Magic: The Gathering C/D

yeah that looks like a fun deck

ps you should make your ilx sealed deck

yeah that looks kinda like one of my 5-color drafts except that i'd never have taken wild beastmaster or that many pump spells, you're really never putting enough pressure on to use them aggressively. would rather have more big finishers, even the common ones like axebane stag or horncallers chant

yeah iatee i'll get around to it, gotta get cockatrice again, though i'm kind of confused, what was typed up for invasion isn't what was in my packs, the rare appears to be Void

anyway that draft deck started as Selesnya/Golgari but I used a lot of early picks on Thoughtflares and the Hellsteed because those packs literally had nothing I wanted to play, plus I got the dual (for tix purposes). So I figured, just take the best card in the pack. As a finisher I had Terrus Wurm but I eventually decided not to use it. I figured with two Thoughtflares I shouldn't need another big dude or mana sink. Every game I won was in a different way. One game I Chorus'ed Beastmaster with the Decoy out and won that way, another was just grinding it out with Martial Law and Deathrite, another I wound up with a ton of mana and used Guildmage to pump+sac some dudes then Chorus a Fencing Ace for a huge swing. When I took Beastmaster it was like p2p5 and I didn't think I'd go 5 color (last pack had the three manawalls/Izzet gate I needed). It really was an incredibly weird draft overall and one I could have really punted but it turned out fun, I just wish i had removal that didn't cost 6

We played sealed! So funnn.

Iatee beat me 2-1, it turns that Opposition is good on a stalled board, who knew.

Was pretty busy this weekend, but will build my deck during the week.

these are yours frog:
http://imgur.com/a/HvJO1

rare is rout

so the promo card for the January MOCS is Force of Will... this should be interesting. i'm definitely going to qualify but the tournament is Legacy which is annoying since its the only format I don't play - i watched a bunch of matches from the last Legacy MOCS though and it looked like the field was unsurprisingly saturated with cheapo red decks like burn and goblins. what's the cheapest Legacy deck i could build that crushes those decks and still has game vs others? am thinking a blue-less stoneforge+batterskull deck might be fine.

there are no cheap legacy decks because fow

i mean other than the red ones

it's a cycle of dependency you have to buy force of wills to win a force of will

well you could also buy lion's eye diamonds

can someone explain how the LED decks work? do they just use Dredge, or what?

They're almost always Storm decks. LED usually gets used in response to cards that get other cards. For instance, cast Burning Wish or Ill-Gotten Gains, sac LED with that on the stack.

LED is played in
-Belcher, as your last ritual to pay belcher's activation
-Dredge, to discard your hand to start dredging
-Storm, as a black lotus that turns Infernal Tutor into Diabolic Tutor so you can get Ad Nauseam and win

seems like it should be restricted

there are no cheap legacy decks because fow

― f (Lamp), Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:42 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there are definitely some non-LED non-FOW decks but they're loaded with $20-30 cards instead of just having 4 $100 cards. i'm thinking about BW stoneforge with deathrite shamans and a small green splash for shaman activation and sideboard choke

i'd rather just play a goofy bad deck though if i can find one that reliably beats red decks and can occasionally steal wins vs other stuff. martyr of sands in legacy?? who knows

i do know how to play combo elves but god it's so bad vs everything

you should play aluren if you're playing bad non-fow decks

my plan is just to win the last chance mocs on the 22nd so im not gonna try fucking w/legacy tho so ymmv

aluren doesn't run fow? i'd play that

last chance is for 2012 season, this is for the new 2013 season

yeah but if i win the last chance than i will have won a mocs and thus can only play in the ones that are actually fun and not all of them in order to have won a mocs

although realistically i will probably just play a bunch to qualify and then not play the actual event just like i did with every other non-limited mocs event in 2012

lol http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3377/21c6f0b063ec4d368630026.png

Sol Ring or Ancestral Recall there? Sheesh

Assuming this isn't fake I think it's interesting they're distributing the power in drafts this way, ensures that everyone gets two pieces (except one unlucky guy) rather than risk someone winding up with a deck capable of consistant turn 2 wins

no it's just a collation bug, they're pulling the drafts back down now to fix it

actual lol @ dzy's face in that screengrab

not sure if i'm actually gonna cube this time around, i'm really shitty at the format and i stopped playing it before because i just got frustrated and the payouts were worthless. power cube might be a whole different situation though, its more likely that my gimmick decks will work with all the fast mana.

I'm kind of wondering how skill-intensive cube actually is. When your 15th picks can still win you games it seems the only way to draft a bad deck is to totally crew over your mana curve/color base. On the MTGO cube I really haven't seen the same deck twice, there's a hundred ways to win *and* lose.

how much is a cube draft?

it's 8 tix or 2 tix and 10 Cube tix. if you do Swiss the payouts are in Cube tickets, 16/8/4. So if you go 2-1 in each one it'll be something like 3-4 tix per draft. Obviously there's no way you can make anything (I don't even think the Cube tickets are tradeable) but it's really a lot of fun. I'm doing the power cube now and it's nuts, they don't bring back just the power 9, there's Sol Ring and Mind Twist and pretty much every other banned/busted card in Magic's history.

