Hello, I know I don't meet the required post count to join (due to being a lurker and no real time to post before now), but I am currently deployed and have down time to actually browse the forums and post now, and also have down time to brew up decks, and would like this clans help on my homebrew, 31 land assault loam.
I actually have a list for every color, but out of all of them i think i like the Naya Varient the best, so it is the one I will post.
When I left my modern meta was a lot of rouge decks so I dont have to worry about tier 1 stuff. The basic idea is obviously to burn them out with Seismic Assault while grabbing the lands back with Loam. Oracle of Mul-Daya and explore let you throw out your man lands as a back up plan and Garruk is there to make the CIPT lands a little better while being a backup himself.
Thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated, exspecially since i wont be able to playtest at all for awhile. :/
Didn't realize there was a postcount required.
I have been busy myself. I moved into an apartment near my school in Beijing and since its the holidays/finals... I haven't had much time to play magic.
To be honest, I don't take life seriously enough to dress well.
grow up?
The key point is some people take this game seriously and they dress with that same mentality. It is fine that you don't. We will just judge you for it.
This clan has been pretty inactive.. and so have I... I suppose I'd like to ask how everyone is doing, magic and non-magic related. To be honest, besides the occasional Modo (I use a friend's account, where I play G/W in block and standard). I haven't been doing much. The China magic scene has changes since the recent op changes. three ptq's a season and the fact that nats and gp's don't lead to anything have made many many players QQ. I had a real shot before to get into higher level play due to my high rating, now that path is closed...
So what does everyone think about the double-faced cards in Innistrad? I actually dislike them because of the minor inconvenience during drafting. Also, usually, I don't sleeve cards during FNM/Pre-release level drafts, so means I have to have a pen handy or something else to mark those official checklist card things.
Speaking of punting hard... 68th at GP Shanghai... the good oh' 8-1 day 1, 1-5 day 2.. hahaha...
Def tilted hard after 1-2ing with an insane draft deck. Probably cost me the tournament.
Christ, looks like the Police are simply getting overwhelmed. How long until this gets more violent? What happens when Police have to start choosing between killing rioters, and letting London burn? Christ, I can barely comprehend the scale of this.
Seems like an easy choice to me... Besides if the police are getting overwhelmed... wouldn't they call in the National Gaurd or something? Not sure if its the same there as it is in the US.
Isn't Phyrexian supposed to be clan leader or grand poo-bah or something? I know eventide is the clan rep, but.... maybe I'm just old and confused.
Oh well, new threadz. yay.
Well let's just get this straight, and a little history lesson for you guys:
The clan leader originally was a 3-5 man gig that went to a few upstanding clan members. This was called the ARD Clan Council, which was not to be confused with the actual Clan Council. (Although a few newbies did make this mistake, hilariously) I don't think we ever rotated it... (Oligarchy ftw!) I never was a part of the council.
Our clan creator was actually a guy called The Revenant. But I think it was a few years back that this clan got really really inactive. Like The Rev went inactive and our clan council also went inactive. At the time, I was just Clan Rep for the clan council, but I used that "position" to just redo ARD. (Didn't actually do much, just started a new thread + revised the members list, especially the inactive members list.) At this time I got rid of the ARD Clan Council. Because it really.... didn't do anything... And then a bunch of new people joined (you guys.) And here we are now.
And then eventually life got in the way and I realized I couldn't be as active anymore for this clan... so gave the Clan Rep position to Chaos550. Then just sorta came here a few times to post ramblings. So I am not really anything but a member... I don't have "veto" power or whatever in anything. I don't think there is really a hierarchy in this clan anyways. (And I like it that way.)
