Screwed/flooded out of the draft with a great R/B Goblins + bloodthirst guys deck. Still got a Grand Abolisher which I ended up trading for an Elesh Norn. Also ended up getting a Jace's Archivist which seems good in the deck, but might not make the cut.

3 Reanimator targets down, 3 to go. Next up, Sun Titan!

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=357149

What the fuck.....seriously, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?

DO WANT! Mostly for EDH, but I'd run 2 in my deck.

Kralic

Canada2628 Posts

September 18 2011 05:40 GMT

#1186

I'd love to see a R1CH vs Hot_Bid show match in MTGO!

Hot_Bid

Braavos36401 Posts

September 18 2011 05:50 GMT

#1187

On September 18 2011 13:59 RoosterSamurai wrote:

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It looks pretty solid. Could use some more spell support. How did it end for you?

second in 8/4 but really, anything less than first is a disappointment with those rares

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

September 18 2011 05:57 GMT

#1188

On September 18 2011 12:26 Hot_Bid wrote:
yes, drafted

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Nothing better than Iron Myr for card 23? Otherwise, that's pretty gruesome. You must have had Green and Black all to yourself. I'm guessing you got passed the Phyrexian Hydra in MBS and opened Crusader. Metamorph Pack 1/Pick 1?

DCLXVI

United States729 Posts

September 18 2011 06:12 GMT

#1189

-hotbid
The rares are great but some of the early support is just not there. Glistener elf and the betrayers are pretty loose in your deck imo. You need stuff like ichorclaw and cystbearer to hold you until your bombs, not that many myr .
also, 17 land 4 myr? seems a bit much. did you have no other playable cards? I wouldn't rely on triumph to make the myr useful, but that is just me.

Risen

United States7927 Posts

September 18 2011 08:20 GMT

#1190

I went 4-1-1 (guy offered draw and I took it!)! Made top 8 at my first constructed tournament! Tired as fuck, will post deck list. It was mono white hahahaha. When you guys read the decklist you will wonder how in the fuck I won, and I will continue to wonder with you (and everyone else at the tournament).

Battle report coming tomorrow morning. I won a fat pack of Innistrad, so no force of wills for me QQ

Cel.erity

United States4890 Posts

September 18 2011 09:42 GMT

#1191

On September 18 2011 14:50 Hot_Bid wrote:

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second in 8/4 but really, anything less than first is a disappointment with those rares

Hotbid! Never knew you played Magic, you should check out my stream!

Looks like the typical infect problem on modo, good cards early but the archetype is overdrafted, so you don't have any good support. One of the reasons I hate drafting infect is that you often have to rely on SOM to give you a lot of playables, and it usually doesn't.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

September 19 2011 05:09 GMT

#1192

It looks like Innistrad has been completely spoiled: Salvation's Spoilers

What's the opposite of "power creep?" Power erosion? I was not around for the release of Alara or Zendikar, having returned to MtG around late New Phyrexia, but I just been getting over my general discomfort with things like Titans and Planeswalkers, - my eyes really got wide when I first saw Baneslayer Angel. Innistrad (and I guess, also the whole SoM Block) have really pulled the power level back, I'd say.

To be specific about certain things, I'm a little disappointed with the Counterspells. Frightful Delusion is definitely not bad but nothing brilliant there. Anyways, I have a feeling Standard will be a pretty different animal from ZEN/SOM.

EDIT: Official Visual Spoilers

Cixah

United States11285 Posts

September 19 2011 05:36 GMT

#1193

Personally I like the way the power is going. U/W will still be very VERY strong, but ZEN/SOM was very much about control having its way with your children because of jace, and then with the addition of the SOFAF and SOWAP and Batterskull Mystic. I can see the game devolving into what Alara/Zen was before jace. Play titans and win. Which is kinda boring, but defiantly leads to a more aggro heavy format.

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

September 19 2011 05:49 GMT

#1194

So, it's starting to look like the format might slow down a bit. The power curve of Innistrad as a whole seems to be much less than the last few blocks as a whole. There's really no aggressively costed cards that were spoiled in the last huge dump, mostly overcosted rares and crap commons.

All the better to reanimate you my dear!

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

September 19 2011 06:07 GMT

#1195

I don't really mind if Permission style control takes kind of a beating. Personally, I like well-designed cards and aggressive play. Puresteel Paladin is probably my favorite card from NPH - it's smart, fast and powerful in circumstance. Venser the Sojourner is my favorite Planeswalker because he's the most "Planeswalker-y" Planeswalker. He's like what I imagined Urza would be like as a card.

Of course, there is a place for control in the game. It is usually the most skill-intensive and reasonably interactive but a brief competitive meta of Birthing Pods, White Weenie, Tribal Werewolves and a splash of U/B and U/W Control isn't too bad.

Also, after further thought, Lost in the Mist is surprisingly not awful. 3 and BB for: Counter target spell. Return target permanent to its owner's hand. It's like Cancel with a Kicker, kind of. Maybe it is terrible...needs playtesting.

EDIT: Ummm, sorry Lost in Mist is 3 and UU.

Cixah

United States11285 Posts

September 19 2011 06:15 GMT

#1196

Black got a counter and bounce spell?! What the crap?

Edit: OH! You mean UU3. U = blue and B = Black for most people, I got super scared for a second X_X Also its not quite Cryptic command, but 2 of my most used modes for 1 more. I like it.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

September 19 2011 06:20 GMT

#1197

On September 19 2011 15:15 Cixah wrote:
Black got a counter and bounce spell?! What the crap?

Edit: OH! You mean UU3. U = blue and B = Black for most people, I got super scared for a second X_X Also its not quite Cryptic command, but 2 of my most used modes for 1 more. I like it.

Fixed in original post,sorry for that. I got it twisted.

EDIT: Man if that was black; sweet ass color bleed.

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

September 19 2011 14:15 GMT

#1198

I'm more of a fan of the Cancel that exiles the card in question. It seems extremely useful in a graveyard themed set. The problem, of course, is the 3CMC, but considering the only one mana counterspells left are Mental Misstep and Turn Aside (both extremely narrow), and the only two mana counterspell is Mana Leak (which is good), you might have to go up to 3 in this format.

stk01001

United States786 Posts

September 19 2011 14:39 GMT

#1199

Lost in the Mist seems kind of meh.. I mean countering their turn 5 spell AND bouncing they're 4 or 3 drop from last turn seems like a huge game changer, but I don't really think that situation is going to arise very often (not to mention you need to keep 5 mana untapped).

Are you able to cast the spell to just bounce a permanent w/o countering a spell or do you have to do both? If you HAVE to do both it seems like it makes the card a lot worse.. I can see situations arising where you want to bounce something, but you can't because your opponent isn't casting any spells.

I can also see just as many situations arising where there's really nothing on the board that's really worth bouncing so your basically paying 5 mana for a counterspell..

I'd rather just run mana leak and into the roils and be able to counter/bounce stuff before turn 5..

Ixirawr

United States86 Posts

September 19 2011 14:46 GMT

#1200

I'm going to start playing casually on Magic-League, what would everyone say is the best deck in Standard? Modern? I'm just going to copy a winning list rather than make my own, but, I wanted opinions on what is the best.