Hey Digi....
im just going to say that I did test against a Slide deck and while it was a pain game 2, I managed to win a race. G1 he spent most of the time trying to figure me out....
Also, more kitty pictures NAOW..... I am a cat person and today i held a cat for the first time in 7 years....
It was a kitten that something seemed off with, which im thinking was just tired. Anyway, I hold it and pet it and this thing goes from very docile to trying climbing on me, purring very very loudly....
I was sad when I had to go. And sadly, my emotions wont allow me to feel like im ready for another cat.
Some of the generals some people consider to be "unfair" are Braids (obviously, but banned so not an issue), Sharuum (Deal with it), Zur (Lol it's just Esper that makes good decks) Rafiq (General damage is kinda scary) and Skeleton Ship (lol just kidding, although combo is brutal)
I played a guy with a Mayael deck, it was strong but Mayael dies so easily the deck isn't really scary because of the general. Like Digi said, it's easier to pick a scapegoat to ostracize for a good deck list, and imo Esper has the best colors for EDH and thus Sharuum and Zur and Sen Triplets are persecuted for being unfair
[EDIT] And Norin, The Wary. He's so brutal!
If you want to be technical, BUG is the best color combination in magic by far, it just has an incredibly small pool of generals to abuse.
People need to be less whiny in EDH. I play Combo-Oona and will continue to do so.
@Jivan, that was meant for Tom. My bad.
Chocolate or fruity? Or something else? (Regarding your candy preference)
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@Tom, I have a very large dog:) His name is Garrus. He's fairly smart, especially for a chow.
(The princess and her cat)
(Bath time!)
(Obviously, Ajani, Kitten has spotted Nicol-Bolas lizard, and is poised for attack)
Phew. Had one monster of a bad draw day at the Legacy tournament. Yes, it's actually possible to get land flooded with a 14 land deck. Multiple times. Was fun, though. I ran into that one High Tide player and managed to sneak a win past Brain Freeze and Flusterstorm (hit the Freeze with discard, then baited the counter on a non-vital spell).
@ Ajani: super cute!
@ broken commanders: the only commander I had people complaining on was Arcum. Even if the Damia Storm deck has a higher kill-count. Apparently, the occasional fizzle makes the deck more sympathetic. Or something.
Ah right. I got my judge powers re-activated. Will judge my first GP trial after a 8-year break on 15. december. Woohoo!
@Ajani, I'm nnot really a cat person. Still, my daughter is happy and this one is cute:)
@OP Commanders, I'm about to make the most ruthless grixis deck possible, use Mishra as my commander, and just start the game while people scratch their heads. Most commanders are only as good as their decks, you know? I would then beat people with Mishra commander damage. If they ever said "Mishra is unfair!", they will never be allowed to play Commander at my house again.
Actually yeah I can see why BUG would be powerful, I just have a long-standing disagreement with green as a color so I don't usually consider it
Mind you, I would really like to build Mimeoplasm at some point! That's the kinda general I could boogie to!
I despise green because it teaches players to be terrible at magic. It caters to the absolute worst tendencies and rewards them. Toxic design at its finest.
@Aja, I pegged you for a bear person. My little deets is cute:)
@Temparsec you think Arcum is op? Getting mana flooded repeatedly with 14 lands kind of sounds like user error. Are you spread shuffling between each match?
@Jivan, green is my least favorite color, but I'll still play with it. While I don't think it's bad like you're saying, I do see why bad players use it often.
@BlackVise, thanks, and thanks! It only got three upvotes on my wife's reddi, though:(
@Mean Commanders, making sure we're all talking about Black Braids and not the cool Braids. The latter is teh awesome sauce.
@animals, not too fond of dogs of cats. Allergic to both. >_> Dogs are cool in a sort of 'having a companion who I also have to take care of alot' kinda of way. I'd rather have Pokemon if/when they exist. They [can] breathe fire and such. Companions and fire!
@Temparsec you think Arcum is op? Getting mana flooded repeatedly with 14 lands kind of sounds like user error. Are you spread shuffling between each match?
