Horrible Art EditionPrevious: >>97792409News & RemindersStrixhaven soon in ArenaStrixhaven already draftable against ai in Snapshop of MTG Forge. Beta so there may be bugs.Spoilers for next sets somewhere here: https://scryfall.comUseful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaAhttps://github.com/Card-Forge/forge/releases
is 1-drop in momir the new meta?I've had opponents spam creatures three games in a row, going 123 and I haven't been able to keep up
>>97895704Momir doesn't have a fucking meta. It's completely random. I've always dropped every turn possible because you're just as likely to drop a mana ramp as you are an ornithopter, and like you said if you wait you could be swamped behind useful useful weenies.
Blue will be cooking in Strix.
Favorite BGM? I thought Tarkir's was pleasant background noise.
>>97895859Don't play Tarkir sounds, it's full of subliminal sissy hypno to get you to buy more Aleshas
>>97895792When does blue not?
>>97895930DFT? Idk I was basically out for that one.
>>97895781idk, it's usefull to skip a turn at time, so you can get higher tier units. it's mainly luck dependant, though. the one that rolls fliers first or things that help with land draw usually wins
>>97895859New Capenna's board has some nice music
>>97895781idk, it may be useful to to skip a turn, so you can go higher tier faster. but it's really just luck dependant, the one the gets flying or mana/land abilities will win.
>>97895935Definitely not
>>97895545New to mtg. My favorite color is blue. How do I play it?
>>97896362Usually blue is part of a control or tempo plan. Control wants to shut down opponents from winning the game, tempo wants to be efficient on the board and close out the game quickly while disrupting the opponent's impactful plays. You're in luck, as blue (and blue/red in particular) is currently extremely strong right now. You can check out meta decks at various places like https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/standard#paper
>>97895545I looked at this thumbnail and thought it was a white man animorphing into some kind of carrot.
>>97896013>>97896038not a dopelganger, sever issues posting, i repeat not a dopelganger
>>97896362Add red and play izzet. Mono blue is shitty slow format that will burn your nerves. Only way to enjoy arena grind and rigging is to play something that wins quickly or looses quickly.Get your ideas from decks here: https://mtgdecks.net/Standard
>>97895545Is Strixhaven (both the plane and the deck) just a giant self insert for the Tumblr crowd ?
>>97897572>the Tumblr crowdSame energy as calling out myspace users in 2014.
>>97897681would you prefer if he said Trannies & Tranny Accessories?
>people freaking the fuck out about having ancestral recall on a creature>people didn't give a shit when we got dark ritual+, ancestral recall, and lightning bolt on a creatureWhat gives?
>>97897840Because people are dumb and can't recognize that all of them are bad cards. Only playable one in Standard is the bolt guy, and that's a maybe.
Arena is for kikes who hate white
>>97898213it's also for retards who can't recognize patterns
>>97898331The patterns of kikes
Is Platinum Rank in Constructed a flex? It was kind of easy to get there, so I'm not sure if I'm just lucky or if it is actually a mark of skill.
can we talk about how TMNT color pairs ABSOLUTELY dont work with SOS color pairs.What the fuck is wrong with that?
>>97897840>you have to pay CMC 6 and tapversus>you have to pay U
>>97897840I dislike the Magus because it's a solid body in its own right and it comes with an ability that you MUST shut down; Rith is the only other one that compares but it's a multicoloured legendary
>>97900680No
>>97897840The new one is repeatable by itself, Loot can only do it once. Also the new one is actually a spell trigger, so you get other advantages like prowess triggers, storm count, etc.
>>978957048 is the magic number for momir, it's where all the biggest impact hits are. The useful 1 drops are vastly outnumbered by chaff. I usually drop at 2, and skip 3 on the play.
>>9790173613 is the best, if you can get to it. it's guaranteed Emrakul.
>>97903839...or it was 11. anyway, one of those gave guaranteed Emrakul, the other had a ton of shitty generics that could be drawn
>>97903878I'm Rakul
Why would you print something like this in a word that has "mobilise" mechanic?
>>97904965For fun. You guys remember that, right?
>>97905000Wrong. It's the way they (balance) the game. They're overworked, so they pick a few deck stereotypes and print better cards for them. Each set must have better cards than the last set, so the artificial demand is maintained.
>>97905221lol you think that mobilize is going to become a real deck?
>>97905320Its a real deck in Alchemy and Historic, sister
>>97905320>>97905221It's how we got the current landfall conundrum. It was a mid deck that they kept improving by printing better and better cards for it. A major problem with this approach is that we're at win by turn 4 territory now with all major meta decks, and that gives a massive advantage to the player that starts the game. Advantage was always there, but the longer the game, the smaller it is.
W/B Infusion
My unique glitch card frames.
damn it feels good to actually know how to build a deck and play it
cube chads, what to cut?kitesail, enduring curiosity, cryptic command?
They need to add a text chat so I can tell my opponents to hurry the fuck up. Everyone on this game plays so fucking slowly and it makes me want to rip my teeth out
>>97908460just spam the tarkir basedjak emote when they start slowplaying and dont think about it
Not bad, not great
>>97908275apparently the right choice, deck was kinda cracked desu
FUCK I WANT TO PLAY SOS DRAFT AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>97909292same manI have been simulating drafts for like hoursEvery deck looks super interesting to play.CANT WAIT
Retard here. I thought this would be an easy way to get into MTGI just finished the five battle tutorial and have no idea what anything is. I found a bunch of free packs in my mailbox, but all opening them did was give me a headache since I don't know what anything is. Reading through several hundred cards somehow just made everything make even less sense.I couldn't find more of any of those packs in in particular in the store either. So I don't really understand how I'm supposed to build towards anything that looked cool from the free cards.I'm kind of lost. What do?
>>97909292I kinda dislike it already. Izzet is so much better than the rest, that it's not even funny. Even that bloody Whale is unstoppable in combination with various multicast abilities that Izzet has. If you get Horse, it's even better.BW is outright trash. It can not be build at all. It relies on multiple units, and counter, but you can not build decks with many units simply because there are no cheap creatures in the set. Also, duress for four mana!I'm pretty sure that going Blue or Red in combination with any out of 'school' colour is better than building anything else. While doing 3 colours simply doesn't work, because there are no creatures or lands that support doing that. It worked in Tarkir and FF because it had lands and creatures. Here you have creatures that benefit from going 3 colours, but you can't rely on them alone, since they're too scarce.
>>97909927Go play started deck challenge, and read cards. It's all pretty self-explanatory. Also, make sure to win at least one game with each deck, it'll give you all the cards in it.
>>97909927No idea how the NPE works now, they've changed it a bunch over the years. Are there still color challenges? Those are basically extended tutorials. If not, I think starter deck queue would be the place to go, everyone gets to pick one of ten decks and play against each other. Playing field is more balanced because your collection doesn't matter and you don't need to worry about deckbuilding, just try out the ones that look cool.>Reading through several hundred cards somehow just made everything make even less senseIt's a card game, if you're not able to do that then it's probably not for you tbqhwy.>So I don't really understand how I'm supposed to build towards anything that looked cool from the free cards.You probably want to start just through tinkering with the free decks, don't spend rare or mythic wildcards. Generally, certain colors and combos will do similar things across sets, you can build around those archetypes. You can also look at meta sites if you want to netdeck, aetherhub and mtggoldfish have breakdowns. Deckbuilding in Magic is really hard, so I'd recommend making at least one good deck that you can do dailies with before you blow all your resources messing around with brews. Long term you'll want to git gud at grinding out events if you want a big collection, whether that's constructed or limited, but that's pretty far off, just learn the game for now.
