And yes, no incantatrix for you. Or anyone. That class makes puppies cry. Mostly because they are the former Big Bads who have been Baleful Polymorphed into said puppies. By you. Because you're an incantatrix.
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This is Deraxas we're talking about.
Remember, the girl that just killed an aspect of herself before literally consuming her?
Yeah, I don't see her handling a pissing match in any way other than a duel.
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I suppose it's true. Though the logistics implied in a human/Great Wyrm Prismatic Dragon pairing makes me shudder.
...Something tells me that even should all arcane casters in the world unite, that the Grease spell would NOT be sufficient.
AoK.. that sounds cute about yer 3-year old. Then again, it's always cute whenever you mention them
Your campaign is currently the most successful in P&PI record, and I hope it stays that way.
Do you have skype?
from what limited experience i have i have to agree, you seem to have produced the most succesful campaing in P&PI in like forever but i think one of the mayor reasons i that you didnt let the users who are known campaing killers join
and Cookie monster is a classic i used to love cookie monster when i was a kid!!! (sweet memories)
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good morning everyone i just got up from bed about 30 minutes ago its around 7:24am now just getting ready for yet another 8 hour shift this morning. I will be back later though. Have a good day everyone and oh dueling grounds is like the greatest tech card ever against hordes of creatures.
I prefer Silent Arbiter over Dueling Grounds--it's colorless, and can block most critters.
AoK, Skype is an IM program that lets you chat with buddies using microphones/headsets to communicate like on a phone call--for free! (well, it's free to call other skype users), and you can even start a conference call like the Coffeehouse did a while back.
I prefer Silent Arbiter over Dueling Grounds--it's colorless, and can block most critters.
AoK, Skype is an IM program that lets you chat with buddies using microphones/headsets to communicate like on a phone call--for free! (well, it's free to call other skype users), and you can even start a conference call like the Coffeehouse did a while back.
I prefer Moat or Teferi's Moat, they fall into a different stategy but are almost just as effective.
No, the only reason I complain is that my son tries to eat the way the Cookie Monster does- complete with associated sounds, tossing of stuff, and mess.
This is definitely not good when he gets spaghetti.
And yes, no incantatrix for you. Or anyone. That class makes puppies cry. Mostly because they are the former Big Bads who have been Baleful Polymorphed into said puppies. By you. Because you're an incantatrix.
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This is Deraxas we're talking about.
Remember, the girl that just killed an aspect of herself before literally consuming her?
Yeah, I don't see her handling a pissing match in any way other than a duel.
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Yes mistress...
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There are only so many epic, psuedonatural barbarian/blackguard half-dragon akutenshai vampire balor paragons they can throw at you, right?
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I suppose it's true. Though the logistics implied in a human/Great Wyrm Prismatic Dragon pairing makes me shudder.
...Something tells me that even should all arcane casters in the world unite, that the Grease spell would NOT be sufficient.
This morning I did the fast laptop inversion trick after accidentally dumping a half-cup of coffee onto my computer table. Now, mind you, this has happened before to disastrous result. But I'd learned my lesson, and had my coffee actually not on the table, but on a stack of boxes 2 feet away...still managed to gum up my keyboard really badly, and praying it didn't get into the circuitry (much). Needless to say, was very late to work and probably have to go home early to start cleaning up the brown mess on my desk: calendars, Post-its, my external hard drive, a roll of postage stamps, etc.
Lesson: maybe time to consider extending the no-liquids rule to 5 or 6 feet. I just can't get over how clumsy I am especially in the mornings. (Both times this happened, were within 1/2 hour of waking up.) I live in a very small space, so "no food or beverages in the computer room" usually means I would have to eat standing up over the kitchen sink.
As for Cookie Monster, is it true what I've heard? That he's gone health foodie on us? The well-meaning staff at CTW have taken away his cookies and now he goes wacko over fruits and vegetables. Or so I've heard.
I don't know, I always liked Grover Telly was cool too..... Cookie monster always seemed a tad ...crude to me..
That sounds funny about your 3yr old AoK
Anyway, thoughts about the Iowa caucuses?? Ally and I were talkin' about them last night..
