OK, so in a looog 4p EDH game, I have Niv-Mizzet out with Curiosity attached, Thousand-Year Elixir , 56! cards in library, Chandra Nallar at 8, and opponents at 27, 28, and 31. I'm at 4. I have one Grim Lavamancer in play. Curiosity-kill the smaller two, then 1 to the last player, putting him at 30 and me at 0 cards in hand. Twincast kicked rite of replication on Grim, and tap em all to put him at 10. Chandra ultimates.
Also, same deck vs a green beats deck. I drop Ertai, Wizard Adept. He plays a land and a a dude, which I counter w/ Arcane Denial. He has no nonland permanents and no cards in hand. I know his list; he runs nothing I can't counter. I explain to him the hard lock he's in and my deck wins.
Pauper STANDARD, however, is a broken format lead by Esper control.
In the last PRE, every deck ran blue, and esper was four of top-8 decks (I played in it with Esper; one game went down to mashing F2 to end time and another I conceded due to my having to leave)
More 8-mans, esp. Pauper 8-mans.
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Devalue cards. Each event ticket costs 50c now instead of $1, and packs cost $1.99 rather than $3.99. Each person who has any cards/tix, when logging in after the change, gets all quantities of cards/pax/tix that they have doubled. So if I have a playset of Jace TMS, when I log in after the change, I have four more to trade away.
In one in eight real Magic packs, instead of giving a useless token that we'll never use or an explaination of a set mechanic, include a coupon code for either a free tix or a free pack.
Include free MODO accounts with all intro packs. These accounts would come with neither the pack or the tix; rather, just the 300 c/uncs they come with. This should bring more players.
Increase PRE support.
No, Magosi is exponentially better than the Boomerang. In a control build, you can often lock down an opponent so much that skipping a turn won't hurt you. Then you can just take the turn when you need it for a really strong advantage. I think it's a powerful, underplayed card.
I use Magosi in EDH, and I even ran two at FNM for a while.
First of all, there is precedent for colorless permanent destruction (Lux Cannon & AlliSDUSt) so destroy target nonland, noncreature permanent for 4 would be something im fine with.
Stable at $10-15. I don't see how he will be good outside of ext and casual, but thats enough too keep a mythic at $10-15 (Elspeth Tirel and Lotus Cobra for 1)
Yeah, I love EDH. Just hate sometimes the cost. Thats why im making proxies with sticker paper. There's a thread (up near the top of the cube forum) that explains everything. They're turning out all right; now I have a Volcanic Island in an Unhinged land frame!
I might not make the prerelease, but if I did I'd def go Mirran. Go For The Throat seems like the best removal spoiled so far, plus I like myr, probably due to too much fun with Myr Enforcer in the Pauper PREs.
Ehh, we'll I'm a poor HS student in Raleigh, NC, and I mostly play EDH and limited, although I'm trying to get into Standard. Its hard though, and I dont wanna shell out for the Jaces. I'm playing Goblin with a Gun's UB list (http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=6216013&postcount=79) and I'm doing reasonably well.
Also, same deck vs a green beats deck. I drop Ertai, Wizard Adept. He plays a land and a a dude, which I counter w/ Arcane Denial. He has no nonland permanents and no cards in hand. I know his list; he runs nothing I can't counter. I explain to him the hard lock he's in and my deck wins.
In the last PRE, every deck ran blue, and esper was four of top-8 decks (I played in it with Esper; one game went down to mashing F2 to end time and another I conceded due to my having to leave)
Expand Marketplace.
Devalue cards. Each event ticket costs 50c now instead of $1, and packs cost $1.99 rather than $3.99. Each person who has any cards/tix, when logging in after the change, gets all quantities of cards/pax/tix that they have doubled. So if I have a playset of Jace TMS, when I log in after the change, I have four more to trade away.
In one in eight real Magic packs, instead of giving a useless token that we'll never use or an explaination of a set mechanic, include a coupon code for either a free tix or a free pack.
Include free MODO accounts with all intro packs. These accounts would come with neither the pack or the tix; rather, just the 300 c/uncs they come with. This should bring more players.
Increase PRE support.
I use Magosi in EDH, and I even ran two at FNM for a while.
OK, the only way that that card for 4 would be not instabanned from EDH is that if it was
Spine of Ish Sah 4
Artifact
As an additional cost to play this spell, don't shower for three weeks.
or something like that