I rolled Monument at FNM at Royal.. Bit Blasted the Ant Queen in response to the Rief trigger, hit Jund Charm and it was scoop phase.
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great, now eldrazi monument is thru the roof. I called out the sleeper again, too bad I didn't pick up 4 of those earlier.
Fetts, still want to get those "dollar rares" to me?
I dont count Eldrazi Monument as a sleeper. Anything that usually wins the game for you the turn it is cast is a BOMB. It fits the age-old addage of cards that aren't good enough..."If it costs more then 4 mana, it better win you the game as soon as it resolves"...Eldrazi Monument does that perfectly.
When a 4/4 Great Sable Stag and 2 3/4 Nissa's Chosen are coming across the battlefield, it's not exactly the easiest thing for a Jund deck to beat, especially when it seems as though they play 7 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood because they ALWAYS have one...
I dont count Eldrazi Monument as a sleeper. Anything that usually wins the game for you the turn it is cast is a BOMB. It fits the age-old addage of cards that aren't good enough..."If it costs more then 4 mana, it better win you the game as soon as it resolves"...Eldrazi Monument does that perfectly.
When a 4/4 Great Sable Stag and 2 3/4 Nissa's Chosen are coming across the battlefield, it's not exactly the easiest thing for a Jund deck to beat, especially when it seems as though they play 7 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood because they ALWAYS have one...
first, ignus was referring to the skyrocketing price. go check you some ebay, orion, and keep in mind that this was a $2 junk mythic for the last month and a half.
second, they run 4 oran-rief because, as it turns out, none of those crazy lands are legendary...
i agree with the rest of what you said, though. the monument is pretty instantly game changing. to hell with the +1/+1, most decks won't recover from one swing of those dudes being flying. the indestructible is a nice side bonus, it just forces them to off any of your guys in your precombat main phase and without the aid of blocking damage... which is obviously a huge advantage.
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Lol, I can't believe people have't adapted to Green Monument. If you're playing Jund, board Vithian Renegade. It's that simple. The rest of your deck smashes them on quality alone. Also, anyone still playing Sable Stag in the main or board is plain wrong. With the presence of blue being non-existant, it has become a hard to cast 3/3 pro black. Really? I changed them to Renegades the day after I saw that Monument won a big event. If your concern is Oran Rief, Goblin Ruinblaster is quite effective against it and a number of other decks. Between Pulse and Jund Charm they can't Token smash you, you're Garruk's kill theirs...and Cascade > Green. It's a bye for a jund player with skill (ie one who doesnt always just dump their hand by going leach thrinax bbe ZOMGS I can't believe i losed!).
That said, itomar's deck is actually quite awesome, but I don't want to leak his tech. i am actually thinking of building it and smashing face.
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Lol, I can't believe people have't adapted to Green Monument. If you're playing Jund, board Vithian Renegade. It's that simple. The rest of your deck smashes them on quality alone.
just about.
Also, anyone still playing Sable Stag in the main or board is plain wrong. With the presence of blue being non-existant, it has become a hard to cast 3/3 pro black.
yeah, there were times i thought about siding it in, but it never seemed effective, so i didn't. i have shaken the board up some in my list, but it was a KG meta decision that i must reconsider what with my return to mark's this week.
If your concern is Oran Rief, Goblin Ruinblaster is quite effective against it and a number of other decks.
yeah, i popped out the anathemancers for the ruinblasters since they serve similar purpose and do not play well with each other last week - but i was more concerned about potentially facing a long-game emeria, the sky ruin than oran-rief. (again, KG meta) but i'll probably keep that change, and add in the renegades of funk.
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I've started working in the McDonalds on Maurice Ave.
God damn it's ****ing disgusting. I'll be expecting to see some of you soon to try and bum food off of me lmao. I've seen some interesting things already though, I seen a man come through the drive through pantless
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So i'm not going to be at Mark's this Friday because UNC ie my alumnus is playing basketball at MSG (I have an extra ticket btw if anyone's interested for 13 bucks), and the week after i'll be going home for Thanksgiving, so I guess i'll see you guys in like 3 weeks or so. Just wanted to give a heads up in case Mark's like "all his talk and now he's not going to show up blah blah ...."
In other news, What do you guys think of worlds so far? What looks interesting? Who's going to win?
I'm still alive! But since it's limited season I'm not playing any constructed atm. Anyone want to give a tl;dr of the FNM situation?
samoht and his crew are at royal. my crew and i are back at mark's starting tonight; blackening is re-banned from there. dunno who from the clan is still hitting depot; DMX is working, so he's not going and there is no after-party at his house. possible draft after FNM at mark's though... it's always possible, if you're just interested in draft, LMK and i will be in touch.