Anyway, I need to shower, get something to eat, then continue packing things up.. and my dad is due to come by around lunchtime or so... At some point we're gonna hit Wal-mart too.. I'm starting to feel a sore throat coming on.... Felt a little bit of it last night, seems to still be happening today... perhaps I just need to eat/drink some fluids or something, which I'm going to do now
Yes.. Hillary Clinton made a special guest appearance on Sesame Street last year, and convinced him to eat more healthy snacks in addition to cookies. The line "Cookies are sometimes food" will be forever etched in my list of things counting against her.
Also, she's a flip-flop! She goes on Sesame Street, says we shouldn't eat cookies so much, then publishes a cookbook with recipes for cookies
As for Cookie Monster, is it true what I've heard? That he's gone health foodie on us? The well-meaning staff at CTW have taken away his cookies and now he goes wacko over fruits and vegetables. Or so I've heard.
There was an episode where Hoots the Owl instructed Cookie that cookies were a food for after you ate a regular meal, and not a balanced diet in and of themselves. In a really strange series of events, the news media took this story and ran with it, grossly distorting it in the process, reporting that Cookie had given up junk food for good, etc. (Cookie Monster himself appeared on the Today Show to make light of how the story was skewed.)
Sorry I haven't been around to post, Coffehouse patrons, but thats because I brought in the new year in the worst way possible, having me oldest and best friend get killed by a drunk driver. Drunk Drivers FTW.
Ooh well, in other news, apparently I have a new girl that I've grown attached to over the past few months, so I'll ask her out to a movie sometime.
LOL! I used to watch at bert and earni. I always laughed my pants out.
Never did watch alot of Bert and Ernie, When I was growing up, I used to watch Erika's Castle:p....does anyone remember that show? Is it still on T.V.?
@SS Sorry to hear that, like Omna said we are all here for you.:)
@SnoopDoggAtog: Ouch, hopefully your computer is alright. I've always tried to be really careful not to spill liquids of any sort on my computer (or anyone else's for that matter) out of fear that it would get into the circuitry and completely destroy the thing.
There was an episode where Hoots the Owl instructed Cookie that cookies were a food for after you ate a regular meal, and not a balanced diet in and of themselves. In a really strange series of events, the news media took this story and ran with it, grossly distorting it in the process, reporting that Cookie had given up junk food for good, etc. (Cookie Monster himself appeared on the Today Show to make light of how the story was skewed.)
Interesting. I'd heard that the Cookie Monster had turned into the Veggie Monster (or some such thing) and was now eating vegetables and healthy food in lieu of cookies. Needless to say, I was incredibly disappointed. It's good to know that he's still out eating cookies (even if it does periodically cause small children to make annoying noises and be messy eaters...sorry AoK).
@SS: That really, really sucks. I'm really sorry to hear that. *Krashbot gives Samurai Soldier a big hug.*
SS: wow, that stinks...didn't we have another one of those earlier in thread?
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Its Saturday, so that means its time for LeGaCyOfThEwEeK,
When Cecilia asked me to do this, of course I accepted it, as I thought it would be awesome to continue it in his place. I asked him what decks I should I do, he said to do something your Familiar with, so I decided on Zoo, but I couldnt decide on which flavor of Zoo, R/W/G or R/W/B. So, I decided to do them both,R/W/G this week, and R/W/B next week,but I only had the time to do one 3 Matches, since my playtest partner was short on time, so here they are:
Game 2, I get stuck on two lands, never see a sideboarded card, and he goes agressive with a bunch of Nimble Mongooses and Tarmogoyf.
Game 3, I get a very good hand, and get him to 3 with Tarmogoyf, Watchwolf, and Jotun Grunt. He topdecks Engineered Explosives and destroys all my creatures. Then lays a Tarmogoyf of his own. I draw a Lightning Bolt off the top of the deck, play it and and he Force of Wills(Going to 2). On his turn he attacks with Tarmogoyf(I go to 15) My turn I draw another Lightning Bolt, play it and win.
2-1
Game 3 was very close, I got lucky and topdecked two straight Lightning Bolts, after not having any cards in my hand at all and win.
