2019 Holiday Exchange!
 
A New and Exciting Beginning
 
The End of an Era
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Aug 26, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on [Compiled] Upcoming Promo Information
    Quote from KnickM »
    The list of prerelease cards for Battle for Zendikar has been released:

    http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/125230819733/when-do-bfz-spoiler-weeks-start

    It doesn't tell us the names of the cards, per se, but it does tell us that the answer is "All of them".

    Honestly, I'd prefer full-art basic land prerelease promos. How awesome would THAT be?


    I do not see any card in that link...
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Jun 30, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on [Primer] Mill.Dek
    What about this cool new card for a mill?



    Posted in: Budget (Modern)
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Jun 29, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on How to put "order" in magic, aka order vs chaos
    Mmm, so all is related to how powerful is in limited.. I don't agree but I understand. There are some rares that suck in limited as well and in some case, this is related to being powerful only if you build something around with more copies of some cards and this is not exactly easy in limited and with rares...

    Quote from EbonPraetor »
    You should explain yourself a little better. What's your reasoning for your new rarities ratio? As now, I only see a bunch of random numbers.


    I mean, let's assume we all want to keep mythics and for a sec, let's put aside the relation between power and rarity.
    There are too many rares and mithic rares anyway and IMO it is too marketing related to be acceptable.

    The numbers are the ratio in between the total amount of cards and rarity in a set, so I would suggest the following

    1 mythic
    2 rares
    4 uncommon
    6 commons

    To read like this, commons should be 6 times more than mythics and 3 times more than a normal rare.

    In a set with (for example), 260 cards in total, you should have 20mythics, 40 rares, 80 uncommons and 120 commons.


    Hope it is more clear now Smile
    Posted in: Opinions & Polls
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Jun 29, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on How to put "order" in magic, aka order vs chaos
    This is my opinion about magic recently...

    Magic is getting more chaotic than acceptable (rarity pattern / distribution and rarity / power of the card).

    In few words, there are rare or mythic cards that suck and you probably know it
    + there are too many rare and mythic compared to the total of each set

    That's my suggestion about ratios

    1 mythic (* would be glad if they vanish at all)
    2 rares
    4 uncommon
    6 commons

    in a set of 260 cards, it would be 20mythics, 40 rares, 80 uncommons and 120 commons...

    Rarity should now really reflects the power of that card in a format, keeping some basic staples at a low rarity level to be friendly to new players.

    Posted in: Opinions & Polls
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Jun 24, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on Burn
    Quote from Nevelo »
    I can appreciate wanting some spicy 1-ofs. Though, I'd definitely go to 4x Eidolons. I can't overstate how important they are for the combo matchups like Storm and High Tide. We cannot race these decks, so aggressively mulliganing for Eidolon is the best strategy. 3x Vortex is probably overkill given how awkward they are at 3cmc, much less in multiples, so swapping 1 for an Eidolon is provably the go.


    Ok, then I would go

    -1 vortex
    +1 Eidolon

    -2 Flame rift
    +2 Searing Blood

    How does it sound?

    Anything else for MB or SB?

    Would you consider Volcanic Fallout?
    Posted in: Aggro & Tempo
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Jun 23, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on Burn
    Quote from BasedFuster »


    Flame Rift seems like dated tech right now, and it's pretty bad to run alongside Eidolon. Speaking of Eidolon what's the reason for only running 3?

    Moving to sideboard, how well is Chaos Warp working for you? I considered running it for enchantment removal but I also thought it was too expensive plus the drawback could really screw you over if you get unlucky. You should switch out blood moon, it doesn't deal damage and plus once your opponents see that you play burn they'll fetch basics anyway to play around Price of Progress.


    Quote from Curby »
    3 Eidolons due to availability? If it's a design choice then it's one I disagree with. Eidolon is one of our best cards against Combo and cantrip-happy aggro-control. Also I see a curious lack of Searing Blood/Blaze, especially for a Swiftspear build where you don't want to get chump-blocked. I'd love to hear some insights into the choices made here, but lacking that I'd prefer a more traditional build.


    I try to explain why the deck is build like this... I tried to create a version that it is not totally copied from netdecks... It can have a good surprise effect on opponents that think to face the usual legacy burn.
    Being an "eternal" player, I try to be competitive but keeping some old cards that give flavour to the deck.
    Said that, I am still super happy to read your feedbacks and explanations about what to change and why.

