If I have a Nest of Scarabs as well as a Festering Mummy on the board and I play a Plague Belcher , will I trigger Nest of Scarabs twice if I put the two -1/-1 counters from Plague Belcher onto Festering Mummy ? Or would it only trigger once because I am trying to put two -1/-1 counters on a 1/1 creature.
I like the concept of playing sealed, and enjoy everything about it. But to this point I have played in 3 sealed events and haven't won a single game. I am still fairly new to MTG in general (my first event ever was the Amonkhet pre-release), so I know there is going to be a learning curve. With all this said I am either extremely unlucky with pulling good cards or I am just putting together terrible decks (the more likely scenario). So here is a list of cards I pulled during my last sealed event (MTGO).
1 Irrigated Farmland
2 Evolving Wilds
1 Canyon Slough
1 Honed Khopesh
1 Oashra Cultivator
1 Hapatra's Mark
1 Soul-Scar Mage
1 Magma Spray
1 Flameblade Adept
1 Cartouche of Zeal
1 Supernatural Stamina
1 Scarab Feast
2 Festering Mummy
2 Sacred Cat
1 Fan Bearer
1 Watchers of the Dead
1 Shadowstorm Vizier
1 Haze of Pollen
1 Exemplar of Strength
1 Bitterblade Warrior
1 Nef-Crop Entangler
1 Brute Strength
2 Trespasser's Curse
1 Tah-Crop Skirmisher
1 Seeker of Insight
1 Cartouche of Knowledge
1 Mighty Leap
1 Gust Walker
1 Glory-Bound Initiate
1 Binding Mummy
1 Anointer Priest
2 Thresher Lizard
2 Minotaur Sureshot
2 Unburden
1 Wasteland Scorpion
2 Wander in Death
1 Painful Lesson
1 Nest of Scarabs
1 Baleful Ammit
1 Cancel
1 Ancient Crab
1 Vizier of Tumbling Sands
2 Unwavering Initiate
1 Trial of Solidarity
1 Those Who Serve
1 Renewed Faith
1 Quarry Hauler
1 Violent Impact
1 Limits of Solidarity
1 Emberhorn Minotaur
1 Electrify
1 Soulstinger
1 Pitiless Vizier
1 Trial of Knowledge
1 Decision Paralysis
2 Aven Initiate
1 Cast Out
1 Liliana's Mastery
2 Oketra's Attendant
1 Scaled Behemoth
1 Desert Cerodon
1 Floodwaters
1 River Serpent
1 New Perspectives
1 Winged Shepherd
1 By Force
1 Spidery Grasp
1 Pouncing Cheetah
1 Ornery Kudu
1 Gift of Paradise
2 Benefaction of Rhonas
1 Trial of Zeal
Here is the last deck I played..
Cartouche of Knowledge
Seeker of Insight
Ancient Crab
Cancel
Aven Initiate x2
Decision Paralysis
Trial of Knowledge
New Perspectives
River Serpent
Floodwaters
Cartouche of Zeal
Flameblade Adept
Magma Spray
Soul-Scar mage
Minotaur Sureshot x2
Thresher Lizard x2
Trial of Zeal
Electrify
Emberhorn Minotaur
Limits of Solidarity
Desert Cerodon
Island x8
Mountain x8
I also tried to do a white/black zombieish deck using nest of scarabs with -1/-1 counters but also got stomped. From my point of view most people I play have decks with really good synergy. What am I doing wrong?
I take a 50min subway trip to my favorite LGS.
There is a LGS 20 mins from my house and a bunch more on the way to where I play, but where I play is where I want to be, feel comfortable and have fun.
Don't let distance detract from finding the LGS you like the most. It'll make a massive difference to how much fun you have in the end.
Im going to go to this LGS for a few events before I make any conclusions. As 6Jerfz said, I could have expected too much (after 11 years in the Army I do tend to set expectations pretty high).
I signed up for the Amonkhet pre-release this weekend which sounds (even though im going to get pummeled)
Thank you everyone for the advice, and have no fear, I am writing down a bunch of questions that I will ask here when the list is complete
Also, not to sound weird, did you try to get the guys/girls phone numbers?
I thought about it, but didn't want to sound wierd :)... That is the goal though, to meet like minded people that I can play more with. I was injured in the military a little while ago and besides being a stay at home dad I have nothing else to do (IM BORED!). I love the game and just want to play (not online).
So a few days ago my local game store had an "open house" designed specifically for those who wanted to learn how to play MTG. When I walked into the store there was no one else there (besides the two employees behind the counter). I asked one of the employees if they were still doing the event and to my surprise the employee knew nothing about it, stating that "they never tell us whats going on". He then told me that the way it works is that seasoned players can come in and teach newbies how to play magic, but he didn't know if anyone was going to show up. I decided I would wait, so I sat down and started looking threw the pre-built deck that I bought so I could try and understand how the cards worked together. I tried to get a jump on things by asking the employees some questions about magic in general, how some of the cards in my deck worked, and questions about upcoming events they were hosting. All of my questions were basically answered with "ask some of the players when they show up".
Some people did finally show up (an hour later) but they were also somewhat new to the game, and we found ourselves learning on the fly and getting few game related questions answered by the staff that were there. Despite this, we did have a good time (I even won a few games).
