Dies to Removal

According to the M15 sleeves, it appears that Pyromaster is getting reprinted, Liliana, Ajani, and Jace are back. And what's this? Nissa is the green walker? Wow.

NIIISSAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

My phone wants to autocorrect it to Nissan.

So when you use her ultimate ability, is she a Nissan Ultima?

Yay Chandra is back

Jaya really needs to be printed as a walker.

One of the older video which I left in the back-log, I still have one left (the newer videos will hopefully be up next week):

The Banning really hurt Stoneforge Mystic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIFtZbRcV2c

This is also ironic come from the guy playing G/R monsters, a deck which hasn't placed at any event since probably before jou came out.

I'm playing Jund, I did play GR at an IQ though. It clubs control like a baby seal.

Jund is tier 1.5; probably the 5th best deck in the format. GR isn't a deck.

I guess what he's saying is: Alex doesn't play Real Magic.

I'm saying he handicaps himself. Alex is a fine player.

Watching bad players give bad advice to other bad players is like looking at a car wreck:

"I don't know how black devotion works, what do I need to make it good?"
"Master of Feasts because it's big and beats the control decks early before they can kill you."
"Wow it's so good, yeah I have problem with control, this will help SO much."

Thank Goodness, Chandra, Pyromaster has been confirm by Sally as a M15 reprint.

It was expected. Core Set PWs usually are in two sets.

Holy shit, Nissan is actually really fucking good.

I mean, as far as Green planeswalkers go.

But man...is that new "Kird Ape" disappointing! I was hoping for something Flinthoof Boar-playable to be able to play Gruul Aggro for old times sake before the rotation...

Souped up Hill Giant...bleargh!

It's not really Kird Ape? Sad face. I haven't had time to check it so I'll just take your word for it.

No, it's not Kird Ape. The whole cycle was revealed today: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2014-06-25

The white and green ones are the only ones constructed playable.

Sorta.

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

I tried to tell you all...

And Nissa is actually insane. Green devotion could be much better than blue devotion ever was now.

I tried to tell you all...

Yeah...we didn't listen.

I didn't expect Kird Ape, but I was hoping for something playable outside of Limited.

Mono black, mono blue, esper, u/w would be my guess.

I tried to tell you all...

Yeah...we didn't listen.

I didn't expect Kird Ape, but I was hoping for something playable outside of Limited.

Yeah they.... I guess they're still pushing g/w. One of the things done to appease certain pros.
So the White 1 is pretty good, and the red one... *shrug*

So Nissa turns lands into creatures for good. That ought to make for some hilarious scenarios.

Mono black, mono blue, esper, u/w would be my guess.

Boros Burn > Esper

Boros Burn beats Esper, but it is not a better deck in the meta at large. Much the same way that Burn isn't better than Jund Monsters.

If we want to lump Esper and U/W together, I don't mind putting Burn in the top 5, but it's certainly not ahead of the other four decks mentioned.

Um, Burn just won a GP.

Burn is definitely better than Jund Monsters. It's easier than playing against RG Monsters because they shock the shit out of themselves.

The big players are: B/x, U/W/x, Monsters variants, Mono U, and R/x (including Burn and Boss Sligh decks).

Anybody would have to be half braindead to not expect those 5 archetypes going into any tournament.

Burn is definitely better than Jund Monsters. It's easier than playing against RG Monsters because they shock the shit out of themselves.

That's why I played RG. The consistent mana was the prime reason. Around here, there is a lot of UWx and mono black. I don't like shocking myself against devotion, and Ghor-Clan is pretty good against them, even as a creature. They also can't deal with Xenagod. UWx is just about not running into a million Celestial Flares. Having more mana dorks helps you avoid that.

RG isn't a real deck either, but I chose the right time to play it. Got my invitation with it, so no complaints.

There is literally no R/x decks around here, I'm the only one who really plays red decks. The IQ I was at was 62 people, there was no red based aggro, but 22 UWx decks and 18 devotion to black variants.

Just cuz there are no Mountains in Florida doesn't mean they don't exist in great numbers elsewhere.


This is me trying to sound all like Confucius and shit.

Alex, if I were to ever play a Monsters deck, it'd be RG for the very reasons you mentioned.