    Eidolon is a new entry for my deck and it is replacing Hellspark Elemental, in order to have a total of 10 creatures, then considering that I also run Sulfuric vortex and flame rift I thought it was enough for "sharing damage" cards... of course I can change, that's why I posted the deck for your opinion, so how would you change it?

    I use Chaos warp exactly for the reason you were used to run it... Enchantments!

    About blood moon, it is true, they can fetch for basic, if they have and that will probably affect them. Otherwise why should they run unbasic if their decks work perfectly without? If instead they play artifacts, blood moon + price of progress could be a good advantage...

    Posted in: Aggro & Tempo
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Jun 21, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on Burn
    My actual burn decklist for reviewing and critic

    DeckMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards
    // Lands
    20 Mountain

    // Creatures
    4 Goblin Guide
    4 Monastery swiftspear
    3 Eidolon of the great revel

    // Spells
    4 Lightning Bolt
    4 Fireblast
    3 Sulfuric Vortex
    4 Chain Lightning
    4 Lava Spike
    4 Rift Bolt
    4 Price of Progress
    2 Flame rift

    		// Sideboard
    2 Blood Moon
    2 Chaos warp
    1 Dragon's claw
    3 Ensnaring Bridge
    2 Red elemental blast
    3 Smash to smithereens
    2 Vexing Shusher
    Posted in: Aggro & Tempo
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Jun 8, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on Magic Origins: Compiled Info
    The cards I have seen from the spoiler really suck, like seriosly, I mean there are cards that are the weak versions of something that is already around, but worse... Was I the only one to expect cool cards and eventually cool reprints from the last core set?

    eg: lightning javelin 0_0

    or Reave soul (vs Smoother)


    last concern, I expected much better from a card named Hydro-lash
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    May 20, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on [Official] Magic Workstation Thread
    Hey!

    Is there a way to add modern masters 2 manually?
    Posted in: Third Party Products
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    May 1, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on [Deck] Goblins
    Yes, 2 Ashen rider or Kederekt Leviathan + 2 red elemental blast or Pyroblast is atm the best sideboard against show and tell Smile
    Posted in: Midrange
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Feb 24, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on [Official] Altered Art Thread (56k Beware)
    Quote from Ondal »


    Sac lands are terrific and brilliant!

    The tutor is nice Smile

    Posted in: Artwork
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Feb 18, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on [MM2] Modern Masters 2
    Quote from jar75 »
    Quote from Aquila Noctis »
    It's not just a question of keeping the price of modern staples in a range... they create a set focused on drafting, so the selection had to be viable and fun to draft with.

    So cards like lightning bolt, serum vision, path to exile, kird ape or mogg fanatic (they always considered a similar slot in the sets)... all of them are not big deal, but goyf again and in uncommon, like I have read around is crazy!

    Lightning Bolt at common would be a more warping card for limited than Goyf at uncommon.


    Why lightning bolt should be reprinted different from common? After over 20 years of being common?
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Feb 17, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on [MM2] Modern Masters 2
    It's not just a question of keeping the price of modern staples in a range... they create a set focused on drafting, so the selection had to be viable and fun to draft with.

    So cards like lightning bolt, serum vision, path to exile, kird ape or mogg fanatic (they always considered a similar slot in the sets)... all of them are not big deal, but goyf again and in uncommon, like I have read around is crazy!
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Jan 7, 2015
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on The First Name Thread
    My name is LUIGI

    Posted in: Introduce Yourself
  • Aquila Noctis's avatar
    Dec 24, 2014
    Aquila Noctis posted a message on The Official Eighth Annual MTGSalvation Holiday Exchange!
    First of all, I would like to say thanks!

    I got my cards few hours ago, perfect timing! I was cooking for Christmas and I got this wonderful surprise!

    Special thanks to:

    - Jay13x to make this happen,

    - serrot_29 for this mind blowing 3D alter, Hey man, I really appreciate it, I heard of 3D cards, but I have never had one!

    - The misterious guy who sent the 2 booster packs!



    Posted in: Community Discussion
  • To post a comment, please or register a new account.
Back to Top