@ Arcum: no more broken than any other tutoring commander, I'd say. Some friends call him OP, though. Well, fine by me, there's so many ways to combo that they'll most likely run out of bans before I run out of combos ... *grin*
@ shuffling: I wouldn't dare to run the deck unless properly shuffled.
@ green: yuck! Only use it if I must, and then usually in the role of mana-slave. Way too focused on creatures and stuff.
@Temparsec, with the cards available, it's hard to win in Standard without creature based decks putting creatures sideways.
I've never heard anyone say Arcum is op, lol. Your playgroup would absolutly hate me, haha!
@Temparsec, with the cards available, it's hard to win in Standard without creature based decks putting creatures sideways.
I've never heard anyone say Arcum is op, lol. Your playgroup would absolutly hate me, haha!
Arcum/Zur/Sharuum/Scion.HermitDruid are pretty much widely considered the "A-Tier" generals. I've seen Oona and various others sometimes on that list as well depending on the playgroup. This is of course for multiplayer.
Who plays standard, anyway?
Sanctioned EDH tournaments, anyone?
I play Standard, but there are so many stale decks out there that I feel I have to play Frites...
We actually figured some things out yesterday. Does anybody know the pre-made Golgari event deck? It has a Thragtusk in the sideboard and a woodland cemetery mainboard. In NZ the event deck costs ~$45, and it nets you ~$55 in those cards... *sigh Wizards*
In other exciting news, I will hopefully be starting my new job soon! I'll be working like 6 extra hours and be getting paid more which means higher magic budget! Yay!
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@Jivan, I've never heard of Arcum or Druid ever complained about. Idont really venture much into the Commander forums, though.
@Aetos, what will you be doing?
They're the "high tier" commander decks. Now of course EDH is incredibly meta based and some decks just dont function in some groups. But if you were to go to an EDH tourny, you'd definitely consider playing Scion.Druid or Arcum lockdown or Sharuum or something like that and not Halfdane shapeshifter tribal.
@Aqua, no. But ties count as loses. Turbofog, while good, drags things out way too long. Especially after side. Matches last sooooooooooo long.
No as in 'Be reasonable AJ. Don't pla TF"? Someone usually dies. Either I"ll run out of wraths or fogs and my opponent gets lucky. Or I'll stall till I get mill and control the game from there. Have either Jace and Tamiyo helps too. Sifting through cards till I get the **** I need.
I can see control matches taking forever cuz neither person has their finishers.
@aqualad, I was running elocuters as aja suggests. Slow mill with otherworld atlas and jace's eraures. And that. I rarely actually loose, as no one is hitting me for anything, especially after the sideboard. Guttersnipe is the deck's biggest weakness imo. It can be easily dealt with. Anyway, Id like to see your build. My build won, but at tournaments it was too slow. My deck ran 2x Jace and 2x Tomiyo.
@Jivan, even then it must be a meta thing. I've heard of Scion, Oona, Zur, Uril, Momir Vig, Damia, Omnath and any esper atifact builds making people mad, just not Druid or Arcum. Once I heard a group complaining about Zedruu and Mageta the Lion, but I just thought they sucked. I go to at least 2 commander tournaments a month.
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I'm more of a dog person, but I don't dislike cats.
im just going to say that I did test against a Slide deck and while it was a pain game 2, I managed to win a race. G1 he spent most of the time trying to figure me out....
Also, more kitty pictures NAOW..... I am a cat person and today i held a cat for the first time in 7 years....
It was a kitten that something seemed off with, which im thinking was just tired. Anyway, I hold it and pet it and this thing goes from very docile to trying climbing on me, purring very very loudly....
I was sad when I had to go. And sadly, my emotions wont allow me to feel like im ready for another cat.
540 Peasant cube- Gold EditionSomething SpicyIf you want to be technical, BUG is the best color combination in magic by far, it just has an incredibly small pool of generals to abuse.
People need to be less whiny in EDH. I play Combo-Oona and will continue to do so.
@Aetos, he is cute. Skinny but super fluffy.
@Jivan, I'm more of a dog person as well. Wehave a dog, but my daughter has been begging for a cat.
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The only dog is a large dog. Small dogs are just worse cats. Also, cats are better.
Chocolate or fruity? Or something else? (Regarding your candy preference)
I eat horribly, and a lot of it has to do with candy.
