I have played against the Will guy who won the legacy and took 2nd in standard. He played at an IQ here in Kansas. He was a pretty cool guy, and he made some cash this weekend.
It's the most important card in the best Reanimator build, one of the best decks in the format.
Worthless is a bit harsh, but I'm talking about it's use in response to the very recent aggro swing.
In the last two major tournaments (SCG Dallas and GP AC), out of the four Naya builds that placed in the top 16, two didn't run AoS MB, one ran a singleton in conjunction with two Hellkite and the other ran two.The fact that some builds aren't running AoS MB speaks volumes about the speed of the current meta IMO.
Also, unless I'm mistaken, Reanimator (Junk Rites) hasn't done much of anything since since mid December. It has one top 16 since then.
The main reason im moving away from naya, is I feel like peddle jund is strictly better. Especially with izzet staticaster. Hellkite and peddler go together nicely
Right now Jund is most definitely better positioned than Naya. You need to be able to interact in some way or your dead. With the constant meta shifts, that all my change though. I'm still rather optimistic.
The main reason im moving away from naya, is I feel like peddle jund is strictly better.
I received a warning for my one-word post so I will elaborate. The concept of "strictly better" is thrown around far too often and it has a different meaning than what is often applied to it.
For something to be "strictly better" than something else, for example a card to be strictly better than another card, it must be better in nearly every possible situation. It must do everything that card does that is even possible to be beneficial, plus at least one more thing that is always beneficial(or optional and sometimes beneficial). This is what strictly better means by definition.
It must nearly ALWAYS BE BETTER (although generally the concept doesn't include obscure situations, such as the strictly better card having been named with Slaughter Games, in which case clearly a strictly worse card is better in the situation since it can be cast).
Lightning Bolt is strictly better than Shock because it does everything that Shock does (costs R, does 2 damage, is an Instant, can target the same targets), plus more (does 3 damage rather than 2).
Even if Lightning Bolt costed R and was an sorcery that said "deal 40 damage to target player", it wouldn't be strictly better because Shock can do something it can't.
I'm not trying to be anal or anything, but strictly better means something very specific and it is thrown around too much. For a deck to be strictly better than another would be nearly impossible.
I have stopped watching SCG Standard coverage for the reason that people stated here. It's just painful to watch. Legacy and Limited are still fine. I really wish they'd stop trying to mess with the circuit though, doing that stupid 2-day Standard nonsense. There was nothing wrong with playing multiple formats.
I have stopped watching SCG Standard coverage for the reason that people stated here. It's just painful to watch. Legacy and Limited are still fine. I really wish they'd stop trying to mess with the circuit though, doing that stupid 2-day Standard nonsense. There was nothing wrong with playing multiple formats.
Isn't that 2 day standard just for that one event?
Seems they are just trying up different ways of running there events and I applaud them for that.
Isn't that 2 day standard just for that one event?
Seems they are just trying up different ways of running there events and I applaud them for that.
Double Standard is just for one event and the evidence points to them changing things up for these events is because of the lack of Legacy attendance compared to other Opens. The math was done in a different thread in Magic General but it basically boils down to SCG losing money on the Legacy portion for the few events where attendance is sub 200(ish).
I do still watch SCG because while yes there are some horrid things that happen on stream; the one I remember most is Grixis trying to use a tapped Steam Vents as mana for Syncopate, it's still good for background noise or to see what others are running.
Red should be burn, Goblins, Dragons, draw/discard, and Standard-unplayable 5CMC cards with insane, lengthy effects that take 10 minutes to figure out what they do and another 20 to actually make their effects work on the field.
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Worthless is a bit harsh, but I'm talking about it's use in response to the very recent aggro swing.
In the last two major tournaments (SCG Dallas and GP AC), out of the four Naya builds that placed in the top 16, two didn't run AoS MB, one ran a singleton in conjunction with two Hellkite and the other ran two.The fact that some builds aren't running AoS MB speaks volumes about the speed of the current meta IMO.
Also, unless I'm mistaken, Reanimator (Junk Rites) hasn't done much of anything since since mid December. It has one top 16 since then.
I didn't say it was bad, I said it's been bad lately. The meta shift and stats prove it.
Right now Jund is most definitely better positioned than Naya. You need to be able to interact in some way or your dead. With the constant meta shifts, that all my change though. I'm still rather optimistic.
I received a warning for my one-word post so I will elaborate. The concept of "strictly better" is thrown around far too often and it has a different meaning than what is often applied to it.
For something to be "strictly better" than something else, for example a card to be strictly better than another card, it must be better in nearly every possible situation. It must do everything that card does that is even possible to be beneficial, plus at least one more thing that is always beneficial (or optional and sometimes beneficial). This is what strictly better means by definition.
It must nearly ALWAYS BE BETTER (although generally the concept doesn't include obscure situations, such as the strictly better card having been named with Slaughter Games, in which case clearly a strictly worse card is better in the situation since it can be cast).
Lightning Bolt is strictly better than Shock because it does everything that Shock does (costs R, does 2 damage, is an Instant, can target the same targets), plus more (does 3 damage rather than 2).
Even if Lightning Bolt costed R and was an sorcery that said "deal 40 damage to target player", it wouldn't be strictly better because Shock can do something it can't.
I'm not trying to be anal or anything, but strictly better means something very specific and it is thrown around too much. For a deck to be strictly better than another would be nearly impossible.
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Isn't that 2 day standard just for that one event?
Seems they are just trying up different ways of running there events and I applaud them for that.
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I elaborated on my post.
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I'd settle for players that open with turn one Glacial Fortress, turn two Sunpetal Grove putting both lands into play tapped.
Double Standard is just for one event and the evidence points to them changing things up for these events is because of the lack of Legacy attendance compared to other Opens. The math was done in a different thread in Magic General but it basically boils down to SCG losing money on the Legacy portion for the few events where attendance is sub 200(ish).
I do still watch SCG because while yes there are some horrid things that happen on stream; the one I remember most is Grixis trying to use a tapped Steam Vents as mana for Syncopate, it's still good for background noise or to see what others are running.