The only reason Pod will run Eidolon is because they can (da da dada) pod into it (Having a great tutor for your sideboard silver bullets is fun, right?). Most other decks are moving to Rule of Law as a direct response to Storm being one of the best decks in modern. Players were going to Ethersworn Canonist (and the Eidolon has been in consideration for sure) but guess what Storm has started playing? Yeah, Bolts and Flameslashes (Also as a meta call for Zoo).As a result, the decks that would be playing Ethersworn or Canonist, are now playing Rule of Law. So the Storm decks should be playing Echoing Truth in order to diversify their answers, as MrPaj (By the way,Paj, are you in the Metro area?), pointed out.
Also, comparing Electromancer to Eidolon is comparing apples to oranges as far as creatures go.
It's not that much mana for storm at all. Usually (And I say usually, because there are obviously going to be different scenarios) you just end step bounce their Eidolon, and then kill them the next turn. If you're actually worried about it being too much mana, play Flame Slash. But Echoing truth is just better, seeing that it hits Rule of Law, as well as the creature counterparts.
My singular problem with not relying on the combo is that you're still relying heavily on the combo. I think get what you mean, but there's no reason to half rely on the combo, essentially making the deck worse. I like the thought seize, I think it's a fine addition, but I feel like you may as well just be playing the combo, ya dig?
My singular problem with not relying on the combo is that you're still relying heavily on the combo. I think get what you mean, but there's no reason to half rely on the combo, essentially making the deck worse. I like the thought seize, I think it's a fine addition, but I feel like you may as well just be playing the combo, ya dig?
It kinda looks like a joke to be honest. I doubt it's for real.
They announced it on the GP stream. Not to mention it's continually been confirmed by LSV, and Zvi Moshowitz just sent out a tweet about how he's glad to go to CFB.
Not to mention the ability to draw cards let's you see more of your deck, in essence making your sideboard cards better. Think about it, if you side in three cards that are back breaking against your opponent, your odds of drawing those go through the roof if you have sources of card draw in your deck. Same goes for backbreaking silver bullets in a G1 situation. Especially things like planeswalkers and sweepers, where you just want to draw one or two of them, you can essentially just play one or two of them and get to them because you get to see 1 or 2 more cards over the course of two or three turns.
Most of the cards that aren't in Theros will drop in value.The exceptions are cards that see play in modern or legacy. So things like deathrite shaman and abrupt decay. My personal speculation says that night howler will be super good in the coming season due to mono black needing something when desecration demon rotates
Well for one, we still have a long time until rotation. We won't see any sets rotate Out until after M15, which will leave us with Theros, Born of the Gods, Journey into Nyx, M15 and the first set of the next block.
What's the deal here? Am I reading to deep into this or did a TON of pros leave SCG for CFB? I didn't get to catch the actual announcement. What did this mean moving forward?
The main problem I see with this deck is that it's basically trying to take two decks that aren't that synergistic outside of being a delver deck that plays more free instants and sorceries. Although I do like the addition of deaths shadow to the elemental combo deck.
The two first players both have, let's say, 12 points from going 4-0. You are 3-1 with 9 points. You win the fifth round before they finish, going to 4-1 with 12 points. You have a tiebreaker that's better than them once one of them adds in the loss they'll get if they play it out - meaning the winner would be at 15 points and alone in first while the loser would be tied with you at 12 points, but be in third because of the inferior tiebreaker. So they draw, both going to 13 points and splitting the prize to make sure neither of them drop below you. It happens when the top two spots get a much better prize or an exclusive prize that the third ranked player gets. I've never seen it occur early, but I see no reason this couldn't apply early enough in a small enough tournament with enough players in on it.
I wish people weren't such childish idiots. Draws shouldn't even need to be a thing in Magic in all but the most ridiculous of scenarios based on actual game mechanics. But since we're not all mature and/or intelligent enough to manage that, yes, you're a less than stellar person if you intentionally draw. If the guy would finish second if you play out your match, particularly if he'd be second no matter who wins, he deserves to be second. No decent person screws that guy over.
