MTG Salvation

This thread is for the discussion of my latest article, MTGCast #129: Pro Tour Berlin Bonanza with Gavin and Tom. We would be grateful if you would let us know what you think, but please keep your comments on topic.

Best Homelands card: Primal Order
I actually have a playset and ALWAYS have this card, three copies, in my sideboard whenever I run green in my Legacy deck.

I actually have a set ready for BOO draft. Here is one of my favorite cards. Hope you guys like it.



I couldn't remember the name of the artist. Sorry.
The basic idea is copied from the Chrono Legionnaire in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2. He gives blue some kind of removal.

I also got the Guitar Hero keychain looking thing in my cereal. Mine was red.

When I was starting to play, my local shop had a ton of Homelands packs for real cheap. My allowance at the time (I was in middle school) would let me get a pack a week of Odyssey/Onslaught, or two packs a week of Homelands. I figured quantity beat quality, and so I wound up with way too many unplayable Homelands cards, and nearly nothing playable in what was the current standard. They're just so bad, I can't believe I ever won with some of these cards. Dwarven Pony, though, would have to be my favorite. I won with it, getting an unblockable dwarf to sneak through my opponent's goblins for the win. Such good times.

Tom: With your Puca's Mischief deck , something that might help you deal with colfenor's plans is Jace. He gets you more cards from out of the plans, he gets you cards in your graveyard for your coils, if you can ramp up to his ultimatum, and, best of all, he's doing all this without messing with your 1 spell per turn. He'll also work great in your Sanity Grinding deck.

For your sanity grinding deck, Noggle Ransacker and Dream Fracture seem as smaller ways to mill your opponent bit by bit, and it would let you play crackleburr, which I just love. It's less dedicated mill, but it's more fun, and I'd love to see a good way or crackleburr to work.

Umm... Gavin, who told you not to drink the tap water?!

Congrats on T8ing that draft tournament! Sounds seriously awesome - I want to play!

And congrats on the cruise qualifier thing too... though it must be kinda frustrating to come so close and not win.

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Favourite Art: Simic Guildmage

As for BOO cards, I'll put them them in a cut so I don't spam your comment thread too much!

I definitely drank the tap water in several European countries... repeatedly.. and had zero problems. My girlfriend kept telling me I shouldn't be drinking it, but I ignored her

I thought about creating a sexy hybrid of Lorwyn and Alara to create this beauty.

my new favourite art is the gangsta aven on Indestructible Aura, brother be brushing off those spells like it ain't no thang. For the Boo draft there should definitely be an mtgcast charm, something like choose one: put a -1/-1 counter on any number of target creatures, or draw two cards, or draw three cards (Tom loves blowfly infestation, Derek loves drawing cards, and Gavin REALLY loves drawing cards).

Cool show guys.

BOO Draft sounds really awesome, especially if you decided beforehand to design in a certain setting; for example, Shards BOO would need to fit into a shard, and you could make a design limit on cards per Shard as to limit making one far too powerful.

Roxnard, Earthomancer R

1R: Target land becomes a 5/2 creature with trample until end of turn (It's still a land). Sacrifice it at end of turn.

Lands you control have shroud

0/1

Kris Mage-favorite magic art (hot chick with a weapon that's larger than necessary), relevant ability in limited and constructed (I've took down many Birds and Elves in Type 2 in it's day), and awesome flavor text. She's got it all!

Here is my 2-cents for superb MTG art . . . Forbidding Watchtower.
There is something simply majestic about it.
Also, not a shabby card.

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Here is my 2-cents for superb MTG art . . . Forbidding Watchtower.
There is something simply majestic about it.
Also, not a shabby card.

Aleksi Briclot did that, all of his work is amazing... I have a signed foil one.
As for my favorite art, I have to say Thoughtseize, also by Aleksi Briclot. The Faerie is literally sucking thoughts out of the victims brain, it's so perfect for the actual card, sucking spells right out of their hand. Beautiful, plus useful.

