Haven't posted here in a while (haven't played M:tG in a while), but I was getting back into it for Casual Commander. I was going to build Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder and I've heard that they changed the rules for split cards.
As in, you can no longer cascade into Determined and cast Bound off of it (Bound // Determined ), is this true?
Correct. As I understand it, in every zone except the stack, the CMC of split cards is now the total cmc between the two cards (or five if you're playing Who/What/When/Where/Why).
I had a ton of fun at thee prerelease. I went 3-2 with a sweet red green Aggro deck with a little bit of ramp and disruption to support a top end of big green creatures. Very much the sealed deck I like to play. I don't want to sound salty, but I honestly lost one of my rounds to mana screw. The other loss was to a friend who had a sweet deck and played really well. I also picked up some cards I needed/wanted. I finished my playset of Bloodstained Mire, agreed on a price for the new White doubling season, and forgot to get it, and got an unglued swamp to almost finish pumping my modern mana base. I need a couple of original shocks and 5 unglued mountains to have exactly what I reasonably want.
However, between getting to the shop early to help set up, and staying after to play in and help run the modern tournament, I was there for 13 hours today and am exhausted.
I wasn't very interested in Amonkhet and was busy that weekend, but it so happened when I was done being busy on second day of prerelease, I was nearby enough the LGS I frequent so I rushed there after checking with the owner that there I could have a slot. It was pretty worth it - I got a Liliana along with her Mastery in my pool, combined together with Channeler Initiate, my promo Honored Hydra as well as solid cards like 2 copies of Quarry Hauler and Trial of Strength (along with 1 Cartouche of BG each), the deck pulled itself through. It was real fun when Liliana milled the Hydra and I embalmed it and after a few turns of Zombie-Creation (or Camel reanimation), a Destined // Lead helped in securing the damage went through.
Someone opened a foil Plague Belcher which I bought, so I also got a headstart in getting one of the cards I wanted from the set for EDH early.
Didn't go to the prerelease, but that's par for the course for me and not an exception. Too much of a time commitment for something I'm not particularly interested in.
Top getting banned in legacy is a huge shakeup for that format. Aside from the brief period with Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time, miracles has been dominant for years.
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Top ban is pretty huge. I wish they had done something about standard though, 4 color saheeli and 4 color saheeli marvel make up 46 percent of the meta and when you add the other top deck, mardu vehicles, 2 dominant strategies make up around 75 percent of the meta... that's not good.
I'm having a good chuckle about the Gush restriction. How many times can they add and remove this poor guy from the Restricted list? I'm pretty sure when they unrestricted it they even said it would probably get restricted again. Wizards you're so coy.
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I'm having a good chuckle about the Gush restriction. How many times can they add and remove this poor guy from the Restricted list? I'm pretty sure when they unrestricted it they even said it would probably get restricted again. Wizards you're so coy.
Isn't this the third time it's been restricted? Not a vintage player and don't keep track, but someone over at the source mentioned that.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure this is the 3rd time. Time to file "Should we unrestrict Gush?" in the same decision category as "Should we print more cards with Storm?".
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Oh my, simultaneously watching the rapidness of Hulk's price spike and anticipating how slow it would be for Top to drop in price (specifically the foils) really demonstrated how jumpy the entire game is at raising prices and how strong our price memory is keeping. Didn't have the foresight to get Hulk before (despite knowing it was probably the card most at the borderline) and now is already too late to get one (better off waiting for the hype to cool off) while I still can't get Top at its lowest price because drops don't happen as fast as spikes. The best part about this is that in reality I'm in no hurry to get either, but it's always a bitter feeling at a personal level even if I already know this is how the market works.
Well, on the bright side, Hulk's unban more or less means that I wasn't wrong in caving in and forking out all that money foiling out my Palinchron a few weeks back (while I'm aware Hulk has non-combo-value potential much greater than Palinchrona and isn't an absolute guarantee, considering the combo potential kept it on the list for the longest time and it was still eventually released is still some sort of statement with regards to combo and its social regulation and as unfun as "pretty-much-combo-only" cards like Palinchron are, it seems most (if not all) of them are safely socially regulated at the moment).
I played Hulk Flash for the brief moment it existed, so I have tons of them. Will probably just hand them out to my group. Now I don't have to feel as bad about having a bunch of unused Tops, so that's nice.
