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Yeef

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That would definitely help. What's the best way to do something like this ?
There's 2 ways to do it. You can print out proxies and slip them into sleeves in front of real cards, or you can just find bulk commons and write the names of the cards you're proxying over them.

When doing the latter, I personally prefer to find cards with the same mana cost and color as the card I'm proxying, but that's not really necessary.
 

Firemind

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There's 2 ways to do it. You can print out proxies and slip them into sleeves in front of real cards, or you can just find bulk commons and write the names of the cards you're proxying over them.

When doing the latter, I personally prefer to find cards with the same mana cost and color as the card I'm proxying, but that's not really necessary.
We use the back side to write down proxies with a marker since it's less obfuscating. There's no point in cheating when playtesting so doesn't matter if you can stack your deck.
 

Fiddler

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So i´m going to my first Pre-Release or any MtG Event ever for the first time. It´s a 2 headed giant im doing with my girlfriend, so anything we should look for when building our decks or other general tipps?
 
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While I don't have a detailed list of the shit Boogie has done, I'm pretty sure someone can find stuff to fit him into this. WOTC needs to AT MINIMUM stop sponering videos, and probably ban his ass. Of course, as the Hearthstone Showcase shows, they are going to bend over backwards to protect a former VGA Trending Gamer of the Year over actually doing the right thing...

So here I am watching the Team Standard Super League series from this week, and there's some dude in the comments posturing about boycotting Magic over something to do with how they're treating this Boogie fella.

*sigh*

So I checked it out. Apparently someone in Magic R&D was calling him out on Twitter about some of the stuff he said on the podcast, and more or less at the same time someone at WOTC told him they would no longer be "working with him." The two technically aren't related - WOTC has decided to stop working with him because he continues to defend UnsleevedMedia - but I'd guess WOTC in generally doesn't look at him very favorably right now.

So yeah - they did the minimum thing you asked for. He's no longer getting any sponsored content.

And as an aside, the first thing Google turned up for this that wasn't blocked at work was a KotakuInAction thread on Reddit (Twitter's blocked but not Reddit, go figure). Hah. One of them said that Boogie was "by far" the biggest evangelist that WOTC has for the game. That struck me as a kind of a ridiculous statement - but then again, apparently shitloads of people listen to this dude even though I'd never heard of him before. Were they actually getting good return for their marketing dollar for this guy?
 

Arkanim94

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So here I am watching the Team Standard Super League series from this week, and there's some dude in the comments posturing about boycotting Magic over something to do with how they're treating this Boogie fella.

*sigh*

So I checked it out. Apparently someone in Magic R&D was calling him out on Twitter about some of the stuff he said on the podcast, and more or less at the same time someone at WOTC told him they would no longer be "working with him." The two technically aren't related - WOTC has decided to stop working with him because he continues to defend UnsleevedMedia - but I'd guess WOTC in generally doesn't look at him very favorably right now.

So yeah - they did the minimum thing you asked for. He's no longer getting any sponsored content.

And as an aside, the first thing Google turned up for this that wasn't blocked at work was a KotakuInAction thread on Reddit (Twitter's blocked but not Reddit, go figure). Hah. One of them said that Boogie was "by far" the biggest evangelist that WOTC has for the game. That struck me as a kind of a ridiculous statement - but then again, apparently shitloads of people listen to this dude even though I'd never heard of him before. Were they actually getting good return for their marketing dollar for this guy?
if they dropped him, no.
 

Bigkrev

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I don't know if their is ANY measurable metrics for the impact on ins-store retail sales of physical items based on influencer content. Its why whenever you hear an influencer pimp something, they always say "buy from the link below (affiliate link)", "Use coupon code xxxxx for something" (they can directly track ho many people use the code" or go to xxxx.com/myname to see today's deals (can directly track how many people visit the link as well as buying conversions.
Right now, Magic has 3 main products- Physical cards (they can't track how influencers sell them), Magic Online (they don't give coupon codes to streamers), and Magic Arena (closed beta). You can't track any of that right now. When Arena goes out of Beta, they can do inpercise stuff like "well we are paying Amaz to stream our game, how many new account sign-ups did we get in the last 48 hours", but so far thats about it
 
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On another note: this might be SPBKASO's most amusing moment...ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMZfToEWBSU&t=13m50s

He loses game one by cracking a fetch when he's at 1 life, but doesn't realize that he lost and assumes that his opponent just scooped because he was in an unbeatable position. He then wins game two and assumes that he won the match. On the Reddit thread, he admits that when he won game two, he just walked away from his computer to do something else assuming he'd won.
 

