Counterpoint: WotC hates Storm and decks that play like Storm. Also, Breach ended up pretty much being as busted as everybody said it was since is basically Yawgmoth's Will.
I said "my bet", since there's already a format with a bunch of combo decks and a bunch of aggro decks trying to race each other, is called Modern. Pioneer is going to be more closely watched and that means banning combo decks when they break the 15% threshold.
But if they want to "let the meta develop", Dig was always going to be a problem since it vastly benefits combo decks more.
I finished up building a 360 card cube about a month ago and finally got to play it on Friday! Our group is pretty small and we were only able to get 4 people together so we did a Sealed round-robin.
I went 3-0 with this:
But, I think that everyone made some really cool decks
My hardest fought match was against this:
This was the coolest build in my opinion: (In one game the dude beat my face in with Ghalta and Pelakka Wurm after casting Beast Within *FOUR* times. New Thassa is in the cube as well and thankfully he didn't get her)
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turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
I finished up building a 360 card cube about a month ago and finally got to play it on Friday! Our group is pretty small and we were only able to get 4 people together so we did a Sealed round-robin.
I went 3-0 with this:
But, I think that everyone made some really cool decks
My hardest fought match was against this:
This was the coolest build in my opinion: (In one game the dude beat my face in with Ghalta and Pelakka Wurm after casting Beast Within *FOUR* times. New Thassa is in the cube as well and thankfully he didn't get her)
Is there no red in your cube or was everyone's red just too thin? Or is your playgroup too value-obsessed?
I finished up building a 360 card cube about a month ago and finally got to play it on Friday! Our group is pretty small and we were only able to get 4 people together so we did a Sealed round-robin.
I went 3-0 with this:
But, I think that everyone made some really cool decks
My hardest fought match was against this:
This was the coolest build in my opinion: (In one game the dude beat my face in with Ghalta and Pelakka Wurm after casting Beast Within *FOUR* times. New Thassa is in the cube as well and thankfully he didn't get her)
Is there no red in your cube or was everyone's red just too thin? Or is your playgroup too value-obsessed?
There is red in the cube. I think there's a couple things that happened...
We played Sealed and red is [somewhat] historically weaker in that format. Not saying that's true here; just that it might have influenced people away from it
We are a bunch of value-obsessed nerds
I looked at people's pools afterwords and I don't think anyone really hit a critical mass. One person had what looked like a pretty good Izzet deck but they also love GW and that's what they played
We're going to try drafting next time and I think that will help to put someone into red. I think the other colors played out really well with what people built at least!
I finished up building a 360 card cube about a month ago and finally got to play it on Friday! Our group is pretty small and we were only able to get 4 people together so we did a Sealed round-robin.
I went 3-0 with this:
But, I think that everyone made some really cool decks
My hardest fought match was against this:
This was the coolest build in my opinion: (In one game the dude beat my face in with Ghalta and Pelakka Wurm after casting Beast Within *FOUR* times. New Thassa is in the cube as well and thankfully he didn't get her)
Is there no red in your cube or was everyone's red just too thin? Or is your playgroup too value-obsessed?
There is red in the cube. I think there's a couple things that happened...
We played Sealed and red is [somewhat] historically weaker in that format. Not saying that's true here; just that it might have influenced people away from it
We are a bunch of value-obsessed nerds
I looked at people's pools afterwords and I don't think anyone really hit a critical mass. One person had what looked like a pretty good Izzet deck but they also love GW and that's what they played
We're going to try drafting next time and I think that will help to put someone into red. I think the other colors played out really well with what people built at least!
A fun draft variant for 4 players is something Ryan Spain calls "double decker". Each player gets 6 packs and those are drafted 2HG style (2 cards per pick, l/r/l/r/l/r). Then you each build 2 decks, Deck A and Deck B. Proceed to play the following best-of-one games until someone gets 3 wins:
A1 vs A2
B1 vs B2
A1 vs B2
B1 vs A2
If game 5 is necessary, your opponent chooses which deck you play.
My buddies and I have done this with our cubes (gotta remember to make 14-card packs instead of 15) and it's a blast.
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There was a Hasbro earnings call today, I'll embed some tweets with more deets but the gist is that Magic Arena is up, tabletop is up, MTGO is down and the CEO referred to is as a "legacy product," and Arena will be coming to mobile in 2020 with more info at Toy Fair.
And yes, they’ll announce an unannounced announcement. Because :rotate:
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
so I am playing around with a Bant Flash deck, which is really just Simic Flash with a splash of W for Flicker of Fate and Angel of Grace
and while I'm not sure it's necessarily better than regular Simic Flash, it is really, really satisfying to counter something by spending 1W to flicker a Frilled Mystic.
Especially if the opponent saw you spend your only blue mana on bouncing something with Brazen Borrower, and thought it was safe to try and cast Nissa.
so I am playing around with a Bant Flash deck, which is really just Simic Flash with a splash of W for Flicker of Fate and Angel of Grace
and while I'm not sure it's necessarily better than regular Simic Flash, it is really, really satisfying to counter something by spending 1W to flicker a Frilled Mystic.
Especially if the opponent saw you spend your only blue mana on bouncing something with Brazen Borrower, and thought it was safe to try and cast Nissa.
Torn between hitting "awesome" and looking for a "you utter bastard" button.
AC:NH Chris from Glosta SW-5173-3598-2899 DA-4749-1014-4697 @vyolynce@mastodon.social
Kinda disappointed that there isn't someone on some weird spicy shit.
Not the field/event for that, sadly. Way too much on the line.
The persom in the top left, can't ever recall their name, they play some off meta stuff some times that's pretty clever.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
surprised theres no ramp
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Yeah, I looked at the arena event where you play the decks they're using and immediately noped out of there. Everyone using the same 4 super tuned decks is the antithesis of fun for me.