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Though it's late, I had a great time at the prerelease myself. Seriously thought after my good luck at Aether Revolt that I would not be getting anything good this time: ended up getting a prerelease Throne of the God-Pharaoh(with a spare regular from my 'participation pack'), Vizier of the Menagerie, and managed to trade for a Rhonas's Monument. TWO guys in our group cracked Nissa's, so when they ended up clashing in the tourney...well, let's just say that they were the only time out in the entire event. lol
I had just over 20 copies in my cart from one vendor as soon as I heard the news, and by the time I punched in my credit card they were all sold. I did manage to snag 4 copies before vendors caught up.
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Correct. As I understand it, in every zone except the stack, the CMC of split cards is now the total cmc between the two cards (or five if you're playing Who/What/When/Where/Why).
We've gotten more negative feedback about this than we expected, and have passed this on to dev. Hopefully we will be able to get a change.
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EDH decks: 1. RGWMayael's Big BeatsRETIRED!
2. BUWMerieke Ri Berit and the 40 Thieves
3. URNiv's Wheeling and Dealing!
4. BURThe Walking Dead
5. GWSisay's Legends of Tomorrow
6. RWBRise of Markov
7. GElvez and stuffz(W)
8. RCrush your enemies(W)
9. BSign right here...(W)
However, between getting to the shop early to help set up, and staying after to play in and help run the modern tournament, I was there for 13 hours today and am exhausted.
Marath, Will of the Wild Tokens!! / Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund Dragons! / Muzzio, Visionary Architect / Brago, King Eternal / Daretti, Scrap Savant / Narset, Enlightened Master / Alesha, Who Smiles at Death / Bruna, Light of Alabaster / Marchesa, the Black Rose / Iroas, God of Victory / Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury / Omnath, Locus of rage / Titania, Protector of Argoth / Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Modern
Elves / Titanshift / Merfolk
Someone opened a foil Plague Belcher which I bought, so I also got a headstart in getting one of the cards I wanted from the set for EDH early.
Top getting banned in legacy is a huge shakeup for that format. Aside from the brief period with Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time, miracles has been dominant for years.
Marath, Will of the Wild Tokens!! / Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund Dragons! / Muzzio, Visionary Architect / Brago, King Eternal / Daretti, Scrap Savant / Narset, Enlightened Master / Alesha, Who Smiles at Death / Bruna, Light of Alabaster / Marchesa, the Black Rose / Iroas, God of Victory / Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury / Omnath, Locus of rage / Titania, Protector of Argoth / Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Modern
Elves / Titanshift / Merfolk
Current Decks
GTitania midrange
RGThromok tokens/goodstuff | UB Grimgrin zombie tribal
GW Sigarda enchantress | R Godo voltron
U Braids aggro | WR Kalemne punisher
RU Mizzix storm | BUG Mimeoplasm competitive reanimator | UG Ezuri infect
Current Decks
GTitania midrange
RGThromok tokens/goodstuff | UB Grimgrin zombie tribal
GW Sigarda enchantress | R Godo voltron
U Braids aggro | WR Kalemne punisher
RU Mizzix storm | BUG Mimeoplasm competitive reanimator | UG Ezuri infect
*eats statement*
I have been literally giddy for the last 3 hours since I saw the announcement.
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Well, on the bright side, Hulk's unban more or less means that I wasn't wrong in caving in and forking out all that money foiling out my Palinchron a few weeks back (while I'm aware Hulk has non-combo-value potential much greater than Palinchrona and isn't an absolute guarantee, considering the combo potential kept it on the list for the longest time and it was still eventually released is still some sort of statement with regards to combo and its social regulation and as unfun as "pretty-much-combo-only" cards like Palinchron are, it seems most (if not all) of them are safely socially regulated at the moment).
Current Decks
GTitania midrange
RGThromok tokens/goodstuff | UB Grimgrin zombie tribal
GW Sigarda enchantress | R Godo voltron
U Braids aggro | WR Kalemne punisher
RU Mizzix storm | BUG Mimeoplasm competitive reanimator | UG Ezuri infect
EDH decks: 1. RGWMayael's Big BeatsRETIRED!
2. BUWMerieke Ri Berit and the 40 Thieves
3. URNiv's Wheeling and Dealing!
4. BURThe Walking Dead
5. GWSisay's Legends of Tomorrow
6. RWBRise of Markov
7. GElvez and stuffz(W)
8. RCrush your enemies(W)
9. BSign right here...(W)
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg