Is there any way to check how much longer the Mastery Pass lasts? I bought into it last week after it persisted through the Season, thinking it would be around at least until the next new expansion, but I realize now it may be on a quicker turnaround due to the frequency of interstitial releases like Amonkhet.
Is there any way to check how much longer the Mastery Pass lasts? I bought into it last week after it persisted through the Season, thinking it would be around at least until the next new expansion, but I realize now it may be on a quicker turnaround due to the frequency of interstitial releases like Amonkhet.
It will last until Zenkar is released on Arena. I don't know if they've official announced the release date but last i heard it sometime around the end of September so you have another 2 months or so. I would expect spoilers to be starting in a few weeks and the set to come out when they're done.
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edited August 2020
It'll last until the rotation don't worry, each pass is tied to a Standard set release so the Amonkhet stuff doesn't matter.
I severely doubt there will ever be a pass that is affected by Historic-only content unless it is a specifically Historic pass and running 2 season passes at once seems like a bad idea.
When it is close to ending there is a yellow "X days remaining" note on the main track page, next to the mastery orbs button, which I think shows up with ~3 weeks or so to go
Pretty annoying that the duration isn't just listed at all times, but I suppose they don't always know the exact expected duration, or they just want people to foolishly buy in at inopportune times.
Is there any way to check how much longer the Mastery Pass lasts? I bought into it last week after it persisted through the Season, thinking it would be around at least until the next new expansion, but I realize now it may be on a quicker turnaround due to the frequency of interstitial releases like Amonkhet.
It will last until Zenkar is released on Arena. I don't know if they've official announced the release date but last i heard it sometime around the end of September so you have another 2 months or so. I would expect spoilers to be starting in a few weeks and the set to come out when they're done.
IIRC Prerelease was scheduled to be 9/18. M21 pass should end on the 16th.
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Stupid as fuck death touch just hit plat
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Ok gimme that list. Are there fewer than 4 Questing Beasts?
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Ok gimme that list. Are there fewer than 4 Questing Beasts?
There are, since it’s mono black.
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4x of
Knight of the Ebon Legion
Thieves Guild Enforcer
Vampire of The Dire Moon
Agonizing Remorse
Heartless Act
Orzhov Enforcer
Call of the Death-Dweller
Hooded Brightfang
3x of
Vraska, Swarm’s Eminence
Demonic Embrace
Lands
4x Castle Locthwain
18xSwamp
Edit: the idea is the you keep swinging fast and often since literally everything here trades due to deathtouch, and people don’t expect Thieves Guild enforcer when the swing with their 1/1 innkeepers. Once you get out blightfangs, the game is often over. Swing with three deathtouch guys with two blightfangs out and it’s six damage before combat damage is assessed. Call and Demonic Embrace ensure that you trade well and maintain threats even into the late game.
The one thing that really fucks this deck is Ugin. There is literally nothing you can do if Ugin hits the board.
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It is delightfully evil when you see someone scry, put one on top, then cast the flash rogue to mill them, making them lose two lands of the top.
And then have them stuck on two lands until the end of the game.
Burned 11 uncommon and 12 rare WCs. Let's see how this goes.
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Just had the sillliest fucking game against a lurrus life gain/enchantment deck.
By the end of it he had a 9/9 vigilance healer hawk and a 4/8 healer hawk.
But I had three hooded brightfangs
Nothing like swinging with 7 guys with 1 power each and doing 21 damage / 21 lifegain
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I also love when people don’t realize that Hooded Brightfangs secondary effect instagibs their walkers.
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How long have I got before my Amass deck is gone from standard? For something I threw together based on an interesting sounding keyword it reliably takes me to Gold/Platinum any time I feel the need for some Arena and need to grind up some currency from quests.
I think the surprise value helps! I pretty much never see anyone else playing a similar deck so people don’t know what key components to deal with.
How long have I got before my Amass deck is gone from standard? For something I threw together based on an interesting sounding keyword it reliably takes me to Gold/Platinum any time I feel the need for some Arena and need to grind up some currency from quests.
I think the surprise value helps! I pretty much never see anyone else playing a similar deck so people don’t know what key components to deal with.
Amass is gonna leave standard during upcoming rotation, when Zendikar releases. So... September, I think.
The Amass templating seems sufficiently open-ended in its intent, prioritizing language about an "army" rather than "zombies", such that WotC could make it about Wombats, Burble-whatzits, or Oblomancers. Maybe that would demand retroactively adjusting Amonkhet's Amass as Amass Zombies, but that's not such a huge hurdle to overcome.
Regardless, I was mostly just being a goober and suggesting something as far-fetched as a Squirrel-centric Krosan set.
They dont need to change anything other than the type of army created to match what they want, since the counter goes on an army you control, instead of on a [subtype] army you control.
It only gets weird with tribal affinity and even then, would still be okay.
They dont need to change anything other than the type of army created to match what they want, since the counter goes on an army you control, instead of on a [subtype] army you control.
It only gets weird with tribal affinity and even then, would still be okay.
The type of army created is defined in the rules for Amass. They could errata it to be "[TYPE] Amass", but that'd look clunky.
They dont need to change anything other than the type of army created to match what they want, since the counter goes on an army you control, instead of on a [subtype] army you control.
It only gets weird with tribal affinity and even then, would still be okay.
The type of army created is defined in the rules for Amass. They could errata it to be "[TYPE] Amass", but that'd look clunky.
Amass's text has two parts. First, there's "put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control." Then there's "If you don't control one create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token." So that second part could be changed on a card-by-card basis to "green Squirrel Army" or "white Human Army" or whatever and the first sentence would still apply.
