The Tolarian Academy
[under renovation]
Thank you Rivenor for the banner.
We are two-and-a-half years old now, and as we have shaped our rules we have also been shaped by our members. We welcome as many kinds of discussion as there are subforums of MTGSal itself, but in addition to that, we are a clan, and that means we have community. Many members are linked to each other in an external social network. The entirely optional clan bio is one form of conversation starter that lets you decide to be just as personal as you want. Where most of the thread content concerns cardboard adventures, some of what remains are just the stories you would see at a clubhouse meeting, talking about career, or the news, or another fun pastime. This clan oversees discussion of the game in many formats, both on the tourney road and the kitchen table.
What defines us is in some ways circular, as the group with us today is the set of people who decided they liked sharing a space with the group with us yesterday. We've found a good predictor of getting along is if you are a big fan of the card Tolarian Academy. A commonality is a preference for the control archetype to aggro. Other than that, it is, unfortunately (whatever unfortunately means) a mystery. So if you are interested, trust your subconscious to manifest meaningful things as interesting to you, and say hi.
(Clan formation : 20 January 2012; Last Updated 11 March 2014)
HOW TO JOIN
Please come in and introduce yourself. Tolarian Academy management reserves the right to alter the entrant policy (when we settle on some regularities).
HOW TO BE A MEMBER (rules)
1. Listen to the leaders. The word of the triumvir is Law.
2. Be smart.
3. Keep in mind that we do plan for some 'hands-on leadership' to restructure this clan to support the interactions best suited for the goals of the clan - i.e., guidelines, or hard rules, may change.
4. Keep the channels open! Comment. Argue passionately. Just do not go in circles. Apply and share any knowledge you wish here - that's kind of the point.
HOW TO ADD THE CLAN BANNER
If you are a clan member and wish to add the clan signature, simply go to the control panel, edit signature, and copy/paste the following without the asterisks.
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We have some bios!
It is not necessary to post a bio to be a member of the clan! For a clan registry, refer to the first post.
format of this bio from the Mono Blue Clan thread which ran March 31, 2009 to January 12, 2012
last updated 13 August 2015
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Name: Horseshoe_Hermit
Nickname (or preferred name): H_H, or Ho_H, not HH.
Age: 25
Location: --
Occupation: Betterment
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Johnny, Timmy, Spike, etc: Johnny/Spike.
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Favourite set(s): Scars of Mirrodin, Future Sight, all things Ravnica
Favourite creature type(s): None
Favourite card/cards: Leaden Fists
Favourite character/Legendary card: Venser (of Urborg)
Favourite format: Draft
Favourite artist(s): -
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Favourite deck(s): Streets of Esper (homebrew)
When you started playing M:tG: Onslaught, when I knew of Odyssey and Invasion blocks before it.
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Sports Team(s): N/A
Tennis Player(s): Andre Agassi, Djokovic
Favourite Food(s): Tortellini w/spinach, tuna (tuna subs!), chicken pie
Favourite Band(s): None
Favourite Drink(s): Pear
Hobbies (other than magic): Civilization series multiplayer
Random Facts: The Color Pie
Instant Messenger: Yahoo, Skype
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Name: Mark
Age: 28
Location: Oklahoma
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: 110% Spike
Favourite colour(s): Blue
Favourite set(s): Ravnica
Favourite creature type(s): ........Ones with value attached
Favourite card/cards: Glare of Subdual
Favourite EDH general card: n/a
Favourite Planeswalker: Jace
Favourite format: Standard, Current set Draft
Favourite artist(s): Erik Deschamps
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Favourite deck(s): Ghazi-Glare
When you started playing M:tG: Tempest
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Favourite Food(s): Tacos
Favourite Band(s): APC, Mastodon, Manson
Favourite Drink(s): Sweet Tea
Favourite Book(s): Goodking/George RR Martin
Hobbies (other then magic): Family
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Name: Swenka
Age: 22
Location: Iowa, United States
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Johnny/Vorthos
Favourite colour(s): Blue/Red
Favourite set(s): Ravnica
Favourite creature type(s): Wizard
Favourite card/cards: Red/Blue cards, and coin-flips
Favourite EDH general card: Dralnu
Favourite Planeswalker: none
Favourite format: EDH
Favourite artist(s): Zoltan Boros and Gabor Somethingorother.[sic (it's Szikszai)]
Favourite flavourtext(s): A single lie unleashes a tide of disbelief.
Favourite deck(s): none
When you started playing M:tG: Playing Blue since double-0 2.
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Favourite Food(s): Italian!
Favourite Band(s): Cold, Pop Evil, Staind, Stonesour, Reel Big Fish
Favourite Drink(s): Mountain Dew
Favourite Book(s): Spawn Comics, Sandman Comics, Dracula, Slaughterhouse Five.
Hobbies (other then magic): Gaming (League of Legends, SC2, Diablo 3), Reading.
Instant Messenger: Ventrilo (VoIP service), no IM. Should I have one?
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last updated 13 August 2015
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Name: Nathan
Age: 20
Location: Utah, USA
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc:I think I am 50% Johnny, 40% Timmy 10% Spike, then again it does change based on who/what I am playing with/against if that makes sense
Favourite colour(s):I can't decide since I like them all, hence why i have 3 five color commander decks
Favourite set(s): Legends, Avacyn Restored, Mirrodin besiged, New Phyrexia, and Ravnica, and to some degree kamigawa block
Favourite card/cards: Mirran Crusader, and his beloved swords/equipment,basilisk collar, sword of light/shadow, war/peace, ect...
