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jsilv

I watched him play some rounds yesterday, his deck was very good and well-positioned. He also ran VERY well. He won at least three games from out of nowhere that I saw with perfect rips and one game in particular where his Abzan opponent killed his first three guys, but back to back rips to win via ...

jsilv

Honestly Brimaz, Ashcloud and Stormbreath are the best against Abzan and Mardu. More importantly though, Abzan is losing popularity, GR Bees and GB Devotion are both actual bad matches and it's not great against Ascendancy (The Heroic version) either. Jeskai w/ a controlling board or quad Ashcloud I...

jsilv

You can run a deck with 4 Hornet Nest maindeck or 18 land Mono Red. Get the fuck out.

jsilv

I like Pierce as a 2 or 3-of because I frequently like being able to make other plays in a turn and it interacts well vs. Twin and Ascendancy. Remand is just a god damn beating and a snap 4-of in any blue aggro-control plan regardless of how much I disliked it in the old format. It also comes up hug...

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Tested a tweak to your list all night jsilv, LOVE the way Jace played.

2 Sarkhan
1 Jace
1 Chandra

Also dig is broken.

Oh I like that. This may actually be a place where Jace happens to line up well. And yeah, Dig is super good.

jsilv

Seeker is the fucking nut, I can't believe we were missing that card in this deck. Great two-drop that also buys 2-3 turns vs. most decks if it connects and isn't a dead draw later since you can pump it by not flushing your cards down the shitter? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk7GA4EZZrw Otherwise...

jsilv

I tried one with 3 MD and 1 in the board and thought it was a pretty big game.

jsilv

Yeah I think Junk is a very solid deck with only two real weaknesses, it's super soft to Ashiok backed by removal and Hornet Queen punches it in the face and takes it's lunch money. Otherwise Abzan Charm + Hero's Downfall gives it an edge in all fair midrange matches and it's creatures are super goo...

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Yeah, Modern is going to be very different thanks to Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time. Slow combo (Scapeshift), UWR Control and Delver decks all got infinitely better. Hell I want to board Treasure Cruise in vs. Jund in Affinity even since that's just a grind. I can't stress how much a set of Tr...

jsilv

Got some games in with the deck. Been testing with the Foothills as a fetch / Nykthos split card and mostly seems like Nyk just let's you get way ahead in the games you're winning. Like if they don't wreck your board, let alone start activating Nyk multiple times a turn, you'll probably be the one w...

jsilv

Seems like a great FNM deck. If it had a 2nd engine card I'd like it a hell of a lot more. Still if slow midrange durdle decks are the rage this could be an interesting angle to take.

jsilv

[deck]Lands 4 x Frontier Bivouac 4 x Temple of Mystery 1 x Temple of Abandon 1 x Temple of Epiphany 2 x Mana Confluence 4 x Yavimaya Coast 4 x Forest 1 x Mountain 2 x Wooded Foothills Creatures 4 x Elvish Mystic 3 x Sylvan Caryatid 4 x Kiora’s Follower 4 x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard 1 x Reclamation Sa...

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That much is obvious, I'm just curious if they're forced to or they drunkly fire off a post just because. For example, and I respect if you don't want to answer this, it appears CFB's writers write more about what they're comfortable about or they're straight up that they're doing stream of conciou...

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Wall of omens doesn't seem that bad to me in any matchup really. It seems worst against pure combo(doesn't really exist in big numbers) and twin and a blocking cantrip with upside elswhere. It's actively good against jund and pod, and fine vs. affinity. It basically bridges you to your high end and...

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Tom Ross is basically same master class red player as Patrick Sullivan.

jsilv

Just noticed CFB has Game of Thrones sleeves. They look nice, let's see if they hold up.

They are fucking awful quality, but look good. Good marketing plan to make you buy like 5.

jsilv

Legacy is super fun in terms of casting Brainstorm because bad players get to feel like they get to make relevant decisions and good ones get to see enough of their deck in most games that it removes a good chunk of sackery out of it. Part of that is undone because the cards are so ridiculously powe...

jsilv

I'm coming to the sad realisation that I'm a better deck builder than player.

Haven't you only been playing for like 5 minutes compared to most high-level players?

jsilv

I like the number of strawman / bullshit arguments being played out over the last 4-5 pages. Well played.

jsilv

More and more, I realize I need to become a Judge. I've been talking with the local L2s, and apparently it wouldn't take long for me to reach L2 since I have most of the rules knowledge and have a firm grasp of most of the penalties/corrections. I'd certainly like to be mailed a grand every couple ...

