Author Topic: Magic: The Gathering (Read 428665 times)

T234 · « **Reply #360 on:** May 06, 2009, 01:48:07 PM »

Any Esper shit you want, I'm willing to trade.

billyofcourse · « **Reply #361 on:** May 06, 2009, 05:11:14 PM »

Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on May 06, 2009, 01:46:24 PM

I played in a draft last night and got all of these cards.

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And 4 of these!
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nemesis of reason while cool in booster drafting, has turned out not to be too practical in type 2 play. Too much creature kill and removal right now for him to do much. Cool in theory, but that's about it. Given I do like the card, and have a playset of it(one of which is foil). Esper stormblade and mind funeral however are absolutely beastly.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #362 on:** May 06, 2009, 05:12:18 PM »

Actually he wasnt so hot for me either in the draft. But I am still going to make a mill zombie deck for fun.

billyofcourse · « **Reply #363 on:** May 06, 2009, 05:21:05 PM »

only reason he did decent for me in draft, is that there isn't as much creature removal. Any time I've seen him played outside of draft, he's gotten killed or removed immediately.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #364 on:** May 06, 2009, 05:48:29 PM »

I must have played the wrong guys cause my dudes were getting removed left and right.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #365 on:** May 06, 2009, 05:53:52 PM »

It's all luck of the draw, depending on what comes out of the packs. Apparently I was stupid for not playing black/red when I pulled three Terminates. But that was all I pulled for the colors.

I ended up playing Green Red White, which I had much better colors for. I got top 8. Look who's laughing now!

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #366 on:** May 06, 2009, 05:56:43 PM »

Quote from: tehjaybo on May 06, 2009, 05:53:52 PM

It's all luck of the draw, depending on what comes out of the packs. Apparently I was stupid for not playing black/red when I pulled three Terminates. But that was all I pulled for the colors.

I ended up playing Green Red White, which I had much better colors for. I got top 8. Look who's laughing now!

Yeah dude you should have played black red. Terminate is a first pick.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #367 on:** May 06, 2009, 06:00:41 PM »

I've had limited experience with draft lately, but both times I've played (shards/shards/conflux on mtgo) I've essentially drafted the same bant (w/u/g) deck. I just make sure I nab the bounce spells for critter control in blue. Awesome critters in these colors, too- turn 3 Rhox War Monk is pretty gross, especially with a supporting cast of exalted critters. Also, people seem to have something against drafting Sigil Blessings- dunno why, card is fuck awesome. Turn 5 of one game I attacked with a RWM with 3 exalted critters on the board and double sigil blessed him- hello 12 power lifelinker coming at your face!

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #368 on:** May 06, 2009, 06:18:08 PM »

http://draft.bestiaire.org/ for all your draft practice needs

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #369 on:** May 06, 2009, 06:22:41 PM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on May 06, 2009, 06:18:08 PM

http://draft.bestiaire.org/ for all your draft practice needs

Awesome!

Kara · « **Reply #370 on:** May 06, 2009, 06:37:38 PM »

I love you frags.

Kara · « **Reply #371 on:** May 06, 2009, 07:01:22 PM »

We should try using this to play some games... it exports to MWS for you.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #372 on:** May 06, 2009, 07:23:49 PM »

Quote from: Karakand on May 06, 2009, 07:01:22 PM

We should try using this to play some games... it exports to MWS for you.

fuck yeah, i'm down. we'd just need to get 8 players.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #373 on:** May 06, 2009, 07:27:34 PM »

Im ready to beat your scrawny asses. King of the nerds right here fool!

Kara · « **Reply #374 on:** May 06, 2009, 08:58:37 PM »

You can run a 5 man... don't think we'd ever get 8 here.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #375 on:** May 06, 2009, 10:38:13 PM »

Quote from: Karakand on May 06, 2009, 08:58:37 PM

You can run a 5 man... don't think we'd ever get 8 here.

How would a 5 man draft work?

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #376 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:59:38 AM »

That draft site is fuck awesome, but I don't see how a draft from there would work, since we'd all be drafting against 7 computer players or whatnot from what I can tell. Sure you can upload your decks, but if they're not all from the same pool then it's not gonna work.

Also, that rating thing they give you at the end is bs- it hates blue.

Kara · « **Reply #377 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:50:50 AM »

I'd have to look up the specifics but I've 5 manned recently. Essentially 2 players get a bye.

It wouldn't be like a real draft if we used the site, but it would be a close substitute for it.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #378 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:08:30 PM »

I would play in an EB draft. That would be supremely cool.

Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on May 06, 2009, 05:56:43 PM

Quote from: tehjaybo on May 06, 2009, 05:53:52 PM
It's all luck of the draw, depending on what comes out of the packs. Apparently I was stupid for not playing black/red when I pulled three Terminates. But that was all I pulled for the colors.

