MTG Salvation

Quote from Barinellos

The Theriad ISN'T about Elspeth. We were told that a long while ago by Doug.
There are certainly parallels, but there are a lot of details that don't match up.

Oh. Well that's unfortunate. Never mind then. <.<

I'm a bit miffed about the treatment of Elspeth, but the Journey into Nyx teaser art features her and likely Ajani (leonin wielding his signature weapon), so perhaps this time, she fled to just gather up some reinforcements to bring it back with a vengeance.

If there's any continuity of the Theriad story that started to be introduced in the flavor text, it was written in the past tense. Epic stories aren't written unless there's an epic conclusion, so hopefully this is just part of her hero's journey.

Quote from Rutherjc19

Sun Titan works its way in pretty much every deck i build in EDH, and I had decks using him in the good ol days as well for standard/modern.

This guy knows what's up. If my deck has white in it, you can be sure Sun Titan is there.

Quote from FoodChainGoblins

Ouch! Nine bulk rares. It almost sounds as if the boxes were box-mapped.

Hmm.... Possibly. They were loose packs. I thought I was getting all japanese packs, but 4/9 were English. I usually buy my boxes there because everything's a little cheaper than the other stores nearby.

It's been a while since I've bought any packs, so when I got to the store, thought it might be fun to buy some RTR block stuff, so got three packs each of Return to Rav, Gatecrash and Dragon's Maze.

• Collective Blessing
  
• Martial Law
  
• Guild Fued

All three complete junk enchantments. Moving on.

• Rubblehulk
  
• Gruul Ragebeast
  
• Glaring Spotlight

Yeah, not any better. Here's hoping Dragon's Maze has something amazing in it.

• Melek, Izzet Paragon
  
• Emmara Tandris
  
• Scion of Vitu-Ghazi

I once made a Melek EDH deck. Of all the EDH decks I've made (about a dozen), it's the only one I've ever dismantled.

It's so bad, it's almost comical.

I think the lands are sweet. Not as good as Shock Lands/Fetch lands? Of course not. This set doesn't want to move that fast. It wants the focus on mono color > devotion. Such high, off the wall expectations so many people have. I'm glad a bunch of you whiners have your panties in a wad. Maybe feel a little less entitled?

Just picked up a fat pack. I'm pretty pleased with the results.

• 1 Giant Adephage
  
• 1 Sylvan Primordial
  
• 1 Domri Rade
  
• 1 Rubblebelt Raiders
  
• 1 Whispering Madness
  
• 1 Assemble the Legion
  
• 1 Borborygmos Enraged
  
• 1 Breeding Pool
  
• 1 Stomping Ground

That's being considered for a Tariel deck I've just started working on. Problem is it takes a wheel around the table before it does anything and in the mean time it's just a boring 2/2.

Five Japanese boosters today.

Jace with foil mountain.
Rakdos
Detention Sphere
Chromatic Lantern
Loxodon Smiter

Making ~40k a year after taxes and my employer pays my rent. If only I didn't have to pay back those student loans. If I were smart I'd just buy singles, but I enjoy opening packs too much.

This is out of a Japanese booster box. Probably the best box I've ever opened. The foil Worldspine Wurm was in the same pack as the Jace and 4/5 Guildmasters in a single go. Pretty solid rares, too.

Land
1 Blood Crypt
1 Steam Vents
1 Grove of the Guardian

White
1 Precinct Captain
2 Rest in Peace (1 Foil)
1 Martial Law
1 Palisade Giant

Blue
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Search the City
1 Sphinx of the Chimes

Black
1 Underworld Connections
1 Desecration Demon
1 Grave Betrayal

Red
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Guild Fued
1 Utvara Hellkite

Green
1 Mana Bloom
1 Wild Beastmaster
1 Death's Presence
1 Worldspine Wurm (Foil)

Gold
1 Nivmagus Elemental
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Epic Experiment
1 Counterflux
1 Detention Sphere
1 Wayfaring Temple
1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
1 Slaughter Games
1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
1 Hypersonic Dragon
1 Righteous Authority
1 Carnival Hellsteed
1 Havoc Festival
1 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
1 Firemind's Foresight

Rix Maadi Guildmage works so well with unleash. Undercosted beaters, if they block, nerf their blockers to prevent trades. If they don't, punish them for it with second ability. And she's a mana dump late game. By herself she is removal. How is that not good?

Quote from Tackman

You can add "Being featured in what people already consider the worst Duel Deck" to the list

This is what blows me away. Anyone who could consider this the worst duel deck without even seeing a list is just a troll. Plain and simple. Not a single card is known with 100% certainty and yet people are already making up their minds about it? Seems exceedingly unreasonable.

Looks like it has plenty of potential and given the Izzet v. Golgari decks, it seems they learned their lesson from the misfire that was Venser v. Koth. If they can keep up that up, then all the naysaying may all be for nothing. I got Venser v. Koth, but I only got around to opening it about two months after the fact to pull out the Path to Exile and Journeyer's Kite.

My money is on Sorin v2. Putting in v1 would be a fantastic way to troll everyone, but they can't be that dumb... can they?

I remember reading somewhere that it's difficult making hyrdas the big green iconic creature is that there isn't enough design space for it. It's easy to make big+flying+flashy ability and call it an angel/demon/dragon/sphinx. Not so easy with variable size+possible trample+flashy ability.

Sphinxes are the best way to go for blue though. It's easy to imagine a sphinx with a personality. Not so much with a kraken.