>>97909927>>97910025>>97910333After tutorial and a few starter deck games you should get into jump in. Its a decent bridge to standard. You can also watch youtubers, which should accelerate your learning process. Just pay attention to the 'little tricks' they are doing
>>97910401I completely forgot about Jump In, yeah that's a good bridge and will help get a bunch of decent cards.
>>97907049This. So much this.
prerelease was 50% troons jesus christ no wonder the art is so fucking ugly
prerelease was 50% troons jesus christ no wonder the art is so fucking uglyalso boros is comically bad why the fuck is there an aggro-tempo play style when there are no fucking aggro creatures
>>97911335>>97911338Did you have a stroke?
>make fun homebrew deck to play Standard with>don't win often, but it's enjoyable>out of sheer curiosity look up how much it would cost to own it irl>Cavern of Souls alone is 50 buckaridoos eachHoly shit I thought you guys were jokingThank FUCK I'm perfectly happy playing Arena
>>97911901Yeah physical TCGs have a big cost issue in general. Great cards are 100% designed to be great, so they have their print quantities artificially limited while the secondary market of investor bros do regular buyouts on the market to keep those artificially scarce card prices artificially high.That applies to everything. Trading Card Games all kinda suck on a competitive level. Casual matches with close friends and home printed proxies, or casual matches with friends where everyone runs jank, will always be the most fun.
>>97911901If you play with friends, just print that shit out, its literally free lmao
>>97898213>white>not OP>when THIS exists and hoses every one of my decks
>>97895545same artist btw
>>97912671I have it in the sidedeck in my monowhite decks against agro, but it's just such a slow card. It slows the game completely, and makes it boring. I much rather outagro people without rely on Authority.
now way
>>97912118It's mostly justMost of the cards that are actually viable enough to be run in a constructed deck are rares or mythics, which naturally inflate the price a lot; commons and uncommons really fucking suck nowadays, you rarely see a standard deck running combat tricks or "value creatures" because gameplans are so streamlined that you need to make sure 100% of cards are useful in 100% of situations. And unsurprisingly, rares and mythics are fucking expensive even when they're niche/not super versatile; then there's stuff like Cavern where you're just fucked for trying to have a (situationally better) mana base>>97912418Yea I've seen proxies go for 1 buck each, and they come with customisable art as wellBut jeez
>>97914184Can you cast it's sorcery if it's prepared that way?
should I hold off on playing until Tuesday to save weekly wins for the new mastery?
>>97914670Didn't think of that, unless it refreshes, that's smart af, anon.
>>97914682Pretty sure that it resets. So you should do weekly before Tuesday.
>>97914458And then they ban all the common/uncommons that are worth playing. Monstrous Rage, Emberheart, Hopeless Nightmare, Up the Beanstalk, This Town...Nothing wrong with cancer in the house elementals decks, since they're running mythics, but they can't have people winning tournaments with monstrous rage and emberheart.
TMNT as a small Universes Beyond? Fine. As a whole set? Why? I'm not trying to hate, but that's just as bad as a Spongebob set. I'm just hoping SoS is a little more serious. The new Marvel set is a little sus to me too, coming next.What mechanics are y'all hyped for? Honestly, I'm under the impression that B/W is the only one worth investing in for the reparte, maybe U/R, maybe...
>>97915740They probably wanted ATLA but got TMNT as part of a package deal from Nick and figured it would be workable.
>>97915746Didn't think about that. The ATLA set was good enough in my book. I just have so much nostalgia about that show. Was TMNT ever nearly as popular though? I know they have twenty reboots, but I was never taken with a single one enough to actually seek out episodes.
>>97915753I think ATLA is more recent in cultural memory, but I do know TMNT was big back in the day. No idea on hard numbers.
>>97915764The cards just seemed relatively simple, just a couple stood out with unique mechanics. Disappearing has been a thing for years, and mutagen is just a different form of Map Tokens, but I understand they're a little different. I can't wait to see what gets banned this rotation. I'm going to build a deck from scratch. Kind of new to Arena, but the mechanics and card finder are solid.
>>97909927I'd do the Starter Deck duels for 4 or 5 wins a day. 4 gets you the best ratio of XP and coins for your time. 5 gets you a free uncommon or better, so it's a decent investment. Every deck has a chance to beat the others so the worst time you'll have is when they sandbag you and waste three timeouts before letting the game auto-concede.For your first deck, I'd recommend a mono-color style to keep your wildcard costs down. Almost every 2 or 3 color decks runs multiple players of rare lands.White has lifegain or enchantment aggro.Monoblue doesn't really have much in standard.Black has discard control, sacrifice aggro and demon midrange.I think red burn-aggro is still functional.Green has landfall aggro.You can use these to climb up the rankings to gold or better each month, then get to make the more complicated decks.I've personally used the same landfall deck since FIN last year without having to spend resources to improve it. It's usually fast enough to compete against other aggro and UR Lessons. But it gets hosed hard by WU decks that have a dozen board wipes and bounce spells. And it asks for more upfront: 15 rares and 4 mythics. My starter white enchantment deck asks for 11 rares and mostly uncommons.
>>97909927Netdeck a monocolored meta deck and grind ranked standard until you hate every other meta decks (dishonest) except yours (honest).
>>97909927dont draft (makes you a shit player)learn to build decksdont waste your wildies on standard trashfarm constructed events (star with alchemy until you have enough cards for historic)use the play-in points to compete for freeregards urza aka numerous times top constructed player
no effort
Redpill me on Pick Two draftIt's half as expensive as regular premier draft so I'm tempted to run it for SoS>>97915077It does reset ye, as soon as the set is out you get a brand new set of dailies and weekliesApparently there's a 2 hour window tomorrow between server maintenance and the actual set being online, so one could squeeze in an extra set of dailies
>>97916356You just know this is 1-to-1 with the reference photo (aside from the corporate mandated breast reduction).
>>97916368It's a trashfire gamemode they came up with so that drafting small low-synergy sets like Spider-man was marginally less ass. You take two cards from every pack, so the pod is half as large, which means half as many packs are opened in total. Draft strategies like finding your lane and wheeling cards go out the window compared to just trying to slam as much raw power into your deck as possible because if you're trying to do a strategy that needs at least one of a key uncommon, you have half as many packs where it might show up. It's cheap because no one sane would play it, same as Jump-In or Bot Draft.
I just love winning with emrakul>his oko on 5 loyalty>"hmm why dont I get your uro? You can have my 1/1 flyer, ive just got to cash in your oko for that but that's a price im willing to pay">"ohh, you drew a counter? Why dont counter your own narset as a joke? Haha, just kidding its conditional, im not that mean, ill just pay the 3 mana for you, whoops misclick..."Well cube is about to end in 2 days sadly
Got to platinum in Ranked Brawl with Alesha. I'm still winning most matches but don't think I have enough time to hit diamond. Hope this format comes back soon, it's fun and not salt inducing like I thought it'd be.>>97895859Dominaria United https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb0AKhBDJtE&list=RDQb0AKhBDJtE&start_radio=1&pp=ygUXTXRnIGFyZW5hIGRvbWluYXJpYSBvc3SgBwE%3DBloomburrowhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h5bnk9GVD6s&list=RDh5bnk9GVD6s&start_radio=1&pp=ygUZTXRnIGFyZW5hIGJsb29tYnVycm93IG9zdKAHAQ%3D%3DAlso quite fond of the deckbuilding screen BGM.
