Annnnd here is the deck I built last night. Wasn't entirely happy with my pulls, but I'd say I did alright with what I got. Whip of Erebos ended up saving my ass most of my games, at one point letting me keep going from 1 to 6 health while tinking the other guy down. Ended that match with 1 health at the end of it.
I ended up going to time twice last night, as my lifegain was pretty good but I never really had enough juice to kill off my opponent.
The second time I went to time, the game was called a draw when the life totals were 37-4 in my favor, and I needed literally two turns to finish him off, despite him dropping a Tromokratis late.
I get really annoyed with the way Draws work. Like in that example, you were very obviously winning, and that should count. But at the same time, I realize that doing things like that would just create gray lines of what is "obviously winning"
My second match ended up being 1-1-1. First game took so long that we had to rush through the second, and ended up only having 3 minutes to play the third. If it weren't for the fact that that was my second match, I would have offered him a booster or two to concede, probably.
I'm going again tonight, gonna play Green. My buddy last night got both Xenagos, God of Revels, and Xenagos, the Reveler in his prerelease box.
My other friend, who had never played cards in real life, and 99% of his magic experience was with Duels on steam, came last night and had a blast. He opened two Thoughtseizes, which helped.
It was funny hearing him say the words, "Why doesn't everyone run 4 of this card? Its so nice to start the game and see your opponents hand and take out something you don't want to see." To which everyone in earshot said something to the effect of, "Yes, that's why its a $17 card."
4-0-1 at prerelease with r/b shitty grizzly bears and bestow guys. like seriously the worst deck in the room and I'm not quite sure how I piloted that pile to victory
AntimatterDevo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered Userregular
wrecked face at the prerelease
2-1-bye, won two packs and got a participatory pack
got a foil fated infatuation in a pack with a temple of malice, got gild, got eater of hope, got boon satyr, got some weird blue rare that i traded with a temple of deceit for a nicol bolas for a roommate since she loves nicol bolas and wants to make a planeswalker commander deck for giggles
YEAH I TOTALLY PHENAX MILLED A GUY TO DEATH AT PRERELEASE WOOOOO
don't ask how the other games with that deck went
jesus
someone next to me got an elspeth, karametra, and ephara, and another someone got an elspeth
fought someone who got a xenagos but never drew him, won 2-0 that final round
green/blue motherfuckers
i had to go blue, was thinking about green but it ran out by the time it was my turn to pick, and i just managed to get the last blue
gonna try to get 4-0 for Journey Into Nyx, dreaming big
someone I played had both phenax and ashiok in his pool
his deck was amazing and we were hoping to not have to play each other and just split in the last round but alas
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KwoaruConfident SmirkFlawless Golden PecsRegistered Userregular
edited February 2014
never do a second event after a moderately successful first one
1-3, had to be black instead of blue because I got there late, no exciting pulls (or ones that excited me anyway) but had some decent games I guess
Rares:
Dumb Black Promo
Pain Seer
Fated Return
Fated Conflagration
Steam Augury
Hundred-Handed One
Celestial Archon
Deck: White Black control heavy maybe I dunno
This is what it looked like at the end after putting in basically all my removal in round 3 game 3 and only taking some out for round 4, it was close to this the whole time though, maybe with bears instead of some of the double spells.
Pain Seer
Servant of Tymaret
Returned Centaur
Insatiable Harpy
Favored Hoplight
Nyxborn Shieldmate
Hopeful Eidolon x2
Great Hart
Hundred-Handed One
Celestial Archon
Pharika's Curse x2
Bile Blight
Asphyxiate
Gods Willing
Last Breath
Revoke Existence x2
Scourgemark
Grisly Transformation
Weight of the Underworld x2
17 lands
Only got it really going a couple times, but Pain Seer with hopeful Eidolon bestowed can do some good stuff
My "Sideboard" of all my other white and black cards
Claim of Erebos (was in deck a couple times, never used)
Returned Phalanx
Nyxborn Eidolon
Grisly Transformation
Forsaken Drifters
Cavern Lampad
Disciple of Phenax
Gray Merchant
Warchanter of Mogis
Shrike Harpy
Loyal Pegasus
Vanguard of Brimaz
God-Favored General (was in deck sometimes, never used)
Ray of Dissolution (was in for R3G3 and R4G1, sucked having that in hand instead of Revoke when Ephara was played in r4g1)
Ephara's Warden (was in deck for two rounds, took it out for the hart)
Vanquish the Foul
Kwoaru on
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
went 2-2, but splashed a little black into my GU deck so I could Phenax two people to death, and pulled a foil Spirit of the Labyrinth out of my single prize pack, then went and played cube with people after dinner.
