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Magic: the Gathering |OT13| Ixalan - Port to Sideboard
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It exists to hose a card nobody is allowed to play.
Sorry I thought people had already seen it since it was posted on the previous page. Looks like WotC removed it but this reddit thread has the lists.
Apologies I apparently missed it
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
They are not going to reprint a semi-force spike on a creature when they already have a "better" (in most cases) version of it in standard.
Okay, here it is. My RG Dinosaur list coming together.
Filled in some of the needed uncommons like Otepec Huntmaster, Lightning Strike, and the fourth Savage Stomp. Put Abrade in my sideboard. I see some lists running Abrade over Lightning Strike but I also see the value in going face or hitting a Planeswalker with Lightning Strike, so I'm not sure which is going to be better for my local meta in the end.
And of course I increased my rare count a bit. Made some trades for the two Deathgorge Scavengers and the Carnage Tyrant. Purchased Samut outright. Deck is a lot better but still needs a little work before it's perfect, especially on the need for more Ripjaw Raptors. Hopefully the second Sunpetal Grove and Unclaimed Territory will give me more chances on the splash for white. I had a game or two where I was mana screwed on Gishath. I will probably cast him once and take him out for good after that.
Filled in some of the needed uncommons like Otepec Huntmaster, Lightning Strike, and the fourth Savage Stomp. Put Abrade in my sideboard. I see some lists running Abrade over Lightning Strike but I also see the value in going face or hitting a Planeswalker with Lightning Strike, so I'm not sure which is going to be better for my local meta in the end.
And of course I increased my rare count a bit. Made some trades for the two Deathgorge Scavengers and the Carnage Tyrant. Purchased Samut outright. Deck is a lot better but still needs a little work before it's perfect, especially on the need for more Ripjaw Raptors. Hopefully the second Sunpetal Grove and Unclaimed Territory will give me more chances on the splash for white. I had a game or two where I was mana screwed on Gishath. I will probably cast him once and take him out for good after that.
This makes no sense. They don't even counter the same spells.
God's Beard! said:This is my UB control list. Well, more like UB Thieves, but still:
A really similar deck got second place at Brazilian Nationals, you were onto something there:
http://bazardebagda.com.br/?view=decks/view&deck=705518&pais=en&original=1
Joe Molotov
Member
And they only had to give the Goblin deck 3 Ghostfires and a Goblin Charbelcher to make it work!
There's also Brittle Effigy (lol) and Blighted Gorge. Yeah...
I guess I'll get a couple Rabblemasters since these will have "create" instead of "put onto the battlefield" and I always aim for the most up to date text.
I'd love to play with Jace again
Legacy and Commander are calling your name.
I'd be happy if they did it because I own several copies.
But I don't think it's likely.
ClayKavalier
Banned
Not a huge deal, but I've played a few games with the Ixalan Planeswalker decks in the last week and it seems like a pretty big flavor oversight that Pterodon Knight doesn't have flying as long as you control a dinosaur with flying. Suppose that would make it near worthless, but what is it doing to my Raptor Companion that allows it to fly?
I can't decide whether I like Ixalan or not. I like the dinosaur/ pirate theme quite a bit, and I really like tribal decks, but none of Ixalan's tribes work the way goblins (my favorite deck from back in the day) do. It seems there's very little synergy in the tribes, with Merfolk being an exception. Even then, the more useful Merfolk (Herald of Secret Streams, Tempest Caller) don't really care whether they're in a merfolk deck or not. I started looking through cards to convert the Jace planeswalker deck into something more consistent, and after looking through all of the Standard legal sets I think a Herald deck centered around +1/+1 counters would be better than a menfolk tribal deck. Maybe I'm missing something, but vampires suck, I don't see how you could base a winning deck around them.
Still having a ton of fun getting back into the game. I can't wait for Arena to come out, I don't think I work super crazy hours but I haven't been able to get to any of the local game stores for any events yet.
I can't decide whether I like Ixalan or not. I like the dinosaur/ pirate theme quite a bit, and I really like tribal decks, but none of Ixalan's tribes work the way goblins (my favorite deck from back in the day) do. It seems there's very little synergy in the tribes, with Merfolk being an exception. Even then, the more useful Merfolk (Herald of Secret Streams, Tempest Caller) don't really care whether they're in a merfolk deck or not. I started looking through cards to convert the Jace planeswalker deck into something more consistent, and after looking through all of the Standard legal sets I think a Herald deck centered around +1/+1 counters would be better than a menfolk tribal deck. Maybe I'm missing something, but vampires suck, I don't see how you could base a winning deck around them.
Still having a ton of fun getting back into the game. I can't wait for Arena to come out, I don't think I work super crazy hours but I haven't been able to get to any of the local game stores for any events yet.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
What benefit do you get from that
TheBlackMarvel
Member
I mean
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I was playing a 1v1 sealed in the beta mtgo beta and I got SFM and Batterskull I got SFM in my starting hand 3 times in a row. It was real dumb.