Tale of the Eden Marvusi (No manacost!)
(~ has no card type!)
Tale of the Eden Marvusi is white.
During the beginning of the game, you may remove Tale of the Eden Marvusi and another white card and a Plains card in you hand from the game. If you do, triple your life total.
Cycling 3W

Tale of the Dark Ages
Tale of the Dark Ages is blue.
During the beginning of the game, you may remove Tale of the Dark Ages and another blue card and a Island card in you hand from the game. If you do, target oppenent pays an additional 2 to play each spell for the rest of the game.
Cycling 1U

Tale of the Anachronists
Tale of the Anachronists is black.
During the beginning of the game, you may remove Tale of the Anachronists and another black card and a Swamp card in you hand from the game. If you do, search your library for two cards and put them into your hand. Shuffle your library.
Cycling 4B

Tale of the Battle of Ruul
Tale of the Battle of Ruul is red.
During the beginning of the game, you may remove Tale of the Battle of Ruul and another red card and a Mountain card in you hand from the game. If you do, creatures you will control will have Haste and +1/+0 for the rest of the game.
Cycling 5R

Tale of the Age of Exploration
Tale of the Age of Exploration is green.
During the beginning of the game, you may remove Tale of the Age of Exploration and another green card and a Forest card in you hand from the game. If you do, search your library for two Forest cards and put them into play tapped. Shuffle your library.
Cycling 2G

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The idea with these cards is that, before the game, these are major events in history that have defined you as a Planeswalker. As soon as the game starts, however, these become nothing more than tales and you can only cycle them. That's why they have no cost nor card type, because they aren't actually magic spells of any kind.

I just listened to the cast today (I am a little behind on my podcasts)
Great show as always guys.
Tom, I ran a sanity's deck about a month ago right after Alara became legal & had a ton of fun with it, but actually killed more often with critters than grinding.
my list was off the top of my head:

It was a blast to play, but I think I should have taken the plumeveils up to 4. The real MVPs of the deck were the Plumeveils & the dominus.
Have fun with it -- milling is my favourite win condition of all time.

Back during Ice Age I had a nasty millstone/vexing arcanis/timetwister/tormod's crypt deck that my friends HATED.

Yeah, enough rambling, love the show, & find Derrick (sp?)

I hope you like them, a cycle i made some time ago for my own Draft....
Tell me wich you think is the more broken!

For favorite Magic artwork, it would have to be a tie between my namesake (Basking Rootwalla) and Sensation Gorger. As for the rootwalla, it's just so cute and ready to pounce to sell you car insurance. The Gorger, on the other hand, loves him some stink, and I love how well they portrayed a goblin going to erratic and extreme lengths to get what he wants.

As for Worlds, I would LOVE to do a Unhinged/A-hoy draft with you guys, though I may not be able to due to my schedule. I'll be down there the whole week, but I'll be donning stripes for it, so I probably won't have much time. Hopefully the schedules will align though, and I'll be able to do something. : )

here's a few cards i made for some games,

Those are exceptionally cool, and not everyone knows my secret love for Spider cards.

Cheers,
Tom

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here's a few cards i made for some games,

your welcom Tom, i had no idea lol, i'm more intrested in MTGO than paper tho, so if i am lucky enough to win you know me on modo, Ravarshi

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your welcom Tom, i had no idea lol, i'm more intrested in MTGO than paper tho, so if i am lucky enough to win you know me on modo, Ravarshi

I don't think they've made Equinox on MODO quite yet. lol

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I just listened to the cast today (I am a little behind on my podcasts)
Great show as always guys.
Tom, I ran a sanity's deck about a month ago right after Alara became legal & had a ton of fun with it, but actually killed more often with critters than grinding.
my list was off the top of my head:

thekatz35's DeckMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards
4x Sanity's Grinding 4x Cryptic Commands 3x Negate 4x Remove Soul 4x Swans of Bryn Argoll 4x Dominus of Fealty 3x Ghastlord of Fugue 3x Overbeing of Myth 3x Plumeveil 2x Twincast 2x Jace Beleran 20x Island 4x Terramorphic Expanse

It was a blast to play, but I think I should have taken the plumeveils up to 4. The real MVPs of the deck were the Plumeveils & the dominus.
Have fun with it -- milling is my favourite win condition of all time.

Back during Ice Age I had a nasty millstone/vexing arcanis/timetwister/tormod's crypt deck that my friends HATED.

Yeah, enough rambling, love the show, & find Derrick (sp?)

i love the idea of swans, but twin cast should be a 4 of maybe - 1fugue and - 1swans