Dies to Removal

Desolation of Smaug was awful.

If there was ever any doubt that this clan is comprised of the neckbeardiest of the neckbeards, the group dislike of the Hobbit resolidified things

Never a dull reminder of why winning prize packs and store credit is not worth the average LGS ensemble

I've been meaning to watch Sherlock though

Desolation of Smaug was awful.

If there was ever any doubt that this clan is comprised of the neckbeardiest of the neckbeards, the group dislike of the Hobbit resolidified things

This is one of those rare instances where you guys should probably be listening to 'Scralty.

Iwas enjoying it until the dumb river barrel chase scene. Too much.

Fear the beard

"The first 5 hours of the trilogy is dwarves running away from orcs... we need something else..."
"Dwarves running away from a dragon?"
"Brilliant!"

Wait, wait, wait. The defining characteristics of the clan are that you like, oh I dunno, dragons, dwarves, and dicks? And here comes a movie that not only gives you that but adds the quote "I am fire. I am death." as gravy, and you've all decided you don't like it?

Er, spoiler alert above.

Made top 4 at Modern FNM tonight with UR Delver. Runechanter's Pike is nuts.

Bro, I fucking told ya!

I was skeptical, but it won me two games that I would not have won otherwise.

It's pretty boss when you're playing with Thought Scour.
But even then, even I'm surprised at how quickly my yard fills up even when I don't draw it.

Did you play with Lavamancer also?

JS - Kick Ass Torrentz will pretty much find you everything you'll need.

I ended up playing the list with no Lavaman or Thought Scour. Ran Serum Visions instead.

Game of the night was outracing an aggro deck that thought for sure he had me beat. He swung for the fences with his zombies with me having Young Peezy and four elemental tokes. I declare no blocks and after combat he played Deathrite and Tymaret as blockers. No cards in his hand. He's at 16.

Me: EOT bolt you, trigger. Snapcaster targetting bolt, bolt you, trigger. My turn Vapor Snag Tymaret, swing for the win.

Him: angrily scoops cards.

Love this deck.

Damn, that sounds fun. If I had fetches, that sounds like what I would build. That and UWR twin.

I was planning on running this while I collect fetches I need for UR Twin, but I had so much fun with the deck last night I may drop that idea and just run this.

Delver sound like more fun, so if you can win with it, that seems poem the better choice.

O don't know why my phone wanted to put the word "poem" in that sentence, but it was supposed to be a "like."

Fuckin O

I was planning on running this while I collect fetches I need for UR Twin, but I had so much fun with the deck last night I may drop that idea and just run this.

It's definitely fun. I built it because I needed to give my brain a rest from Red Aggro in Modern. As it turns out, I love drawing cards, counterspells, and making tempo plays as much as I like slinging Bolts.

Also, I like knowing that the Snapcasters I had collecting dust for almost a year and a half are now being put to good use.

Tiago is just too much fun in this deck. With Young Peezy out it's flat out unfair.

Is that the UR Delver / Pyro deck from the WmwiM thread?

I had to order Grim Lavamancers last night. Can't find my anywhere. feelsbadman.jpg.

I've been trolling in the MTGO practice room with this all morning -

[deck]Young Peezy Janky Superjank[/deck]

Yeah, maindeck Warleader's Helix. I should write a book called "Previous Level Deckbuilding".

Wait, wait, wait. The defining characteristics of the clan are that you like, oh I dunno, dragons, dwarves, and dicks? And here comes a movie that not only gives you that but adds the quote "I am fire. I am death." as gravy, and you've all decided you don't like it?

I liked it

Is that the UR Delver / Pyro deck from the WmwiM thread?

The same.

Is that the UR Delver / Pyro deck from the WmwiM thread?

The same.

Yeah I think there's a couple posted. Mine, Val's, and maybe one that Alex did.

Wait, wait, wait. The defining characteristics of the clan are that you like, oh I dunno, dragons, dwarves, and dicks? And here comes a movie that not only gives you that but adds the quote "I am fire. I am death." as gravy, and
you've all decided you don't like it?

I liked it

Same. It reminded me that everyone loves pointy eared poon.

I love boats n hoes.

Casually 3-1 my first THS 6-booster Sealed DE. lozlz what is this format? 5/6 CMC removal? Garbo

should've steamed that shit ham. I would much rather watch that then scg standard

You sure? It's boring battlecruiser Magic

The format is all about "build a giant threath". this is supported by the main mechanics , bestow and monstrosity. Removal sucks just because it can usually eat the only opponent's threath, so at less mana cost it would have been devastating. Anyway the best removal spells are blue bounce spells (voyage's end, griptide).
the only strategy that differs from "build a giant threath" is the heroic one, usually in red/white decks that play a lot of small creatures with heroic and a lot of combat tricks.
Yes, the format is quite boring.

the magic would be boring, the commentary would not.

i mean, all ive been doing is playing XCOM all day

Currently sitting at 4-2 at the ptq. Lost a close one vs a black based rakdos aggro, then got nutted on by an orzhov control, and couldn't draw diddly.

Top8 is pretty much impossible, but top16 gets shit, so still playing.

Did not do do well at FNM I did fine till I ran into a UW deck. He drew 3 RTR Jace and more draw than I could handle both damn games. I fucking hate that deck and wonder if he cheating some how as his hands are always to good to be true. All I did was react to his plays or future plays after thoughtsieze. I shuffled his deck just to be sure, but it did not good. Whatever he needed to draw against me; he drew it or double of it. Just bull shit no way draws constantly from him. My deck was getting great draws, but could not keep up against his constant digging. I play mono-black devotion and I usually eat UW easy. WTH?

It's a good deck, very consistent. I doubt he is cheating if you are actively looking for it and see nothing shady.

Did not do do well at FNM I did fine till I ran into a UW deck. He drew 3 RTR Jace and more draw than I could handle both damn games. I fucking hate that deck and wonder if he cheating some how as his hands are always to good to be true. All I did was react to his plays or future plays after thoughtsieze. I shuffled his deck just to be sure, but it did not good. Whatever he needed to draw against me; he drew it or double of it. Just bull shit no way draws constantly from him. My deck was getting great draws, but could not keep up against his constant digging. I play mono-black devotion and I usually eat UW easy. WTH?

Don't know if cheating or not, but the thing that makes UW so good right now is that it's such a simple, efficient, concise control
list. They basically have 1 threat (Elspeth), 1 way to recycle everything (Elixir) to go through their cards infinite times, and the rest is comprised of counters/removal and card advantage engines.

I'm actually surprised you do so well against UW if you're on MBD. Mono-black is a slower deck too, and usually a control deck like UW will have a better matchup against something slower.

Yeah, control smacks around mono black pretty good.

just remembered there's an SCG event so tuned in to the feed. I heard Cedric just say "there's no thragtusk or restoration angel in the format any longer." Oh? Really?

Yeah, control smacks around mono black pretty good.

I watched other games he played, same result. I am now curious to see how many of each copy he is running. Will be putting pithing needle in my side board again. Single discard just ain't cutting it lately against UW.

Yeah, control smacks around mono black pretty good.

I watched other games he played, same result. I am now curious to see how many of each copy he is running. Will be putting pithing needle in my side board again. Single discard just ain't cutting it lately against UW.

Duress should also be able to hit just about everything important in UW's 75.

And 4-3 drop. Oh well. Considering it's my first ptq and how long I've been playing tourneys, I'm content.