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BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3890 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 22:16:51
March 09 2013 22:14 GMT
#6621
On March 10 2013 00:37 Risen wrote:
Running Gr mongo tron in vegas ptq today.


let me know who wins.
Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
Audemed
Profile Joined November 2010
United States893 Posts
March 10 2013 01:10 GMT
#6622
Finally had a good run with my boros deck last night, went 4-1, only guy I lost to was a really good esper control player, lost to him by 1 turn . Hit him with aurelia's fury for 10 when he had 2 cards in hand and 10 health....unfortunately one of those was a sphinx's. Angelic overseer + silverblade is so ridiculous, and slayers stronghold is so damn good vs control, makes even topdecking dangerous.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-10 01:16:41
March 10 2013 01:14 GMT
#6623
On March 10 2013 06:51 cLAN.Anax wrote:
And Happy Birthday to you, Judi!


Thanks. Friend took my deck again to Indy. Guy has more games with my deck than I do.

Edit:

His response when I ask him about it, "your deck is pretty lucky". Because whenever I test in real life, its like missing double white, missing black, missing LANDS.
Get it by your hands...
MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
March 10 2013 01:52 GMT
#6624
Happy Urfday Judicator~!

It's ok, you can always blame your losses on mana screw. And make your friends pay for your drafts after they win loots npnp
ModeratorA dream. Do you have one that has cursed you like that? Or maybe... a wish?
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
March 10 2013 04:09 GMT
#6625
On March 10 2013 10:52 MoonBear wrote:
Happy Urfday Judicator~!

It's ok, you can always blame your losses on mana screw. And make your friends pay for your drafts after they win loots npnp


lol, well he's playing for top 8 again, need to start charging renting fees.
Get it by your hands...
cLAN.Anax
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States2847 Posts
March 10 2013 04:27 GMT
#6626
On March 10 2013 13:09 Judicator wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 10:52 MoonBear wrote:
Happy Urfday Judicator~!

It's ok, you can always blame your losses on mana screw. And make your friends pay for your drafts after they win loots npnp


lol, well he's playing for top 8 again, need to start charging renting fees.


10-20% of the cardpacks they win. (maybe I'm being generous; you could probably charge more, lolol)
┬─┬___(ツ)_/¯ 彡┻━┻ I am the 4%. "I cant believe i saw ANAL backwards before i saw the word LAN." - Capped
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-10 05:35:09
March 10 2013 04:41 GMT
#6627
Nah, he plays the deck much like the other Esper player in this thread, deth2munkies or Risen, can't remember which one. He prefers a UW shell splashing for black while I prefer the UB shell splashing for white. We ended up agreeing to something in the middle.

The singleton Alchemy was my contribution to the deck since against aggro Alchemy is better than Sphinx's sadly.

Edit:

Well, he made it to top 8 as the only Esper player.
Get it by your hands...
cLAN.Anax
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States2847 Posts
March 10 2013 05:38 GMT
#6628
Talking with a friend who's trying to get into casual Magic and make a Commander deck. He bought a Deckbuilder's Toolkit and an Izzet vs. Golgari duel pack. Says he wants a sneaky BW lifelink deck, but Obzedat costs too much so he's gonna go for Vish Kal instead. (I hate his guts for this choice; my brother runs Vish Kal, and it completely nullifies all of my sneaky "shuffle-into-your-library" spells T_T ) Based on what I'm hearing about the current meta, it's safe to assume Obzedat won't be dropping in price anytime soon?
┬─┬___(ツ)_/¯ 彡┻━┻ I am the 4%. "I cant believe i saw ANAL backwards before i saw the word LAN." - Capped
BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3890 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-10 05:51:21
March 10 2013 05:49 GMT
#6629
Well Risen didn't win the PTQ, since a friend of mine did :p Sorry Risen.

Is this the same friend that Top 8 last time Judicator, that's pretty impressive streak with that deck.
Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
Risen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States7927 Posts
March 10 2013 05:51 GMT
#6630
Was fucking was 3-0-2 for the dumbest shit. Lost to infect and just left.

The two draws were the stupidest things ever. Judges were trash. Little Shop of Magic is the worst shop ever. Will never play there again. Only top 8 gets prizes? And even then only 12 packs to 5-8? Fuck off.
Pufftrees Everyday>its like a rifter that just used X-Factor/Liquid'Nony: I hope no one lip read XD/Holyflare>it's like policy lynching but better/Resident Los Angeles bachelor
BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3890 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-10 05:53:58
March 10 2013 05:52 GMT
#6631
On March 10 2013 14:51 Risen wrote:
Was fucking was 3-0-2 for the dumbest shit. Lost to infect and just left.