Also no idea why they allow us to just have all standard cards when they want us to test iconic masters.
Also no idea why they allow us to just have all standard cards when they want us to test iconic masters.
shrapnelmagnet
Member
Yeah or lands into creatures- some ancient beings stirred awake? Like golem things or whatever, not Eldrazi.
TheBlackMarvel
Member
I. Just. Want. Flipwalkers.
It's the perfect representation of sparking and they keep not using it.
It's the perfect representation of sparking and they keep not using it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
And they make for great commanders.
A Serious Man
Member
Played sealed twice, got Armageddon both times, played it every game, won every game. I was in heaven.
GregLombardi
Member
That call out of PV in the B&R update.
I'm not surprised. Again, even in the era of scarab god I went 4-0 with mono red at FNM. Though I didn't face too many gods.
I'm not surprised. Again, even in the era of scarab god I went 4-0 with mono red at FNM. Though I didn't face too many gods.
Here is the link to the Paulo's video where he talks about the Worlds meta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvxgKGFw3rk
A Serious Man
Member
Armageddon and Balance should be core set staples.
Sounds like they will be going back to regular bans in the format
um... the article said the exact opposite unless you think that by unbanning things they ultimately will have to ban other things.
"only would make a change if it were very clearly needed"
Given that their unofficial requirement for modern at the pro tour was a ban or unban solely to shake things up right before the event (as opposed to throughout the year to maintain a stable format), I'll believe it when I see it.
Given that their unofficial requirement for modern at the pro tour was a ban or unban solely to shake things up right before the event (as opposed to throughout the year to maintain a stable format), I'll believe it when I see it.
SigmasonicX
Member
Pretty neat. I wonder if we'll see more "text distributing" cards in Unstable.
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Man the Merfolk vs Goblins decklists are WEAK. Could at least have taken the opportunity to do more "first time in Modern frame" reprints if they weren't going to fill these with powerful cards. I also expected multicolor decks rather than monocolor decks. What a disappointment
Whatever it takes to get another card like Westvale Abby back into standard.
FreedomFrisbee
Member
They were saving bans for the pro tour. Things were getting banned because they needed to be banned, WHEN they were getting banned is what the issue was. The only sin WotC committed was not banning Twin with Pod.
shrapnelmagnet
Member
Kinda random, but the non-full art Wastes are the more expensive Wastes.
http://shop.tcgplayer.com/productca...ProductNameExact=false&ProductName=wastes (18
Interestingly, the normal 183 Wastes doesn't even show up on TCG Player and is bugged on Goldfish. It only appears in their Online view.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Oath+of+the+Gatewatch/Wastes-183#online
Broken Goldfish Link: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Oath+of+the+Gatewatch/Wastes#paper
Working MTGStocks Link: https://www.mtgstocks.com/prints/30096
Anyway, just thought that it was kind of weird They must have only come in intro decks or something.
http://shop.tcgplayer.com/productca...ProductNameExact=false&ProductName=wastes (18
Interestingly, the normal 183 Wastes doesn't even show up on TCG Player and is bugged on Goldfish. It only appears in their Online view.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Oath+of+the+Gatewatch/Wastes-183#online
Broken Goldfish Link: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Oath+of+the+Gatewatch/Wastes#paper
Working MTGStocks Link: https://www.mtgstocks.com/prints/30096
Anyway, just thought that it was kind of weird
They must have only come in intro decks or something.Kinda random, but the non-full art Wastes are the more expensive Wastes.
http://shop.tcgplayer.com/productca...ProductNameExact=false&ProductName=wastes (18
Interestingly, the normal 183 Wastes doesn't even show up on TCG Player and is bugged on Goldfish. It only appears in their Online view.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Oath+of+the+Gatewatch/Wastes-183#online
Broken Goldfish Link: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Oath+of+the+Gatewatch/Wastes#paper
Working MTGStocks Link: https://www.mtgstocks.com/prints/30096
Anyway, just thought that it was kind of weird
Yes. They were printed less than the full arts. Plus their oh so slick colorless symbol is nice in the huge textbox.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Non full art wastes are just superior.
They also came in the blue intro deck.
I have a bunch of them, but I'm sure we'll see them in a non-Eldrazi, non-fullart capacity at some point.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Isn't it weird that in the 25 years of magic they've never made resolve triggers. Hearhstone in all its simplicity has cast, enter the battlefield, die and resolve triggers.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
exert isn't an activated abiltiy and mentor being a 2/2 throws a wench into that
ThLunarian
Member
Back in the day, they used to have "If [spell] is successfully cast..." Which worked like you're saying.
They errata'd all of them to "When you play this spell..." and later to "When you cast this spell...", probably because the timing of when the trigger goes on the stack is a little ambiguous (or at least it used to be under the old rules).
And actually now that I think of it, "As this enters the battlefield, do X" is really close to what you're saying, at least for permanents.
Hearthstone is able to benefit from the groundwork that Magic laid over 25 years so it got to skip a lot of the trial and error work with the rules that Magic had to iterate through.