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Magic: the Gathering |OT| Guilds of Ravnica - We built this city on blocks of gold
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Has Wizards said anything about running tournaments in Arena? I like to watch high level matches, but I'm sitting here trying to watch the current grand prix and having a miserable time because the viewing experience is absolutely horrendous compared to random people streaming Arena.
Draw Go Control has been a Tier 1 deck for 15 years with little mechanical variation.
I really hope they start doing this for feature matches in Limited/Standard soon.
They have said in the past that they eventually will but when asked on the live stream last week if they would be holding PTQs on Arena they said they didn't have any plans to at the moment.
If they don't take the damage you draw three cards. In an aggro deck that's pretty damn good.
My guess is they will keep Arena separate from the paper tournament scene and try to get an esport thing going.
It's WOTC. They will do nothing and then try to set up something way too late for it to be relevant lol
Really? I have the opposite experience. Can't see shit on Arena because of the shoddy interface. At least the commentators tell us what's going on.
Really enjoying Goblins in standard. They're relatively quick, can get pumped, and going over the top with Siege Gang Commander can close games. Will most likely pick up the pieces i'm missing for paper from the LGS today. Have enjoyed Arena for getting to play the deck before buying in.
Got a question regarding FNM. Played release at the LGS this last Friday. Round 2 I play and end up losing 1-2. As soon as we end the opponent says he's leaving and he's gonna give me the win. Is that kosher?
Got a question regarding FNM. Played release at the LGS this last Friday. Round 2 I play and end up losing 1-2. As soon as we end the opponent says he's leaving and he's gonna give me the win. Is that kosher?
There's a twitch extension that streamers can use, which allow you to interact almost as if you were playing Arena yourself though. It's pretty amazing
I'm also a bit confused by what you can see from the overhead camera that you can't see on an arena stream. It's not like you can read text on the cards. And obviously there would be commentators for Arena tournaments just like the current grand prix
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Aha. That would be an improvement. Do you need a Twitch account? Currently don't have one lol
Hmm not sure, I'm logged in on my twitch account, but dunno if it's disabled if you aren't logged in
edit - this streamer has it enabled for me while I'm logged in - https://www.twitch.tv/librizzi
Oh wow I can't even use the app anymore without logging in. Sigh guess I'll finally create an account.
I got passed March of the Multitudes, Find / Finality, an Arboretum Elemental, and basically as much G/B and G/W mana fixing as I wanted to take off second passes from packs. I also opened a Venerated Loxodon.
I mean I know green isn't the color people want to be playing but maybe don't try to force Dimir this hard, guys.
I mean I know green isn't the color people want to be playing but maybe don't try to force Dimir this hard, guys.
Yes I am aware. I am an old fuck after all. I'm referring to this particular variant in the context of that utterly useless article.
I mean he's not wrong. Those decks are going to define standard unless there's an interaction more powerful than what I am imagining or seeing.
Finally got to draft a competent Dimir deck tonight. I tried once before, but wound up with too many payoffs and not enough cards that actually surveilled. Being on the blue side, my experiences from previous drafts have begun to make sense.
angry Boros me: Ohhh... sure, OF COURSE he has the fourth removal spell!
Dimir me: hmmm, yeah, I guess the top 12 cards of my deck would look okay this way.
There are a lot of times when fair cards seem like cheating. Surveil is cheating disguised as fair cards.
angry Boros me: Ohhh... sure, OF COURSE he has the fourth removal spell!
Dimir me: hmmm, yeah, I guess the top 12 cards of my deck would look okay this way.
There are a lot of times when fair cards seem like cheating. Surveil is cheating disguised as fair cards.
Oh man. Having so much fun testing decks in Arena. Having a lot of success with this Thousand-Year Storm brew. Has enough interaction early and has the card draw/mana to restock the hand once Thousand-Year Storm comes out. The First Eruption fits soooo good in it as well. Allows me to possibly get Storm out turn 4. Clears the board against a lot of these token decks being played. All the Ixalan cards that give treasure are also clutch. Being able to discard and pay only once but then get multiple card draws and treasure tokens feels so good. Went ahead and ordered the paper version but will continue to test on Arena. Need to figure out a side board as well. Looking at adding Banefire, Shake the Foundation, Risk Factor, and Chemister's Insight for SB/MB.
The Payoff
4x Thousand Year Storm
Creature Removal
4x Shock
4x The First Eruption
4x Lightning Strike
Card Draw
4x Opt
4x Radical Idea
4x Pirate's Pillage
4x Pirate's Prize
Creature Bounce
2x Depths of Desire
2x Unexplained Disappearance
Lands
4x Steam Vents
4x Sulfur Falls
8x Island
6x Mountain
2x Field of Ruin
The Payoff
4x Thousand Year Storm
Creature Removal
4x Shock
4x The First Eruption
4x Lightning Strike
Card Draw
4x Opt
4x Radical Idea
4x Pirate's Pillage
4x Pirate's Prize
Creature Bounce
2x Depths of Desire
2x Unexplained Disappearance
Lands
4x Steam Vents
4x Sulfur Falls
8x Island
6x Mountain
2x Field of Ruin
Finally getting started on my collection again. I don't think I'll be playing the game even a fraction of a fraction of what I used to. I have a few coworkers that play during breaks at the office and my wife actually sat down with me last night and played the little 30 card beginner decks that my local shop threw in for me. But I think that's about as far as it is going to go. I'm more interested in collecting these things and getting a part of my old collection back. I would love to get back my set of The Dark, Homeworlds, Fallen Empires, and Alliance... I know it was a crappy collection of sets, but that nostalgia of finally having complete sets back then is strong.
