Well this was not Jaklovsky's finest hour. It would have continued to be a game if he had played Goyf ... both of the cards in Manders's hand would have been very good (personally I would have discarded the Batterskull and stolen the Goyf in that situation). But not only failing to drop the Goyf but ending the game with a whimper by attacking with Treetop Village into an untapped Batterskull was really unfortunate to watch.
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Well this was not Jaklovsky's finest hour. It would have continued to be a game if he had played Goyf ... both of the cards in Manders's hand would have been very good (personally I would have discarded the Batterskull and stolen the Goyf in that situation). But not only failing to drop the Goyf but ending the game with a whimper by attacking with Treetop Village into an untapped Batterskull was really unfortunate to watch.
Possibly one of the worst games ever streamed.
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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people. Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed and blew it out.
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Edit: awesome Geist deck, although the Jund player did make some terrible mistakes.
What I like about UWR is that it's gonna get superpowered with 2 cards which fit PERFECTLY into it. Aurelia's Fury against anything combo, Auras... and killing multiple dudes, etc. And Boros Charm to attack fearlesly with Geist, protect all your dudes, and have some insane reach
Really gutted I'd actually got hold of electrolyze but decided not to play them. We'd spent a while talking about Cryptic Command mana being an issue and made it a bit too much of a big deal to drop sadly.
I've said this on my stream and I can reiterate it here regarding Boris charm.
The card is nowhere need an auto include in the deck. The charm actually only has two modes, as you will never ever ever use double strike mode. Further 4 damage to dome is nice but bolt does that for one less mana and one less damage. The other ability is protecting your geist, which is the better of the abilities, however almost every other card in your deck will also do that by removing blockers.
Therefore the card doesn't add anything to the deck and lacks the versatility that the deck needs, and probably doesn't belong in the flash version of the deck. Might work in delver version, but I did that version to currently be inferior.
Lastly, regarding fury. Electrolyze is probably just better.
There are also 4 players left out of top16 on ratings (Rodriguez Lopez, Tuduri, Renedo, Mayor), but I couldn't find what they played.
Wow, didn't really expect such a performance by Kiki Pod. If UWR Geist keeps on doing well, though, I believe Pod's numbers should lower quite a bit (removals aplenty and maindeck Mindcensors aren't easy for Pod to beat).
Speaking of which: that deck is super sexy, it looks like it only took a week for it to prove itself. I wonder if this will last.
No Affinity :(.
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Modern: UWUW TronUW
Legacy: WDeath N TaxesW CEldrazi C
If you couldn't tell I hate greedy blue decks.
the good storm decks dont use Epic experiment anymore as there is more discard. URW geist is currently like bringing a gun to a knife fight and seems to just be getting better and better
"Crovax Connections" does sound like a friendly corner store run by your local Ascendant Lord
I bet we have a case of Jon Finkel sleeping with the girl, then never calling her again and she going bat #%^% crazy and writing this article case closed.
First PTQ top 8 6/13/09(1st) Second PTQ top 8 10/7/09(5th) Second at national Qualifier 5/15/10
Third PTQ top 8 2/12/11 (2nd)
Second at Alberta 2011's
Fourth PTQ top 8 3/17/12(8th)
GP Vancouver 2012 (18th)
Am i the only one annoyed that JUND and POD make up basically 70% of the top 16?
I mean I don't so much have an issue with Pod because i think the deck is just really well fleshed out and i dont have a HUGE problem with jund because its just a pile of good cards but 70% seems ridiculous.
No one said storm was dominating or flooding the met, it was a comment on how easy the deck is to pilot, winning is a different story.
The EpEx lists are incredibly easy to pilot, but also laughably easy to disrupt. I would be shocked to see an EpEx (maindeck) list T16 any high-level event.
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It's not your job to win games of Magic where you're mana screwed.
It's your job win every game of Magic where you're not.
Am i the only one annoyed that JUND and POD make up basically 70% of the top 16?
I mean I don't so much have an issue with Pod because i think the deck is just really well fleshed out and i dont have a HUGE problem with jund because its just a pile of good cards but 70% seems ridiculous.
RG tron is going to make a come back if everyone is on pod and jund and other midrange decks.
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there were some pretty bad plays by the jund player.
The first Goyf died to a Lili sacrifice, he punted on the second one by activating Lili before playing it.
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Geist to hit $40 next week?
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Possibly one of the worst games ever streamed.
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its a play on the deck color's he's using it could have been FRANCE! or CUBA! or MAGDALENA!
just a joke
I thought the problem with delver is that it doesn't flip as often as you like. So boros charm doesn't really solve that problem.
BTW there's discussion of the UWR Geist deck here:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=478927
What I like about UWR is that it's gonna get superpowered with 2 cards which fit PERFECTLY into it. Aurelia's Fury against anything combo, Auras... and killing multiple dudes, etc. And Boros Charm to attack fearlesly with Geist, protect all your dudes, and have some insane reach
The compromise I've been willing to offer since earlier in the month*:
It can be named after America since they need it for their egos.
But since it's a bit bigger up the curve than American Delver etc, we call it Fat Yanks
*Ran the deck at Liverpool PTQ on 5th Jan, my team mate made top 8
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=9555606&postcount=463
Really gutted I'd actually got hold of electrolyze but decided not to play them. We'd spent a while talking about Cryptic Command mana being an issue and made it a bit too much of a big deal to drop sadly.
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Not sure if trolling or just very stupid.:fry:
The card is nowhere need an auto include in the deck. The charm actually only has two modes, as you will never ever ever use double strike mode. Further 4 damage to dome is nice but bolt does that for one less mana and one less damage. The other ability is protecting your geist, which is the better of the abilities, however almost every other card in your deck will also do that by removing blockers.
Therefore the card doesn't add anything to the deck and lacks the versatility that the deck needs, and probably doesn't belong in the flash version of the deck. Might work in delver version, but I did that version to currently be inferior.
Lastly, regarding fury. Electrolyze is probably just better.
No Affinity :(.
Modern:
UWUW TronUW
Legacy:
WDeath N TaxesW
CEldrazi C
If you couldn't tell I hate greedy blue decks.
Vintage
WWhite Trash
Storm is <SNIP> atm with those 2 cards. With Electromancer it's like cast EpEx for X leave R Floating and go for it, I rarely fizzle off this plan.
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First PTQ top 8 6/13/09(1st)
Second PTQ top 8 10/7/09(5th)
Second at national Qualifier 5/15/10
Third PTQ top 8 2/12/11 (2nd)
Second at Alberta 2011's
Fourth PTQ top 8 3/17/12(8th)
GP Vancouver 2012 (18th)
If it helps, Mayor was on a BUG infect
I mean I don't so much have an issue with Pod because i think the deck is just really well fleshed out and i dont have a HUGE problem with jund because its just a pile of good cards but 70% seems ridiculous.
No one said storm was dominating or flooding the met, it was a comment on how easy the deck is to pilot, winning is a different story.
so is easy but no one wins... that's funny
Well to be fair, you could be the greatest mono-G spiders pilot in the world, and never win. Seems probable, in fact.
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The EpEx lists are incredibly easy to pilot, but also laughably easy to disrupt. I would be shocked to see an EpEx (maindeck) list T16 any high-level event.
It's your job win every game of Magic where you're not.
RG tron is going to make a come back if everyone is on pod and jund and other midrange decks.