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Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 3:07 am**

I can't go to states cause I'm broke as a joke.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 3:11 am**

I think I'm going to give in and build a tier one modern deck. Have most of the cards for UWR control, so I think I'm going to build that.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 3:34 am**

I think I'm going to give in and build a tier one modern deck. Have most of the cards for UWR control, so I think I'm going to build that.

Interesting I've always pegged you as an aggressive player (which is why you preferred Ash over YP$ back in the day) good luck with UWR control

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 4:15 am**

I think I'm going to give in and build a tier one modern deck. Have most of the cards for UWR control, so I think I'm going to build that.

Might be going that route myself if Kiki pod just doesn't pan out but will turn UWR into Kiki Control. Can't quit the goblin.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 5:49 am**

I feel like I'm working my life away.

The decent paycheck is some consolation, though only some.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 5:49 am**

I blink and there goes another day.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 7:11 am**

I heard asians.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 7:12 am**

There needs to be an mtgasia. We'll do awesome decklists in any language other than english.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 7:24 am**

Why has this forum stagnated? It seems like therems been a lot of conflict,

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 10:21 am**

I apologize that I don't post much here. Playing exclusively Modern and a bit of EDH/Cube/Legacy on the side, so I don't have much to contribute in terms of standard which seems to be the popular format here.

In other news, my inactivity has gotten me removed as a mod on MTGS as well. Heh.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 10:50 am**

Well, my friend sort of fucked my by telling me that he decided he doesn't want to go to states, like, tonight at 12:30 so my plans for the weekend are shot. While it's a bitch move anyways, particularly pissed off because I changed my plans around going tomorrow. If he had told me just earlier in the day, I'd probably have just taken the train to visit family this weekend, but I can't even do that really. Kinda bullshit.

So it looks like tomorrow I'm either gonna play team sealed or legacy, but after 2 practice matches, it looks like my D&T skills are rusty as shit.

I should probably just do laundry and watch PT coverage or something

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 10:56 am**

Well, my friend sort of fucked my by telling me that he decided he doesn't want to go to states, like, tonight at 12:30 so my plans for the weekend are shot. While it's a bitch move anyways, particularly pissed off because I changed my plans around going tomorrow. If he had told me just earlier in the day, I'd probably have just taken the train to visit family this weekend, but I can't even do that really. Kinda bullshit.

So it looks like tomorrow I'm either gonna play team sealed or legacy, but after 2 practice matches, it looks like my D&T skills are rusty as shit.

I should probably just do laundry and watch PT coverage or something

Just go
to states anyway? You can make new friends over there.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 11:30 am**

So, for anybody interested in building a community commander deck, I came up with a fun exercise for us:

viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2630

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 11:43 am**

Well, my friend sort of fucked my by telling me that he decided he doesn't want to go to states, like, tonight at 12:30 so my plans for the weekend are shot. While it's a bitch move anyways, particularly pissed off because I changed my plans around going tomorrow. If he had told me just earlier in the day, I'd probably have just taken the train to visit family this weekend, but I can't even do that really. Kinda bullshit.

So it looks like tomorrow I'm either gonna play team sealed or legacy, but after 2 practice matches, it looks like my D&T skills are rusty as shit.

I should probably just
do laundry and watch PT coverage or something
Just go to states anyway? You can make new friends over there.

He was my ride

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 12:40 pm**

That's a total bitch move, LP.

:ape:

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 2:41 pm**

Oh shoots. Laundry sounds good. Or even better watch PT coverage while doing laundry.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 4:03 pm**

I think I'm going to give in and build a tier one modern deck. Have most of the cards for UWR control, so I think I'm going to build that.
Interesting I've always pegged you as an aggressive player (which is why you preferred Ash over YP$ back in the day) good luck with UWR control

I am, but my team has convinced me that if I'm going to travel for GPs, I need to play a real deck. I can assemble UWR control cheaper than
anything else that's tier one.

I used to play UWR control back in Ravnica standard (and even enjoyed it) and did well with UWR last summer when testing for GP:Kitakyushu (probably should have played that lol).