>"i'll take mtga seriously again once it starts getting good"
>>97915753>Was TMNT ever nearly as popular though?Massive in the 80's/90's. Reboots were never as popular though.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(1990_film)
>>97915783>baned this rotationI'd be a wonder if Badger doesn't ge banned. Then again he is Mythic, it'd make resellers mad again.
Draft token daily deal
>>97895545I've been asked to do this, (by myself).How to into MTG: Forge and Draft Practice Against AI Like A Boss: (to be featured in the future as a comfy .PNG)>Install MTG: Forge and follow all the instructions in this post, so you get all the MTG art on your cards, and you don't play with blank looking cards like a peon that you are:>https://draftsim.com/forge-mtg/>Install the latest "Daily Snapshot" build, since you want to play the latest sets, and are not fraid of bugs and shits.>Launch MTG: Forge, with "Forge.exe", so you don't start that low res adventure mode.>When in MTG: Forge, click on "Home" tab.>Select "Booster Draft" —> "New Booster Draft">Select "Block/Set", this will give you MTG: Arena experience.>Now you have a million options available for you. You can Booster Draft, practically every possible MTG set that was release in the history of MTG, and it is AWESOME!!!>For this example, we will select the latest fully supported MTG: Forge sets, and this is Ninja Turtles (you may play soon to come Strixhaven, but it's a bit buggy right now, not everything is implemented, and all that, still great practice for future drafts, and all)>Type "Ninja" in "Search" tab that opened, and select "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (set)">You shoul now be in the "Draft" tab, this works like every other MTG: Arena draft. You can sort cards by rarity, and pick one card on each turn, like in a real or Arena draft format. You should have vague "Ranking" of cards visible to help you pick. It's not perfect, but should give you an idea on what's good for each set.>Proceed picking untill you finish the draft. At the end you will have to name the draft so it's saved.>When draft is finished and saved "Draft Deck Editor" will open, and here you will build your deck.>Rand your drafted card by "Rarity" or "Ranking" and build yourself a deck of 40+ cards. Use "Add Basic Cards" button to add lands, then press "Save Deck" (ctrl+s).
>>97918137...>Go back to "Home" tab, select "Booster Draft">Select draft and deck that you've just created>Select "Play an Opponent" for one random AI Opponent that will use same draft card pool, or select "Play all Opponents" for a set of opponets.>Play the games. Match engine in MTG: Forge is slightly more advanced than in Arena. You need to manually open Graveyard and Exile tabs to interact with various cards, but most things work as they should. AI is challenging, and gives and idea on how to play the sets, while gameplay is very fast and easy to understand, offering experience that can later be used in MTG: Arena against human (and bots) as well.
>>97916701Seems like a good mode for brainlets like me, nice
>turtle avatar>no wincon deck>ropes half his turns>ropes out all timeouts once I have lethal on boardWhat a little slut
man it feels like it's been so fucking long since I drafted, I skipped TMNT.This set better be good.
>>97917374Where do draft tokens come from?Saving up via battle passes every set?
>>97916356She cute
>>97918284>she
>>97918274Every time i do your mom she gives me a token. Nerd lmao!
>>97918219>Get Lostwhat a shitty name for a card
>>97918164Thanks anon.Maybe the favalchemy shitters can finally try to learn to play Magic.
IM FUCKING READY11 RAMP 13 TUTORS HERE I COME
>>97915753TMNT was INSANELY popular in 1988-92. Extreme mainstream popularity. Far more than Avatar ever was.Avatar did not really have awareness outside of its audience. Part of that is due to media, especially kids media, being much more fractured in the 00s than in the 80s/90s.In the heyday of TMNT, it was on over the air free TV which everyone had in their house, as opposed to a niche cable network like Nickelodeon. In those days nationally syndicated first run shows were still a thing, most of the "30 minute toy commercial" shows (TMNT, GI Joe, Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man, etc) were in that category.It also had 2 hit movies, one of which featured a very popular musical act of the day, Vanilla Ice. Normie adults were aware of its existence. It was more akin to Star Wars than a niche cartoon on cable.
>>97914670weekly refreshes I believe
>>97898213>he says white isn't OP when this exists
>>97916222>I think red burn-aggro is still functional.Barely. Its removal is very poor now, with every creature coming in at 4 toughness.
>>97916222A new set is about to come out right? People say the best way to get a collection in arena is to draft but I don't see an option anywhere. Is it a limited time event or do I have to do something to unlock the ability to draft?
Green is the least fun color in cube but it's always open so I end up going green just to win. Won a bunch of gems but it's lame
>>97916368>Redpill me on Pick Two draftDogshit gameplay experience but better EV than premier/quick draft>>97919477Play -> Events -> LimitedYou need to complete the tuto to unlock draft afaik
frustrated draftranny cant play constructed much less alchemyposts on mtgag to let all straight males know (constructed players)
>>97919546Huh, Pick Two does have better EV than Premier.Still not going to play it but that's nice for newbies trying to get into actual Magic.
>>97919477They rotate sets for draft, so SOS draft will only come out when SOS is out, and Quick Draft specifically won't be out for another week or two after that. Currently it's all still the TMNT options. Once the set drops you'll be able to see the events under the Limited section in the Events tab.
>>97920038Quick draft is best for new players right?
>>97920421Yes
>>97920421Pretty much, it's the worst EV but also the lowest buy in, and new players are most likely going to perform quite poorly. But it'll give you the most opportunity to learn the format and improve.
>>97920421only if you like fake drafts and games against bots with stacked decks
its another case of op trying to groom noobs into being fodder for veteran draftrannies
draft is so easy that urzashitter goes positive in it
theres something here...
i also go infinite in constructed events because i am not a mentally challenged racist tranny aka i know how to build and play a deck
Soon......
Holy fuck they've finally eased off the gas. 9 weeks planned without shilling for the next UB set.>April 21–22: Jump In!>April 28–29: On the Edge (with Foundations)>May 5–6: Historic Pauper>May 12–13: Chromatic Start Standard>May 19–20: Into the Future>May 26–27: Brawl Builder Challenge>June 2–3: Slow Start Standard>June 9–10: Secrets of Strixhaven Cascade Draft>June 16–17: Secrets of Strixhaven Phantom Sealed
New quests are up but no Reward Track yet
>>97922109Don't worry, it'll be back soon enough.
Log in, everything looks updated, Mastery is even active and you can buy Strixhaven...but where are my 50 pre-order packs? I have the stupid card sleeve, but no packs.
>>97920902can i go infinite if im only a mentally challenged racist
>>97895545WHY IS THIS ART PLASTERED EVERYHWERE IN ARENA NOW?!! WAS OP CLAIRVOYANT, OR JUST ARENA EMPLOYEE?
We're back, bros. 2-1 with this absolute garbage WB deck because I got baited into the colors early. My loss was, of course, to a way stronger WB list. Wins were against a terrible WR combat trick focused deck, another against a 5c converge who drew their Together As One every fucking game. Saw some people talk about how the format is super slow, I don't think that'll actually be the case and at least from first impressions it doesn't seem to be. Honormancer was interesting, didn't realize it put the rest into the gy at first, which feels like it'd be WR this set instead of WB. Interceptor feels almost like a thraben/novice inspector, except it also enables repartee and taps down a blocker. Inkling mascot ended up being kind of ass, but I feel like that was just due to bad luck rather than the card being bad. Snooping page was great as expected though, clean payoff and easy to enable. Had a bunch of infusion cards that I didn't run, melacholic poet seems like decent glue for that kind of hybrid list though.
Oh I don't think I'm going to be drafting this set at all.Slow as fuck matches and too many busted cards running around. TMNT was a lot more fun than this. There were clear bombs but they were all succectible to removal. Lot of fun cards and reasonable power level. TMNT's problem was being a small set.SOS draft feels like I'm playing Standard. Same cancerous bullshit.
