Not personally but on Mana Drain, you are quite famous... and its not everyday the mafia committee goes in our territory, so something must be planned...
Art: I will be in Moscow from May 5 to August 3 with no internet.. so you can move me to the portal temporarily...
Noted. I'll let Surging handle this, if he deems it necessary.
For now, I need you guys to let me know:
What do you think of the banner submissions?
We need to score them, and I need to close out the contest. I'm giving an additional extention because I had a major household issue today, with my neighbor's water-heater leaking water into my place and ruining a grip of my stuff. So. {explitive}. Mad.
I'm wiped, but I'll address this tomorrow. I really need some input before I close out the contest. Please?
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Not personally but on Mana Drain, you are quite famous... and its not everyday the mafia committee goes in our territory, so something must be planned...
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I like [Clan Flamingo]'s submission the best (of the three I can see) because it's clean and neatly captures the flavor of each Clan in a stylish way.
[The Family]'s is my second favorite simply because referencing other things (in this case, classical art) is cool.
[Crafters] did a decent job with theirs, but it's a bit cluttered, IMO, and ended up being too similar to [The Family]'s, though without the cool throwback vibe.
I can't see [Called]'s entry at all.
Clan Flamingo's entry is by far and away the best. Not only does it capture each clan almost perfectly like AI said, but it's also the most well-done out of the entries.
And yes, I can't see The Called's entry either.
@ Russian Alara: I have put you in the portal for the time being.
The link is fixed for the Called's entry, if you two want to look. I'll get to putting together a numerical order here and post all of the judging entries I've received.
Thanks guys
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The link is fixed for the Called's entry, if you two want to look. I'll get to putting together a numerical order here and post all of the judging entries I've received.
Thanks guys
Managed to send my judging today, although its a pity , you can't attach word documents to pm's since I had all 4 banners for everyone to see my reasoning as well....
Managed to send my judging today, although its a pity , you can't attach word documents to pm's since I had all 4 banners for everyone to see my reasoning as well....
Thanks for the assist. I'll be noting your opinions as well when I finish off the entry.
So, gentlemen: prerelease plans?
I'm signed up for a midnight release on Friday night/Saturday morning because, well, I'm a lil crazy. Sadly, rhough, I won't get a prerelease promo because they were robbed on Wednesday. Insured, inconvenienced, and insecure, but everyone is alright and all they lost was a portion of their product that was easily carried away. Thieves missed so much valuable stuff.
Anyhow, my loss of a stolen card is no biggie in comparison.
I'll probably sign up for another sealed another day to make up for it.
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I have been painfully reminded that I need to play Magic more often, so I can learn to construct and play better in a limited environment.
I didn't win a single game through the four rounds we ran: I decided to go Bant colors and a healthy amount of Soulbond. I was close in the very first game by landing an Avacyn, Angel of Hope but I was low enough in life and had little other defense against opponent flying to make it a win condition. It was a similar situation in round three where I pulled off a Craterhoof Behemoth with X at only 4.
Out of the 6 packs, I only got a single miracle card (Vanishment that happened to be premium), and as a fun fact all the lands I got were forests.
We opened our Helvault after the third round of play, and I got spindown dice, two dual-face Angel//Demon tokens and giant Avacyn and Griselbrand cards for use in commander play as well as the Moonsilver Spear (sphere!) promotion.
The only condition I could have got (with what I had I managed about 8) but didn't was the "speak in monster voice to an opponent controlling a non-Human/non-Angel creature of the same type". I didn't know what an Angelic Wall would sound like. :<
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When asked how much power is required, Izzet mages always answer "more".
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2012: Best (False?) Role Claim - Worst Town Performance (Group) - Best Mafia Performance (Group) - Best SK Performance - Best Overall Player
2013: Best Non-SK Neutral Performance
2014: Best Town Performance (Individual) - Best Town Performance (Group) - Most Interesting Role - Best Game - Best Overall Player
2015: Worst Mafia Performance (Group) - Best Read
2016: Best Town Performance (Group) - Best Town Player - Best Overall Player
So I went to the prerelease today. It was the first time I've played Magic in months and I went 4-0 with WU flyers, so I'm pretty happy about that. I played against RG Humans, GW Humans, UR Humans, and another RG Humans, lol.
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So I went to the prerelease today. It was the first time I've played Magic in months and I went 4-0 with WU flyers, so I'm pretty happy about that. I played against RG Humans, GW Humans, UR Humans, and another RG Humans, lol.
There are a stupid amount of humans in this set.
A stupid amount.
This is a fun sealed format, but I think it is built for draft. There's a fast humans deck, lots of soulbond to wrestle for, fliers (Angels.dec), lots of swingy X spells and stuff, and green stompy with actual tricks to help it get there. My only dislike is the janky removal. Too many "removal" enchantments.
I walked away from the weekend with two Temporal Mastery's (won one, opened one in 2hG where it is completely broken because the team takes a turn), so I've got no complaints.
Might try to play them in Standard... just not sure in what yet
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So I went to the prerelease today. It was the first time I've played Magic in months and I went 4-0 with WU flyers, so I'm pretty happy about that.
