that can turn 1 win but it's inconsistent enough that I wouldn't worry about it outside of 2-mans.
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Sep 29, 2014 22:33
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I don't know how viable it is mainboard but an interesting sideboard for decks running Sarkhan would be the Becoming Immense card to possibly 1 shot your opponent. It's not always win more and can be used as pseudo removal if needed, say putting it on a caryatid. Helps your tramplers do ridiculous amounts of damage.
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Ashcloud is a solid card and lots of pros were pimping it. I personally think it works as a control finisher since you can wipe the board and get value out of it as a 2/2 until you can instant speed flip it if your opponent tries to kill it.
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Has anyone thought about a Purphoros-Xenagos PW-Rabblemaster type of deck that abuses the fact that xenagos pw is much better now that there is no mutavault in the format and a lot of people are using 1 for 1 kill spells? Seems to me you can just make a low to the ground aggressive GR deck that consistently puts through the damage needed.Cactrot posted:I can't believe they're up to nearly 20 bucks now, I kinda feel like I should dump mine for fetches and play a non-rabblemaster deck.
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Count Bleck posted:On the subject of Phoenixes, I wonder if Flame-Wreathed Phoenix is going to be any good now that theres less unconditional removal.
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quote:Two random items: how long has it been since a set has had neither dragons nor angels printed in it? And has anyone play tested an Agent of Fates deck yet? It seems with all the cheap removal gone, it gets ridiculously better. Imagine a Sentesen Tactics that annihilates 3 creatures with a single Agent out. JerryLee posted:It's interesting how the whole bluff value of morph plummets like a rock in Constructed for pretty much exactly the reason you stated. In Limited it's interesting because one morph could be a 3/1 and the other a 4/4 lifelinker so which one are you gonna burn when they're tapped out?
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Sam Pardee talking about being 16-0 with the deck including winning with two 4-0s makes me think there's a lot more game to it.
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LordSaturn posted:I see pro testers doing a lot of 'fudging' - saving playtest time by, like, casually Scrying three on every draw step to help induce the situation they want to test. You don't want to just set up sample hands because that doesn't give you a feel for the odds, but fudging by a fixed amount should give you a loose feel for how likely it is that, say, you'll have an answer every time you see threat X. Pro Tour theory: One interesting thing about this current standard is there are actually a ton of sweepers in the format, including ones that only hit your opponent's side of the board. It feels like if you figure out the perfect mix of cards for the early game, the rest of the game you're gonna be 1-for-2+ing so much that no deck can come back from it including control decks. If I kill my opponent's 2-6 wincons in a control match up, they just flat out lose the game plus lose sideboarded games right now. No one is running graveyard recursion. WB would probably be the nut control deck. Plenty of kill spells that hit stormbreath while also having exiling effects for annoying enchantments. We all know Elspeth completely wins games, and Resolute Archangel can reset your side of the board in such a huge way. Korak fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Oct 8, 2014 |
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As Jeff Hoogland and other people have pointed out, there's 30+ hate cards that see regular play in modern that help fight the jeskai combo deck. People are just going to have to sideboard or mainboard a few more hate cards for the matchup and it'll work itself out. I don't want any more bans in modern.
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Attorney at Funk posted:Around a year ago they fired all their commentators besides Cedric Phillips and Patrick Sullivan (and sometimes Patrick Chapin and that guy with the hat that pronounces all the card names wrong). They've also standardized their Open formats, losing the couple Team Limited Opens there were the year before in exchange for a consistent Saturday Standard/Sunday Legacy format. They only recently stopped streamlining their circuit and coverage offerings and are just beginning to expand from the base they built up over the last year (the one that sees their coverage numbers surpass even same-format simultaneous GPs). SCG is also *the* premier source of Legacy coverage, so cutting back on that is giving up one of their greatest advantages. Modern is much more exciting to show especially to newer players. They really should be pimping it more.
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