Sorry ive been so sporadic as of late. Got bumped up at my office, im now a technical lead for an entire team, which while im very proud of, makes for less time to hop onto MTG forums.
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I dunno man; my prediction - their price is gonna skyrocket. You probably wont see a price dip until after they rotate out and the standard players are trying to get rid of theirs, if they do at all. See the price history graph on thoughtseize ( http://www.mtgstocks.com/cards/3296 ). Didnt drop much in overall value, but jumped through the roof when standard legal. i wager the same will happen for these fetches, but we'll see. GL getting what you need though dude!
I am kinda bummed because im worried my polluted delta set is gonna drop in value. oh well.
Sorry ive been so sporadic as of late. Got bumped up at my office, im now a technical lead for an entire team, which while im very proud of, makes for less time to hop onto MTG forums.
@Luminous
I dunno man; my prediction - their price is gonna skyrocket. You probably wont see a price dip until after they rotate out and the standard players are trying to get rid of theirs, if they do at all. See the price history graph on thoughtseize ( http://www.mtgstocks.com/cards/3296 ). Didnt drop much in overall value, but jumped through the roof when standard legal. i wager the same will happen for these fetches, but we'll see. GL getting what you need though dude!
I am kinda bummed because im worried my polluted delta set is gonna drop in value. oh well.
I want all my cards to drop to $0.01 because I do not own a store, do not consider them an investment, and DO wish to play any deck at a whim.
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I want all my cards to drop to $0.01 because I do not own a store, do not consider them an investment, and DO wish to play any deck at a whim.
oh i know that feel!
i just dont think the fetches are gonna lose a lot; though the new thoughtseize is about half price of the old one; that in itself gives me hope. i just want a set of flooded strand...already have 4x delta, mistys, and scalding, just missing white blue
My LGS only ordered 2 Japanese boxes of KTK, so that's how many I preordered. I would have liked 3, but I like my chances on at least one foil fetchland from 2.
My LGS only ordered 2 Japanese boxes of KTK, so that's how many I preordered. I would have liked 3, but I like my chances on at least one foil fetchland from 2.
are you just gonna rip into them? or are you gonna draft them with friends or something?
I would just rip into them, were it me. Wanna have those fetches in hand asap. Plus, drafting a Japanese box sounds not so good if your group isn't fluent.
Mono Black Control core with R/W Striker shell for Modern?
This can be done with the new KTK manabase and enough investment. You could play 12 fetches and SO much nasty Modern black stuff. SO MUCH NASTY.
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Using certain traditional Sligh elements (bolts, burn, hasty dudes and nasties) with MBC-esque cheap draw/kill?
Oh and white removal. Sideboard, too.
Lifegain stuff vs. aggro, since that actually works here (to compensate for black's lifedrain draw/discard sorceries). You could easily play Wings of Orzhova without guilt.
Definitely going to build this over the next... several months to a year. I sold most of my R/W deck, and I need those exact components now. Feel like a dumbass fo'sho.
I took a look, SharadSun. Actually understanding the deck eludes me as it should, but I think you could stand to solve mana problems. My experience playing a three-color deck is you should double down on a major color to help make a certain core of your deck guaranteed . But, that was with a mere 3 fetches and the Alara tapland. It would appear you have the greatest proportion of Mountains, then Plains, and then Swamps. This contradicts your card costs.
What I ended up doing was considering not the proportion of cards with a color, but the proportion of cards without a certain color, i.e. the percentage of the time I could afford to NOT have a mana type. I also tweaked the deck to use more straight even though my mojo wanted more powerful cards. It's the one I said HUMS in post #1011. Or, an evolution of it. Let's see if I can dig out the list...
My LGS only ordered 2 Japanese boxes of KTK, so that's how many I preordered. I would have liked 3, but I like my chances on at least one foil fetchland from 2.
are you just gonna rip into them? or are you gonna draft them with friends or something?
I don't really draft. I'm just going to crack packs until I get what I want. Plus, this LGS likes to do open table showcasing of opening boxes where someone sits across from the owner and ships away everything they don't want. The store then gives you packs of your choice equal to the store credit value of the cards you're shipping. I've done it a few times, and it's continuous until I decide to stop. The most extra packs I've pulled were 179, and the record is 205.
