Dies to Removal

Yeah, once you try to get more competitive, you try to push your rank up and up and up ad nauseam. I topped out at 23 at the Neverused Tier of battles, with a sweet lineup i called Glass wall. (combo of glass cannons and bulky walls, loved it). I like the random battles though, fun stuff.

Arrigato ^_____^

Link?

http://www.twitch.tv/aprosak/b/453442312

I acquired Fire Emblem: Awakening about a month ago, actually. Compared to Path of Radiance(the last FE title I played) it's a bit underwhelming. Where the latter could enthrall me for a straight half-hour with nothing but storyline and static background images, the former is basically a tedious repetition of "Commander! Scouts report sightings of the enemy up ahead! We need to prepare for battle!" -cue pre-battle screen- I was disappointed.

FE:A was very good for introducing someone to the series though (which is me). Went Classic Normal and just starting Classic Hard. The difference is quite huge.

BLARGH!! Late night brewing for tomorrow while rusty requires help from my clan. Meta has A LOT of red in it right now, which I pretend to blame on myself showing the power of fire, ran my KDW brew last week but had too many grindy matches where I didn't have grindy cards. So heres where Im at at 11:30pm EST the night before...

[deck=KDStuffZ?]

19 Mountain
3 Mutavault

4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Stromkirk Noble
4 Ash Zealot
3 Young Pyromancer
3 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Hellrider

2 Chandra, Pyromaster

4 Pillar of Flame
4 Searing Spear
3 Brimstone Volley
2 Flames of the Firebrand

Sideboard
3 Mizzium Mortars
2 Thundermaw Hellkite
2 Traitorous Blood
2 Skullcrack
2 Burning Earth
2 Volcanic Strength
[/deck]

Not sure on the board. Lots of red based decks (Gruul Jund Naya Mirror) a fair amount of Unflinching Courage decks and Jank. Debating cutting Maw for +1 crack +1 Strength/Earth

Also, I may be just
fucking losing it, but Reckoner being boarded in G2 against us, spot removal asap? I dropped both of my g3s last week to reckoner lines.

You're really ambitious if you're considering bringing in two Thundermaw Hellkite from the sideboard on only 22 land. Up that land count, son.

Today is the first time I've ever had more that $200.00 in my bank account at one time(aside from scholarship stuff.) Being financially dependent again seems to have benefits. Yay for silver linings!

I may have lost the woman, but at least I got paper, son.

You're really ambitious if you're considering bringing in two Thundermaw Hellkite from the sideboard on only 22 land. Up that land count, son.

I think I'm cutting the Maw in the board. Its a great topdeck but I think I have to make too many sacrifices. Think those two slots may be better for shoring up the mirror? Just tested in some multiplayer matches to take a look at the reach, the Chandra draw is a damn god send if you go into heads up.

I may have lost the woman, but at least I got paper, son.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfBCarK9g ... KfBCarK9g4

Today is the first time I've ever had more that $200.00 in my bank account at one time(aside from scholarship stuff.) Being financially dependent again seems to have benefits. Yay for silver linings!

Yeah man! Being married is definitely a strain financially. Women cost a lot of money. We don't have to go get our hair done or our nails did. We get to spend that money on Magic.

Holy cow, M14 boosters are at 3.61 tix right now! I'm not used to boosters being so high.

I may have lost the woman, but at least I got paper, son.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfBCarK9g ... KfBCarK9g4

That's actually pretty awesome.

Yeah man! Being married is definitely a strain financially. Women cost a lot of money. We don't have to go get our hair done or our nails did. We get to spend that money on Magic.

Right? I'm seriously not used to having this much extra income lying around. I could totally ground-up build a Tier1 Standard deck right now.

Or Modern.

Maybe even...Legacy.

brb hyperventilating

So I had an interesting Game three vs BG control with my Standard RDW:

http://www.twitch.tv/valdarith/b/453600335

Sorry for the overbearing game sound. Still getting the hang of this broadcasting thing.

If you have disposable income and want to make a smart investment, buy AS MANY snapcasters while you can now and sell them in 3 years when they're 50 bucks. Right now, they're going for about 15. Another solid investment cardboard wise is liliana. Second best walker of all time.

Alternatively, Modern decks. Modern is currently my favorite format to play as I've finally gotten bored with standard. Pillar of flame is so lame when you know magma jet is around the corner...

I hope we get a reasonably costed 3-damage burn.

Volcanic Hammer

Would play.

Volcanic Hammer would be better than nothing. We would go from 1cc Sorcery (Pillar) and 2cc Instant (Searing Spear) to 1cc Instant (Shock) and 2cc Sorcery (Hammer). Not counting the overlap months with both M13 and M14. Sounds decent and plausible, especially since we get Magma Jet as well.

Having a spell that burns for 3 is obviously better than not having it (if only Mizzium Mortars could go for the dome...), yet I'd hope for something playable at instant speed

Well, we still have Annihilating Fire, but that's at 3cc so it's a bit awkward. Speaking of 3cc instant burn...any thoughts on Massive Raid in a creature heavy build with Young Pyromancers?

I could try it out in my Izzet Troll deck, but I don't see myself testing it out in anything competitive

My gut feeling is that it's a bit too unreliable for anything outside Limited, but I don't know, as a 1-2? Mutavaults, BTEs, YPs...those creatures add up. One creature + YP, and it already deals 3 damage.

