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https://www.17lands.com/deck/4ee799a01ba44abe8ef725ac0cc59711/1 This was my Sealed Pool. I threw together a spells deck to take advantage of Codie and went 7-2. I was loving shocked.
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SalTheBard posted:https://www.17lands.com/deck/4ee799a01ba44abe8ef725ac0cc59711/1 nice draft deck
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May 5, 2021 06:54
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Rinkles posted:nice draft deck It was sealed, but I was actually surprised that it did so well. Codie is loving cool.
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May 5, 2021 06:58
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SalTheBard posted:It was sealed, but I was actually surprised that it did so well. Codie is loving cool. yeah i was joking. looks sweet.
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May 5, 2021 06:59
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Rinkles posted:yeah i was joking. looks sweet. Oh sorry! Thank you! I haven't played any Prismari yet so it was pretty fun
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May 5, 2021 07:03
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Rinkles posted:I'm guessing I'm not the only one that has dumped the card they want in the yard with Curate? expressive iteration is so clunky it makes 2 mana divination feel bad
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May 5, 2021 07:15
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Alright I've punked out so many tainted pact decks by making them draw two with prismari command it makes me genuinely confused why people dont leave two cards in deck when resolving pact. Like yeah abrade is a lose but I'm probably more likely to have a command before or after sbing
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May 5, 2021 08:25
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Sedisp posted:Alright I've punked out so many tainted pact decks by making them draw two with prismari command it makes me genuinely confused why people dont leave two cards in deck when resolving pact. Are you playing straight U/R? Losing Oracle to a removal spell is a much more common problem for my Pact deck, but I make an exception for UR decks that might have Prismari Command.
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May 5, 2021 09:27
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Chamale posted:Are you playing straight U/R? Losing Oracle to a removal spell is a much more common problem for my Pact deck, but I make an exception for UR decks that might have Prismari Command. Jeskai at the time. Removal is sorta easy to predict though and game two they're probably taking most of their two mana pings out. Sedisp fucked around with this message at 10:00 on May 5, 2021 |
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I think it's for sure worth watching pro players who explain their moves, try and find one you enjoy watching. You probably know most of the important concepts in the abstract but seeing examples really helps it actually sink in imo. Questions that watching pro players helped me think about better include: - am I actually under pressure from this permanent/spell? Do I need to kill/counter it or can I hold my answer for something more impactful? - Am I dead to card X? If so, I should assume they don't have it and play accordingly. Conversely, if I can only lose to card Y them I should assume they have it and play around that. - I have an opportunity to resolve this instant on my turn. Should I? Do I care about it resolving or would I rather my opponent countered it so that I can potentially force something else through next turn? - If my opponent had card X they would've played it last turn/done something differently, so I won't play around it as they'd have to topdeck it. And obviously more format specific nuances regarding matchups, deck identification and which spells you need to play around. Irony Be My Shield fucked around with this message at 12:46 on May 5, 2021 |
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May 5, 2021 12:44
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Hey look no one is disputing that Bonecrusher is a very strong magic card but Lightning Bolt is the strongest red card ever printed. It’s literally too strong for historic, a format with Storm and Tainted Pact.
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May 5, 2021 13:05
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PhilippAchtel posted:Can I just say that I love this card art? You should have to name two cards and name them secretly. So it's Double Secret probation
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May 5, 2021 13:48
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Playing Dimir in Historic is so weird it. It’s exactly like playing Brawl except Lurrus is your commander and you get to run U/B cards instead of W/B cards.
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so i was looking for a standard list i could have fun in ranked queue with (not looking to push into mythic or anything), but I wanted something I could build without spending any rare/mythic wcs from sets that are rotating. I found this list, one i think i've come up against a few times and thought looked interesting. I'm short a few wcs after crafting the things i thought were vital and will be useful in the future (the dragons, pathways), so i replaced the havens with a few basics and the last alrunds with the other epiphany. here's my list: Anyone have any obvious changes before i really get into it? my first crafts will probably be havens when i get more wcs, then maybe magma opus #3. also the list i copied may have been tuned exclusively for bo3.
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May 5, 2021 15:35
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I’m attempting the “attack with 30 creatures” daily with gruul aggro, and I think it’s pretty poo poo that if the opponent concedes before you hit face the attacks don’t count. Makes achieving the daily much more of a grind then it should.
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May 5, 2021 16:37
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HootTheOwl posted:You should have to name two cards and name them secretly. You write them on a piece of paper and when the opponent casts them, you get to flip the paper and say, "YOU JUST ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD"
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May 5, 2021 16:40
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PhilippAchtel posted:You write them on a piece of paper and when the opponent casts them, you get to flip the paper and say, "YOU JUST ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD" That's what foretell is for.
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May 5, 2021 16:44
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PhilippAchtel posted:You write them on a piece of paper and when the opponent casts them, you get to flip the paper and say, "YOU JUST ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD" This is just the Hidden Agenda cards from Conspiracy, right?
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I have been absolutely impressed with Go Blank in the SB of my black decks (Auras mostly). There are so many disgusting little freaks (by the way @Leperflesh this is just a joke) playing these Jeskai decks with Magma Opus, Mastery and Gearhulk and it is an absolute haymaker against them. I was very excited to try Detention Vortex as a replacement for Heliod's Punishment, but the fact that it only stops activated abilities is kind of a bummer. The GW matchup is basically unwinnable if you can't answer their Thalia or Archon, and it just doesn't do anything there. fadam fucked around with this message at 17:13 on May 5, 2021 |
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May 5, 2021 17:10
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Similarly, thought distortion is probably too expensive to be good but man resolving it against any hard control deck in historic is an amazing feeling.
