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[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

So the Gift Pack '18 has unique cards too?

FFFFUUUU

 

[alpinefroggy 451]

9 hours ago, Bas said:

@Widdershins

  @alpinefroggy

Considering MTGA is both open beta now and we can challenge each other, anypony interested in?

I am not super interested in electronic magic.  Sorry,

I play primarily modern and legacy in paper though. 

[Widdershins 9,955]

@Bas

 What The Hay is Magic: Arena?

 But a game’s a game, bro! I’d love to, if you can explain it! Shoot me a PM if ya want to walk me through it! ...though... cheap comp I got now so, legs crossed in good luck, eh?

 (What do you cross for good luck if you don’t have fingers?...)

Also…. Who gave Pinkie Chandra’s firepower? That’s mad on so many levels! Hilarious too, Spike as Nicol Bolas! Opposite ends of the dragon personality spectrum, eh?

 And! As new-to this thread! Let me ask...

 Didn’t they say ‘18 was the last coreset? What Up wit’ dis new 19?!!? 

 I see they wholesale erased old, ugly Garruk with yet another pretty, young teenager. Yeh, sure you’ve “survived so much” what with your flawless skin & no muscle tone or structure stress from random bouts of starvation or taming wild animals. Very natural for a green planeswalker. 

Least I still got hope in Vraska, Kiora, Chandra and... minotaur guy for the “traveller who’s journeys have actually effected them.” 

 

 Oh, and as to the effect of “how am I into MTG?” :

 I got me a persona character in there too! Loosely based off of my hydra. ... Mutant Hydra Wizard.  ...he’s in the Simic guild. I hesitate to make him a planeswalker, but I’m vying for a fanfic, lol!

 Me, i’m causal. Primarily Temur colors as I see White & Black as mainly fancy icing compared to the more natural elements. If I wanted magicky hooplah... I’d use islands... even then Blue is more of an aid & protection than my loyalty to the Mountains & Forrests. 

.... though I will dabble in Black Magic if it means pirates! ...yarrr~

Edited December 12, 2018 by Widdershins

[Widdershins 9,955]

 Just bought a box of the new Return to Return to Ravinica! Can't say I'm too terribly impressed... artwork is still as amazing as ever but... it seems like the theme nowdays with MTG is boring card draw & graveyard bonuses like everything these days in cardgames. There doesn't seem to be nearly anywhere as much humor in the cards' themes like Ravinica used to. It's all just "Let's talk about how skilled & epic we are without actually talking about what we actually do."

 This self-important take works well with Golgari, as that was kinda what they started out with, & Boros is expected to have pride, but... Dimir all about showing off their skill? Wearing shared attire & being visible? What was great about Dimir was how not even THEY knew what their goals were! Literally anybody could be a sleeper agent since it was the natural progression of what any crook would do with the capacity to erase memories. Plus, all the inexplicable Horrors. Because Dimir WANTS to be inexplicable.

 Least I'll buy the hay out of the next set! Orzhov, Azorius, Simic, Gruul & Rakdos are my all favorites! And being grandiose, self-promoting jerks was what all five did to begin with, so as long as Orzhie keeps its black/white regal attire, I'm fine! Gruul were always along the lines of "I don't like this thing. I'm gonna punch it." rebels & Rakdos's were always dumb thugs, so not much can go wrong with blind bloodthirst! 

  ...Simic would lose something if they were just regular scientists rather than Mad-scientists & Azorius's was fun because of those doddering old codgers that could stalemate a game out. This set doesn't seem to care so much for tatics & keywords that snowball out of control in the lategame. 

 Worried, but optimistic!

 I swear, if "Hydra Wizard" becomes a thing...

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

Hi Widdershins,

Unfortunately there's a bit of a shift at WotC, i guess that comes from trying to pump out four main sets a year and then milking the cash cow through the reprints and arguably only a finite number of mechanics to have and a finite number fo times we'll tolerate going back to Innistrad or returning to the return to Ravnica.