Favourite EDH general card:Venser, Shaper Savant
Favourite character: Venser (of Urborg)
Favourite creature type(s): Human, Dragon, Angel, Wizard
Favourite Planeswalker: Tamiyo, Moon Sage, Elspeth Knight Errant
Favourite format: Commander/EDH but I do like draft and Standard
Favourite artist(s): Rk post,Jason Felix, and Jason Chan
Favourite flavourtext(s): "Slivers are evil and slivers are sly; And if you get eaten, then no one will cry." —Mogg children's rhyme" from Spined Sliver
Favourite deck(s):My Edh decks
When you started playing M:tG: 2005
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Favourite Food(s): Sushi
Favourite Band(s): Skillet, Skrillex, Three Days Grace, Linkin Park, Greenday
Favourite Drink(s): Water
Favourite Book(s): The Divine Comedy
Hobbies (other then magic):League of Legends if it can be considered a hobby, and collecting weapons, watching Anime and reading manga
Instant Messenger: Prefer texting and facebook
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Name: Tom
Age: I forget
Location: Virginia, USA
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Everything
Favourite colour(s): Blue
Favourite set(s): Urza block
Favourite creature type(s): ANTEATER
Favourite card/cards: Used to be Sliver Queen. Now I have no clue.
Favourite EDH general card: A Lin Sivvi that the artist altered for me by giving her angel wings and writing "To Tinah and Ora" on it (my wife and daughter).
Favourite Planeswalker: Karn
Favourite format: Legacy
Favourite artist(s): Melissa Benson
Favourite flavourtext(s): I don't know
Favourite deck(s): My Star Wars CCG decks (Decipher's version)
When you started playing M:tG: 1995
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Favourite Food(s): Fruit
Favourite Band(s): "Tron Legacy" selection on Pandora Radio
Favourite Drink(s): Water and fresh fruit juice
Favourite Book(s): Arena
Hobbies (other then magic): Star Wars CCG, altering cards & drawing on playmats, designing a board game very slowly and patiently over two years now, playing Starcraft II with my wife & friends, skipping rocks at the creek with my daughter
Instant Messenger: Haven't used an instant messenger program in forever! I prefer Facebook.
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Name: Nick
Age: 19
Location: United States (Indiana to be specific)
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Johnny/Spike. I definitely get into the Spike mindset when I'm in a tournament, but outside of that I'm all sorts of Johnny.
Favourite colour(s): Blue, then black.
Favourite set(s): Not sure.
Favourite creature type(s): Slivers
Favourite card/cards: Force of Will, Mirrorweave, Sanity Grinding
Favourite EDH general card: /shrug. Jhoira is pretty hilarious.
Favourite Planeswalker: Jace
Favourite format: Legacy
Favourite artist(s): Chippy
Favourite flavourtext(s): Venser's Diffusion.
Favourite deck(s): Twinsanity, Solidarity, TES, Combo Elves, really any combo deck tickles my fancy.
When you started playing M:tG: Sometime around Time Spiral
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Favourite Food(s): Cheese
Favourite Band(s): Rush, Daft Punk
Favourite Drink(s): Mountain Dew, Monster
Favourite Book(s): Atlas Shrugged
Hobbies (other then magic): Gaming in general. WoW, LoL, Rock Band, other fun stuff. Reading, writing (on occasion.)
Instant Messenger: spyro.2 on Skype. I'm almost always on, unless my phone doesn't have service. Feel free to hit me up for whatever reason.
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Name: Justin B
Age: 27
Location: Long Island, NY
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Favourite colour(s): Uw
Favourite set(s): Ravnica block, Timespiral Block
Favourite creature type(s): Cephalid
Favourite card/cards: [c]Force of Will[c]
Favourite EDH general card: Riku and Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: JtMS
Favourite format: Legacy then EDH
Favourite artist(s): I never notice to be honest
Favourite flavourtext(s): "It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." —Ertai, wizard adept from Counterspell
Favourite deck(s): UW control
When you started playing M:tG: Technically when I was super young during Mirrodin but never really played seriously until Timespiral
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Favourite Food(s): Indian and hibachi
Favourite Band(s): Streetlight Manifesto, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys
Favourite Drink(s): Guinness
Favourite Book(s): A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R R Martin
Hobbies (other then magic): Science (American Chemical Society and AAAS)
Instant Messenger: PM for skype or google hangouts
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Age: 23
Location: New Jersey
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: I show all of these personality types depending on the people i am playing with
Favourite colour(s): Blue
Favourite set(s): Alara Block
Favourite creature type(s): Wizards
Favourite card/cards: Force of Will
Favourite EDH general card: Diaochan, Artful Beauty
Favourite Planeswalker: Jace
Favourite format:EDH/Commander
Favourite artist(s): Greg Staples
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Favourite deck(s): Time Sieve, Diaochan Edh
When you started playing M:tG: 1995, competitively circa shards of alara
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Favourite Food(s): Buffalo Chicken
Favourite Band(s):Yellowcard
Favourite Drink(s): Wine
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Hobbies (other then magic): League of Legends, Starcraft 2, Guildwars 1/2
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Name: Kenny
Age: 25
Location: New York
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Mostly Johnny
Favourite colour(s): Blue, then green, black, white, red
Favourite set(s): Mirrodin 1, Ravnica, Time Spiral, Future Sight, Shadowmoor, Avacyn Restored
Favourite creature type(s): Angels, Moonfolk, Spirit
Favourite card/cards: Karmic Guide, Tallowisp, Astral Slide, Tamiyo, Endless Ranks of the Dead, Spellweaver Helix
Favourite EDH general card: Captain Sisay, Isperia the Inscrutable, Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: Tamiyo, Liliana, Karn, Elspeth Knight Errant
Favourite format: Casual
Favourite artist(s): Therese Nielson, Rebecca Guay, Jason Chan, Johannes Voss, Maybe, Archlich
Favourite flavourtext(s): I dunno. Nothing REALLY pops out in my head other than fodder cannon.
Favourite deck(s): Astral Slide, Intruder Alarm circa 2004, Tallowisp.dec
When you started playing M:tG: Onslaught and on
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Favourite Food(s): Everything
Favourite Band(s): Moumoon, Michelle Branch, Yui, Vanessa Carlton, Do As Infinity, Metric, Lia
Favourite Drink(s): Water?
Favourite Book(s): Better, Lord of the Flies
Hobbies (other then magic): Anime, Manga, Starcraft 2
Instant Messenger: PM if you must.