Currently 3-0 in tonight's legacy daily on modo, and goddamn my deck is on fire. Turn 2 win to end last match, when my opponent had 4 counters in hand.
Currently 3-0 in tonight's legacy daily on modo, and goddamn my deck is on fire. Turn 2 win to end last match, when my opponent had 4 counters in hand.
Currently 3-0 in tonight's legacy daily on modo, and goddamn my deck is on fire. Turn 2 win to end last match, when my opponent had 4 counters in hand.
What deck?
Manaless dredge. Ended the daily 4-0, only lost one game! My last opponent was the only one that knew to choose to play second (always choose to be onthe draw against manaless dredge) and he had a ether sworn canonist game 2, which put a crimp in things since I can't combo off with that on board. Instead, I decided to dread return Grave-troll and beat down with that, but he chump blocked with the canonist when I had balustrade spy, another dread return, and multiple Ichorids in my graveyard, so I was able to combo off next turn.
There was a guy i know who opened 2 Karametra, a fleecemane, the uncommon that puts a counter on up to 3 creatures, eidolon of countless battles, and the archetype of courage
he did well
I also went up against a girl who opened 2 mogis, 2 garies, and a fanatic of mogis. She proceeded to kick my ass
Otherwise, I was 7-1 on the night! Every other single player game i went 2-0, then in 2hg, I built my buddy a RW aggro deck and gave myself the Black/Blue 'Kill spells, counters, and bombs' deck. It went incredibly well. Forgestoker dragon is a fucking house. Also, Gary in 2hg is just wrong.
Really, really tired though. We ended up winning something like 20 packs, I opened a bunch of junk (and a spirit of the labyrinth), and he got a kiora. I had a great time though!
So tonight I went to the 6pm prerelease and chose green. Each player adjacent to me opened a Karametra, and 2-3 opened Mogis and one opened Elspeth. The best card I had gotten out of my packs were a Temple, Bob, and Whip. Hell my buddy opened both versions of Xenagos at the midnight release we went to as well.
So I was kinda bummed today watching everyone open gods while I'm opening Reverent Hunters, Fate Unravelers and other cards that arent so worth at the moment.
This was my deck tonight:
1x Charging Badger (dont give a shit)
1x Nessian Courser
1x Nemesis of Mortals
1x Leafcrown Dryad
1x Reverent Hunter
1x Pheres-Band Tromper
1x Nessian Wilds Ravager
2x Nyxborn Wolf
1x Voyaging Satyr
1x Vulpine Goliath
1x Nessian Demolok
2x Archetype of Imagination
1x Swordwise Centaur
1x Bow of Nylea
1x Ordeal of Thassa
2x Karametra's Favor
2x Stymied Hopes
1x Crypsis
1x Hunter's Prowess
Little bit of green devotion style with a splash of blue. It took me to 3-1 and for the first time I was in the prize! Finished 5th out of 32, which I'm happy totally stoked about because its been just a mere 3 months since I've played my first game of Magic ever.
So in my three boosters I pulled these two guys:
YESSS my buddy gave me Phenax last night, so this makes two gods. Plus I really wanted that Spirit of the Labyrinth because she is for sure a 3/1 for two in white, also fuck you Sphinx.
So while the night started with me being in a sort of bummed mood, made worse by losing my first match 1-2, it quickly progressed to one of the best nights of cards ever.
But was that it?
Right as we were headed to the car, I gave in to the urge to just buy some boosters with the $10 i had. They were out of Born boosters sadly, so I just picked up 3 Theros boosters.
So what could make this night better?
How about a foil motherfucking Elspeth?
BOOM. So yes, I would say the first prerelease event I attended went pretty damn well.
AntimatterDevo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered Userregular
There was a guy i know who opened 2 Karametra, a fleecemane, the uncommon that puts a counter on up to 3 creatures, eidolon of countless battles, and the archetype of courage
he did well
OH
I SEE
I FUCKING SEE, KARAMETRA
YOU THINK I'VE TURNED AWAY FROM MY PRINCIPLES, HUH?
YOU THINK I'VE BLASPHEMED AND PROFANED THE COLORS GREEN AND WHITE, AND ARE REWARDING SOMEONE ELSE IN TURN
I HAVE A NEW GOD, AND SHE IS CALLED WINNING, YOU FICKLE MISTRESS OF CABBAGES
Somehow made top 4 with a slow as hell deck that wants to play lots of 5+ drops and that further was constantly giving me 1 mana hands when I ran 17 + 2 Traveler's Amulet. Didn't get anything that notable out of the packs/prize, though.