The two draws were the stupidest things ever. Judges were trash. Little Shop of Magic is the worst shop ever. Will never play there again. Only top 8 gets prizes? And even then only 12 packs to 5-8? Fuck off.


I've never heard anything but bad stuff about Little Shop of Magic, but I've never played there myself, they shouldn't even be allowed to host ptqs or anything.

I suggest, Cheese Boy Comics or Action Comics , you don't really get a choice when it comes to PTQ location though
Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
MrRicewife
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada515 Posts
March 10 2013 06:11 GMT
#6632
I used to play Magic non-stop, eat sleep live, until high school. Then I quit.

Whenever I go to my local cs I always check out what's new in Magic. It's been like.. 8 years of me just "checking" on shit.

I kind of want to play magic online, but I'm on a budget these days.

How much will it cost me to play? I don't want to play with shit decks, and my budget isn't Kraft Dinner poor. But I don't want to spend $10-$20ea on rares/lands.

I mostly played mono black because of cards like Laquatus's champion and zombies, and just mean awful things 'death' cards.I started dabbling into UB though.

Anyway, anyone know a ballpark on just how much it would cost to start up and have a baller deck? (just one for now) and a decent SB?
So? My dad can beat up your dad. - Jesus
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-10 06:40:33
March 10 2013 06:39 GMT
#6633
On March 10 2013 14:38 cLAN.Anax wrote:
Talking with a friend who's trying to get into casual Magic and make a Commander deck. He bought a Deckbuilder's Toolkit and an Izzet vs. Golgari duel pack. Says he wants a sneaky BW lifelink deck, but Obzedat costs too much so he's gonna go for Vish Kal instead. (I hate his guts for this choice; my brother runs Vish Kal, and it completely nullifies all of my sneaky "shuffle-into-your-library" spells T_T ) Based on what I'm hearing about the current meta, it's safe to assume Obzedat won't be dropping in price anytime soon?


Obzedat hasn't peaked yet because Block constructed hasn't been explored completely yet, meaning that PT DGM should be block constructed and if they are playing Obzedat in some kind of block deck then he would only go up and not down.

He's a very good weapon (better than Jace) against all of the midrange decks and against Bant. Just a very flexible card that serves the same role as 5-Gideon in a lot of these decks; gains you life, dodges sorcery speed removal, makes control decks suddenly threaten life points. Those are generalizations but it clearly has more than one role in decks, defensive/offensive.

Edit:

Yes Bluebird it is. He's top 8-ed 3 of the last SCG events around us. Each one bigger than the last (except the Classic).
Get it by your hands...
MCMcEmcee
Profile Joined April 2008
United States1609 Posts
March 10 2013 08:04 GMT
#6634
welp went from x-0 to x-3 in a series of matches where I mulled to 5 and flooded out in a deck that plays 20 lands and Bob/Serum Visions. Pretty much a classic bad beats sob story lol. I liked the deck choice a lot, felt like a lot of my games become very winnable if I correct like one small decision in each game, even if variance was not on my side this weekend.

Field was hella RG aggro, UGx Wild Defiance infect, and UWR variants... or so I saw in between my rounds. I ended up playing against Bogles, Junk midrange (opponent flipped running 4 drops to his Bob and died lolol), BW tokens (Spectral Procession and Lingering Souls own my soul), Runeflare Trap, UWR Twin x2.
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HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-10 08:53:00
March 10 2013 08:40 GMT
#6635
http://www.wizards.com/magic/digital/magiconline.aspx
I'm unable to create an account. Is the site broken for anyone else? (click create account)

e. woops, it's working now.
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Cel.erity
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4890 Posts
March 10 2013 11:57 GMT
#6636
On March 10 2013 15:11 MrRicewife wrote:
I used to play Magic non-stop, eat sleep live, until high school. Then I quit.

Whenever I go to my local cs I always check out what's new in Magic. It's been like.. 8 years of me just "checking" on shit.

I kind of want to play magic online, but I'm on a budget these days.

How much will it cost me to play? I don't want to play with shit decks, and my budget isn't Kraft Dinner poor. But I don't want to spend $10-$20ea on rares/lands.

I mostly played mono black because of cards like Laquatus's champion and zombies, and just mean awful things 'death' cards.I started dabbling into UB though.

Anyway, anyone know a ballpark on just how much it would cost to start up and have a baller deck? (just one for now) and a decent SB?


