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I want to know whose bright idea it was to make a free turn 0 anti-burn anti-discard card with no color requirement that Red and Black have next to no way of destroying.
Play green and get these:
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Magic: the Gathering |OT8| Eldritch Moon - It's only a paper (and digital) moon
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Play green and get these:
fuck you're right.
"God's Beard!"
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goddamn a 4 hour edh cube is just miserable.
if you ever try to spread damage around because it's a casual format, don't. just kill people.
better than my multiple 2nd places at pptqs
if you ever try to spread damage around because it's a casual format, don't. just kill people.
Fudge. Went 2nd place again on Gameday with my Tutelage deck. Forever cursed to 2nd!Tragic Arrogance owned me in the last match.
Oh well. Was a lot of fun with the deck I through together. I think with some tweaking and more prep, I could've had it. Milling is fun!
better than my multiple 2nd places at pptqs
That coulda been meeeeee. lol glad to hear tron is doing well
The guy didn't have any counterspells, no Crumble to Dust, very little creature removal and being in Grixis instead of Jeskai meant no access to White spells such as Path and Stony Silence meaning he never had a chance to win the game.
Tron is really one of the worst matchups for control, but it isn't played as much as it used to.
blindrocket
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Proud parent moment, my 12 year old daughter at her very first FNM.
It was a Modern event and her first match was against UW Merfolk (who went on to win the night).
It was a Modern event and her first match was against UW Merfolk (who went on to win the night).
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Why is wearing a cap indoors?
SigmasonicX
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MaRo addresses how SOI's discarding is different from Odyssey's discarding.
And GP Portland (Standard) Day 2 streaming now.
Harmless Offering deck going 9-1, playing right now.
EDIT: It's getting land screwed.
EDIT: Now three Demonic Pacts on the board.
And GP Portland (Standard) Day 2 streaming now.
Harmless Offering deck going 9-1, playing right now.
EDIT: It's getting land screwed.
EDIT: Now three Demonic Pacts on the board.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I thought putting dice on permanents that aren't indicating actual counters isn't allowed.
SigmasonicX
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And he won with Harmless Offering on Demonic Pact.
EDIT: Send to Sleep and Sight Beyond Sight in Cody Lingelbach's Blue-Green Crush deck.
EDIT: Send to Sleep and Sight Beyond Sight in Cody Lingelbach's Blue-Green Crush deck.
charlequin
Banned
He's at a cramped game store, it's not like there's a hatrack up front to hang it on.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Now I want to see Emrakul choosing "You lose the game" mode.
We invented bags for a reason.
SigmasonicX
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Harmless Offering on Demonic Pact with a good mode still to go, in order to preempt Emrakul, for the win.
EDIT: Meanwhile, still in Black-Green Midrange vs. Blue-Green Crush still in game one. Or not.
EDIT: Meanwhile, still in Black-Green Midrange vs. Blue-Green Crush still in game one. Or not.
Giant Panda
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Tons of people where baseball caps indoors.
blindrocket
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It's an extremely common thing.
Unfortunately I didn't crop him out of the picture, because his hat distracted the point of it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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mortal sin
It's an extremely common thing.
Unfortunately I didn't crop him out of the picture, because his hat distracted the point of it.
Can't figure out your daughters deck. I see a
how does it actually find the pieces?
Dark Petition.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
wraths and more wraths
draws from oath of jace and demonic pact and dark petition.
People aren't prepared for that kind of deck there's more than enough answers and Nahiri alone just hoses it.
So, I ended up 4-3-1 in the end and didn't make day two. Here's a quick retrospective of things to consider:
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Couple other fun notes from the weekend:
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Anyway thanks for rooting for me this weekend guys. Maybe next time I can learn from this and make day two!
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- Sometimes Tron just runs
There are times where you will just hit your Tron lands
and drop Karn + Ugin turn 3 then turn 4 and just lock
the board down. There wasn't a time that happened
where it wasn't just game over. - Sometimes Tron just doesn't run
Less commonly, sometimes you just don't get there.
This feels really bad and there's just not much you
can do about variance. Didn't happen to me all that
much to be honest, though. - Most of the time, the hate doesn't matter
Didn't see one Crumble. Did see Ghost Quarter.
Did see Blood Moon. The only time Quarter was
a problem was when the Dredge player I tied with
kept Loaming it back. I think people just weren't
prepared for the deck, but that was nice. Honestly,
I just eventually drew enough lands to hard cast stuff
through the hate. - Tron mulligans like a monster
Every game I have ever mulled to 5 with this
deck I have won. I have even won a mull to 4. It's insane. - Always remember your triggers
Sanctum of Ugin? Easy to miss, but really important
to not. Someone plays Kataki? Don't move to your draw
step. I did the first, but not the second. Also, be sure to
name your mana with your Spheres and Stars before
drawing. Didn't come up, but is really important. - Just a few mistakes can be the difference
For me, it was two mistakes. First match of the day,
game two, I blanked and didn't deal with Blood Moon
even though I could. It stretched the game out forever but
I eventually got burnt out. Dang. Totally my fault. Then, in
my final match, game three, I was unfamiliar with my
matchup, picked the wrong ability on Karn and passed only
to be combo'd out. If i didn't make either of those mistakes,
I would have likely won another game, or another match.
