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Managed to hit mythic in Premier Ranked Draft with a cool 8-0, a decent cycling deck into a greedy 4 colour mutate pile. I'm very excited to not draft any more Ikoria, I've enjoyed the format but I've played a ton of it. I'm just going to sit on my rank and play cube until Core21 drops. All the drafts were streamed but my OBS crashed twice so it's split into 3 videos unfortunately: https://www.twitch.tv/playingwithpurpose/videos  Here's the greed pile that went 4-0 to get me into mythic 
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I wanted to like the last Arena cube, but the mana fixing was so good that the only strategy was jamming every haymaker you have into a 4-colour deck
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Funkdreamer posted:I wanted to like the last Arena cube, but the mana fixing was so good that the only strategy was jamming every haymaker you have into a 4-colour deck Wasn't the last cube sealed? I didnt think they'd done draft yet.
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Bugsy posted:Which one were they, because there is 2 different versions of the treasure hunt deck I've seen played. Mono blue and wins with jace or oracle, and then the version that plays 3 hunt 1 zenith flare and all of the cycling lands. i wouldn't know, all i get to is turn two where i see six lands, one treasure hunt, and an immediate concession i'd guess mono blue as all the lands were blue lands
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Jun 12, 2020 14:50
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why do I have to wait for my opponent to mulligan in momir basic e: a timeout on turn 1 is still a win I guess wizzardstaff fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Jun 12, 2020 |
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Jun 12, 2020 15:05
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Two RNG events in the same week is a bit much imo.
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Jun 12, 2020 15:15
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first rare was a dupe. I'm not sure I have it in me to follow up with the second win.
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Jun 12, 2020 15:26
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There are no two rares in the entire game worth playing Momir for.
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Jun 12, 2020 15:29
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wizzardstaff posted:why do I have to wait for my opponent to mulligan in momir basic My guess is its some dude trying to get his FNM wins without playing, by joining games, and hoping his opponent concedes rather than wait for him to time out. Momir sux
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Jun 12, 2020 15:45
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This poor bastard I just played against did Momir on 6, got Demonlord Belzenlok, exiled his whole library, and lost the next turn...why the gently caress is that an option??? Do they not think to filter their card additions for Momir to not have something that could make you immediately lose the game?
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InterrupterJones posted:This poor bastard I just played against did Momir on 6, got Demonlord Belzenlok, exiled his whole library, and lost the next turn...why the gently caress is that an option??? Do they not think to filter their card additions for Momir to not have something that could make you immediately lose the game? Variance Is The Lifeblood Of Magic: The Gathering
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Jun 12, 2020 16:10
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Walker momir was the one time I enjoyed playing with WotS walkers. It was also really unpopular so I'll forgive them for not doing it again.
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Jun 12, 2020 16:12
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Both games I played my opponent twice attacked into with obvious bad attacks and like you're tapped out and all your cards are land what are you hoping happens here? 3/4 beats 2/2? and then they both did it twice, wtf.
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Jun 12, 2020 16:21
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Gareth Gobulcoque posted:Both games I played my opponent twice attacked into with obvious bad attacks and like you're tapped out and all your cards are land what are you hoping happens here? 3/4 beats 2/2? and then they both did it twice, wtf. Oppo needs to learn how to bluff better and read the situation
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Jun 12, 2020 16:23
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Maybe they had an "attack with 30 creatures" quest?
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Drewjitsu posted:What do you want the deck to do, and what is your collection/wildcard budget? I like making funny mutations and smashing my opponent's face in with them, and my budget is 5C/2U/5R/2M
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InterrupterJones posted:This poor bastard I just played against did Momir on 6, got Demonlord Belzenlok, exiled his whole library, and lost the next turn...why the gently caress is that an option??? Do they not think to filter their card additions for Momir to not have something that could make you immediately lose the game?
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InterrupterJones posted:This poor bastard I just played against did Momir on 6, got Demonlord Belzenlok, exiled his whole library, and lost the next turn...why the gently caress is that an option??? Do they not think to filter their card additions for Momir to not have something that could make you immediately lose the game? On the one hand, sucks for him. On the other hand, that's hilarious and I hope I see it, even if it happens to me.
