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Mox Hombre posted:what do you all think are the best color pairs in ZNR limited? so far from my experience, UG kicker is the best if you manage to get the good cards, followed by UR wizards. but that's probably just what i've managed to win with so far Gruul, Golgari, Selesnya, Simic. Basically anything with green
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I had a sick WG draft that got blown the gently caress out by Inscription of Insight two games in a row. I know it may not be practical for Arena but man I wish I could play within pod.
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Sep 24, 2020 16:27
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Bust Rodd posted:https://twitter.com/reidduke/status/1309139183466938382?s=21 The 1/3 flash rogue lord is a notably good blocker.
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Bust Rodd posted:https://twitter.com/reidduke/status/1309139183466938382?s=21 embercleave attack phases can be fun when you aren't just dead on board
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Kanfy posted:At least going by 17lands' data it's a pretty balanced format, basically draft what seems open. It's worth noting that the sample sizes are a relevant figure. For example azorius is both the least-drafted and worst performing, meaning people are fighting each other for w/b and g/u and still having more success than they would from drafting an open w/u deck.
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Sep 24, 2020 17:53
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MasterBuilder posted:Man for being in the top 1200 of all players some of they guys I play against make really questionable choices. Guaranteed your opponents feel the same way.
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Sep 24, 2020 18:22
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A Moose posted:They already have access to Korvold as a finisher/engine and he doesn't require you to sacrifice clerics only, and doesn't die to shock. He also always flies. I suppose you can jam taborax on turn 3 but why? Though I suppose with goose/elf and phyrexian tower, you can also get turn 3 Korvold Yeah I don't think Taborax is replacing anything essential there, it's just an option if they want to capitalize on a specific line of synergy.
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Sep 24, 2020 18:30
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I made a real dumb mono-u mill deck that's amazing when it goes off and still fun when it loses (it loses a lot).
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Sep 24, 2020 20:16
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Wacky Delly posted:I made a real dumb mono-u mill deck that's amazing when it goes off and still fun when it loses (it loses a lot). are you using that dumb landfall crab because I ran into one yesterday that got two of them out and managed to keep me from killing either of them and it was a pain in the rear end
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Sep 24, 2020 20:18
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Share Bear posted:embercleave attack phases can be fun when you aren't just dead on board
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Sep 24, 2020 20:33
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i passed up two different rares in my recent primier draft, very unhappily, for the precise kicker uncommons i needed i then went 0-2 and was exceedingly outraged that i had not raredrafted my heart out now that i have won three in a row on the backs of those exact uncommons i am feeling less stupid, the green-blue kicker deck is the loving truth when you've got a few of the enablers and nobody seems to be drafting it, i've gotten it three times in a row now
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Sep 24, 2020 20:35
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I really like embercleave I've only done it a couple times, but flashing it out while blocking is a fantastic feeling
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I have had exactly one game in which blocking swung it for me(because I had Bad Harrow ready to bushwhack my opponent) but it only got to that point because my deck completely poo poo its pants the first couple of turns and I was way behind
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Sep 24, 2020 20:43
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evilweasel posted:i passed up two different rares in my recent primier draft, very unhappily, for the precise kicker uncommons i needed I didn't raredraft Zendikar for a while, now I do and my drafts seem to go better. And if I see a signpost uncommon at pick 8 it's almost always worthwhile to pivot into that deck, ZNR is extremely synergy-based.
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Chamale posted:I didn't raredraft Zendikar for a while, now I do and my drafts seem to go better. And if I see a signpost uncommon at pick 8 it's almost always worthwhile to pivot into that deck, ZNR is extremely synergy-based. yeah, I've gotten absolutely wrecked by a deck that played like four synergistic rares in five turns once, but mostly my losses (aside from getting hosed on draws) come from the synergystic decks that just have every piece a part of the theme, the clerics deck in particular routinely wrecks my poo poo but once you get the key enablers it's also not hard to draft; for clerics you...draft every B/W cleric you see, for kicker you...draft the best G/B kicker card in the pack (and sometimes speculate on a third color if you really want/need to) it's just about recognizing which one's open and getting 3-5 of the key uncommons/rares (boy is curving a Verazol on turn 3 into a Roost of Drakes on turn 4 followed by...well, anything with kicker) many of the rares specifically play into a theme so raredrafting is easier and (when you get a few ones for your theme) insanely powerful
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My experience has been the opposite. I draft to a theme, fight for every bit of damage, and then get lit up by a huge bomb (kicked inscription, Scute Swarm tokens getting huge, etc.) I can count on one hand my losses so far from just solid synergistic decks that executed better.
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Sep 24, 2020 21:14
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Nehru the Damaja posted:My experience has been the opposite. I draft to a theme, fight for every bit of damage, and then get lit up by a huge bomb (kicked inscription, Scute Swarm tokens getting huge, etc.) I can count on one hand my losses so far from just solid synergistic decks that executed better. all the bombs i've wrecked people with or gotten wrecked by really lit up precisely because they were synergistic - like the inscriptions are just plain horrific in a kicker deck, when you start recovering them with roilmages or sproutlings and recasting them, while getting drakes for every cast
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Sep 24, 2020 21:25
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The signpost BW cleric is bomby. I haven’t managed to draft that deck with one yet, I really want to. Whenever I play that card if I don’t address it immediately that’s basically game.