>>979235413-0 so far, playing this shit. Just killing people with my 5 Soloists.
GOD I fucking love free interaction
>>97923738and then they started to rigg it against me, jesus...
>>97923649Never forget. Wizards intended for Vivi, Cutter, and Monstrous Rage to be playable in this Standard.
>>97923806I wish they gave us a day with force unbanned in historic so I could just get 4 free wildcards
Went 4-1 in Traditional Sealed with this deck. 7 good on color rares + Library of Alexandria. Library is so fucking stupid.
>>97923938wrong image
Another 2-1, though this time with what I felt like was a much better list. Leaning full sultai, tons of value, lost to decking myself out twice. Beat up a pretty standard GB and a UG deck, lost to a GB deck who managed to play three rare bombs in a row both games. Essenceknit scholar is actually insane, feels so good to trade 2 drops and play her. Then on top of that she comes with a pest so you can easily draw at least one more card, plus enabling your infusion cards. Would've played more if I had them. Lumaret was also a top performer, enables infusion super easily and I feel like it should've been an uncommon. Was pretty nice with all the token generators too. Teacher's pest on the other hand kind of sucked, maybe if I had more combat tricks it would've been nicer. Emeritus did better than I expected, figured I wouldn't be able to reprepare it ever, but opponents were bad I guess. I don't think the second spell clause of barrage ever came up, it was soild enough just as an instant speed bite.>>97923738Nice, in OG Strixhaven WR was still pretty much aggro but with some late game gas, wonder if this time around it'll actually be midrange like they wanted. Soloist seems decent defense, though I wonder how realistically you'll get to trigger the 5 cmc part.
new set, draftrans chronicles timeas it makes some shit up for days then buys 90 packs on the store and declares victory
Urza goes infinite with his ass vs gay dudes. I go infinite in your mom lol.
Continuing the unfortunate string of 2-1s today, now with WR. Beat up a mostly U deck that was super slow with a pair of Jadzi as wincons, and a typical BG midrangey deck. Lost to a WB dude dropping three bomb rares in a row both games again, Antiquities on the Loose is a ridiculous card. On my end, 2x suspend aggression was great, basically a 3 cmc bounce that gives you an impulse draw. Restoration seminar isn't a good card, but I wanted to meme. Only managed to cast it once and it did nothing lol. Think I needed more enablers for Wilt in the Heat, it's so good if you get that and so bad if you don't. Strife scholar feels like maybe it'd be better in UR instead but probably not, the numbers just don't work well. Debater did pretty good in this run, vigilance lets you threaten the trigger so you can always get some value if you've got instants. Crazy that Exultant Skymarcher was a decent card not so long ago, and now Owlin Historian has multiple upsides to it and feels mid. I wanted to run Spiritcall Enthusiast but didn't think it was worth it without more token generation, W somehow barely has any this set. Maybe that was the wrong call, it would've helped push through more damage than page maybe.
nice 2k+ deficit trannynever gonna make it
That's why I never touch draft. 95% of draftroons spend 12 hours every day pre release reading every single card and then when the set actually comes out they spend all day grinding.By the time a normal person even looks at the fucking set these unwashed trannies already have memorized every mythic rate uncommon and common bomb and every color combination
>>97925318Just say youre a brainlet nigga
>>97925335CopeThat's why newbs leave draft right away and b6 day 2 it's nothing but sweats
Cashed out my draft token on a premier draft. First time drafting a set on day 1.Didn't really know what I was doing but neither did most oppos. Felt pretty unlucky with both the draft and the amount of bombs oppos were dropping.Banemaker MVP. Good blocker and attacker.Overall the format felt... mid. Inclined to agree with >>97923649.3-3
WHO THE FUCK GETS PASSED TWO OF THESE THIS GAME IS ACTUAL FUCKING DOGSHIT
That's 2 drafts in a row where I'm baited in the first 3 picks and then cards from gha5 color disappeargoing to kms now
just drafted the shittiest stinkiest rwb garbage 'deck'That's 20k gold down the drain
I have no fucking clue what cards are good, im just gonna bomb draft
>pre-order draft/sealed tokens>no tokens when I log inBRB gonna bitch to customer service until they fix this bullshit.
>>97925562>>97925615another noob groomed
I haven't played Arena very much lately so don't have as many resources right now as I usually do. If i wanna collect as much as I can of Strixhaven and don't mind putting some money into it what's the best use for like idk 30 dollars max and would that even get me much. I've never put money into Arena before so I don't know how much of a ripoff it is
>my little pony secret lair landsCan't wait to buy these cosmetics on area and use them forever
>>97925786will add I'm OK at draft but can't really be bothered with it too much these days
Yeah... draft Silverquill and dont be a retard and draft Lorehold.
You can't even fill out a ticket to complain about not getting your stuff. Incredible company.
Every time I play this card I hear it in my head."We're here to help you, Billy,get back in school to stay.You gotta work real hardand stick it outtil graduation day!"
The 2-1s continue, with UR. I liked this list, definitely needed more creatures but I think I might go for UR more strongly for the future, it played really well. Won against an opponent on BGu who had every removal spell in the colors, then ragequit before game 2 when one of my creatures finally stuck. Won against a solid WB player, then went up against another one where we had a nice back and forth but I think we both flooded game 3 and he ended up taking the win. Feels like both UR and WB have the A+B issue this set due to their mechanics, but UR ends up faring slightly better because it has more inherent card draw. Big fan of the spellbook seekers, seems like it'll be reliable filler for U. Pigment wrangler is fantastic, 5 mana 4/4 flier already feels decent, but then being able to copy your big spells for 1 mana pushes it over the top. Didn't even get many opus cards here but I don't think it really matters. I did assemble the Mica + Sanar combo one game, turns out being able to copy an instant/sorcery once a turn is pretty good. Went back and forth on whether or not to splash G, I think it was the right choice not to, even if manawurm would've been funny. I somehow forgot to take a pic of the list before I left the event.>>9792578630 dollars won't get you the whole set unless you grind out events. That's ~5k gems, or 25 packs if you buy them directly. Roughly 10% of set completion. Constructed events will be slower but probably easier, draft is going to be faster one way or another and lets you get exclusively SOS cards if that's what you want.>>97925318I spent like 30 minutes looking over stuff, didn't even follow previews this set. Don't need to memorize every card lol, you can just have a tab open to Scryfall if you want to tryhard.
lol
what 3 cards do I cut?
2-1 yet again. Beat an odd WBR control deck, too much value for them to handle. Similar deal vs BG midrange, I swear every one I've played against has pulled a vastlands scavenger, it's annoying as fuck. Then lost to WB aggro, I was a bit too slow here. It does seem like the deck to beat, most of my losses today were to WB. The strong repartee cards are really backbreaking if you lose tempo, and most of the enablers are just good cards by themselves anyway. I don't think it's imbalanced as it was in ECL with tribal vs nontribal, but it's noticeable. Got thrown off since I put together a pretty mediocre WB list my first game and wasn't too impressed. Only saw one converge deck today, thankfully it didn't look too strong, not a fun format if 5c piles are strong. Definitely not a slow format like anons were saying, it feels like one of the faster ones even among recent sets. Given my impressions from today I think I'd rate the archetypes WB > UR = WR > BG > UG. UG sucks as usual, nothing new there. BG can work, but it just doesn't have the inherent value of UR cards or the speed of WB/WR. UR and WR both felt good, R is looking strong here with the fast games. WB just keeps pace and outvalues you if you ever stumble though.>>97926261Duty, diary, referee.