At my club there was a bit of hype for Ulitmate Masters and the youngsters were dewy eyed for the box topper and we proposed to have a draft night with the topper as the prize, but at £10 per booster there were only two people interested so it never happened. The whole, "Iconic Masters and Magic 25 didn't sell well and looks like UMA might do the same ...we'd better do something" *shoehorn toppers into the boxes*

"We're giving masters a rest" ...Because the recent ones didnt sell well? Shurely not

 

 

Last night we had the first "Old School" tournament at my club.

I allowed proxies as the youngsters havent the means to even make a budget deck for what might be a one off.

Some printed b&w, some in colour and one proxied up a Legacy lands deck :l I thought "cards from ABUR, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends and The Dark or any reprint with the original border and artwork" was explanatory enough

I loaned out my BR aggro/mid-range deck and I played White Weenie.

Round One was against my BR deck and my efficient small creatures bolstered by Crusade and Copper Tablet were able to take two games. My opponent wasnt helped by a lack of familiarity with my deck although both games left me on 6 and 1 life respectively, so they were close. 2-0

Round Two was against a Tron Artifact deck and their deck failed to do much in either game (no lands) and sadly they scooped out of frustration. So we played a third game and of course their deck fired and they were able to get out a couple of Trislkelions to ping my creatures and swing in with Su-Chi and a Juggernaut (typical how the universe woks like that - in a rush so all stop signs on red :l )

Round Three pitted me against a Control deck. All three games were very close. My opponents plan was to Jalum/Jayemdae Tome through their deck to find Fireball and finish me with that. Once again single and double Copper Tablets did a lot of work for me, although dropping my own life total and helping my opponent. He was running four colours (a little difficult to tell with b&w proxies ) and saw a few misplays "In response, I cast Counterspell" '1) that's a 1997 counterspell :l and more importantly, 2) how is your Plateau making Blue mana?'

Game one left me on 4 life, Game two I was killed by my own Copper Tablets after my opponent Swords to Plowshares'd his own Mishra's Factory and finished on 1 life and Game three left me on 3 life, thankfully he didn't have a Bolt and I top decked a Crusade to give me a 2/2 and swoing to leave him on 1 life and then pass the turn and let my Copper Tablet take that last point of life from him for a 2-1

Three wins with one game loss, very happy with that

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

New pony arrived today

Beta Nightmare #4

 

Currently updating Modern Mill for Mission Briefing and making 8Whack

Edited January 16, 2019 by Dawnchaser

[Lord Valtasar 12,685]

On 11/4/2018 at 2:49 AM, Bas said:

 

I want that playmatt lol.

 

I think at least the art is from Beavernator (on DA).

Twi-jace should have this kind of eyes, such a wasted oportunity, still looks cool though

[Lord Valtasar 12,685]

anyone cares to share the deck they're playing, or just their favorite decks if they play many different
here's my latest creation
https://manastack.com/builder/454100 (side-deck is just cards i was considering, not an actual side deck)
i know ponders and preordains are banned, it's extreme budget build(i spent around 10$, not counting the cards i already owned(like ponder/preordain) and i play it casually with my friends who make less budget-y decks so it's a way to ballance things. and damn it it's hard to find bolts these days, i had to put incinerate instead of a fourth one(maybe i should start switching bolts back and forth from my other red deck)

[Lord Valtasar 12,685]

https://manastack.com/builder/209764
and here is my main deck, it's an old one that i toutched a bit over the years, but i'm told half of it is banned by now(namely, most of my manabase and skullclamp)

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

Std -

Mod - 8Rack, 8Whack, Affinity, Burn, Kind, UB Mill, Stompy

Leg - Burn

Vin - nothing built at the moment

9394 - RB Aggro, White Weenie, Flying Men 

PPR - Affinity, Burn, Delver, Extort, Slivers, Suicide Black, White Weenie

Tiny - Grenzo, Skullbriar

EDH - Kami of the Crescent Moon, Yeva (bear tribal)

 

Work in progress

EDH Nekusar

Tiny Kami otCM

9394 Big Red, Budget Black aggro

 

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

another victory for the chubby little Kami.

