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VictualSquid posted:From what I remember of the arguments, the current midweek event is exactly what the alchemy haters want historic to be. right? I forgot how brutally aggressive the cycling deck is, especially since a lot of people are running heavy discard decks in this queue 
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fridge corn posted:First time drafting GW. Am I over or under valuing any of these cards? I think generally you're overvaluing ramp a little, most of the ramp cards do not perform particularly well compared to just developing your board. Orochi Merge-Keeper in particular I would basically never play, it's pretty much a worse Careful Cultivation and that card isn't great either Befriending the Moths is one of the less impressive sagas as well although it does work in some decks Spinning Wheel Kick is great; Fang of Shigeki is its best friend but you have enough large creatures to make it work anyway Bamboo Grove Archer is a card I rarely cut from green decks, it blocks so well early in the game, has enchantment synergies, and occasionally it can be a removal spell You could also consider Repel the Vile and possibly Norika - Sunblade Samurai and Tales of Master Seshiro are both enchantments that attack as Samurai/Warriors
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Feb 22, 2022 19:27
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fridge corn posted:First time drafting GW. Am I over or under valuing any of these cards? That looks like a great draft to me. As for the deck, I would swap out: Commune With Spirits Orochi Merge Keeper Careful Cultivation Grafted Growth And add in (in order of preference) Bamboo Grove Archer Spinning Wheel Kick Harmonious Emergence Repel the Vile I also don't think Bearer of Memory is particularly good but I tend to add one when I draft due to the fact I singlehandedly lost a game to one where my opponent was able to late game repeatedly pump it up with trample and wiped me out as I was unable to remove it. I've yet to have it pay off like they did but damnit if I don't keep trying.
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Feb 22, 2022 19:36
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Hammer Bro. posted:It doesn't seem flashy on paper but it seems to get the job done pretty well. In practice, though, when you use Weaver of Harmony to double up Michiko's Reign of Truth and your opponent is suddenly staring down the barrel of a 19/19 with lifelink and insta-concedes, well, that's the kind of flashy I like.
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Feb 22, 2022 19:41
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Midweek is what Pioneer would be if they changed Pioneer to be Ix forward so they could have Pioneer on Arena/MTGO/paper line up without having to put in a bunch of cards or figure out how mindslaver works. Or if they left Pioneer on MTGO and made an arena-only Pionearer.
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Feb 22, 2022 19:42
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I was listening to Limited Resources and they have upgraded their evaluation of Kami War and Brilliant Restoration...
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Feb 22, 2022 22:11
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Huxley posted:Pionearer. I appreciate this
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Feb 22, 2022 22:15
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VictualSquid posted:Anyways, the usual advice: If you need budget historic just play mono-u tempo. People just resign when you play that second curiosity. 
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Feb 22, 2022 22:22
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I'm playing slightly better Standard Rogues in MWM and falling in love all over again. My third win involved having a triple Ruin Crab opener 
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Feb 22, 2022 22:25
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welp time to jam mwm non stop to let the arena overlords know what I want
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Thinking about Simic reminded me of the meme Gates deck I had and I took it into Historic for a bit lol
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Fritzler posted:This deck in pioneer has had some decent results. I think all these cards are in historic, but power level on historic is much higher than pioneer. rending volley, abrupt decay and bring to light are not, but you could probably sub those out in historic pretty easily for fry, assassin's trophy, and... uhh, idk, another expressive iteration? Or another escape to the wilds? The sideboard would probably need some tweaking anyway
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addendum to my Golgari list: when you Learn, don't be as basic as the players I'm facing in the mirror who keep Learning for Environmental Sciences that's just doing it wrong. I always Learn for Basic Conjuration, Necrotic Fumes, or Mascot Exhibition. you have hobbits and Ghasts and Deadly Dispute, you don't need to waste time on that. Basic Conjuration heals you for 3 and finds your Witches, Fumes deals with poo poo, and Exhibition is obviously a great finisher
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Naya Runes is kind of bonkers. Somehow, before playing it, I missed that Jukai Naturalist and Rune-Forged Champion make runes free. It's basically Storm. This list is fun, it gets some pretty crazy starts. (And a 4/5 lifelink dude will gently caress mono-red all day). I can't comment on sideboarding though - currently I'm on the best of 1 train. Maybe I can sneak Legion Angel in there somewhere, use my side board for something. https://mtgazone.com/user-decks/thpv8qab6uakizxrifyu/ Deck 4 Generous Visitor 2 Kami of Transience 4 Jukai Naturalist 4 Runeforge Champion 3 Rune of Sustenance 3 Rune of Speed 4 Rune of Might 2 Michiko's Reign of Truth 4 Wedding Announcement 3 The Restoration of Eiganjo 4 Showdown of the Skalds 2 Forest 2 Plains 4 Needleverge Pathway 4 Cragcrown Pathway 4 Branchloft Pathway 1 Lair of the Hydra 4 Sundown Pass 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Sideboard 2 Yasharn, Implacable Earth 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping 2 Valorous Stance 1 Brilliant Restoration 2 Portable Hole 2 Curse of Silence 4 Circle of Confinement 1 Waking the Trolls
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Insurrectionist posted:Hmm weird, I can't log into the game with my second account, it just says invalid account. But I can log into myaccounts.wizards just fine and can't find any indication of an issue or anything. Can also log into the game with my main account just fine. Why have an alt on arena?