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re: cardboard crack, it actually could be ok to funny if the author would stop using the 4 panel format and stop over explaining the fucking joke. Like the mindslaver one is close to reasonable if we cut a panel. Here's an easy one. here's the original: http://cardboard-crack.com/post/82957809029/wo...

jsilv

Do we have any rules about posting SCG premium content? I want to post Patrick Chapin's Black Aggro deck, which I think its adorable with its 4x Brain Maggots and 4x Thoughtseize MD.

decks are fair game, entire articles are a no-no

jsilv

It's like Bizzaro Nightveil Specter / Daxos. The lack of evasion sucks, but I probably couldn't ever beat that if it hit me. The trample is such a weird addition that basically screams, 'CAST TITAN'S STRENGTH ON ME!'.

jsilv

I am boggled how you guys still get offended because someone plays the deck and doesn't find a requisite amount of skill to make yourselves feel better. I kinda got why people were annoyed at PV for saying it, because he's played like ten games with the deck, but if you play an 11 round tourney + T8...

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OMG WE HAVE CENTAUR LORD. 4 MAna trample vigilance 3/3 All other centaurs have vigilance and trample and +1/+1. what site? http://www.magiccorporation.com/images/cartes/illustrations/149/25721/maxi/1397207516.jpg Pheres-Band Warchief Creature - Centaur Warrior Vigilance, trample Other Centaur creat...

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That is actually hilarious. That series of panels where he's forced to draw a dinosaur was genius. Allie Brosh is the author, she made a pretty hilarious book of her short stories / comics and I recommend it. She's also a Magic fan and a huge LSV fangirl, she's actually been at multiple west coast ...

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Iroas is pretty mediocre without a lot of help coming in Journey. Purphoros probably dealing as much damage on the whole in Red Devotion and red aggro doesn't need help getting around the like 4 people still playing Caryatid's. If actual Boros aggro ala Ben Lundquist / Pat Cox style is good again th...

jsilv

Yuuya's deck has 4 Staff of the Death Magus, what a champ.

jsilv

FWIW, as someone who has played the burn / esper match a lot, the scariest cards on the Esper side are easily Burning Earth, Chandra (bc the last thing I need is a red deck drawing cards), Skullcrack and Firedrinker Satyr. The best G1 cards by about a million miles are Phoenix, Mutavault and Skullcr...

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My friend JJ won the SCG LA with Esper. Super happy to see him do well as he has a real job and doesn't get to play as often as some of us despite being v. good. Plus he's a lunatic. His picture will likely be awesome.

jsilv

It's 10 mana and requires you to not be miles behind on board. It gradually got worse as everyone got better at the game. Priest control is big on keeping the board clear and against certain decks (Druid and Shaman especially) they win the game stealing a big card, not to mention the tournament win...

jsilv

It's 10 mana and requires you to not be miles behind on board. It gradually got worse as everyone got better at the game.

jsilv

Here's my arena guide, use that plus anti-grav's pick list (Since it means something in HS unlike MTG): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IwoIu-Af58Gk0_rMvnCd0bd4xYMSAB4R1vex8PNalZE/edit?usp=sharing also if you put a gun to my head for arena (74% win rate atm) ranks. #1 Mage #2 Pally #3 Druid #4 W...

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also I'm very stupid, i left travel plans up to other magic players. obviously nothing came together and people though two different ppl had volunteered to drive when no such arrangement existed. so stupid. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ksx4AkK--wU/Tt-TuKsTDeI/AAAAAAAAAEs/N2Z8WjrIdhI/s320/haruhi+srs+bsn...

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this thread has a lotta pages.

jsilv

SCG LA in a couple of days and I have no idea what I'm gonna play. Exciting times

Just play something that beats UW Control and Esper. I'm playing Esper to accomplish that!

jsilv

Dude, I just finished the ghost story one and I fucking loved it. I can't wait to read the rest of this series now. The series is very good, though the first 2 books are definitely the weakest (Still perfectly readable though) because he's finding the footing for the characters. Skin Game comes out...

jsilv

My main problem with many of the SB solutions vs. GR Monsters is that they seem to ignore the starts that actually crush you. I'd say the vast majority of my losses to GR have been: A) Incremental lifegain Courser / Disciple / Ooze present B) The classic T3 Polukranos, T4 Something Else Soul Crushin...

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How many of you guys spent hours playing this while you were in college?

http://gprime.net/game.php/kittencannon

Played a similar game for hours, Nanaca+Crash!

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