Dies to Removal

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@Brainsick I'm trying to sum up your argument here: people that play the Eidolon are non-interactive dummies and people that play YP$ are the high brow thinkers? Am I close to the mark? Pretty much. If you argue that Eidolon is better than you basically don't want to play magic. One could also make...

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MDU, how do you actually split in 8 man constructed queues? I never split them, I don't know who gets which pack.

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Purp did just win states... lol

SCG events are terrible and don't count remember?

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Awesome job, I bet that mirror match win-and-in felt great. Did you even cast the SFDs or did you just cast 0 creatures?

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Good article.

I won't be adding to this thread anymore, may be back after rotation.

Before you go, what are your thoughts on using Keranos to make up card advantage from getting 2-for-1'd with Titan's Strength

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I'm considering blowing off my commitments to go cast Boros Charms at SCG States. Thoughts?

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Question for those running Banishing Light over a Chained to the Rocks in the main, or in the whole 75: What non-creatures do you find yourself casting it on that you'd consider "must answer?" I pretty much only found myself using it against the early Planeswalkers like Domri but then it t...

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Are you thinking that banishing light is too slow for us, favor another chains over it or something? Yes. I'm glad they recently changed the restriction of only having 4 of the same card in a deck. I figured you'd be smart enough to know I'm talking about the main deck without spelling it out.

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Are you thinking that banishing light is too slow for us, favor another chains over it or something?

Yes.

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Here's where I'm at: [deck= R/W BURN! By Keith Ambrose Test Deck] Creatures (8) 4 Chandra’s Phoenix 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel Lands (23) 2 Mana Confluence 9 Mountain 4 Mutavault 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Temple of Triumph Spells (29) 1 Banishing Light 4 Boros Charm 2 Chained to the Rocks 2 Flames of th...

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So Force of Will got spoiled for Vintage Masters, does this mean I should sell my promo? I am clueless in regard to market trends on MTGO.

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Also, this deck needs zero hedges for the Red devotion matchup. That's one of your best matchups. What the-... Red Devotion one of our best matchups? Are we talking about the deck that overloads on threats that are hard to burn out (Boros Reckoner, Frostburn Weird, Stormbreath Dragon), can easily r...

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I thought of this sunday and then saw it on the list from the TCG 5k in mass. IS nyx-fleece RAM tech for us if the mirror becomes prevalent? I was also considering it with the justification that it strengthens our matchup against Big Boros (Red Devotion) and Weenie strats. However our Weenie matchu...

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I had a weird day at Standard tonight. Went 3-1. In Round 1 I got COMPLETELY blown out by Rakdos Return for 3 in both games. Just destroyed. He was running a burn deck, it didn't really matter what he was on though. Then in my next 3 rounds my opponents punted at least 1 of the games. Eidolon was go...

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I already linked my gmail with youtube, any idea how to unlink this?

haha good luck

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yes but all they did was merely see it in a decklist with no context how the card is good. how is seeing a card with not context all of a sudden make the card worth testing where it was a joke the day before. What would have happened if I was the only one running the card and came back and said tha...

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Just because the card might be better than some people initially thought doesn't mean that every argument in support of it is suddenly validated. People made some arguments in support of the card that other people disagreed with. That's really all that happened. I've heard some terrible justificatio...

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Ok seriously? I suggest eidolon and give you guys a plan on how we use the card and what our plan is when we board in other cards and you all think that is terrbile and not worht any testing. Then all of a sudden the card shows up in a decklist of an accomplished player and now its a card that is w...

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Time to cringe while we watch an Eidolon being much much worse than a Pyromancer in a feature match.

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I would be leery as well but magma jet becomes less and less powerful the shorter you want the game to be and with satyr's, you're making it clear that going long isn't the longterm goal. Unlikely it will be my game plan but my point is, magma jet isn't sacred if your goal is to blaze fast. If that...

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I would be leery as well but magma jet becomes less and less powerful the shorter you want the game to be and with satyr's, you're making it clear that going long isn't the longterm goal. Unlikely it will be my game plan but my point is, magma jet isn't sacred if your goal is to blaze fast. If that...

