gaming The Magic the Gathering Thread

[Chigens and Kay 3,831]

I enjoy playing MTG but, there is no one I can play with except my brothers. I also wouldn't want to travel 20 miles to the city to go play with some dudes on a Friday night either...I do love my absolute artifact deck though.

[BeanOfTheSoy 8]

I enjoy playing MTG but, there is no one I can play with except my brothers. I also wouldn't want to travel 20 miles to the city to go play with some dudes on a Friday night either...I do love my absolute artifact deck though.

 

If It is white you should get some

[Zalgo 593]

Hell yeah I do! I have a red/black deck. And if they're alone:

Black: destroys your deck

Red: destroys your creatures and plenty of aftereffects.

[Robojot 152]

i love magic the gathering but im not particulary good at it

[BeanOfTheSoy 8]

i love magic the gathering but im not particulary good at it

 

that's ok I go to fnm almost ever Friday to get how would a vulgar inappropriate pony say it get bucked in the flank hole by people much better then me.

[Chigens and Kay 3,831]

[DevilsAdvocate 4]

<3 <3 MtG!!! i was wondering if anypony played.

[BeanOfTheSoy 8]

 

this one is nice to

[Kyreth 193]

I like it but I was never all that serious about it. Me and friends used to play a bit but I haven't in a few months now.

[Starshine 16,330]

I once played MTG long ago when the newest expansion was Kamigawa pack. I one completed Mirodin's core sets. Heck, I even got enough rare cards to buy a brand new car

 

Sad for twilight, A blue white deck will have a hard time to beat a well-built red green deck

[BeanOfTheSoy 8]

I once played MTG long ago when the newest expansion was Kamigawa pack. I one completed Mirodin's core sets. Heck, I even got enough rare cards to buy a brand new car

 

Sad for twilight, A blue white deck will have a hard time to beat a well-built red green deck

 

A new car man some cards are expensive Edited February 21, 2012 by BeanOfTheSoy

[Starshine 16,330]

You have no idea

 

I know enough dimwitted people with some cash who are willing to pay lots of bits for a mere shiny paper. Just like the fabled 'black lotus' and time lapse. You can't use them in any normal games anymore, but damn they're expensive because of their sheer power

[BeanOfTheSoy 8]

You have no idea

 

I know enough dimwitted people with some cash who are willing to pay lots of bits for a mere shiny paper. Just like the fabled 'black lotus' and time lapse. You can't use them in any normal games anymore, but damn they're expensive because of their sheer power

 

and plainswalkers all they ever do is become targets and put in the grave yard in like 2 turns but that dosen't stop people from paying like 90 bucks a piece for them

[Starshine 16,330]

and plainswalkers all they ever do is become targets and put in the grave yard in like 2 turns but that dosen't stop people from paying like 90 bucks a piece for them

 

Very true

[Electrobolt 2,068]

Nice pic there I've been trying to get myself into MTG through the demo on the 360 and Steam... It's definitely got me thinking about playing it Requires you to REALLY think on what cards you should play, and when you should play them... It's interesting, for sure...

[Evilshy 5,089]

Oh god, I play MTG sooooooo much...

 

I pretty much only play EDH and a little modern. In modern, I run a goblin deck which does fairly well, I'm only missing a few goblin guides and a few things I want for my sideboard (such as magus of the moon).

 

My EDH decks are:

Niv-Mizzet (UR control+card draw)

Ghave (GBW token and counter shenanigans)

Mimeoplasm (UBG graveyard shenanigans, usually just stacking my graveyard with fatties and then casting living death off Boseiju mana:))

Ruhan (RWU control, with an emphasis on creature steal and fatties)

 

I'm thinking of making a jhoira EDH, the concept of which is basically to just suspend field wipe and huge creatures and put the game on a nigh-unstoppable four turn clock. Other ideas are a mikaeus + cauldron of souls to make all my creatures come back from the graveyard whenever they die, or to make a deck based around darksteel forge + mycosynth lattice + nevinyarls disk to make it so I can destroy everything my opponents have for 1 mana whenever I want *evil grin*

 

 

I have a fun little standard deck that uses heartless summoning with creatures that have 1 toughness and a "dies" trigger, like viridian emissary or perilous myr. I get cheap creatures that function as spells, and load up my graveyard with creatures, allowing me to drop a ghoultree for like 3 mana, or a 10/10 splinterfright or something.

