MTG Salvation

Quote from Lormador

I played Crucible for a long time, but finally cut it. In some matchups, it really shines. Most often, it helped me get to 4+ mana in exchange for a sacrifice in tempo. What I had to ask myself though, was, do I really need that much mana? Is it really worth the tempo?

It's certainly a contender for the best 'budget' lock piece, along with Trinisphere, instead of Nether Void.

Question for Mr0by, what enchantments are you bringing in with the Rector?

Quote from lycantivis

His point is if it is easy enough for him to his conclusion why has every other christian not come to the same? Easy, christians breed more christians. The have children to add to the church and then recruit their friends/neighbors to further fund the church.

I think the thing you need ask christians is, if god is to supply for all. Why do churchs need money? Why do they continue to ask for you to come every sunday if not more and ask for money? Why do they charge for high holiday shows? Is the purpose not to spread the word of god not line their pockets?

Quote from RustyMetzger

Um if u believe something without proof because u were told to do so, sorry to say yes you are an idiot. The fact the my post is disgusting to you is of little relevance to me.

Quote from AzureShadow

Wrong. Here's the official Deck Construction rules:

Vintage decks may consist of cards from all Magic card sets, any edition of the core set, and all special sets, supplements, and promotional printings released by Wizards of the Coast.

1996 World Champion is a promotional printing released by Wizards of the Coast. Provided you have a physical copy of the card, it is legal to put in your deck. Technically. Your opponent would almost certainly call a judge and you'd probably have to get multiple rulings on it, but I'm almost positive there's nothing against running one in your deck in any policies anywhere.

EDIT: You could also argue that Un-set cards are legal to play in EDH, as the ONLY document that prohibits them from being played is the Sanctioned Tournament Authorized Cards memo, and EDH games are not WotC sanctioned tournaments. They aren't on the Vintage banned list or anything.

Quote from Mad Mat

Game 1, I tend not to keep fast hands because that's an auto-loss to delver. And even if you get to mana screw 'em like this, you're playing pox. You're not exactly very good at winning too quickly, in particular if you get them in a position where they don't play anything so the rack loses its value. It all devolves into a top deck match and maverick has the advantage there.

Game 2, I tend to board out my discard (iok, hymn) in favor of needle, bridge and removal. It makes you more susceptible to thalia, but it also gets rid of even more dead cards late game and that's what a maverick matchup typically boils down to: topdeck battles. And if you needle pridemage and land a bridge, the only thing you'll have to worry about with a typical list is hierarch aggro. Well, some (bastards) do play enlightened tutor toolboxes to screw you, but then you still have your mass removal whereas maverick has no way to counter that (unlike UW). Boarding out the discard also greatly ruins their gameplan if they decide to board in leyline of sanctity. Mulligan down to 5 and all you ruined was 2/3 of liliana.

I wouldn't count on mana screwing them or outtopdecking them. They have tutors and they have fatties. You have enough land to counteract your symmetric pox effects, but maverick doesn't give a damn because it's aggro. So you draw swamp, urborg or factory and they beat your face in with a 7/7 knight, 5/5 ooze or 3/4 hierarch. They don't even need to draw it, just the GSZ they have an ever-increasingly chance to get because the deck goes thinner but the GSZ count does not.

@MrObv: Your list is very similar to mine. Some numbers differ by a unit and one significant difference is that I still run extirpate and two ensnaring bridge in the main. I actually want to go up back to 3, because bridge is that unexpected and game-changing game 1 in many matchups, but I have no idea what to cut. I also think 4 pox is too much. 3 is the maximum, because of its steep cost and steep life loss that basically kills you in aggro matchups.

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Lands(24): 12 Swamp 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 4 Wasteland 3 Mishra's Factory 2 Bojuka Bog Creatures(1): 1 Nether Spirit Artifacts(7): 4 The Rack 2 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Cursed Scroll	Other(29): 4 Liliana of the Veil 4 Smallpox 4 Innocent Blood 4 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Hymn to Tourach 3 Dark Ritual 3 Extirpate 2 Pox 1 Darkblast	Sideboard(15): 2 Ensnaring Bridge 3 Pithing Needle 3 Ratchet Bomb 1 Darkblast 1 Extirpate 1 Surgical Extraction 1 Bojuka Bog 3 Duress

My sideboard is a mess. I really dislike the bad synergy between ratchet bomb and the artifacts I run.

Quote from Teia Rabishu

Depending on the derogatory things, the speaker may well receive a warning/infraction for their statements. If one member were to call another a fascist in WCT, for instance, I'd warn/infract that post for flaming. No one should feel unsafe or bullied on this forum. In a thread discussing something like copyright, you should always focus on attacking your opponent's arguments rather than your opponents themselves.