Solid? The thing was a mess. There was a huge echo that was borderline unbearable and the guy stumbled through a pre-recorded opening and was constantly fumbling for words. I couldn't watch more than a few minutes without cringing myself inside out.

NotSorry

United States6722 Posts

January 18 2013 18:44 GMT

#5422

the echo stops after the 5min mark, it's the internet we have lower standards for our personalities.

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

January 18 2013 21:24 GMT

#5423

On January 19 2013 03:44 NotSorry wrote:
the echo stops after the 5min mark, it's the internet we have lower standards for our personalities.

Eh, plenty of personalities put on good shows on the internet, where have you been?

I might come off as overly harsh, but it was completely obvious this guy was 30 miles outside his comfort zone and wasn't quite sure what to do about it. Should have thought about that ahead of time.

Louuster

Canada2869 Posts

January 19 2013 04:29 GMT

#5424

So mad right now, I just drafted probably my best deck so far in RtR and I get 0-2 round 1 in about 10 min total by a dude going pack rat turn 2 in both games zzz.

iGrok

United States5142 Posts

January 19 2013 19:21 GMT

#5425

On January 19 2013 13:29 Louuster wrote:
So mad right now, I just drafted probably my best deck so far in RtR and I get 0-2 round 1 in about 10 min total by a dude going pack rat turn 2 in both games zzz.

Same thing happened to me last night.

I drafted one of the best selesnya decks ever, Pegasi and Centaurs out the wazoo, G1 is over T5 vs a Rakdos player who obviously had no idea what he was doing, and then G2 I don't draw a single forest in the 10 turns it takes him to kill me, and then G3 the exact same thing happens.

NotSorry

United States6722 Posts

January 19 2013 19:31 GMT

#5426

Side note: Miracles is the biggest mistake in magic. Whoever in the R&D that thought it would be a good idea needs to be punched in the face. Nothing like losing a match to a top decked bonfire for 9 from a guy at 2life and no creatures that's staring down a board of gravecrawler, hellrider, aristocrat, knight of infamy.

EMIYA

United States433 Posts

January 19 2013 21:41 GMT

#5427

so how the hell is pauper playable against this?

http://i.imgur.com/qRWADnl.jpg

floi

203 Posts

January 19 2013 21:51 GMT

#5428

Gorilla Shaman!

EMIYA

United States433 Posts

January 19 2013 22:01 GMT

#5429

i see, but that wasn't even in the side deck list for this deck. does he just auto lose to that? i was under the impression it was standard pauper, but how do you have a chance against these decks without old cards?

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

January 19 2013 22:10 GMT

#5430

On January 20 2013 07:01 EMIYA wrote:
i see, but that wasn't even in the side deck list for this deck. does he just auto lose to that? i was under the impression it was standard pauper, but how do you have a chance against these decks without old cards?

He wasn't playing Standard Pauper, he was playing actual Pauper.

EMIYA

United States433 Posts

January 19 2013 22:22 GMT

#5431

er, im referring to the guy who made this deck that i'm playing. because i didn't see any of the infamous older cards i assumed itd be for standard pauper but there aren't dailies for that format anyways. which is why i get raped by atog in the first round

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

January 19 2013 23:02 GMT

#5432

On January 20 2013 07:22 EMIYA wrote:
er, im referring to the guy who made this deck that i'm playing. because i didn't see any of the infamous older cards i assumed itd be for standard pauper but there aren't dailies for that format anyways. which is why i get raped by atog in the first round

There is really no such thing as "Standard Pauper" that's sanctioned, you can't actually set the MTGO restrictions for that in the practice rooms either. You will never beat a decent pauper deck with a standard pauper deck. Just spend the 2-3 tickets to actually get a good deck and practice with it. The guy you got the list from wasn't very good at the format.

Octothorpe

United States52 Posts

January 20 2013 05:37 GMT

#5433

On January 20 2013 08:02 deth2munkies wrote:

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Just out of curiosity, what competitive pauper decks are that cheap? Key cards for most pauper decks can run as high as 7-9 tickets each.

Judicator

United States7270 Posts

January 20 2013 05:47 GMT

#5434

I want to say Elves, Infect and monoblack.

Kinie

United States3106 Posts

January 20 2013 07:29 GMT

#5435

Naya Aggro can also be relatively cheap, maybe in the 8-15 ticket range for the whole depending upon what cards you buy.

floi

203 Posts

January 20 2013 08:23 GMT

#5436

If you like control - cloudpost decks have been strong for a while now and got even better with the addition of some new cards (electrickery, ghostly flicker). it's been a while since I build mine, but afair the only relatively expensive cards were 6-8 hydro-/pyroblasts and serrated arrows. I might be wrong though.

bobbob

United States368 Posts

January 20 2013 08:43 GMT

#5437

Cloudpost IIRC is pretty cheap aside from the SB of Serrated Arrows and stuff, but as far as the maindeck is concerned I believe it was pretty cheap.

Bahamuth

134 Posts

January 20 2013 09:22 GMT

#5438

Mono G Stompy. I think it's one of the best decks in the format, and it costs about 9-10 Tix in total.

Tadatomo

84 Posts

January 20 2013 12:59 GMT

#5439

You get like only 3 tix when you open an account. So the more expensive commons need to be like .05 to .10 tix.

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

January 20 2013 15:24 GMT

#5440

I bought mono white for 2. Every deck except infect and momo blue are under 10. Goblins, Storm, and ~~mono black~~ are all under 10 if not under 5.

Here's a hint: don't buy from "Pauperbots", they inflate staple prices that you can get for much cheaper from conventional bots at the possible expense of them not having everything you need. Shop around people.

Crypt rats went up, so have all the staples since I last checked. Guess people are starting to gouge pauper players.