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Cutting magma jets? Is that even legal? If you're not digging for specific cards such as assemble, 5th land, etc but instead have lots of redundant effects like 10 terrors, then yes, boarding out magma jet is viable since it becomes an expensive shock. it still helps filter lands vs. spells, and in...

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So if they take skullcrack they are essentially getting skullcracked by eidolon. Even in the mirror it is good. Here's two points I couldn't disagree with more. How does Eidolon fill the role of a Skullcrack in terms of life prevention? Skullcrack turns Gray Merchant from +4 life to -3 life, Eidolo...

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Any JOU draft stories? Yeah, decided to do a 9-4 despite the bad value. Drafted practically mono white and went 3-0. 2nd round opponent Monstrous'd an Arbor Colossus all 3 games, scary. No good pulls but I am pleased. :5rupee: :1rupee: :1rupee: Does anyone know how the 0 Tickets event go? Did they ...

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Ok I forgot one thing. I have completed 5 hours of testing with eidolon of the great revel. That cards is the real deal folks. It reinforces our mainboard strategy against everything by allowing us to point spells at our opponents critters and bash for damage. It has over performed in my opinion. I...

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Regarding MoW, by the time he comes out he should only give 1 to 2 tokens at best. Mono U isn't a bad mu for us. Yes CttR was our silver bullet for MoW, but it's still good for us. Courser of Kruphix is not a problem at all as long as you have SFD in your sb. That mu gets a lot better with him. A l...

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I top 8d the IQ with YP$, but both of my losses were to BG. I think I want to put more of a clock on them with ash zealot, trying to possibly force them to use Abrupt Decay on my two drop rather than one of my 6 enchantments. I don't think we can rely on Assemble as much vs them, so the idea of inc...

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So I looked up some articles on Shadowmoor sealed.
This is going to be a train wreck.

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Wear//Tear is instant speed and less narrow against control, and still costs 1. I was also testing an Ash Zealot version and the Ram completely embarrasses it.

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I on the other hand am concerned with the Ram. I've been doing a lot of paper testing and the Ram hurts my matchup against control quite badly post board. I might have to value Wear//Tear higher now.

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Client crashed when the events went up. Managed to get in the Shadowmoor events. I can't wait to get dropped from the events on Saturday Morning

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I should play more with the beta client if it has improved the land situation. I've activated the wrong Mutavault or used Koth's +1 on the Mountain I played this turn too many times, despite setting my land to not stack. I tried to find a pattern, but MTGO will occasionally put the land I've just p...

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Brainstorming ideas for IQ this saturday. I'm really at a loss, I feel like I can't improve both the hexproof and control matchup at the same time. I also expect to see more archangel getting played. Im also worried about control players being able to pack up to 8 o rings... is there anything we ca...

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Following some threads on DtR convinced me to make the jump to MTGO recently, I'd appreciate a clan invite.

After making such brilliant plays as animating summoning sick mutavaults and completely skipping combat phases, I think I'm adjusted to the mechanics at least.

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Well this is my first "season" on MTGO and I scooped up my 15th QP today so I'm pleased about that. Rough transition though. This was my highlight of the day:

It was a 5-3-2-2 and I had Skullcrack mana up.

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Rhyno, the smart MBC players typically don't board them out but I'll answer your questions with questions. 1) Who is the control player and beatdown player in MBC vs burn? 2) If you board out searing blood and shock, what's the likelihood you can not interact with pack rat? If you can't, does this ...

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Am I supposed to be keeping my Searing Bloods and Shocks in against MBD online? 3 times in a row my opponent has kept their Pack Rats in which I hardly ever see on paper.

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Well I went ahead and picked up the Mutavaults, I don't want to think about playing the deck without them. Currently testing Pyromancers online first instead of my usual Zealots.

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So I'm looking to get started with standard on MTGO. I've heard there's a lot less control, would running the deck without Mutavaults for a bit be a waste? Running Burn on paper would be atrocious without them in my meta and I doubt it'd be much different online. Also, CtrR is amazing and I doubt I'...

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I can say that Ash zealot is corner case at best, yp creates so much value in this deck it is stupid. So far I have been able to go 12-1 against the naya hexproof deck that has been ruining my local meta for me since I switched. Uh, can you expand on this please? I suspect either he or you are runn...

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