it isn't as horrible as you say though if you play it in a RUG shell instead of a "combo only" red-blue deck (it is of course not the best though but at least more optimal)
you can basically play the regular RUG deck with the 7-8 card combo package and the deck runs quite nicely with the inclusion of splinter twin (double titan effects every turn and double oracle/lotus cobra is pretty nice i hear)
the rug version is much more resilient that the red//blue only variant and is capable of winning without assembling the combo
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I played the r/u/b version of the deck and it was terribad....the combo itself really is weak , and you just dont see how bad the deck actually is until you play it. I'm good on it, I'm looking towards caw at this point......Samoht, do you have a good list?
I played the r/u/b version of the deck and it was terribad....the combo itself really is weak , and you just dont see how bad the deck actually is until you play it. I'm good on it, I'm looking towards caw at this point......Samoht, do you have a good list?
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Not sure what to think of these Commander decks. Sure, they started by dropping the Sol Ring bombshell, but past that, the cards have been fairly uninteresting to me. I was hoping there would be some good EDH niche cards in the decks, and there may still be, but by starting out with Sol Ring, they guaranteed that the prices on these would be jacked up for no good reason.
i went infi turns ONE TIME, and it was only because no one destroyed my future sight for fifty turns AND my beacon didn't get milled. so yeah, whatever.
i'm still near-infi busy. should start to cool down after this week. chem and geometry regents are mad late this year.
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in other news... the commander decks look fun. busted out with more EDH staple rares. good job by wizards making fun decks. can't wait to play the "political puppets" deck.
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I like them. I was kind of hoping for a black bordered, new frame, non foil Bribery, but we can't get everything. I also think a few of the "answer" cards are a bit too obvious. I like hosers with a little subtlety.
I'll probably end up buying the decks, retooling my main deck and take apart the rest for new potential decks.
I might even wimp out and not buy much m12, i see nothing new of note that i need or cant buy for less than a hundo.
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i might just start playing standard again so i can play the grenades
seriously it feels like its made for me, i cant wait to pop a goblin arsonist with goblin grenade
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I like Goblin Grenade. However, seeing as it was in Fallen Empires, I don't think it will be hard to find. Certainly not something people will be cracking boxes to get.
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Jace The Wallet Raper is not being reprinted. First off, MaRo said it himself. Second off, with that angle, you'd be able to see a part of the text box if it had the 4 abilities. Third, as a cycle of mono-colored planeswalkers, having 1 with 4 abilities really sets a bad name for the other walkers, and the other colors.
Core Set cycles have to be relatively balanced, since newer players use them to learn the game. Having a blue walker with 4 abilities and having 4 other colored walkers with 3 would set a precedence in newer players that blue gets to do more with what it has. NOT a good principle to set when players have to learn, sorry.
I don't think it will be reprinted either, but planeswalkers can hardly be said to be "relatively balanced," and throwing Gideon into the mix completely screws up any uniformity in the abilities of planeswalkers.
seems like a great time to take a few months' break from standard.
on another note, my tutoring year winds down mid-week. i'll have a new thread up soon, with a title of my own devising, though i may come up with something else in the wake of the bannings.
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Today is a proud day in magic. Good by jace the wallet raper... Good by caw-blade. Yes, yes, good day indeed.
as far as i am concerned, it's a horrible day. whatever. looks like i will save myself that friday summer traffic! yeah, that's what i'm talking about!
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A horrible day in magic? I love crushing with jace as much as the next guy does... But in all honesty... Stoneforge needed to go, and if jace had to go with her, than so freaking be it.
Also how is it horrible, cause you have to play a fare deck at FNM??? Cry me a river:D.
nah, man, i've been playing a fair deck at FNM. whatever though. everybody is SO ecstatic about this. **** em.
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you can basically play the regular RUG deck with the 7-8 card combo package and the deck runs quite nicely with the inclusion of splinter twin (double titan effects every turn and double oracle/lotus cobra is pretty nice i hear)
the rug version is much more resilient that the red//blue only variant and is capable of winning without assembling the combo
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T1: Remora Gush
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NYSE V Top 8, NYSE X Top 4, NYSE XVIII Top 4
Blue Bell X Top 4
Pro Tour: Philadelphia Day 2
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i'm still near-infi busy. should start to cool down after this week. chem and geometry regents are mad late this year.
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you can't stop the extra turns, you can only hope to try.
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in other news... the commander decks look fun. busted out with more EDH staple rares. good job by wizards making fun decks. can't wait to play the "political puppets" deck.
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I'll probably end up buying the decks, retooling my main deck and take apart the rest for new potential decks.
Modern: Jund
T1: Remora Gush
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Blue Bell X Top 4
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i might just start playing standard again so i can play the grenades
seriously it feels like its made for me, i cant wait to pop a goblin arsonist with goblin grenade
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bazaar trader count: 115 including;1 portugese foil; 7 english foils; 4 russian nonfoils
Volkan Baga should do a chrome mox art
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
Core Set cycles have to be relatively balanced, since newer players use them to learn the game. Having a blue walker with 4 abilities and having 4 other colored walkers with 3 would set a precedence in newer players that blue gets to do more with what it has. NOT a good principle to set when players have to learn, sorry.
on another note, my tutoring year winds down mid-week. i'll have a new thread up soon, with a title of my own devising, though i may come up with something else in the wake of the bannings.
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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
Jace and Stoneforge Mystic will just have to console themselves with being good in almost every other format.
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