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Jun 12, 2020 16:25
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I may have been that poor bastard, and I was not aware that it was a possibility
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Looks like your first Arena Cube Draft is free
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Funkdreamer posted:I wanted to like the last Arena cube, but the mana fixing was so good that the only strategy was jamming every haymaker you have into a 4-colour deck I think white weenie (also an angelic token subtheme if you get the mythic payoff) and mono R should be supported, but I don't know how the packs are distributed. There are a lot of haymakers, so I'm guessing control decks should work too along with 5C green based ramp? Ryan Spain has a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q70aDaKwVQ Tezzeract fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Jun 12, 2020 |
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Technowolf posted:I like making funny mutations and smashing my opponent's face in with them, and my budget is 5C/2U/5R/2M I'd start with building toward this list: 4 Arboreal Grazer (WAR) 149 4 Auspicious Starrix (IKO) 144 4 Breeding Pool (RNA) 246 2 Castle Garenbrig (ELD) 240 1 Castle Vantress (ELD) 242 3 End-Raze Forerunners (RNA) 124 12 Forest (ANA) 65 2 Gemrazer (IKO) 155 4 Illuna, Apex of Wishes (IKO) 190 6 Island (ANA) 62 2 Ketria Triome (IKO) 250 4 Migratory Greathorn (IKO) 165 4 Paradise Druid (WAR) 171 4 Parcelbeast (IKO) 199 4 Pollywog Symbiote (IKO) 63 4 Brazen Borrower (ELD) 39 2 Gemrazer (IKO) 155 4 Hydroid Krasis (RNA) 183 1 Umori, the Collector (IKO) 231 4 Voracious Hydra (M20) 200
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Is there any way to see game logs in Arena? I just lost a game where I had a 5/5 creature against a 6/4 enchanted Paradise Druid and somehow mine died and theirs didn't. They didn't have indestructible so I don't know what happened. Edit: Of course I lost the only game today where I didn't draw all creatures or all tricks/removal. PerniciousKnid fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Jun 12, 2020 |
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Technowolf posted:I like making funny mutations and smashing my opponent's face in with them, and my budget is 5C/2U/5R/2M Simic Mutate is good on a budget: Deck 4 Auspicious Starrix (IKO) 144 8 Forest (IKO) 274 4 Migratory Greathorn (IKO) 165 4 Essence Symbiote (IKO) 149 4 Trumpeting Gnarr (IKO) 213 8 Island (IKO) 265 4 Archipelagore (IKO) 41 4 Pouncing Shoreshark (IKO) 64 4 Parcelbeast (IKO) 199 4 Paradise Druid (WAR) 171 4 Pollywog Symbiote (IKO) 63 4 Thornwood Falls (IKO) 256 4 Simic Guildgate (RNA) 258 That's the artisan version, this is the one I run in standard for comparison: Deck 4 Auspicious Starrix (IKO) 144 5 Island (IKO) 265 4 Migratory Greathorn (IKO) 165 2 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate (IKO) 175 4 Trumpeting Gnarr (IKO) 213 8 Forest (IKO) 274 4 Paradise Druid (WAR) 171 3 Pouncing Shoreshark (IKO) 64 4 Gemrazer (IKO) 155 1 Castle Vantress (ELD) 242 2 Temple of Mystery (M20) 255 4 Breeding Pool (RNA) 246 4 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 4 Parcelbeast (IKO) 199 4 Essence Symbiote (IKO) 149 3 Arboreal Grazer (WAR) 149 But honestly the vast majority of the blue and green mutate cretures are good, and Starrix is amazing, just stacking a massive pile of stuff on a Paradise Druid then splatting wide on turn 5/6 is super fun. Other possibilities: Deck 4 Cubwarden (IKO) 7 7 Plains (IKO) 262 4 Auspicious Starrix (IKO) 144 7 Forest (IKO) 274 2 Fight as One (IKO) 12 4 Migratory Greathorn (IKO) 165 2 Gods Willing (M20) 19 4 Essence Symbiote (IKO) 149 4 Ajani's Pridemate (WAR) 4 4 Banishing Light (THB) 4 4 Temple Garden (GRN) 258 2 Temple of Plenty (THB) 248 4 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 4 Gemrazer (IKO) 155 4 Paradise Druid (WAR) 171 Sideboard 1 Gods Willing (M20) 19 4 Wilt (IKO) 176 2 Bond of Discipline (WAR) 6 4 Ram Through (IKO) 170 2 Shifting Ceratops (M20) 194 (not budget, but the principle should be pretty clear, and you can junk a lot of the rares and still keep the basic principle, which is go wide, don't let your big mutant die, get swole cats, key parts being again Paradise Druid, Starrix, but also Pridemate and Cubwarden) Deck 4 Ajani's Pridemate (WAR) 4 3 Alseid of Life's Bounty (THB) 1 4 Bloodthirsty Aerialist (M20) 91 4 Godless Shrine (RNA) 248 4 Cubwarden (IKO) 7 4 Insatiable Hemophage (IKO) 93 2 Majestic Auricorn (IKO) 22 4 Hushbringer (ELD) 18 2 