@Tom, I have a very large dog:) His name is Garrus. He's fairly smart, especially for a chow.
(The princess and her cat)
(Bath time!)
(Obviously, Ajani, Kitten has spotted Nicol-Bolas lizard, and is poised for attack)
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Mind you, I would really like to build Mimeoplasm at some point! That's the kinda general I could boogie to!
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@ Ajani: super cute!
@ broken commanders: the only commander I had people complaining on was Arcum. Even if the Damia Storm deck has a higher kill-count. Apparently, the occasional fizzle makes the deck more sympathetic. Or something.
Ah right. I got my judge powers re-activated. Will judge my first GP trial after a 8-year break on 15. december. Woohoo!
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@OP Commanders, I'm about to make the most ruthless grixis deck possible, use Mishra as my commander, and just start the game while people scratch their heads. Most commanders are only as good as their decks, you know? I would then beat people with Mishra commander damage. If they ever said "Mishra is unfair!", they will never be allowed to play Commander at my house again.
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I despise green because it teaches players to be terrible at magic. It caters to the absolute worst tendencies and rewards them. Toxic design at its finest.
@Temparsec you think Arcum is op? Getting mana flooded repeatedly with 14 lands kind of sounds like user error. Are you spread shuffling between each match?
@Jivan, green is my least favorite color, but I'll still play with it. While I don't think it's bad like you're saying, I do see why bad players use it often.
@BlackVise, thanks, and thanks! It only got three upvotes on my wife's reddi, though:(
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@animals, not too fond of dogs of cats. Allergic to both. >_> Dogs are cool in a sort of 'having a companion who I also have to take care of alot' kinda of way. I'd rather have Pokemon if/when they exist. They [can] breathe fire and such. Companions and fire!
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@ Arcum: no more broken than any other tutoring commander, I'd say. Some friends call him OP, though. Well, fine by me, there's so many ways to combo that they'll most likely run out of bans before I run out of combos ... *grin*
@ shuffling: I wouldn't dare to run the deck unless properly shuffled.
@ green: yuck! Only use it if I must, and then usually in the role of mana-slave. Way too focused on creatures and stuff.
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I've never heard anyone say Arcum is op, lol. Your playgroup would absolutly hate me, haha!
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Arcum/Zur/Sharuum/Scion.HermitDruid are pretty much widely considered the "A-Tier" generals. I've seen Oona and various others sometimes on that list as well depending on the playgroup. This is of course for multiplayer.
I play Standard, but there are so many stale decks out there that I feel I have to play Frites...
We actually figured some things out yesterday. Does anybody know the pre-made Golgari event deck? It has a Thragtusk in the sideboard and a woodland cemetery mainboard. In NZ the event deck costs ~$45, and it nets you ~$55 in those cards... *sigh Wizards*
In other exciting news, I will hopefully be starting my new job soon! I'll be working like 6 extra hours and be getting paid more which means higher magic budget! Yay!
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@Aetos, what will you be doing?
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Next Standard I'm doing, I'm playing Turbofog! Cards I need to play around are Vraska, Thalia, and the mirror.
I don't need to tap creatures to win!
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They're the "high tier" commander decks. Now of course EDH is incredibly meta based and some decks just dont function in some groups. But if you were to go to an EDH tourny, you'd definitely consider playing Scion.Druid or Arcum lockdown or Sharuum or something like that and not Halfdane shapeshifter tribal.
No as in 'Be reasonable AJ. Don't pla TF"? Someone usually dies. Either I"ll run out of wraths or fogs and my opponent gets lucky. Or I'll stall till I get mill and control the game from there. Have either Jace and Tamiyo helps too. Sifting through cards till I get the **** I need.
I can see control matches taking forever cuz neither person has their finishers.
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Bruna
Marath
Vorel
Tariel WIP
@Jivan, even then it must be a meta thing. I've heard of Scion, Oona, Zur, Uril, Momir Vig, Damia, Omnath and any esper atifact builds making people mad, just not Druid or Arcum. Once I heard a group complaining about Zedruu and Mageta the Lion, but I just thought they sucked. I go to at least 2 commander tournaments a month.
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