thanks, appreciate it
― ciderpress, Friday, 20 May 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
art on the EMA animate dead is a real treat. actually some real nice new art in general in what's been spoiled so far
http://mythicspoiler.com/ema/cards/animatedead.jpg
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
Too bad they can't update the ugliness of how the card works as well
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 17:08 (eight years ago) link
I mean, it works intuitively, but it's such a shame that the card is still so wordy and hard to parse after all these years
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
yeah "enchant dead creature" is just something that doesn't work within the rules. and yes it sucks because I really like that effect - it's powerful but there's an extra way of killing it. Makeshift Mannequin I liked because it played around in that space.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/eternal-masters
full spoiler up
― iatee, Friday, 27 May 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
nice set
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 May 2016 16:49 (eight years ago) link
i am very disappointed that they commissioned new art for Roots though, the original is a masterpiece
boooo @ the new Mother of Runes art. everything's gotta be sexy these days
serious lol at Prodigal Sorcerer though
― frogbs, Friday, 27 May 2016 16:51 (eight years ago) link
pauper gains elite vanguard and desperate ravings, also nimble mongoose though idk if that will be relevant
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 May 2016 16:54 (eight years ago) link
thank god they made Impervious Perfect a rare, I got flashbacks of losing to that repeatedly
― frogbs, Friday, 27 May 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
vma is probably my favorite draft format of all time so im v excited for this, although i doubt ill play any of it irl
― ( ^_^) (Lamp), Friday, 27 May 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
This set looks so great - I love the cube feel, like I read the spoiler and it's hard to construct a pack where I wouldn't excited about like a 5th pick common.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 27 May 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
Red looks like an intimidatingly effective Fun Police though, hope that's not the case to an extent where self-indulgence and winning end up strongly polarised.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 27 May 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
also can we talk abt how sick it is that strange fbook dudes keep using magic card art for their macros?
https://twitter.com/dasharez0ne/status/735663199941361664
― ( ^_^) (Lamp), Friday, 27 May 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
lol im a fan of that account
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 May 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
anyone got anything fun in modern rn? i still haven't really landed on anything post-birthing pod
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:13 (eight years ago) link
I got Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet in a pack recently, but I really have no clue at this stage if it is good or anything, it just had the shiny bit on it so I thought maybe!
Does anyone play/know of anywhere to play in London that isn't terrifying?
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
that card is quite popular currently
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
I have mostly been playing legacy (going to columbus actually...) and grinding lorwyn/10th edition drafts online but I would probably play the death's shadow aggro deck if I were playing modern right now, that deck is a lot of fun
― iatee, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
oh i forgot there was a legacy gp this weekend, i should probably take advantage of that to play some matches while there are more people in queue
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
yeah the gauntlet will be online soon, should be fun
― iatee, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
i dont really care about the gauntlet, i just want some practice with my deck (aluren)
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 19:44 (eight years ago) link
aluren is pretty cool, I might try that in paper one day since I have a playset of recruiters and can borrow my friend's shardless bug deck
― iatee, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
Sorry to be here asking so many beginner's questions, but what are these pre-named, pre-made decks? Does anyone ever build their own deck from scratch or is that not generally what is done if you are playing in tournaments?
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
There's plenty of people who build their own decks, but most competitive players are content to start with a proven strategy and make tweaks from there.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
Ty, good to know. I'm far from that stage yet
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
I haven't played competitive constructed in a long long time but I think it's a lot harder to be successful with your own homebrew these days, since formats get effectively solved and sorted into tier 1/tier 2/fringe decks very quickly. Also I think the cards are in general more powerful now, it's tough to really metagame well for some of the better decks in the format.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 21:00 (eight years ago) link
yeah, to elaborate, there's so many people playing this game that generally every time a new set is released, all the powerful strategies/interactions get found within a few weeks and then competitive deckbuilding becomes more about picking your preferred one of them and slowly evolving it to match up well against whatever's popular.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
of course, you could always be one of the people who found a major strategy in those first few weeks but the odds are against you
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 21:25 (eight years ago) link
man, I remember it taking like...a month before people figured out you could effectively "cheat" Tangle Wire, and suddenly there were copies in what seemed like every Standard deck. those were the days.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
also sometimes you dust off some old idea that was publicly known but discarded as a gimmick and stumble on a slightly different build of it that's a bit more consistent and win a bunch of events with it on magic online and then some pro tour player sees it and brings it to the next PT and then a year or 2 later a card gets banned in modern
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
>Does anyone play/know of anywhere to play in London that isn't terrifying?