As for news: Well I'm back in California for a few days. It's been great to get a breather from Beijing-life. Although I will be heading back for China very soon (Aug 5th) I'm just visiting friends and family... Also watching a bunch of movies that I wouldn't be able to see in China. (X-men, Harry potter, Capt America, Friends with Benefits)
Like, China only allows 20 or so foreign movies a year. So only a select few make it to the mainland (Hong Kong gets special treatment, those bastards!) And nothing magic-y or supernatural. So HP and Xmen will never release. And it is pretty obvious that Capt America won't release there. (Although it would be very funny to see the Chinese censor board completely change the movie. Capt China, anyone? lol)
As for magic: Well I'm getting alot of cube done here and still dodging sanctioned events... I have 2 byes for GP Shanghai (Which I will be attending, if any of you guys were also going, feel free to hit me up.) I really dislike caring about rating, currently its at like 1990 or something it is like 14th of all of China (Running the brags here, hehe). Great way to pick up chicks! ("Hey did you know I am ranked 14th in China on MTG:the gathering rating?" followed by: "Hey can you have sex with me?" Works everytime!) Although I joined a few 8 man drafts at Superstars in San Jose just because I knew I could just 3-0 them. Haha!
Yea, so GP shanghai for the future... and I'm getting alot of m12 work done, because a lot of my friends are Q'ed for either the Pro Tour or US Nats or Both and they want the limited practice. And I want the practice for obvious reasons too.
Hope all is well with you guys! See you in Shanghai! (Hopefully) And yes, I am still living in China, schooling it up with the Chinese language...
Guys, I thought up of a combo: Chandra's Phoenix along with Chandra Ablaze for infinte 4 dmg. Maybe put it in a big red shell along with Koth and stuff...
Round 1- UB
Everytime I cast Primeval it resolved and then didn't get doom bladed... so I won. Also game 1 he accidently revealed a mana leak so I just waited until I got 9 mana.
2-0
Round 2-Vampires
G1 he kept killing my **** and was attacking with 2/1's until I cast inferno titan and he ran out of kill spells...
G2 I kept 4 land, Titan, Avenger, and Pyroclasm. He turn 1 Inquisition's me and my hand becomes dumb. Then I proceed to draw Explore-Harrow-into Titan-into Avenger.
2-0
Round 3- UB
G1 He counters my ****, keeps me off double green...
G2 We were doing land go as I was beating face with a Lotus Cobra (That guy did like 14 damage.) until one turn he goes Jace Beleren into Memorcide and taps out. He names Primeval Titan, I show him the Inferno Titan, I had waiting in my hand and he just dies from Lotus Conbra beatz.
G3 Everytime I am so close to 6 mana but just cant get it in time. It goes 5 lands, with summoning sick Battlement (He kills.) Draw into Valakut, (Edged) into Valakut again. (Edged) and I'm stuck on 5 lands 3 Titans + 3 Summoning Trap in hand... Then he casts that 4/6 Sphinx guy and draws a million cards and I lose.
1-2
Notable SB cards include: Crush, Kudoltha Ringleader, Koth's Courier, a Hate Drafted Glistening Oil
Round 4 - UG
Lost game one because I couldn't deal with a 5/3 regenerator guy... derf. Didn't draw my fliers and probably misplayed
Won game 2 because my deck is ridiculously fast.
Lost game 3 because I forgot that Wing Splicer gave things flying... ... ...
1-2
Round 5 - GW
I beat face with flying guys
2-0
Round 6 - WB
I beat face with flying guys again. I remember finishing him off with Artillerize both games.
2-0
Draft Deck 2:
Land 18
3 Forest
8 Swamp
7 Island
Creatures 14
2 Fangren Marauder
2 Blightwidow
1 Flensermite (Misbuilt and this should be a Lumengrid Drake)
1 Moriok Replica
1 Fume Spitter
1 Leaden Myr (Should this be a swamp)
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Spined Thopter
1 Darkslick Drake
1 Serum Raker
1 Spire Monitor
1 Mirran Spy
Spells 8
1 Horizon Spellbomb
1 Virulent Wound
2 Gremlin Mine
1 Grasp of Darkness
1 Dismember
1 Instill Infection
1 Corrupted Conscience
Notable SB cards include: All the green **** I drafted in NPH before I switched and swamps so I can cast my goddamn wurm.
and a Lumengrid Drake that should be MD'ed
Round 7 - GR
Game 1 he plays a bunch of green guys and little dudes that have power less than 4. I play Giant Spiders with Infect that stop his attack. Then I play 5/5s that gain me a million life. Then I play 6/5s that Plague Winds his board.
