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EMIYA
United States433 Posts
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On September 11 2013 10:30 EMIYA wrote: would a UW control deck work without angels of restoration? i dont have any on me, and dont feel like buying them when they are going to rotate out in a few weeks. Depends how many 187 creatures you run. + Show Spoiler + Is 187 creature still a term? | ||
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Audemed
United States893 Posts
On September 11 2013 14:59 Thieving Magpie wrote: Depends how many 187 creatures you run. + Show Spoiler + Is 187 creature still a term? Can't say I've ever heard it... | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
So many good low cost humans that can make Xathrid Necromancer lots of fun. | ||
MoonBear
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
187 = ETB Effects. Originally it meant destroy a creature ETB effects but now it sort of encompasses any ETB effect. | ||
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
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Crownlol
United States3726 Posts
On September 11 2013 23:53 Sn0_Man wrote: Stems from Nekrataal having card # 187 in the set it was first released I believe. Huh. Police code for murder, so I assumed it was something like Gatekeeper of Malakir or Bone Shredders. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
I have reached old fart territory... I need to bring some kid with me to card shops so people will think I'm a dad and not some sleezeball hanging out with 13 year olds playing card games. | ||
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NeonFlare
Finland1307 Posts
On September 12 2013 00:40 Thieving Magpie wrote: I have reached old fart territory... I need to bring some kid with me to card shops so people will think I'm a dad and not some sleezeball hanging out with 13 year olds playing card games. Strange, most of the people here are around 20 or more. | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
On September 12 2013 00:23 Crownlol wrote: Huh. Police code for murder, so I assumed it was something like Gatekeeper of Malakir or Bone Shredders. That's right. It's because Nekrataal etc. kill the creature, and for what it's worth, I never heard the term until at least Urza block if not later. I find it to be kind of stupid. More often, they're just called CIP creatures or ETB creatures now. | ||
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Crownlol
United States3726 Posts
On September 12 2013 00:40 Thieving Magpie wrote: I have reached old fart territory... I need to bring some kid with me to card shops so people will think I'm a dad and not some sleezeball hanging out with 13 year olds playing card games. Luckily the population has aged as well. At least half of the 100+ people at the latest prerelease were drinking alcohol. | ||
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Crownlol
United States3726 Posts
On September 12 2013 01:39 Cel.erity wrote: That's right. It's because Nekrataal etc. kill the creature, and for what it's worth, I never heard the term until at least Urza block if not later. I find it to be kind of stupid. More often, they're just called CIP creatures or ETB creatures now. Damn, it's too bad Nekrataal isn't a Vampire. My Vamps deck has been wrecking face lately, maybe coulda found a place for him. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On September 12 2013 01:39 Cel.erity wrote: That's right. It's because Nekrataal etc. kill the creature, and for what it's worth, I never heard the term until at least Urza block if not later. I find it to be kind of stupid. More often, they're just called CIP creatures or ETB creatures now. Was so confused first I heard it since it was in reference to the sex monkey ![[image loading]](http://magiccards.info/scans/en/arena/18.jpg) | ||
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sylverfyre
United States8298 Posts
Related, do you guys get together at any particular time to do online drafts? Did my first draft in forever (i havent played much mtg since tempest block) this past weekend, did alright - the biggest mistake i made was letting a sengir vampire pass by (i dont even remember what i pulled out of that pack) when i was in green + black, and then finding myself kinda low on killing power. | ||
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Riyomori
Singapore316 Posts
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Kinie
United States3106 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + 4x Ash Zealot 4x Boros Reckoner 3x Purphoros, God of the Forge 3x Stormbreath Dragon 4x Chandra's Phoenix 2x Hammer of Purphoros 3x Assemble the Legion 3x Chandra, Pyromaster 3x Lightning Strike 4x Magma Jet 3x Boros Charm 1x Aurelia's Fury 4x Sacred Foundry 9x Mountain 2x Mutavault 4x Plains 4x Temple of Triumph Sideboard 3x Chained to the Rocks 3x Anger of the Gods 3x Shock 1x Boros Charm 3x Warleader's Helix 2x Aurelia, the Warleader | ||
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
