It's been a while! I hope everyone had a fun and safe Christmas (for those that celebrate it of course) and new years :). Christmas was pretty normal, eat food/exchange gifts sorta thing, but new years was really fun. Played tons and tons of poker and that sorta thing which I enjoyed a ton.
I'm currently testing Library of Alexandria for fun (I know it's banned, but eh :tongue:), and it's been surprisingly good. As in, not so good I'd feel bad playing it against my playgroup, but still powerful at times.
It's very tempting. I'll probably have to sell some cards to be able to afford it (I'd feel bad spending that much money on it without at least the majority of it coming from selling other MTG cards!), but it's such an iconic card and would be awesome to own.
I'd have to suggest a big no on that one. LoA is undoubtedly very good, but selling multiple useful cards that could be used in many decks and spending money on one card that is banned in all formats except Vintage and casual (of course) seems......meh :p.
So what are all of your favorite formats? I normally play Standard and now more EDH but I also enjoy Casual format, Limited, and Modern.
Modern, and Cube easily. I occasionally will dabble in other formats, but those are my favorites.
Speaking of Modern, I won my LCS's Modern tournament last Saturday with Burn, I'm expecting extreme hate for the deck at tomorrows tournament so I'm going to play something else, maybe Vore or something.
Anyone else have weekend plans? I was going to do some winter fishing being that I live (almost literally) beside a lake, but it's suppose to rain a lot so I probably won't be able to.
The only tournament that I ever won at an LGS was a constructed deck tournament where all of your cards had to be within the same block. Most of the contestants picked the Masques block and I picked the Tempest block. I never had so much fun whipping up on rebels with my counter sliver deck.
That sounds fun RabidVacin. I only ever won an RTR Draft at my LGS with Izzet Control. The person I beat in the finals was so mad that he ate my Explosive Impact. Maybe more wins will come though, I've only done 20 or so LGS tourneys.
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I am racky54 on Cockatrice and I'm almost always up for a match
I've never actually gotten around to winning a tourney myself (so no bragging rights for me) simply because I don't really play to win. I suppose I should try though, since the winnings can be used to make my decks better. Right now I'm working on an enchantement deck that my friend and I came up with over the holidays for standard with invisible stalker. I'm really looking forward to cards with cipher. You guys wanna give me a hand with my deck?
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Those who seek knowledge seek to learn. Those who seek wisdom seek to understand.
I seek both.
Old frame artifacts plus modern frame foils is beautiful.
I've been considering taking apart a load of my casual decks and building new ones with them, but I can never bring myself to do it, especially taking apart the decks I played as a kid. Maybe I should just work on improving them, rather than rebuilding them.
I have a couple decks like that. A UB Draw/Discard pain deck, a RW Angels deck, and a GW Token flood deck...all of which are hideously janky...but I can't bring myself to dismantle them. That said, the Angel one is a few steps off from being an EDH deck anyways.
All that work getting half my collection on mymtg and it's gone. Updated, backed up collection, redownloaded database, collection gone and unable to get it back. *sigh* Time to start again...
My work on Jarad EDH has slowed to a crawl as well. Being broke right after christmas sucks and means I haven't the money for singles for a few weeks.
Man, this game and I just aren't good for one another right now I think. A couple weeks should see us through and back to business I hope.
Aww, that's too bad, but I know just how you feel. I'm saving up for gatecrash so that I can load up on cards that pair well with my invisible stalker/enchantement deck. Anybody else think his price is going to shoot up with the realease of gatecrash or is that just me?
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I seek both.
Aww, that's too bad, but I know just how you feel. I'm saving up for gatecrash so that I can load up on cards that pair well with my invisible stalker/enchantement deck. Anybody else think his price is going to shoot up with the realease of gatecrash or is that just me?
I love drafting. Albeit me not doing much of it, I find the whole experience fun, especially if you're with people you know. Quite honestly, I'd say I'm better at making a deck for drafting than I am for making an actual 60 card deck. I have all of these ideas for 60 card decks, but they never really work out. Just means I have to keep trying.
By the way guys, I know it's been a while but the KTF Make a Card card has been shipped to our good friend votan to render, so hopefully we'll have the finished thing later on.
If you don't mind my asking, just what exactly is this Make a Card? How does that work?
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So..I learned a few hours before the tournament this past Saturday, the format was going to be Standard, so I ended up throwing together a UW/b Mill control deck which was surprisingly good :weird2:, and I ended up winning the tournament. If anyone wants to see a decklist, I can post it :).
I do know it's back to Modern this upcoming Saturday, and I'm not sure if I wanna play my U/R Storm combo deck or recreate a deck from an old Standard called Blinkriders...I do enjoy winning and getting free product but at the same time Blinkriders is so fun to play. Choices choices....:laugh:.
I've been kind of absent these past few days, what with judging the CDCC and all (round 2 should start by the end of the week, FYI--still time to jump in!).
Got a call at 5:30 this morning, two hour delay at work due to snow and freezing rain. Translation: get out of bed and start shoveling now.
Aah, shoveling snow in the mornings... I know how that feels. Got to love the cold. At least freezing rain didn't mean it was too cold outside. But then again, I I'd prefer sub-zero temperatures (celsius, in case you're wondering) to freezing rain; at least there wouldn't be any ice the next day on the roads. By the way, if you don't mind me asking (I feel like I should know this though), but what exactly is CDCC?
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Those who seek knowledge seek to learn. Those who seek wisdom seek to understand.
I seek both.
Well, not much to say here lately.
Hope you didn't hurt yourself shoveling this morning EC, being of advanced age and all!
Can't wait to see that card BV.