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Name: Erik
Age: 25
Location: US
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Spike
Favourite colour(s): Bloo
Favourite set(s): Urza's Block, New Phyrexia
Favourite creature type(s): Merfolk, Wizard, Mutant Ninja Turtle
Favourite card/cards: Island, Morphling, Brainstorm, Baleful Strix
Favourite EDH general card: Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: Jace, but I like to pretend he isn't Emo
Favourite format: Legacy
Favourite artist(s): //gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&artist=[%22Chippy%22">"]Chippy. Bar none the greatest artist in MTG
Favourite flavourtext(s): //gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&flavor=+[Ertai,">+[Wizard]+[Adept]"]Anything stated by Ertai, Wizard Bad ass
Favourite deck(s): Legacy BUG - Control, Team America, or Shardless
When you started playing M:tG: 4th Grade so...uhhh..mathing. '96
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Favourite Food(s): oh good god...so many options. Thai - Drunken noodle, Indian - Tikka Misala (spell check), Italian - Lasagna, Love me some authentic NY style pizza, Sushi is awesome...long story short: im on the road to becoming an elitist foody fat ass
Favourite Band(s): Led Zeppelin, A7X, Halestorm, Jethro Tull. I cycle through music
Favourite Drink(s): Cruzan Single Barrel, splash of coke and a wedge of fresh lime.
Favourite Book(s): Journey to the West
Hobbies (other then magic): Computer Programming, League of Legends, RPGs (currently trying out DCC)
Instant Messenger: Skype is my messanger of choice. Message me for my skype info.
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Name: Gunso
Nickname: Nope.
Age: 23
Location: Nope.
Occupation: Military, student.
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Johnny, Timmy, Spike, etc: EDH Spike (hypercompetitive), Legacy Spike (Play the card, win the game), Modern Johnny (Top Control!), Standard Johnny (Fringe, non-meta, complex interactions!)
Favourite colour(s): Mono black control and BW control have my heart in most formats, but UW/UG are my EDH statics.
Favourite set(s): Tempest, Fifth Dawn, Future Sight, Legends, Zendikar
Favourite creature type(s): Praetor, all EDH staples.
Favourite card/cards: Pact of Negation, Smallpox, Recurring Insight
Favourite character/Legendary card: Nicol Bolas
Favourite format: EDH, Legacy
Favourite artist(s): Michael Komarck, Jason Engle, Drew Baker, Steve Argyle
Favourite flavourtext(s): Flavor text doesn't win games.
Favourite deck(s): Top Control (Modern), UW Stax/Staxputin/Rasputin Dreamcrusher (EDH)
When you started playing M:tG: Tempest 1997
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Sports Team(s): Nope.
Favourite Food(s): Cheese, rice, popcorn.
Favourite Band(s): Coheed and Cambria, Between the Buried and Me, Deftones, Incubus
Favourite Drink(s): Lipton powdered iced tea
Hobbies (other than magic): Martial arts, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, Legend of the Five Rings (CCG), Weiss Schwarz (CCG), heavily emulating PS1 games on my phone
Random Facts: I forgot to pay for Pact of Negation in a 6-player EDH game where I was blowing everyone out on turn 4, and I hear about it every week.
Instant Messenger: Ask me for these privately.
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Ahh, shenanigans. Anything with shenanigans.
As a rule, I'm an anti-Spike. I don't like cards that win more, or cards that instantly finish games, or cards that don't interact and eventually degenerate into unfair combos...
I DO like anything that makes people groan loudly or pull out their calculators, for starters. Shahrazad, Inquisitor's Flail, Beck/Call, Possibility Storm, Mindmoil...
Uncounterable threats/finishers with immediate impact like Banefire. Or Akroma, Angel of Fury. What a babe.
Slave of Bolas, art and flavor and function alike, is probably my single favorite Magic Card. The same, though, could be said of Gisela, Blade of Goldnight.
I play politically, often disrupting the game and helping/hindering the strategies of others rather than playing my own game, so stuff like Cyclonic Rift/Wraths and the Curse cycle are perfect.
Favourite EDH general card: Gisela, Blade of Dies To Terminate Goldnight Favourite Planeswalker: Flavor-wise, Ajani. Functionally, Jace Beleren for the political draw aspect. Favourite format: EDH or Modern-Casual. Standard rotates too fast and Legacy is... brutal. Favourite artist(s): Raymond Swanland, Adam Paquette, Steve Argyle. Favourite flavourtext(s): Enormous Baloth, Boros Cluestone, Phyrexian Rebirth, Day of Judgment (ZEN), Lightning Helix (AVB). Helix made its way into my deck's title! Favourite deck(s): I don't have one favorite deck, per se. Political grouphug-type multiplayer decks that are content with second place (or surviving into the win) are my favorite archetype, but for duels, I like decks that are consistent and fair. When you started playing M:tG: I started in Kamigawa Block (some of my favorite sideboard/tribal cards are from there), but went into a long hiatus. I recently started again, right before the release of M13, and I've been competitive-bound since then. ----------------------------------------------------------
Various ---------------------------------------------------------- Favourite Food(s): FOOOOOD Favourite Band(s):The Psy-H Project, Icon for Hire, Animals as Leaders, Two Steps From Hell Favourite Drink(s): 3 parts sarsaparilla, 1 part shaken cream soda, 2 parts rum. 2 parts vanilla ice cream stuck to the bottom, a dash of pepper, and fried brown-sugar-and-cinnamon to taste. I call it the Spanish Armada. Favourite Book(s): The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, no doubt. Hobbies (other then magic): Sparring, singing, cooking, reading. Instant Messenger: Skype me at SharadSun if you'd like!
Happening in my life/the site: lurking EDH forums constantly, toying with an Ixidor EDH list, and trying to figure out how the heck I am paying for books this semester.
Tolarian Academy is the greatest land ever made. When I first saw this, I thought this was an artifact-lovers clan.
In any case, good luck on the trial run. I'll be stopping by often, especially if you cats get some MtG discussion going on.
and trying to figure out how the heck I am paying for books this semester.
