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iGrok
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5142 Posts
April 29 2013 05:30 GMT
#7261
My shop is small, ~20 people, but they do prizes a little differently. To start with, the 2 packs for each player are considered their packs, as in, every player gets 2 packs regardless of results. For prizes, a box of cards is split into piles of 12-8-4-4-2-2-2-2 and put on a table. All of the Swag Pack (Binders, Mats, Deckboxes) is also put on the table, and then you get to pick in order. When he counted, the manager realized that the bottom 2 people would be empty handed, so he put a box of dice and a box of Sorin vs Tibalt on the table as well. Its easily the friendliest shop I've been to, there is a massive shop (150+, had a MtG Designer at prerelease) literally around the corner, but it isn't nearly as fun of an atmosphere.

P.S. Sorin vs Tibalt was picked 12th, after playmats and sleeves.
MOTM | Stim.tv | TL Mafia | Fantasy Fighting! | SNSD
BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3890 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-29 08:31:29
April 29 2013 08:30 GMT
#7262
I am always a fan of top heavy prize distrubtion(top 8) with a few consolation prizes, and where there is a gap between positions. I dislike when playing for spots doesn't actually mean anything since the prizes are going to everyone anyways, especially when playing is fueling your collection etc. I've always shied away from shops that distribute to basically everyone with prize distribution, although pre-releases are slightly different due to the variety of players that tend to show up.

Anyone attending GP Portland, I'm already committed on a deck so I can't really think/change much about it, and I haven't played modern since the eggs ban so I hope everything goes smooth. Just looking to make Day 2 at my home GP would be nice, but I won't call it a bad weekend if I don't make Day 2.
Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
nanospartan
Profile Joined July 2011
649 Posts
April 29 2013 09:38 GMT
#7263
On April 29 2013 17:30 BlueBird. wrote:
I am always a fan of top heavy prize distrubtion(top 8) with a few consolation prizes, and where there is a gap between positions. I dislike when playing for spots doesn't actually mean anything since the prizes are going to everyone anyways, especially when playing is fueling your collection etc. I've always shied away from shops that distribute to basically everyone with prize distribution, although pre-releases are slightly different due to the variety of players that tend to show up.

Anyone attending GP Portland, I'm already committed on a deck so I can't really think/change much about it, and I haven't played modern since the eggs ban so I hope everything goes smooth. Just looking to make Day 2 at my home GP would be nice, but I won't call it a bad weekend if I don't make Day 2.

What deck are you playing? and Good luck at the GP
I was an athiest until I watched the Day[9] daily
Risen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States7927 Posts
April 29 2013 16:50 GMT
#7264
Good luck at the GP! Hopefully you're playing a deck that would be weak to combo, but since combo is gone things can be glorious for you! :D ((Still pack your combo hate for kiki, but that deck is so easy to beat post-sideboard for my tron deck I can't imagine you having problems with it if you choose anything that can run combust))
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
EMIYA
Profile Joined March 2011
United States433 Posts
April 29 2013 18:58 GMT
#7265
Does that initiative card save your guys from a board wipe?
Audemed
Profile Joined November 2010
United States893 Posts
April 29 2013 19:44 GMT
#7266
On April 30 2013 03:58 EMIYA wrote:
Does that initiative card save your guys from a board wipe?


Yes, it saves them from ALL wipes, even terminus and mutilate (that boros charm/rootborn defenses couldn't protect from).
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell
cLAN.Anax
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States2847 Posts
April 29 2013 21:53 GMT
#7267
On April 30 2013 04:44 Audemed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2013 03:58 EMIYA wrote:
Does that initiative card save your guys from a board wipe?


Yes, it saves them from ALL wipes, even terminus and mutilate (that boros charm/rootborn defenses couldn't protect from).