Arkanim94

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On another note: this might be SPBKASO's most amusing moment...ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMZfToEWBSU&t=13m50s

He loses game one by cracking a fetch when he's at 1 life, but doesn't realize that he lost and assumes that his opponent just scooped because he was in an unbeatable position. He then wins game two and assumes that he won the match. On the Reddit thread, he admits that when he won game two, he just walked away from his computer to do something else assuming he'd won.
it was a moral victory at least, lol.
 

Bigkrev

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New Judge Promos- Vampiric Tutor and Nin the Pain Artist (no new art on Nin).
Kinda think this art sucks?
 

onpoint

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lol

cmon

That's the art they picked?

Fucking 90s cartoon Edgar Allen Poe baby
 

duxstar

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So i´m going to my first Pre-Release or any MtG Event ever for the first time. It´s a 2 headed giant im doing with my girlfriend, so anything we should look for when building our decks or other general tipps?

In 2 headed giant counter spells are alot better than they are in normal limited. The general just of it is you build one aggro/midrange deck and another more controlling / removal heavy deck.

In 2 headed giant things like, each opponent/player are alot better, so if you have a vampire that does 2 damage to each opponent it deals 4 in total.

You need to have removal for their bombs because with 12 packs it's likely that their bombs are just as good as yours.

Play 18 lands in both decks, since it's only 1 game if either of you get stuck on lands its game over.

Try to mainboard 1 or 2 pieces of artifact / enchantment hate if you can. There's more likely to be a target with 2 people playing and sometimes there are problematic non creature permanents that you need to answer. The best way to do this is on creatures if you can, Reclamation sage is the perfect card in this set for that.

Before doing anything consult with your partner and make sure your both on the same page about what's going on.

If you have card draw spells, see if they say you or target player. Target player means you can help your partner draw more cards if they're flooded/mana screwed.

Wraths go wayyy up in power level with more people. So things like 2 damage to all creatures or - 1/-1 to all creatures is huge.

Those are just some things off the top of my head for 2 headed giant.

If this is your first draft /prerelease ever.... Ive got a host of other advice for you lol
 

Imperfected

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Don't give me that look. You're a Vampiric Tutor, not a Vampiric Accuser. Calm your cummerbund or I'm hiring a Demonic Tutor.
 

jph139

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I kind of like the art - feels like something you'd find in on a card from, like, 5th Edition.
 

chaosaeon

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So cards that say "counter target whatever unless your opponent pays (1)" I see are sometimes recommended as pretty good because of that element. It's kind of predicated on the other player using up all their mana and not saving any right ? Do most people use the exact amount of mana each turn that they're frequently susceptible to things like that ? Especially if it's on a permanent like Judge's Familiar, you'd think they wouldn't bother casting a spell they don't want countered unless they've got one more mana to pay yeah ?
 

Ultron

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chaosaeon Those effects are there more as a way to delay your opponent and make everything cost more. Yes, you're not going to be actually countering stuff with a Cursecatcher/Judge's Familiar as long as your opponent remembers it is there, but you are making them have to leave one mana open at all times if they want a spell to resolve, which when you're playing a deck that is aggressively attacking, can be disruptive enough to give you an advantage and win some games. Not being able to play stuff on curve can be a big problem.

A demonstrative example is your opponent having to delay casting a board clearing spell from turn 4 to turn 5, which can be a pretty big deal if you're playing an aggressive creature deck.
 
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Angry Grimace

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So cards that say "counter target whatever unless your opponent pays (1)" I see are sometimes recommended as pretty good because of that element. It's kind of predicated on the other player using up all their mana and not saving any right ? Do most people use the exact amount of mana each turn that they're frequently susceptible to things like that ? Especially if it's on a permanent like Judge's Familiar, you'd think they wouldn't bother casting a spell they don't want countered unless they've got one more mana to pay yeah ?
Because it effectively makes the spell cost more mana.

Spells that do that, like Censor, are there because people often do tap out entirely, especially early in the game - it works both to actually get your opponent with it and also because your opponent might choose to not cast the spell to play around something like Censor which buys you time and resources.
 

zoukka

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You know the Vampiric Tutor art is not the best when without knowing the card you'd have no idea he's even a vampire...
 

bangai-o

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I thought they weren't doing Core Sets anymore. Didnt they have some grand release plan for sets not too long ago?
 