I may get some free time saturday, so I figure I may wander to my LGS and sift through singles for hours. I got some trades in my binder so that should offset the costs. Might try to play some, though it may only be to try out my Jarad deck if I can find the singles to finish it.
Hope everyone else finds themselves well today.
Oooooohhh... PURTY!
Now that we got that good looking piece of eye candy for everyone to see, everyone should keep their eyes peeled for more goodness involving this lovely piece of work. Stay tuned Finks!
I do not recall who was concerned about Orzhov getting the shaft this set, but everyone can relax a little. Vizkopa Guildmage is here!
Vizkopa Guildmage WB
Human Wizard 1WB: target creature gains lifelink until end of turn. 1WB: whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.
2/2
I actually think Orzhov has gotten quite a few goodies so far, possibly being Gruul that's getting the short end of the stick :(. No worries though, I'm sure it'll all balance out in the end.
I'm sure you're all aware that our esteemed friend Blutsau is no longer on staff. Whilst Etched Chester and myself are still upset at losing such a great colleague we do need to keep the forum running, so if you haven't seen it yet, we're looking to hire a new Casual mod.
I'm not happy about Blut's leaving, but I respect his decision.
In other news: Round 2 of the Casual Deck Construction Contest is up.
I'm sure you're all aware that our esteemed friend Blutsau is no longer on staff. Whilst Etched Chester and myself are still upset at losing such a great colleague we do need to keep the forum running, so if you haven't seen it yet, we're looking to hire a new Casual mod.
As much as I love posting and making silly/fun decks all the time, I don't think I post all too much in that actual forum to matter to you guys. Oh well, whoever you guys pick will do an awesome job ^_^.
Speaking of silly/fun decks I think I'm going to play Blinkriders at tomorrow's modern tournament, should be fun (at least for me!)
I know a lot of people don't but I really like them as well. At least a few cards (without being a spoiler pants :p) that I'd love to use in Modern.
The bold parts made me giggle :laugh:.
I'd have to suggest a big no on that one. LoA is undoubtedly very good, but selling multiple useful cards that could be used in many decks and spending money on one card that is banned in all formats except Vintage and casual (of course) seems......meh :p.
Modern, and Cube easily. I occasionally will dabble in other formats, but those are my favorites.
Speaking of Modern, I won my LCS's Modern tournament last Saturday with Burn, I'm expecting extreme hate for the deck at tomorrows tournament so I'm going to play something else, maybe Vore or something.
Anyone else have weekend plans? I was going to do some winter fishing being that I live (almost literally) beside a lake, but it's suppose to rain a lot so I probably won't be able to.
I seek both.
I have a couple decks like that. A UB Draw/Discard pain deck, a RW Angels deck, and a GW Token flood deck...all of which are hideously janky...but I can't bring myself to dismantle them. That said, the Angel one is a few steps off from being an EDH deck anyways.
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My work on Jarad EDH has slowed to a crawl as well. Being broke right after christmas sucks and means I haven't the money for singles for a few weeks.
Man, this game and I just aren't good for one another right now I think. A couple weeks should see us through and back to business I hope.
I seek both.
Oh yes! See here
I seek both.
Last time I drafted/sealed was the Innistrad pre and my boosters pretty much paid for the prerelease.... and subsequently my RB Vamps.
Sasky for the Sig.
I am in your [PACK]. Watching you... do... something.
If you don't mind my asking, just what exactly is this Make a Card? How does that work?
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I seek both.
I do know it's back to Modern this upcoming Saturday, and I'm not sure if I wanna play my U/R Storm combo deck or recreate a deck from an old Standard called Blinkriders...I do enjoy winning and getting free product but at the same time Blinkriders is so fun to play. Choices choices....:laugh:.
I've been kind of absent these past few days, what with judging the CDCC and all (round 2 should start by the end of the week, FYI--still time to jump in!).
Got a call at 5:30 this morning, two hour delay at work due to snow and freezing rain. Translation: get out of bed and start shoveling now.
Thanks to GR @ Yavin IV Studios for the signature!
I seek both.
Casual Deck Construction Contest.
Check out the Casual Forums for contest rules.
Thanks to GR @ Yavin IV Studios for the signature!
Hope you didn't hurt yourself shoveling this morning EC, being of advanced age and all!
Can't wait to see that card BV.
I may get some free time saturday, so I figure I may wander to my LGS and sift through singles for hours. I got some trades in my binder so that should offset the costs. Might try to play some, though it may only be to try out my Jarad deck if I can find the singles to finish it.
Hope everyone else finds themselves well today.
Now that we got that good looking piece of eye candy for everyone to see, everyone should keep their eyes peeled for more goodness involving this lovely piece of work. Stay tuned Finks!
Human Wizard
1WB: target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
1WB: whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.
2/2
Orzhov is somewhere in the middle for me. Some of the stuff out there, I really like, some of the stuff...I want to try and like.
Sasky for the Sig.
I am in your [PACK]. Watching you... do... something.
I'm not happy about Blut's leaving, but I respect his decision.
In other news: Round 2 of the Casual Deck Construction Contest is up.
Thanks to GR @ Yavin IV Studios for the signature!
As much as I love posting and making silly/fun decks all the time, I don't think I post all too much in that actual forum to matter to you guys. Oh well, whoever you guys pick will do an awesome job ^_^.
Speaking of silly/fun decks I think I'm going to play Blinkriders at tomorrow's modern tournament, should be fun (at least for me!)
I'll post the deck when I get it all made up ^_^.
(More like "Afternoon" since I've been up since 2:30 AM EST, dang cold).
BlackVise signed us up for this contest.
My first thoughts:
For Hurloon Wrangler, "Blue Jean" by David Bowie.
Thanks to GR @ Yavin IV Studios for the signature!