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ore0z
Romania161 Posts
I thought it would be better to post here. [Interview] Day9 on MTG edit: Q: If you could play Magic against anyone, who would it be and why? A: I'd want to play my StarCraft idol Jaedong in a one-on-one. I'll never beat him in StarCraft, so hopefully we can spar in Magic and, afterwards, I can tell everyone how much awesomer I am. And, if I lose, I can just claim that I drew poorly. The important thing about my hypothetical fantasy is that I have excuses in advance. | ||
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
On December 20 2012 12:17 Judicator wrote: It's Lotus by far, not even close. It's just a Ritual in later turns of Cube - if you aren't trying to combo off or play it in the first 3 turns, it's not going to be THAT sweet. That sweet being relative to the fact that it's....Black Lotus. EDIT: and to be clear, believe it or not, I did not see that this was like pack 3. I thought it was pick 1 pack 1. | ||
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Kinie
United States3106 Posts
Personally, I'd probably do Sol Ring or Ancestral Recall, with Black Lotus third. | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
Edit: I have been drafting with a friend's powered cube a fair amount, so my opinion is just based on that. | ||
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
EDIT: Responding to Kinie. | ||
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
On December 20 2012 14:41 Judicator wrote: The upside is too much ignore. The same reason why Grim Monolith is high pick in non-powered Cubes. If you're going from turn 1 to turn 4 on turn 1, you are pretty much winning the game. Even 2 to 5 is stupidly good. None of the other cards comes close to that kind of "power" where you are effectively skipping not one or 2 turns but 3 full turns. Sol Ring *just* takes you from 1 to 2 on turn 1 and doesn't make colored mana. The same draw backs for Lotus are there for Sol Ring except even more pronounced. Your reasoning is basically exactly why it isn't that far apart. A turn 2 Baneslayer is mega bomb, but...is that all? You can already Turn 2 a Grislebrand in Cube...Cube is still a very creature-centric format, it's still Limited. EDIT: I don't sound very clear in my post. Basically, what I'm saying is that Lotus is most magnificent when you have a plan for it. In Vintage, you can drop a Lodestone Golem off of it and progress your Workshop plan, Storm Decks can use it to go off earlier with Oath of Druids. Whatever. But in Cube? Most of the time, it's a super cheap Thran Dynamo - which is awesome, I can't stress how awesome it is - but it's not out of this world. | ||
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
On December 20 2012 14:44 slyboogie wrote: Your reasoning is basically exactly why it isn't that far apart. A turn 2 Baneslayer is mega bomb, but...is that all? You can already Turn 2 a Grislebrand in Cube...Cube is still a very creature-centric format, it's still Limited. EDIT: I don't sound very clear in my post. Basically, what I'm saying is that Lotus is most magnificent when you have a plan for it. In Vintage, you can drop a Lodestone Golem off of it and progress your Workshop plan, Storm Decks can use it to go off earlier with Oath of Druids. Whatever. But in Cube? Most of the time, it's a super cheap Thran Dynamo - which is awesome, I can't stress how awesome it is - but it's not out of this world. Screw that, T1 Lotus, Entomb Griselbrand/Animate Dead. If only you could Lotus/Entomb Emrakul/Goryo's Vengeance w/ trigger on the stack in cube, that'd be hilaaarious. | ||
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
On December 20 2012 15:23 deth2munkies wrote: Screw that, T1 Lotus, Entomb Griselbrand/Animate Dead. If only you could Lotus/Entomb Emrakul/Goryo's Vengeance w/ trigger on the stack in cube, that'd be hilaaarious. T1: Swamp, Dark Ritual, Entomb, Exhume. KRAKOW. +1 card more card to make it work but it doesn't need a card on the Vintage restricted list. | ||
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KaiserReinhard
United States554 Posts
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
On December 20 2012 15:29 slyboogie wrote: T1: Swamp, Dark Ritual, Entomb, Exhume. KRAKOW. +1 card more card to make it work but it doesn't need a card on the Vintage restricted list. I'm well aware, but 1 card less is pretty important, you can mull to 3 and still have T1 gbrand. Also @above: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/recurring-nightmares-holiday-gift-ideas/ | ||
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BlueBird.
United States3890 Posts
On December 20 2012 15:29 KaiserReinhard wrote: Can anyone who plays the physical card game tell me some good MTG related Christmas gift ideas? are they competitive or casual? Can you give us details about what kind of magic they like to play, or is this someone new to magic? | ||
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KaiserReinhard
United States554 Posts
On December 20 2012 18:16 BlueBird. wrote: are they competitive or casual? Can you give us details about what kind of magic they like to play, or is this someone new to magic? Competitive. Plays in tournaments occasionally, not sure what kind of magic they play, I assume the standard kind. | ||
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el_dawg
United States164 Posts
On December 21 2012 02:48 KaiserReinhard wrote: Competitive. Plays in tournaments occasionally, not sure what kind of magic they play, I assume the standard kind. You probably can't go wrong with sleeves. If they play a lot, they will always need new sleeves. | ||
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cLAN.Anax
United States2847 Posts
On December 21 2012 02:58 el_dawg wrote: You probably can't go wrong with sleeves. If they play a lot, they will always need new sleeves. That's a really great idea, actually. Recommend you buy a couple hundred of the same color and type for them if you go this route and not just, like, 60, as they can break sometimes, or they might want a more readily-available sideboard when drafting.  | ||
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
On December 21 2012 13:38 cLAN.Anax wrote: That's a really great idea, actually. Recommend you buy a couple hundred of the same color and type for them if you go this route and not just, like, 60, as they can break sometimes, or they might want a more readily-available sideboard when drafting. Had a friend go out of his way to buy me 60 sleeves of 5 different colors. I was like fuck me I'm only going to be able to use these once with my luck and handling of sleeves XD | ||
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
Also, Dragon Shields if you can get them, a bit more expensive, but a lot more awesome :D | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
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Kinie
United States3106 Posts
I'm starting to toy around with the creature base more, and wondering if Lotus Cobra in place of BoP might be better, just so I can empty my hand out a bit sooner. Any suggestions for good Modern creatures in this deck is appreciated... Besides Goyf, because everyone and their mother knows how good Goyf is. Here's the changes I've made after more testing: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/junk-swords/ | ||
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last.resistance
Canada543 Posts
It shows off the Simic mechanic. + Show Spoiler + | ||
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cLAN.Anax
United States2847 Posts
On December 23 2012 00:12 last.resistance wrote: So somebody pulled a Gatecrash card from a RTR pack at a FNM. It shows off the Simic mechanic. + Show Spoiler + Lolz, Wizards be trollin'. Hiding next-set cards in the current set.  | ||
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