Nice! I scrubbed out of the midnight PR with a BR deck whose only notable cards were Griselbrand, Malignus, and Thunderous Wrath, but I also won yesterday's event with a WU Skies deck, though mine was probably better than yours.
As is our custom, we went out to Olive Garden afterward, and the waitstaff somehow forgot to put in my entree order, so my food was free. I was OK with this, as I had customarily filled up on soup and breadsticks, so I had my entree packed and chuckled at averaging one free meal a year from OG. (After the Mirrodin Beseiged PR, I found a piece of plastic in my Zuppa Tuscana.)
Nice! I scrubbed out of the midnight PR with a BR deck whose only notable cards were Griselbrand, Malignus, and Thunderous Wrath, but I also won yesterday's event with a WU Skies deck, though mine was probably better than yours.
I opened a Nephalia Smuggler but didn't run it because I underestimated how good it was. I almost lost to it against the UR Humans deck (he kept blinking the one that deals damage equal to the number of humans when it EtB), but I had back to back Goldnight Redeemers to stabilize and fly in for the win. I probably should have taken out Zealous Strike for the Smuggler, as I never once cast the Strike and ended up pitching it to Amass the Components every chance I got. I did go 4-0, so I guess the deck was good enough, but two of those matches were of the game three I'm at 2 life and have exactly enough flying to kill them first sort of matches.
On a side note, Herald of War with a Bladed Bracers is hilariously amazing. Righteous Blow is also amazing, especially against all the 2 or less toughness humans running around.
I decided to run Angelic Armaments because I do have a few non-flyers, and at worst its still +2/+2 to one of my flyers. Geist Snatch proved to be amazing. It literally won me half of the games I played.
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Well, seeing as I seem to appear at random intervals, let this be one. On the subject of the new set, does anybody have any ideas for decks? I'm trying my hardest to put Desolate Lighthouse and Mad Prophet into a deck for all of the deck looting....though I lack a win condition. What other tinkerings do we have around here?
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Snapcaster/Delver seems good in the deck, as do Think Twice, Desperate Ravings, and Temporal Mastery. Be careful how you read Mad Prophet, though. He has a colon in the middle of his abilities, making him much worse than I thought at first glance.
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I have two words for you: see The Avengers. I've seen it twice now, and will likely see it again in theaters.
For now, I need you guys to let me know:
What do you think of the banner submissions?
We need to score them, and I need to close out the contest. I'm giving an additional extention because I had a major household issue today, with my neighbor's water-heater leaking water into my place and ruining a grip of my stuff. So. {explitive}. Mad.
I'm wiped, but I'll address this tomorrow. I really need some input before I close out the contest. Please?
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Is...is that a website?
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2012: Best (False?) Role Claim - Worst Town Performance (Group) - Best Mafia Performance (Group) - Best SK Performance - Best Overall Player
2013: Best Non-SK Neutral Performance
2014: Best Town Performance (Individual) - Best Town Performance (Group) - Most Interesting Role - Best Game - Best Overall Player
2015: Worst Mafia Performance (Group) - Best Read
2016: Best Town Performance (Group) - Best Town Player - Best Overall Player
Iso :yes . specializes on Vintage.
About submissions : I will see what I can do by Sat.
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[The Family]'s is my second favorite simply because referencing other things (in this case, classical art) is cool.
[Crafters] did a decent job with theirs, but it's a bit cluttered, IMO, and ended up being too similar to [The Family]'s, though without the cool throwback vibe.
I can't see [Called]'s entry at all.
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And yes, I can't see The Called's entry either.
@ Russian Alara: I have put you in the portal for the time being.
Thanks guys
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Managed to send my judging today, although its a pity , you can't attach word documents to pm's since I had all 4 banners for everyone to see my reasoning as well....
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So, gentlemen: prerelease plans?
I'm signed up for a midnight release on Friday night/Saturday morning because, well, I'm a lil crazy. Sadly, rhough, I won't get a prerelease promo because they were robbed on Wednesday. Insured, inconvenienced, and insecure, but everyone is alright and all they lost was a portion of their product that was easily carried away. Thieves missed so much valuable stuff.
Anyhow, my loss of a stolen card is no biggie in comparison.
I'll probably sign up for another sealed another day to make up for it.
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WUB Sydri, Galvanic Genius WUB
R Daretti, Scrap Savant R
UBR Thraximundar UBR
GW Krond, the Dawn Clad GW
GR Wort, the Raidmother GR
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I have been painfully reminded that I need to play Magic more often, so I can learn to construct and play better in a limited environment.
I didn't win a single game through the four rounds we ran: I decided to go Bant colors and a healthy amount of Soulbond. I was close in the very first game by landing an Avacyn, Angel of Hope but I was low enough in life and had little other defense against opponent flying to make it a win condition. It was a similar situation in round three where I pulled off a Craterhoof Behemoth with X at only 4.
Out of the 6 packs, I only got a single miracle card (Vanishment that happened to be premium), and as a fun fact all the lands I got were forests.
