Also, any reason Hellkite Tyrant isn't in the deck? With Mycosynth Lattice out, he's a great target to swipe off of an opponent's permanents and close out the game. However, if you run this in a meta with Bribery, do this at your own peril.
We have a store owner here in town who does something similar. People were buying packs from him and just thinking they weren't getting lucky with their pulls. Then one got a store prize of something like 15-20 packs, cracked all of them, all garbage cards and rares. Then he noticed near the bottom of each pack was a very tiny crescent shaped slit. What the owner was doing was making a slit, and then peeking through the slit to check the set number for each card in the pack. Then when he'd find some a high dollar rare or what not, he'd crack that pack for his case; if it was a crap rare, he'd put it out to sell.
We've reported him a bunch of times, but apparently either they're not pursuing it or he's getting away from it somehow. Nobody buys product from there anymore and if packs are the prize, we make him crack a brand new box open so we know they haven't been tampered with.
That store owner sounds like quite the terrible human being. Is there another store in the area to patronize?
I personally would say budget would rest around the $50 mark. Assuming 1/3 is lands (most basics), that gives the builder approximately $0.75/card to work with.
Building on a budget constraint is awesome (seriously). It really helps the builder focus on what exactly their deck is aiming for. For instance, when building my King Macar, the Gold-Cursed deck, I focused on the initial design of a greedy mono-black control deck. This made me prioritize things like Greed and Necropotence when deciding where the bulk of my budget should go. Then, as I played the deck, I eventually chipped in a few cards here and there, and now the deck is decently tuned to my meta after a couple of months, where now the deck plays more like a straight artifact deck.
This conversation is now making me itch to build again - I just cashed out of standard/modern, and now I'm starting to plot my next move with the remnants of my store credit (after souping up my current decks, of course).
I'm assuming he's referring to the B/G Standard Dredge deck that Conley had on CFB a few months back.
I get that OP is disappointed - I loathe snarky people and their condescending ways. However, B/G Dredge was primed to eventually catch some people off-guard and perform well, especially if a pro plays it. And kudos to your meta reacting and bringing sideboard hate - it's a good call on their end, and reflects better on them as players.
When I ran Maze's End shortly after Theros and caught my meta off-guard, I totally expected people to bring hate the next time around in their SB. And what did I see? Skullcrack and Burning Earth. Was I pissed at their moves? Nope. Why? It made me a better player by learning how to play beyond game one in the current meta.
OP - Move past the frustration. Pack Unravel the Aether into your SB. Don't overextend against white, side in discard against black. You'll become a better player in spite of your current frustrations. Pushing yourself is the only way to get better.
Does anyone know of a legit x/x green elemental token for Marath, Will of the Wild? I've been using x/x tokens from RTR, but I'd like to have the actual token, as my deck also creates oozes.
I know there is the token from VoR, but it's green and white...also much more expensive than other tokens.
Is removing your deck from your opponents sight considered 'okay'?
I'd say no.
Lapdeck and all that. Keep all your cards always in sight, please. The moment your deck or your sideboard leaves my sight, I smell shenanigans.
How do you (or do you?) conceal your sideboarding decisions, and does it matter if it is an FNM or a GP, etc?
Put in X, take out X, several times.
This. I will sometimes make it look like my entire SB is going to work in the match-up, pull it out completely, and then "scrounge" for the cards to take out, which usually means I'll actually swap like 4 cards total. For newer players, it might put them on tilt a bit. However, I personally have never given any care to seeing exactly what my opponent is going to SB.
While I didn't ever expect big box stores to carry this, it sucks that there won't be some downward pressure on LGSs to not inflate the price to an absurd level. And printing to "demand" is essentially meaningless - at least there's only one SKU unlike the bogus nature of Commander 2013.
For the record, don't care to own this. However, I do want people to get to a starting point in Modern so I can play FNMs/tournaments at the LGS a couple blocks from my house (they ONLY run Standard), so I don't have to drive elsewhere once in a blue moon to play at another LGS that begrudgingly runs Modern.
I'd consider the following:
- Pilgrim's Eye
+ Smokestack
Also, any reason Hellkite Tyrant isn't in the deck? With Mycosynth Lattice out, he's a great target to swipe off of an opponent's permanents and close out the game. However, if you run this in a meta with Bribery, do this at your own peril.
Looting effects and Squee go hand in hand with each other.
Run Kruphix and his prophet all day.
That store owner sounds like quite the terrible human being. Is there another store in the area to patronize?
Building on a budget constraint is awesome (seriously). It really helps the builder focus on what exactly their deck is aiming for. For instance, when building my King Macar, the Gold-Cursed deck, I focused on the initial design of a greedy mono-black control deck. This made me prioritize things like Greed and Necropotence when deciding where the bulk of my budget should go. Then, as I played the deck, I eventually chipped in a few cards here and there, and now the deck is decently tuned to my meta after a couple of months, where now the deck plays more like a straight artifact deck.
This conversation is now making me itch to build again - I just cashed out of standard/modern, and now I'm starting to plot my next move with the remnants of my store credit (after souping up my current decks, of course).
Main Theme: Toolbox/Token Swarm
Main Wincons: Purphoros, God of the Forge, Rhys the Redeemed, Devout Invocation
Commander: Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Main Theme: Hand-cycling/Direct Damage
Main Wincons: Mindmoil, Enter the Infinite, Comet Storm
Commander: Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Main Theme: Dredge/Token Swarm
Main Wincons: Living Death, Lord of Extinction
Commander: King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
Main Theme: Artifact/Suicide Black
Main Wincons: Exsanguinate, Staff of Domination, Myr Incubator
I get that OP is disappointed - I loathe snarky people and their condescending ways. However, B/G Dredge was primed to eventually catch some people off-guard and perform well, especially if a pro plays it. And kudos to your meta reacting and bringing sideboard hate - it's a good call on their end, and reflects better on them as players.
When I ran Maze's End shortly after Theros and caught my meta off-guard, I totally expected people to bring hate the next time around in their SB. And what did I see? Skullcrack and Burning Earth. Was I pissed at their moves? Nope. Why? It made me a better player by learning how to play beyond game one in the current meta.
OP - Move past the frustration. Pack Unravel the Aether into your SB. Don't overextend against white, side in discard against black. You'll become a better player in spite of your current frustrations. Pushing yourself is the only way to get better.
This is very cool!
I know there is the token from VoR, but it's green and white...also much more expensive than other tokens.
This. I will sometimes make it look like my entire SB is going to work in the match-up, pull it out completely, and then "scrounge" for the cards to take out, which usually means I'll actually swap like 4 cards total. For newer players, it might put them on tilt a bit. However, I personally have never given any care to seeing exactly what my opponent is going to SB.
For the record, don't care to own this. However, I do want people to get to a starting point in Modern so I can play FNMs/tournaments at the LGS a couple blocks from my house (they ONLY run Standard), so I don't have to drive elsewhere once in a blue moon to play at another LGS that begrudgingly runs Modern.