TES(The Epic Storm), I would say that this matchup I would say about 30-70 in their favor.
Game 1, He Combos turn 2 and there is nothing I can do about it.
(Sideboard)
-4 Savannah Lions
+4 Gaddock Teeg
Game 2, I put on early beats and he takes too much pain trying to find a win Condition, or something to find a win condition, and I win.
Game 3, I am in good condition(I am at 17, he is at 7) I am going to win next turn and I have Gaddock Teeg out. He Burning Wishes for Pyroclasm and kills everything on my board. Except my 4/5 Tarmogoyf, I can topdeck any Burn Spell for the win. Its a Taiga, on his turn he combos.
1-2
Even though I lost I thought I did fairly well and even could have won that match up had I topdecked a burn spell, but I didn't and life goes on.
Ichorid, I'd say its about 20-80 in their favor.
Game 1, He blows me out of the water with a third turn Combo.
(Sideboard)
-3 Rancor
+3 Jotun Grunt
Game 2, I try to do my thing but I see no Grunt or Fanatic and he wins on his fourth turn.
1-2
While this match was a blowout I feel I didnt do to bad, I could have done better had I had Tormod's Crypt Rather than Jotun Grunt but Jotun Grunt is better in other matchups than Tormod's Crypt is.
-Overview-
I believe the deck did fairly well even though I only won 1 match out of 3. I could have very well won two of the three matches, likewise I could have also not won any.
If I had to change anything I would say go with -4 Rancor, +4 Seal of Fire because as you can see I sideboard out Rancor everygame. I also would go -4 Ancient Grudge, +4 Tormod's Crypt if you see alot of Ichorid in you meta.
So, Thanks for reading, I hope this wasnt to much of a headache to read. Tell me what you think.
Well, since MTGS apparently went kablooie at some point in time yestrday, I was able to do very little onsite.
Samurai Soldier, god, that's just ridiculous. There is absolutely no excuse for some smashed ******* to get behind the wheel and drive...my grandparents died that way, so I guess I can understand, a little. Honest sympathy?
On Cookie Monster: I don't know, my son watches Sesame Street every morning, and Cookie Monster eats his fair share of cookies still. He generally gets them as rewards...and the whole idea of "Cookies are a sometimes food" makes me want to whip out a plate of the gooeist messiest most chocolate-fied batch of 1600-calorie per pop cookies and feed them to any kid whose parents think that having a cookie every now and then is a horrible thing.
And yes, no incantatrix for you. Or anyone. That class makes puppies cry. Mostly because they are the former Big Bads who have been Baleful Polymorphed into said puppies. By you. Because you're an incantatrix.
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This is Deraxas we're talking about.
Remember, the girl that just killed an aspect of herself before literally consuming her?
Yeah, I don't see her handling a pissing match in any way other than a duel.
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Yes mistress...
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There are only so many epic, psuedonatural barbarian/blackguard half-dragon akutenshai vampire balor paragons they can throw at you, right?
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I suppose it's true. Though the logistics implied in a human/Great Wyrm Prismatic Dragon pairing makes me shudder.
...Something tells me that even should all arcane casters in the world unite, that the Grease spell would NOT be sufficient.
Never did watch alot of Bert and Ernie, When I was growing up, I used to watch Erika's Castle:p....does anyone remember that show? Is it still on T.V.?
You mean Eureeka's Castle? That show was great! I loved it, and pretty much anything with puppets.
Of course, I loved Mister Rogers a LOT more..
Bert and Ernie had some of the better skits in the show--I didn't like Telly too much (paranoid characters get old quickly for me).
Also, it's generally agreed they were gay, or at least very good buddies, right? O_o I didn't mind Bert too much, except the pigeon asphixiation...
And yes, no incantatrix for you. Or anyone. That class makes puppies cry. Mostly because they are the former Big Bads who have been Baleful Polymorphed into said puppies. By you. Because you're an incantatrix.
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This is Deraxas we're talking about.
Remember, the girl that just killed an aspect of herself before literally consuming her?
Yeah, I don't see her handling a pissing match in any way other than a duel.
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Yes mistress...