What deck do you like to play? Are you a Vorthos in any capacity? Also, when Bambi's mother died, did you cry yes/no?
Well, if these are the questions you need to join the clan, then well: I don't know what a Vorthos is, I never cried on that one...
Just kidding!
Hey, I am new to MTG Salvation and I am also new to this clan structure. Since I am not quite sure how it works, I just decided to introduce myself to the one that interested me the most.
I am a returning player (haven't played since Kamigawa) and also a blue player with a preference for drafting and other limited.
Also, I am a semi-pro Tolkien reader and I am into way too many games to consider it healthy.
In any case, I am looking forward to some good discussions about anything and learning new stuff.
I hope I did not break any policy and yay fetchlands!
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THere are no set requirements, just join the current discussion and post somewhat regularly. We are not super active, nor do we require it but we like to gather and post in spurts. Presuming you stick around and post some you will be asked to join soon enough.
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Got a mana crypt today for Prossh. Ever so slowly getting to the point I want it to be at. Next up is grim tutor. With the reprinting of the onslaught fetches, I'll probably adopt a tainted pact package and cut the Earthcraft from my list, opting to only run two (at most) of each basic: one normal and one snow. More fetches makes Top happy, and tainted pact is pretty strong.
Hey guys. Pretty rough times around my world lately. Lost my pet ferret Zeke on monday. he was 7, and an amazing friend. hope everyone else is doing better than i have been.
Hey guys. Pretty rough times around my world lately. Lost my pet ferret Zeke on monday. he was 7, and an amazing friend. hope everyone else is doing better than i have been.
I've never had a ferret, but I've heard they can be very intelligent. Good friends. Sorry for your loss.
As for the new person, welcome to MTGSalvation and the Control crowd. I'm your friendly neighborhood Aggro/Midrange traitor.
Sorry LR, what kind of pet? Ny cats had an issue after a vaccine two or three weeks ago I was terrified for them, had to get steroids, anti-nausea, and saline for the poor girl.
So.. Smash Bros.. Wii U or 3DS... that is the question ...
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Sorry for your loss, Rewind. It's always difficult when a pet goes.
@Luminous: I've already stated as much on facebook, but you should get it for Wii U. On top of the reasons there (gotta play against you sometime) The control scheme just doesn't seem right for the 3DS version. Gamecube controller all the way. Can't remember all the details, but something about how the analog nub of the new models of 3DS can be used for smashes (like the c-stick on GC) but the adapter that gives a secondary analog stick won't work, meaning you'll have to do aerials/smashes with the normal A input, which is just... bleh. I can't even imagine being forced to do only that. Takes away so much from the gameplay.
Damn I do not pay attention to things as often as I should. How do people feel about the new set ? I have some choice words for it but they are far from positive outside of fetches.
@polski, you're probably right, but the portability makes it an interesting choice, maybe I'll get both and the 3ds just for casual
@Mindslavor more fetches .. so.. yaya fetches are already at half price!! That's it. Might grab Surrak Dragonclaw as a EDH General just for a very aggressive beatdown-style with Wild pair and some other stuff..
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Damn I do not pay attention to things as often as I should. How do people feel about the new set ? I have some choice words for it but they are far from positive outside of fetches.
The new set? Well, from my point of view as a drafter/cuber I have not been quite a fan of it. The three color idea is nice, but I hate using three, when drafting I always try to stay on two.
From the constructed point of view I see some amazing stuff. Specially the Timor guy (whatever his name is) I can see in a good Commander deck. And I love the charms.
On the value side, well, I will buy a few more boxes than usual, I really want to stock up on fetches and so on to build in modern, a format I have not played in yet.
But even though I have some reservations, I love the set in general. Some cards are unplayable, but cool (like the turtle).
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Oh, dont get me wrong, Im getting 7 boxes. I just think the standard format is blargh. The actual drafts which are my favorite and I host 1 in my house every 14 days, will be skill intensive, but there will still be tons of frustrating games lost because your opponent is abzan, and went T1-Forest, T2-Plains, T3-Swamp and you are Jeskai with a plains, a mountain and 5 gold cards.....
