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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
This card will see just as much play in fast deck. Jace is good in control, Lilliana is good versus those decks. Edit: And if there is any advice you listen too in this thread from me, its go out and buy 4 birthing pods tomorrow before they jump to 15+ dollars. Morbid is way too strong. | ||
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Jaksiel
United States4130 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
Decided to play GB Deathcloud because it has pretty good match ups vs 12 post and zoo. Here's to hoping no super secret tech in a wide open format surfaces. | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
Honestly if I were to advise you to force anything, it would probably be green. Green and black are certainly going to be the least drafted colors. Hard to say though; at a PT, everyone else has this same information, and you might run into other people with the same plan, leaving red wide open. The important thing to remember is that the format isn't quite as aggressive as it seemed at first. In early tournaments (US Nats for instance), most people drafted the set like it was M11, which led to a few other people getting stupidly aggressive decks with late pick goblins/bears/flyers. That gave the format the illusion of being faster than it actually is. Midrangey decks can do well as long as you have some cheap removal, and the 5-drop commons are all a lot better than they look, although Zombie Goliath is pretty loose. Also, if your draft is going _really_ poorly, you can go all-in on creature enchantments. Every time my deck looks unsaveable I try to pick up a couple of random War Paints or Dark Favors and just get there. Bad in good decks, but great in bad decks. | ||
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DEN1ED
United States1087 Posts
On September 01 2011 14:20 Jaksiel wrote: Pro Tour soon! I actually feel more comfortable with the constructed portion than the limited portion, despite the fact that I've always primarily been a limited player. I'm just that bad at M12 draft. What are you going to play? I'm really liking affinity right now. I'll play ravager whenever I get the chance. | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
The new phantom tournaments should be fun. Two tickets for a fun event with a chance to swipe a few boosters. I have tried Momir basic and that is a blast, I played with all of the older cards so it is fun to use those again. I have read up on Innistrad and I have mixed emotions on the new mechanics, they seem a bit to complicated for what they are worth, but that is what MTGO is for! | ||
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
On September 02 2011 05:32 DEN1ED wrote: What are you going to play? I'm really liking affinity right now. I'll play ravager whenever I get the chance. The mono red version tested pretty well, but the deck was still too slow for zoo unless you got the nuts hand of like triple ravager + plating and the ripped gas the rest of the game. | ||
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DEN1ED
United States1087 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
The melira combo deck can be scary too, just because its incredibly easy for them to pull off unless you have like 2 or 3 pyroclasms main deck. That or just lots of targeted removal. | ||
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bumatlarge
United States4567 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/XiwDz.png) Glad to see innastrad is turning out to be a very well thought out release. Standard!? FUN TO PLAY?! | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
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Ghazwan
Netherlands444 Posts
On September 02 2011 14:27 bumatlarge wrote: More innastrad stuff. Very graveyard friendly. Garruk, the transforming planeswalker! Glad to see innastrad is turning out to be a very well thought out release. Standard!? FUN TO PLAY?! Tho I like the idea of transforming PWs, and I don't know the whole Innistrad set yet, I doubt that card will see any play in std.  | ||
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
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Ghazwan
Netherlands444 Posts
- It's 4 mana cost and its search ability might come into play only the second turn it comes into the game. - For a PW with no +loyalty ability the turn it comes into the game, 3 loyalty is a liability because if I choose to play safe and just create a 2/2 chump blocker, then i can't flip it. If I burn a 1 power creature with it and flip it, a shock would kill it. - I'd never want to see more than one in my opening hand, thus would probably never play more than 2 of it in my pod deck. Even then, Venser has better interaction with my pod deck, thus wins the PW spot. In short, they should either cut its mana cost or up its starting loyalty imo. However, I agree, it might have nice interaction with the morbid creatures of Innistrad and be of great value in the new decks. | ||
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
@Ghazwan: Whats you're current list for Bant pod, and is there a reason you currently play it over the other possible color combos? | ||
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Ghazwan
Netherlands444 Posts
Before I decided on bant pod, I playtested 3 pod decks. Rug pod, rug twin pod, and bant pod. Rug pod - The deck is very explosive, as is the case with any deck that has lotus cobra and fetch lands in it, and has an amazing match-up against caw-blade. The problem I had with this deck was lotus cobra becomes a liability after sideboard, because everyone brings in one form of removal to get rid of it. And without lotus cobra, the deck loses most of its accelerators and its tempo. Honestly, the 3-4 drops of the deck aren't amazing either. Another problem I had with this deck was, I play on MTGO, and Valakut is very popular online. This deck has a horrible match-up against valakut. No tectonic edges, not enuf acidic slimes. The only way to win against valakut is to get an opening hand with vengevines, lotus cobras and urabrask, so you can end the game by turn 4-5. Rug pod twin - This was my second-favorite. I love decks with plan B. And, I love the possibility of just winning the game by turn 4 with the combo. But, in order to achieve this, I had to play at least 4 exarchs and 3 twins. That's 7 slots in the deck with almost no value unless I have them both in my hand. Finally, due to twin, either I had to thin creatures in the deck, which hurts pod decks; or, I had to thin removal. Not to mention, having an opening hand with more than one twin was horrible. Bant pod - The reason I decided on this deck was first and foremost Sun titan+phantasmal image. They have such an amazing synergy. Imagine this scenario that happens quite often with bant pod: Acidic slime by turn 4. Phantasmal image by turn 5 to create another slime. Pod the image into sun titan to fetch the image back to create either another slime or another titan. By then, it usually is gg. I don't use lotus cobra in my bant pod, thus have more consistent mana acceleration. Elosh is a deadly 7-drop that makes wurmcoil playable in md (as you get value from saccing it). Finally, I love venser  Venser+dignitary, venser+sun titan, venser+morph, venser+baloth, venser+slime all double the value of my creatures. And, it makes the plan B of the deck, as the opp has to answer venser or concede in 4 turns after it comes into the game.My current list: Creatures: 3 Llanowar Elves 4 Birds of Paradise 2 Phantasmal Image 2 Viridian Emissary 1 Viridian Corrupter 4 Sea Gate Oracle 1 Stonehorn Dignitary 1 Solemn Simulacrum 2 Obstinate Baloth 2 Phyrexian Metamorph 1 Razor Hippogriff 2 Acidic Slime 1 Sun Titan 1 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite Plainswalkers: 2 Venser, the Sojourner Sorceries: 3 Preordain Artifacts: 4 Birthing Pod Lands: 6 Forest 4 Seachrome Coast 4 Misty Rainforest 2 Island 2 Tectonic Edge 4 Razorverge Thicket 1 Plains Sideboard 3 Flashfreeze 1 Thrun, the Last Troll 1 Viridian Corrupter 1 Sylvok Replica 1 Archon of Justice 1 Acidic Slime 1 Devout Lightcaster 1 Lone Missionary 1 Obstinate Baloth 4 Nature's Claim | ||
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DEN1ED
United States1087 Posts
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soullogik
United States1171 Posts
have cockatrice installed and a few decks made, looking for some1 to play me a bunch of times and help me out. once i get the hang of everything, will probably get into paper and maybe mtgo also | ||
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