Pack Rat is great here. The tokens it makes are copies, so they have the black mana symbols. Discard things like Gravecrawler or Bloodghast to make a ton of tokens and let the Devotion go.
I'm with you on this one. I want it in my slobad deck. They unbanned staff of dominion which was originally banned for being "the" combo card, so why not metal worker? They do different things, but they can both be insane when abused. I feel like staff is easier to abuse than metal worker. Metal Worker feels super broken until you realize it only works it very specific decks, it's a creature(dies to doomblade and has no haste), and is only really broken very early game. Of course people remember the one god hand someone got and assume that will happen every time if the card is unbanned.
Yeah, but in a format where Memnarch is legal, I think it should stay banned personally, if he wasn't legal, then yeah I could see him coming off the banned list no problem.
So far, there's 4, 1 is put away at the moment for a rebuild.
Talrand, Sky Summoner - Lots of cantrips, easily to pilot, basic MUC
Obezdat, Ghost Council - Tribal themed clerics.deck
Edric, Spymaster of Trest - Taken apart currently, theme is going to be group hug in the rebuild.
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed - My newest build, focused more on the obviously aggro/creature based strategy, all foil eventually.
It's that time again ladies and gentlemen, but there's a twist this month, from the announcement made in the last announcement topic which was located here. ---> Season Points Announcement
We are taking the successful outcome of league's trial run and making it into a full season based league, for the season, it will be a total of 6 months per season, so from October 2013 to March 2014 will be season 1, prizes for season 1 will be announced at the beginning of season 2 which will start in April 2014 and run till September 2014.
Here's how it breaks down for the season
#1) Your point total will be tracked accordingly throughout the entire season, so please try to make it to as many meetings as possible for league.
#2) Your total points at the end of the season will determine where you get prize support, so if you finish in 2nd place, you'll get 2nd place's prize for the entire season, prizes yet to be determined of course.
Basic Points
[+1] Fatality – Eliminate a player. This award can be earned multiple times, but only once per turn.
[+1] Frontline Commander – Eliminate a player through commander damage.
[+2] Last Planeswalker Standing – Win the game by having all other players eliminated.
[+1] Fateful Kill – Eliminate a player when you have 5 or fewer life.
[+1] Get Creative – Eliminate a player through a method other than damage, commander damage, or poison counters.
[+1] That's a lot of mana - Cast your general for the 4th time during any one specific game, [Can only be earned once during a game, for all players]
[+1] Playing with a Full House - Control a Planeswalker, Artifact, Creature, Enchantment and a speciality land during any point in the game [Can be earned by all players during the game, only once per game][Artifact Creatures only count towards 1 of these, either artifact or creature, you get to choose, but they don't count towards both.]
Co-Operation Points
[+1] Quick Save – Save one opponent’s creature from another opponent’s removal.
[+1] Get Back In There – Save another player from being killed by another opponent.
[+1] Gift of Knowledge – Cause another player to draw 3 or more cards with a non-symmetric effect. (Symmetric effects include Howling Mine, Arcane Denial, etc.) [This effect can only be earned once per player, per game]
[+1] Gather the Tribe – Control six or more creatures with different names of the same creature type. (Conspiracy effects don’t count.)
[+1] Hey, that's My Spell - Copy a player's targetable spell, then take out one of your opponent's creatures with the copied spell
Note: All Co-Operation points are 1 time per game, once you earn it, that is it, this is to prevent grinding of points.
Negative Points
[-4] Nice Game, Bro – Eliminate a player before they have taken their fifth turn.
[-2] Natural Disaster – Destroy one or more opponents’ mana base. Examples include Armageddon and like effects , using targeted land destruction to destroy a player’s only source(s) of one colour , or using Wasteland and Crucible of Worlds to prevent a player from further developing their mana base. [This can include recurring effects such as Sylvan Primordial and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability, essentially preventing players from playing any spells whatsoever of those colors.]
[-1] Hog the Spotlight – Take more than 2 additional turns in a given turn cycle.