Also dont we have 3 members in the TRIumvir...... I sure only see 2 of them posting.....
Also, to those that know, I am huge fan of the Terry Goodkind series Wizards First Rule. I never got past book 9. I Read the first book over 10 years ago, so recently I dug it off my book-shelf and am re-reading the series. I am about 300 pages into book 1 and man even though I remember some stuff its still amazing. I believe 2 others here have read it, and 1 other currently (albeint slowly :-p ) is reading it.
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I have no wisdom to offer regarding Zeke. But I appreciate knowing about him. I'm sure he was a pretty cool dude-ferret.
New set rubs me the wrong way, which is weird. I mean, three-color gold. Wedge set. Color Pie deliciousness. Except it doesn't feel like that, it's just kind of confusing. Ancestral Memories with Delve is kinda neat.
Oh wait wait, there are Djinn Monks.
I think I might get back into Magic for this.
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Some pretty major stuff went down at the last FNM at my local LGS, Gamescape. A guy I've known since I was about 8 suffered a stroke during one of his games. Luckily he seems to be recovering, he can feel all of his body now but is still having some troubles with the left side of his body.
It's kinda crazy to think that it happened to someone who I know so well.
Im planning on a cool "Get Well" present for him though, I'm gonna give him a card with a Grand Architect signed by me with "Get well soon" written on it. As you can probably tell by my handle, GA is my favorite card and everyone at my LGS knows it (Going for the meaningful present vibe). Also I think some of the guys in the community are rallying to support him giving some packs of KTK from the prerelease prizes. I know if I win I will surely float those packs his way.
While the event itself is sad, it also shows how close knit LGS Magic communities can be, and how healthy it is to have relationships like that with other players.
I hope yer friend is doing better. They are not funny, I already had a student like this.
The new set is kinda weird, I agree. On the one hand you have a ton of cool cards, some of which have given me already ideas for EDH and one for my Modern deck, but there is definetly.something off. I wonder how Standard will look in two weeks...
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Tired of changing it every x months, so whatever list caught my attention...
Sorry ive been so sporadic as of late. Got bumped up at my office, im now a technical lead for an entire team, which while im very proud of, makes for less time to hop onto MTG forums.
@Luminous
I dunno man; my prediction - their price is gonna skyrocket. You probably wont see a price dip until after they rotate out and the standard players are trying to get rid of theirs, if they do at all. See the price history graph on thoughtseize ( http://www.mtgstocks.com/cards/3296 ). Didnt drop much in overall value, but jumped through the roof when standard legal. i wager the same will happen for these fetches, but we'll see. GL getting what you need though dude!
I am kinda bummed because im worried my polluted delta set is gonna drop in value. oh well.
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Thor, Ragnar Röks!
Hela, and the Enemies of Asgard
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I want all my cards to drop to $0.01 because I do not own a store, do not consider them an investment, and DO wish to play any deck at a whim.
"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place."
—Ertai, wizard adept
Legacy: UW Miracle, U MUC, UW StoneBlade, U Merfolk, R Burn, & UB Reanimator
EDH: U Azami, Lady of Scrolls & URG Riku of Two Reflections
Casual: UR Dragonstorm, UB Dralnu-Teachings, U NinjaFae, & UR Izzet EDH
oh i know that feel!
i just dont think the fetches are gonna lose a lot; though the new thoughtseize is about half price of the old one; that in itself gives me hope. i just want a set of flooded strand...already have 4x delta, mistys, and scalding, just missing white blue
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are you just gonna rip into them? or are you gonna draft them with friends or something?
Primer - Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Thor, Ragnar Röks!
Hela, and the Enemies of Asgard
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Legacy
WW Death and Taxes WW
Modern
WBMartyr-Proc BW
Mono Black Control core with R/W Striker shell for Modern?
This can be done with the new KTK manabase and enough investment. You could play 12 fetches and SO much nasty Modern black stuff. SO MUCH NASTY.