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More dailies for more drafts and camping top 1200 mythic on the main. I started one back when they gave out 3 free draft tokens.Insurrectionist posted:Hmm weird, I can't log into the game with my second account, it just says invalid account. But I can log into myaccounts.wizards just fine and can't find any indication of an issue or anything. Can also log into the game with my main account just fine. My alt is working fine, maybe raise it with tech support?
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Murmur Twin posted:Hit Mythic with Mardu Anvil today; according to untapped.gg (which I only recently got and think is awesome) I went 61-27 with it since hitting Diamond which I'm pretty stoked with. This Spirit Sisters tech feels great, I somehow managed to outlast an Esper Control deck that played 5 planeswalkers lol. getting to reuse portable holes that killed tokens is great value
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Feb 23, 2022 02:13
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 Am I getting too cute by putting Jugan in? I was thinking about jamming the second Shrine Steward in as well. Anything look like a good cut or am I better off without it?
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https://twitter.com/h0lydiva/status/1496233398238601219
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I've done ten or so drafts, I'm not sure I've seen that many oaths total.
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I have been able to pick them up easily every draft I've been in white and always on the wheel. edit: except my last draft.
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trophied in premium today for the first time ever! I had only drafted twice before and didn't get above 4 wins either time. just took a pile of GW Enchantments. got the green mythic dragon but didn't see it very often. I used the gems to buy a new draft and went 2-3 with what I thought was a much better deck-I got the 1UB planeswalker and an enormous pile of ninjas along with the black mythic dragon. i played against much, much better decks the second time and didn't draft enough removal.
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Drafted a deck. Game 1 I mulligan to 5. No one drop. My two drop gets Spell Pierced. My three drop get Essence Captured. Motherfucker is playing a four(4) color deck and start of with two islands and that. I won though so it's fine.
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I've been on the draw 13 out of my last 14 matches. Playing largely red aggro 
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Wooper posted:Drafted a deck. Despite this ominous start I went 7-1 for my first draft trophy this set. P1P2 Satsuki, kinda forcing sagas.  Notes: * Satsuki didn't do nothing like I was afraid she would. Obviously very limited applications in limited. Thought she put two story counters on sagas like Storyweave but it's only one! * Norika very good several times. Had two Subduers in the sideboard but didn't play them because samurais being bad. Imperial Oath samurais did bring some enchantments back from the yard. * Teaching of the Kirin, idk what to say. It's obviously not a good card but it did clutch a couple of games actually. A 1/1 that puts a counter on a creature when it attacks! Wow! * In the last game Lord Konda rotted in my hand for a billion turns and my opponent didn't play any cards with mana value above 3. It did kill a Kami of Industry eventually. Wouldn't recommend. Last 5 minutes of the last game were pretty intense. Might upload.
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Wooper posted:* Teaching of the Kirin, idk what to say. It's obviously not a good card but it did clutch a couple of games actually. A 1/1 that puts a counter on a creature when it attacks! Wow! The front side is a 2/2 for 2 that fills your graveyard for Season of Renewal, and the back side can chew up graveyards if it's not dealt with. Maybe it's not obvious that it's a good card, but it's a good card.
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imagine dungeons posted:
Jugan seems like a good splash. I think I would want a second aura to play 2 Stewards. I think you can cut Befriending the Moths and Saiba Trespassers for Skyswimmer Koi and Mirrorshell Crab
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2/3 games won in midweek magic off of my pile assembled almost purely from starter decks. They all had a much wide cardpool than me so I'm assuming people just aren't trying very hard.
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I think most everyone is just stealing decklists off MTGAZone rather than bothering to brew what may or may not end up a real format. It makes it tough to tell if it really is just a format of slightly upgraded old standard decks or if there's something else worth doing. e: I'm enjoying revisiting upgraded Curious Obsession tempo, though I imagine it's just a worse version of rogues. Huxley fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Feb 23, 2022 |
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Huxley posted:I think most everyone is just stealing decklists off MTGAZone rather than bothering to brew what may or may not end up a real format. It makes it tough to tell if it really is just a format of slightly upgraded old standard decks or if there's something else worth doing. All of the decks I played against were last year's Throne of Eldraine standard decks during the event with almost no new cards
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Huxley posted:I think most everyone is just stealing decklists off MTGAZone rather than bothering to brew what may or may not end up a real format. It makes it tough to tell if it really is just a format of slightly upgraded old standard decks or if there's something else worth doing. It's a format that last two days, why would anyone bother putting effort beyond what it takes to get their three wins? If (big if) it does become a real format, that's when I'd expect people to start brewing.
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WHat IS the pack that's on the cheap in the shop today? It just has the Arena symbol on a blue background, nothing else o_O
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I'm just playing crabs tutelage mill with a couple spell pierces and a patient rebuilding added 
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Has NEO shaken up the Historic meta at all? I've not had a lot of time to play recently, wondering if there's anything more fun or interesting than dusting off my Izzet Phoenix deck to knock out dailies.
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thespaceinvader posted:WHat IS the pack that's on the cheap in the shop today? It just has the Arena symbol on a blue background, nothing else o_O I THINK it is just a random pack.
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thespaceinvader posted:WHat IS the pack that's on the cheap in the shop today? It just has the Arena symbol on a blue background, nothing else o_O I bough it to see and got Kaldheim. I wonder if it's random or a display bug or what
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e: I'm wrong.
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camoseven posted:I bough it to see and got Kaldheim. I wonder if it's random or a display bug or what I thought it was a random pack, but I also got Kaldheim so it might actually be a bug.
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I got kaldheim as well, must be a bugLone Goat posted:It's a format that last two days, why would anyone bother putting effort beyond what it takes to get their three wins? hi
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