MTG Salvation

I voted for #3 but I thought 4, 5, and 6 were just as nice. I do see the point that everyone has with #5 but I didn't vote for it because of the potential to trap the audience in a certain color (which isn't to say that 3 won't either... it's just more open IMO).

Well here I am again. Been stuck inside the since Thursday because of this cold chill we got. Temps haven't gotten above 5 degrees F until today. Not only that but the wind's been howlin's since Thursday with the exception of Sunday, which just makes it colder. Ugh.

Well anyway I've been working on this U/G aggro type deck but I'm not really sure how it's gonna do. Here's my draft of it:
T2 Quick-beats:
4 Darksteel Colossus
2 Keiga, The Tidal Star
3 Azusa, Lost but Seeking - Why I need more than one of this legend should be obvious
3 Sword of Kaldra - Powerhouse on a Colossus... or anything else for that matter
4 Thought Courier - To get rid of my extra legendary stuff... or just reshuffle a colossus
4 Sakura Tribe-Elder

4 Sylvan Scrying
4 Reap and Sow
4 ?? - Not sure what I need here...
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Serum Visions

4 Urza's Mine
4 Urza's Tower
4 Urza's Power Plant
5 Forest
4 Island

That ?? is exactly why I'm asking for help on this one. I know I need removal of some sort as an instant.. but what? Also, I'm not exactly sure on the land setup... I'm thinking I should only have 3 of the Urza-tron but then again that would lessen the chance to get off the quick beats huh?... Any suggestions?

OK i see card revamping is the order for today. I think I submit a generic as well. Lets start with mine.

Crimson Avatar, The Enraged 3RR
Legendary Creature - Spirit Avatar
Whenever Crimson Avatar, The Enraged attacks you may pay 1RR. If you do, Crimson Avatar gains Trample and First Strike and gets +3/-3 until end of turn.
1RR: Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
3/4

Plain, yes. But it can be a powerhouse no?

Evil Gains 2UB
Enchantment
Sacrifice a creature: Choose one: Draw a card and you lose 1 life; or target creature you control becomes unblockable until end of turn.

I dunno about anyone else but I think it's getting harder to make up unique abilities...

Deck review time!
X: I agree that Rewind sucks for your deck considering I'm playing a similar style deck(control/long-term win), I think I'd know. Replacement options: Thoughtbind (which may or may not work)... otherwise not much else. Maybe that Disrupting Shoal from Betrayers might help. It reads "XUU Instant - Arcane You may remove a blue card with converted mana cost X in your hand from the game rather than pay Disrupting Shoal's mana cost. Counter target spell if it's converted mana cost is X." As for draw, I agree on your points with the Wargear and the Top, Counsel of the Soratami might work well if you're ok with the Sorcery draw considering it's T2... but if you wanna keep the Thirsts I'd rather go with the Pulse of the Grid honestly because of it's bring back factor... but that's just me...

First, let's pick apart the acronym. RPG = Role Playing Game. IMO, this means taking on the role of one person and being able to act with that person. Things like D&D, Diablo, and Zelda, again IMO, are RPGs. Of course the Final Fantasy series and other games that are put in that RPG category are only partly that because they do occasionally go off into other characters and flashbacks and what not. But, also, under my definition some of the Mario games would be RPG's as well huh? A better acronym for such games, again IMO, would be rpsg = Role Playing "Story" (for lack of a better word) Game.

I'm probably one of the older people here. I've been 22 since october...

6' 4" which is about 1.93 meters... and everyone with the exception of a few people I know are WAYYYY shorter than me. I think it's the water.

Ugh, more proof modern rock is... well... for the lack of any other word to come up in my head... dying. I wish there were more rock stations out there but right now in my area all we got is a pop station HITS FM 94.7. It's crap. Mostly popular rap and R&B and they play the same songs every 2 hours. What's happenin to the good stuff man?

Today is April 13th. The sun is out. It's 57 degrees. car windows are open. People are jogging. And the last of the snow is melting. It's windy but it's more of a spring wind just like it should be.... Excuse me while I tell this idiot behind me that it isn't January... at least for today.

In other news, deck critique! I have one question on the Ion Storm deck having never played that sort of deck. Does the mana come quick enough for you? I know that there's 24 land which is the right amount for that deck but with the 1R requirement I'd think you'd need fast mana or at least some mana acceleration even if it's only in the form of a Solemn Simulacrum or Wayfarer's Bauble. Otherwise, X covered everything else.

Yo! Here I am again. Tryin to just keep in touch here.
About the clan contest, which 5 members are gonna get their cards in (best 5 cards or the council members?) and what about the land and generics; who's gonna make those cards up?

X: I used to be in that same pattern of sleep. It sucks like a bull crapping on your head. If you're sick it's probably the flu or a cold or something but I wouldn't rule out walking pnumonia if you're sleeping like that... If it's not that you're probably just like me and get hyper all easy as hell.

Well due to time constraints that's all for now.

Holy Moly, I actually thought of something I can do to change an old deck I had... If anyone remembers my Trade Routes/Seismic Assault Combo here's an update on it:

3 Mana Seism
3 Fireball
3 Trade Routes
3 Seismic Assault
4 Thoughtbind
3 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Serum Visions
4 Hinder
4 Mana Leak
4 Magma Jet
4 Electrostatic Bolt
3 Solemn Simulacrum
2 Hearth Kami

4 City of Brass
9 Island
8 Mountain

SB Pending

As to why this update is so late is because I thought it wouldn't work in the current T2 format because I always got mana flooded in the old version of the deck (AKA... too dang slow). Now for explanations:
Mana Seism - Win Case 2/Mana flood
Thoughtbind - Personally I find this better than condescend in my deck, especially after using condescend in my deck to no good effect.
Jens - Land fetching... duh.
Everything else should be pretty obvious.

Whoever said I wouldn't post soon would be right. Seeing as how I can only get online once every two days it's kinda hard to post quickly.

Anywho, votes now forthcoming...:
1. Rev
2. TNK
3. Wolfwood
4. Choco
5. Qwerty

Most of my votes were for the "seniority" if y'all can understand what I'm saying.

In other news, GTA3 for NES? Sorry but I only thought the game worked well in 3d... especially after playing GTA:SA for the past week. And by the way, is it just me or is SA an easy game?

Next post: who knows?

P.S. Oh yeah is PH4YT3 5P!NN3R guy gonna show over here? Also, the Communism is over... turns out salvation was uncensored just under an hour ago on the 'news... ugh what a world we live in...

Nice... new site... new place... new time... 2005 looks to be off to a good start. I just registered here and got to keep my name from the 'news. Can't really change from a red god-like thing. Fascinates me too much. Anyway, can't really blame anyone for leaving the 'news since it turned into a ghost town.

As for the game, I've played only once or twice since mid-december because of the holidays (card shop was closed). I still haven't been able to work on the stupid Time Stop deck because no one (even in Plattsburgh) gots Time Stops and that's just bad, man. Sad, eh? Lookin' forward to Betrayers... but that might just suck too...

Anyway just wanted to stop in to make sure my presence is felt at least once this year. I really do suck don't I?...