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Using certain traditional Sligh elements (bolts, burn, hasty dudes and nasties) with MBC-esque cheap draw/kill?
Oh and white removal. Sideboard, too.
Lifegain stuff vs. aggro, since that actually works here (to compensate for black's lifedrain draw/discard sorceries). You could easily play Wings of Orzhova without guilt.
Oh and Rakdos Charm.
And Damnation, if you want. Yep. Modern-legal.
I could play a theme deck with 1x Wrath of God and 1x Damnation and NOT EVEN FEEL BAD.
THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES
Definitely going to build this over the next... several months to a year. I sold most of my R/W deck, and I need those exact components now. Feel like a dumbass fo'sho.
EDIT: Finished a bit of the build! CHECK IT OUT BRO
What I ended up doing was considering not the proportion of cards with a color, but the proportion of cards without a certain color, i.e. the percentage of the time I could afford to NOT have a mana type. I also tweaked the deck to use more straight even though my mojo wanted more powerful cards. It's the one I said HUMS in post #1011. Or, an evolution of it. Let's see if I can dig out the list...
4 Deft Duelist
2 Azorius First-Wing
3 Sanctum Gargoyle
3 Nightguard Patrol
3 Tidehollow Strix
1 Lyev Skyknight
2 Esper Battlemage
1 Galepowder Mage
2 Tower Gargoyle
1 Skyhunter Patrol
3 Executioner's Capsule
2 Truth or Tale
1 Azorius Charm
4 Oblivion Ring
3 Courier's Capsule
3 Azorius Signet
Lands 22
3 Terramorphic Expanse
6 Island
6 Plains
3 Swamp
4 Arcane Sanctum
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I don't really draft. I'm just going to crack packs until I get what I want. Plus, this LGS likes to do open table showcasing of opening boxes where someone sits across from the owner and ships away everything they don't want. The store then gives you packs of your choice equal to the store credit value of the cards you're shipping. I've done it a few times, and it's continuous until I decide to stop. The most extra packs I've pulled were 179, and the record is 205.
Well, if these are the questions you need to join the clan, then well: I don't know what a Vorthos is, I never cried on that one...
Just kidding!
Hey, I am new to MTG Salvation and I am also new to this clan structure. Since I am not quite sure how it works, I just decided to introduce myself to the one that interested me the most.
I am a returning player (haven't played since Kamigawa) and also a blue player with a preference for drafting and other limited.
Also, I am a semi-pro Tolkien reader and I am into way too many games to consider it healthy.
In any case, I am looking forward to some good discussions about anything and learning new stuff.
I hope I did not break any policy and yay fetchlands!
Standard:
Tired of changing it every x months, so whatever list caught my attention...
Modern:
xAffinityx
Commander:
WUG Enchantress GUW
+Building+
Modern Slivers
Modern/Legacy Dredge
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Legacy
WW Death and Taxes WW
Modern
WBMartyr-Proc BW
Primer - Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Thor, Ragnar Röks!
Hela, and the Enemies of Asgard
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
I've never had a ferret, but I've heard they can be very intelligent. Good friends. Sorry for your loss.
As for the new person, welcome to MTGSalvation and the Control crowd. I'm your friendly neighborhood Aggro/Midrange traitor.
Sorry LR, what kind of pet? Ny cats had an issue after a vaccine two or three weeks ago I was terrified for them, had to get steroids, anti-nausea, and saline for the poor girl.
So.. Smash Bros.. Wii U or 3DS... that is the question ...
"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place."
—Ertai, wizard adept
Legacy: UW Miracle, U MUC, UW StoneBlade, U Merfolk, R Burn, & UB Reanimator
EDH: U Azami, Lady of Scrolls & URG Riku of Two Reflections
Casual: UR Dragonstorm, UB Dralnu-Teachings, U NinjaFae, & UR Izzet EDH
@Luminous: I've already stated as much on facebook, but you should get it for Wii U. On top of the reasons there (gotta play against you sometime) The control scheme just doesn't seem right for the 3DS version. Gamecube controller all the way. Can't remember all the details, but something about how the analog nub of the new models of 3DS can be used for smashes (like the c-stick on GC) but the adapter that gives a secondary analog stick won't work, meaning you'll have to do aerials/smashes with the normal A input, which is just... bleh. I can't even imagine being forced to do only that. Takes away so much from the gameplay.
