You can't deny the writing isn't awful doe
Maybe it'll have a proper payoff in Aether Revolt but I'm not holding my breath.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT9| Kaladesh - Cruisin' Down the Street in my 6/4
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Maybe it'll have a proper payoff in Aether Revolt but I'm not holding my breath.
Chandra's price is plummeting because she is no where near as good as people think she is. She'll be like 30ish for a month before settling st 20ish like Gideon ally did.Oh I see we are at that part of the thread cycle where we call rare back-drafting the work of scammers/SATAN
I think the only bad thing I have to say about this set so far (I haven't played enough of the limited format to have a real opinion) is that all the value seems to be concentrated in very few cards which makes trading a pain in the ass. I'll probably pick up the few cheap cards I want as singles and then wait to get a Chandra in like a year :/
Familienoberhauptvogel
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No, I was 11.
I've repeatedly voiced my love for OGW in Draft and you're gonna have a hard time finding anyone in this thread shitting on KTK.
So no it's not because people are inherently negative, I just genuinely dislike some aspects, vehicles, and am unimpressed with the rest.
Drafted last night a RG enery-aggro deck that ended up splashing U and B off triple Servant of the Conduit. Voltaic Brawler is one of the more realistic uncommons they have printed in the last year or so. Store does free drafts for everyone who plays in a pre-release, so they are only 1 round long, and sadly I played someone who had never drafted before, as he explained that he thought the 13 lands he was playing in his deck with 6 drops was enough, and in game 2 put Dubious Challenge on the stack.
SigmasonicX
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Perhaps he misunderstood what Dubious Challenge did. What happened when he cast it?
decided to play in another sealed tourney, got a Chandra, the black Gearhulk and the UG fastland in my reward boosters, feeling decently content
not sure what to do with Chandra now. If it's an evergreen card that keeps the value, I'd like to put it in my newly started collection. Selling cards seems kinda difficult in Europe
not sure what to do with Chandra now. If it's an evergreen card that keeps the value, I'd like to put it in my newly started collection. Selling cards seems kinda difficult in Europe
First big new standard tournament on twitch.com/scglive right now.
Open an account in magiccardmarket. Is really easy to sell almost anything. I bought a full modern deck mostly out of selling unused rares/mythics and old cards.
Open an account in magiccardmarket. Is really easy to sell almost anything. I bought a full modern deck mostly out of selling unused rares/mythics and old cards.
SigmasonicX
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Just tuned in. Actually my first time seeing To the Slaughter take out a creature and planeswalker.
thanks, guess I'll open an account there. Though I will probably not sell anything at the moment unless it's a masterpiece or the block is rotating out
as a side note, could it be that cards have noticeably higher value in the US?
Already got my 4 cheap lootcopters, nice.
Yes, on the most part you can get singles much cheaper in europe.
Yes, on the most part you can get singles much cheaper in europe.
SigmasonicX
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Four-Color Reservoir? Interesting.
Oh I see we are at that part of the thread cycle where we call rare back-drafting the work of scammers/SATAN
I haven't played in quite a while now, but I agree that redrafting is bad for newer players, since that format tends to make it so that the best players always get the best and most expensive cards. Of course little Timmy can always open up a Tarmogoyf and end up trading it to Spike for a Skyshroud Behemoth, a Professor Oak and a Kuriboh due to not knowing any better, but that way he at least gets the cards in his hands (and his trade partners might actually be nice enough to not rip him off), compared to him always losing any cool foils or mythics he gets due to not placing high enough in the final standings.
I'd be fine with running that kind of draft if the whole group is playing competitively, but roping newbies into rare redrafting will end up with their still underdeveloped limited deckbuilding skills resulting in them always getting the leftovers, which will only be "good" if the pod happens to open an absurd number of expensive cards so that at least one of them makes its way to Timmy's hands.
phazedplasma
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I cant tell if this deck is jank or good.
The only time equipment sees play in standard is as free spells lololol
I think a refined version of this can be amazing.
I think a refined version of this can be amazing.
SigmasonicX
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Paradoxical Outcome just went off!
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Caleb won because his opponent had a ponderous draw.
This deck is jank.
This deck is jank.
phazedplasma
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Im still on the jank fence
SigmasonicX
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Lost Legacy! And since Reservoir fails bad to this (probably), it's definitely jank for now.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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that's why you sideboard invasive surgery
phazedplasma
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why not name Reservoir
SigmasonicX
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Lost Legacy can't name artifacts.
Also, for reference, the Reservoir gains life equal to the summation of N (or 1 + 2 + 3 +... + N-1 + N), where N is the total number of spells you cast that turn, so it's equal to (N * (N+1)) / 2.
charlequin
Banned
That has literally been true for every one of the twenty-two years though. Like even the periods where the setting material is good (Mirage, Ravnica, whatever) the actual storytelling stuff is pretty weak.