Myself also! That's quite a scare. What you can attempt is getting aggressive with buying used. Invading rooms of subsequent classes can be done - simply get the instructor's permission to plead your case on a certain date, before, after, or during break of the class. (don't do after)
Tolarian Academy is the greatest land ever made. When I first saw this, I thought this was an artifact-lovers clan.
In any case, good luck on the trial run. I'll be stopping by often, especially if you cats get some MtG discussion going on.
Dee cee dee-!
Nothing wrong with artifacts. Those have a history of being useable items. Winter Orb. Smokestack.
So. Hamburgers or pancakes. Which are the superior restaurant chain dispensable food item. <discuss>
I do not believe pancakes can be made in much variation. Assume that the consumer has allergies to the fixins like berries and such. Likewise, lactose intolerance rules out cheeseburgers.
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@Horseshoe_Hermit, hamburgers, all the way. Maybe if you said waffles over hamburgers, it'd been somewhat of a contest.
Don't you forget those mana-making moxes, either! Or the LEDs, but that is another archtype alltogether. My favorite cards, (save one) all have to do with artifacts or are artifacts outright.
Hello from the fledgling Clan Flamingo!
I would be delighted to be a friend of The Tolarian Academy since control is the only archetype I am feasibly able to play.
Done and welcome. Control is where it is at. Not this turning creatures sideways non-sense. Also nice use of Kling-Klang I believe as your icon, I love using him in my metal/darkness deck vs my son. (Hes 7, not quite into magic)
I don't think we are quite ready to participate in a clan contest. I am thinking H_H will be the best representative for our clan in these matters though, time willing.
Welcome, Academy members. When you've gathered your six members, please be sure to send your representative to the Clan Council, & to make a post on the Clan HQ.
Hello Tolarian Academy! Nice to see you are all settled in here. What do you guys think of the recent advancements in Blue/Black Control? It looks like it's doing fairly well to be certain.
@Oceanos Do you finally have a general picked out ?
You wish! Toying with a Kuon, Ogre Ascendant for some casual fun and mono-blue. Going to try to make Ixidor work, once I get some key cards that NEED to be run.
Otherwise, budget lists for a few generals here and there. Savra, Kangee/Isperia, and a Hidetsugu.
You wish! Toying with a Kuon, Ogre Ascendant for some casual fun and mono-blue. Going to try to make Ixidor work, once I get some key cards that NEED to be run.
Otherwise, budget lists for a few generals here and there. Savra, Kangee/Isperia, and a Hidetsugu.
Really, Kuon?
I see Kuon's flip and it just makes we want to play Sheoldred, Whispering One. You did say casual however so maybe it's too cutthroat for that?
Hello Tolarian Academy! Nice to see you are all settled in here. What do you guys think of the recent advancements in Blue/Black Control? It looks like it's doing fairly well to be certain.
*puts away six-foot tall hammer*
A thought occurs to me.
I can't trace back when it happened, but my feed of deck archetypes that are being used is now only from encountering those decks, or player discussion of those decks. I recall that once, homebase (mtgcom) had a finger on that heartbeat. Somehow Flores' articles ... make that information a deeper sift.
I tell you what's funny; that Delver of Secrets is actually doing stuff in type 2. In Type 2. Is a surprise.
This format is crazy fun, but there's no Magic group on campus and zero interest I can stir up, so it's about getting to my local card shop again. Which is a bit out of the way. A lot.
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@ H_H It sucks to hear how far out of the way things are. Have you ever considered playing one of the free mediums online ?
Hello LuckNorris and Greetings Harbinger !
@Oceanos Its funny because your sig says Jenara. However, Kuon seems fine, and there are a lot of 2 for 1 type black cards, that are commons or uncommons that are easy to pick up. Also you get cards like Phyrexian Arena.....mmm....
You guys that post in other areas of this forum should certainly use the clan signature to help generate interest. Jus' sayin.
Where the hell is Irmis ?
I am currently enjoying the Game of Thrones, HBO series. I am 3 episodes in and it is remarkably close to the books, and visually stunning. Has anyone else seen it ?
I know a group of people at my college that play, and I was invited to. I shall attempt tomorrow, though I don't think they'll be as competitive as I am. And I'm not competitive in Magic.
Oh look a new member Abethedemon. The Academy grows.
Blue is the color most known for Control...
But let's talk about Green.
Why green? It seems that green isn't the first color people think of when considering control, its got a reputation for turning big creature sideways. *Yawns* But does that mean it can't do anything else? Mayhaps green has the tools for the Control or...not? It should, Nature haz everything and as every gambler knows: sooner or later The House always wins.
I believe some kind of crazy control deck could be built out of green with mycosynth lattices and artifact destruction but that's kind of cheating. You could also build some kind of land destruction deck as well. Also, if you look at old cards you could find that green has some interesting control options. cockatrice avoid fate hailstorm wanderlust
and a whole bunch of walls
sorry if I don't know how to post cards but these are just suggestions to build a fine green control deck. On the same topic, blue aggro may be viable.
Greetings good sirs, is there any chance I may become a part of this prestigious academy?
Just a guy trying to join a clan and nothing more.
Hi Abethedemon. Indeed you may be included in the prestige. ... So we have hardly any at the moment, but between our respective reputations that will soon enough be made to change!
Why don't you tell us something about when you started playing Magic? First tournament you paid to enter (release event?) and any stories to relate that calls to mind? How do you come upon your collection?
In what other places/situations do you talk about Magic?
@ H_H It sucks to hear how far out of the way things are. Have you ever considered playing one of the free mediums online ?
I believe what I will do is conspire to visit the ol' campus' Magic club at their weekly meeting time. I am still part of the group and still on the mailing list. I could even double date with dropping by the Soul Calibur games just around the corner.
I am currently enjoying the Game of Thrones, HBO series. I am 3 episodes in and it is remarkably close to the books, and visually stunning. Has anyone else seen it ?
I was watching that. I know someone who has read all the books, and he is disappointed on maximum rage where the plot currently sits. He advised me not to read past so-and-so volume if I were to get into the books, for I would be impatient beyond measure.