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There are only so many epic, psuedonatural barbarian/blackguard half-dragon akutenshai vampire balor paragons they can throw at you, right?
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I suppose it's true. Though the logistics implied in a human/Great Wyrm Prismatic Dragon pairing makes me shudder.
...Something tells me that even should all arcane casters in the world unite, that the Grease spell would NOT be sufficient.
I am personally convinced that Bert and Ernie are definitely very special friends.
Not that that bothers me; and I understand why the separate beds...it IS a kid's show...but why lie about it?
I don't know, some college roommates are "close" like that. You know, the kind you make fun of and tease about being gay, but are not, just seem that way.
@SS: I hope someday you have a chance to live life away from the black clouds for a change.
Samurai Soldier: We are all here for you, you know that *huggles*You mean Eureeka's Castle? That show was great! I loved it, and pretty much anything with puppets.
Of course, I loved Mister Rogers a LOT more..
Bert and Ernie had some of the better skits in the show--I didn't like Telly too much (paranoid characters get old quickly for me).
Also, it's generally agreed they were gay, or at least very good buddies, right? O_o I didn't mind Bert too much, except the pigeon asphixiation...
Yes, I did mean Eureeka's Castle^_^
I forget which show it was that made fun of Bert and Ernie being gay(Probably more than 1), maybe it was Robot Chicken? I dunno I forget
Its Saturday, so that means its time for LeGaCyOfThEwEeK,
When Cecilia asked me to do this, of course I accepted it, as I thought it would be awesome to continue it in his place. I asked him what decks I should I do, he said to do something your Familiar with, so I decided on Zoo, but I couldnt decide on which flavor of Zoo, R/W/G or R/W/B. So, I decided to do them both,R/W/G this week, and R/W/B next week,but I only had the time to do one 3 Matches, since my playtest partner was short on time, so here they are:
Game 2, I get stuck on two lands, never see a sideboarded card, and he goes agressive with a bunch of Nimble Mongooses and Tarmogoyf.
Game 3, I get a very good hand, and get him to 3 with Tarmogoyf, Watchwolf, and Jotun Grunt. He topdecks Engineered Explosives and destroys all my creatures. Then lays a Tarmogoyf of his own. I draw a Lightning Bolt off the top of the deck, play it and and he Force of Wills(Going to 2). On his turn he attacks with Tarmogoyf(I go to 15) My turn I draw another Lightning Bolt, play it and win.
2-1
Game 3 was very close, I got lucky and topdecked two straight Lightning Bolts, after not having any cards in my hand at all and win.
TES(The Epic Storm), I would say that this matchup I would say about 30-70 in their favor.
Game 1, He Combos turn 2 and there is nothing I can do about it.
(Sideboard)
-4 Savannah Lions
+4 Gaddock Teeg
Game 2, I put on early beats and he takes too much pain trying to find a win Condition, or something to find a win condition, and I win.
Game 3, I am in good condition(I am at 17, he is at 7) I am going to win next turn and I have Gaddock Teeg out. He Burning Wishes for Pyroclasm and kills everything on my board. Except my 4/5 Tarmogoyf, I can topdeck any Burn Spell for the win. Its a Taiga, on his turn he combos.
1-2
Even though I lost I thought I did fairly well and even could have won that match up had I topdecked a burn spell, but I didn't and life goes on.
Ichorid, I'd say its about 20-80 in their favor.
Game 1, He blows me out of the water with a third turn Combo.
(Sideboard)
-3 Rancor
+3 Jotun Grunt
Game 2, I try to do my thing but I see no Grunt or Fanatic and he wins on his fourth turn.
1-2
While this match was a blowout I feel I didnt do to bad, I could have done better had I had Tormod's Crypt Rather than Jotun Grunt but Jotun Grunt is better in other matchups than Tormod's Crypt is.
-Overview-
I believe the deck did fairly well even though I only won 1 match out of 3. I could have very well won two of the three matches, likewise I could have also not won any.
If I had to change anything I would say go with -4 Rancor, +4 Seal of Fire because as you can see I sideboard out Rancor everygame. I also would go -4 Ancient Grudge, +4 Tormod's Crypt if you see alot of Ichorid in you meta.