Game 2 I keep 6 lands Fangren Marauder
He beats with 1/1s and I draw lands for 3 turns in a row. Until on my 4th turn I draw my Giant Spider and then 5th turn draw into Lumengrid Drake. Better to be lucky than good right? As soon as I play my Marauder he just concedes because he has 1/1 and 1/3 donks.
2-0
5-2 total! I'm pretty sure I can at least 3-0 with this draft deck, unless I am goddamn stupid or something and then all I need to do is to be 1-1-1 or better with Valakut to top 8 tomorrow!
======================= Day 2 ====================================
Round 8 - UR
Game 1- He chooses to go first and I really forget the specifics... I just remember that it ended up as a grind and I drew a LOT of lands.... so I lost
Game 2 - I choose to play last and I remember a crucial turn where he LD'ed me off my only green source after I cast my Blightwidow... My hand is double Marauder and I draw... Corrupted Conscience... He then casts Scrapdiver Serpent, I Conscience it and beat for 2 turns ftw.
Game 3 - I played my Massacre Wurm and he got massacre'd. I think he lost like 8 life.
2-1
Round 9 - UB
My best cards are my bombs... and the fact that I gain a million life off Marauder... thats why I did not want to play against U/B Infect + 3 Mindcontrol effects + a lot of removal/counters.dec
He also won the die roll and choose to play last...
Anyways I lost game 1 and then won game 2 off of Corrupted Consciencing his Blighted Agent... he then cast Enslave on it... lol his own Blighted Agent killed him...
Game 3 I just remember racing with fliers and him beating with infect guys... on a crucial turn I had to leave a blocker for his retarded 5/5 blue infect guy... and if he drew any sort of removal I was dead... he drew... land and I won.
2-1
Standard again.... please don't get paired against U/B... please!!
Round 10 - U/B Control
Jeez... alright I just remember I lost.
Round 11 - Splintertwin U/R
Finally a matchup I prepared for. Game 1, I drew none of my answers (aka dismember) so I tried to race... well its splintertwin and he was faster...
Game 2 - was interesting... my hand was 2 Nature's Claims, 2 Spellskite, 1 Lotus Cobra, 1 Forest, 1 Overgrown Battlement... I thought for a long time before keeping this... Anyways Obv. I don't get two lands in a row and I had to waste one Nature's Claim because he spreading seas my only land. Eventually I got two lands and played Spellskite... and then slowly developed my board always leaving at least 1 green up. (In case he Into the Roils+Counter mana up to combo me.) And meanwhile he just durdles with draw spells and I get to like 8 mana and win with Primeval Titan in like turn a million.
Game 3 was also interesting... I managed to get double spellskite out and like useless lotus cobras... I was trying to resolve my Primeval Titan, but had to leave mana open for the dismember in my hand. Eventually he taps 6 mana for Inferno Titan and starts to beat me down... that gives me a window for my Primeval Titan... but on his next turn he puts down Inferno Titan number two. God I love Spellskite. It prevented enough life from the Inferno Titan triggers (not to mention him not being able to kill my Primeval/Assemble voltron.) That I won at 1 life when I 18'ed him with mountains. I never used my Dismembers... ever. Nice card.
2-1
Round 12 - I really just want to get paired against Valakut... please...
It's a bad sign that you want to get paired against the matchup that is basically a coin-flip... but I figured flipping coins is a lot better than my U/B matchup.
Of course I get paired against U/B. and Lose 0-2
8-4
13th place 1 Pro Point and like 9 Booster Packs. I love the pay out... 1st Place is like 2000 US dollars whereas 9th is like 36 booster packs.
That was my friends deck... and it was basically all of the above here... Kiln Fiend, Immolation Souleater, Deaths' Shadow... Phyrexian Mana + Tainted Strike, Discard and Burn...
My friend also 3-0ed the first standard portion of Nats but didn't come back for Day 2 because his drafting sucked. Never no how well the deck would do now.
So as I mentioned earlier my friend actually 3-0ed the first standard portion with Death Shadow Combo at Chinese Nationals... I'll see if I can get the decklist from him. He didn't play day 2 because his drafting was horrendous... so we can never know how well he wouldve done in the other part.
So I placed 13th in Nationals which nabbed me 9 booster packs and 1 pro point... yippee....