There was a guy i know who opened 2 Karametra, a fleecemane, the uncommon that puts a counter on up to 3 creatures, eidolon of countless battles, and the archetype of courage
he did well
OH
I SEE
I FUCKING SEE, KARAMETRA
YOU THINK I'VE TURNED AWAY FROM MY PRINCIPLES, HUH?
YOU THINK I'VE BLASPHEMED AND PROFANED THE COLORS GREEN AND WHITE, AND ARE REWARDING SOMEONE ELSE IN TURN
I HAVE A NEW GOD, AND SHE IS CALLED WINNING, YOU FICKLE MISTRESS OF CABBAGES
silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
My first pool was ok but unremarkable, my second pool was garbage, and my third pool was so amazing a deck basically jumped out of the box in my colors and I didn't even need to make any decisions.
Xenagos the God, mythic Phoenix, double Fanatic of Mogis, double 3/2 guy for GG, and about 5 burn spells. The rest was also serviceable.
Turn 2 3/2, Turn 3 Fanatic (with haste), Turn 4 kill your blocker, Turn 5 Xenagos -> "let's go to game 2."
Turn 2 Voyaging Satyr, Turn 3 5/5 Phoenix, Turn 4 Xenagos -> "ok I signed up for a Limited event, not Constructed"
So many sad faces.
+1
Dr. Flamingo49 Gilded Disc Perceives the SunRegistered Userregular
edited February 2014
I LIVED THE DREAM! Bow of Nylea + Forgestoker Dragon!
Here was my deck:
Arena Athlete
Burnished Hart
Fanatic of Mogis
Fellhide Spiritbinder
2x Forgestoker Dragon
Kragma Butcher
Nessian Asp
Nessian Courser
2x Nylea's Disciple
Nyxborn Wolf
2xPharagax Giant
Pheres-Band Tromper
Polis Crusher
2x Satyr Hedonist
Bow of Nylea
2x Mortal's Resolve
Searing Blood
Time to Feed
8x Forest
7x Mountain
Let's see if I can remember my partner's deck:
Arbiter of the Ideal
Archetype of Imagination
Baleful Eidolon
Cavern Lampad
Disciple of Phenax
Erebos's Emissary
0x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Keepsake Gorgon
Medomai the Ageless
Nimbus Naiad
Returned Phalanx
Siren of the Fanged Coast
Siren of the Silent Song
3x Aphyxiate
2x Griptide
Nullify
Revoke Existence
Sea God's Revenge
7x Island
7x Swamp
3x Plains
And a bunch more removal.
We were Team Sea Slugs. Our exploits included surviving a Gary to the face for ten and still winning. (Countering the second Gary helped) Not to mention turning a game around where the opponents had a Mistcutter Hydra (one of their TWO) swinging for five each turn, clinging to life by using Bow of Nylea's life gain mode each turn, until I topdecked my Forgestoker Dragon with mana open for Mortal's Resolve (never used) and won the game. Overall we got fourth and 2 packs each, so that's half of next week's draft covered.
And that Bow is going straight into my Marath EDH where it can continue to machine gun blockers to death.
Asphyxiate is fucking crazy in limited, i like it a lot
So true, the fact that my partner had three let me run less removal. (Although now I wonder what would happen if I ran all the myriad burn spells I got in the pool) The only thing Asphyxiate couldn't kill was Mistcutter Hydra, which is never untapped and can't be Griptided or bounced.
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KwoaruConfident SmirkFlawless Golden PecsRegistered Userregular
I used Asphyxiate on some guys red promo dragon in each of the 3 games we played, it is lovely for picking off a bomb that the other guy tapped out to play
Ban list updates: DRS banned in Modern, BBlossom and Nacatl unbanned. No legacy, standard, or vintage changes.
I don't play modern, but DRS ban is huge since the BGx goodstuff shell was based around it.
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KwoaruConfident SmirkFlawless Golden PecsRegistered Userregular
no wait I liked DRS being popular by which I mean valuable
change it back
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Dr. Flamingo49 Gilded Disc Perceives the SunRegistered Userregular
Noooooooooo Sylvan Primordial banned for EDH. Gotta look into that persist guy that destroys noncreatures, since Marath can just reload it.
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silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
Hooray! I can play Life from the Loam/Retrace/Countryside Crusher/that zombie knight that lets you cast zombies from your graveyard/nameless inversion again! (DRS keeping the graveyard down is over!)
Posts
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/botg-sealed-01-02-14-1/
The second time I went to time, the game was called a draw when the life totals were 37-4 in my favor, and I needed literally two turns to finish him off, despite him dropping a Tromokratis late.