>>97926348You were right, those cards killed me. Went 2-3. Fuck me.
>>97926399Looking over it again, I think referee is actually ok. Not great, but you need bodies and it's playable. The other two are terrible though, never run them if at all possible. I think the cut instead of referee would be lorehold charm.
>>97926433Yeah, that card did fuck all. My dream was to have like 5 spirit tokens in play with Group Project and Antiquities and then pump the board. Just ended up getting absolutely fucking curbstomped by Silverquill with Withering Curse, some bullshit convergence deck, and some Sultai nig with Emeritus of Abundance, Slumbering Trudge, Reanimator bullshit (which my fucking deck is supposed to shut down), AND fucking Quandrix himself. Man I really wanted 3 wins.
Okay first draft went really well. I didn't even think my deck was all that amazing. Removal is good in this format I guess.
>>97897840People did think this was hot shit, everyone just forgot as soon as they tried playing with him and realized it was just shit.
>>97926481>Look at me I'm Silverquill
>>97926476Yeah, sometimes your opponent just always has the answer or the bomb, you just gotta pick yourself up and move on to the next one.>>97926481Interceptor feels like a mythic common, especially in decks heavy on repartee.
Silverquill > Quandrix > Prismari >> Witherbloom >>>>>>>>> LoreholdIn draft so far
>>97926527I will say this something I didn't realize about Duelist until I played with it is that stupid motherfucker can blink himself to dodge removal. Such horseshit. I'm glad I was the one doing it.
new set, time to reinstall and draftgod it up.drew 15-20 more cards than every opponent. no game was remotely close.usually run 3-5 straight trophies to kick off every set release; let's see how many we can go for in SoS.
>>97897840>people didn't give a shit when we got dark ritual+, ancestral recall, and lightning bolt on a creatureThey're all tap abilities activated by the creature. So you can kill it in response, like anything else a creature does. The new spells are literally spells.Loot was also a Legend, and forced you to be in RUG, Temur sucked then, still sucks now. Each of the 3 modes requires a specific color, which can be an issue if you wanted to Exhaust him the turn he came down. Tapping is relevant too if you need to use him as a blocker.All of those limiters made him kind of balanced by modern standards despite all the crazy text on the card, which is why nobody played it.
Is this a grill? Or am I gay now?
>>97926676No one hardcast loot, you used cauldron to get the effects for free in any color
Deck4 Erode (SOS) 157 Plains (SLD) 1014 Harsh Annotation (SOS) 184 Negate (STA) 187 Island (SLD) 1024 Dazzling Denial (BLB) 454 Airbender Ascension (TLA) 62 Exalted Sunborn (EOE) 154 Starfield Shepherd (EOE) 373 Starfield Vocalist (EOE) 784 Quantum Riddler (EOE) 723 Elspeth, Storm Slayer (TDM) 114 Hallowed Fountain (RNA) 2514 Glacial Fortress (XLN) 2552 Floodfarm Verge (DSK) 259Sideboard4 Day of Judgment (STA) 23 Into the Flood Maw (BLB) 521 Ajani, Outland Chaperone (ECL) 43 Authority of the Consuls (KLR) 92 Lurker in the Deep (Y25) 62 Overlord of the Mistmoors (DSK) 23best deck in alchemy by far nowtrannies will still fail to go infinite with it thocause they slurp on ass and dont know how to play shit
>>97926710Is Lurker in the Deep in your sideboard the only alchemy card?I'm surprised, I thought most alchemy cards were above average
>>97926533>"everyone thinks lorehold is shit so I'll just get passed all the good RW cards and..."SONOFABITCH! This looked so good too fuck everything.
>>97926752Seriously WotC how the fuck you gonna make them the worst school two motherfucking sets in a row? At least Boros gets to be good sometimes when we go to Ravnica. Grindy RW has failed us. Just print more shitters that turn sideways and win.
>>97926684bad news, anon
>>97926752I actually drafted two very similar decks except my rares were 3 (three) Sundown Passes in one of them and a bunch of really decent stuff in the other, since absolutely nobody was drafting itEasiest 0-3/1-3 of my life, I don't get how the FUCK I was supposed to win>creatures can't compete with BW>spells can't compete with UR>resources can't compete with UG
Decided to try draft since it's been over half a year since the last time I touched it and it very quickly reminded me of why I stopped playing this format in the first place.Got literally nothing but trash lorehold cards in both my drafts and got completely shit onIt was genuinely hilarious watching these GU/WB/GB players just completely mogging my board with synergistic card after synergistic card, meanwhile here I am raping my graveyard for some absolutely fucking laughable triggers10/10 ragebait thanks wotc
>>97926859>>97926752Ah I see I wasn't the only one baited by lorehold>thanks for the gold, goyim. No refunds.
>>97926999It's weird, it feels like it SHOULD be a great archetype on paper for draft: tons of defensive and offensive interaction, cards that often give you repeatable value, some decent keywords for your creatures, occasional discount here and there.And yet it feels fucking awful to play, can't quite put my finger on why.
Skycoach + Orysa = Free Cards
>>97927135Also, don't sleep on Tackle Artist. Goes in all red based decks.
>>97927135another one, lel. I went from 2 cards in hand to full hand in a single turn. Orysa on it's own, Skycoach + pay one to "recast" Orysa.
>>97927163I completely drew myself out of the game in this one, though by sheer stupidity. 1 card left.
>>97925975>30 dollars won't get you the whole set unless you grind out events. That's ~5k gems, or 25 packs if you buy them directly. Roughly 10% of set completion. well damn :( that's terrible value. I used to get 85-90% set completion grinding free-to-play when I was unemployed. My plan was to only buy non-UB sets so I'd have more gold to collect those but I stopped playing for the most part. Sucks that I can't even buy my way out it now without dropping hundreds.>Constructed events will be slower but probably easier, draft is going to be faster one way or another and lets you get exclusively SOS cards if that's what you want.I might just go all in on drafts then. The last time I went infinite and had enough to buy BP and perpetually draft was Eldraine 2 but hopefully it's a fun format for Strix
>>97926752I had to draft lorehold since Lorehold was my pack 1 pick 1 but... goddamn I drew it once in 5 games and it was immediately removed.
>>97926751it's not really the best version of the deck this one i posted is shuffler'd to oblivionso you'll have to tinker it and that's like a death sentence to any draftranny trying to run it since we all know they can't build decks for shit
thanks for changing my cute izzet orc avatar without asking me
>>97926993>never draft>be shit at draft>go back to never draftingthe noob cycle. that's why most people will never get good at Magic.
Who is playing timeless with the new toysShow and tell feels like easily the best bo1 deck, you can win with turn 1 show and tell or stall until you get mistrise+veil of summer and laugh as opponent loses with 6 counters in handnot sure about the exact 60 though, there are so many good cards to fit in.
>>97915740TMNT would have been fine if they unironically just based it on the time travel game where it doesn't take place entirely in NYC. it should have just been legally distinct nu-kamigawa
>>97927259Yeah, it's become a problem lately, simply because all the good cards are gold/mythic. Up to Bloomburow you could get some great cards for cheap, now those are extremely rare. And when they're good, they ban them asap.
>>97895545just wow. how are you not embarrassed to still be playing this game?
>>97928557Brain damaged retards love fake games.
Even when I'm not playing cancerfall land, I win with Hydra. :D
>another draft format that looks cool but is actually an unbalanced mess that's zero funFuck it I don't even want my event tokens just give me a refund. I do not trust you dipshits to be able to design a good set if your lives depended on it anymore.