We're down to three players from four, my Psychic Corrosion has been doing a lot of work at milling when I draw a card

(and it only went in my deck this last week )

Player B beats me down to 2 life and has plans to finish me on his next turn.

Player C decides to Living Death giving B and C very good board states as there were quite a few creatures in their Graveyards

I get and (there were no more than 10 or so cards in my G'yard)

The Clone copies C's Blood Artist which gains me a few life over the rest of C's turn as he Sacc'd/destroyed creatures.

Play then passes to me, right, what can we do about this?

Pay (2) and make Mirage Mirror a copy of my Consecrated Sphinx

and this has been sat in my hand for a while, seems deec...

 

...I have 14 cards in hand , we each discard our hands, then I draw my 14, B draws 14 and C draws 14.

So thats 14 triggers of Psychic Corrosion for B and C from my draws,

Each of their draws gives me a trigger off of each of my Consecrated Sphinx's, allowing me two draw two or four for each of their draws,

Those draws will give me another two or four triggers off of my Psychic Corrosion.

Basically B and C conceeded that there were more than enough triggers to mill them out, so they turned their libraries into their g'yards and I passed the turn

*BOOM* went Player B

*BOOM* went Player C

...sorry

 

 

 

 

 

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...I think this is part of the reason why we banned Consecrated SPhinx in our playgroup a long time ago, there was a game with three of them out ...it was complex

 

[Nightfall Veilwing 1,125]

I still play it, but not as much as I used to. Nowadays, I'm more of a collector, really.

I have an MLP version of MTG idea called Friendship: The Gathering. It's basically the same as regular Magic, but instead of getting mana from Lands, you get it from the Elements of Harmony themselves. I based the playing styles of each Element (color) on the personalities of the Mane Six. 

[Kronos the Revenant 1,971]

I’ve made a green/black sustain-stall deck with defenders that’s really annoying with lots of players. I took it up against this guy with a white lifelink deck and we eneded up in a stalemate because he had 100 something life points and he couldn’t get past my defenders.  However, my Golgarian sustain deck has a few tricks to burst or even one-shot my opponent, but they require a LOT of setup. One of my combos involve having to use cards with Morbid, which means a creature card has to die for its effect to occur, some of which are “Morbid: Gain 5 life” and “Morbid: Gain +4/+4”. Another combo i have is to flood my field with defenders, have one or both of my Axebane Guardians, tap them and gain two black mana equal to the amount of defenders i have (in which at that time i usually have maybe six or seven defenders already on the field, which brings the net mana from their effect at 12 or 14) as well as all my swamps and some forests, and i play Consume Spirit which has the effect of “Deal X damage to target creature or opponent and gain X life where X equals the amount of black mana used (not including initial spell cost)” 

I also have two very cheeky cards that basically negate all forms of damage from both players for the turn, allowing for more setup.  

Edited February 16, 2019 by Kronos the Revenant

[Concerned Bystander 2,901]

I haven't played in a while, I move around a lot with work and currently there isn't anyone around that plays so my decks are just gathering dust.  Never really been a format player as such, just play casually although I suppose most of my decks would be legacy legal and a few would be modern.

I don't have a particular favourite colour, I play a little of everything and have a pretty wide variety of decks of every major kind.  I generally find combo decks are the most fun to play, nothing is quite as satisfying as pulling out an insanely ridiculous combo like having a couple of Mirror-Sigil Sergeants, a couple of Paradox Hazes and a Tobita, Master of Winds on the table.

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

Welcome aboard @Millennium Shadow, @Kronos the Revenant & @Concerned Bystander

@Millennium Shadow how developed is your FtG? Any cards?

@Kronos the Revenant sounds annoying

@Concerned Bystander Legacy? That sounds interesting, any particular decks/styles?

Combo?  