This is such utter nonsense that I'm not even sure what to say beyond "wow". Apply this horrendous logic to literally anything else and you'll see what I mean. This is like being at 10-3 and in first place after week 14 of the NFL season and just saying "nah, we're not going to play anymore - we've played best up until now, we get home field advantage." Why not just end the tournament after round 1 if someone went 2-0 while every other winner was 2-1? He's played the best so far - according to you, that's sufficient.
How often you lose is the most important factor. Who you lose to is the next most important factor. When you lose should never even remotely enter into the equation in swiss - that's the entire point of swiss.
And this is coming from a guy who has possibly never once agreed with crimeo.
the NFL does give advantages to the teams who are deemed the best. Home field Advantage is one of them, as you have already stated. The NFL gives the advantage to the team who has played the best ball up until the playoffs. Sound kind of familiar?
You mean to tell me that someone who hasn't lost a match yet shouldn't have any sort of a leg up on the guy who has had one or two losses? Personally, I think it's douchey to draw in an 8-man, but if we are talking larger tournaments (My LGS often gets 30-50 people depending on the weather), why should I have to play the last round if I have a flawless record? Why should I have to risk losing my Top 8 seat if I have obviously outperformed everyone else in the room?
"Did better up until that game" isn't sufficient evidence that you are a better player.
If you're at 8 and I'm at 5 points, and I would win my game, and you would lose your game, and then I would have won the subsequent tie breaker, then I am a better player than you according to the full rounds as they're supposed to play out in a classic swiss tournament.
So by drawing in, the inferior player is beating out the superior player, when it comes to actual magic skills. That is not a good thing.
But it is sufficient in who the better play until that exact point in time is. A player who has played in such a way that leaves them room to take an ID has arguably played better than you in this tournament, and such deserves the option to ID.
This whole thing just feels like you've gotten burned at various FNMs by people ID'ing and pushing you out of packs. If it isn't something you like to deal with, you may just want to stay at the kitchen table.
They have penalized themselves. 50 minutes is plenty of time to establish a winner.
A win gets points. Anything else does not. That should be the rules.
Name ANY other competition were a match/bout/game where both sides move forward or even have a chance of winning?
There's absolutely no reason that draws and losses should have comparable point values in magic the Gathering. Sometimes games break in unfortunate ways and there is just no time to finish up a game three. Should I really be penalized because neither of us could kill one another? I personally don't think so. Two players can play to the best of their ability and at a reasonable pace and still go to time, it can just happen.
And as far as your "Name any other competition" question goes. It pretty much works the same way in most other competitive events. They realize that a tie is not the same as a loss and score accordingly.
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Also, comparing Electromancer to Eidolon is comparing apples to oranges as far as creatures go.
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They announced it on the GP stream. Not to mention it's continually been confirmed by LSV, and Zvi Moshowitz just sent out a tweet about how he's glad to go to CFB.
What's the deal here? Am I reading to deep into this or did a TON of pros leave SCG for CFB? I didn't get to catch the actual announcement. What did this mean moving forward?
the NFL does give advantages to the teams who are deemed the best. Home field Advantage is one of them, as you have already stated. The NFL gives the advantage to the team who has played the best ball up until the playoffs. Sound kind of familiar?
You mean to tell me that someone who hasn't lost a match yet shouldn't have any sort of a leg up on the guy who has had one or two losses? Personally, I think it's douchey to draw in an 8-man, but if we are talking larger tournaments (My LGS often gets 30-50 people depending on the weather), why should I have to play the last round if I have a flawless record? Why should I have to risk losing my Top 8 seat if I have obviously outperformed everyone else in the room?
But it is sufficient in who the better play until that exact point in time is. A player who has played in such a way that leaves them room to take an ID has arguably played better than you in this tournament, and such deserves the option to ID.
This whole thing just feels like you've gotten burned at various FNMs by people ID'ing and pushing you out of packs. If it isn't something you like to deal with, you may just want to stay at the kitchen table.
There's absolutely no reason that draws and losses should have comparable point values in magic the Gathering. Sometimes games break in unfortunate ways and there is just no time to finish up a game three. Should I really be penalized because neither of us could kill one another? I personally don't think so. Two players can play to the best of their ability and at a reasonable pace and still go to time, it can just happen.
And as far as your "Name any other competition" question goes. It pretty much works the same way in most other competitive events. They realize that a tie is not the same as a loss and score accordingly.