They are ruining every aspect of the game
>>97926600synergies going off like we drew it up in the draft.too good at deckbuilding to ever lose.
Fuuuuuck what do you mean the silverquill owl was locked behind the time limited 40 dollar bundle
>>97928906The owls look stupid.
>>97928911But the orzhov owl looked the least stupid
>>97928906They have a team of psychologists just to figure out how to extract the most money from you possible. You shoulda spent the $40 goy now its gone forever.
>opponent goes fir--fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you
>Standard meta is cring-It's still cringe 99% of the times but I am always happy to see someone else playing a fellow based deckThose Abandoned Air Temple lands are bretty gud, they basically won him the game on their own, I should craft me some of those. I should also craft any Mythic, only having a single Lyra in the entire deck is pretty suboptimal (but I rarely get to turn 5 anyways, with all the snoozefest decks flying around)
You should receive 200 gems for every rare you draft and put in your deck but never draw in any of your games.
You should stop playing and posting
Not drafting until 17 lands data is available
>>97929472It already is, isn't it?
>>97929215Don't play monowhite lifegain, it's just wasting your time away. Play something fast, like stealing creatures from green. It either works, or it doesn't.
>>97929505Damn I should have waited a day.>Elite Interceptor B+I fucking knew it was a great card. Some fuck ass random website with draft grades gave it a C and I drafted 3 fucking copies that I didnt play.
>Every draft guy I've seen has said Molten Note is a great card>60% win rateI just dont fucking get it. You gotta pay fucking 5 mana to remove something with 3 toughness. Maybe im overlooking the untap aspect. It does combo well with Group Project.
>>97929745It counts all mana spent, not just X
>>97929759Fuck im retarded
>>97929779In your defense you see a fireball you assume it works like fireball. We've all been there.
>>97929472lol baby needs the handholding.I go in blind and trophy every draft when new sets come out because Arena players can't build competent decks without training wheels. now is literally the easiest time to farm wins.
>>97929534Oh I don't play lifegain at all, it's literally just Lyra and Sheltered It's just that I've always wanted to have an Angel deck, since I was a kid, but the actual paper cards were expensive as shit because they were all rares and mythicsSo I just run this shitpile and get my comfy Mythic every season, mostly because people have absolutely no fucking clue what I'm doingIt ends up being half aggro too, I don't really have the value that allows me to bounce back from boardwipes or keep up with green mana: either I win by turn 4/5 off Momo/Giada or I fizzle out and scoop
>>97929812I see, that's really understandable, then.
I am suffering from abundance. Which 4 premium instant/sorceries do I need to trim? Any other suggestions welcome.
Pick one
>>97930080probably owl, helping hand, and 2 removal spells but I'm not sure what some of those spells do
>>97930080Abrade is pretty much useless. There aren't any artefacts around. With the size of the creatures here, and with the abundance of mana, because of slowness of the format, it's better to pack Unsubtle Mockery.>>97930155Erode is a serious contender. Does not do Enchantment's, gifts a land, but is cheaper and can be cast on own units to find a land. Either way, mono white finally has two proper instant removals available.
Close 2-1, last match saw my opponent steal a game with akroma's will game 1 and then I flooded out game 2. The adventurous eaters pulled their weight despite being meh in a vacuum, really helped glue together the infusion and repartee synergies. Not as impressed with follow or concocter. Seems like it's just luck but I've never been able to trigger follow, and concocter is annoying to enable. Now that I'm thinking about it again I probably should've went WBg instead of the other way around, it might've even been better with the pool I had. Lack of fixing didn't help either. Rabid attack felt good here even without going very wide.
lol fucking vaporized this nerd out of nowhere with a 5-mana shock + Daze your removal mid combat
>>97930284>Either way, mono white finally has two proper instant removals available.Yep, that's just what white needed. I am raring to play against more nowincon Azorius decks now that they have even more premium unconditional removal
>>97928809can't stop winning
>>97930295Concocter was good for me in this list >>97925380 even without triggering it. It's a solid body that draws you a card when oppo removes it.
I haven’t played arena in like 2 years. Can someone recommend me a standard deck I can get a couple wins with to start saving up my gold. I have no fucking idea what’s decent now and the starter decks are literal dogshit
>>97930832play Starter Deck Duel, it's a much better format than Standard.but funnily enough the best deck in Standard lately is 90% draft commons from Avatar. you could build that easily with few wildcards.
>jeskai (((control)))) tranny wants to paly 50 turns of ME DRAW U GO ME SWEEPalright you nigger loving faggot>full control EVERY ACTION>stop on EVERY STEP>play nothing>tap out all lands>queue up interpretive dance emote spam elegantly explaining how much of a cock sucking kike xe is >assisted by touch card light show>discard lands at max hand size >only play anything just stop the one wincon in their ratfuck deckenjoy the 120 minute game you shitbrained kikel rotcrotch motherfucker
playalchemy
What the HECK they got rid of boxtoppers on Arena?
People thought crafting lower rarity cards from the Mystical Archive sheet would stop you pulling those cards that were upgraded to Rares. It doesn't. Even crafting one card off the Archive sheet for the cosmetic wont stop you from pulling more copies. No duplicate protection granted. RIP.
>>97931568>What the HECK they got rid of boxtoppers on Arena?Too much value. How do you expect them to stay in business doing stuff like that?
>>97931627But my single shitty rare card with alternate art for buying 45 packs at once!
Fastest and easiest 7-0 of my life. Never cast Improvisation Capstone. I came close once in a game against someone who already resolved Decorum Dissertation, but looted into Akroma's Will at 6 untapped lands and just won instead.
Busy day today but managed to get in one more run, for the first 3-0 of the set. WBr brought it home thanks to a bunch of rares from the lane being open and some good synergy. Grave researcher and maestro didn't do shit, but inkwright got a lot of value a few times though I never got the combo with spiritcall enthusiast. Both ark and moseo won multiple games. Ark was a busted card as expected, but Moseo did better than I anticipated, I think even getting back a single 2 drop was pretty nice. Lots of small ways to gain life in the deck even though it wasn't built around that. I think I was right about poet, it really does help enable all the infusion stuff pretty well. Acolyte also combos well with Moseo, and takes buffs nicely. I liked confidence as a repartee enabler, it's basically a divination that helps push through damage on top of that. Been going back and forth on whether eternal student is decent or not, I'm starting to lean towards no even though the graveyard ability is great. The body itself is pretty whatever, so it feels like you need to mill or loot it away to be useful. Which isn't really in the set that much for the relevant colors, so meh. Wanted some buffs for hop to it, but ended up not running requisition raid since it's pretty bad otherwise, never felt the need to side it in.>>97930708It's fine, but for G I feel like it's underwhelming. Compare it to Cactarantula, which I feel was slightly better, being also a 5 mana 6/5 and the same ability if you have a desert, something that you just need one of and don't have to keep repeating every turn. Vigilance is usually better than reach, but idk concocter never really performed for me. Format feels too fast for it to really matter even if they 2 for 1 themselves with removal, they're probably still up on tempo.>>97931745No why anons are disappointed by WR this set, it feels pretty strong. W in general is kicking ass.
>>97931654Sorry bub, can't allow any Universes Beyond packs on the Mastery Pass for uh, legal reasons. Also it costs more. Thank-you for your patronage.
>>97930706always winning.sideboards so deep (you)'d fuck the decks up trying to build them.
The secret to Lorehold trophies? Just open 4 good rares! Also, traditional draft. >>97931852>W in general is kicking ass.It at least has some insane rares. Antiquities, Practiced Offense, that Owl that gives counters to the squad. I've been getting owned by the uncommon Elephant with ward that gives Lifelink on Repartee also.