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I've never actually cast a Thought Distortion against anyone but I've had it cast on me and I can confirm that it feels like poo poo!
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May 5, 2021 17:57
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imweasel09 posted:Similarly, thought distortion is probably too expensive to be good but man resolving it against any hard control deck in historic is an amazing feeling. Can confirm, this is one of the greatest feelings in the game.
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Every time I've had thought distortion cast against me I had discontinuity up and got to watch my opponent's dawning horror that uncounterable spells can still be exiled from the stack
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May 5, 2021 18:44
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witchy posted:Every time I've had thought distortion cast against me I had discontinuity up and got to watch my opponent's dawning horror that uncounterable spells can still be exiled from the stack Terrific post/avatar combo Speaking of, where/what is your avatar from?
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TipTow posted:Terrific post/avatar combo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyZeJr5ppm8
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May 5, 2021 18:51
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How come when I go to make a traditional standard deck I can't use most of my cards?
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Bust Rodd posted:Hey look no one is disputing that Bonecrusher is a very strong magic card but Lightning Bolt is the strongest red card ever printed. Strongest card printed in Arena, ok
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Wooper posted:How come when I go to make a traditional standard deck I can't use most of my cards? What sets are they from? They may have rotated out of standard depending on how long you've been collecting.
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if you're new to arena, there's a small set of cards they have perennially available (the symbol is an A+the planeswalker symbol), but only legal in Bo1. unsummon is an example.
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The search term is S:ANB to see cards that are always legal in Bo1 standard but are only legal in Bo3 standard if they are in a current rotation set.
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witchy posted:Every time I've had thought distortion cast against me I had discontinuity up and got to watch my opponent's dawning horror that uncounterable spells can still be exiled from the stack The only time Ive had thought distortion cast on me was by an esper deck with teferi and I I assume sharks as win cons. Narsets reversal is real good against that.
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Lol I hate playing quick draft matches cuz I cant make a deck worth a drat. Tho that might have something to do with the fact I cant help grab strong cards that have nothing to do with the school I'm trying to draft 
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selsnya company: a fun as gently caress deck "oh i'm just going to use mizzet's mastery to flash back an emergent ultimatum against you without closely reading archon of emeria's text box"
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Playing Dimir in Historic and I feel like 7-8 of losses are just Arena bugging out with Tainted Pact. On more than one occasion I’ve had it just select a card for me despite not roping or even taking that long, and twice now I’ve declined like 4-5 cards and then my buttons will disappear and it will just exile my whole deck! It’s really weird that they would put that card into the game but then they wouldn’t make sure it worked correctly, using Tainted Pact for its most common use cases is insanely clunky, bugged, and hosed up. Also I learned the very hard way that hitting full control with Oracle on the stack isn’t good enough, you absolutely must assume full control before even casting the fish.
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I think it says something about the power of the combo that despite being bugged in a ton of instances and being unable to win on turn 3 the deck is still all over the Mythic ladder. I wonder if WotC is even going to bother looking into fixing it ASAP or if they're just going to wait a while to see if it's bannable.
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there's a patch tomorrow, so we'll see https://twitter.com/Wizards_Help/status/1390024657512714241
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fadam posted:I think it says something about the power of the combo that despite being bugged in a ton of instances and being unable to win on turn 3 the deck is still all over the Mythic ladder. I wonder if WotC is even going to bother looking into fixing it ASAP or if they're just going to wait a while to see if it's bannable. *laughs in Pioneer*
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fadam posted:I think it says something about the power of the combo that despite being bugged in a ton of instances and being unable to win on turn 3 the deck is still all over the Mythic ladder. I wonder if WotC is even going to bother looking into fixing it ASAP or if they're just going to wait a while to see if it's bannable. i am amazed how often people go off with it for a combo that doesn't have many copies in its deck by necessity people do bluff it though so i've been making them show both pieces before conceding
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evilweasel posted:i am amazed how often people go off with it for a combo that doesn't have many copies in its deck by necessity The main deck has two copies of each combo piece as well as 4 tutors that can fetch one or both pieces and a ton of draw, plus with Lurrus you can churn eggs to mulch through your deck super fast. It’s way more consistent than you’d think a singleton deck would be.
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evilweasel posted:i am amazed how often people go off with it for a combo that doesn't have many copies in its deck by necessity It's actually kind of a neat example of smart deckbuilding to get the deck to a point where it has such a high combo-kill success rate but can still play a totally reasonable control game to ensure it gets there. The original builds people were showing off with Lutri and the nasty UB(R/G) builds people are playing today are like night and day. I was enjoying playing Auras again but even with the full disruption suite I find the match-up against Pact really bad so I had to put it away. Bust Rodd posted:The main deck has two copies of each combo piece as well as 4 tutors that can fetch one or both pieces and a ton of draw, plus with Lurrus you can churn eggs to mulch through your deck super fast. It’s way more consistent than you’d think a singleton deck would be. Yeah I had a guy get me in a position where he could cast and crack a Soul-Guide Lantern every turn and it was so demoralizing lol
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