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May 22, 2018Jay13x posted a message on Ravnica: The Broken GuildpactThey're available as ebooks, which makes it much, much easier.Posted in: Articles
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May 21, 2018Jay13x posted a message on Ravnica: The Broken GuildpactYes it is! The books are a lot fun to read than the summaries, though. Some of the best fiction Magic has ever produced.Posted in: Articles
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May 21, 2018Jay13x posted a message on Ravnica: The Broken GuildpactWe got two different word of god answers for that (elf and vedalken), and *** isn't 'real' canon anyway. The most recent Magic Story podcast made that clear! So essentially, it's cool background, but nothing in canon has said either way.Posted in: Articles
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Nov 20, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Jaya Ballard ReturnsSure. But the timing seems awfully convenient, especially because they'd have known Jaya was returning while working on the set, and deliberately put in several pieces of Dominaria nostalgia (like Wasitora).Posted in: Articles
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Oct 12, 2017Jay13x posted a message on The World of KamigawaWe've already 'returned' to it with supplemental products, but Maro has said pretty much the opposite about returning. That's why it's so low on the Rabiah Scale.Posted in: Articles
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Sep 28, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?Ha! yeah, the problem is that Banishment would be for way longer than the actual timeline allows. So I'm guessing how things actually went down is going to be retconned somewhat (I'm not sure a variable ending counter really counts as 'canon' anyway).Posted in: Articles
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Sep 28, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?Because Mairsil was killed by Jaya, his essence is no more. Lim-Dul is also the one who had a connection to Shandalar, Mairsil (the guy in the ring) never did.Posted in: Articles
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Sep 28, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?Those are angels, like Resolute Archangel.Posted in: Articles
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Sep 27, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?I wish there was a 'like' button on articles.Posted in: Articles
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Sep 27, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?I'm pretty sure you never 'kill' Arzakon, you just banish him and his influence. You're only ever fighting that Statue of him. That's the challenge.Posted in: Articles
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Sep 27, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?I did, it's definitely an interesting parallel.Posted in: Articles
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Sep 27, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?The initial premise is that IF the Raven Man is a new character. Liliana's own delusion is possible, it just seems unlikely.Posted in: Articles
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Sep 27, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?Are you talking about that dark dot on her hand? That's the gap between her fingers where you can see her glove again.Posted in: Articles
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Sep 27, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?I think that's meant to be a magic glow, I can't make out an actual ring. http://i.imgur.com/hdKmYNb.pngPosted in: Articles
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Sep 27, 2017Jay13x posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?That's pretty much what I think will happen too.Posted in: Articles
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Out: Idol of Oblivion, Kindred Charge
In: Arms Dealer, Underworld Breach
I'm not sure how Arms Dealer ever got cut, probably to test something out and then never put back in. Regardless, Idol of Oblivion was not the card advantage I thought it would be in this deck unless I'm already in a strong place on the board. So Arms Dealer is back and the Idol is out.
I'm incredibly exited for Underworld Breach, which is some awesome recursion for this deck. Combo pieces, once destroyed, are no longer gone forever! Kindred Charge was the most expensive card in my deck, and if it's useful, like the Idol, I'm already in a really strong board state and could probably stand to bring some things back more. Given the low average CMC of cards in this deck, recurring up to four cards will usually be the much better play.
I've updated the change log. After a few years, occasionally I tweak something and forget to update it. Apparently I swapped it out some time last year, but I might bring it back again. The deck is due for another overhaul soon (I.E. To pull it apart and see what is working and what isn't, rather than just swapping in new cards).
Out: Mountain - It's just a Mountain.
In: Castle Embereth - A fantastic utility land that's better than a Basic Mountain at pretty much any time in Mono-Red.
Right now, only Castle Embereth is under serious consideration.
Out: Sol Ring - It's just such a boring card, and is really only here for an occasional Turn 2 Krenko.
In: Dockside Extortionist - This card is tutorable in this deck and way more fun. Better ramp for the late game come back, which this deck needs more than an occasional early start.
Manabarbs is fine in Krenko, it only affects a player tapping for mana, and you'll probably have fewer lands and be tapping them less than other players.
If you want to slow down an Animar player:
It might replace my Sol Ring but I'd need to do some playtesting.
IN: Blood Moon
OUT: Paradox Engine
It's time to say goodbye. I'm swapping Blood Moon back in for Paradox Engine until something more interesting comes along.
IN: Pashalik Mons, Tectonic Reformation
OUT: Blood Moon, Cheering Fanatic
You can see discussion for Pashalik Mons above this post. A second Boggart Shenanigans is very handy, and his second ability, while not incredibly useful in this deck, is a handy mana sink and goblin token source for those dead turns.
Speaking of dead turns, Tectonic Reformation is an incredibly powerful card in a deck like this. After the fifth or six mountain, there's a significant amount of diminishing returns on future land drops. Having a way to cycle every land you don't need is very useful, and with the mana curve in this deck, at six lands you should be able to cast whatever you cycle for.
Cheering Fanatic is out because, frankly, it's just not as useful as I thought it would be. Blood Moon makes me an early game target, and is frequently a budget cut from this deck anyway.
I'm not sure what he'll be replacing yet, though, but I will by the time the set comes out. Cheering Fanatic is a potential cut. It's less useful than it first appeared. I've been eyeing Blood Moon to be cut for a while, too. It doesn't do much but piss off the table even more and once in a blue moon make Mountainwalk more useful. Pashalik Mons is another potential win-con in the deck, which takes priority.
I skipped over Ravnica Allegiance because there were no cards of note for this deck. WAR, however, brings up Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin! Krenko 2.0 doesn't disappoint, but he's not so exciting to replace the original as the leader of this deck.
IN: Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
OUT: Hordeling Outburst
Finding a place to slot Krenko 2.0 in was a challenge, I'll admit. There are so few good 2 drops that I didn't want to replace one of them, and almost every card of 4cmc or higher wasn't something I could easily cut, which left replacing another 3 drop. In the end I picked Hordeling Outburst for a number of reasons. The sorcery is handy, but it's still only a sorcery, and an actual tutorable goblin was preferable to me. Add to that Krenko 2.0 creating three goblins in the worst case (and frequently MANY more), it was a pretty easy swap.