Does green currently have any kind of board wipe in standard? I swear it did but I can't find it.
>>97932149>green>board wipe
>>97932189I'm sorry, I mean a spell that allows a creature to fight/hit multiple other creatures.
>>97932200I think this is the best you got
>>97897572>>97897681>>97897733half the prerelease were aging autogynophiles and we're talking at least 60 "people"i got manascrewed playing a limpwristed man in fishnets i 2-0'd a they/them wider than their playmatfour faggots pretending to be women talked the whole deck construction period in appropriated voices the "tumblr crowd" at least had biological women ffs
>>97932208>six manafuck me
>>97932149have you tried resolving ouroboroid
>>97932221I'm tired of hitting mythic with good cardsI've only done it with bad cards the past year
>>97932210That sounds awful. You have my sympathies.
>>97932189Green is all about counters and Trample or going wide and Ouroborid. You practically don't pack removal at all. I've two pick your poisons in starting deck as general utility removal, then that bushwack equivalent that gives permament +0/2, and "this creature can only be blocked by one other creature". 2 pick your poison in sidedeck and some extra "kill target creature with flying".Pick your poison is really undervalued as flyer removal. It can't target, but it ignores all kinds hexproof.
Historically, what is the weakest colour pair?I feel like Boros has been getting the short end of the stick for a while, but I also admittedly can't remember too many Gruul standout cards
Wow a 6 cmc flying beater that casts ancestral recall on repeat?
>>97932407>draw two cards>ancestral recall
>>97932413Ancestral recall is +2So is this (unless it's coomander then it's +6)
>>97929879Nevermind I take it back I'm tired of running into Blue control, control and more control who always have a Wrath on turn 4 and beat you down with 2/2 tokens over the course of 30 FUCKING turns while filtering the perfect hand because FUCK me for trying to play creatures in a fucking videogameDoes RDW actually deal with this fucking garbage? I'm willing to waste all my wildcards on anything that lets me actually play the fucking game
>>97932377White/Green. Blue/Green.They've only become playable recently with Badger.>>97933152Not really, control is cancer. The goal is to have ability to pump up creatures fast, and get a few strong hits against it while blues lands are tapped. Best counter against is UR are Prowess with recall and Stormchaser's Talent nonsense, which is also cancer, and not fun to play. Or trample version of monogreen landfall, which is also cancer, but slightly more fun to play. I've done them both, and I've stopped playing UR altogether, but seeing how good a few recent cards are, I'll probably have to go back to it. Flow State, Flashback, Traumatic Critique, Vibrant Outburst..... They made the best deck even better with Strixhaven. Pretty sure that it's safe to craft something in this vein and have a good deck base for a while. Only exception is Slickshot, which is phasing out soon. You could also wait a little, if things change with latest meta, but I really doubt that something dominant will come out of this release.Goal for me is to have fast decks. I like playing mono, so I'm just chilling lately with scrappy monored mouse/hybrid, and black discard deck. I'm doing some 50/50 in Mythic ladder, and hanging at 95/80%.
i feel like i could have better sanar tutor targets in hereany suggestions? (standard)im also thinking of cutting more stock up... emeritus of ideation and traumatic critique already give a lot of drawgameplan is ramp into 5 mana beater, possibly finishing with a traumatic critique
This game has gotten so fucking boring. Its all the same shit.>Ramp with the same ramp cards into the same big creatures>Same burn cards every game>Same removal cards every game>Same RDW cards every game>Same izzet combo cards every gameHow do we fix meta mindset, I wanna have fun again and play against interesting decks
>>97933976play budget modern, play cube, play draft
>>97933976The game is competitive. It's really that simple.
>>97934108But I'm playing casual
>>97934115Even when playing ""casual"" people still want to win. The game is inherently competitive.
Maybe you are bad at games or maybe the game is bad who really knows anymore.
>>97933976Game is inherently fixed. Wizards are manufacturing deck archetypes by printing cards for them, so only those official decks can be played. Everything else is trash.
hard to say whats more dishonest between bugged graveyard exploits and 61 turn "me draw u go" niggersat least this is solved in paper magic where i can collect disgenic tranny faggot teeth i've knocked out of their rotten skulls
>>97935119At least graveyard combo decks die or win on turn 4. Draw go is annoying because even when they've stabilized there is still a reasonable chance of you winning so you feel obligated to stick it out until they actually win which takes a long time and the gameplay during that time is tedious.
Sometimes I think WOTC is wrong for creating a computer program to torture magic players until they kill themselves after going bankrupt, but when I read posts like >>97935119 I realize that doing so is actually justified.
How do you stop this if they ramp it out
>>97935366counterspell, instant speed removal, some sideboard cards
>>97935394What if they don't play into counterspell/removal and then you are behind
>>97935400then they didn't play anything, so you're presumably ahead on board because they've been rampingor you play instead speed stuff if you're control
>>97935412>then they didn't play anythingNah, they play something else instead of dropping Raph while you hold your mana.
>>97935427then you counter or kill that instead if it's relevant or ignore it if it's not
>>97935452but then they drop Ralph and swing out an Etali
>>97935473They have 10+ mana available? If it's the next turn you have your mana up again too.
increased deck variety brought in by nu strix has turned historic into an incredibly easy formattoo bad draftrannies still can't capitalize on it
>>97933812did I just play you?
>>97935607smartest /mtgag/ poster
>>97933976Just run worse cards and win anyways. The 61st best card in the format isn't bad, it's just slightly less strong, and individual card strength means very little.It's not like it's hard to hit mythic anyways, so there's no reason to kneecap your fun by playing boring decks.
>>97935473There are some great spells in Strix. Both red spell recasts are fantastic. Most charms are decent utility as well.
>>97935854meant for >>97935507
>>97935871bitches be trying to make living end work and getting clowned on lmao
Got absolutely robbed of a trophy and ended up 2-1 with this WBg deck, probably the strongest list I've gotten this set. Outscaled UG, outaggro'd WR, and then completely flooded out two games in a row in the last match. Skycoach is actually great, idk why I was sleeping on it. Got greedy with dissertation, should've cut it for triumph. Imperious inkmage is weird and feels like it should've been WR, but it's still a solid card that does well at all points of a game. Same with silverquill charm, feels better than all the others by a fair bit. Shadewriter on the other hand kind of sucks, gone are the days of grasping thrull being good.
>>97936549Is dellian even worth splashing with only three sources?
>>97936685>is this 4-mana planeswalker that solo wins games worth splashing 1 color for
>>979366854 sources because skycoach, and yes
May need to recalibrate my deck evaluation this set, picked up another one that felt pretty strong but only went 2-1 again. I started off with together as one, but pivoted since WR was very open. The archetype is no joke, you get some real explosive turns. My loss was to a guy who managed to drop a removal or wrath or a sylvan ranger type creature every turn to stall for improv capstone both games, and I still got pretty close to beating him. Rubble rouser was really good as an enabler, lets you fix your hand, fuel your graveyard, and trigger all the leaving graveyard stuff every turn, on top of being ramp. Living history is great and is a hard hitter that doesn't get fucked as hard by removal. Tome blast is rated pretty high on 17lands and I'm inclined to agree despite being down on it at the start. The flashback really saves it, definitely had some games where it fired for the win. Being 5 mana to get the opus boost on top of the leaving graveyard stuff is solid. On the other hand, pursue the past is the #1 common right now and I'm not feeling it. It's not bad, it just doesn't seem like #1. I think just like last time WR is still an aggro archetype, a tormenting voice doesn't really fit the game plan.