It really stimulates the imagination, that series. Finding colors for The Finger, of course, is something I put my brain to straight away. I 'll be enthused to watch the young wielder of The Weapon Named 'Needle' come to be a Deft Duelist.
On the topic of imagination stimulation, it's a cryin' shame the author of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series done passed away. Would you believe there's rumours the old guy was murdered? Secretly ? Really, putting a hit on a guy for writing some fiction?
The manipulation is in the rumour, not any killings. But just... we'll never know what he was going to do with that IP.
Irmis, you tempt me with that query. You tempt me so. What you invite is a discussion of what sort of things the game system can support which would be called control - to be followed by a matching exercise of the things in that category to the capabilities of people tapping for :symg:.
But first I must recover every byte I've ever written on the topic. Then we shall eat some Pie.
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Greetings good sirs, is there any chance I may become a part of this prestigious academy?
Just a guy trying to join a clan and nothing more.
Welcome AbetheDemon! I shall update the OP with your name added to the clan. Please feel free to view it, and learn how to add our clan banner to your signature to show off with pride around the forums!
Re: Green Control. First we need to define what types of control are viable in green. A good control deck needs manipulation, 2 for 1's and card draw. Also, are we sticking to mono-green ?
I think I am going to ask Rivenor to update our signature to say The Tolaraian Academy...a clan about control. Because right now as it sits, unless you mouse over it, you have no idea its a link, much less a clan. All that oppose/ all that in favor....
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Welcome back good sir ! It is oh so nice to see you, and now we have our 6.
We need opinions on two motions, the first is about the clan signature banner, seen in my post #25 in this thread.
The second is who will rep us in the clan council and such?
I have made the appropriate posts in the Clan HQ, we should be officially a go now!
If that is the case, I would like to take this time to acknowledge our own Horseshoe_Hermit and Irmis for the brainchild clan idea and for bringing me aboard.
The Tolarian Academy
[under renovation]
Thank you Rivenor for the banner.
1 Mindslavor
1 Irmis
1 Horseshoe_Hermit
- Clan Ambassador -
1 Oceanos (1/21/2012)
- The Academy -
1 Allwinapprentice (2/3/2012)
1 Serafis (3/7/2012)
1 Polski (3/13/2012)
1 Luminous (3/13/2012)
1 Xanth (3/13/2012) & MUC Founder
1 Raphael the Darkness (3/14/2012)
1 TheGrandArchitect (7/8/2012)
1 LordRewind (2/9/2013)
1 Sharad Sun (10/25/2013)
1 Gunso (3/9/2014)
1 Blutsau
1 Digi (Digicooldad) (DCD)
- Friends of TTA -
1 Mirror Entity
1 Rivenor
1 Harbinger
1 Abethedemon (1/23/2012)
1 Erakno (2/27/2012)
1 madhatter00o (3/12/2012)
1 Black Vise (6/14/2012)
1 Ilvaldi (1/24/2012)
1 Enizzle (5/5/2012)
1 jpizzle (5/22/2012)
1 Casual Chaos Rules (7/2/2012)
(Clan formation : 20 January 2012; Last Updated 11 March 2014)
Please come in and introduce yourself. Tolarian Academy management reserves the right to alter the entrant policy (when we settle on some regularities).
1. Listen to the leaders. The word of the triumvir is Law.
2. Be smart.
3. Keep in mind that we do plan for some 'hands-on leadership' to restructure this clan to support the interactions best suited for the goals of the clan - i.e., guidelines, or hard rules, may change.
4. Keep the channels open! Comment. Argue passionately. Just do not go in circles. Apply and share any knowledge you wish here - that's kind of the point.
If you are a clan member and wish to add the clan signature, simply go to the control panel, edit signature, and copy/paste the following without the asterisks.
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Nickname (or preferred name): H_H, or Ho_H, not HH.
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Johnny, Timmy, Spike, etc: Johnny/Spike.
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Favourite set(s): Scars of Mirrodin, Future Sight, all things Ravnica
Favourite creature type(s): None
Favourite card/cards: Leaden Fists
Favourite character/Legendary card: Venser (of Urborg)
Favourite format: Draft
Favourite artist(s): -
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Favourite deck(s): Streets of Esper (homebrew)
When you started playing M:tG: Onslaught, when I knew of Odyssey and Invasion blocks before it.
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Tennis Player(s): Andre Agassi, Djokovic
Favourite Food(s): Tortellini w/spinach, tuna (tuna subs!), chicken pie
Favourite Band(s): None
Favourite Drink(s): Pear
Hobbies (other than magic): Civilization series multiplayer
Random Facts: The Color Pie
Instant Messenger: Yahoo, Skype
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Name: Mark
Age: 28
Location: Oklahoma
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Favourite colour(s): Blue
Favourite set(s): Ravnica
Favourite creature type(s): ........Ones with value attached
Favourite card/cards: Glare of Subdual
Favourite EDH general card: n/a
Favourite Planeswalker: Jace
Favourite format: Standard, Current set Draft
Favourite artist(s): Erik Deschamps
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Favourite deck(s): Ghazi-Glare
When you started playing M:tG: Tempest
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Favourite Band(s): APC, Mastodon, Manson
Favourite Drink(s): Sweet Tea
Favourite Book(s): Goodking/George RR Martin
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Age: 22
Location: Iowa, United States
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Favourite colour(s): Blue/Red
Favourite set(s): Ravnica
Favourite creature type(s): Wizard
Favourite card/cards: Red/Blue cards, and coin-flips
Favourite EDH general card: Dralnu
Favourite Planeswalker: none
Favourite format: EDH
Favourite artist(s): Zoltan Boros and Gabor Somethingorother.[sic (it's Szikszai)]
Favourite flavourtext(s): A single lie unleashes a tide of disbelief.
Favourite deck(s): none
When you started playing M:tG: Playing Blue since double-0 2.