End of Game Points
[+1] No Tutors, No Bribes – Finish the game without searching a player’s library for a nonland card. Effects controlled by other players that cause you to search your library do not cause you to lose this achievement.
[+1] Wild Card – At the end of the game, each player secretly votes for an opponent whose playing they enjoyed the most. The player who receives the most votes gets this achievement.
[+1] What a Shame, Here have a point - Players who receive 0 points total during a game, automatically get this achivement.
As always here's the location for the event
Location: 6979 Yonge Street Entry Fee: $5 Canadian Dollars How to get there: Take the 53 or 60 to Steeles Avenue, before the turn off, get off at the respective stop, then walk to the Plaza with the EB games.
Do you think they would be allowed for EDH play when prizes are involved?
Well, when prizes are at stake here, such as singles/store credit for a local LGS, I would say no, because they are considered proxies even though they have the face of a real magic card, but no official backing or black bordered sides.
Here's a quick thought, if they feel the format is in a good place at the moment, why does it feel so stagnant with the new M14 legend rule, I mean sure it's nice to have a 4 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth on the board, but the fact of the matter is, this allows specific combo pieces to run rampant.
I'm sure their defintition of the format being in a good place at the moment differs from mine, but I'm just starting to get sick of seeing the same style of board state time and time again, it's getting annoying.
I do this quite a lot when it comes to deck building, I often end up making builds around specific generals which rock against 1 deck, then completely fall flat on it's face against the other, it's really funny, here's how normally it happens
I'd say he's a standalone general all on himself, there's quite a few unique strategies already being developed around him, but as previously mentioned, I think the primer that Besupau has done is a pretty good start for a deck built around him.
If anything, expect him to be a all star in EDH decks that contain red for the majority of them.
For those who weren't able to attend the league for the month, the following announcement was made
From essentially next meeting on, we will be holding a seasonal league, where as seasons will be 6 months, due to 1 meeting per month, prizes will be announced at the end of the season, but here's how it breaks down.
Your points will be tallied throughout the season, at the end of the season, which will be the last full meeting of league, so the season will start this October, running through till March 2014, at the end of the last full meeting, your overall points will be tallied, then the seasonal prizes will be given out, prizes have yet to be determined, but this is a good incentive for league players to attend.
Now as for today's meeting, due to the magic celebration day, which wizards really needs to ship more product, we only had a total of 4 people attend, but it was still quite a enjoyable day all together, due to the celebration/school starting, we hope next month turns out to be more enjoyable for people and those who intend to attend from Salvation are always more then welcome to attend, see you in October.
I agree with this since they are Rare lands, but for the enemy-color combinations these are a welcome sight. Refuges and Guildgates begone.
Scry is really good btw. Maybe if they had Scry 2 they would be closer to Rare.
Maybe if there was some janky win con like the Maze's End win con, then I could see them being played for the sole purpose of that, but at rare they are just taking up a slot for a good card like senor god of the forge.
Or better yet Nether Traitor, yep I went there.
Yeah, but in a format where Memnarch is legal, I think it should stay banned personally, if he wasn't legal, then yeah I could see him coming off the banned list no problem.
Talrand, Sky Summoner - Lots of cantrips, easily to pilot, basic MUC
Obezdat, Ghost Council - Tribal themed clerics.deck
Edric, Spymaster of Trest - Taken apart currently, theme is going to be group hug in the rebuild.
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed - My newest build, focused more on the obviously aggro/creature based strategy, all foil eventually.
If that happens, my best guess is the server's down at the moment and they are fixing it.
We are taking the successful outcome of league's trial run and making it into a full season based league, for the season, it will be a total of 6 months per season, so from October 2013 to March 2014 will be season 1, prizes for season 1 will be announced at the beginning of season 2 which will start in April 2014 and run till September 2014.
Here's how it breaks down for the season
#1) Your point total will be tracked accordingly throughout the entire season, so please try to make it to as many meetings as possible for league.
#2) Your total points at the end of the season will determine where you get prize support, so if you finish in 2nd place, you'll get 2nd place's prize for the entire season, prizes yet to be determined of course.
