I've reached the conclusion that either I'm plain crazy or brilliant. I decided to cut Cabal Coffers, Avenger of Zendikar and Mind's Eye from my Sisters. And this is not pull my punches but to fix my deck and make it better...
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I wasn't sure about Hunted Phantasm at first, but in testing it has proved hilarious. I think it still needs some work, probably losing Empty the Catacombs, and maybe finding room for Dimir House Guard or Brago or some more ETB effects. It's definitely got the core of the deck together, though, and it works pretty well. I'm happy.
I've reached the conclusion that either I'm plain crazy or brilliant. I decided to cut Cabal Coffers, Avenger of Zendikar and Mind's Eye from my Sisters. And this is not pull my punches but to fix my deck and make it better...
Too much goodstuff can clog up a deck, especially if it's trying to do something difficult.
I wasn't sure about Hunted Phantasm at first, but in testing it has proved hilarious. I think it still needs some work, probably losing Empty the Catacombs, and maybe finding room for Dimir House Guard or Brago or some more ETB effects. It's definitely got the core of the deck together, though, and it works pretty well. I'm happy.
Cool! It's looking pretty good.
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Also, I'm back in the USA now. Definitely gonna get in some MtG!
I've reached the conclusion that either I'm plain crazy or brilliant. I decided to cut Cabal Coffers, Avenger of Zendikar and Mind's Eye from my Sisters. And this is not pull my punches but to fix my deck and make it better...
Too much goodstuff can clog up a deck, especially if it's trying to do something difficult.
I downgraded Mind's Eye into Deathreap Ritual so I wouldn't paint that huge of an target on my head.
Coffers just didn't do enough without Urborg, Rites of Flourishing was helping too much my opponents and needed more spot removal for cretures
And Avenger of Zendikar just doesn't do enough since he gets killed, reanimated, killed again, returned to hand, cast again, killed...
(And since my deck focuses on renanimating/sacrificing stuff, he doesn't do enough when killed/reanimated, unlike Kokusho, Woodfall Primus and others...)
Though, I'm a tad sad:
I had to cut this one...
Also, I'm back in the USA now. Definitely gonna get in some MtG!
Yay! Go ahead, quench your thirst with the blood of unsuspecting goodstuff-players!
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I bought a box of Zendikar while I was visiting Tokyo. As a result I have a Japanese Iona, 4/5 fetches, Lotus Cobra, and a bunch of other stuff. Dem full art lands. <3
I just hope all the cards I ordered for my Oloro get here before I leave... It shouldn't be a problem, but I ordered a Tombstone Stairwell that still hasn't arrived, and I leave next Friday (20th) so...
I'm actually wondering how I'll be able to order cards once I get there. I found out I'll be living in Kobe, so I shouldn't be too far from somewhere that sells cards. Maybe I'll be able to find somewhere that sells Japanese singles.
Look to see if there's a place called Yellow Submarine nearby. It's a chain store that sells hobby stuff like MtG and other card games, 40k, etc. It's usually located in densely populated areas and cities, so it might be in Kobe. Prices aren't always the best, but sometimes you can get a deal, especially on Japanese singles.
Awesome! Welcome to the clan! Nice to have you here.
I think I have Skype, but if I do, I don't use it. I'm probably not gonna use 'trice regularly since I'm back home for the time being. If you want to play online sometime, though, let me know and we can figure out a time.
Getting together a list for Damia, Sage of Stone and I want to get some good discard bombs that get everyone to discard there hands without replacing them. Cards similar to Words of Waste and Cabal Conditioning are what I'm looking for. It is somewhat of a lands build with a loam package. Dredging, flashback and retrace make an appearance so I don't mind if my hand has to go as well. If any of you have any good ideas I would greatly appreciate them. Hope everyone is doing well.
Been well, though a tad busy with work and so. I've been celebrating midsummer fest this weekend buy playing MtG, watching anime, a crappy movie and just having a sauna quite a many times. Sadly it's been raining nonstop, so barbecuing was bit hard but we managed.
Anyways, my dad brought up an idea of going to London in Autumn, just two of us (he wants to go to James Bond exhibition there). Now that got me thinking, what do I want to do there. Have any of you ever been there? Know any good must-see places? I've been there once or twice earlier, so I've seen the Big Ben and Parliament, London Eye and the basic every-tourist-must-see places...
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Getting together a list for Damia, Sage of Stone and I want to get some good discard bombs that get everyone to discard there hands without replacing them. Cards similar to Words of Waste and Cabal Conditioning are what I'm looking for. It is somewhat of a lands build with a loam package. Dredging, flashback and retrace make an appearance so I don't mind if my hand has to go as well. If any of you have any good ideas I would greatly appreciate them. Hope everyone is doing well.
I use zendikar full-art lands where possible, and foil basics everywhere else.
I do have an extended art Angus Mackenzie that I use as a general.