We opened our Helvault after the third round of play, and I got spindown dice, two dual-face Angel//Demon tokens and giant Avacyn and Griselbrand cards for use in commander play as well as the Moonsilver Spear (sphere!) promotion.
The only condition I could have got (with what I had I managed about 8) but didn't was the "speak in monster voice to an opponent controlling a non-Human/non-Angel creature of the same type". I didn't know what an Angelic Wall would sound like. :<
When asked how much power is required, Izzet mages always answer "more".
You must have me mistaken with another Iso.
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2012: Best (False?) Role Claim - Worst Town Performance (Group) - Best Mafia Performance (Group) - Best SK Performance - Best Overall Player
2013: Best Non-SK Neutral Performance
2014: Best Town Performance (Individual) - Best Town Performance (Group) - Most Interesting Role - Best Game - Best Overall Player
2015: Worst Mafia Performance (Group) - Best Read
2016: Best Town Performance (Group) - Best Town Player - Best Overall Player
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If I have, then you have an issue.. meaning others will mistake his actions for yours..
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A stupid amount.
This is a fun sealed format, but I think it is built for draft. There's a fast humans deck, lots of soulbond to wrestle for, fliers (Angels.dec), lots of swingy X spells and stuff, and green stompy with actual tricks to help it get there. My only dislike is the janky removal. Too many "removal" enchantments.
I walked away from the weekend with two Temporal Mastery's (won one, opened one in 2hG where it is completely broken because the team takes a turn), so I've got no complaints.
Might try to play them in Standard... just not sure in what yet
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Nice! I scrubbed out of the midnight PR with a BR deck whose only notable cards were Griselbrand, Malignus, and Thunderous Wrath, but I also won yesterday's event with a WU Skies deck, though mine was probably better than yours.
8 Plains
9 Island
People (14)
1 Nephalia Smuggler
1 Nearheath Pilgrim
1 Farbog Explorer
1 Emancipation Angel
1 Fettergeist
1 Scrapskin Drake
4 Mist Raven
2 Seraph of Dawn
1 Restoration Angel
1 Voice of the Provinces
1 Cloudshift
1 Fleeting Distraction
1 Bladed Bracers
1 Scroll of Avacyn
1 Zealous Strike
1 Peel from Reality
1 Favorable Winds
1 Tormentor's Trident
1 Amass the Components
The last few cuts I made were Angelic Armaments (redundant and slow), Geist Snatch (see AA), and Seraph Sanctuary (unnecessary and risky given the high density of WW/U costs).
As is our custom, we went out to Olive Garden afterward, and the waitstaff somehow forgot to put in my entree order, so my food was free. I was OK with this, as I had customarily filled up on soup and breadsticks, so I had my entree packed and chuckled at averaging one free meal a year from OG. (After the Mirrodin Beseiged PR, I found a piece of plastic in my Zuppa Tuscana.)
Yesterday = Max Value.
Yeah, your deck looks a little bit better than mine. Here's my list:
9 Plains
8 Island
Creatures (12)
1 Wingcrafter
2 Thraben Valiant
1 Moorland Inquisitor
2 Moonlight Geist
1 Captain of the Mists
1 Mist Raven
1 Gryff Vanguard
1 Herald of War
2 Goldnight Redeemer
1 Scroll of Avacyn
1 Bladed Bracers
2 Righteous Blow
1 Zealous Strike
1 Spectral Prison
1 Angelic Armaments
1 Into the Void
1 Amass the Components
2 Geist Snatch
1 Cathars' Crusade
I opened a Nephalia Smuggler but didn't run it because I underestimated how good it was. I almost lost to it against the UR Humans deck (he kept blinking the one that deals damage equal to the number of humans when it EtB), but I had back to back Goldnight Redeemers to stabilize and fly in for the win. I probably should have taken out Zealous Strike for the Smuggler, as I never once cast the Strike and ended up pitching it to Amass the Components every chance I got. I did go 4-0, so I guess the deck was good enough, but two of those matches were of the game three I'm at 2 life and have exactly enough flying to kill them first sort of matches.
On a side note, Herald of War with a Bladed Bracers is hilariously amazing. Righteous Blow is also amazing, especially against all the 2 or less toughness humans running around.
I decided to run Angelic Armaments because I do have a few non-flyers, and at worst its still +2/+2 to one of my flyers. Geist Snatch proved to be amazing. It literally won me half of the games I played.
EDH:
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Snapcaster/Delver seems good in the deck, as do Think Twice, Desperate Ravings, and Temporal Mastery. Be careful how you read Mad Prophet, though. He has a colon in the middle of his abilities, making him much worse than I thought at first glance.
EDIT:
I have two words for you: see The Avengers. I've seen it twice now, and will likely see it again in theaters.
Oh wait, that's three words.... Huh.TwoThree words wasn't enough. :muh::DJohnny, born and raised. Always lookin' for the Next Level Combo. Thanks to Bornover of FHLS for the banner!
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EDH:
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Also, how about this fellas:
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/966
Announcing -- Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari!
Wow, amazing Niv-Mizzet art is amazing (and now my avatar)!
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