Better than I thought, then. Will have to nab one while I can.
┬─┬___(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: 2013-04-30 02:47:50
April 30 2013 02:43 GMT
#7268
On April 29 2013 18:38 nanospartan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2013 17:30 BlueBird. wrote:
I am always a fan of top heavy prize distrubtion(top 8) with a few consolation prizes, and where there is a gap between positions. I dislike when playing for spots doesn't actually mean anything since the prizes are going to everyone anyways, especially when playing is fueling your collection etc. I've always shied away from shops that distribute to basically everyone with prize distribution, although pre-releases are slightly different due to the variety of players that tend to show up.

Anyone attending GP Portland, I'm already committed on a deck so I can't really think/change much about it, and I haven't played modern since the eggs ban so I hope everything goes smooth. Just looking to make Day 2 at my home GP would be nice, but I won't call it a bad weekend if I don't make Day 2.

What deck are you playing? and Good luck at the GP


I'm on Jund with white, I would have preferred being more proactive , but i do have good threats and good disruption, and good sideboard/answers with access to 4 colors, so it's really going to come down to my rusty paper magic skills, remembering triggers, keeping track of everything etc, gonna be fun, and the matchups, how well I can figure out what my opponents playing and what to discard etc without practicing a lot.

. Last Modern GP had quite the variety of decks so I'm expecting something similar.
Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
April 30 2013 02:55 GMT
#7269
On April 30 2013 11:43 BlueBird. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2013 18:38 nanospartan wrote:
On April 29 2013 17:30 BlueBird. wrote:
I am always a fan of top heavy prize distrubtion(top 8) with a few consolation prizes, and where there is a gap between positions. I dislike when playing for spots doesn't actually mean anything since the prizes are going to everyone anyways, especially when playing is fueling your collection etc. I've always shied away from shops that distribute to basically everyone with prize distribution, although pre-releases are slightly different due to the variety of players that tend to show up.

Anyone attending GP Portland, I'm already committed on a deck so I can't really think/change much about it, and I haven't played modern since the eggs ban so I hope everything goes smooth. Just looking to make Day 2 at my home GP would be nice, but I won't call it a bad weekend if I don't make Day 2.

What deck are you playing? and Good luck at the GP


I'm on Jund with white, I would have preferred being more proactive , but i do have good threats and good disruption, and good sideboard/answers with access to 4 colors, so it's really going to come down to my rusty paper magic skills, remembering triggers, keeping track of everything etc, gonna be fun, and the matchups, how well I can figure out what my opponents playing and what to discard etc without practicing a lot.

. Last Modern GP had quite the variety of decks so I'm expecting something similar.


Think you need a read on the meta in order to take advantage of your 4 colors; so try to figure that out at least.
Get it by your hands...
BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3890 Posts
April 30 2013 04:02 GMT
#7270
On April 30 2013 11:55 Judicator wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2013 11:43 BlueBird. wrote:
On April 29 2013 18:38 nanospartan wrote:
On April 29 2013 17:30 BlueBird. wrote:
I am always a fan of top heavy prize distrubtion(top 8) with a few consolation prizes, and where there is a gap between positions. I dislike when playing for spots doesn't actually mean anything since the prizes are going to everyone anyways, especially when playing is fueling your collection etc. I've always shied away from shops that distribute to basically everyone with prize distribution, although pre-releases are slightly different due to the variety of players that tend to show up.

Anyone attending GP Portland, I'm already committed on a deck so I can't really think/change much about it, and I haven't played modern since the eggs ban so I hope everything goes smooth. Just looking to make Day 2 at my home GP would be nice, but I won't call it a bad weekend if I don't make Day 2.

What deck are you playing? and Good luck at the GP


I'm on Jund with white, I would have preferred being more proactive , but i do have good threats and good disruption, and good sideboard/answers with access to 4 colors, so it's really going to come down to my rusty paper magic skills, remembering triggers, keeping track of everything etc, gonna be fun, and the matchups, how well I can figure out what my opponents playing and what to discard etc without practicing a lot.

. Last Modern GP had quite the variety of decks so I'm expecting something similar.


Think you need a read on the meta in order to take advantage of your 4 colors; so try to figure that out at least.