I'm doing one right now! My deck has 5 Fatties, 4 Signets, 3 Wraths, 2 Monoliths, and a Tooth and Nail (in a pear tree). Lots of fun.

i'm goin Stompy with a red splash for burn with some mana dorks (including Rofellos) and Winter Orb

just getting to play with these cards again is really worth the 3-4$ you have to pay. Deranged Hermit + Gaea's Cradle, how I missed you :(

Just Tooth and Nailed with Entwine for Ulamog and Kozilek. My opponent Bone Shreddered one, Karakased the other and played Elspeth. I played Terastadon to kill Elspeth and the Karakas, he played Moat, I hardcast Ulamog a couple turns later for the win. God I love Cube.

you aren't Palpable are you? because that's what this guy just did to me

Ha, yes! Were you the dude I just described?

no, I was the guy you beat in the final round

I felt real cheap miracling the Bonfire off the Yavimaya Elder, that was really my old out. I screwed up in Game 2, I should have played Winter Orb to cap your mana because at that point all I wanted was for Tooth and Nail to not resolve. Unfortunately I forgot about Coalition Relic adding another mana. I thought it was that RTR artifact that made all your lands go for any color. Also forgot FTK was a "may" trigger

Ah yeah, Winter Orb would have been brutal against me. And I was amused by the Bonfire draw, I always find it funny when they get drawn on the opponent's turn. Those were good games!

they were, I was just kicking myself afterwards because I was thinking "well Tooth and Nail really screws me here but he can get at most 8 mana here so I'm in the clear"...whoops. it's pretty easy to misplay in Cube I'm finding. sadly I know Coalition Relic well, just spaced out there.

well I just pulled the ol' Mana Crypt/Mox/Metalworker into turn 2 Blightsteel Collosus (he Mana Leaked it, no fair)

okay one more post - this is the most insane draft deck I've ever gotten

http://imgur.com/AX5oo

Dunno if I should splash white for Blessing...it hardly seems worth it at this point. Believe it or not those 3 duals were all passed to me, as was the Troll and a Golaith.

okay I mostly unilaterally decided on stronghold as our next set
(next week's option is open...someone pick it)

http://imgur.com/a/7sJgR
order in reference to above page
1. iatee 2. lamp 3. gravel 4. cider 5. frog 6. vinnie

I'll type them out later

about to play this ridiculous 11-round mocs event instead of finishing my christmas shopping

dead at 2-2, embarrassingly timed myself out thinking i was on a game 3 and could use the rest of my clock when it was actually game 2 and i decked myself with a minute left on timer

yo lamp, you are in toronto right? do you know which stores do weekday drafts? i'm at my parents' for the holidays; me and my old friend are reconnecting over our mutual rediscovery of magic. apparently 401 does sunday sealed but sealed is gross. i also kinda feel like a huge nerd playing magic in a city i don't live in... i'm telling myself that there are people out there who travel for tournaments.

Ha! I was wondering the same thing about Indianapolis, where I'm staying for the week. Unfortunately got here a day too late to try my hand at GP Indy, but I'm sure there must be other stuff going on later on the week.

Sorry, haven't even built my deck yet, let alone played games against you all. Will try harder this week.

do you know which stores do weekday drafts?

dueling grounds has a weekly swiss draft for $15($10 packs/$5 prize pool) on thursdays @ 6:30. its just west of dufferin station

401 games has a swiss draft for $13 ($10 packs/$3 prize) for fnm. starts around 6. they also have single elim drafts on sundays @ 4 for like $10 - prize structure of these has varied seemingly every time ive played one. oh they're on yonge st. just north of gerrard.

you can also try harry t north and/or heavy support - ive never been to either since theyre p far from where i live/work but i know they have weekly drafts and heavy support is supposed to have the best singles prices in the city

stronghold packs

iatee:
Mindwarper
Constant Mists
Stronghold Taskmaster
Fanning the Flames
Mob Justice
Mogg Flunkies
Cloud Spirit
Brush with Death
Crossbow Ambush
Spined Wurm
Spirit en-Kor
Overgrowth
Spindrift Drake
Shock
Honor Guard

lamp:
Jinxed Ring
Flame Wave
Scapegoat
Hibernation Sliver
Rabid Rats
Youthful Knight
Mind Games
Foul Imp
Mob Justice
Venerable Monk
Skyshroud Archer
Cloud Spirit
Lowland Basilisk
Brush with Death
Endangered Armodon

gravel:
Pursuit of Knowledge
Bullwhip
Wall of Essence
Ransack
Honor Guard
Morgue Thrull
Flowstone Blade
Endangered Armodon
Lowland Basilisk
Spike Colony
Dungeon Shade
Craven Giant
Rabid Rats
Tidal Warrior
Mana Leak

cider:
Grave Pact
Mask of the Mimic
Crystalline Sliver
Mind Peel
Brush with Death
Crossbow Ambush
Lab Rats
Cloud Spirit
Honor Guard
Mlch
Skyshroud Falcon
Tidal Warrior
Hammerhead Shark
Samite Blessing
Change of Heart

frog:
Spitting Hydra
Mind Peel
Crystalline Sliver
Corrupting Licid
Leap
Hammerhead Shark
Dungeon Shade
Fling
Morgue Thrull
Mob Justice
Tortured Existence
Skyshroud Falcon
Crossbow Ambush
Dream Prowler
Spike Colony

vinnie:
Hidden Retreat
Flame Wave
Bottomless Pit
Temper
Bandage
Provoke
Crossbow Ambush
Spike Worker
Mind Games
Youthful Knight
Cannabalize
Contempt
Flowstone Shambler
Spirit en-Kor
Duct Crawler