Heartbreaker last round where I lost to U/B when it was "win and in"
I played Valakut for the t2 portion and all my losses were to U/B control.... and I played U/B 4 times... 3-3 Constructed + 5-1 Limited. Ugh.
I had no playtesting previously, so it definitely cost me a top 8 this time around. Didn't know I'd suck so much against U/B...
I guess there is always next year.
Oh, and to satisfy all of you rogue deckers... a friend of mine 3-0'ed the first standard portion with "Death Shadow Combo" deck... But he like 2-4'ed the draft part and then dropped...
for cheating, unless you are using something like Chains Of mephistoles, Twanos Coffin or Illusionary mask with tons of text and rules its kinda hard to cheat with a foreign card since it can be easily looked up by the judge.
Those cards are pretty hard to understand in normal English...
Didn't realize there was a postcount required.
I have been busy myself. I moved into an apartment near my school in Beijing and since its the holidays/finals... I haven't had much time to play magic.
Hope everyone had a good new years.
grow up?
The key point is some people take this game seriously and they dress with that same mentality. It is fine that you don't. We will just judge you for it.
Def tilted hard after 1-2ing with an insane draft deck. Probably cost me the tournament.
Oh well...
But I do open the worst pools ever...
Seems like an easy choice to me... Besides if the police are getting overwhelmed... wouldn't they call in the National Gaurd or something? Not sure if its the same there as it is in the US.
Well let's just get this straight, and a little history lesson for you guys:
The clan leader originally was a 3-5 man gig that went to a few upstanding clan members. This was called the ARD Clan Council, which was not to be confused with the actual Clan Council. (Although a few newbies did make this mistake, hilariously) I don't think we ever rotated it... (Oligarchy ftw!) I never was a part of the council.
Our clan creator was actually a guy called The Revenant. But I think it was a few years back that this clan got really really inactive. Like The Rev went inactive and our clan council also went inactive. At the time, I was just Clan Rep for the clan council, but I used that "position" to just redo ARD. (Didn't actually do much, just started a new thread + revised the members list, especially the inactive members list.) At this time I got rid of the ARD Clan Council. Because it really.... didn't do anything... And then a bunch of new people joined (you guys.) And here we are now.
And then eventually life got in the way and I realized I couldn't be as active anymore for this clan... so gave the Clan Rep position to Chaos550. Then just sorta came here a few times to post ramblings. So I am not really anything but a member... I don't have "veto" power or whatever in anything. I don't think there is really a hierarchy in this clan anyways. (And I like it that way.)
As for news: Well I'm back in California for a few days. It's been great to get a breather from Beijing-life. Although I will be heading back for China very soon (Aug 5th) I'm just visiting friends and family... Also watching a bunch of movies that I wouldn't be able to see in China. (X-men, Harry potter, Capt America, Friends with Benefits)
Like, China only allows 20 or so foreign movies a year. So only a select few make it to the mainland (Hong Kong gets special treatment, those bastards!) And nothing magic-y or supernatural. So HP and Xmen will never release. And it is pretty obvious that Capt America won't release there. (Although it would be very funny to see the Chinese censor board completely change the movie. Capt China, anyone? lol)
As for magic: Well I'm getting alot of cube done here and still dodging sanctioned events... I have 2 byes for GP Shanghai (Which I will be attending, if any of you guys were also going, feel free to hit me up.) I really dislike caring about rating, currently its at like 1990 or something it is like 14th of all of China (Running the brags here, hehe). Great way to pick up chicks! ("Hey did you know I am ranked 14th in China on MTG:the gathering rating?" followed by: "Hey can you have sex with me?" Works everytime!) Although I joined a few 8 man drafts at Superstars in San Jose just because I knew I could just 3-0 them. Haha!
Yea, so GP shanghai for the future... and I'm getting alot of m12 work done, because a lot of my friends are Q'ed for either the Pro Tour or US Nats or Both and they want the limited practice. And I want the practice for obvious reasons too.
Hope all is well with you guys! See you in Shanghai! (Hopefully) And yes, I am still living in China, schooling it up with the Chinese language...
(EDIT: MY POST HAS A LOT OF PARENTHESIS!)