Most Standard decks right now are probably in the range of $300-$400. R/G aggro is the cheapest competitive deck at like $60. However, there is a black control archetype in this format, and it's pretty cheap to build:

http://www.channelfireball.com/home/breaking-through-black-by-popular-demand-14th/

Travis Woo's Wolf Run version can be found on that same site if you browse the articles. I don't think the decks have very many huge money cards, they're probably under $100.
We found Dove in a soapless place.
deth2munkies
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4051 Posts
March 10 2013 14:30 GMT
#6637
On March 10 2013 20:57 Cel.erity wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 15:11 MrRicewife wrote:
I used to play Magic non-stop, eat sleep live, until high school. Then I quit.

Whenever I go to my local cs I always check out what's new in Magic. It's been like.. 8 years of me just "checking" on shit.

I kind of want to play magic online, but I'm on a budget these days.

How much will it cost me to play? I don't want to play with shit decks, and my budget isn't Kraft Dinner poor. But I don't want to spend $10-$20ea on rares/lands.

I mostly played mono black because of cards like Laquatus's champion and zombies, and just mean awful things 'death' cards.I started dabbling into UB though.

Anyway, anyone know a ballpark on just how much it would cost to start up and have a baller deck? (just one for now) and a decent SB?


Most Standard decks right now are probably in the range of $300-$400. R/G aggro is the cheapest competitive deck at like $60. However, there is a black control archetype in this format, and it's pretty cheap to build:

http://www.channelfireball.com/home/breaking-through-black-by-popular-demand-14th/

Travis Woo's Wolf Run version can be found on that same site if you browse the articles. I don't think the decks have very many huge money cards, they're probably under $100.


If you're really on a budget, you can pull off a good Boros deck without the shocklands for under $50 and steal a few games here and there. It's not going to consistently beat the $300-400 decks but you'll definitely be able to compete with better draws.

Aggro decks are really good in the format and there are budget alternatives for the majority of the expensive cards in them.
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
March 10 2013 20:57 GMT
#6638
Ugh, I'm getting a bit lost with the trading system. Any advice regarding trustworthy bots selling in bulk would be dearly appreciated.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
Audemed
Profile Joined November 2010
United States893 Posts
March 10 2013 22:22 GMT
#6639
The MTGO academy bots usually have the best sell/buy prices on average that I could find. You can get single buy/sell prices that are better in other places, but it's nice having one place to go to with stored credit and not worrying about shards of tickets stuck on other bots that you cant deal with. Granted, if you're selling a Jace or something, definitely check multiple bot prices before you sell and go with the highest one with a whole ticket.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell
MrRicewife
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada515 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-11 00:58:46
March 11 2013 00:52 GMT
#6640
On March 10 2013 23:30 deth2munkies wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 20:57 Cel.erity wrote:
On March 10 2013 15:11 MrRicewife wrote:
I used to play Magic non-stop, eat sleep live, until high school. Then I quit.

Whenever I go to my local cs I always check out what's new in Magic. It's been like.. 8 years of me just "checking" on shit.

I kind of want to play magic online, but I'm on a budget these days.

How much will it cost me to play? I don't want to play with shit decks, and my budget isn't Kraft Dinner poor. But I don't want to spend $10-$20ea on rares/lands.

I mostly played mono black because of cards like Laquatus's champion and zombies, and just mean awful things 'death' cards.I started dabbling into UB though.

Anyway, anyone know a ballpark on just how much it would cost to start up and have a baller deck? (just one for now) and a decent SB?


Most Standard decks right now are probably in the range of $300-$400. R/G aggro is the cheapest competitive deck at like $60. However, there is a black control archetype in this format, and it's pretty cheap to build:

http://www.channelfireball.com/home/breaking-through-black-by-popular-demand-14th/

Travis Woo's Wolf Run version can be found on that same site if you browse the articles. I don't think the decks have very many huge money cards, they're probably under $100.


If you're really on a budget, you can pull off a good Boros deck without the shocklands for under $50 and steal a few games here and there. It's not going to consistently beat the $300-400 decks but you'll definitely be able to compete with better draws.

Aggro decks are really good in the format and there are budget alternatives for the majority of the expensive cards in them.

Thank you for both of your responses. That was exactly the information I needed. Appreciated.

Edit: One more thing actually...

When you purchase cards, and they eventually get phased out, will you be able to carry those cards over? Or do you have to purchase different cards even with the exact same abilities ei. Bird's of Paradise, or lands like Blood Crypt, or an older mutilate card, etc...

I should add, as long as they are 'legal', can you use your old phased out cards. I hope I explained that good enough??
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