They may build something that looks and behaves similarly to amass but I think itd either need to be simpler or make a bigger meta splash than Amass did to come back
They dont need to change anything other than the type of army created to match what they want, since the counter goes on an army you control, instead of on a [subtype] army you control.
It only gets weird with tribal affinity and even then, would still be okay.
The type of army created is defined in the rules for Amass. They could errata it to be "[TYPE] Amass", but that'd look clunky.
Amass's text has two parts. First, there's "put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control." Then there's "If you don't control one create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token." So that second part could be changed on a card-by-card basis to "green Squirrel Army" or "white Human Army" or whatever and the first sentence would still apply.
Not without changing the actual rules for Amass. As written in the CR, Amass always makes a black 0/0 Zombie Army token when it needs to.
701.44a: To amass N means "If you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token. Choose an Army creature you control. Put N +1/+1 counters on that creature."
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I tossed together a RDW deck for FNM Pauper. It's holding its own so far but I'm debating dropping the Spellgorger Weirds for a different creature since they either die right away or never make it onto the board.
4x of
Knight of the Ebon Legion
Thieves Guild Enforcer
Vampire of The Dire Moon
Agonizing Remorse
Heartless Act
Orzhov Enforcer
Call of the Death-Dweller
Hooded Brightfang
3x of
Vraska, Swarm’s Eminence
Demonic Embrace
Lands
4x Castle Locthwain
18xSwamp
Edit: the idea is the you keep swinging fast and often since literally everything here trades due to deathtouch, and people don’t expect Thieves Guild enforcer when the swing with their 1/1 innkeepers. Once you get out blightfangs, the game is often over. Swing with three deathtouch guys with two blightfangs out and it’s six damage before combat damage is assessed. Call and Demonic Embrace ensure that you trade well and maintain threats even into the late game.
The one thing that really fucks this deck is Ugin. There is literally nothing you can do if Ugin hits the board.
I’ve been playing essentially the same deck for a couple weeks. It’s delightful.
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It will last until Zenkar is released on Arena. I don't know if they've official announced the release date but last i heard it sometime around the end of September so you have another 2 months or so. I would expect spoilers to be starting in a few weeks and the set to come out when they're done.
I severely doubt there will ever be a pass that is affected by Historic-only content unless it is a specifically Historic pass and running 2 season passes at once seems like a bad idea.
When it is close to ending there is a yellow "X days remaining" note on the main track page, next to the mastery orbs button, which I think shows up with ~3 weeks or so to go
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Pretty annoying that the duration isn't just listed at all times, but I suppose they don't always know the exact expected duration, or they just want people to foolishly buy in at inopportune times.
IIRC Prerelease was scheduled to be 9/18. M21 pass should end on the 16th.
Ok gimme that list. Are there fewer than 4 Questing Beasts?
Knight of the Ebon Legion
Thieves Guild Enforcer
Vampire of The Dire Moon
Agonizing Remorse
Heartless Act
Orzhov Enforcer
Call of the Death-Dweller
Hooded Brightfang
3x of
Vraska, Swarm’s Eminence
Demonic Embrace
Lands
4x Castle Locthwain
18xSwamp
Edit: the idea is the you keep swinging fast and often since literally everything here trades due to deathtouch, and people don’t expect Thieves Guild enforcer when the swing with their 1/1 innkeepers. Once you get out blightfangs, the game is often over. Swing with three deathtouch guys with two blightfangs out and it’s six damage before combat damage is assessed. Call and Demonic Embrace ensure that you trade well and maintain threats even into the late game.
The one thing that really fucks this deck is Ugin. There is literally nothing you can do if Ugin hits the board.
And then have them stuck on two lands until the end of the game.
So evil.
Yeah, it’s remarkably cheap to make.
Just need to hold it for when Rampy McRampface hits seven lands.
By the end of it he had a 9/9 vigilance healer hawk and a 4/8 healer hawk.
But I had three hooded brightfangs
Nothing like swinging with 7 guys with 1 power each and doing 21 damage / 21 lifegain
Lots of janky brews post bans, its cool. But I'll be in a world of hurt when rotation happens.
I think the surprise value helps! I pretty much never see anyone else playing a similar deck so people don’t know what key components to deal with.
Amass is gonna leave standard during upcoming rotation, when Zendikar releases. So... September, I think.
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Strongly doubt it
I'm sure amass will return at some point. Its an easy, functional mechanic which noone hated and lots of people liked.
That sounds like a question for Maro
Except that it creates a zombie army.
Yeah so it’ll probably appear in the next Bolas set
Regardless, I was mostly just being a goober and suggesting something as far-fetched as a Squirrel-centric Krosan set.
It only gets weird with tribal affinity and even then, would still be okay.
The type of army created is defined in the rules for Amass. They could errata it to be "[TYPE] Amass", but that'd look clunky.
Amass's text has two parts. First, there's "put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control." Then there's "If you don't control one create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token." So that second part could be changed on a card-by-card basis to "green Squirrel Army" or "white Human Army" or whatever and the first sentence would still apply.
I underestimated the mill effects of the rogues. I managed to deck 2 different players who had various draw effects active.
Not without changing the actual rules for Amass. As written in the CR, Amass always makes a black 0/0 Zombie Army token when it needs to.
That is hilarious. The only issue I have with the mill effect is against decks that run Uro, where it ends up fueling their bullshit.
But I have certainly won a lot of games off of waiting on turn 1 for my opponent to drop a scryland, and flashing in the rogue after they keep 1 top.
Squamass
I’ve been playing essentially the same deck for a couple weeks. It’s delightful.