Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited June 2011
I really should try my hand at sealed drafts when I have more time.
That's the one where you buy a couple boosters and build a deck from what you get, right?
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I really should try my hand at sealed drafts when I have more time.
That's the one where you buy a couple boosters and build a deck from what you get, right?
Yup, you get 6 boosters and build a 40 card deck with it (lands included), and have all the remaining cards be your sideboard. This means you can sometimes make giant deck changes between games.
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited June 2011
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Man I've not played these Archenemy games before and these scheme cards are bullshit.
One game the first scheme the Archenemy flipped was one that dealt damage to each opponent for each card they had. The 3 of us took 7 damage before we even had a chance to play anything.
Another game I had the Archenemy at 1 health, and I had like a 15/15 and an 8/8 with all sorts of abilities. He had no creatures and both of my allies were dead. He pulls the card that lets him steal all of my creatures and gives them haste and I got splattered.
Man I've not played these Archenemy games before and these scheme cards are bullshit.
One game the first scheme the Archenemy flipped was one that dealt damage to each opponent for each card they had. The 3 of us took 7 damage before we even had a chance to play anything.
Another game I had the Archenemy at 1 health, and I had like a 15/15 and an 8/8 with all sorts of abilities. He had no creatures and both of my allies were dead. He pulls the card that lets him steal all of my creatures and gives them haste and I got splattered.
I'm assuming that the trick is to build the decks up with the extra cards you win and then it gets easier but right now the whole mode just feels cheap.
It's really luck based, pulling certain schemes at certain times will pretty much doom your game. But those schemes pulled at other times will have no effect.
I have been playing with AI allies, and I found a good combination of decks that seems to give me a pretty good fighting chance. Having most the unlocked cards for the deck I usually use helps as well.
my favorite game of archenemy was the one where my friend got to play emrakul first turn
Was your friend the archenemy? It's hilarious either way.
Also, I'm kind of glad that I can't install MtG:O here at work and it doesn't work off of a thumbdrive, otherwise I'd spend even more money on that fucking game.
It's really luck based, pulling certain schemes at certain times will pretty much doom your game. But those schemes pulled at other times will have no effect.
I have been playing with AI allies, and I found a good combination of decks that seems to give me a pretty good fighting chance. Having most the unlocked cards for the deck I usually use helps as well.
See this is why we need all need to play together, the AI guys still mess up sometimes.
I'm still trying to figure out which deck I like best, I've been rolling with the artifact deck but a bunch look cool so I'm all torn.
I wouldn't be surprised to see it in the next release, considering that archenemy was released last summer and its on this version and commander is releasing this summer so it will likely be in next year.
I picked up the Mirror Mastery one at release, just because the ability on Riku of Two Reflections was too amusing to pass up. The Sol Ring didn't hurt either.
I picked up the Mirror Mastery one at release, just because the ability on Riku of Two Reflections was too amusing to pass up. The Sol Ring didn't hurt either.
I need to pick one up, I always wanted to get into EDH but it was pretty overwhelming trying to put together a deck that can use cards from the entirety of magic.
I played the hell out of the first one because it allows me to sate my thirst for magic without also destroying my wallet, or forcing me to look through endless card lists to play standard. The A.I. isn't half bad on the higher difficulty levels, although a lot of the time it's more 'choose the right deck' rather than outsmarting the A.I.
Picking the right deck is trickier in this one, there aren't any dogs. I rolled through the first game pretty easily but I've had a close call in almost every match in this one and a few times have gotten my shit royally pushed in.
Picking the right deck is trickier in this one, there aren't any dogs. I rolled through the first game pretty easily but I've had a close call in almost every match in this one and a few times have gotten my shit royally pushed in.
The last fight in the normal mode is particularly rough.
Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited June 2011
I bought the first one and never really played it. Deck creation is my favorite part of CCG's and I'm damn good at it.
I can't get back into the real card game because I have no control. Few years ago my roommate and I got back into it and we bought the entire town of Fort Myers and Cape Coral out of cards in a week.
I liked magi-nation when I was a kid. I still enjoy playing it with mates when we can, although no where sells the cards so we just have a bunch of old shit and proxy whatever we want.
I have a card that says I beat one of the dudes who made the game, that makes me cool right?
not 'you can kind of fuck with this awful prebuilt deck and everyone is going to immediately change it the same way so it isn't like you actually have any control at all'
I finally beat that jerk vampire deck last night, I'm eager to try it out.
Does anyone else feel like sometimes the game tries to be harder just by giving you a crappy draw and the other guy a perfect one? I know it's bound to happen just with truly randomized draws but man, I had four bad games in a row and wanted to chuck my controller.