Dirge Bat (IKO) 84 3 Vampire of the Dire Moon (M20) 120 4 Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt (IKO) 209 6 Swamp (IKO) 268 4 Savai Triome (IKO) 253 2 Bond of Discipline (WAR) 6 6 Plains (IKO) 262 2 Castle Ardenvale (ELD) 238 2 Castle Locthwain (ELD) 241 Sideboard 4 Mortify (RNA) 192 4 Gods Willing (M20) 19 2 Dirge Bat (IKO) 84 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty (THB) 1 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon (M20) 120 3 Banishing Light (THB) 4 This is broadly similar but with Orzhov. Again the rares are pretty interchangeable, you could leave out Snapdax (though he's by far the most fun part) and increase the Auricorns, add Chittering Harvester or Cavern WHisperer, etc. And the Triomes are entirely replaceable, just swap them for basics and don't include red, casting Snapdax without mutate is very rare. Basic gameplan is similar, but you get better removal and offence in exchange for worse defence. Core parts are the 1/1 lifelink weenies (the Vampire in particular, because snapdax with deathtouch and lifelink is hilarious), the Pridemates and Aerialists, and the Cubwardens. I like Cubwarden ok. -- E: my first Cube is fun, I've got a mostly Golgari deck with a splash of blue for Krassis and Uro, and a single Temple of PLenty to give a white for Mythos of Nethroi if the stars align, with a self-mill subtheme. it's probably trash, and I doubt I'll be paying to play for a ghost event, but for free, I'm not going to argue.
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PerniciousKnid posted:Is there any way to see game logs in Arena? I just lost a game where I had a 5/5 creature against a 6/4 enchanted Paradise Druid and somehow mine died and theirs didn't. They didn't have indestructible so I don't know what happened. i would bet one of the effects on the druid gave first strike
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https://twitter.com/fireshoes/status/1271101438354173952 https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3102035#arena I've been trying out this version of Simic Mutate mashed up with Simic Ramp. It's not nearly as all-in on the mutate mechanic but uses the ramping provided from Greathorns more effectively to my mind to get big Hydras out there. It's tougher on the Wildcards than other Simic Mutate lists though. Won an tourney last night with 36 participants last night. Turn 3 Nissa is close to unbeatable.
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PerniciousKnid posted:Is there any way to see game logs in Arena? I just lost a game where I had a 5/5 creature against a 6/4 enchanted Paradise Druid and somehow mine died and theirs didn't. They didn't have indestructible so I don't know what happened. Protection from $colour seems most likely? That's the other major effect that stops things dying that actually gets used a lot in the big enchanted druid deck. Firststrike is the other option as previously noted.
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flatluigi posted:i would bet one of the effects on the druid gave first strike I'm pretty sure I saw the toughness reduced to -1 but without a log who knows.
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ex post facho posted:doom foretold / orzhov discard also wrecks GY based strategies (Uro, cat oven) with access to Kuronos, K3ya, Soul Guide, Erebos, Tymaret, Carnarium etc. From a few pages back, do you have a list for your Doom Foretold deck? I love Stax and my list seems to never work.
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PerniciousKnid posted:I'm pretty sure I saw the toughness reduced to -1 but without a log who knows. Then it was almost certainly given Indestructible and you missed it. Most likely Fight As One.
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Good news fellas, Nexus got the boy there again! 1. Check out the sleeve match up  2. I made it to Diamond 1 fairly quickly, but couldn't do better than 50% WR and couldn't break out. I lost to all sorts of weird poo poo like Mono B beat down, RB Zombies and a couple of super geniuses playing mono u (which is the hardest deck to play in the format, btw). I decide to queue today during a big WFH phone meeting. I manage to squeak out a few games against some Gruul decks and Grixis piles, and manage to make it to my promotion. My opponent was playing some weird Sultai pile where he resolved an Eerie Ultimatum and got a Tezz emblem, but instead of tutoring up cards that win games, he got some weird EDH horseshit I've never seen before and got pummeled by sharks. Historic is god's own format imo.
