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I've seen a deck that runs Bishop of Wings, Divine Visitation, and Arcane Adaptation set to "Angel". It lost before it really went off.
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Shooting Blanks posted:This. A great opening hand is 3 plains (or other untapped white), Ajani's Welcome, Bishop of Wings, and a Resplendent Angel. If you can't kill the Bishop or Angel before the end of T3, they now have a free 4/4 flyer coming every single turn or until you kill one. There are other hands that are nearly as ugly, but I've run into that exact T1-T3 at least 4 times. Literally every deck is good if the opponent has no removal or disruption before T4. Consider mulliganning to interaction more aggressively? I had to Hurricane Evac for most of the week so I’m late to the brawl challenge and I’m a bit concerned by the deck construction. Why does the Bant colored ramp Commander have 15 Ramp cards in the deck but the 6 mana Mardu Commander has no ramp cards? You can play entirely too many games of Mardu knights without ever hitting 6 mana, that’s really bad. These decks feel like precons designed by people who just started playing Commander and not by people who understand how Singleton formats should work.
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Sep 8, 2019 11:55
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I thought that, given the resources available and their obvious desire to not pack too much value into the decks that they're decent. The Knight deck definitely needs more oomph though. And more ramp.
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Sep 8, 2019 12:05
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The Chulane one seems perfectly fine, the faerie one is like 4-5 cards from being good, the Knights deck is basically a pile of Draft Chaff and it really shows.
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Sep 8, 2019 12:12
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I haven't played unranked in a while. Is it usual for folks to scoop to a t2 Cavalcade? It's happened 3 times now.
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Sep 8, 2019 12:45
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People scoop to literally anything in Casual, it’s why I exclusively play ranked.
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Sep 8, 2019 12:46
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I exclusively play casual because I take losses hard enough as is; if I have to look at the rank I'm losing it'll just piss me off more. That and I like to play dumb poo poo like my deathtouch tribal deck.
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Sep 8, 2019 13:07
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Sep 8, 2019 13:07
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I don't know the names of any cards and usually only play casual, dipped my toes into ranked, first game I played I came up against a deck that could just replay a "take no damage this turn" card over and over, and had no way to deal with his artifact that untapped everything until he drew his entire deck and for some reason I died instead of him? I think I'll stick to casual.
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Sep 8, 2019 13:08
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Griffball posted:I don't know the names of any cards and usually only play casual, dipped my toes into ranked, first game I played I came up against a deck that could just replay a "take no damage this turn" card over and over, and had no way to deal with his artifact that untapped everything until he drew his entire deck and for some reason I died instead of him? I think I'll stick to casual. Yeah the game is probably pretty hard if you don’t read the cards and don’t know what they do
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Sep 8, 2019 13:11
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ChrisBTY posted:I exclusively play casual because I take losses hard enough as is; if I have to look at the rank I'm losing it'll just piss me off more. Did you just face off against what appeared to be a monored elemental deck with a single breeding pool?
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Sep 8, 2019 13:15
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Bust Rodd posted:Yeah the game is probably pretty hard if you don’t read the cards and don’t know what they do I understood everything the mechanics of the cards that allowed him to survive turn after turn, and it was obviously my fault for not having something that can destroy artifacts or do direct damage against planeswalkers, but I was under the impression that an empty deck means you lose, and after an half hour long game I wasn't paying attention, I saw he had 2 cards left in his deck, then I was dead.
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Sep 8, 2019 13:15
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BrianBoitano posted:Did you just face off against what appeared to be a monored elemental deck with a single breeding pool? No I haven't played today. Another crazy fool with deathtouch tribal out there? Griffball posted:I understood everything the mechanics of the cards that allowed him to survive turn after turn, and it was obviously my fault for not having something that can destroy artifacts or do direct damage against planeswalkers, but I was under the impression that an empty deck means you lose, and after an half hour long game I wasn't paying attention, I saw he had 2 cards left in his deck, then I was dead. He probably had a card called "Jace, Wielder of Mysteries" out which lets him win the game when he runs out of deck rather than lose the game. ChrisBTY fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Sep 8, 2019 |
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Sep 8, 2019 13:24
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Bust Rodd posted:Literally every deck is good if the opponent has no removal or disruption before T4. Consider mulliganning to interaction more aggressively? Eh, I admittedly took mediocre hands into the times I can remember and I had removal and disruption, just the wrong kind. It was mostly a gripe that every time I run into that deck, I wind up keeping a meh hand and run into someone who draws straight gas - that happens to everyone.
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Sep 8, 2019 13:27
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ChrisBTY posted:No I haven't played today. That would have done it, in my defence it was an half hour long game where he was running the timer every turn, and that was like his fouth planeswalker on the board. I'd like to know what someone is doing playing a deck like that at the lowest rank.
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Sep 8, 2019 13:30
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Griffball posted:That would have done it, in my defence it was an half hour long game where he was running the timer every turn, and that was like his fouth planeswalker on the board. I'd like to know what someone is doing playing a deck like that at the lowest rank. practicing, trying it out before taking it to play in the ranked queues, playing on a friend's account The idea that Casual Queue is only for bad decks with no rares is a fallacy.