Lands 28
2 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Evolving Wilds
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
5 Forest
11 Mountain
Creatures 17
4 Primeval Titan
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Overgrown Battlement
2 Inferno Titan
1 Ascidic Slime
1 Joraga Treespeaker
1 Avenger of Zendikar
Spells 15
4 Harrow
4 Explore
4 Green Sun's Zenith
3 Dismember (So useless.)
Sideboard 15
3 Summoning Trap
3 Spellskite
3 Pyroclasm
2 Obstinate Baloth
4 Nature's Claim
Round 1- UB
Everytime I cast Primeval it resolved and then didn't get doom bladed... so I won. Also game 1 he accidently revealed a mana leak so I just waited until I got 9 mana.
2-0
Round 2-Vampires
G1 he kept killing my **** and was attacking with 2/1's until I cast inferno titan and he ran out of kill spells...
G2 I kept 4 land, Titan, Avenger, and Pyroclasm. He turn 1 Inquisition's me and my hand becomes dumb. Then I proceed to draw Explore-Harrow-into Titan-into Avenger.
2-0
Round 3- UB
G1 He counters my ****, keeps me off double green...
G2 We were doing land go as I was beating face with a Lotus Cobra (That guy did like 14 damage.) until one turn he goes Jace Beleren into Memorcide and taps out. He names Primeval Titan, I show him the Inferno Titan, I had waiting in my hand and he just dies from Lotus Conbra beatz.
G3 Everytime I am so close to 6 mana but just cant get it in time. It goes 5 lands, with summoning sick Battlement (He kills.) Draw into Valakut, (Edged) into Valakut again. (Edged) and I'm stuck on 5 lands 3 Titans + 3 Summoning Trap in hand... Then he casts that 4/6 Sphinx guy and draws a million cards and I lose.
1-2
Draft deck 1:
Land 17
7 Mountain
10 Island
Creatures 15
1 Immolating Souleater
1 Mire Sire
1 Signal Pest
2 Spin Engine
2 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Neurok Invismancer
1 Plated Seastrider
1 Trinket Mage
2 Darkslick Drake
2 Impaler Shrike
1 Serum Raker
Spells 7
1 Flayer Husk
1 Skinwing
1 Stoic Rebuttal
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Flight Spellbomb
1 Artillerize
1 Volt Charge
Notable SB cards include: Crush, Kudoltha Ringleader, Koth's Courier, a Hate Drafted Glistening Oil
Round 4 - UG
Lost game one because I couldn't deal with a 5/3 regenerator guy... derf. Didn't draw my fliers and probably misplayed
Won game 2 because my deck is ridiculously fast.
Lost game 3 because I forgot that Wing Splicer gave things flying... ... ...
1-2
Round 5 - GW
I beat face with flying guys
2-0
Round 6 - WB
I beat face with flying guys again. I remember finishing him off with Artillerize both games.
2-0
Draft Deck 2:
Land 18
3 Forest
8 Swamp
7 Island
Creatures 14
2 Fangren Marauder
2 Blightwidow
1 Flensermite (Misbuilt and this should be a Lumengrid Drake)
1 Moriok Replica
1 Fume Spitter
1 Leaden Myr (Should this be a swamp)
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Spined Thopter
1 Darkslick Drake
1 Serum Raker
1 Spire Monitor
1 Mirran Spy
Spells 8
1 Horizon Spellbomb
1 Virulent Wound
2 Gremlin Mine
1 Grasp of Darkness
1 Dismember
1 Instill Infection
1 Corrupted Conscience
Notable SB cards include: All the green **** I drafted in NPH before I switched and swamps so I can cast my goddamn wurm.
and a Lumengrid Drake that should be MD'ed
Round 7 - GR
Game 1 he plays a bunch of green guys and little dudes that have power less than 4. I play Giant Spiders with Infect that stop his attack. Then I play 5/5s that gain me a million life. Then I play 6/5s that Plague Winds his board.
Game 2 I keep 6 lands Fangren Marauder
He beats with 1/1s and I draw lands for 3 turns in a row. Until on my 4th turn I draw my Giant Spider and then 5th turn draw into Lumengrid Drake. Better to be lucky than good right? As soon as I play my Marauder he just concedes because he has 1/1 and 1/3 donks.