I'm not saying it's impossible to make anyone happy, and I did mention that it's not as bad here as most places, but it still skews pretty negative overall.
Yeah, I mean, there's no problem if people want to split the cost to buy a box and then distribute the contents based on how the draft went; the problem is having an actual store (which has a certain responsibility to not help their experienced buddies rip off noobs) run an event that way.
EDIT: And of course the DCI agrees with me on this, you aren't allowed to hold a sanctioned event with mandatory redrafting.
SigmasonicX
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Oh hey, Gonti.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Crush is a horrible wincon given it returns Aetherflux Reservoir to your hand.
phazedplasma
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deck is bad
SigmasonicX
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While Reservoir was nice to see, it completely fell apart to disruption and it's slow as hell, so it deserved to lose.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Losing to a three-mana sorcery isn't a good look. It isn't like Caleb had any wins to begin with. He just had two byes.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The Pro Tour frequently doesn't though. The SOI PT was just Bant Company vs. Anti-Bant Company, and many of those anti-BC decks didn't stick, e.g. the GB Rites deck that LSV was piloting.
The Technomancer
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The flavor of Paradoxical Outcome might still be my favorite in the set
phazedplasma
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I hate seeing green win, whata garbage color
phazedplasma
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BBD 4-0, is twitter salty?
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Fragmentize is going to be so strong. Heck this might be a sideboard haymaker.
Wulfric
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A friend of mine has been playing Magic a long time, and only uses his duals in EDH. I'm trading for his extras. Can I get a quick opinion?
I agree with this wholeheartedly. /r/magictcg and mtgsalvation are some the biggest Magic communities out there, but they are grumpy about something or other literally all the time. Heck, they make Angry Grimace look cheerful.
Does anyone have any guesses for what product WotC is pushing for GP Vegas? Historically, Modern Masters releases at GP Vegas, but that's not the case next year due to the GP being in July and MM coming out in March. It's gonna be so weird for a Masters set to come out while it's still snowing out... .__.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. /r/magictcg and mtgsalvation are some the biggest Magic communities out there, but they are grumpy about something or other literally all the time. Heck, they make Angry Grimace look cheerful.
Does anyone have any guesses for what product WotC is pushing for GP Vegas? Historically, Modern Masters releases at GP Vegas, but that's not the case next year due to the GP being in July and MM coming out in March. It's gonna be so weird for a Masters set to come out while it's still snowing out... .__.
A friend of mine has been playing Magic a long time, and only uses his duals in EDH. I'm trading for his extras. Can I get a quick opinion?
I agree with this wholeheartedly. /r/magictcg and mtgsalvation are some the biggest Magic communities out there, but they are grumpy about something or other literally all the time. Heck, they make Angry Grimace look cheerful.
Does anyone have any guesses for what product WotC is pushing for GP Vegas? Historically, Modern Masters releases at GP Vegas, but that's not the case next year due to the GP being in July and MM coming out in March. It's gonna be so weird for a Masters set to come out while it's still snowing out... .__.
Well, the way I see it, the cards you are trading away are more replacable then the high demand reserved list cards you're getting. MP/HP though...
SigmasonicX
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Just came back in. When I saw the name U/B Colossus, I was expecting a zombie deck with Diregraf Colossus, but it's actually an artifact deck with Metalwork Colossus. Odd that it seems to actually have more vehicles than the vehicles deck, from what little I saw.
SigmasonicX
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Summary Dismissal beat Kozilek's Return + Elder Deep-Fiend for a win.
phazedplasma
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man i really want to see a Metallurgic Summonings deck
The Opens the 2 weeks before PT Emrakul were nothing but Bant Company, G/W Tokens, bad Sultai decks, and G/R Goggles ramp decks. Emrakul was nowhere to be seen.
The PT still had a ton of Bant, but all those other decks were basically focused on getting Emrakul going. You had G/B Delirium, you had Temur Emerge, you had the G/R Ramp to Emrakul deck, ect.
This isn't what has been happening the last 2 or 3 years usually, but CoCo was the biggest boogeyman in the format since Caw Blade was banned, so it is entirely possible there might be some crazy stuff. Brad Nelson, for example, wouldn't be playing this G/W deck today if he thought it was a realistic choice for him at the upcoming pro tour.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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PT meta is always its own and we did see a couple GB Emrakul decks at the opens before. The temurge decks were new.
Afterwards Bant dominated again when theyou weren't the only deck being hated on.
Deck completely folds to declaration in stone and other exile effects.
Heck, Colossus itself is not that great either as it lets your opponent stall with chump blockers.
But the setting isn't even that well-developed! It's simply a science fair mixed with the Colosseum!
Infinite Stars
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Tamiyo Proving why she's the most underrated walker in Standard with all that card draw, hot damn.
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