So, Thanks for reading, I hope this wasnt to much of a headache to read. Tell me what you think.
-Next Saturday-*R/W/B Zoo*
Peace out,
-Brandon
thats definetly not too bad of a review actually at least you gave some solid points about some of the most popular matchups in the metagame. I would definetly give you props though for your first try since it is accurate and you didn't try to sound like the zoo deck was unstoppable or anything so definetly props for that. Even the legacy of the weeks take practice but I thought you were being honest about how the deck does in the metagame and I salute you for that. Keep it up though. Although I will have to say one thing zoo does do well in a varied metagame. Having a positive matchup against threshold is always a plus too in today's meta that is.
Just to back up Psiblast's Legacy of the week and to show my full appreciation from him taking my place here is a couple of zoo decks. The first zoo deck won the 2007 Russia Legacy championships the metagame was full of threshold and other aggro decks so it look similiar to the metagame at Legacy Worlds. There were 41 players at the Russia championships too.
Here is the second zoo deck that top 4 out of 57 players at the mana leak open 3 which took place at the end of last year and the metagame was full of ichorid, belcher, threshold, goblins, landstill, cephalid breakfast and just about anything else.
Anyway I just got up from bed probably going to get ready for work in like a couple of hours from now. I have an 8 hour shift today but I am very glad i have tommorrow off. Thank goodness.
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from what limited experience i have i have to agree, you seem to have produced the most succesful campaing in P&PI in like forever but i think one of the mayor reasons i that you didnt let the users who are known campaing killers join
and Cookie monster is a classic i used to love cookie monster when i was a kid!!! (sweet memories)
See you all soon and have a good day everyone.
Love,
Cecilia
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I prefer Moat or Teferi's Moat, they fall into a different stategy but are almost just as effective.
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No, the only reason I complain is that my son tries to eat the way the Cookie Monster does- complete with associated sounds, tossing of stuff, and mess.
This is definitely not good when he gets spaghetti.
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Deraxas, Dark Maiden of Shimia,, still oddly obsessed with a mindmage.
Or he could just make us want to eat alot of either way its fine by me:D
This morning I did the fast laptop inversion trick after accidentally dumping a half-cup of coffee onto my computer table. Now, mind you, this has happened before to disastrous result. But I'd learned my lesson, and had my coffee actually not on the table, but on a stack of boxes 2 feet away...still managed to gum up my keyboard really badly, and praying it didn't get into the circuitry (much). Needless to say, was very late to work and probably have to go home early to start cleaning up the brown mess on my desk: calendars, Post-its, my external hard drive, a roll of postage stamps, etc.
Lesson: maybe time to consider extending the no-liquids rule to 5 or 6 feet. I just can't get over how clumsy I am especially in the mornings. (Both times this happened, were within 1/2 hour of waking up.) I live in a very small space, so "no food or beverages in the computer room" usually means I would have to eat standing up over the kitchen sink.
As for Cookie Monster, is it true what I've heard? That he's gone health foodie on us? The well-meaning staff at CTW have taken away his cookies and now he goes wacko over fruits and vegetables. Or so I've heard.
That sounds funny about your 3yr old AoK
Anyway, thoughts about the Iowa caucuses?? Ally and I were talkin' about them last night..
Anyway, I need to shower, get something to eat, then continue packing things up.. and my dad is due to come by around lunchtime or so... At some point we're gonna hit Wal-mart too.. I'm starting to feel a sore throat coming on.... Felt a little bit of it last night, seems to still be happening today... perhaps I just need to eat/drink some fluids or something, which I'm going to do now
Have a good day folks!
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Yes.. Hillary Clinton made a special guest appearance on Sesame Street last year, and convinced him to eat more healthy snacks in addition to cookies. The line "Cookies are sometimes food" will be forever etched in my list of things counting against her.
Also, she's a flip-flop! She goes on Sesame Street, says we shouldn't eat cookies so much, then publishes a cookbook with recipes for cookies
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Ooh well, in other news, apparently I have a new girl that I've grown attached to over the past few months, so I'll ask her out to a movie sometime.
