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I'm tapping all my greens (Magic Workstation)

FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Social Entropy++
You guys all played magic at some point, right? Don't lie. You know you love making decks and killing enemies with elves or slivers like most geese.

Or you could be cool, and make a unique deck. But that jazz is hella expensive. All those friggin' cards, and you have to be near someone to play. Like, physically.

Unless you play MTGO, which is gay and stupid.

I have found the solution:

http://www.magicworkstation.com/

It's a fantastic program that has literally every magic card printed, from alpha to the newest stuff. It has a library creator, a deck creator, comes with a huge collection of premade decks, and has a simple-to-use but super specific filtering system, card counters, and a function that analyzes every aspect of the deck you make. Breaks it down into pie charts, you can check probability, rating, etc. Fuck yes.

It has everything. Llanowar Elves and Soul Wardens? Lifegain nutsack? Stone rains and hella orcs? A wizard/angel deck? Why the fuck not?

And the best part is, it has a fantastic, easy to use interface for playing others online. You just directly connect to any server anyone makes, and it boots up the playing interface, which is graphical and different from the builder. By the way - both the builder and the player have hi-res pictures of every. single, card.

It's incredibly awesome. I've already built a few decks, but it's pretty overwhelming. Right now all I've got I think is playable (in T2 Tourney legal format) is a pure white deck, but I'm going to make a black/red or a green/blue deck using every edition available.

So you guys should play with me! I am named Fandyien, but that doesn't really matter! You can acquire it via the internets or by the main site. It's about 3gigs, composed entirely of pretty pictures.

Playing!
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Strategizing!
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It's like $26.50 on the site. There are some user created expansions I can link you to via PM, and I think they have both a trial version and a thing where you get the program if you participate in one of the other programs or some such ballyhoo.

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  • Josiah_9Josiah_9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Whats the price?

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I am not sure, my friend gave me this copy he acquired.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Make a red/black deck and just nuke the fuck out of your opponent before they even get some monsters going. Nothing makes the 12 year olds cry more.

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  • Josiah_9Josiah_9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    My google-fu tells me $26.90

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    This is my current white deck. And a SS of the filter system that applies to the library you choose from.

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    There is also Apprentice which looks a lot like Magic Workstation (I haven't tried workstation myself) and is free. It isn't very automated though, you have to do a lot of the steps yourself.

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  • Josiah_9Josiah_9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Looks like fun, will have to get it and play some games.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I want to try a blue/green deck, but I'm so awful with blue.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I was having some fun drafting in MTGO
    If you can come in second or third in drafts you can basically play for free!

    Then last weekend I got disconnected right after I joined and the shitty interface didn't bother to tell me and I missed the first 4 pulls and got megaraped and wasted my $12 and rage-quit

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  • RetabaRetaba A Cultist Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Haha wow, my friends and I use to play this all the time! I mean, we had the cards... I'm not really sure if we actually ever learned the correct rules for the game. I had a green deck that had a lot of cards to put mana out fast and with high cost creatures with big punches.

    I'm not even sure what the second spoiler means, towers and magicks? Never saw those

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  • guruslothgurusloth Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    so you get this, and you never have to play MtGO again?

    how is that legal?

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  • ObiFettObiFett Use the Force As You WishRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    MWS is free. You only have to pay for a license if you want to get features you would never use anyways.

    Building decks and playing people online is all free.

    Also, I am on there pretty frequently testing out rogue decks. Name is ObiFett. One day I will make a unique deck that is competitive on a tournament level.

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I hated White Decks.

    I ran black/red back in the day. My library was FILLED with Shock. It was something like three mana for two direct damage. Six of those bastards had my opponent on the run.

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  • Josiah_9Josiah_9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    [nerd] You can only have 4 of the same card in a deck /[nerd]

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    You can only have four copies of one card in a deck

    e: owned

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I used to play non-regulation at some card shop close to my house. And I was like 11.