 

 

[Nightfall Veilwing 1,125]

Just now, Dawnchaser said:

How developed is your FTG? Any cards?

I'm just about done with the template. When I'm finished, I'll make some sample cards.

I have figured out the play styles of each color, or Element, in this case because you get mana from the Elements of Harmony instead of Lands. Plus, there's 6 instead of 5 colors.

[Kronos the Revenant 1,971]

Another thing that my sustain/stall deck has is a few cards with Extort and a Poitiff of Blight, which gives ALL of my creatures Extort and creatures that already have Extort are allowed a second proc of Extort. For those who don’t know, Extort is an Orzhov ability (white/black) that basically steals life from your opponent for every instance of Extort you proc. With Poitiff of Blight, two Axebane Guardians and a crap ton of defenders on the field, i can have a cheaper Consume Spirit effect just by having this Zombie Cleric card out.  

Edited February 16, 2019 by Kronos the Revenant

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

Shame Pontiff isn't Common

I have a WB Pauper Extort deck

...with a life gain sub-theme 

Bump In The Night ...extorted twice you lose 5 life, I gain 2 for 3mana

(Maybe I should include Spirit Link / Vampiric Link 🤔 )

 

Sounds good @Millennium Shadow, I hope to see the fruits of your labours in the future. You say you're more of a collector these days, any particular things you're collecting?

 

 

Edited February 16, 2019 by Dawnchaser

[Nightfall Veilwing 1,125]

3 minutes ago, Dawnchaser said:

Sounds good, @Millennium Shadow. I hope to see the fruits of your labours in the future. You say you're more of a collector these days. Any particular things you're collecting?

We can discuss FTM, if you're interested. 
The main reason is, I don't have anypony to play with me. Also, I don't buy the cards much anymore because they're expensive, and since I don't have anypony to play with, buying the cards in the first place ultimately pointless.
I do have Magic 2014 - Duels of the Planeswalkers, a game I bought on Steam, but that's the only way I can play Magic. Now, I could play my by self, but that's no really that easy; since you're playing against yourself, you already know what each "player" is gonna do, which makes it rather awkward... 

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

I remember attending a Two-headed Giant event and a friend ended up running two decks by himself, seemed a bit unfair as all the discussion was internal :/

I have DotP 2015 on my phone so I can play against the AI whilst at work.

I've been playing a bit of Arena (certainly not as much as @Bas though) have you tried it? I like it for the fact that r and m rarity can be 4x in your deck. Best of One is a bit odd.

I know that some of my Old School chums play over Skype and @Bas has a Discord channel

[Nightfall Veilwing 1,125]

16 minutes ago, Bas said:

Did you check out www.Locator.Wizards.com if there is any store nearby?

Also, MTG Arena is pretty big right now.

I'm usually busy, and I don't have a car. 

Is MTGA free, and what all does it require? 

[Nightfall Veilwing 1,125]

51 minutes ago, Bas said:

Free to play, and quite generous at that.

Windows.

Which city are you living in?

Nice. Thanks. 

Why do you ask? 

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

@Bas all those triggers from 2+ Sphinx's gets rather complex to track rather quickly

PPR = Pauper

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

*New Mulligan Trial*

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/competitive-gaming/mythic-championship-ii-format-and-london-test-2019-02-21

The London Mulligan

"The rule we'll be testing in London is as such:

When you mulligan for the Nth time, you draw seven cards, then put N cards on the bottom of your library in any order.

So, for example, let's say you're taking your second mulligan of a game, what we often call a mulligan to five.

You would draw seven cards, select two, and place those two on the bottom of your library in any order.

Then you would decide whether to keep or mulligan again."

 

Hmm, how can this be abused 

Obviously some strategies will like this more than other. Post-Dispatch could be people mulliganing to purely find their Leyline 

[Dawnchaser 🌄 8,087]

You could try Dawn's Mulligan

Draw 12 cards, choose the 7 you like, then put the other five on the top and/or bottom of your library in any order