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Yeah, prior to rotation Mono Red Aggro would side a mountain, some Rekindling Phoenixes or Legion Warbosses to transition into a more midrangey deck that plays bigger threats etc. Also U/B decks got to side in Ashiok against Field of the Dead decks heck ya
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There's also the psychological minigame of whether to play a bomb when you think you could win regardless or keep that card hidden to surprise them on the next round. Bo1 is all ham all the time.
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srulz posted:It all depends on the deck. Some decks have a very linear gameplan, so you don't change much other than removing dead cards & adding in hate cards. However, for certain decks, there is actually a lot of strategy involved: Wow. Thank you for this!
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Just getting to play at least one game going first is great, not drawing a handful of dead cards is even better. Also getting a chance at payback when you get an opponent that gets smug about winning when you get screwed/flooded. The whole experience is a lot "rocks beats scissors and rock is real smug about it" after the sideboards come in.
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Nov 8, 2019 06:43
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Got myself up to gold 1 with WAR drafts. Can't wait to fall back down to gold 4 because of secretkeepers.
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theres almost no gain to opening any eldraine packs anymore for me  i feel like the 50 packerino was mega mega overkill for this set
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Nov 8, 2019 07:15
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Save the gold and wildcards for the next set! And don't craft anything that relies on a card that will get banned. Golos you useless 4 of.
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What the gently caress, I tried doing that Omnipotence draft and right out of the gate someone has a turn 1 infinite combo. Scholar of the Ages, Unsummon and Anticipate. Just keep bouncing and replaying the scholar for infinite card draw.
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Zero VGS posted:What the gently caress, I tried doing that Omnipotence draft and right out of the gate someone has a turn 1 infinite combo. Scholar of the Ages, Unsummon and Anticipate. Just keep bouncing and replaying the scholar for infinite card draw. Yeah but that could be you.
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Argas posted:Yeah but that could be you. No one told me it could have been me! edit: thanks for the hint about Spectral Sailor though I only got one in draft but I win every time I draw it with the 2 cards per round Zero VGS fucked around with this message at 08:25 on Nov 8, 2019 |
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Everyone else got big impressive rares to cast, while I got Bag of Holding, a Leyline of Anticipation, and a Mu Yanling. Neat cards, but not exactly a match for turn one legendaries or cavaliers or whatever. 
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Attestant posted:Everyone else got big impressive rares to cast, while I got Bag of Holding, a Leyline of Anticipation, and a Mu Yanling. Neat cards, but not exactly a match for turn one legendaries or cavaliers or whatever. A bunch of people I fought had a Vilis, Broker of Blood and that seems to be a guaranteed win when they hit the table. Along with drafting Spectral Sailor, I advise to draft every cantrip you see (Befuddle, Angelic Gift, Bone to Ash) those are always useful since you run no lands and they're free. Bone to Ash is always a two-for-one. Soul Scavenge is usually a two-for-one as well. edit: There's some fuckin' mad lads who draft Dragon Mage and hitting me with him has lost them the game as much as he's won it. Zero VGS fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Nov 8, 2019 |
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I'd temper the cantrip advice by saying that you shouldn't be drafting them over good cards just because they cantrip - remember, you have to play almost every card you draft, so even though you're not drawing lands, you are going to be drawing crappy do-nothing creatures off your cantrips more often than you would like.
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Zero VGS posted:edit: There's some fuckin' mad lads who draft Dragon Mage and hitting me with him has lost them the game as much as he's won it. Incidentally I got a few wins off of my two Dragon Mage paired with the Leyline and a bunch of removal. I could set up some disgusting turns by hitting them with the dragon, and intentionally not playing most of my stuff. Then just time all my stuff at the end of their turn, removing key blockers and dumping my board so they couldn't react with anything sorcery speed. But that tended to lose hard against the really good stuff, counters, etc.
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Carillon posted:Thanks for your help! I dunno how many good black knights I have, looks like only 1 each of those that you mentioned, but can definitely switch when it's more robust if it ends up being better! Hey, this looks good, glad this is working for you! I think the structure of the deck is fine so far. Two Syr Alin's is fine. Generally speaking, if a card is something you want to see early or is important to your strategy, you want a full four copies. Something that's nice to have gets two copies, and Alin is just nice to have. Gideon would be generally beneficial for your creatures, but doesn't have any specific synergy. I don't think including him would hurt - I'd probably drop the Skyblazer since that's designed for a multiplayer format and is less useful in a regular game. For R/W Knights, I don't think there's any planeswalkers I'd say are a must-have. I'd play with the ratio of Ardenvale Paladins to Ardenvale Tacticians and Acclaimed Contenders. I don't think the Paladin is bad but its stats are weird for me, and I get more use from the Contender tutoring and the Tactician's Adventure + flying. Find out what works for you!
