I really like the art for Sarkhan, Arlinn, Domri, Ashiok, Ob Nixilis and Angrath. But I've got no idea what going on with some of them. Nissa looks like she's just dislocated her pelvis.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT| War of the Spark - Enter the Bo-Las (36 Planeswalkers)
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Limited Set Review: White
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Hasbro Q1 earnings report
Here's a nice breakdown of what can be gleaned from the earnings call and how it pertains to Arena and MTGO, courtesy of our eight tentacled friend on the discord:
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God damn, those Japanese alt-art cards for the Planeswalkers are super pretty.
There's a few that I want, but I really want Vraska.
(upscaled with waifu2x)
There's a few that I want, but I really want Vraska.
(upscaled with waifu2x)
I'm shocked that Arena is as good as it is from a user experience and f2p perspective. They are killing it with this launch and I'm more than happy to move on from MTGO if they continue to support it as well. After so many misguided attempts at PC clients, they finally got it right.
I think they can improve the UI considerably. Every time I watch a youtube video it's kind of unwatchable. You can't see clearly what's in hand, what the cards in play are, what the cards do, which cards are tapped which are not. Arena still has ways to go.
Coming from Hearthstone, I freaking love the wildcards. I don't have to deal with dusting and crafting, I get to keep other cards AND collect wildcards, and I can choose whatever I want. It just feels better than trying to build up dust to turn in a wildcard for exactly what I want.
theres plenty of research material out there to form a basis of understanding!
It has a longer gestation/time investment before it pays off, but I think it will be superior in the long run. Once you build a playset of all the staples and draft regularly, it shouldn't be a problem having a ton of wildcards or enough free coins to buy into each expansion.
honestly maybe its just because i find magic more fun in general but ever since maybe month 1 i havent wanted for anything on arena, but then i dont play strictly tier decks or anything
i think it is pretty easy to build a collection and make playable decks with the only iffy things being unplayable build around mythics and required playsets of rares
i got 60k gold to burn
i think it is pretty easy to build a collection and make playable decks with the only iffy things being unplayable build around mythics and required playsets of rares
i got 60k gold to burn
I don't play enough to have extra gold, but I think this is generally true. I bought the 50 pack bundle and should be good with just that and my drafts. I'll probably do a single sealed to practice before my high stakes prerelease but that's it.
The uncommons and rares should be easy enough to obtain. If you can wait until Core 2020, 25% of the special promo packs will contain these cards.
I see the foil Lilianna alt card being $300 right out the gate. That's being on the cheap side.
Definitely. People are already inquiring into artist proofs for this series.
Vorthos Mike confirms that Amano is keeping Liliana:
I honestly don't understand this sentiment. I came from Hearthstone myself. Wildcards are like arcane dust, except it restricts what you can use them on. It's worse from a flexibility standpoint.
There's no way the LilianAmano doesn't go for less than $600 apiece.
Haven't played paper Magic in 20 years, but after getting back into the game last year thanks to Arena, I'm thinking about joining a pre-release event this weekend. Even managed to recover my original DCI number in preparation.
Well you have a 50% chance in Japanese packs... whichmeans 50% chance of a mythic being alt art... then whatever percentage there is for it to be a foil. Then it's also a viable card for play. Plus it's art from Amano. I definitely do not see foils of these going for less than $300
How? I couldn't find mine and Wizards couldn't either.
I'm honestly surprised Modern is getting this much support given its an irrelevant format on Arena. It's also genuinely a terrible way to show off your new product because you might have what, 3 or 4 relevant cards in an entire set for the format?
No Mythic Championship for War of the Spark Standard? Seems kinda crazy. Maybe they are waiting for new Arena features to support tournament play before doing Standard again? I don't know, but I am loving that they are supporting Modern.
Now do a Legacy Mythic Championship :D
Now do a Legacy Mythic Championship :D
Fair I guess. Just assumed the focus of their events now would be eSports driven and that being tied to Arena generally.