Your choices are mostly Dark Sphere in Lambeth or Leisure Games in Finchley. I don't know anything about the latter but it's meant to be nice. I have only good things to say about Dark Sphere - it's super nerdy obviously but they try hard to make it pleasant and friendly.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
How did folks do drafting Eternal Masters? I had a ton of fun playing a BR aggro/sacrifice deck with 3 copies of Dragon Egg. Love that card. Gonna draft it a couple more times this coming weekend :)
― davey, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 01:50 (eight years ago) link
Draft the set, that is. Maybe not the same deck
didn't sign up for the local drafts in time, gonna draft it on magic online whenever it's out on there (probably next week?)
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:24 (eight years ago) link
it's friday. i am starting to get a cold already. maybe the flu. something at any rate.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:35 (eight years ago) link
I went 11-4 at gp columbus this weekend but finished out of t64 on breakers. woulda liked to do a little bit better but I do have my first pro points.
still haven't touched eternal masters but it does look like a good limited set.
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
not bad! you still playing the recruiter taxes deck?
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 13:32 (eight years ago) link
yep. in prague someone ended up one misplay away from t8'ing with it http://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/430202#paper
it's a very strong list, vial + imperial recruiter is super broken in a format where card advantage is hard to come by and mana is super tight
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
Hope you're feeling better, Roberto! xp
― davey, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link
thx, have a feeling i'll be fine by friday evening
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
so this new set looks uh...pretty nutso thus far. everything's turning into an Eldrazi. plus they're finally doing a merge mechanic where two specific creatures become one super-creature.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 13:59 (eight years ago) link
there's 3 things i'm particularly tired of right now: 1) eldrazi 2) multicolor sets 3) sequel sets throwing so much of their weight into callbacks e.g. second iterations of legendary creatures
we've been getting a lot of 1 and 3 lately so my engagement level is low. this set looks fine, i'll play it, but nothing's gotten me too excited yet.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link
my favorite card so far is the G 1/1 deathtouch with delirium +2/+2. curious to see how many formats it cracks
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link
seems like just the word eldrazi is making ppl check out right now but i do like how they seem to be using them in the context of innistrad from what we have seen so far.
also, i can't imagine we will see back to back return sets again any time soon. i get the impression there is the feeling that a successful return requires both recapturing the milieu and also the experience of the earlier set and imo if they are really going 50/50 with new and old planes they need to question the wisdom of that or it will stale the return sets. varying the approach will keep things feeling fresher.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:44 (eight years ago) link
ok another new one i like a lot:http://media.wizards.com/2016/ouhtebrpjwxcnw5_EMN/en_D0gaFPhvFg.png
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:53 (eight years ago) link
the fall set is Kaladesh the steampunk india plane from all the origins thopter cards, so that should be a nice respite from eldrazi for a bit. maro's been talking it up as his best design since original innistrad which uh...he said similar things about theros and that one ended up being just okay so we'll see
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 15:01 (eight years ago) link
The Eldrazi reveal caught me by surprise but only because I only know about the story vaguely. felt like I was the only one on my FB feed surprised. if it was just Emrakul that'd be one thing, but based on Meld and Emerge, it seems there's gonna be a sizeable amount of Eldrazi here. if Thought-Knot Seer, Reality Smasher, and Displacer hadn't invaded every freaking format in the game in the last year, I would be more excited. SOI is also my favorite draft format probably since original Innistrad so I hope that Eldrazi don't ruin the good INN vibes
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's a cool card Cider xp
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link