[Robojot 152]

these are my favorite cards

and a lotus of mana i think its called, but i dident find any pictures of it

[Evilshy 5,089]

these are my favorite cards

and a lotus of mana i think its called, but i dident find any pictures of it

 

 

Chandra ablaze sucks... She's only kind of useful in mono-red, and if your opponent can survive long enough for you to cast her, then you're playing red wrong.

 

Chandra the firebrand is the best Chandra:

 

Free ping every turn from her +1, her -2 is basically a reusable fork. Her -6 is okay, but the -2 is the good part. And she only costs 4 as opposed to 5 and 6 for nalaar and ablaze respectively.

 

 

And I think you're thinking of Black Lotus. It's one of the most broken cards ever.

Edited February 21, 2012 by Evilshy

[Killian Jones 2,653]

I have exactly half a deck, I should learn how to play this. I have the game on Steam though, but it doesn't have a deckbuilder

[Evilshy 5,089]

I have exactly half a deck, I should learn how to play this. I have the game on Steam though, but it doesn't have a deckbuilder

 

Yeah, DotP isn't that great. It's nice for an introduction and to learn the rules, but the lack of deck building sucks; deck building is practically half the game. If you want to learn, I can teach you.

 

Also, there's a free program called Magic Workstation that's just a deckbuilder and an online client, so you can play against others online. I'd advise against playing against people on there until you have a good grasp of the game, though. Most people use it to test out their expensive, high-end tournament decks before they buy the actual cards.

[Discordian 6,013]

I've always been interested in the game but never really got into it because I never really knew anyone who was into it.

 

Where would be a good place to start if I wanna get into it?

[BeanOfTheSoy 8]

I've always been interested in the game but never really got into it because I never really knew anyone who was into it.

 

Where would be a good place to start if I wanna get into it?

 

Find the Friday night magic place near you. say that you want to try the game and they would probable help you out.

[Discordian 6,013]

I wouldn't even begin to know how to find such a place. >_<

 

Unless you mean like an offiical store or gathering place or something rather than just a get-together type thing...

[Killian Jones 2,653]

Yeah, DotP isn't that great. It's nice for an introduction and to learn the rules, but the lack of deck building sucks; deck building is practically half the game. If you want to learn, I can teach you.

 

Also, there's a free program called Magic Workstation that's just a deckbuilder and an online client, so you can play against others online. I'd advise against playing against people on there until you have a good grasp of the game, though. Most people use it to test out their expensive, high-end tournament decks before they buy the actual cards.

 

Thing with Magic is, like most cardgames, it's nice have deckbuilders, but you basically need to know which cards are useful pooled together for a deck. I'm pretty much noob on the cards.

 

I do realize when building a deck you need to win with only one health remaining and not by powerplaying and damaging your enemy to - 250 HP in one turn.

 

It's easy to lose track on how to play this game. But I know some friends so I can get hints.

[Evilshy 5,089]

I wouldn't even begin to know how to find such a place. >_<

 

Unless you mean like an offiical store or gathering place or something rather than just a get-together type thing...

 

I don't think there are official magic stores, but their are plenty of card and hobby shops that predominantly deal in magic cards. Many also have yugioh and pokemon, and some also have other games, like D&D and warhammer. Just find one and go in and express your desire to play magic.

 

As for where to start card wise, I'd recommend getting a deckbuilders toolkit. There $20, and have IIRC 250 cards in them. They have several semi-random groups of cards that you can build decks with (by semi-random, I mean there are groups of cards that are all related to each other, and each deckbuilders toolkit has a few of these.) as well as a land pack containing a ton of basic lands, and a few booster packs (15 random cards; 11 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 rare. About 1/15 of packs have a mythic rare instead of a rare.)

 

 

 

It's a pretty big subject. If you want more online help, I'd recommend registering at gamefaqs.com and going to the Magic:the gathering board. We have a very helpful community there. Also, you can PM me with rules questions and stuff.