War of the Spark is their biggest set in ages and not having an event that ties with it directly is -crazy-.
The advantage is that you get a higher variety of decks than Standard
Also, all of the Arena PTs can only be Standard, Dual Standard, or the forthcoming Frontier variant. It makes sense to have 2 Modern PTs when you have 5 other Standard PTs
It's very notable that these are numbered MC 4 and MC 6
It's very likely that an Arena event will be MC 5, and that will be Standard
I was very critical of WotC when Arena came out and truly considered they might try to kill the paper game. Glad to see they are proving me wrong -- this is fantastic news.
It's a ridiculous combo but it doesn't seem overly hard to stop either. Butcher starts as a 1/1 so there's plenty of ways to kill or pacify it.
Edit: Damn, forgot it has haste, that does change things.
I haven't been following Standard for long at all, but it still doesn't seem like this is too hard to stop, especially if it becomes a huge part of the meta. Even if it gets in for that initial point of damage and becomes a 2/2 there's still plenty of ways to kill it for 3 mana or less before your opponent has the chance to pump and Thud it.
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Yeah, the turn 3 kill is pretty fragile. Block it while it's a 1/1, counter anything, kill it, and it's broken. It'll still happen sometimes if the framework is solid without the turn 3 kill, but it shouldn't be a big problem.
Arcanist gives the combo some more resilency, because turn 3 Arcanist + Colossus + Thud does the same thing. Colossus is good on its own, Thud not so much but I can see this being a thing.
Karsten wrote a quick thing about it the other day with a decent shell to start with - https://www.channelfireball.com/art...-pull-off-a-turn-3-kill-around-6-of-the-time/
Karsten wrote a quick thing about it the other day with a decent shell to start with - https://www.channelfireball.com/art...-pull-off-a-turn-3-kill-around-6-of-the-time/
Spent the afternoon watching day9 stream pre-release games. The infinite combos are satisfying when they work but there are a lot of games where you're not going to have time to set them up, or one tiny piece of them gets blocked and ruins your plans. The finale cards on the other hand seem to be pretty good finishers when you can get them off.
I got into Magic back during Tempest (technically when Ice Age came out, but I didn't start really collecting and playing until Tempest) and quit the game and sold my collection right as the second set in Return to Ravnica came out. I heard they went back to Dominaria and that almost got me back into the game, but when I looked at the cards they didn't do anything for me. Now with all the hype this set is getting, I'm checking it out and it looks like a FUN set. Especially to draft, which was always my preferred way of playing. But...I feel like I can't get back into the game knowing all the cards I had are gone and I'd be starting from scratch. Also, it's just an expensive hobby. At least it can be, and I don't trust myself to not go full bore if I get back into it again.
Luckily I won't have time this weekend to go to a prerelease. But I think I might try out a draft when it releases. I'm scared.
Luckily I won't have time this weekend to go to a prerelease. But I think I might try out a draft when it releases. I'm scared.
explored some of the new build-around constructed cards for WAR standard: kiora, finale of promise, niv mizzet reborn, feather, dreadhorde arcanist, kefnet
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some of the new cards are good. most of these decks won't be. some might be fun though
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some of the new cards are good. most of these decks won't be. some might be fun though
You can always just play on Arena. If you spend like a half hour per day or so playing you can easily do about two drafts per week for free.
I actually remembered most of the digits, just was not 100% sure on how it fit together. Looked up the numbers I suspected on the Planeswalker Points website and found one where the dates of the last events shown there matched what I remembered (luckily, some of them were linked to very specific events in my life - like one that was exactly the weekend after I got my driver license, first (and only) car trip I took by myself was to a Magic tournament).
From that point on, it took several mails back and forth with the WotC Customer Support, trying to give them as much information about playhistory/tournaments I attended for their verification. In the end, it was me remembering some specific prereleases I attended that got me through.
I was really surprised how much I ended up remembering considering my active period was 97-98, last tournament February 99, so a little more then 20 years ago.
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