Legacy
WW Death and Taxes WW
Modern
WBMartyr-Proc BW
Formerly Mindslavor
Visit Rivenor for all of the Academy's awesome artwork.
@Mindslavor more fetches .. so.. yaya fetches are already at half price!! That's it. Might grab Surrak Dragonclaw as a EDH General just for a very aggressive beatdown-style with Wild pair and some other stuff..
"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place."
—Ertai, wizard adept
Legacy: UW Miracle, U MUC, UW StoneBlade, U Merfolk, R Burn, & UB Reanimator
EDH: U Azami, Lady of Scrolls & URG Riku of Two Reflections
Casual: UR Dragonstorm, UB Dralnu-Teachings, U NinjaFae, & UR Izzet EDH
The new set? Well, from my point of view as a drafter/cuber I have not been quite a fan of it. The three color idea is nice, but I hate using three, when drafting I always try to stay on two.
From the constructed point of view I see some amazing stuff. Specially the Timor guy (whatever his name is) I can see in a good Commander deck. And I love the charms.
On the value side, well, I will buy a few more boxes than usual, I really want to stock up on fetches and so on to build in modern, a format I have not played in yet.
But even though I have some reservations, I love the set in general. Some cards are unplayable, but cool (like the turtle).
Standard:
Tired of changing it every x months, so whatever list caught my attention...
Modern:
xAffinityx
Commander:
WUG Enchantress GUW
+Building+
Modern Slivers
Modern/Legacy Dredge
Primer - Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Thor, Ragnar Röks!
Hela, and the Enemies of Asgard
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Also dont we have 3 members in the TRIumvir...... I sure only see 2 of them posting.....
Also, to those that know, I am huge fan of the Terry Goodkind series Wizards First Rule. I never got past book 9. I Read the first book over 10 years ago, so recently I dug it off my book-shelf and am re-reading the series. I am about 300 pages into book 1 and man even though I remember some stuff its still amazing. I believe 2 others here have read it, and 1 other currently (albeint slowly :-p ) is reading it.
Formerly Mindslavor
Visit Rivenor for all of the Academy's awesome artwork.
Cutting Edge was the name of the sprited RPG parody video on YouTube I've been searching for, since 3 years ago!
RRRRRGGGHHHH
It's still uploaded
Yesz
*~*~*~
I have no wisdom to offer regarding Zeke. But I appreciate knowing about him. I'm sure he was a pretty cool dude-ferret.
New set rubs me the wrong way, which is weird. I mean, three-color gold. Wedge set. Color Pie deliciousness. Except it doesn't feel like that, it's just kind of confusing.
Ancestral Memories with Delve is kinda neat.
Oh wait wait, there are Djinn Monks.
I think I might get back into Magic for this.
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It's kinda crazy to think that it happened to someone who I know so well.
Im planning on a cool "Get Well" present for him though, I'm gonna give him a card with a Grand Architect signed by me with "Get well soon" written on it. As you can probably tell by my handle, GA is my favorite card and everyone at my LGS knows it (Going for the meaningful present vibe). Also I think some of the guys in the community are rallying to support him giving some packs of KTK from the prerelease prizes. I know if I win I will surely float those packs his way.
While the event itself is sad, it also shows how close knit LGS Magic communities can be, and how healthy it is to have relationships like that with other players.
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Thanks for the kind words guys, its nice to have internet bros.
Primer - Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Thor, Ragnar Röks!
Hela, and the Enemies of Asgard
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
The new set is kinda weird, I agree. On the one hand you have a ton of cool cards, some of which have given me already ideas for EDH and one for my Modern deck, but there is definetly.something off. I wonder how Standard will look in two weeks...
Standard:
Tired of changing it every x months, so whatever list caught my attention...
Modern:
xAffinityx
Commander:
WUG Enchantress GUW
+Building+
Modern Slivers
Modern/Legacy Dredge