I ended up playing Green Red White, which I had much better colors for. I got top 8. Look who's laughing now!

Yeah dude you should have played black red. Terminate is a first pick.

It was sealed. There was no passing of packs. And if I ran red/black, I would have lost. I had nothing else for the colors. As it were, I had a Retaliator Griffin, and a couple of enchantments that hit my colors, as well as some good commons/uncommons for my colors. I had absolutely nothing for red/black.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #379 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:11:57 PM »

is there a way i can get in on some of this action?

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #380 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:26:27 PM »

Quote from: Saint Cornelius on May 07, 2009, 12:11:57 PM

is there a way i can get in on some of this action?

download magic workstation

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #381 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:33:49 PM »

oooh, I will do that when I get home - good looking out CC

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #382 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:35:08 PM »

no problem. if we can get enough people to use that draft tool page frag posted, we can export our draft decks to mws and play a draft online!

tehjaybo · « **Reply #383 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:33:18 PM »

Quote from: The Card Cheat on May 07, 2009, 12:35:08 PM

no problem. if we can get enough people to use that draft tool page frag posted, we can export our draft decks to mws and play a draft online!

Bloodwake · « **Reply #384 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:38:33 PM »

I might be interested in doing a draft.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #385 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:49:32 PM »

I'm TOTALLY down with drafts - I was stupidly addicted to drafting on Magic Online this time last year, to the tune of about $2k.

T234 · « **Reply #386 on:** May 07, 2009, 03:07:41 PM »

I'm down for the draft.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #387 on:** May 07, 2009, 03:13:43 PM »

Ok, so people should start listing times they'd be available for potential drafts.

Me: anytime. Ok, not anytime- before noon would suck, as I like to sleep in. But I don't have any projects lined up for 2-3 weeks, so I'm available. One possible caveat is that I'm thinking of playing in a pauper tournament on MTGO tonight, so tonight might be out.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #388 on:** May 07, 2009, 03:16:37 PM »

I probably won't be available for like two weeks.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #389 on:** May 07, 2009, 03:17:40 PM »

Quote from: The Card Cheat on May 07, 2009, 03:13:43 PM

Me: anytime. Ok, not anytime- before noon would suck, as I like to sleep in. But I don't have any projects lined up for 2-3 weeks, so I'm available. One possible caveat is that I'm thinking of playing in a pauper tournament on MTGO tonight, so tonight might be out.

What is a pauper tourney? I've heard of that before - is that all commons?

I'm down for drafts basically any time after 6PM PST.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #390 on:** May 07, 2009, 03:21:46 PM »

Yeah, pauper is all commons, there's standard tourneys on MTGO every Monday and Thursday.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #391 on:** May 07, 2009, 03:28:04 PM »

I retooled my Standard Pauper Faeries deck a bit-added in some one drops to help make the spellstutter sprites more useful, replaced the terrors and eyeblights ending with nameless inversions , added in some peppersmokes and took out the pestermites since I thought the latter was too aggresive, and put in dreamspoiler witches as my "soft lock finisher" . The deck has a bit better control and much better syngergy and card advantage potential between the cards.

Really looking forward to Alara Reborn to upgrade to a set of borderposts and replace my remove souls with Soul Maniupulation.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #392 on:** May 07, 2009, 03:32:38 PM »

Alara Reborn is going to turn standard pauper uspide down imo. Sooooo many playable commons in the set for this format. Shame none of the cascade cards are really good enough to make the cut or are uncommons, but oh well.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #393 on:** May 07, 2009, 03:35:47 PM »

I think the one that gives four health+cascade for 4CC and the +1/+0 until end of turn and cascade both are pretty playable.The former makes for great sideboard tech against burn, the latter works great with haste or can be played as a combat trick w/ burn since it is instant and most burn is 1-2CC.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #394 on:** May 07, 2009, 04:24:37 PM »

I'm available after 5:30PM EST on Monday - Thursday. Sorry to be the pain in the ass limiter, but I work, and then spend weekends with Rebbie and film a movie.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #395 on:** May 07, 2009, 04:39:27 PM »

How is Rebbie doing, by the way? He hasn't been the same since the plumbing accident

tehjaybo · « **Reply #396 on:** May 07, 2009, 04:43:54 PM »

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #397 on:** May 07, 2009, 04:56:10 PM »

ahuahauha

tehjaybo · « **Reply #398 on:** May 07, 2009, 04:59:33 PM »

Kara · « **Reply #399 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:15:10 PM »

I'm down next week in the afternoons. Gotta go to Orange County this weekend and tomorrow I have to go bellyache to a shrink to get some magic of a different variety.