    Also, your backslash is outside of the bracket. NERD IMPOSTER

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Josiah_9 wrote: »
    [nerd] You can only have 4 of the same card in a deck /[nerd]

    not to mention 3 mana for 2 direct damage would be awful, especially for red

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  • Josiah_9Josiah_9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    You have out'd me for the last time Baroque, I am the Broest of the Bros. Lets go drink some Naddy Ice.

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    At least attempt to faux hipster that shit and drink PBR.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Is there any regulation for deck rules? Type 1, 2, etc.

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Wait. What? This is legal?

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  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Josiah_9 wrote: »
    [nerd] You can only have 4 of the same card in a deck [/nerd]

    not to mention 3 mana for 2 direct damage would be awful, especially for red

    What about 2 mana for 3 direct damage with no regen

    Also I remember playing Apprentice in grade school, didn't think it was still around

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Josiah_9 wrote: »
    [nerd] You can only have 4 of the same card in a deck [/nerd]

    not to mention 3 mana for 2 direct damage would be awful, especially for red

    What about 2 mana for 3 direct damage with no regen

    Also I remember playing Apprentice in grade school, didn't think it was still around

    Incinerate is only good because I'm not allowed to have 12 Lightning Bolts and 12 Prodigal Sorcerers.

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  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Man 3 damage for 1 mana was pretty dumb

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2010
    Channel
    Fireball

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lightning Bolt is back!

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  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    May as well bring back Necropotence while you're at it

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Oh snap! No he din't!

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  • SaammielSaammiel Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'd like to state for the record that this program is horrible and only works in the loosest sense of the word. It is all fun and games until it has some unrecoverable crash and your game is lost to the aether. Seriously, about a third of the games suffer from some sort of error that requires a reconnection at a minimum and about half those are unsalvageable.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I have 8 1/1 Goblins in play... alright... I use a Bright-Stone Ritual and tap all my mountians. to lay these down.

    *Lays down 2x Coat of Arms*

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    the only card game i ever really played was the marvel one

    it was trivialized somewhat when some local store that sold them was going out of business and me and my friends bought dozens of packs there on the cheap and each built essentially perfect decks

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  • RetabaRetaba A Cultist Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dark Ritual.

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Retaba wrote: »
    Dark Ritual.

    Red/Black deck baby.

    Dark Ritual(s)
    Fireball.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Saammiel wrote: »
    I'd like to state for the record that this program is horrible and only works in the loosest sense of the word. It is all fun and games until it has some unrecoverable crash and your game is lost to the aether. Seriously, about a third of the games suffer from some sort of error that requires a reconnection at a minimum and about half those are unsalvageable.

    It only seems to do that with dumb strangers

    if both people actually just join and let it boot up it usually works

    i admit occassional crashes are irritating, but if you're gonna whine about that, you can at least use it as an indexer/planner since you can download an extension that prices the cards for you

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dingus Egg
    Kormus Bell
    Inferno

    I only got to play it once, but goddamn was it fun.

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  • B.C.B.C. is a bee! remember me?Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    MWS is "Free" but it is essentially a piece of shit.

    If you want to dick around with Magic Cards it's okay but if you want to play in any form of competition it's really not worth it.

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    so would it be worth my while to download this if:

    I just want to build some random deck and play with some dudes on here
    I have a shitty computer/internet connection
    I am awful at computers and general interface things

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Fishman wrote: »
    Dingus Egg
    Kormus Bell
    Inferno

    I only got to play it once, but goddamn was it fun.

    Dingus Staff
    Aether Flash
    Varchild's War Riders

    so much better

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Swill wrote: »
    so would it be worth my while to download this if:

    I just want to build some random deck and play with some dudes on here
    I have a shitty computer/internet connection
    I am awful at computers and general interface things

    All yes.

    I just barely lost to some guy named Fernando. I would have one, but then I pointed out to him if he would just use all his creatures, he could kill me.

    Motherfucker was at 1 health, though. And I was using an awful green/white creatures deck.

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  • MacGuffinMacGuffin Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Worldgorger Dragon in the graveyard and then Animate Dead. That's how I rolled.

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