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Favourite Band(s): Cold, Pop Evil, Staind, Stonesour, Reel Big Fish
Favourite Drink(s): Mountain Dew
Favourite Book(s): Spawn Comics, Sandman Comics, Dracula, Slaughterhouse Five.
Hobbies (other then magic): Gaming (League of Legends, SC2, Diablo 3), Reading.
Instant Messenger: Ventrilo (VoIP service), no IM. Should I have one?
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Location: Utah, USA
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Favourite colour(s):I can't decide since I like them all, hence why i have 3 five color commander decks
Favourite set(s): Legends, Avacyn Restored, Mirrodin besiged, New Phyrexia, and Ravnica, and to some degree kamigawa block
Favourite card/cards: Mirran Crusader, and his beloved swords/equipment,basilisk collar, sword of light/shadow, war/peace, ect...
Favourite EDH general card:Venser, Shaper Savant
Favourite character: Venser (of Urborg)
Favourite creature type(s): Human, Dragon, Angel, Wizard
Favourite Planeswalker: Tamiyo, Moon Sage, Elspeth Knight Errant
Favourite format: Commander/EDH but I do like draft and Standard
Favourite artist(s): Rk post,Jason Felix, and Jason Chan
Favourite flavourtext(s): "Slivers are evil and slivers are sly; And if you get eaten, then no one will cry." —Mogg children's rhyme" from Spined Sliver
Favourite deck(s):My Edh decks
When you started playing M:tG: 2005
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Favourite Food(s): Sushi
Favourite Band(s): Skillet, Skrillex, Three Days Grace, Linkin Park, Greenday
Favourite Drink(s): Water
Favourite Book(s): The Divine Comedy
Hobbies (other then magic):League of Legends if it can be considered a hobby, and collecting weapons, watching Anime and reading manga
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Location: Virginia, USA
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Favourite colour(s): Blue
Favourite set(s): Urza block
Favourite creature type(s): ANTEATER
Favourite card/cards: Used to be Sliver Queen. Now I have no clue.
Favourite EDH general card: A Lin Sivvi that the artist altered for me by giving her angel wings and writing "To Tinah and Ora" on it (my wife and daughter).
Favourite Planeswalker: Karn
Favourite format: Legacy
Favourite artist(s): Melissa Benson
Favourite flavourtext(s): I don't know
Favourite deck(s): My Star Wars CCG decks (Decipher's version)
When you started playing M:tG: 1995
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Favourite Band(s): "Tron Legacy" selection on Pandora Radio
Favourite Drink(s): Water and fresh fruit juice
Favourite Book(s): Arena
Hobbies (other then magic): Star Wars CCG, altering cards & drawing on playmats, designing a board game very slowly and patiently over two years now, playing Starcraft II with my wife & friends, skipping rocks at the creek with my daughter
Instant Messenger: Haven't used an instant messenger program in forever! I prefer Facebook.
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Favourite colour(s): Blue, then black.
Favourite set(s): Not sure.
Favourite creature type(s): Slivers
Favourite card/cards: Force of Will, Mirrorweave, Sanity Grinding
Favourite EDH general card: /shrug. Jhoira is pretty hilarious.
Favourite Planeswalker: Jace
Favourite format: Legacy
Favourite artist(s): Chippy
Favourite flavourtext(s): Venser's Diffusion.
Favourite deck(s): Twinsanity, Solidarity, TES, Combo Elves, really any combo deck tickles my fancy.
When you started playing M:tG: Sometime around Time Spiral
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Favourite Drink(s): Mountain Dew, Monster
Favourite Book(s): Atlas Shrugged
Hobbies (other then magic): Gaming in general. WoW, LoL, Rock Band, other fun stuff. Reading, writing (on occasion.)
Instant Messenger: spyro.2 on Skype. I'm almost always on, unless my phone doesn't have service. Feel free to hit me up for whatever reason.
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Favourite colour(s): Uw
Favourite set(s): Ravnica block, Timespiral Block
Favourite creature type(s): Cephalid
Favourite card/cards: [c]Force of Will[c]
Favourite EDH general card: Riku and Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: JtMS
Favourite format: Legacy then EDH
Favourite artist(s): I never notice to be honest
Favourite flavourtext(s): "It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." —Ertai, wizard adept from Counterspell
Favourite deck(s): UW control
When you started playing M:tG: Technically when I was super young during Mirrodin but never really played seriously until Timespiral
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Favourite Drink(s): Guinness
Favourite Book(s): A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R R Martin
Hobbies (other then magic): Science (American Chemical Society and AAAS)
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Favourite colour(s): Blue
Favourite set(s): Alara Block
Favourite creature type(s): Wizards
Favourite card/cards: Force of Will
Favourite EDH general card: Diaochan, Artful Beauty
Favourite Planeswalker: Jace
Favourite format:EDH/Commander
Favourite artist(s): Greg Staples
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When you started playing M:tG: 1995, competitively circa shards of alara
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Favourite colour(s): Blue, then green, black, white, red
Favourite set(s): Mirrodin 1, Ravnica, Time Spiral, Future Sight, Shadowmoor, Avacyn Restored
Favourite creature type(s): Angels, Moonfolk, Spirit
Favourite card/cards: Karmic Guide, Tallowisp, Astral Slide, Tamiyo, Endless Ranks of the Dead, Spellweaver Helix
Favourite EDH general card: Captain Sisay, Isperia the Inscrutable, Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: Tamiyo, Liliana, Karn, Elspeth Knight Errant
Favourite format: Casual
Favourite artist(s): Therese Nielson, Rebecca Guay, Jason Chan, Johannes Voss, Maybe, Archlich
Favourite flavourtext(s): I dunno. Nothing REALLY pops out in my head other than fodder cannon.
Favourite deck(s): Astral Slide, Intruder Alarm circa 2004, Tallowisp.dec
When you started playing M:tG: Onslaught and on
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Favourite Band(s): Moumoon, Michelle Branch, Yui, Vanessa Carlton, Do As Infinity, Metric, Lia
Favourite Drink(s): Water?