2-0
5-2 total! I'm pretty sure I can at least 3-0 with this draft deck, unless I am goddamn stupid or something and then all I need to do is to be 1-1-1 or better with Valakut to top 8 tomorrow!
======================= Day 2 ====================================
Round 8 - UR
Game 1- He chooses to go first and I really forget the specifics... I just remember that it ended up as a grind and I drew a LOT of lands.... so I lost
Game 2 - I choose to play last and I remember a crucial turn where he LD'ed me off my only green source after I cast my Blightwidow... My hand is double Marauder and I draw... Corrupted Conscience... He then casts Scrapdiver Serpent, I Conscience it and beat for 2 turns ftw.
Game 3 - I played my Massacre Wurm and he got massacre'd. I think he lost like 8 life.
2-1
Round 9 - UB
My best cards are my bombs... and the fact that I gain a million life off Marauder... thats why I did not want to play against U/B Infect + 3 Mindcontrol effects + a lot of removal/counters.dec
He also won the die roll and choose to play last...
Anyways I lost game 1 and then won game 2 off of Corrupted Consciencing his Blighted Agent... he then cast Enslave on it... lol his own Blighted Agent killed him...
Game 3 I just remember racing with fliers and him beating with infect guys... on a crucial turn I had to leave a blocker for his retarded 5/5 blue infect guy... and if he drew any sort of removal I was dead... he drew... land and I won.
2-1
Standard again.... please don't get paired against U/B... please!!
Round 10 - U/B Control
Jeez... alright I just remember I lost.
Round 11 - Splintertwin U/R
Finally a matchup I prepared for. Game 1, I drew none of my answers (aka dismember) so I tried to race... well its splintertwin and he was faster...
Game 2 - was interesting... my hand was 2 Nature's Claims, 2 Spellskite, 1 Lotus Cobra, 1 Forest, 1 Overgrown Battlement... I thought for a long time before keeping this... Anyways Obv. I don't get two lands in a row and I had to waste one Nature's Claim because he spreading seas my only land. Eventually I got two lands and played Spellskite... and then slowly developed my board always leaving at least 1 green up. (In case he Into the Roils+Counter mana up to combo me.) And meanwhile he just durdles with draw spells and I get to like 8 mana and win with Primeval Titan in like turn a million.
Game 3 was also interesting... I managed to get double spellskite out and like useless lotus cobras... I was trying to resolve my Primeval Titan, but had to leave mana open for the dismember in my hand. Eventually he taps 6 mana for Inferno Titan and starts to beat me down... that gives me a window for my Primeval Titan... but on his next turn he puts down Inferno Titan number two. God I love Spellskite. It prevented enough life from the Inferno Titan triggers (not to mention him not being able to kill my Primeval/Assemble voltron.) That I won at 1 life when I 18'ed him with mountains. I never used my Dismembers... ever. Nice card.
2-1
Round 12 - I really just want to get paired against Valakut... please...
It's a bad sign that you want to get paired against the matchup that is basically a coin-flip... but I figured flipping coins is a lot better than my U/B matchup.
Of course I get paired against U/B. and Lose 0-2
8-4
13th place 1 Pro Point and like 9 Booster Packs. I love the pay out... 1st Place is like 2000 US dollars whereas 9th is like 36 booster packs.
EDIT: Edited my profanity...lol
My friend also 3-0ed the first standard portion of Nats but didn't come back for Day 2 because his drafting sucked. Never no how well the deck would do now.
Heartbreaker last round where I lost to U/B when it was "win and in"
I played Valakut for the t2 portion and all my losses were to U/B control.... and I played U/B 4 times... 3-3 Constructed + 5-1 Limited. Ugh.
I had no playtesting previously, so it definitely cost me a top 8 this time around. Didn't know I'd suck so much against U/B...
I guess there is always next year.
Oh, and to satisfy all of you rogue deckers... a friend of mine 3-0'ed the first standard portion with "Death Shadow Combo" deck... But he like 2-4'ed the draft part and then dropped...
Those cards are pretty hard to understand in normal English...