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fadam posted:Good news fellas, Nexus got the boy there again! Nice! I should get some pointers from you on how to play nexus. I ate a ton of poo poo in gold and switched to Gruul to get me to plat, and now I’m screwing around with monoB devotion in BO1. I need someone to watch me play and walk me through, because apparently I can’t even learn from really thorough YouTube videos :/
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RB Sac in Cube - I'm leaving Act of Treason and some sweepers on the board which might not make sense, but the deck seems functional? (see below post) I was worried about going dying with Phreyxian Arena and Dreadhorde Invasion out at the same time 
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Tezzeract posted:RB Sac in Cube - I'm leaving Act of Treason and some sweepers on the board which might not make sense, but the deck seems functional? Click the magnifying glass in the top right and it'll shrink your sideboard cards so we can see them all.
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InterrupterJones posted:This poor bastard I just played against did Momir on 6, got Demonlord Belzenlok, exiled his whole library, and lost the next turn...why the gently caress is that an option??? Do they not think to filter their card additions for Momir to not have something that could make you immediately lose the game? Changing this would, unironically, completely ruin Momir and make it a format that would cause a million complaints every time it came up. They know it happens. They're not changing it. This is unironically a good WotC decision, something in short supply recently.
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endlessmonotony posted:Changing this would, unironically, completely ruin Momir and make it a format that would cause a million complaints every time it came up. Agreed. Arena momir has very few bad pulls and having one of them makes it feel like real momir. I think they should add Phage and Leveler for some more variance.
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sephiRoth IRA posted:Nice! I should get some pointers from you on how to play nexus. I ate a ton of poo poo in gold and switched to Gruul to get me to plat, and now I’m screwing around with monoB devotion in BO1. Sure, I’d be down to ghost you (in the good way)/ play some practice matches. My game ID is Big Jeffery#55673. What specifically are you having problems with? EDIT: Here's my list right now: Deck 4 Nexus of Fate (M19) 306 3 Root Snare (RNA) 137 4 Growth Spiral (RNA) 178 4 Thassa's Intervention (THB) 72 4 Opt (XLN) 65 4 Wilderness Reclamation (RNA) 149 3 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales (WAR) 220 2 Search for Azcanta (XLN) 74 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath (THB) 229 4 Hinterland Harbor (DAR) 240 4 Breeding Pool (RNA) 246 3 Blast Zone (WAR) 244 2 Castle Vantress (ELD) 242 1 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 5 Forest (SLD) 67 5 Island (SLD) 64 1 Memorial to Genius (DAR) 243 3 Shark Typhoon (IKO) 67 1 Brazen Borrower (ELD) 39 Sideboard 3 Mystical Dispute (ELD) 58 2 Negate (M20) 69 3 Aether Gust (M20) 42 2 Brazen Borrower (ELD) 39 1 Lovestruck Beast (ELD) 165 2 Shifting Ceratops (M20) 194 2 Cerulean Drake (M20) 53 I wasn't super happy about the single LSB in the board (I used to have two, but I adjusted things a bit to bring in Drakes again), but two blockers for 4 mana is often enough to keep you stable until you can assemble the engine. This might sound sacriligeous and there's a good chance I'm just wrong, but I'm beginning to wonder if the fogs are necessary...There's enough anti-fog tech floating around incidentally that I really wonder if changing some lands to Radiant Fountains and maybe putting the fogs in the board is good enough. That might make the deck too soft to non RG aggro tho... still, it’s fun to think about 
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Lone Goat posted:Click the magnifying glass in the top right and it'll shrink your sideboard cards so we can see them all. Oops, sorry about that:  Edit: Was late to repost because of Momir. That mode has hilarious traps: 6 mana instantly lose via Demonlord Belzenlok 9 mana Kuro, Pitlord = Lose a card if you don't have BBBB 10 mana Jin-Gitaxias, deck yourself, Dragon Tyrant = Lose a card if you don't have RRRR There is the removal jackpot $$$: 7 mana - Thorn Mammoth 8 mana - Hover Guardsweeper 10 mana - Ulamog Basically it's a cool mode for cool people. Tezzeract fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Jun 12, 2020 |
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fadam posted:Sure, I’d be down to ghost you (in the good way)/ play some practice matches. My game ID is Big Jeffery#55673. Thanks! I’ll shoot you an invite in Magic. Basically my issue lies with getting the engine started- I felt like I was either immediately losing to Aggro or facing control that just countered all the pieces of the engine. Maybe I was scooping too early?
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