Favourite Book(s): Better, Lord of the Flies
Hobbies (other then magic): Anime, Manga, Starcraft 2
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Favourite colour(s): Bloo
Favourite set(s): Urza's Block, New Phyrexia
Favourite creature type(s): Merfolk, Wizard, Mutant Ninja Turtle
Favourite card/cards: Island, Morphling, Brainstorm, Baleful Strix
Favourite EDH general card: Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: Jace, but I like to pretend he isn't Emo
Favourite format: Legacy
Favourite artist(s): //gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&artist=[%22Chippy%22">"]Chippy. Bar none the greatest artist in MTG
Favourite flavourtext(s): //gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&flavor=+[Ertai,">+[Wizard]+[Adept]"]Anything stated by Ertai, Wizard Bad ass
Favourite deck(s): Legacy BUG - Control, Team America, or Shardless
When you started playing M:tG: 4th Grade so...uhhh..mathing. '96
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Favourite Band(s): Led Zeppelin, A7X, Halestorm, Jethro Tull. I cycle through music
Favourite Drink(s): Cruzan Single Barrel, splash of coke and a wedge of fresh lime.
Favourite Book(s): Journey to the West
Hobbies (other then magic): Computer Programming, League of Legends, RPGs (currently trying out DCC)
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Favourite colour(s): Mono black control and BW control have my heart in most formats, but UW/UG are my EDH statics.
Favourite set(s): Tempest, Fifth Dawn, Future Sight, Legends, Zendikar
Favourite creature type(s): Praetor, all EDH staples.
Favourite card/cards: Pact of Negation, Smallpox, Recurring Insight
Favourite character/Legendary card: Nicol Bolas
Favourite format: EDH, Legacy
Favourite artist(s): Michael Komarck, Jason Engle, Drew Baker, Steve Argyle
Favourite flavourtext(s): Flavor text doesn't win games.
Favourite deck(s): Top Control (Modern), UW Stax/Staxputin/Rasputin Dreamcrusher (EDH)
When you started playing M:tG: Tempest 1997
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Favourite Food(s): Cheese, rice, popcorn.
Favourite Band(s): Coheed and Cambria, Between the Buried and Me, Deftones, Incubus
Favourite Drink(s): Lipton powdered iced tea
Hobbies (other than magic): Martial arts, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, Legend of the Five Rings (CCG), Weiss Schwarz (CCG), heavily emulating PS1 games on my phone
Random Facts: I forgot to pay for Pact of Negation in a 6-player EDH game where I was blowing everyone out on turn 4, and I hear about it every week.
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Favourite colour(s): Red/White
Favourite set(s): Planar Chaos/Future Sight (yay for red control!)
Favourite creature type(s): Dragons/Angels or Samurai/Ninja. (Is "Control Finisher" a creature type?)
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As a rule, I'm an anti-Spike. I don't like cards that win more, or cards that instantly finish games, or cards that don't interact and eventually degenerate into unfair combos...
I DO like anything that makes people groan loudly or pull out their calculators, for starters. Shahrazad, Inquisitor's Flail, Beck/Call, Possibility Storm, Mindmoil...
Uncounterable threats/finishers with immediate impact like Banefire. Or Akroma, Angel of Fury. What a babe.
Slave of Bolas, art and flavor and function alike, is probably my single favorite Magic Card. The same, though, could be said of Gisela, Blade of Goldnight.
I play politically, often disrupting the game and helping/hindering the strategies of others rather than playing my own game, so stuff like Cyclonic Rift/Wraths and the Curse cycle are perfect.
Dies To TerminateGoldnightFavourite Planeswalker: Flavor-wise, Ajani. Functionally, Jace Beleren for the political draw aspect.
Favourite format: EDH or Modern-Casual. Standard rotates too fast and Legacy is... brutal.
Favourite artist(s): Raymond Swanland, Adam Paquette, Steve Argyle.
Favourite flavourtext(s): Enormous Baloth, Boros Cluestone, Phyrexian Rebirth, Day of Judgment (ZEN), Lightning Helix (AVB). Helix made its way into my deck's title!
Favourite deck(s): I don't have one favorite deck, per se. Political grouphug-type multiplayer decks that are content with second place (or surviving into the win) are my favorite archetype, but for duels, I like decks that are consistent and fair.
When you started playing M:tG: I started in Kamigawa Block (some of my favorite sideboard/tribal cards are from there), but went into a long hiatus. I recently started again, right before the release of M13, and I've been competitive-bound since then.
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Favourite Band(s): The Psy-H Project, Icon for Hire, Animals as Leaders, Two Steps From Hell
Favourite Drink(s): 3 parts sarsaparilla, 1 part shaken cream soda, 2 parts rum. 2 parts vanilla ice cream stuck to the bottom, a dash of pepper, and fried brown-sugar-and-cinnamon to taste. I call it the Spanish Armada.
Favourite Book(s): The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, no doubt.
Hobbies (other then magic): Sparring, singing, cooking, reading.
Instant Messenger: Skype me at SharadSun if you'd like!
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Happening in my life/the site: lurking EDH forums constantly, toying with an Ixidor EDH list, and trying to figure out how the heck I am paying for books this semester.
May our love of controlling people be a bridge of friendship between our clans.
540 Peasant cube- Gold EditionSomething SpicyIn any case, good luck on the trial run. I'll be stopping by often, especially if you cats get some MtG discussion going on.
Putting the sexy in Science Fiction!
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Myself also! That's quite a scare. What you can attempt is getting aggressive with buying used. Invading rooms of subsequent classes can be done - simply get the instructor's permission to plead your case on a certain date, before, after, or during break of the class. (don't do after)
Let there be an emissary sent in kind.
Dee cee dee-!
Nothing wrong with artifacts. Those have a history of being useable items. Winter Orb. Smokestack.
So. Hamburgers or pancakes. Which are the superior restaurant chain dispensable food item. <discuss>
I do not believe pancakes can be made in much variation. Assume that the consumer has allergies to the fixins like berries and such. Likewise, lactose intolerance rules out cheeseburgers.
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Do you fine folks plan on participating in the current clan contest? Some healthy competition to break in the new clan sounds like fun!