STEAM!
My other friend, who had never played cards in real life, and 99% of his magic experience was with Duels on steam, came last night and had a blast. He opened two Thoughtseizes, which helped.
It was funny hearing him say the words, "Why doesn't everyone run 4 of this card? Its so nice to start the game and see your opponents hand and take out something you don't want to see." To which everyone in earshot said something to the effect of, "Yes, that's why its a $17 card."
STEAM!
but I now possess 3 mogis so thats cool
2-1-bye, won two packs and got a participatory pack
got a foil fated infatuation in a pack with a temple of malice, got gild, got eater of hope, got boon satyr, got some weird blue rare that i traded with a temple of deceit for a nicol bolas for a roommate since she loves nicol bolas and wants to make a planeswalker commander deck for giggles
don't ask how the other games with that deck went
jesus
someone next to me got an elspeth, karametra, and ephara, and another someone got an elspeth
fought someone who got a xenagos but never drew him, won 2-0 that final round
green/blue motherfuckers
i had to go blue, was thinking about green but it ran out by the time it was my turn to pick, and i just managed to get the last blue
gonna try to get 4-0 for Journey Into Nyx, dreaming big
his deck was amazing and we were hoping to not have to play each other and just split in the last round but alas
1-3, had to be black instead of blue because I got there late, no exciting pulls (or ones that excited me anyway) but had some decent games I guess
Dumb Black Promo
Pain Seer
Fated Return
Fated Conflagration
Steam Augury
Hundred-Handed One
Celestial Archon
Deck: White Black control heavy maybe I dunno
This is what it looked like at the end after putting in basically all my removal in round 3 game 3 and only taking some out for round 4, it was close to this the whole time though, maybe with bears instead of some of the double spells.
Servant of Tymaret
Returned Centaur
Insatiable Harpy
Favored Hoplight
Nyxborn Shieldmate
Hopeful Eidolon x2
Great Hart
Hundred-Handed One
Celestial Archon
Pharika's Curse x2
Bile Blight
Asphyxiate
Gods Willing
Last Breath
Revoke Existence x2
Scourgemark
Grisly Transformation
Weight of the Underworld x2
17 lands
Only got it really going a couple times, but Pain Seer with hopeful Eidolon bestowed can do some good stuff
My "Sideboard" of all my other white and black cards
Returned Phalanx
Nyxborn Eidolon
Grisly Transformation
Forsaken Drifters
Cavern Lampad
Disciple of Phenax
Gray Merchant
Warchanter of Mogis
Shrike Harpy
Loyal Pegasus
Vanguard of Brimaz
God-Favored General (was in deck sometimes, never used)
Ray of Dissolution (was in for R3G3 and R4G1, sucked having that in hand instead of Revoke when Ephara was played in r4g1)
Ephara's Warden (was in deck for two rounds, took it out for the hart)
Vanquish the Foul
all in all, fun day full of Magic
night of the living grizzly bears had no right to win anything
What deck?
Manaless dredge. Ended the daily 4-0, only lost one game! My last opponent was the only one that knew to choose to play second (always choose to be onthe draw against manaless dredge) and he had a ether sworn canonist game 2, which put a crimp in things since I can't combo off with that on board. Instead, I decided to dread return Grave-troll and beat down with that, but he chump blocked with the canonist when I had balustrade spy, another dread return, and multiple Ichorids in my graveyard, so I was able to combo off next turn.
he did well
I also went up against a girl who opened 2 mogis, 2 garies, and a fanatic of mogis. She proceeded to kick my ass
Otherwise, I was 7-1 on the night! Every other single player game i went 2-0, then in 2hg, I built my buddy a RW aggro deck and gave myself the Black/Blue 'Kill spells, counters, and bombs' deck. It went incredibly well. Forgestoker dragon is a fucking house. Also, Gary in 2hg is just wrong.
Really, really tired though. We ended up winning something like 20 packs, I opened a bunch of junk (and a spirit of the labyrinth), and he got a kiora. I had a great time though!
ineedmayo.com Eidolon Journal Updated
So I was kinda bummed today watching everyone open gods while I'm opening Reverent Hunters, Fate Unravelers and other cards that arent so worth at the moment.
This was my deck tonight:
1x Nessian Courser
1x Nemesis of Mortals
1x Leafcrown Dryad
1x Reverent Hunter
1x Pheres-Band Tromper
1x Nessian Wilds Ravager
2x Nyxborn Wolf
1x Voyaging Satyr
1x Vulpine Goliath
1x Nessian Demolok
2x Archetype of Imagination
1x Swordwise Centaur
1x Bow of Nylea
1x Ordeal of Thassa
2x Karametra's Favor
2x Stymied Hopes
1x Crypsis
1x Hunter's Prowess
Little bit of green devotion style with a splash of blue. It took me to 3-1 and for the first time I was in the prize! Finished 5th out of 32, which I'm happy totally stoked about because its been just a mere 3 months since I've played my first game of Magic ever.
