EPTI <3 it.
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Cybren
United States206 Posts
I <3 it. | ||
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
New mechanics: Undying - If this creature dies without a +1/+1 counter on it, return it to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter (reverse persist) Fateful Hour - If you have less than 5 life, X. http://wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/darkascension/cig# Notable cards: Gather the Townsfolk : 1W put 2 1/1 white human tokens into play, put 5 in if you are under 5 life. ^Going in my modern tokens deck Mondronen Shaman // Tovolar's Magehunter - 3R 3/2, flip when no spells are cast // 5/5 When an opponent casts a spell, do 2 damage to them, flip if 2 or more spells were cast. ^ Always does at least 4 damage when it's flipped, if not more. Seems awesome in limited, but slow for constructed at 4 mana. Zombie Apocalypse - 3BBB Return all zombies from the graveyard to the battlefield tapped, then destroy all humans. Trolololol Increasing Confusion - xU, mill x, if it was cast from a graveyard, mill twice the amount. Flashback: xU Incoming Mill Deck. | ||
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
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bumatlarge
United States4567 Posts
Also, reverse persist is hilarious. The double green haste guy? Like a mini-vengevine. I could see alot of neat decks abusing that (like hex parastie for generally being a 1B Super regenerate for it). Also that hunger of howlpack seems like titanic growth on crack. Also, I'm definitely going to experiment with faithless looting and increased confusion to see how fast I can dig  | ||
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Shotcoder
United States2316 Posts
Esper control placed in the top 8 in Atlanta...and the build had 25 lands. I was shocked when I looked at the list. That and the lack of snapcasters and the addition of a Grace Titan and Elspeth. Just made me wow at the list. | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
On January 10 2012 07:36 Shotcoder wrote: http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=961267 Esper control placed in the top 8 in Atlanta...and the build had 25 lands. I was shocked when I looked at the list. That and the lack of snapcasters and the addition of a Grace Titan and Elspeth. Just made me wow at the list. Why? He took the other approach, play 4 Days set up for said Days. Esper shouldn't be running Graves anyways. As for 25 lands, he got greedy and it paid off. I wouldn't put too much into SCGs, a lot of their top 8 players barring a few are...loose with their decision maknig. | ||
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Shotcoder
United States2316 Posts
On January 10 2012 07:41 Judicator wrote: Why? He took the other approach, play 4 Days set up for said Days. Esper shouldn't be running Graves anyways. As for 25 lands, he got greedy and it paid off. I wouldn't put too much into SCGs, a lot of their top 8 players barring a few are...loose with their decision maknig. I'm shocked because his mana base looks horrible compared to the nightmare that is the 27-28 land Esper decks, the amount of black card he's running on 7 black sources. I just don't understand how it ran effectively to even top 8 an SCG. Plus the lack of any mainboard timelys just makes me cringe. sure he has talisman but i still like having the two timelys main, | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
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MCMcEmcee
United States1609 Posts
On January 10 2012 07:41 Judicator wrote: I wouldn't put too much into SCGs, a lot of their top 8 players barring a few are...loose with their decision maknig. it could also be said that Alex Bertoncini has not been the only "loose player" playing in those events... that said, it's one event. Cutting lands for spells and hoping to get there happens all the time in Legacy, not exactly impossible for it to work out in Standard for the span of one tournament. | ||
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Orpheos
United States1663 Posts
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
Altar of the Lost - 3 - Comes into play tapped, T to add 2 mana of any colors to your mana pool, use this only to cast flashback cards from the graveyard. Essentially mana fixing for off-color flashback spells, mediocre in limited and stone unplayable in constructed. Increasing Devotion - 3WW - put 5 1/1 white human creatures on the battlefield, if it was flashbacked, put 10 instead. Flashback - 7WW Better than Conqueror's Pledge? Probably. Good enough for a modern tokens deck? Nope. Good enough for G/W tokens? Probably. Geist-Honored Monk into this next turn for major shens. | ||
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
But Increasing Devotion? That's a really powerful card. People always talk about constructed in previews, but nobody really knows anything. So, strictly from a Limited perspective, Increasing Devotion - strong and aggressive. A smidgen slow. EDIT: I mean, it's Moan of the Unhallowed, right? Basically, a slightly better version of Moan of the Unhallowed. | ||
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zhurai
United States5660 Posts
On January 10 2012 14:26 deth2munkies wrote: Today 2 mediocre cards: Altar of the Lost - 3 - Comes into play tapped, T to add 2 mana of any colors to your mana pool, use this only to cast flashback cards from the graveyard. Essentially mana fixing for off-color flashback spells, mediocre in limited and stone unplayable in constructed. Increasing Devotion - 3WW - put 5 1/1 white human creatures on the battlefield, if it was flashbacked, put 10 instead. Flashback - 7WW Better than Conqueror's Pledge? Probably. Good enough for a modern tokens deck? Nope. Good enough for G/W tokens? Probably. Geist-Honored Monk into this next turn for major shens. Yeah I don't really like today's new cards too much. | ||
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NGrNecris
New Zealand855 Posts
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bumatlarge
United States4567 Posts
On January 10 2012 18:15 NGrNecris wrote: Hey guys, haven't played mtg since mirroden and I want to get back into it. My favourite decks back then were astral slide, storm and 3 colour wake. Are there any decks in the current metagame with playstyles like those? There is a new mythic card that called Past in Flames that gives all cards in graveyard flashback, and it cost 4R. You can flash it back for 3R. There is also a modern format from about the mirrodin block onwards. Here is a storm deck. + Show Spoiler + 4 Desperate Ritual 2 Empty the Warrens 4 Gitaxian Probe 4 Grapeshot 4 Manamorphose 4 Past in Flames 4 Peer Through Depths 4 Pyretic Ritual 4 Seething Song 4 Serum Visions 4 Sleight of Hand Spells [42] 4 Island 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Mountain 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Steam Vents 3 Sulfur Falls You can nail them for 20 fairly quickly, it isn't expensive aside from the lands, and the format isn't broken. Have fun | ||
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MCMcEmcee
United States1609 Posts
Drogskol Reaver 5WU Creature - Spirit Flying, double strike, lifelink Whenever you gain life, draw a card. 3/5 | ||
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Shotcoder
United States2316 Posts
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
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Orpheos
United States1663 Posts
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Shotcoder
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