>>97936851That looks like a good pile, but did you bring in Dig Site Inventory? Seems uncuttable with triple Living History, nice pumps with Archaic as well. I probably play it over Debater, 3rd Rouser, or 2nd Tackle Artist.
>>97931745I have somehow, on my next draft the next day, been handed an even faster and easier WR 7-0.>>97931852 Says anons aren't having a good time with WR, and I see a couple of them in the thread. Which part do you guys not like, the efficient removal? Free wins against UG? Snapcaster Mage that doesn't require you to hold the mana on the turn, comes as a 3/2 first striker and also triggers every synergy in your colors? They must not like that one, because I keep getting passed the fucking things until I finally abandon my Dawning Archaic spells deck and accept the free gems.What I find funny is that I struggled in shit like MKM and Arena Cube where WR was the best thing to be doing, even when I could get a good list. Are Boros and Lorehold actually distinct species of retardation?(I accept that I probably got lucky and my opponents just suck, it's funny that it happened twice though)
>>97933323Yeah UR got crazy good, but I'm not gonna sell my soul just to beat up UW faggots>if things change with latest metaI strongly suspect the meta won't change much outside of even moar Izzet bullshit
>>97936958I did not. I'm personally not a fan of pure buffs like that even if the numbers are good or they have synergy on paper. I think practiced offense is the top rated W card of the set currently, and I still get tempted to cut it from my lists. It's entirely a me thing, and probably a bad habit.
5 wins in and wait times are already 5 min+ longlol you sisters SUCK
>>97939187Holy fuck, another historic challenge?I'll queue up x
im fucking loling at all these idiots running ral grapeshot
draftrannies will never know thistotal draftranny deathand hey tranny, how does it feel to know i got more packs in 1 run than you did enslaving yourself out in 9001 2-1 trans runs in draft bo3 for days on endYOUFUCKINGCLOWNurza out
"waaaa its all fake urza didnt really get 30 packs etc etc" trans coping
>>97939328>>97939333Well done, you glorious motherfuckerJust won my first match, an hour long dimir mirror
>>97939455ty also thats what you get for playing fucking dimir of all things
btw ill share my deck if some fucker wires me like 20 usd i want to buy some beer to celebrate
>>97939543hahaget a job
>>97939543dude gets one trophy and starts celebrating lolnow do it six more times and you'll actually be doing the equivalent of completing a set
>>97939665tbf 7 wins in a constructed challenge is a pretty big deal. It's not like draft where you can afford 2 losses.
>>97939665He does seem to be weirdly consistent with it.
trans tearsnever gonna make it, not even once1 win of mine in 2 hours = 10 trans "trophies" over weeks
>draws cards>exiles tokens>clears away blockers>saves itself and any other creatures you have from removalLiterally unbeatable.
>>97939997just have the counterspell up for it every turn :)
Why is Paradigm a may ability, this is bitchmode
Wow Urza is now the king of noobs very cathartic and gay
The 2-1s will continue until morale improves. I liked this one, even if it was a bit awkward at times. I probably should've ran more creatures, but I decided to try it out. Snooping page put in work, I had games where I was still full on gas when I won. Interceptor is so fucking good, it honestly should've been a 2 mana 2/2 or something like that. Combos very well with ajani's response, too. Been liking render speechless more and more, you get to negate some of the inherent risk of your creature getting killed off by discarding their removal. Stone docent was basically just a 2 mana 3/1 here, nice to have cheap bodies to carry counters. Got to use all three modes on silverquill charm this run, despite the third mode being shit it did end up closing out a game.>>97939328I'm at 40 something rares and 43 packs, so actually you're going to have to do that two more times to catch up. You can do it bud, I believe in you.
id rather be king of noobs than king of trannies
don't worry, you're neither
yeah i know
>4 color control and 4 color reanimator are now the clear best decks in standardGross.
maybe you shouldn't play a format that is populated solely by genetic abominations and sexual failures
and yeah at this point it don't matter if i show which kind of deck it cause the trans is too mentally touched to even try emulating it
>uw control>calls others trannieslol
never gonna make it, tranny
>t. ranny
>>97940498it's a tranny nigger kike meta developed by nigger kike trannies you can still rope/emote spam/touch with full stops on every phase. makes these sub-ape abominations get a taste of what it's like to play 100 turn me draw u go faggotville strats
today we learn a valuable lesson:do not tempt fate
actually we learned another valuable lesson:crop out your gold and gems if you're going to try and pretend like you never lose
seething trannoid
btw this last win was against pureei fucking HATE that guy. and he's not running yawgmoth anymore too
oops :)please no more tranny tears, i don't need to wash myself i'm clean
this lil nigga just saved my ass.
>>97940870>cast like three instants/sorceries with this guy out>winwhat were they thinking lmao
>>97939198>>979394552 challenges in, both 2-1snothing great but we're positivetaking a goon break to unwind
>>97941228>we're positiveunlike the 2-1 draftrans who's like 6k gemmies downbuy me some beers and i'll teach you how to go 7-0, otherwise goodluck and beat at least one ral player
>>97941245Haven't seen ral yet, beat a cascade living end gamer though
>>97941327these living end idiots don't even know the best way to cast living end isn't with le green red cascader but rather with snapcaster mage and throwing it into the grave (unless i forgot how it snap-end interaction works and it's an illegal move but idc)
Easy 3-0 with a WR open lane, absolutely disgusting. Stagecoach mvp, helped close out so many games. A very nice pilgrim's eye variant, I really should've been prioritizing it more. Interceptor still good outside of WB, thraben inspector+ is filthy. Maestro was scarier to my opponents than it probably actually was, ate a bunch of removal. Rest of the list is pretty much all leaves graveyard enabler or payoff or removal, just good synergy.
>>97941419Forgot to add, I think maybe I should've tried dig site inventory like anon was suggesting before. The only games where I was weak were when I didn't have enablers for my leaves graveyard stuff. Maybe cut stand up for yourself.
nice one baby you're still down on gemmies and with less packs than me despite playing since the set came out (i got 60 already overall)
>>97941245and then you wonder why you get banned
>3-3'd SoS a few too many times so I'm out of gold>tried a couple of Tarkir quickdrafts>neuron activationIt could be because the only people playing it are fellow poorfags but damn this is a comfy experience, shame I wasn't around back when this came outHow was the reception, was it a well liked Limited set?>>97941419Interceptor's a really gross card, she's never let me down no matter the deck, so amazingly versatile
8 Lightning Helix, oh my god!
>>97942467I remember TDM being fairly well received. The clans are actually decently balanced which was nice, only WR aggro was an outlier and not by much.
>>97943078>only WR aggro was an outlier Oh.... Welp that explains a lotLast run I played Jeskai and it felt amazing, games seemed to be a far bit slower than usual so I had infinite value coming out of every card makes me wish that's how Lorehold also played
>>97942467Problem with is that there aren't any good cards in it for constructed play, after you finish with it. Cori Cutter got banned, then there's Ugin, Espeth, Morang, Sage of Skies, Qarsi, and Voice of Victory.
still stackin' trophies.fuck all those aggro decks though.
I haven't seen any evidence yet to support WR being terrible in SOS, it seems fine if not above average.
>>97942467>was it a well liked Limited setit was a lot of fun for the first couple daysthen people realized that you could just play 5-colour dragon bomb soup every time to beat all the 3c clans and the format became a duel deck of multicolour greed garbage vs RW aggro decks trying to go under it. got incredibly stale faster than almost any set.
>>97943687WR is literally the best performing school by win rate, anons are just bad at draft.
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