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Sep 8, 2019 13:37
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Bust Rodd posted:practicing, trying it out before taking it to play in the ranked queues, playing on a friend's account posting is probably pretty hard if you don't read the posts, op was in ranked
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Sep 8, 2019 14:05
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ChrisBTY posted:No I haven't played today. Yes. No idea what the end game was, he just kept dropping 1/1s, a 1/2, and the 2/3 lifelink dork before I flew over his head...
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Sep 8, 2019 14:06
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Hi, I'm a big dumb idiot who only realized this game was a thing yesterday and wants to draft dinosaurs and pirates before they rotate because, well, big dumb idiot. Am I missing something in the UI, or is there only Magic 2020 draft available? I'm worried that I'm about a year and a half late. 
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Sep 8, 2019 14:06
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SageNytell posted:Hi, I'm a big dumb idiot who only realized this game was a thing yesterday and wants to draft dinosaurs and pirates before they rotate because, well, big dumb idiot. They ain't doing ixalan drafts anytime soon since every card in them is about to rotate, they might do a flashback draft at some point but I doubt it'd be soon
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Sep 8, 2019 14:17
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Griffball posted:That would have done it, in my defence it was an half hour long game where he was running the timer every turn, and that was like his fouth planeswalker on the board. I'd like to know what someone is doing playing a deck like that at the lowest rank. For context: That deck is called turbofog and is at the lowest rank because it's not competitive. Like it loses to starter decks that get a good draw.
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Sep 8, 2019 14:43
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BrianBoitano posted:Yes. No idea what the end game was, he just kept dropping 1/1s, a 1/2, and the 2/3 lifelink dork before I flew over his head... It's real rough out there IRT getting your deathtouchers big enough to be actual threats. I'm still hoping for some good equipment in ToE to help that along.
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Sep 8, 2019 15:13
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SageNytell posted:Hi, I'm a big dumb idiot who only realized this game was a thing yesterday and wants to draft dinosaurs and pirates before they rotate because, well, big dumb idiot. Guilds of Ravnica draft is also available, but Ixalan drafts are long gone. It's for the best, Ixalan was a bad draft format, Rivals with Ixalan was somewhat better but still not very good. There's more playable formats than just the three panes they show on the main screen. To access them, make sure this thing is toggled to the right  Then click the Play button bottom right and you'll see a full list of all available game modes.
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Sep 8, 2019 15:26
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GimmickMan posted:For context: That deck is called turbofog and is at the lowest rank because it's not competitive. But when it does work it's a machine of malicious frustration!
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Sep 8, 2019 15:40
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Yeah, pretty much. Kind of a dick move but I've also played it a few times so I'm no one to talk.
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Sep 8, 2019 15:56
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I play a bunch of the Simic Flash deck so I really can’t call any other deck a dick move
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Sep 8, 2019 15:59
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Simic is the "dick move" colors
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Sep 8, 2019 16:02
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U/Anything is the "dick move" colors.
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Sep 8, 2019 16:09
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Lone Goat posted:Guilds of Ravnica draft is also available, but Ixalan drafts are long gone. It's for the best, Ixalan was a bad draft format, Rivals with Ixalan was somewhat better but still not very good. I guess I'll have to build bad, timing out constructed decks manually to get my dinosaur/pirate fix, then.  Maybe Historical will have some kind of options for people who play suboptimally, like me. I can dream.
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Sep 8, 2019 16:18
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They should implement ghost drafts for historical formats. Also current formats.
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Sep 8, 2019 16:19
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SageNytell posted:I guess I'll have to build bad, timing out constructed decks manually to get my dinosaur/pirate fix, then. Historic will not be competitively supported, so it’s more likely that it will be the Arena equivalent of sitting at the kitchen table and playing whatever you want.
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Sep 8, 2019 17:07
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Bust Rodd posted:Historic will not be competitively supported, so it’s more likely that it will be the Arena equivalent of sitting at the kitchen table and playing whatever you want. Historic will have a ranked queue which is the bare minimum of competitive support so that's a thing. Theoretically they could replace Modern with it as an Eternal format without over a decade of bad design.
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Sep 8, 2019 17:08
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So what are the chances we don't get Llanowar Elfes in Eldrane? It's not in 2020 yet. If they don't reprint it till m21 that'd be really... interesting. Paradise Druid and Incubation and that loving elemental certainly strong enough but t1 Llanowar is like the reason for the season. Maybe Arboreal Grazer starts showing up in non-degenerate decks?
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Sep 8, 2019 17:09
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We’re 100% not getting Elvish Mystic in Eldraine. They want Grazer in that slot
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Sep 8, 2019 17:11
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The Goose is the new mana dork
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Sep 8, 2019 17:13
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AnEdgelord posted:The Goose is the new mana dork but the goose is cooked!
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Sep 8, 2019 17:14
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Folks, you're gonna want to bolt this bird at 350 degrees for one hour per pound https://twitter.com/AutumnLilyMTG/status/1170094825548537868 This deck feels pretty strong
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Sep 8, 2019 17:20
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/AutumnLilyMTG/status/1170094825548537868 Im holding off on crafting anything before Eldraine drops but this tempting
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Sep 8, 2019 17:24
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LoL at crafting 4 Nexus now
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With the new (old) guild leader avatars, I'm sorta surprised that didn't give them lines, especially ones tied to the emotes. Like they wouldn't have to just be "good game," but something along those lines that are also in line with their personalities. Seems like a wasted opportunity for worldbuilding and characterization (and monetization from premium avatars).
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