Both of those mistakes added up to two losses which helped
put me out. Lame. Practice makes perfect.
Couple other fun notes from the weekend:
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- Casting Emrakul 2.0 on a Boggles player and then putting Rancor on your Emrakul during his turn is AMAZING
- Kozilek 2.0 was also a backbreaker any time I cast it
- I ran into so many nice players, I definitley was lucky in that regard
- Dredge sucks
Anyway thanks for rooting for me this weekend guys. Maybe next time I can learn from this and make day two!
blindrocket
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It's a Soul Sisters shell with Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Wall of Omens, Hero of Bladehold, and Archangel of Thune. There's even a single Elspeth Knight Errant and Baneslayer Angel.
It was a trial by fire for her because she has to pay attention to so many triggers.
Maybe a cap is an extremely common thing in America. I never see a regular one here, only those backwards caps that sit on the top of the head worn by 15 year olds.
That said, a cap is hideous, and it's stupid to wear inside. You should wear it only the protect you from the sun when working outside.
That said, a cap is hideous, and it's stupid to wear inside. You should wear it only the protect you from the sun when working outside.
SigmasonicX
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Glad to see you did pretty well and enjoyed it.
EDIT: Damn, that Elder Deep Fiend from Paul in response to Oliver's Emrakul.
Evo Kiki might be a good deck for her to try- a lot of my best finishes have been green-based decks with heavy tutoring. (Living Wish, Fauna Shaman, Birthing Pod.)
Familienoberhauptvogel
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surprised he didn't dig for another, it was his only out. Must not have another.
SigmasonicX
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Yeah, the commentators mentioned there's only one in his deck (sideboard?).
blindrocket
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This is basically a function of Threshold vs Delirium and how this choice (of which mechanic to use) influenced the rest of the format
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
not enough
being played
Surprised more people aren't running BGc lists like GB did before. Traverse the Ulvenwald for Reality Smasher sounds fairly strong.
Thanks for the summary OnPoint! Hope you do better next time! Did you think that Dredge was just unfun to play against or a hard matchup?
Some builds can have greedy and complex mana bases though. You'll need to keep a good eye on what to fetch and when to take the shock, not always easy if you haven't played a lot. I don't know her experience though.
Reminds me that I'm also doubting on which deck I should build next. Thinking of building a Abzan Company shell, but I could also play some Kiki. It has a big overlap in colors for the Jeskai deck though. Infect and Dredge are out of the question because I hate playing those and Jund is just too expensive.
Some builds can have greedy and complex mana bases though. You'll need to keep a good eye on what to fetch and when to take the shock, not always easy if you haven't played a lot. I don't know her experience though.
Reminds me that I'm also doubting on which deck I should build next. Thinking of building a Abzan Company shell, but I could also play some Kiki. It has a big overlap in colors for the Jeskai deck though. Infect and Dredge are out of the question because I hate playing those and Jund is just too expensive.
blindrocket
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She seems to grasp it pretty well. She's played through the Duels of the Planeswalkers style games on PC and enjoys them. Her and I play a bit and she's even played Commander once or twice.
I actually had the Soul Sisters / Norin the Wary deck built for her but I thought that may be harder for her to manage so scaled it back to just Soul Sisters but dropped in some cool big threats.
Overall she had a blast but I'm not sure if she's ready for adding several colors and things to dig out of her deck.
For example sideboarding is a little hard for her.
SigmasonicX
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The technique of using Harmless Offering before you run out of good Demonic Pact actions to preempt an Emrakul is pretty interesting.
blindrocket
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R/G Breach, that's never really been on my radar.
SigmasonicX
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Cat Pact wins again!
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Couldn't the emrakul player have played nissa's pilgrimage and then discard the den protector?
The new Donate Illusions!I'm watching this GP and its just hilarious how Cat Pact is just ranching the competition. I mean we all saw this combo as soon as the cards were spoiled but kudos on this guy for actually going through with the joke
Playing multiple colours right was hard for me in the beginning too, although deckbuilding was most likely a huge obstruction.
And Jund and Infect? That's something you never see in a Top 8. /s
EDIT: God that Dredge play was brutal.
blindrocket
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SigmasonicX
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Damn, triple Elder Deep Fiend beating the Blue-Green Crush deck.
EDIT: Damn, Xin and Jay are playing fast as hell.
EDIT: Damn, Xin and Jay are playing fast as hell.
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