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samoht and his crew are at royal. my crew and i are back at mark's starting tonight; blackening is re-banned from there. dunno who from the clan is still hitting depot; DMX is working, so he's not going and there is no after-party at his house. possible draft after FNM at mark's though... it's always possible, if you're just interested in draft, LMK and i will be in touch.
oo....I might could be able to make it to marks after for a draft...forgot about those
Hey everyone. I'm more than likely attending FNM attending royal FNM tonight. Can someone bring me a deck to play please? If this isnt possible I'm still coming just to hangout but I'd really love to play. I've had to long of an absence from magic
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hey GoC/Meph.... the game i'm going to tonight starts at like 7:15 so i might could grab like the 8:42 or the 8:53 to valley stream (and have someone pick me up at the station cause I have no idea where I'm going) if you guys are planning to draft after FNM.... or if you need an 8th ya know.... just give me a call fairly early after taking a poll and lemme know if its looking like a draft night and if so i'll plan on catching one of those
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So my job accused me of stealing today, I was on the verge of quitting on my 3rd day. In the morning they make us count the register we're going to be working at. The general amount to have in your register is 100$. This morning I had 98 dollars and I told my manager and he told me "yeah fine". Before I went on break today I counted my register and I was 5 dollars short this morning. The manager who Ok'd my register was gone, so it was a tiny lady who didnt count in english. When I counted my register I came up just fine, she was like "yeah no youre wrong" and counted 2 times and miscounted both times. ... long story short, she's a **** and I went to th emanager and cleared my name
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So my job accused me of stealing today, I was on the verge of quitting on my 3rd day. In the morning they make us count the register we're going to be working at. The general amount to have in your register is 100$. This morning I had 98 dollars and I told my manager and he told me "yeah fine". Before I went on break today I counted my register and I was 5 dollars short this morning. The manager who Ok'd my register was gone, so it was a tiny lady who didnt count in english. When I counted my register I came up just fine, she was like "yeah no youre wrong" and counted 2 times and miscounted both times. ... long story short, she's a **** and I went to th emanager and cleared my name
yeah sometimes this happens at work, and it sucks but you have to persevere and continue on working because we all love the green
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Well since no one could lend me Living Wishes, I had to play Solidarity. It was fun. Combo'd off with lethal on the stack 3/6 times. was good.
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So, the result of Worlds seems to indicate that standard sucks. Little to no control, Jund is stupid, Rhox War Monk is still annoying as hell. I had a glimmer of hope when I saw that the dredge deck might be viable, but I've since lost that hope. Just need to keep hoping that there is some magical control formula out there that someone will discover. What can I say, I hate aggro.
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Fetts, still want to get those "dollar rares" to me?
I dont count Eldrazi Monument as a sleeper. Anything that usually wins the game for you the turn it is cast is a BOMB. It fits the age-old addage of cards that aren't good enough..."If it costs more then 4 mana, it better win you the game as soon as it resolves"...Eldrazi Monument does that perfectly.
When a 4/4 Great Sable Stag and 2 3/4 Nissa's Chosen are coming across the battlefield, it's not exactly the easiest thing for a Jund deck to beat, especially when it seems as though they play 7 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood because they ALWAYS have one...
second, they run 4 oran-rief because, as it turns out, none of those crazy lands are legendary...
i agree with the rest of what you said, though. the monument is pretty instantly game changing. to hell with the +1/+1, most decks won't recover from one swing of those dudes being flying. the indestructible is a nice side bonus, it just forces them to off any of your guys in your precombat main phase and without the aid of blocking damage... which is obviously a huge advantage.
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That said, itomar's deck is actually quite awesome, but I don't want to leak his tech. i am actually thinking of building it and smashing face.
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Thank you Tom. Hopefully the changes we discussed will bear that out. Were you considering it for Friday or Sat (or both)?
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just about.
yeah, there were times i thought about siding it in, but it never seemed effective, so i didn't. i have shaken the board up some in my list, but it was a KG meta decision that i must reconsider what with my return to mark's this week.
yeah, i popped out the anathemancers for the ruinblasters since they serve similar purpose and do not play well with each other last week - but i was more concerned about potentially facing a long-game emeria, the sky ruin than oran-rief. (again, KG meta) but i'll probably keep that change, and add in the renegades of funk.
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God damn it's ****ing disgusting. I'll be expecting to see some of you soon to try and bum food off of me lmao. I've seen some interesting things already though, I seen a man come through the drive through pantless
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In other news, What do you guys think of worlds so far? What looks interesting? Who's going to win?
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oo....I might could be able to make it to marks after for a draft...forgot about those
well, apparently not the US team
if orion has your number, we'll keep you abreast of the situation, and find out your status.
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I'm working as a personal tutor two hours a day, 5 days a week. Decent money but I need to find a real job. Looking around. Found some cool ones around my area.
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went 4-5 which isn't bad for me because i am relatively new to magic
there were a couple of things i could have done better or i should have done in the first place, i let 1 win go by, and possibly another one
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Draft wasn't happening tonight, as me and Fenton were the only 2 down for it, methinks...everyone had somewhere better to be...oh well!!
There's always a potential for next week...
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yeah sometimes this happens at work, and it sucks but you have to persevere and continue on working because we all love the green
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UrzaTron
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Special thanks to ChibiSwan for the avatar! (link)
Modern: Jund
T1: Remora Gush
MTGS Legacy Tournament #7 2nd
NYSE V Top 8, NYSE X Top 4, NYSE XVIII Top 4
Blue Bell X Top 4
Pro Tour: Philadelphia Day 2
NEV 4 1st, NEV 6 2nd, NEV 7 Top 4, NEV 9 Top 8, NEV 11 Top 8, NEV 13 Top 8