*hugs*
For me, I'm just trying to get myself motivated to start packing...
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Never did watch alot of Bert and Ernie, When I was growing up, I used to watch Erika's Castle:p....does anyone remember that show? Is it still on T.V.?
@SS Sorry to hear that, like Omna said we are all here for you.:)
Ugg, I've lost to many friends last year, my new years resolution is to not lose friends.
Interesting. I'd heard that the Cookie Monster had turned into the Veggie Monster (or some such thing) and was now eating vegetables and healthy food in lieu of cookies. Needless to say, I was incredibly disappointed. It's good to know that he's still out eating cookies (even if it does periodically cause small children to make annoying noises and be messy eaters...sorry AoK).
@SS: That really, really sucks. I'm really sorry to hear that.
*Krashbot gives Samurai Soldier a big hug.*
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When Cecilia asked me to do this, of course I accepted it, as I thought it would be awesome to continue it in his place. I asked him what decks I should I do, he said to do something your Familiar with, so I decided on Zoo, but I couldnt decide on which flavor of Zoo, R/W/G or R/W/B. So, I decided to do them both,R/W/G this week, and R/W/B next week,but I only had the time to do one 3 Matches, since my playtest partner was short on time, so here they are:
R/W/G Zoo:
Maindeck:
4 Savannah Lions
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4 Watchwolf
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Chain Lightning
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Rancor
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Tiaga
2 Savannah
2 Platea
2 Mountain
1 Forest
1 Plains
Nothing too crazy, I tried to go for a pretty basic decklist here.
Sideboard:
4 Ancient Grudge
4 Price of Progress
3 Jotun Grunt
This sideboard is geared to beat Threshold, Ichorid, and TES. Funny how thats exactly what I am playtesting against.
Threshold, I would say that the match up is about 60-40 at least in our favor as we are a very aggressive deck and they are not.
Game 1, I am doing my thing being really aggressive and there is nothing he can do about it.
(Sideboard)
-4 Savannah Lions
-3 Rancor
+4 Price of Progess
+3 Jotun Grunt
Game 2, I get stuck on two lands, never see a sideboarded card, and he goes agressive with a bunch of Nimble Mongooses and Tarmogoyf.
Game 3, I get a very good hand, and get him to 3 with Tarmogoyf, Watchwolf, and Jotun Grunt. He topdecks Engineered Explosives and destroys all my creatures. Then lays a Tarmogoyf of his own. I draw a Lightning Bolt off the top of the deck, play it and and he Force of Wills(Going to 2). On his turn he attacks with Tarmogoyf(I go to 15) My turn I draw another Lightning Bolt, play it and win.
2-1
Game 3 was very close, I got lucky and topdecked two straight Lightning Bolts, after not having any cards in my hand at all and win.
TES(The Epic Storm), I would say that this matchup I would say about 30-70 in their favor.
Game 1, He Combos turn 2 and there is nothing I can do about it.
(Sideboard)
-4 Savannah Lions
+4 Gaddock Teeg
Game 2, I put on early beats and he takes too much pain trying to find a win Condition, or something to find a win condition, and I win.
Game 3, I am in good condition(I am at 17, he is at 7) I am going to win next turn and I have Gaddock Teeg out. He Burning Wishes for Pyroclasm and kills everything on my board. Except my 4/5 Tarmogoyf, I can topdeck any Burn Spell for the win. Its a Taiga, on his turn he combos.
1-2
Even though I lost I thought I did fairly well and even could have won that match up had I topdecked a burn spell, but I didn't and life goes on.
Ichorid, I'd say its about 20-80 in their favor.
Game 1, He blows me out of the water with a third turn Combo.
(Sideboard)
-3 Rancor
+3 Jotun Grunt
Game 2, I try to do my thing but I see no Grunt or Fanatic and he wins on his fourth turn.
1-2
While this match was a blowout I feel I didnt do to bad, I could have done better had I had Tormod's Crypt Rather than Jotun Grunt but Jotun Grunt is better in other matchups than Tormod's Crypt is.
-Overview-
I believe the deck did fairly well even though I only won 1 match out of 3. I could have very well won two of the three matches, likewise I could have also not won any.