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Spiderdrake posted:You still have 75 days or something to go on the pass. TBD is a long, long way off. gross. gross gross gross gross. m20 was so much fun instead we get this for months.
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Just had a decent run with 6 copies of the squadron hawk dude. Handily beat up on a bunch of generic "play big dudes" decks, got stomped by two busted-rear end Scholar combo decks that went off on me turn 1, and had one unlucky loss with a mull to two on the draw and my opponent having Mind Rot.
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Nov 8, 2019 11:59
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Ahahahahaha omniscience is so dumb and I love it so much.
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Omnidraft m20 might be my favorite format ever. You just have to accept that you're often playing rocket tag. Sometime you get to play broken bullshit, and sometime the bullshit plays you. The main thing to realize about omnidraft is that literally anything that draws a card is a great pick, but the bots are still off normal pick order. So cards that are terrible but cantrip like befuddle and and that flying aura are amazing late picks because the bots think they're in a regular format. A lot of your later pick are about taking what is least bad for your deck. Also, going t1 dragon mage, act of treason your own dragon mage, mind rot, mind rot, rule of law loving rules. Network42 fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Nov 8, 2019 |
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Yeah, there are some DUMB things you can do. I really want to see if it's possible to get a T1 kill via Scampering Scorcher, some draw, and some big elementals. I suspect it is but you'd have to be insanely lucky to both draft and draw it.
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kater posted:gross. The format will be actually fun in 2 weeks where Oko is finally dead and we can actually see the real standard format.
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Simic has a lot of cool cards to try but if you play them now without running Oko you are an idiot..or at least I will think you are if I play you on ladder.
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zoux posted:Has anyone seen the MCVI decklists anywhere they don't want anyone to know how bad it is
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The way the Euro and JP tourneys went It’ll be a miracle if we see less than 5 Oko lists in the top 8.
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https://twitter.com/HellKatMTG/status/1192828348218716162 Yo can we get custom pet sleeves for Arena So when you draft in paper, how long does it take to sleeve everything up
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/HellKatMTG/status/1192828348218716162 Here's a question that's technically none of my business but I've been curious anyway. Are Kibler and Natalie still together? She used to be a huge part of his presence but has totally disappeared in the past year, which was also about the time I stopped watching his stream (where I would hear him talk about her, or she would pop up). I think I actually noticed it when he moved to a new house in LA and she didn't seem to pop up in any of the social-media stuff he did about it. I certainly wouldn't blame her for wanting to back away from such a public-facing life, and ... I dunno, I grew up watching him play and watched a LOT of them stream together and I have been wondering.
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zoux posted:Has anyone seen the MCVI decklists anywhere Misread this as MvC decklists and got excited for a crossover that'll never happen.
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Hahahahaha they are fully leaning in to the Oko thing huh
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Huxley posted:Here's a question that's technically none of my business but I've been curious anyway. Are Kibler and Natalie still together? She used to be a huge part of his presence but has totally disappeared in the past year, which was also about the time I stopped watching his stream (where I would hear him talk about her, or she would pop up). I think I actually noticed it when he moved to a new house in LA and she didn't seem to pop up in any of the social-media stuff he did about it. i saw them a bit ago and if i were to guess she's likely just burned out a bit from dealing with the internet my proof  
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Nov 8, 2019 18:53
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Will Core 2021's focus PWalker be Oko
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Zyla posted:i saw them a bit ago and if i were to guess she's likely just burned out a bit from dealing with the internet  Argas posted:Will Core 2021's focus PWalker be Oko It's Teferi.
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quick, reprint big teferi while everyone is busy thinking oko is the worst thing ever
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Huxley posted:
Meant M22. Counted up from M20 and still somehow screwed up.
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Attestant posted:Everyone else got big impressive rares to cast, while I got Bag of Holding, a Leyline of Anticipation, and a Mu Yanling. Neat cards, but not exactly a match for turn one legendaries or cavaliers or whatever. I got a Field of the Dead in my first pack.
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