My friend is working on a roguelike game you can play if you want to. (It has free demo)
Holy shit that was some of the worst flood I've ever seen.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Holy shit that was some of the worst flood I've ever seen.
He just needed to draw two or three more cards and he wouldn't have to worry about drawing mana ever again
And the Funeral Rites binned two 5-drop minotaurs. The entire top half of his deck was Tectonic Giant, Final Death, and trash.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
So sick of endless turbo ramp I welcome rdw with open arms
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I’m starting to get the impression that Embercleave is a good card.
one of my strongest opinions about mtg right now is that embercleave MUST have a meaningful reprint in the challenger decks, it is too mandatory for red-based aggression
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KetarCome on upstairswe're having a partyRegistered Userregular
Every once in a great while, the inability to chat in Arena beyond the handful of set phrases is a little frustrating. Obviously we're way better off not having to endure trash talk and whatever. But still. I want to be able to tell KouignJahMan that their name rocks. And having no way to do so made me just a little bit sad just now.
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KetarCome on upstairswe're having a partyRegistered Userregular
I’m starting to get the impression that Embercleave is a good card.
one of my strongest opinions about mtg right now is that embercleave MUST have a meaningful reprint in the challenger decks, it is too mandatory for red-based aggression
Or, you know, Embercleave could disappear into the abyss from whence it belongs.
embercleave is both mandatory, and also not remotely good enough to ban
you might as well ban the entirety of standard if you ban embercleave
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KetarCome on upstairswe're having a partyRegistered Userregular
When/where did banning enter the conversation?
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I predict that temur reclamation will win this match
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I semi-randomly picked Nassif for the "Find Your Champion" thing. He's already good for the Arena sleeve and 2 rares by making Top 8 (top 4 really). If he makes the finals that's two more rares, although he has to get past Mansfield and I think the loser of the upper bracket first.
I think this is PVDDR's title but having him vs Nassif in the finals would be super interesting from a historical perspective.
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
I'm not exactly sure what the meaningful reprints are, I haven't been following prices but there seem to be a lot of dollar-rare level cards, here's my best guesses
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I said "my bet", since there's already a format with a bunch of combo decks and a bunch of aggro decks trying to race each other, is called Modern. Pioneer is going to be more closely watched and that means banning combo decks when they break the 15% threshold.
But if they want to "let the meta develop", Dig was always going to be a problem since it vastly benefits combo decks more.
I went 3-0 with this:
But, I think that everyone made some really cool decks
My hardest fought match was against this:
This was the coolest build in my opinion: (In one game the dude beat my face in with Ghalta and Pelakka Wurm after casting Beast Within *FOUR* times. New Thassa is in the cube as well and thankfully he didn't get her)
*stares into the middle distance* hooo
Is there no red in your cube or was everyone's red just too thin? Or is your playgroup too value-obsessed?
There is red in the cube. I think there's a couple things that happened...
We're going to try drafting next time and I think that will help to put someone into red. I think the other colors played out really well with what people built at least!
A fun draft variant for 4 players is something Ryan Spain calls "double decker". Each player gets 6 packs and those are drafted 2HG style (2 cards per pick, l/r/l/r/l/r). Then you each build 2 decks, Deck A and Deck B. Proceed to play the following best-of-one games until someone gets 3 wins:
A1 vs A2
B1 vs B2
A1 vs B2
B1 vs A2
If game 5 is necessary, your opponent chooses which deck you play.
My buddies and I have done this with our cubes (gotta remember to make 14-card packs instead of 15) and it's a blast.
Vintage, too.
And yes, they’ll announce an unannounced announcement. Because :rotate:
and while I'm not sure it's necessarily better than regular Simic Flash, it is really, really satisfying to counter something by spending 1W to flicker a Frilled Mystic.
Especially if the opponent saw you spend your only blue mana on bouncing something with Brazen Borrower, and thought it was safe to try and cast Nissa.
Torn between hitting "awesome" and looking for a "you utter bastard" button.
One different choice could have resulted in a clean 4/4/4/4 split.
Not the field/event for that, sadly. Way too much on the line.
The persom in the top left, can't ever recall their name, they play some off meta stuff some times that's pretty clever.
You mean Autumn?
And going by that picture, Jund Sacrifice is your off meta spicy shit : P
Autumn, thats right. They played mono blue tempo one time last rotation.
Yeah monoblue was what they used to win their seat at this event.
He just needed to draw two or three more cards and he wouldn't have to worry about drawing mana ever again
i mean thats essentially what the reclamation deck is now isnt it
it just kills you with duders or a giant expansion/explosion
And the Funeral Rites binned two 5-drop minotaurs. The entire top half of his deck was Tectonic Giant, Final Death, and trash.
At least you go home there knowing you played the deck to the best of your ability.
I said this from the beginning!
Same energy.
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one of my strongest opinions about mtg right now is that embercleave MUST have a meaningful reprint in the challenger decks, it is too mandatory for red-based aggression
Or, you know, Embercleave could disappear into the abyss from whence it belongs.
you might as well ban the entirety of standard if you ban embercleave
I think this is PVDDR's title but having him vs Nassif in the finals would be super interesting from a historical perspective.
I'm not exactly sure what the meaningful reprints are, I haven't been following prices but there seem to be a lot of dollar-rare level cards, here's my best guesses
Allied Fires (Jeskai Fires/Superfriends): Kenrith, Steam Vents
Final Adventure (Golgari adventures): Vraska Golgari Queen, Murderous Rider x2, Fabled Passage
Cavalcade Charge (mono-red): Embercleave
Flash of Ferocity (UG flash): Brazen Borrower, Fabled Passage