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SigmasonicX

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I thought they weren't doing Core Sets anymore. Didnt they have some grand release plan for sets not too long ago?
Yes, but they discovered it was a bad idea. These articles go over it.
Metamorphosis 2.0 - June 12, 2017
Getting to the Core - June 18, 2018 (M19 preview article)

Basically, they still needed a beginner booster product, and the Core Sets were important for printing random cards that don't fit into other sets.
 

chaosaeon

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Some of the 3rd effects of planeswalkers are just lolworthy. Even if they rarely get used, ones like being able to play every one of the next ten cards of your deck all in one turn with zero cost including lands ... like, lol. Also it really sucks that I keep trying to put decks together and running into cards that are really almost mandatory but have priced themselves right out of the options. I'm not used to that coming from other card games. I've almost never had to make a crappier version of a deck I've wanted to make before, but here it's like that has to be every deck :/. Trying to get back into magic is kind of exciting but also a bummer all at once.

Also not a fan of replacing old and better flavor texts with new ones just so they can namedrop planeswalkers every chance they get. I think I just don't like planeswalkers as playable cards :/. Kind of cheapens the mystery and feels weird that lore wise you're just casually able to call up characters more famous or powerful than you the player. I know a lot of people love them but they seem so gimicky or cartoony to me for some reason I can't quite explain. Maybe it's that half of them look like anime characters, I'm not sure. Sorry to be a stick in the bubbling muck though lol.
 

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Live by the Ugin
Die by the Ugin

I will always absolutely love pulling off the ultimate on that card
 

Angry Grimace

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Live by the Ugin
Die by the Ugin

I will always absolutely love pulling off the ultimate on that card
I once ulted Sarkhan Unbroken with playsets of Stormbreath Dragons and Thunderbreak Regent and Dragonlord Atarka in my deck.

I've probably ulted every Planeswalker that's come through Standard since KTK, actually. Even the dumb ones like Kiora 2.
 

Yeef

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I once ulted Sarkhan Unbroken with playsets of Stormbreath Dragons and Thunderbreak Regent and Dragonlord Atarka in my deck.

I've probably ulted every Planeswalker that's come through Standard since KTK, actually. Even the dumb ones like Kiora 2.
Planeswalker deck planeswalkers are in Standard. Make sure you hit all of them!
 

Toxi

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New Judge Promos- Vampiric Tutor and Nin the Pain Artist (no new art on Nin).
Kinda think this art sucks?
It's like something out of the original Portal. Good art, but very goofy in tone. For a powerful card like Vampiric Tutor that has until now had very serious art, that's a poor fit.
 

Poodlestrike

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Honestly I kind of love that super goofy vampire art. It's so... something. I don't know. But it's great.
 

QFNS

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TBH I like that Vampire. I like all the dumb conquistador vampires in Ixalan and RIX. Its a silly affectation, but I kinda think its fun. I also play quite a lot of WB Vamps in Constructed when I need to do white/black quests. These things are probably related.
 

Hero

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Yes, but they discovered it was a bad idea. These articles go over it.
Metamorphosis 2.0 - June 12, 2017
Getting to the Core - June 18, 2018 (M19 preview article)

Basically, they still needed a beginner booster product, and the Core Sets were important for printing random cards that don't fit into other sets.

On the old forum I remember saying they would never pull the Core set since it would completely idiotic of them. I'm glad to see I'm vindicated after that.
 
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  • Both players on a team lose half their team's life total simultaneously. That means that each team's life total would be 0 or -1 after this resolves.
  • Normally there is no sideboarding in 2HG tournaments because you only play 1 game each match. But if you draw the game with this, you start a new game for which you can sideboard.

get out of jail free card for 2 headed giant sealed
 

Firemind

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I OWN A PIECE OF CARDBOARD THAT'S OVER $1000

AND IT'S JUST A DUMB DRAGON

What is going on?
 

TheRed

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I just got into Magic a little over a month ago with a friend. It's been really fun, went to a Magic Open house and played with other people for the first time. Now this weekend we are gonna go to the Core Set 2019 prerelease. A little nervous because I've never played in a tournament for a card game at all or in a limited format, hopefully I can build something decent. Still really excited :)
 
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