Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
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Because he's the hero MTGS deserves, and the one it needs right now. So we'll global him. Because he can take it. Because he's not just our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. An expired rascal.
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ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
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ER is a masterful god who cannot be beaten in any endeavour.
If someone can create E's deck, I can play anytime today within the next 6 hours. I'm in Germany so the time difference is making it a bit hard to connect with people :/
If someone can create E's deck, I can play anytime today within the next 6 hours. I'm in Germany so the time difference is making it a bit hard to connect with people :/
In the unlikely event anyone would be willing to play deck E, I can send the deck list.
Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
Quote from Stardust »
Because he's the hero MTGS deserves, and the one it needs right now. So we'll global him. Because he can take it. Because he's not just our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. An expired rascal.
Quote from LuckNorris »
ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
Quote from Lanxal »
ER is a masterful god who cannot be beaten in any endeavour.
Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
Quote from Stardust »
Because he's the hero MTGS deserves, and the one it needs right now. So we'll global him. Because he can take it. Because he's not just our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. An expired rascal.
Quote from LuckNorris »
ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
Quote from Lanxal »
ER is a masterful god who cannot be beaten in any endeavour.
Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
Quote from Stardust »
Because he's the hero MTGS deserves, and the one it needs right now. So we'll global him. Because he can take it. Because he's not just our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. An expired rascal.
Quote from LuckNorris »
ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
Quote from Lanxal »
ER is a masterful god who cannot be beaten in any endeavour.
Thank you, thank you! I'd like to thank my agent, my parents, Metalworker and Triskelion for making all this possible...
There were some really scary decks in there. I think we got lucky, frankly. We had neither the most broken cards nor the most streamlined archetype, but our LD could really punish an unlucky draw. I think goldfishing our build in tappedout helped a lot, to find a balance between our Metalworker-combo starts, our land destruction/Wildfire games, and our grind-em-down-with-4/4s and burn games. We could easily have gone 0-3 if we had left Blistering Firecat in the sideboard, and that was a last-second addition. The pack 3 Wildfire also made us look like geniuses--we built a Wildfire deck without its key card, and got it late.
It also helped, I think, that we realized early that this cube has fewer big threats and creatures compared to most cubes. Juzam Djinn was the force he used to be back in the day, in this cube. Since we had pretty strong ramp, we were on the lookout for something to do with our mana.
I think we were weakest to the aggro decks. The White Weenie deck would have been really rough for us to handle (unless we got Wildfire), and we just barely squeaked past the WB aggro deck due to LD/mana screw.
I posted some brief descriptions of our matches in our team's forum, if anyone is interested.
Also, thanks to the folks who we played on cockatrice. I was horrible at the interface, but everyone was very friendly and patient, even when I was busy destroying their only swamp...
There was some luck involved, because some of the other decks here look incredible (Sword + Jitte? Gross). At the same time, Skidgod and Tom0 were great communicators and smart drafters. I resisted good strategic choices like going green, and good specific choices like Regrowth, but they were always there to talk me into the right pick. The post counts back this up.
Also, from FTK on, we had a lot of red to ourselves, letting us use early picks on removal, ramp and key green cards, then wheeling powerful red creatures on every point of the curve (I'm looking at you, Avalanche Riders).
I can't overstate the importance of Tom0 putting the cards up on tappedout. It let us look at tons of sample hands and make important small fixes, like tweaking the mana base, cutting the white splash and sorting out the tier-one red from the filler red. You can see in our thread how many small changes were made very late, and you can read in Tom0's match reports what a big impact those tweaks had on the results.
The most important pick we made was metalworker (a pick I was against), because it solidified our pick order and focused our strategy for the rest of the draft.
Body Count: GRRRUUUUUUUUUUU
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My Cube for use with 6th ed. Rules
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Custom Cube
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In the unlikely event anyone would be willing to play deck E, I can send the deck list.
(CubeTutor & MTGS)
360 Peasant Cube!
Custom Cube
RWU Miracles RWU
(CubeTutor & MTGS)
360 Peasant Cube!
Custom Cube
RWU Miracles RWU
Team B won 2-0 against Team D. I hope we can at least play the finals.
I am stuck in a hospital bed so I have time right now.
I feel compelled to repeat everything I hear
So Altaurus, let me know when you would be able to play against team E?
I feel compelled to repeat everything I hear
Former DCI L2 Judge
My old Cube podcast on ManaDeprived, with Goodking and artbcnco: http://manadeprived.com/podcasts/mtgin3d/
You can find me on Twitter as well.
I also have a friend who can pilot an unpiloted deck, if need be.
My $40 MTGO cube
Draft my cube at Cubetutor!
edit: Team A wins 2-1 over Team E!
Former DCI L2 Judge
My old Cube podcast on ManaDeprived, with Goodking and artbcnco: http://manadeprived.com/podcasts/mtgin3d/
You can find me on Twitter as well.
Body Count: GRRRUUUUUUUUUUU
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My Cube for use with 6th ed. Rules
I am still ready to play the finals with Team B, should another team win two rounds.
I feel compelled to repeat everything I hear
Former DCI L2 Judge
My old Cube podcast on ManaDeprived, with Goodking and artbcnco: http://manadeprived.com/podcasts/mtgin3d/
You can find me on Twitter as well.
Body Count: GRRRUUUUUUUUUUU
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Level 1 Judge
My Cube for use with 6th ed. Rules
My $40 MTGO cube
Draft my cube at Cubetutor!
I've gone ahead and opened up the forums. Everyone can feel free to peruse them all at your leisure.
(And you can still use this thread for discussion if y'all like)
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My Cube for use with 6th ed. Rules
There were some really scary decks in there. I think we got lucky, frankly. We had neither the most broken cards nor the most streamlined archetype, but our LD could really punish an unlucky draw. I think goldfishing our build in tappedout helped a lot, to find a balance between our Metalworker-combo starts, our land destruction/Wildfire games, and our grind-em-down-with-4/4s and burn games. We could easily have gone 0-3 if we had left Blistering Firecat in the sideboard, and that was a last-second addition. The pack 3 Wildfire also made us look like geniuses--we built a Wildfire deck without its key card, and got it late.
It also helped, I think, that we realized early that this cube has fewer big threats and creatures compared to most cubes. Juzam Djinn was the force he used to be back in the day, in this cube. Since we had pretty strong ramp, we were on the lookout for something to do with our mana.
I think we were weakest to the aggro decks. The White Weenie deck would have been really rough for us to handle (unless we got Wildfire), and we just barely squeaked past the WB aggro deck due to LD/mana screw.
I posted some brief descriptions of our matches in our team's forum, if anyone is interested.
Also, thanks to the folks who we played on cockatrice. I was horrible at the interface, but everyone was very friendly and patient, even when I was busy destroying their only swamp...
My $40 MTGO cube
Draft my cube at Cubetutor!
Also, from FTK on, we had a lot of red to ourselves, letting us use early picks on removal, ramp and key green cards, then wheeling powerful red creatures on every point of the curve (I'm looking at you, Avalanche Riders).
I can't overstate the importance of Tom0 putting the cards up on tappedout. It let us look at tons of sample hands and make important small fixes, like tweaking the mana base, cutting the white splash and sorting out the tier-one red from the filler red. You can see in our thread how many small changes were made very late, and you can read in Tom0's match reports what a big impact those tweaks had on the results.
The most important pick we made was metalworker (a pick I was against), because it solidified our pick order and focused our strategy for the rest of the draft.