Basic Points
[+1] Fatality – Eliminate a player. This award can be earned multiple times, but only once per turn.
[+1] Frontline Commander – Eliminate a player through commander damage.
[+2] Last Planeswalker Standing – Win the game by having all other players eliminated.
[+1] Fateful Kill – Eliminate a player when you have 5 or fewer life.
[+1] Get Creative – Eliminate a player through a method other than damage, commander damage, or poison counters.
[+1] That's a lot of mana - Cast your general for the 4th time during any one specific game, [Can only be earned once during a game, for all players]
[+1] Playing with a Full House - Control a Planeswalker, Artifact, Creature, Enchantment and a speciality land during any point in the game [Can be earned by all players during the game, only once per game][Artifact Creatures only count towards 1 of these, either artifact or creature, you get to choose, but they don't count towards both.]
Co-Operation Points
[+1] Quick Save – Save one opponent’s creature from another opponent’s removal.
[+1] Get Back In There – Save another player from being killed by another opponent.
[+1] Gift of Knowledge – Cause another player to draw 3 or more cards with a non-symmetric effect. (Symmetric effects include Howling Mine, Arcane Denial, etc.) [This effect can only be earned once per player, per game]
[+1] Gather the Tribe – Control six or more creatures with different names of the same creature type. (Conspiracy effects don’t count.)
[+1] Hey, that's My Spell - Copy a player's targetable spell, then take out one of your opponent's creatures with the copied spell
Note: All Co-Operation points are 1 time per game, once you earn it, that is it, this is to prevent grinding of points.
Negative Points
[-4] Nice Game, Bro – Eliminate a player before they have taken their fifth turn.
[-2] Natural Disaster – Destroy one or more opponents’ mana base. Examples include Armageddon and like effects , using targeted land destruction to destroy a player’s only source(s) of one colour , or using Wasteland and Crucible of Worlds to prevent a player from further developing their mana base. [This can include recurring effects such as Sylvan Primordial and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability, essentially preventing players from playing any spells whatsoever of those colors.]
[-1] Hog the Spotlight – Take more than 2 additional turns in a given turn cycle.
End of Game Points
[+1] No Tutors, No Bribes – Finish the game without searching a player’s library for a nonland card. Effects controlled by other players that cause you to search your library do not cause you to lose this achievement.
[+1] Wild Card – At the end of the game, each player secretly votes for an opponent whose playing they enjoyed the most. The player who receives the most votes gets this achievement.
[+1] What a Shame, Here have a point - Players who receive 0 points total during a game, automatically get this achivement.
As always here's the location for the event
Location: 6979 Yonge Street
Entry Fee: $5 Canadian Dollars
How to get there: Take the 53 or 60 to Steeles Avenue, before the turn off, get off at the respective stop, then walk to the Plaza with the EB games.
Well, when prizes are at stake here, such as singles/store credit for a local LGS, I would say no, because they are considered proxies even though they have the face of a real magic card, but no official backing or black bordered sides.
I'm sure their defintition of the format being in a good place at the moment differs from mine, but I'm just starting to get sick of seeing the same style of board state time and time again, it's getting annoying.
Yeah, I am anxious to see some Triad of Fates builds, I am starting to get sick of Teysa, Orzhov Scion decks honestly.
Drana > Edric
Edric > Talrand
Talrand > Drana
If anything, expect him to be a all star in EDH decks that contain red for the majority of them.
The North location is huge, it's the biggest of the two stores, so that's pretty much where all the magic events are held.
Now as for today's meeting, due to the magic celebration day, which wizards really needs to ship more product, we only had a total of 4 people attend, but it was still quite a enjoyable day all together, due to the celebration/school starting, we hope next month turns out to be more enjoyable for people and those who intend to attend from Salvation are always more then welcome to attend, see you in October.
It is a excellent announcement, due to the fact the summer was basically a test to determine if league was able to be run
Maybe if there was some janky win con like the Maze's End win con, then I could see them being played for the sole purpose of that, but at rare they are just taking up a slot for a good card like senor god of the forge.