As for swamps? Not sure...I'll have to go look. I'm the type of person that builds a bunch of decks and takes them apart to find out what I really like. I have several decks now that will likely stay together for the long-haul, and I focus on "prettying" the basics in them. So in some of my decks I have the infamous white-bordered basics (gasp) until further notice.
Anyone been enjoying Conspiracy? I know I've had a few fun drafts, and have further bolstered my EDH binders with decent loot.
Yeah, I bought a box of Conspiracy (for 99.90€) and enjoyed drafting it a lot.
The thing about swamps is that I need 21 swamps for my Toshiro. I've been pondering of either getting 21 unique ones, or if that's too much of a trouble, I'll just get 7 different versions, 3 of each...
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Personally, if I'm not doing full-art or something like that, I try not to run duplicate basics. If your collection is anything like mine, finding 21 unique lands (with desirable art) shouldn't be too tough.
Yeah, I bought a box of Conspiracy (for 99.90€) and enjoyed drafting it a lot.
The thing about swamps is that I need 21 swamps for my Toshiro. I've been pondering of either getting 21 unique ones, or if that's too much of a trouble, I'll just get 7 different versions, 3 of each...
I have been loving my Toshiro as well
I considered trying to get foil Japanese cards for it as its flavor would be cool. You could go with Foil Japanese Kamigawa Swamps for flavor and that would be a cool thing but a pain in the ass to hunt down.
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I have officially moved to MTGNexus. I just wanted to let people know as my response time to salvation decks being bumped is very hit or miss.
Yeah, I bought a box of Conspiracy (for 99.90€) and enjoyed drafting it a lot.
The thing about swamps is that I need 21 swamps for my Toshiro. I've been pondering of either getting 21 unique ones, or if that's too much of a trouble, I'll just get 7 different versions, 3 of each...
I have been loving my Toshiro as well
I considered trying to get foil Japanese cards for it as its flavor would be cool. You could go with Foil Japanese Kamigawa Swamps for flavor and that would be a cool thing but a pain in the ass to hunt down.
Well, I don't know about that "pain in the ass" part. I could order some from MCM for ~3€/pcs, but since most sellers only have few of each, I couldn't reach 21 that easily. And making ~10 orders to get them would be too much of an hassle (and shipping costs)...
But, I want at least 1 APAC (v. 2) swamp. It has japanese/chinese graveyard with souls wandering in it. I first though of getting only those, but since they cost ~10€/pcs, I would have to pay 210€ + insured shipping and so for basics, and that might be a bit too much, even for me...
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Well, I don't know about that "pain in the ass" part. I could order some from MCM for ~3€/pcs, but since most sellers only have few of each, I couldn't reach 21 that easily. And making ~10 orders to get them would be too much of an hassle (and shipping costs)...
But, I want at least 1 APAC (v. 2) swamp. It has japanese/chinese graveyard with souls wandering in it. I first though of getting only those, but since they cost ~10€/pcs, I would have to pay 210€ + insured shipping and so for basics, and that might be a bit too much, even for me...
Yea, I would generally speaking want to foil out the nonland cards before I would the lands as well which would make that a lower priority for me unless I were to get the rest of the deck foiled out first.
Also... currently killing myself pimping out my rebel deck so I wont be pimping my own Toshi anytime soon lol.
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I have officially moved to MTGNexus. I just wanted to let people know as my response time to salvation decks being bumped is very hit or miss.
Well, I don't know about pimping the rest of deck (I have some cards from that deck as foils, but that's it) any time soon, but I'm always such an stickler for basics and I always carefully plan what basics I'm going to use. So, same applies to Toshiro too...
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I've only pimped two decks' lands. GAA4 has foil basics -- all of which I pulled from packs. Linvala (angel-tribal) has Unglued full-art plains. Those were a pain to hunt down for a good price...
Lately, I've been watching the World Cup. Has anyone else been following it, too?
We just had our baby not too long ago, so I haven't had much time for hobbies. I get to play a little world of warcraft in the morning before he wakes up, then surf the net afterwards. My significant other is working on a new deck based around Ob Nixilis, Unshackled. We've been playing on Thursday more, so I was thinking about maybe building a proxy(boo hiss) deck around a custom legendary. . .its only an idea.
What has everyone else been up to? What kind of good stuff have I missed?
I wasn't sure about Hunted Phantasm at first, but in testing it has proved hilarious. I think it still needs some work, probably losing Empty the Catacombs, and maybe finding room for Dimir House Guard or Brago or some more ETB effects. It's definitely got the core of the deck together, though, and it works pretty well. I'm happy.
Too much goodstuff can clog up a deck, especially if it's trying to do something difficult.
Cool! It's looking pretty good.
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Also, I'm back in the USA now. Definitely gonna get in some MtG!
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I downgraded Mind's Eye into Deathreap Ritual so I wouldn't paint that huge of an target on my head.