If I had time to prepare I would, it would probably be a good idea, but I don't like making presumptions on the meta for modern based off of magic online results, since they haven't correlated in the past, and since my main method of practicing/acquiring information is MTGO .... (PTQ MOnline meta and PTQ paper meta were really different).

I'll scout out thursdays last chance gpts though.
Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
April 30 2013 04:05 GMT
#7271
Just something, so you can be at least not completely oblivious, is anyone you play with going that would know?
Get it by your hands...
BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3890 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 04:10:13
April 30 2013 04:08 GMT
#7272
On April 30 2013 13:05 Judicator wrote:
Just something, so you can be at least not completely oblivious, is anyone you play with going that would know?


I'm sure someone from Vegas or California area is going that I know, I just need to find out, but I don't really think anyone has a good read on the meta, I don't know anyone from Pacific Northwest going personally, I don't play physical anymore.
Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
KtheZ
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States813 Posts
April 30 2013 06:08 GMT
#7273
Has anyone been playing around with aetherling in their control decks? I just played against a guy who ran it and it was quite impossible to deal with and also did 8 dmg a turn if unanswered(but i answered it every time cause esper control is silly like that).

It seems like a very strong finisher for control; once it hits the board barring any extraneous circumstances or pithing needles it is invulnerable
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
April 30 2013 12:52 GMT
#7274
Don't like it that much. Worse than Obzedat in most cases in Esper. Better in other control decks.
Get it by your hands...
Fawkes
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada1935 Posts
April 30 2013 13:51 GMT
#7275
I'm curious, I didn't get to go to the pre-release in my area. What happens at a pre-release usually? Are there things you can get there that you normally can't get?

Kinda new to all this stuff.
Taeyeon ~ Jennie ~ Seulgi ~ Irene @Fawkes711
deth2munkies
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4051 Posts
April 30 2013 14:17 GMT
#7276
I've been planning a Junk lifegain deck that revovles around Faithmender, Thragtusk, Blood Baron, Obzedat, and Centaur Healer to pump up your life, then finish them off with a Blood Baron or creature attacks.

Other cards considered:
Lingering Souls
Vault of the Archangel
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
Tithe Drinker
Orzhov Charm
Restoration Angel
Elixir of Immortality (sideboard for control, fuck you drownyard)
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Ready // Willing
Selesnya Charm

Again, it's just an idea at this point, but we'll see where it goes.
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 15:21:46
April 30 2013 15:19 GMT
#7277
Played against it online. Didn't do much. The deck is a lot of slow do nothings.

Edit:
Deck had 3 mainboard Elixirs, didn't matter. I ended up ticking Jace up and ulti.
Get it by your hands...
deth2munkies
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4051 Posts
April 30 2013 16:13 GMT
#7278
On May 01 2013 00:19 Judicator wrote:
Played against it online. Didn't do much. The deck is a lot of slow do nothings.

Edit:
Deck had 3 mainboard Elixirs, didn't matter. I ended up ticking Jace up and ulti.


Seems like an incredibly incorrect build to me. Should have a sideboard full of more hard to answer threats (Sigarda, the rest of the 4 Sorins, some amount of enchantment removal, maybe Avacyn) for control and be pre-boarded against aggro.
KtheZ
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States813 Posts
April 30 2013 16:45 GMT
#7279
Man pithing needle is so amazing in control.... i think i'll put 2-3 copies in my sb for esper control
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
April 30 2013 16:57 GMT
#7280
On May 01 2013 01:13 deth2munkies wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2013 00:19 Judicator wrote:
Played against it online. Didn't do much. The deck is a lot of slow do nothings.

Edit:
Deck had 3 mainboard Elixirs, didn't matter. I ended up ticking Jace up and ulti.


Seems like an incredibly incorrect build to me. Should have a sideboard full of more hard to answer threats (Sigarda, the rest of the 4 Sorins, some amount of enchantment removal, maybe Avacyn) for control and be pre-boarded against aggro.


None of those cards matter. The deck plays like a Junk rites deck except without any of the back breaking interactions, so its pretty bland.
Get it by your hands...
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