Anyway... I bought a few things on Ebay and Amazon. I went to the local game store here and bought some things there:
The Dex portfolio, perfect fits, and Dragon Shields are from amazon. I picked up some Hyper MATS to check them out. I already have Guilds of Ravnica stuff coming in. I decided to pick up some Planeswalker stuff from previous sets and also decided to make a big collector purchase with the 2013 SDCC set. The store owner cut me in on a good deal with that. Sold it to me cheaper than I could get on Ebay at least since it was missing the sleeve that goes over it.
I REALLY want to take the cards out of the box and get them double sleeved and thrown into a portfolio... but I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do or if it doesn't even matter. I'll keep the box. But to tell you the truth, I don't really care about the boxes. I know it would take a hit on the price to not have it, but it's so cheaply made and ugly. What are your opinions on this for me going forward with collecting?
Anyway... I bought a few things on Ebay and Amazon. I went to the local game store here and bought some things there:
The Dex portfolio, perfect fits, and Dragon Shields are from amazon. I picked up some Hyper MATS to check them out. I already have Guilds of Ravnica stuff coming in. I decided to pick up some Planeswalker stuff from previous sets and also decided to make a big collector purchase with the 2013 SDCC set. The store owner cut me in on a good deal with that. Sold it to me cheaper than I could get on Ebay at least since it was missing the sleeve that goes over it.
I REALLY want to take the cards out of the box and get them double sleeved and thrown into a portfolio... but I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do or if it doesn't even matter. I'll keep the box. But to tell you the truth, I don't really care about the boxes. I know it would take a hit on the price to not have it, but it's so cheaply made and ugly. What are your opinions on this for me going forward with collecting?
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None of those cards are worth much, so single sleeving should be just fine. I'm not sure what box you're referring to. If you mean the boxes for the planeswalker decks, then yeah, they aren't great for card storage. I've been storing things in a pretty ad-hoc way, so I'm sure someone else could give better suggestions.
Man, I'm looking at what the mythic edition planeswalkers are going for on ebay, and it's making me pretty sad that it wasn't sold in the EU for 250 euro. Seems like the value placed on those special planewalkers more than makes it's worth the premium price.
The SDCC 2013 box with the 5 Planeswalkers in the center of the picture.
Reminds me of Pyromancer's Ascension when it was legal in Standard. I like. Shame there's no Ponder/Preordain tho lol
This looks pretty entertaining, but as a super new player I have a silly question: What's the win state? I've been reading Thousand Year Storm and as far as I can tell it would let you duplicate your removal spells, but is that enough to kill through face damage? I guess if you get 2-3 storms out then you could duplicate a whole bunch of shocks or lightning strikes?
The combo is basically play TYS, survive a turn while protecting it and then combo off with a simple shock followed by brass bounty, wich will give you enough mana to jump start/play enough instant and sorceries to win the game.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/against-the-odds-thousand-year-storm-standard
Brass Bounty isn't in the deck, so I'm guessing the pirate treasures are used to similar effect?
Yeah, the important thing is having treasures makers to never running out of mana while you are comboing off, like normal storm :v
MTG Goldfish put 30 budget casual standard legal decks up for under $20 on their site.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/article...-20-for-magic-the-gathering-guilds-of-ravnica
They are not top tier by any means but it seems like a great way to introduce new players into the game without breaking the bank and all are upgradable if people decide to get more serious with them. Even dropping another $10-50 on them can make them good.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/article...-20-for-magic-the-gathering-guilds-of-ravnica
They are not top tier by any means but it seems like a great way to introduce new players into the game without breaking the bank and all are upgradable if people decide to get more serious with them. Even dropping another $10-50 on them can make them good.
There's also another avenue you can take with Izzet: play as many cantrips as you can (Opt, Crash Through, Warlord's Fury, Chart a Course, Tormenting Voice) to dig your deck for Enigma Drake and Crackling Drake while simultaneously making them huge. Then play Maximize Velocity to give them haste and deal massive amounts of damage. Arclight Phoenix is even playable in this deck!
Basically, you can go control, combo or aggro. Is there anything Izzet can't do?
Basically, you can go control, combo or aggro. Is there anything Izzet can't do?
The treasure makers become Dark Rituals and Mission Briefing becomes Yawgmoth's Will. It's super fun when it goes off.
Finally, an undefeated deck.
Surprisingly, this isn't even the best Dimir deck I faced today. I played against someone who had Lazav, Etrata and two Nightveil Predators. He also had Gruesome Menagerie to recur Lazav and a random three drop. How do you like dem infinite Nightveil Predators? Leagues are so bomb heavy I swear.
I know I'm a page late but I finally matched up with someone who was running a thief of sanity in competitive draft and managed to drop him on turn 3 ALL THREE GAMES. If I could flip a virtual table I would. I won the first with birds playing defense but he actually decked me game 2. First time that has ever happened to me in a draft, paper or on arena.
Who woulda thunk that a repeatable gonti with evasion and decent counters to backup would be straight insane
Yea. I didn't see Saffron Olive's video until after playing this deck. Watched it last night before going to bed to see how some of the cards he used played out. Brass's Bounty looked hella cool with 100+ treasure tokens but I like having the option to play the bounce and card draw + treasure earlier in the game with impact.
The cantrips Izzet deck is real. Def want to try that out eventually. Wee dragonauts, Adeliz, the 2 drakes. Looks like fun that can also have 1 explosive turn to win.
The cantrip Drakes deck is way more consistent than I expected. A lot of decks have a hard time with containing it.
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