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Sep 24, 2020 21:30
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I feel like Makindi Ox is the most underrated common right now, at least in white. It's bigger than 80% of the creatures in this format, and it's landfall trigger makes it so your opponent doesn't want to attack you in a race situation and can't plan any blocks ahead of time. It's fantastic in aggro/tempo, and it's a big body if you need it on defense. It's rare that there's a game where I draw it where it doesn't put in a ton of work.
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Sep 24, 2020 21:34
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by the way: anytime you see a vine gecko, kill it immediately. it doesn't seem like it, but it's shockingly good for the kicker deck. I've gone t2 gecko, t3 kicked reclaim the wastes several times, and that means i no longer risk having insufficient land to kick the poo poo out of things. if it hangs around till t4 i am certainly landing a gnarlid colony, so now i have two 4/4 tramplers on turn four and things are only going downhill from you for there.
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Sep 24, 2020 21:56
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Fish Of Doom posted:I feel like Makindi Ox is the most underrated common right now, at least in white. It's bigger than 80% of the creatures in this format, and it's landfall trigger makes it so your opponent doesn't want to attack you in a race situation and can't plan any blocks ahead of time. It's fantastic in aggro/tempo, and it's a big body if you need it on defense. It's rare that there's a game where I draw it where it doesn't put in a ton of work. I'd name Grotag Bug-Catcher the most underrated common. I keep picking them up late and they're incredible attackers.
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Sep 24, 2020 21:57
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C'mon, guy
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Second time hitting mythic, and second month in a row, this time with Gruul CoCo. Whoever posted the other day about historic being soft right now--yeah, It's soft as gently caress. 33-15 with this deck. Thanks to Bust Rodd and...the other goon (sorry, forgot your name) who helped with tweaks to it. Deck 4 Collected Company (AKR) 186 4 Forest (DAR) 269 3 Embercleave (ELD) 120 5 Mountain (M20) 274 4 Llanowar Elves (DAR) 168 4 Zhur-Taa Goblin (RNA) 215 4 Pelt Collector (GRN) 141 4 Gruul Spellbreaker (RNA) 179 4 Stomping Ground (RNA) 259 4 Resilient Khenra (AKR) 212 2 Bonecrusher Giant (ELD) 115 3 Domri's Ambush (WAR) 192 2 Scavenging Ooze (M21) 204 4 Rootbound Crag (XLN) 256 1 Castle Embereth (ELD) 239 2 Hashep Oasis (AKR) 301 2 Garruk's Harbinger (M21) 185 4 Cragcrown Pathway (ZNR) 261 Sideboard 3 Rampaging Ferocidon (XLN) 154 3 Anax, Hardened in the Forge (THB) 125 2 Scavenging Ooze (M21) 204 2 Thrashing Brontodon (RIX) 148 1 Garruk's Harbinger (M21) 185 1 Collision // Colossus (RNA) 223 1 Bonecrusher Giant (ELD) 115 2 Redcap Melee (ELD) 135
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The Fool posted:are you using that dumb landfall crab Yes, that's part of why it's so dumb. It's only gone like 2-5 in the play queue, but it's so funny.
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Sep 25, 2020 01:29
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Nehru the Damaja posted:C'mon, guy Every time I see this, it's usually a streamer. I think the most I've seen is 7 packs stacked up on one guy.
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Sep 25, 2020 01:56
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I miss being able to call people "logjam" in person. drat you Covid
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Sep 25, 2020 02:24
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I never get on people for that. We all started new and had to read everything and weight it all.
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Sep 25, 2020 03:52
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Share Bear posted:never rope antagonistically especially if you respond with the thinking emote, we all know you aren't thinking about anything about how your omnath is gonna die to priest and then so are you
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Sep 25, 2020 04:16
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Fish Of Doom posted:Every time I see this, it's usually a streamer. I think the most I've seen is 7 packs stacked up on one guy. Whoever that streamer is, he hates blue because that poo poo was wide the gently caress open. 7-1 with UR wizards was fun as hell.
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Sep 25, 2020 04:43
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lol brawl is ranked now? lol
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Sep 25, 2020 05:58
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Sep 25, 2020 06:03
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oh okay my client is just going crazy and replaying the rank up animation after every game for no reason.
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Sep 25, 2020 06:22
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kater posted:oh okay my client is just going crazy and replaying the rank up animation after every game for no reason. Its been doing that in any unranked queue since zendikar dropped.
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Sep 25, 2020 06:31
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yeah, since it's just a cosmetic issue the fix will wait until the B+R patch probably
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Sep 25, 2020 06:38
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Amusingly I did the FNM event and after both games it said I'd dropped to 0% Mythic lol Also if you feel like blowing WCs on a playset of real bad Goblin Guides you'd never use otherwise, monored one-drop tribal is looking like a really effective way to cheese the historic ladder in bo1 lol TheIncredulousHulk fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Sep 25, 2020 |
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Sep 25, 2020 08:19
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artisan is pretty good for racking up fast daily quest wins. just be aware that there's a 50/50 shot that you'll be playing against crab/tutelage mill and prepare accordingly.
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Sep 25, 2020 08:28
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Every single match I've played so far has been the r/g landfall mirror.
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Sep 25, 2020 09:39
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I got my garbage crab wins and I guess now I have to harass every game store in town on Twitter until one gives me a code?
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I got a couple of wins off Trample Tribal which is my usual go-to but it took a while. I built a deck with a good curve which basically needs to curve out to win, and promptly had half a dozen matches where I drew 0 of my 14 2-drop creatures by turn 2 after mulligans.
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Mono-b auras mirror in artisan.... Both players have hands full of removal and wait for a topdeck creature. And we know it bc we both already played kitesails and got them killed.
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