Your sig needs a minor fix
Don't you forget those mana-making moxes, either! Or the LEDs, but that is another archtype alltogether. My favorite cards, (save one) all have to do with artifacts or are artifacts outright.
Putting the sexy in Science Fiction!
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My love of control knows no bounds, especially when I can counter and kill my way to victory, a just welcome indeed.
Done and welcome. Control is where it is at. Not this turning creatures sideways non-sense. Also nice use of Kling-Klang I believe as your icon, I love using him in my metal/darkness deck vs my son. (Hes 7, not quite into magic)
I don't think we are quite ready to participate in a clan contest. I am thinking H_H will be the best representative for our clan in these matters though, time willing.
I am working on constructing a signature for the clan as we speak. Thank you.
@Oceanos Do you finally have a general picked out ?
@ Hamburgers vs Pancakes - Is this a discussion? Really ? Why would anyone want a pancake when they can eat meat ?
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Hello Tolarian Academy! Nice to see you are all settled in here. What do you guys think of the recent advancements in Blue/Black Control? It looks like it's doing fairly well to be certain.
We now have a clan signature, again thanks to Rivenor, honorary colleague of the clan.
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You wish! Toying with a Kuon, Ogre Ascendant for some casual fun and mono-blue. Going to try to make Ixidor work, once I get some key cards that NEED to be run.
Otherwise, budget lists for a few generals here and there. Savra, Kangee/Isperia, and a Hidetsugu.
Really, Kuon?
I see Kuon's flip and it just makes we want to play Sheoldred, Whispering One. You did say casual however so maybe it's too cutthroat for that?
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G Omnath, Locus of Mana U Arcum Dagsson BUG The Mimeoplasm GW Gaddock Teeg X Karn, Silver Golem
*puts away six-foot tall hammer*
A thought occurs to me.
I can't trace back when it happened, but my feed of deck archetypes that are being used is now only from encountering those decks, or player discussion of those decks. I recall that once, homebase (mtgcom) had a finger on that heartbeat. Somehow Flores' articles ... make that information a deeper sift.
I tell you what's funny; that Delver of Secrets is actually doing stuff in type 2. In Type 2. Is a surprise.
This format is crazy fun, but there's no Magic group on campus and zero interest I can stir up, so it's about getting to my local card shop again. Which is a bit out of the way. A lot.
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Hello LuckNorris and Greetings Harbinger !
@Oceanos Its funny because your sig says Jenara. However, Kuon seems fine, and there are a lot of 2 for 1 type black cards, that are commons or uncommons that are easy to pick up. Also you get cards like Phyrexian Arena.....mmm....
You guys that post in other areas of this forum should certainly use the clan signature to help generate interest. Jus' sayin.
Where the hell is Irmis ?
I am currently enjoying the Game of Thrones, HBO series. I am 3 episodes in and it is remarkably close to the books, and visually stunning. Has anyone else seen it ?
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Jenara I had made up, but never played it. Was always with me, but when the time came, I just felt like playing something else.
Just a guy trying to join a clan and nothing more.
Blue is the color most known for Control...
But let's talk about Green.
Why green? It seems that green isn't the first color people think of when considering control, its got a reputation for turning big creature sideways. *Yawns* But does that mean it can't do anything else? Mayhaps green has the tools for the Control or...not? It should, Nature haz everything and as every gambler knows: sooner or later The House always wins.
Control is the ultimate expression of power.
cockatrice
avoid fate
hailstorm
wanderlust
and a whole bunch of walls
sorry if I don't know how to post cards but these are just suggestions to build a fine green control deck. On the same topic, blue aggro may be viable.
Hi Abethedemon. Indeed you may be included in the prestige. ... So we have hardly any at the moment, but between our respective reputations that will soon enough be made to change!
Why don't you tell us something about when you started playing Magic? First tournament you paid to enter (release event?) and any stories to relate that calls to mind? How do you come upon your collection?
In what other places/situations do you talk about Magic?
I believe what I will do is conspire to visit the ol' campus' Magic club at their weekly meeting time. I am still part of the group and still on the mailing list. I could even double date with dropping by the Soul Calibur games just around the corner.
I was watching that. I know someone who has read all the books, and he is
disappointedon maximum rage where the plot currently sits. He advised me not to read past so-and-so volume if I were to get into the books, for I would be impatient beyond measure.It really stimulates the imagination, that series. Finding colors for The Finger, of course, is something I put my brain to straight away. I 'll be enthused to watch the young wielder of The Weapon Named 'Needle' come to be a Deft Duelist.
On the topic of imagination stimulation, it's a cryin' shame the author of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series done passed away. Would you believe there's rumours the old guy was murdered? Secretly ? Really, putting a hit on a guy for writing some fiction?
The manipulation is in the rumour, not any killings. But just... we'll never know what he was going to do with that IP.
Irmis, you tempt me with that query. You tempt me so. What you invite is a discussion of what sort of things the game system can support which would be called control - to be followed by a matching exercise of the things in that category to the capabilities of people tapping for :symg:.
But first I must recover every byte I've ever written on the topic. Then we shall eat some Pie.
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Welcome AbetheDemon! I shall update the OP with your name added to the clan. Please feel free to view it, and learn how to add our clan banner to your signature to show off with pride around the forums!
Re: Green Control. First we need to define what types of control are viable in green. A good control deck needs manipulation, 2 for 1's and card draw. Also, are we sticking to mono-green ?
I think I am going to ask Rivenor to update our signature to say The Tolaraian Academy...a clan about control. Because right now as it sits, unless you mouse over it, you have no idea its a link, much less a clan. All that oppose/ all that in favor....
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We need opinions on two motions, the first is about the clan signature banner, seen in my post #25 in this thread.
The second is who will rep us in the clan council and such?
I have made the appropriate posts in the Clan HQ, we should be officially a go now!
If that is the case, I would like to take this time to acknowledge our own Horseshoe_Hermit and Irmis for the
brainchildclan idea and for bringing me aboard.Formerly Mindslavor
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