So in my three boosters I pulled these two guys:
YESSS my buddy gave me Phenax last night, so this makes two gods. Plus I really wanted that Spirit of the Labyrinth because she is for sure a 3/1 for two in white, also fuck you Sphinx.
So while the night started with me being in a sort of bummed mood, made worse by losing my first match 1-2, it quickly progressed to one of the best nights of cards ever.
But was that it?
Right as we were headed to the car, I gave in to the urge to just buy some boosters with the $10 i had. They were out of Born boosters sadly, so I just picked up 3 Theros boosters.
So what could make this night better?
How about a foil motherfucking Elspeth?
BOOM. So yes, I would say the first prerelease event I attended went pretty damn well.
Cards are fun.
STEAM!
OH
I SEE
I FUCKING SEE, KARAMETRA
YOU THINK I'VE TURNED AWAY FROM MY PRINCIPLES, HUH?
YOU THINK I'VE BLASPHEMED AND PROFANED THE COLORS GREEN AND WHITE, AND ARE REWARDING SOMEONE ELSE IN TURN
I HAVE A NEW GOD, AND SHE IS CALLED WINNING, YOU FICKLE MISTRESS OF CABBAGES
And I can't even get a Ghostblade Eidolon.
STEAM!
i forgot to mention that one
ineedmayo.com Eidolon Journal Updated
yesssssss
come to the dark side
gonna go through the wilds, gonna fight the minotaurs, gonna do whatever the hell i gotta do in Journey into Nyx
i hope they do something similar to Scars and Innistrad and have new lands for Journey, I'm hoping for starfield covered dream landscapes
I'm kind of mentally preparing for both of the gods I'm waiting on (G/U and R/U) to be bad, because I'm a horrible pessimist.
STEAM!
Xenagos the God, mythic Phoenix, double Fanatic of Mogis, double 3/2 guy for GG, and about 5 burn spells. The rest was also serviceable.
Turn 2 3/2, Turn 3 Fanatic (with haste), Turn 4 kill your blocker, Turn 5 Xenagos -> "let's go to game 2."
Turn 2 Voyaging Satyr, Turn 3 5/5 Phoenix, Turn 4 Xenagos -> "ok I signed up for a Limited event, not Constructed"
So many sad faces.
Here was my deck:
Burnished Hart
Fanatic of Mogis
Fellhide Spiritbinder
2x Forgestoker Dragon
Kragma Butcher
Nessian Asp
Nessian Courser
2x Nylea's Disciple
Nyxborn Wolf
2xPharagax Giant
Pheres-Band Tromper
Polis Crusher
2x Satyr Hedonist
Bow of Nylea
2x Mortal's Resolve
Searing Blood
Time to Feed
8x Forest
7x Mountain
Let's see if I can remember my partner's deck:
Arbiter of the Ideal
Archetype of Imagination
Baleful Eidolon
Cavern Lampad
Disciple of Phenax
Erebos's Emissary
0x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Keepsake Gorgon
Medomai the Ageless
Nimbus Naiad
Returned Phalanx
Siren of the Fanged Coast
Siren of the Silent Song
3x Aphyxiate
2x Griptide
Nullify
Revoke Existence
Sea God's Revenge
7x Island
7x Swamp
3x Plains
And a bunch more removal.
We were Team Sea Slugs. Our exploits included surviving a Gary to the face for ten and still winning. (Countering the second Gary helped) Not to mention turning a game around where the opponents had a Mistcutter Hydra (one of their TWO) swinging for five each turn, clinging to life by using Bow of Nylea's life gain mode each turn, until I topdecked my Forgestoker Dragon with mana open for Mortal's Resolve (never used) and won the game. Overall we got fourth and 2 packs each, so that's half of next week's draft covered.
And that Bow is going straight into my Marath EDH where it can continue to machine gun blockers to death.
ineedmayo.com Eidolon Journal Updated
So true, the fact that my partner had three let me run less removal. (Although now I wonder what would happen if I ran all the myriad burn spells I got in the pool) The only thing Asphyxiate couldn't kill was Mistcutter Hydra, which is never untapped and can't be Griptided or bounced.
I don't play modern, but DRS ban is huge since the BGx goodstuff shell was based around it.
change it back