I'm actually going to a draft tonight. Also those EDH decks are awesome, I went to a tournament when they came out where everyone used them, and I borrowed someone else's, I think it was the B/W/G one. Ended up getting 4 packs of new pharexia by paying $5.
Still don't like it as much as my Omnath/Gelatinous genesis deck though.
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I bought the old one on steam, but it just kept crashing on startup. So I never got to play it at all. Maybe I should try it on my new computer.
I tried real magic, but I'm terrible at deck creation. I enjoy making decks, but I was never able to come up with a good theme. Best I came up with was giant growth/poison.
Does anyone else feel like sometimes the game tries to be harder just by giving you a crappy draw and the other guy a perfect one? I know it's bound to happen just with truly randomized draws but man, I had four bad games in a row and wanted to chuck my controller.
It kind of seems like the computer stacks its own deck a bit. They can have draws ranging from decent to amazing, where the players deck is properly random, so you can get games where you just get screwed by your deck.
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you could try this
although i try not to interact with magic in real life considering the smell
That's the one where you buy a couple boosters and build a deck from what you get, right?
Yup, you get 6 boosters and build a 40 card deck with it (lands included), and have all the remaining cards be your sideboard. This means you can sometimes make giant deck changes between games.
I think those are just called sealed tournaments, since you don't do any actual drafting.
One game the first scheme the Archenemy flipped was one that dealt damage to each opponent for each card they had. The 3 of us took 7 damage before we even had a chance to play anything.
Another game I had the Archenemy at 1 health, and I had like a 15/15 and an 8/8 with all sorts of abilities. He had no creatures and both of my allies were dead. He pulls the card that lets him steal all of my creatures and gives them haste and I got splattered.
I'm assuming that the trick is to build the decks up with the extra cards you win and then it gets easier but right now the whole mode just feels cheap.
I have been playing with AI allies, and I found a good combination of decks that seems to give me a pretty good fighting chance. Having most the unlocked cards for the deck I usually use helps as well.
Was your friend the archenemy? It's hilarious either way.
Also, I'm kind of glad that I can't install MtG:O here at work and it doesn't work off of a thumbdrive, otherwise I'd spend even more money on that fucking game.
See this is why we need all need to play together, the AI guys still mess up sometimes.
I'm still trying to figure out which deck I like best, I've been rolling with the artifact deck but a bunch look cool so I'm all torn.
did you see the new edh precons they came out with? they are actually pretty dope, they have like sol rings and shit
plus the generals are awesome
basically someone be not lazy and link them they rule
I wouldn't be surprised to see it in the next release, considering that archenemy was released last summer and its on this version and commander is releasing this summer so it will likely be in next year.
There ya go: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/732
I picked up the Mirror Mastery one at release, just because the ability on Riku of Two Reflections was too amusing to pass up. The Sol Ring didn't hurt either.
I need to pick one up, I always wanted to get into EDH but it was pretty overwhelming trying to put together a deck that can use cards from the entirety of magic.
I played the hell out of the first one because it allows me to sate my thirst for magic without also destroying my wallet, or forcing me to look through endless card lists to play standard. The A.I. isn't half bad on the higher difficulty levels, although a lot of the time it's more 'choose the right deck' rather than outsmarting the A.I.
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The last fight in the normal mode is particularly rough.
I want to know whose bright idea it was to put 4 Mox Sapphires in that bastard's deck.
I can't get back into the real card game because I have no control. Few years ago my roommate and I got back into it and we bought the entire town of Fort Myers and Cape Coral out of cards in a week.
I have a card that says I beat one of the dudes who made the game, that makes me cool right?
i want total deck control
not 'you can kind of fuck with this awful prebuilt deck and everyone is going to immediately change it the same way so it isn't like you actually have any control at all'
Does anyone else feel like sometimes the game tries to be harder just by giving you a crappy draw and the other guy a perfect one? I know it's bound to happen just with truly randomized draws but man, I had four bad games in a row and wanted to chuck my controller.
Still don't like it as much as my Omnath/Gelatinous genesis deck though.
I tried real magic, but I'm terrible at deck creation. I enjoy making decks, but I was never able to come up with a good theme. Best I came up with was giant growth/poison.
It kind of seems like the computer stacks its own deck a bit. They can have draws ranging from decent to amazing, where the players deck is properly random, so you can get games where you just get screwed by your deck.
But I found out that they sell packs of four boosters plus 125 semi random cards plus land for 20 bucks now.
Looks like I'ma get in on that.