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[MTG]-Cataclysmic Gearhulk is Awful and I Hate It And You Should Too
The correct way to use dubious challenge in modern is to remove the dubious challenges from your deck and replace them with madcap experiment and enjoy your 4 cost platinum emperions.
The correct way to use dubious challenge in modern is to remove the dubious challenges from your deck and replace them with madcap experiment and enjoy your 4 cost platinum emperions.
I've seen people say this but like, what do you do after you have it
as far as I can tell the best target you have in blue for torrential is just like, a draw spell or something (also counterspells)
it probably gets a lot better if you're putting things like grasp of darkness and ruinous path in your yard
Yeah I'm pretty sure UB is the way to go for Torrential Gearhulk builds.
I'm wondering if it's worth sticking torrential into wbr reanimator in a prized amalgam-type "I pitch it and bring it back without ever having blue mana available"
edit: maybe you could hard cast it once with like, aether hubs or something :P
The correct way to use dubious challenge in modern is to remove the dubious challenges from your deck and replace them with madcap experiment and enjoy your 4 cost platinum emperions.
I've seen people say this but like, what do you do after you have it
You hit them with your 8/8. Or if you're playing against burn or a few other decks pre-sideboard you win cause they have no main board answer to it.
It's not really an instant win combo, but paying 4 mana for an emperion seems like pretty good value, and you don't really have to "assemble" anything, you just find an experiment and cast it. The only drawback is you might draw an emperion. If it gets pathed that's not *good* but its not any worse than playing kalitas and having him get pathed.
I'm not sure what shell is best for it... I'd be tempted to jam it in BR midrange and play it with blood moons. But I've seen some ponza lists on reddit that seem good too... turn 2 bloodmoon, turn 3 emperion sounds fun.
In my two German Kaladesh boxes I got Chandra, Nissa, Saheeli, U and G Gearhulks, Angel of Innovation, Metallurgic Summonings, Skysovereign, Rashmi and a Lightning Greaves masterpiece. My two foil rares were Madcap Experiment and Fateful Showdown (both of which go real nice into my Kurkesh and Marchesa decks, respectively). One interesting bit is that I got more Smuggler's Thopters and Aerial Responders (oh no!), leading me to believe there are uncommon weights or something. No real crazy names other than Chandra, Fackel des Viderstands. I don't know what a Fackel is or why it makes a vider stand.
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In Standard atm basically the only things you'd want to buyback with Torrential are counters and single target kill spells.
Flame Lash is 4 damage???
buy back that Grip of Desolation for a classic 5-for-2.
Okay, but then you are playing Grip of Desolation in Standard.
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I'm way too into this set. I gotb $100 in gift cards for Amazon from work and even though I've already bought 3 booster boxes I might grab a fourth with the gift cards.
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Man, black is being underdrafted right now in MTGO. One draft was so crazy that Tidy Conclusion and Marionette Master wheeled. Tidy Conclusion seems expensive, and it sort of is, but the ability to kill anything at instant speed is really important in this format. Killing their vehicle after they crew it is a huge momentum killer, and it comes up again and again.
Two (of six so far) drafts I ended up monoblack. Sudden Strike in particular is being undervalued. It's a two-for-one 90% of the time you cast it for 1B at instant speed.
Blue is poop from a butt without rares and mythics that can use the energy it produces. And green only seems to be open when I'm already deep into black.
Fun format so far. Lots and lots of card synergies.
Should I go to the PPTQ that's happening in 90 minutes in my city? It's Sealed and 60 bucks to enter but I have nothing else to do today.
I went! Running Fumigate, Eliminate the Competition, Smugglers Copter, Aetherstorm Roc, and life seems very good. No blowout amazing cards but I aced the first round.
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it is not available for mac
so I was gonna try Duels instead
I really wanted to draft, but it could still help me scratch the itch
but it's not available on the iPhone 5c for some reason
so I'm just not playing magic tonight
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you get crazier pulls than anyone I have ever known to play this dumb game in my entire life
I'm more happy that a couple days into spoiler season, I decided to jump on a set of Smuggler's Copters for $4 a pop.
S O T A R L I V E S
When I woke up I thought "what was I so excited about again?"
And then I remembered what it was, and that I didn't have one in the waking world
Dammit
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I've seen people say this but like, what do you do after you have it
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But boy am I having trouble figuring out what else to put in it right now.
Torrential Gearhulk can only buy back instants
Thought it was instant and sorcery. Clearly I need to reevaluate!
it probably gets a lot better if you're putting things like grasp of darkness and ruinous path in your yard
edit: path is sorcery, damn
Yeah I'm pretty sure UB is the way to go for Torrential Gearhulk builds.
I'm wondering if it's worth sticking torrential into wbr reanimator in a prized amalgam-type "I pitch it and bring it back without ever having blue mana available"
edit: maybe you could hard cast it once with like, aether hubs or something :P
Flame Lash is 4 damage???
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buy back that Grip of Desolation for a classic 5-for-2.
oh, engulf the shore, there you go
to the slaughter?
You hit them with your 8/8. Or if you're playing against burn or a few other decks pre-sideboard you win cause they have no main board answer to it.
It's not really an instant win combo, but paying 4 mana for an emperion seems like pretty good value, and you don't really have to "assemble" anything, you just find an experiment and cast it. The only drawback is you might draw an emperion. If it gets pathed that's not *good* but its not any worse than playing kalitas and having him get pathed.
I'm not sure what shell is best for it... I'd be tempted to jam it in BR midrange and play it with blood moons. But I've seen some ponza lists on reddit that seem good too... turn 2 bloodmoon, turn 3 emperion sounds fun.
It's because of Chandra's classic widerstands.
Okay, but then you are playing Grip of Desolation in Standard.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
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Two (of six so far) drafts I ended up monoblack. Sudden Strike in particular is being undervalued. It's a two-for-one 90% of the time you cast it for 1B at instant speed.
Blue is poop from a butt without rares and mythics that can use the energy it produces. And green only seems to be open when I'm already deep into black.
Fun format so far. Lots and lots of card synergies.
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I mean, I know it's expensive and unsplashable
But it gets you four bodies with one card! Plus it makes your opponent hestitate to kill your servos.
Love that card.
nobody wants this thing
Today I bought a bundle at comic-con
And I'm seeing my dad tonight
Maybe I'll ask him to crack some packs
I went! Running Fumigate, Eliminate the Competition, Smugglers Copter, Aetherstorm Roc, and life seems very good. No blowout amazing cards but I aced the first round.