I went there that day excited to learn, and wanted to use it as a primer to get my courage up so I could go to my first FNM. I didn't feel comfortable walking into a FNM without knowing more about the game and looking forward to FNM (even though I knew I would get stomped). But at this point I am less confident about walking into that store on Friday night because, based on what I've seen, I will get no help from the staff and I have no idea how I could approach someone for advice/help.
My only other choice is driving 40 minutes to the next game store and trying again.
So I guess the questions I have about this experience are:
Is it normal for someone inexperienced with the game to run into resistance while asking a lot of questions?
Did I do something wrong or inappropriate by asking the staff those questions before other players showed up?
What should I expect if I do decide to go to the FNM?
If I have a Nest of Scarabs as well as a Festering Mummy on the board and I play a Plague Belcher , will I trigger Nest of Scarabs twice if I put the two -1/-1 counters from Plague Belcher onto Festering Mummy ? Or would it only trigger once because I am trying to put two -1/-1 counters on a 1/1 creature.
Not sure how trigger vs. damage stacks.
Thank you
1 Irrigated Farmland
2 Evolving Wilds
1 Canyon Slough
1 Honed Khopesh
1 Oashra Cultivator
1 Hapatra's Mark
1 Soul-Scar Mage
1 Magma Spray
1 Flameblade Adept
1 Cartouche of Zeal
1 Supernatural Stamina
1 Scarab Feast
2 Festering Mummy
2 Sacred Cat
1 Fan Bearer
1 Watchers of the Dead
1 Shadowstorm Vizier
1 Haze of Pollen
1 Exemplar of Strength
1 Bitterblade Warrior
1 Nef-Crop Entangler
1 Brute Strength
2 Trespasser's Curse
1 Tah-Crop Skirmisher
1 Seeker of Insight
1 Cartouche of Knowledge
1 Mighty Leap
1 Gust Walker
1 Glory-Bound Initiate
1 Binding Mummy
1 Anointer Priest
2 Thresher Lizard
2 Minotaur Sureshot
2 Unburden
1 Wasteland Scorpion
2 Wander in Death
1 Painful Lesson
1 Nest of Scarabs
1 Baleful Ammit
1 Cancel
1 Ancient Crab
1 Vizier of Tumbling Sands
2 Unwavering Initiate
1 Trial of Solidarity
1 Those Who Serve
1 Renewed Faith
1 Quarry Hauler
1 Violent Impact
1 Limits of Solidarity
1 Emberhorn Minotaur
1 Electrify
1 Soulstinger
1 Pitiless Vizier
1 Trial of Knowledge
1 Decision Paralysis
2 Aven Initiate
1 Cast Out
1 Liliana's Mastery
2 Oketra's Attendant
1 Scaled Behemoth
1 Desert Cerodon
1 Floodwaters
1 River Serpent
1 New Perspectives
1 Winged Shepherd
1 By Force
1 Spidery Grasp
1 Pouncing Cheetah
1 Ornery Kudu
1 Gift of Paradise
2 Benefaction of Rhonas
1 Trial of Zeal
Here is the last deck I played..
Cartouche of Knowledge
Seeker of Insight
Ancient Crab
Cancel
Aven Initiate x2
Decision Paralysis
Trial of Knowledge
New Perspectives
River Serpent
Floodwaters
Cartouche of Zeal
Flameblade Adept
Magma Spray
Soul-Scar mage
Minotaur Sureshot x2
Thresher Lizard x2
Trial of Zeal
Electrify
Emberhorn Minotaur
Limits of Solidarity
Desert Cerodon
Island x8
Mountain x8
I also tried to do a white/black zombieish deck using nest of scarabs with -1/-1 counters but also got stomped. From my point of view most people I play have decks with really good synergy. What am I doing wrong?
Im going to go to this LGS for a few events before I make any conclusions. As 6Jerfz said, I could have expected too much (after 11 years in the Army I do tend to set expectations pretty high).
I signed up for the Amonkhet pre-release this weekend which sounds (even though im going to get pummeled)
Thank you everyone for the advice, and have no fear, I am writing down a bunch of questions that I will ask here when the list is complete
I thought about it, but didn't want to sound wierd :)... That is the goal though, to meet like minded people that I can play more with. I was injured in the military a little while ago and besides being a stay at home dad I have nothing else to do (IM BORED!). I love the game and just want to play (not online).
A little outside Grand Rapids MI. The LGS I went to was The Gaming Warehouse in Grandville MI.
Some people did finally show up (an hour later) but they were also somewhat new to the game, and we found ourselves learning on the fly and getting few game related questions answered by the staff that were there. Despite this, we did have a good time (I even won a few games).
I went there that day excited to learn, and wanted to use it as a primer to get my courage up so I could go to my first FNM. I didn't feel comfortable walking into a FNM without knowing more about the game and looking forward to FNM (even though I knew I would get stomped). But at this point I am less confident about walking into that store on Friday night because, based on what I've seen, I will get no help from the staff and I have no idea how I could approach someone for advice/help.
My only other choice is driving 40 minutes to the next game store and trying again.
So I guess the questions I have about this experience are:
Is it normal for someone inexperienced with the game to run into resistance while asking a lot of questions?
Did I do something wrong or inappropriate by asking the staff those questions before other players showed up?
What should I expect if I do decide to go to the FNM?