Coffers just didn't do enough without Urborg, Rites of Flourishing was helping too much my opponents and needed more spot removal for cretures
And Avenger of Zendikar just doesn't do enough since he gets killed, reanimated, killed again, returned to hand, cast again, killed...
(And since my deck focuses on renanimating/sacrificing stuff, he doesn't do enough when killed/reanimated, unlike Kokusho, Woodfall Primus and others...)
Though, I'm a tad sad:
Yay! Go ahead, quench your thirst with the blood of unsuspecting goodstuff-players!
I've got Japanese Aven Mindcensor and Venser, Shape Savant for Derevi... they look pretty cool, but old-bordered Japanese stuff is rad
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I just hope all the cards I ordered for my Oloro get here before I leave... It shouldn't be a problem, but I ordered a Tombstone Stairwell that still hasn't arrived, and I leave next Friday (20th) so...
I'm actually wondering how I'll be able to order cards once I get there. I found out I'll be living in Kobe, so I shouldn't be too far from somewhere that sells cards. Maybe I'll be able to find somewhere that sells Japanese singles.
Thank you to Rivenor for this awesome banner!
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BCao Cao, Discard Stax of Absolute MiseryB
I think I have Skype, but if I do, I don't use it. I'm probably not gonna use 'trice regularly since I'm back home for the time being. If you want to play online sometime, though, let me know and we can figure out a time.
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Getting together a list for Damia, Sage of Stone and I want to get some good discard bombs that get everyone to discard there hands without replacing them. Cards similar to Words of Waste and Cabal Conditioning are what I'm looking for. It is somewhat of a lands build with a loam package. Dredging, flashback and retrace make an appearance so I don't mind if my hand has to go as well. If any of you have any good ideas I would greatly appreciate them. Hope everyone is doing well.
Anyways, my dad brought up an idea of going to London in Autumn, just two of us (he wants to go to James Bond exhibition there). Now that got me thinking, what do I want to do there. Have any of you ever been there? Know any good must-see places? I've been there once or twice earlier, so I've seen the Big Ben and Parliament, London Eye and the basic every-tourist-must-see places...
Well, you could read Phil's Stax Primer (the Discard-part) here: http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/204260-the-stax-primer
Also, I too am playing discard-reanimation oriented Toshiro EDH, so you can check it too (you can find it from my blog).
So, once again, let's get back to the theme of pimping your deck. Do you pimp it? How? Foils, signed cards, alters...?
And now for my question: What do you think is the prettiest swamp out there?
I do have an extended art Angus Mackenzie that I use as a general.
As for swamps? Not sure...I'll have to go look. I'm the type of person that builds a bunch of decks and takes them apart to find out what I really like. I have several decks now that will likely stay together for the long-haul, and I focus on "prettying" the basics in them. So in some of my decks I have the infamous white-bordered basics (gasp) until further notice.
Anyone been enjoying Conspiracy? I know I've had a few fun drafts, and have further bolstered my EDH binders with decent loot.
The thing about swamps is that I need 21 swamps for my Toshiro. I've been pondering of either getting 21 unique ones, or if that's too much of a trouble, I'll just get 7 different versions, 3 of each...
I have been loving my Toshiro as well
I considered trying to get foil Japanese cards for it as its flavor would be cool. You could go with Foil Japanese Kamigawa Swamps for flavor and that would be a cool thing but a pain in the ass to hunt down.
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Well, I don't know about that "pain in the ass" part. I could order some from MCM for ~3€/pcs, but since most sellers only have few of each, I couldn't reach 21 that easily. And making ~10 orders to get them would be too much of an hassle (and shipping costs)...
But, I want at least 1 APAC (v. 2) swamp. It has japanese/chinese graveyard with souls wandering in it. I first though of getting only those, but since they cost ~10€/pcs, I would have to pay 210€ + insured shipping and so for basics, and that might be a bit too much, even for me...
Yea, I would generally speaking want to foil out the nonland cards before I would the lands as well which would make that a lower priority for me unless I were to get the rest of the deck foiled out first.
Also... currently killing myself pimping out my rebel deck so I wont be pimping my own Toshi anytime soon lol.
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Lately, I've been watching the World Cup. Has anyone else been following it, too?
Thank you to Rivenor for this awesome banner!
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UTalrand, Drake-Slinging to VictoryU
WUGDerevi, Tactical ShufflingGUW
BCao Cao, Discard Stax of Absolute MiseryB
We just had our baby not too long ago, so I haven't had much time for hobbies. I get to play a little world of warcraft in the morning before he wakes up, then surf the net afterwards. My significant other is working on a new deck based around Ob Nixilis, Unshackled. We've been playing on Thursday more, so I was thinking about maybe building a proxy(boo hiss) deck around a custom legendary. . .its only an idea.
What has everyone else been up to? What kind of good stuff have I missed?
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