T1 FSD
T2 BTE + YP, FSD attack for 3
T3 Massive Raid for 4, Creatures attack for 6. Although MR on T3 is probably not the best thing to do.
T4 4 Creatures on board doing 6 damage, I'm sure we can find another point somewhere.

But is this too Magic Christmasland? Waiting for incoming Z-message declaring it crap...

Just give us Incinerate already =/

We go to the ultrasound today to find out if we've got a boy or girl on the way. I'm not hoping for one more than the other, though I know my wife would like a little girl. I'll be content just knowing the kiddo is healthy. It will certainly help with picking out a name.

I'm headed out to FNM tonight with a friend. I'm vacillating between a straight R or Rb Young Pyromancer build. I like the consistency of R, but the flexibility of Rb is very appealing. It's grindier than I'm used to playing. Any suggestions for an unknown meta?

Sally put Thoughtseize on the Theros spoiler page. The source claims that it is a rare.

I may have lost the woman, but at least I got paper, son.

Kaze got 99 problems, but his bank account ain't one.

Massive Raid and Annihilating Fire are not constructed playable.

^And there it was...

@Kaze
League of Legends? Best time waster ever invented. Also, shitty romantic animes to sob alone in the corner (I did that for FUCKING years).

@Kaze
League of Legends? Best time waster ever invented. Also, shitty romantic animes to sob alone in the corner (I did that for FUCKING years).

Why Belldandy?


WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

We go to the ultrasound today to find out if we've got a boy or girl on the way. I'm not hoping for one more than the other, though I know my wife would like a little girl. I'll be content just knowing the kiddo is healthy. It will certainly help with picking out a name.

I'm headed out to FNM tonight with a friend. I'm vacillating between a straight R or Rb Young Pyromancer build. I like the consistency of R, but the flexibility of Rb is very appealing. It's grindier than I'm used to playing. Any suggestions for an unknown meta?

Try out my mono red Pyromancer build. Ive been testing it the past couple of days and I really like it how it plays against a broad field.

Good shit Kaze! Glad to hear you sounding chipper! Yes, marriage usually means never having your own bank account again. And the ladies love to spend your hard earned money. Add a couple kids into that mix and you are guaranteed to be broke for the next 18 years. FML

Valdarith, I started playing your Pyromancer build on MTGO yesterday and it's super fun. I really like the 4 Mortars maindeck. Aint no Loxodon Smiters hanging around here!

Text of the discussion from Sally alluded to above:

Mod Edit: Thoughtseize is definitely in Theros

Quote:
Originally Posted by TK-421 View Post
Thoughtseize is rare.
Mod Edit:
Chained to the Rocks W
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant _____ you control
When Chained to the Rocks enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Chained to the Rocks leaves the battlefield.
(That creature returns under its owner’s control.)

Quote:
Originally Posted by viperesque View Post
-Chained to the Rocks is definitely not "Enchant land you control", and is probably "Enchant Mountain you control".
Quote:
Originally Posted by viperesque View Post
Don't trust me 100% on this. It could be Island instead, or even something else. All I know is that it's very flavourful.

(Note: the reason why I say Mountain or Island is that there are a few different Greek legends where characters are
chained up and left somewhere, and a few different versions of each of those. I don't know which is being referenced.)

@Val — I like the look of that Pyromancer build. I'll sleeve it up and try a few rounds of solitaire with it to see how it feels.

That would be an interesting effect and would fit flavor-wise with the red/white king and queen legendary creature. I'm liking the top down design of this set so far.

And it looks like we're having another boy! I'm liking the name Alexander (even if it is super-gay ) for a first name.

@Val — I like the look of that Pyromancer build. I'll sleeve it up and try a few rounds of solitaire with it to see how it feels.

That would be an interesting effect and would fit flavor-wise with the red/white king and queen legendary creature. I'm liking the top down design of this set so far.

And it looks like we're having another boy! I'm liking the name Alexander (even if it is super-gay ) for a first name.

Alex is super gay.
Alexander is bitchin.

@Kaze
League of Legends? Best time waster ever invented. Also, shitty romantic animes to sob alone in the corner (I did that for FUCKING years).

I play LoL off and on. I fucking hate the playerbase so I can only handle it for a few months at a time.

Oh, I'm no stranger to shitty romantic anime/anime in general...

Gratz on the boy, strider. ^^

Truth be told I love all names that start with an "A." It symbolizes strength and sounds pleasant to me. Alexander, Annabella, Augustine. Your kid is basically guaranteed to either be an insightful author or a conqueror of Europe.

Annihilating Fire is playable in the absence of any other quality board.

Z's just embarrassed that he play several in his sideboard at the beginning of last season

@Val — I like the look of that Pyromancer build. I'll sleeve it up and try a few rounds of solitaire with it to see how it feels.

That would be an interesting effect and would fit flavor-wise with the red/white king and queen legendary creature. I'm liking the top down design of this set so far.

And it looks like we're having another boy! I'm liking the name Alexander (even if it is super-gay ) for a first name.

Just FYI, that's Tristan's middle name as well...it's a good name! You are in soooooo much trouble...that ornery little devil of yours is gonna teach this guy all the good tricks!!! Congrats on what I'm guessing looks
to be a healthy kiddo!

Congrats on the boy, Windstrider!
And Val, I think I'll play your Young Pyro build from here on out. I was thinking of finishing the season with old-school KDW (pretty much what Khaos has in his primer), but yours seems like a lot of fun, and I already have all the cards for it. Plus, its probably a lot stronger against the current meta than KDW.