Mostly just need a tier one deck and it's the easiest one for me to build. Hopefully it will also help me grow as a player.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 4:13 pm**

Just play U/R delver.

Anyway, there is an aggressive version of UWR which is the Geist/Brimaz version.

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 10:35 pm**

I want a tier one deck lol.

Anyway, won my GPT today! Two byes for Chicago!

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2014 11:54 pm**

I want a tier one deck lol.

What criteria are you using to determine T1? UR delver is currently out performing UWr online and has taken GPs before (though its been awhile since UR last won an GP).

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 1:23 am**

I want a tier one deck lol.

Anyway, won my GPT today! Two byes for Chicago!

Congrats man!

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 2:07 am**

I want a tier one deck lol.

Anyway, won my GPT today! Two byes for Chicago!

There is a warped perception of what is "tier one" in modern. Just because a deck has performed well in the past doesn't make it better than a new deck which is performing well.

I can safely say with confidence that UR delver and UWR midrange are strictly tier one and competitive. Even moreso than UWR control, which is losing because of the increasingly diverse metagame.

Anyway, congrats!

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 2:44 am**

Won the PT and three copies in the top 8 of the most recent GP...

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 2:45 am**

I'm building Shaun McLaren's version.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 2:50 am**

Do you count that one as midrange?

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 2:59 am**

Looking forward to making infinite angels

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 3:05 am**

I'm building Shaun McLaren's version.

That's the one I'm looking into to if I can't get it together with kikipod. It is consider control more so than midrange from what I have been reading but it can/does curve In to the combo.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 3:11 am**

Most of team Canada is on that deck. I need to get with the program lol.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 3:12 am**

Have you been playing it at all? Looking for videos of it being played.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 4:13 am**

Have you been playing it at all? Looking for videos of it being played.

Not at all because of work and trying to just get a handle on kikipod. We only have 1
Modern FNM a month locally so not many chances to really test. Standard is the big thing locally so I play that unfortunately a lot more.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 4:20 am**

Same here. One modern event a month. Might attend GP Boston, so need to learn the deck.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 4:42 am**

Ugh. I played that deck quite a bit and didn't like it. I'm still not sure how it is putting numbers on top.

Still, the numbers don't lie. All the best with that deck! It requires quite a bit of practice to play well, as the way you pilot the deck is quite different depending on the matchup. Probably one of the least linear modern decks ever.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 6:23 am**

So I watched the final match of state at my store. The top two decks were Mono Blue and Mono Green. Blue won. I'd never thought that would be the final two.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 6:29 am**

That is odd.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 6:32 am**

I heard it was very diverse too, so how they managed to get through was amazing. I knew one of the top 4 was Mono White but I wasn't sure what the 4th deck was since I was chatting with the store employees.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 8:53 am**

Tiers don't mean much in Modern ~ the difference between the top 5 decks is not substantial. UWR is at the bottom of that pile though.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 8:57 am**

If Pod gets banned i'll go back to BUG Gifts since it beats everything else in the format, but it just gets destroyed by Pod; so I think I will be on Twin for Nationals since I enjoy playing that deck.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 1:41 pm**

I want a tier one deck lol.

Anyway, won my GPT today! Two byes for Chicago!

Congrats, dude!

As for what's 'tier 1' in Modern, there's only a couple of questions you need to ask yourself. Are you playing Affinity, Pod, or Twin? If not, can your deck of choice beat Affinity, Pod, or Twin? That's about all you need to know as far as I'm concerned.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 4:23 pm**

I don't play the format enough to discuss it without talking out my ass, the the results speak for themselves. 3 top 8s in the last GP, won the last pro tour.

That's better than burn, bw tokens or goblins, which are the only modern decks I have on hand. I'm not willing to buy bobs / goyfs / other fetches right now, so it makes sense for me.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 7:25 pm**

Khans of Tarkir is the fall set with Sarkhan Vol as the main walker. Hopefully a playable red walker.

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