If I had to change anything I would say go with -4 Rancor, +4 Seal of Fire because as you can see I sideboard out Rancor everygame. I also would go -4 Ancient Grudge, +4 Tormod's Crypt if you see alot of Ichorid in you meta.
So, Thanks for reading, I hope this wasnt to much of a headache to read. Tell me what you think.
-Next Saturday-*R/W/B Zoo*
Peace out,
-Brandon
Samurai Soldier, god, that's just ridiculous. There is absolutely no excuse for some smashed ******* to get behind the wheel and drive...my grandparents died that way, so I guess I can understand, a little. Honest sympathy?
On Cookie Monster: I don't know, my son watches Sesame Street every morning, and Cookie Monster eats his fair share of cookies still. He generally gets them as rewards...and the whole idea of "Cookies are a sometimes food" makes me want to whip out a plate of the gooeist messiest most chocolate-fied batch of 1600-calorie per pop cookies and feed them to any kid whose parents think that having a cookie every now and then is a horrible thing.
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Deraxas, Dark Maiden of Shimia,, still oddly obsessed with a mindmage.
Of course, I loved Mister Rogers a LOT more..
Bert and Ernie had some of the better skits in the show--I didn't like Telly too much (paranoid characters get old quickly for me).
Also, it's generally agreed they were gay, or at least very good buddies, right? O_o I didn't mind Bert too much, except the pigeon asphixiation...
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Not that that bothers me; and I understand why the separate beds...it IS a kid's show...but why lie about it?
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Deraxas, Dark Maiden of Shimia,, still oddly obsessed with a mindmage.
I don't know, some college roommates are "close" like that. You know, the kind you make fun of and tease about being gay, but are not, just seem that way.
@SS: I hope someday you have a chance to live life away from the black clouds for a change.
Yes, I did mean Eureeka's Castle^_^
I forget which show it was that made fun of Bert and Ernie being gay(Probably more than 1), maybe it was Robot Chicken? I dunno I forget
thats definetly not too bad of a review actually at least you gave some solid points about some of the most popular matchups in the metagame. I would definetly give you props though for your first try since it is accurate and you didn't try to sound like the zoo deck was unstoppable or anything so definetly props for that. Even the legacy of the weeks take practice but I thought you were being honest about how the deck does in the metagame and I salute you for that. Keep it up though. Although I will have to say one thing zoo does do well in a varied metagame. Having a positive matchup against threshold is always a plus too in today's meta that is.
Just to back up Psiblast's Legacy of the week and to show my full appreciation from him taking my place here is a couple of zoo decks. The first zoo deck won the 2007 Russia Legacy championships the metagame was full of threshold and other aggro decks so it look similiar to the metagame at Legacy Worlds. There were 41 players at the Russia championships too.
4 Dark Confidant
3 Grim Lavamancer
4 Kird Ape
3 Mogg Fanatic
4 Skyshroud Elite
4 Tarmogoyf
Instants
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Price of Progress
Sorcery
4 Chain Lightning
4 Thoughtseize
3 Rancor
Lands
4 Badlands
1 Bayou
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Forest
1 Mountain
4 Taiga
1 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Diabolic Edict
3 Cabal therapy
2 Hull Breach
3 Tormod's Crypt
2 Umezawa's Jitte
Here is the second zoo deck that top 4 out of 57 players at the mana leak open 3 which took place at the end of last year and the metagame was full of ichorid, belcher, threshold, goblins, landstill, cephalid breakfast and just about anything else.
4 Kird Ape
3 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4 Tarmagoyf
4 Watch Wolf
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Chain Lightning
4 Lightning Helix
3 Fireblast
3 Rancor
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Taiga
4 Plateau
1 Stomping Ground
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Mountain
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Cursed Scroll
3 Gaddok Teeg
4 Pyrokenesis
2 Krosan Grip
Anyway I just got up from bed probably going to get ready for work in like a couple of hours from now. I have an 8 hour shift today but I am very glad i have tommorrow off. Thank goodness.
See you all soon! Take care everyone.
Love,
Cecilia