Here's a deck I've been using as my first "litmus test" for any other brew I've come up with as new Standard approaches. My reasoning being, if it can't beat this deck (or a type of deck like it) for the first few weeks of upcoming Standard, it's not worth putting more work/effort into it. I've thrown a fair bit of brews against it so far, and it just laughs at all of them. So either the brews are really bad, or this deck is pretty good... Or both. (I realise you're using this as a beat test, but it needs to be tuned harder coz it's actually pretty weak/unfocused) looks pretty solid, but seems kinda junk-ey (in the original sense of 'all the good stuff' over any real synergy) Assemble the legion won't be great because a) it takes time to tick up, b) there's gonna be a lot of enchantment hate flying around now and you don't have tools to bait it out. If you're going for the hyper-beat down shell (phoenix/zealot/boros charm/chandra/fury) you probably want 4 drops like spark trooper. I think switching the dragons out for those might do you better (the dragon is super iffy given it dies to mortars/boros charm nicely). you also want to be switching the assembles for rakdos cacklers or some other one drops to give you turn one mana use. Since you already have haste on most of your relevant creatures, I'd consider swapping the hammer for heliod's spear. The +1/+1 is far more relevant for your team and it lets you win those edge battles better. The hammer is amazing, but with 8 hasty dudes already, you're going to be holding it redundant a lot of the time. The god weapons are also going to be pretty easy to remove, so if you don't get value out of it straight away, it's very likely they'll hold mana to pop it in case of purphoros next turn and you're stuck with a pretty dead card. I realize you're looking to get purphoros turned on Asap, but with your team as it stands that won't be a problem. You want to be doing stuff with every card the turn it hits the battlefield. As such, in a sense, purphoros isn't best suited to the deck because you won't be getting anything out of him straight away, but he's hard to get rid of and is a huge threat next turn, so I think he's still well worth playing in that slot. As a final consideration, I'd float flames of the firebrand over lightning strike. You have a lot of point removal already in jet/charm, and having something that can force your opponent to respect 2-for-1s in the deck will make it a lot more threatening. If you're using to to just go to the dome, it's not much of a downgrade, and the utility and threat it gives you is excellent. You have to remember that sorceries are only bad in isolation. Having both instants and sorceries give you a more versatile, efficient deck in a lot of cases. Instants to deal with critical threats and provide EOT threat, sorceries to punish your opponent for attempting to flood past your instant capabilties. remember that with any deck this aggressive, having a couple of bolts left on turn 5 is just as powerful a win condition as assemble the legion, since you'll probably be both down very low. | ||
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Confuse
2238 Posts
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=145143&d=1378094606 to be unable to block: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=145087&d=1378001253 ???  | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
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Durp
Canada3117 Posts
Anyone have any insight? Gonna be sad to see some of these cards go, took me a long ass time to find some of them, but oh well. Here's the outgoing collection for those interested: 1x Jace the Mind Sculptor Foil 1x Liliana of the Veil Foil 1x Sol Ring Foil *Judge Promo* 4x Force of Will 2x Snapcaster Mage Foil 1x Crucible of Worlds Foil *Fifth Dawn* 1x Damnation Foil *Planar Chaos* 1x Academy Ruins Foil *Time Spiral* 1x Misty Rainforest 1x Scalding Tarn 1x Sensei's Divining Top Foil *From the Vault* 1x Mox Opal 1x Arid Mesa 1x Mox Diamond Foil *From the Vault* 1x Marsh Flats 2x Vesuva Foil 1x Blightsteel Colossus Foil 1x Emrakul The Aeons Torn Foil *promo* 1x Aether Vial Foil *From the Vault* 1x Tolarian Academy 1x Phyrexian Obliterator Foil 1x Wurmcoil Engine Foil *Pack Foil* 1x Child of Alara Foil 2x Glimpse the Unthinkable 1x Urborg Tomb of Yawgmoth 1x Iona Shield of Emeria 1x Elspeth, Knight Errant  uel Deck Promo Foil*1x Mycosynth Golem Foil 1x Geist of Saint Traft 1x Godsire Foil 1x Platinum Angel Foil *m10* 2x Cavern of Souls 1x Seat of the Synod Foil 2x Master Transmuter Foil 1x Mindslaver Foil *Mirrodin* 1x Expedition Map Foil 1x Lightning Bolt Foil *m10* 2x Thundermaw Hellkite 2x Blood Baron of Vizkopa 1x Griselbrand 1x Bonfire of the Damned 4x Clifftop Retreat 4x Sulfur Falls 4x Hinterland Harbor 4x Isolated Chapel 2x Drowned catacomb 3x Glacial fortress 4x Rootbound craig (one of which is slightly played) 4x Dragonskull summit 6x Teramorphic expanse 10x Ghost quarter 6x Evolving wilds 1x Gavony township 5x Reliquary tower *and then a whole lot of bulk junk rares* | ||
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