On May 15 2014 00:22 whoso wrote: jumping into legacy might be a bit of a stretch, modern however is somehing im kinda interested in and merfolk is also somewhat of a thing there right?
nonetheless, at the current rate vaults are looking to drop to something like 10$ if they dont get reprinted? kinda made up that number but yeah it droppet pretty badly online recently
Yeah, online vs paper is a very different meta/ballgame.
Paper Mutavaults are in the low $30's for example and is more expensive than most legacy cards.
On May 17 2014 01:23 slOosh wrote: How do you test a deck?
I'm not certain about this question. Do you mean, by yourself or with friends?
I use cockratice to test my decks solo (you can download it) I also used to proxy decks and test them against myself by playing both sides. Very time intensive and uses up a lot of ink/paper/sleeves (hence my switch to digital testing). If you're talking about Magic Online idk, but you can download Cockratice and test your deck using "optimal card choices" and then when you switch to real/online cards you know what to buy/trade for.
I guess, what is the process of testing a deck solo. Right now I goldfish (?) with it, where I just assume the opponent does nothing and I practice different lines and such. I'm wondering if there are other ways to goldfish or stuff to do. I feel that I might be missing something and I'm not practicing well.
On May 17 2014 03:02 slOosh wrote: I guess, what is the process of testing a deck solo. Right now I goldfish (?) with it, where I just assume the opponent does nothing and I practice different lines and such. I'm wondering if there are other ways to goldfish or stuff to do. I feel that I might be missing something and I'm not practicing well.
Testing the deck solo doesn't really tell you anything in my opinion unless you are aware of the opponent's lines in the first place aka match up knowledge. The MtG lines that exist for you deck isn't like a chess line where the opponent is limited to one move and you are working with perfect knowledge (you see the whole game state), so goldfishing only provides a very basic does this deck function in terms of mana.
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I guess to actually answer your question, playtest with other people or use a third party program like Cockatrice to test online. You get your reps in and you become more aware of the cards. Doesn't help at all at building a sideboard though.
On May 17 2014 03:02 slOosh wrote: I guess, what is the process of testing a deck solo. Right now I goldfish (?) with it, where I just assume the opponent does nothing and I practice different lines and such. I'm wondering if there are other ways to goldfish or stuff to do. I feel that I might be missing something and I'm not practicing well.
Testing the deck solo doesn't really tell you anything in my opinion unless you are aware of the opponent's lines in the first place aka match up knowledge. The MtG lines that exist for you deck isn't like a chess line where the opponent is limited to one move and you are working with perfect knowledge (you see the whole game state), so goldfishing only provides a very basic does this deck function in terms of mana.
Edit:
I guess to actually answer your question, playtest with other people or use a third party program like Cockatrice to test online. You get your reps in and you become more aware of the cards. Doesn't help at all at building a sideboard though.
It does tell you a lot of timings.
After 20 goldfish sessions, how many removal/burn/cantrip/creatures/etc... do I draw? After 20 goldfish sessions, what turn do I normally miss my land drop?
Other then that, its useless. But those statistical numbers are very important to know.
So... With Mana Confluence, I tried Slivers in Standard. Everybody here should know that I'm a spike first and foremost but I also am a guy willing to try EVERY archetype before choosing one to play competitively.
I went 3/1 with my only loss being to very poor draws. I beat monoU and monoB devotion pretty easily, as well as control. The confluences allow you to play 4 mutavaults main deck as well, even while playing 5 colors (statistically, it checks out).
I feel that this deck is a legit competitor in the field at the moment. Here was my list :
For next FNM, I'll try a Warrior's Lesson build instead of Domri, he actually didn't do much for me as Slivers have trouble fighting one on one usually. I also tried a Beck//Call build but it's just too janky.
Wizards, how the fuck do you not have instant replay at a pro tour in this day and age? You look soooo fucking professional trying to count cards through unravel the aethers, psychic intrusions, and courser of kruphix on like turn 20.
On May 18 2014 09:27 Judicator wrote: Wizards, how the fuck do you not have instant replay at a pro tour in this day and age? You look soooo fucking professional trying to count cards through unravel the aethers, psychic intrusions, and courser of kruphix on like turn 20.
Even worse they do all that because a spectator commented on something while you have 2 commentators and half a dozen people around the table looking in and not seeing a thing.
Technically it's pretty annoying to have to setup live re-stream of the action to the judges for edge cases like this one. Most of the time, nothing of importance happens.
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