T234 · « **Reply #400 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:41:15 PM »

Dudes, how does an OLD POWAH CONTROL deck using Balance, Animate Dead, Mana Leak, Terror, Curiosity, Zuran Orb, Strip Mine to deal with the pesky Contested Cliffs, and I beat people to death with Treetop Village and Kjeldoran Outpost tokens sound?

Kara · « **Reply #401 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:42:20 PM »

edit: I need to learn to read. Sounds like fun! Don't forget Stalking Stones.

T234 · « **Reply #402 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:46:02 PM »

OOH sinkhole is a fucking doozy. Keep naming off powerful Blue/White/Black cards plz, King Bruin.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #403 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:46:47 PM »

FORCE OF WILL

CAN'T FORGET FORCE OF WILL

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #404 on:** May 07, 2009, 08:03:30 PM »

Wheel and Deal

T234 · « **Reply #405 on:** May 07, 2009, 08:08:27 PM »

Force of Will won't work in this hypothetical deck, as most of it B/W.

Kara · « **Reply #406 on:** May 07, 2009, 08:25:18 PM »

Orim's Chant, Abeyance, Tithe, Land Tax, Waylay
Yawgmoth's Will, Yawgmoth's Bargain, Demonic Consultation
Capsize, Intuition

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #407 on:** May 07, 2009, 08:30:40 PM »

just take all of the fatties in your collection, some elves, play four hypergenesis and run cascade to fire off hypergenesis without having to pay the suspend time on it.

I bet you could also adapt TEPS to a more budget format. Same with the old broken-ass affinity mechanic.

T234 · « **Reply #408 on:** May 07, 2009, 08:51:42 PM »

Hypergenesis is a REALLY BAD idea because of the beast deck that gets played in the tournament is ridiculous and loaded with much worse fatties than anything I could put up.

LD/burn is a really hard matchup for Storm to win against.

Affinity is strong against every archetype in the tournament though.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #409 on:** May 11, 2009, 05:52:32 PM »

I figured this was appropriate.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #410 on:** May 11, 2009, 05:54:14 PM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on May 11, 2009, 05:52:32 PM

I figured this was appropriate.

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Very old. I thought of making it into an avatar, but you can't really do much without the separation of the pictures and the font.

Hilarious nonetheless.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #411 on:** May 11, 2009, 05:55:04 PM »

Ya, I can tell by the dates it was old. But it's new to me so I lol'd.

Kara · « **Reply #412 on:** May 12, 2009, 01:55:28 PM »

Basking Root was the fucking shit. Man I miss U/G Madness...

T234 · « **Reply #413 on:** May 12, 2009, 02:00:39 PM »

My cards still haven't shown up for the OLD POWAH deck so I'm playing the revamped Espers today in the tournament. They are way more Aggro, got a full playset of B/W/U artifact lands (No B/R list, remember?) for Qumulox, Broodstar, and Machinate, and another Enigma Sphinx. So it SHOULD be better. Last time, I got put out by both guys who ended up in the final, and almost beat the Merfolk who ended up second. Affinity won the whole thing last time. Dunno if that dude is gonna play in this one.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #414 on:** May 12, 2009, 02:05:21 PM »

Decklist please T234.

T234 · « **Reply #415 on:** May 12, 2009, 02:06:21 PM »

Gimme a second while I type this up.

T234 · « **Reply #416 on:** May 12, 2009, 02:27:48 PM »

Lands:
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Ancient Den
1 Wanderwine Hub
2 Tainted Field
3 Island
3 Plains
2 Swamp

Creatures
1 Glassdust Hulk
2 Sludge Strider
2 Enigma Sphinx
3 Qumulox
4 Esper Stormblade
2 Blizzard Specter
2 Parasitic Strix
1 Broodstar
2 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Sphinx Summoner
1 Sphinx Sovereign
1 Sanctum Plowbeast
1 Myr Enforcer
2 Arcbound Reclaimer
2 Master Transmuter

Other Spells
1 Soul Manipulation
1 Sword of fire and Ice
1 Unsummon
2 Etherium Astrolabe
3 Machinate
1 Shield of the Righteous
4 Rune Snag

Holy shit thats a lot of one-ofs. But it's me making the best out of what I got.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #417 on:** May 12, 2009, 02:37:38 PM »

Hm. Looks interesting. What's your main goal for the deck? As in, how do you usually win?

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #418 on:** May 12, 2009, 02:38:07 PM »

Quote from: Karakand on May 12, 2009, 01:55:28 PM

Basking Root was the fucking shit. Man I miss U/G Madness...

I don't. Fuck netdecks and everyone playing 'em.

T234 · « **Reply #419 on:** May 12, 2009, 02:39:13 PM »

Beating people over the head with flyers.

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