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Magic: the Gathering |OT9| Kaladesh - Cruisin' Down the Street in my 6/4
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Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Apparently picked it up a couple days ago.
Infinite Stars
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Basically this. Turns out having 7 pieces of Dredge hate, 3 mainboard Angers, and a bunch of bolts/Skreds is a good call when the metagame is built around <3 toughness creatures.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
If he left the bolt in the yard he could snapcaster block and bolt the mountain. Poorly played and poorly drawn.
SigmasonicX
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Haha, just handing him the trophy.
Burn isn't mono anyways
And her parents.First modern GP with Kaladesh, a deck with Chandra Torch of Defiance wins it.
I did specify "classic". But even still it's usually mostly Red. Still happy.
absolutely on fire flavorfully
That sucks. I had an LGS close this year (we still have a big one though, its just less convenient for me, and I totally remember biting stuff from Ice Imports in Amazon
Joe Molotov
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Maybe you're just not doing it right.
Can be exiled w/ Relic. Also really obnoxious for Infect to get around as a blocker.
I see, I see. I'll have to watch some of the matches.
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Wow, for some reason I did not know that Mind Stone was modern legal.
Hecatonchires Custom
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So I've been brewing a Vial Smasher deck for DC (http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/vial-smasher-the-fierce-yass-queen-yass/), I went with a Green/X partner for Jund but I'm internally debating whether or not it would fare better with U for Grixis control (something like this instead http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/duelcommander-vial-smasher-grixis/). Green dorks would almost guarantee a turn 2 drop but Blue fares better in the long run.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
charlequin
Banned
So I've been thinking about this control thing -- people talking about control being "a PT deck" in the Kaladesh Standard format, and Huey talking about how Control is "dead" in Modern at the start of this week's coverage, and then control decks making the finals of both that PT (in Standard) and this GP (in Modern)....
So the question here is: why do people keep saying control is bad in these formats, and then players go on to dominate events in those formats with these control decks? My offhand theory is that the level of skill necessary to play control decks these days is greater than other decks by a larger margin than it was in the past, and as such these decks are more likely to only succeed in the hands of good players playing well-metagamed decks.
Correct. Control used to have such giant haymakers that you could just faceroll through matchups.
TheBlackMarvel
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Playing Kaladesh draft tomorrow. Hopefully I can improve on my last draft.
Traditional draw go is dead, isn't it? Think of the times when Whispers of the Muse got played. Nowadays you need a deck that can shift gears when the momentum is on your side and the way to do it is to play efficient spells. It's not odd to see Lightning Bolt to the dome, Snapcaster, Lightning Bolt to the dome to close games in Modern, even against Affinity and Infect. In the past, Lightning Bolt was strictly used as efficient removal in control decks. It's only ever used as a finisher in a control mirror match when you have a bunch of them sitting in your hand.
Shota gonna Shota.
divisionbyzorro
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Sphinx's Revelation made people soft.
I pretty much agree with your assessment. As some people in here have talked about before, WotC's card design philosophy has changed. A control deck used to be able to jam 4x Counterspell or 4x Mana Leak and a couple cheap cantrips or draw spells and sit back on an efficient haymaker. Now with the way they do cheaper/efficient counterspells but specific to certain types of spells (i.e.Negate, Ceremonious Rejection) you have to be very selective of what you run in your 60/75. This also extends to discard spells and removal ever since they reprinted Thoughtseize and Hero's Downfall. You could jam both of those cards and be prepared for almost anything and it even hit planeswalkers! So card overall efficiency isn't what it used to be because it doesn't lead itself to interesting deckbuilding decisions and makes it harder to solve the meta. Before Kaladesh I was really bitching about how monored//burn spells in modern are sucking but realized they're doing to burn spells what they did to counterspells/discard/removal. Red decks have to build with specific types of burn spells to hit creatures or players and if it's both then it's not going to be as efficiently costed.
This whole reading the metagame and building the control deck with the right answers thing is goddamn bullshit. Sure, maybe you can do it for FNM when you have a rough idea of who's going to show up and the decks they usually play. But a GP? Forget about it. You can't possibly predict what 500 - 1000 people are going to be playing, at least not with the data that we currently can get our hands on.
Narrow answers like Negate, Spell Pierce and Mana Leak are only going to be getting you so far and are dependent on your matchups. And that's just the first layer of variance. Playing narrow answers as 1-ofs is utterly ridiculous. Sure, that 1 Negate in your deck is going to work great against Burn but good luck to you actually drawing it when you need it.
Control needs broad answers to stay relevant. In the current Modern metagame, the control decks posting good results only made it there with a huge dose of luck.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
Getting to the finals is one thing. When that Grixis Control deck was the only Grixis Control deck in the top 100 after day 1. Same thing with Jeskai, same thing with Skred. When the top 64 after day 2 is a whole lot of Infect, Jund, Zooicide/Temur Kiln Fiend and Burn. Getting reps with the deck matters. If you've been playing your Control deck forever it will give you a game or two.
"God's Beard!"
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I like the new Lantern Control tech of playing Crucible of Worlds now that they have Inventor's Fair.
Not a huge fan of Glint-Nest Crane and playing three Abrupt Decay main, though.
Not a huge fan of Glint-Nest Crane and playing three Abrupt Decay main, though.
There's always luck involved, so I'm not sure what you're alluding to? No deck can possibly be crafted to counter every other type of deck effectively, you just have to create your deck to combat what you think people are going to be playing and be lucky in dodging them during the tournament. How is that any different for non-control decks?
Looks like. And to his right a bit seems like there's a bird person. Nifty stuff.
SigmasonicX
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In the bottom right corner, you can also see a man with a ram head. EDIT: Oh, and also in front of the croc-man's feet.
Titus Linter shared this piece of art, saying that it's not the full piece:
That's a big ass crocodile man.
Reminds me of a zone in World of Warcraft, I don't remember the name.
I just sold a Koth for 8 tix. That's an 800% increase. XD
Oh I meant in paper. I didn't even consider MODO haha
I still have 4 Koth and 2 Sheets lying around but it's too much of a hassle to turn Magic cards into actual stone cold cash.
Edit: I also have Blood Moons and Stormbreaths actually. I could build Skred Red right now haha
I feel like people's timelines in these conversations are a bit skewed? Counterspell hasn't been relevant (or available) outside of Legacy for like a decade and balanced, non-oppressive control decks existed during windows where powerful counterspells like Mana Leak were available. Like the time of Randy Blue was before most people in this thread even were playing Magic. This is not to say its not clear that the design philosophy regarding control cards has changed at WOTC. It's just that when people were saying "control seems hard/bad in this current Standard/Modern metagame" its not because they were pinning for the days of "20 counterspells + 2 wincon".deck days.
Was it you who I traded with for the Blood Moons? Kinda regret getting rid of those haha I might have to buy back in at some point
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