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by LP, of the Fires
Fri Aug 21, 2015 1:10 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT

that's a big step. it's a shame this realization did not come sooner.
He's right ya know.

It's not even about red. It's just about approaching deck selection with a rational mind and expanding your range.
by LP, of the Fires
Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:36 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT

More then anything, PT tilted me because the two decks me and my 'team' worked on where the best performing decks and I was hoping we could keep that shit under wraps till the GP.

As is, I've tested red and Thopters against everything and thopters wins slightly more with all the tech we added.
by LP, of the Fires
Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:54 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT

Top level.
by LP, of the Fires
Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:03 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT

Chapin did a podcast a while back about his grixis deck and he mentioned that the CoCo matchup was basically unwinnable and for that reason, he suggested adding cards like anger of the gods, damnation, and magma spray to the board.

I can attest that resolved Voice of resurgence and kitchen finks respectively where mostly impossible to deal with.

He also said the deck needs a 21st land.
by LP, of the Fires
Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:01 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Feminists of Salvation] - Redsplaining

Thopters, new Meta

4 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Whirler Rogue
4 Chief Engineer
4 Hangarback Walker
4 Chief of the Foundry
2 Scuttling Doom Engine

1 Obelsik of Urd
2 Thopter Spy Network
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Shrapnel Blast
4 Ensoul Artifact

4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Temple of Epiphany
4 Shivan Reef
1 Island
4 Mountain
by LP, of the Fires
Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:59 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Feminists of Salvation] - Redsplaining

they both suck, but surgical costs 0 mana.
by LP, of the Fires
Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:15 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Feminists of Salvation] - Redsplaining

If someone put a gun to my head and asked me what the best deck was though, I'd say either whatever the fastest resilent deck is or twin. With the nature of how obtuse sideboarding is in modern, playing something degeneratly broken gives you the best chance of beating people before they draw the SB cards they need to play magic and Twin beats all of those people while still always threatening turn 4 wins.
by LP, of the Fires
Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:12 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Feminists of Salvation] - Redsplaining

Playing modern isn't so much about tiers as it is about what type of deck should you play.

format's comboey? Play Junk/jund.

Midrangey? Tron.

Tron did well recently? Anything that goldfishes(affinity, burn, infect, etc.)

Combo week? Time to play UR decks.

In modern, currently, we're in combo week, which means if you want to win, you should play jund/junk to get a jump on the twin and grixis tempo decks if you're a metagmer, or you can try running any of the faast combo decks(I like the new grishoalbrand deck which is confirmed broken as fuck).
by LP, of the Fires
Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:49 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Furiosas of Salvation] - Beta Max

The commentator one is easy because as Kait says, they just need to fire a bunch of commentators because they're all horrible on the WotC side.

Throw Melissa Da Tora's awkward ass in the booth. Better then letting Rashad touch a mic ever.
by LP, of the Fires
Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:38 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Furiosas of Salvation] - Beta Max

I'm for preferential treatment to a point as either a form of deferred entitlement(I'm a veteran), or as a form of closing a gap(I'm black, affirmative action, etc.)

As for the whole women in magic thing, I think it's a good idea to give more visibility to women in magic as being a minority, I DO understand and how seeing people who look like you doing something makes that something more appealing as something you can do and creates an easier transition into it if it where something you where interested in to begin with. It's something that's hard to understand for people who aren't largely considered an 'other'(sorry white guys).

As far as actually treating women, a big point is when you deal with them on an individual basis is that you DON'T treat them special. Whenever a new chick comes into a magic store, she's basically a unicorn and seen as something alien which guess what, alienates them and is bad. So basically the only preferential treatment that should be given to women that would be a benefit is on the macro scale of including qualified women commentators or featuring women on camera more(say once or twice a GP if the opportunity presents itself) which is solely for the sake of visibility.

Having said all that, Davis's article was well intended, but had some glaring issues with his nomenclature and examples but the backlash was abhorrent. I was excessively angry reading the comments of people talking about how aweful everything was. The PC culture we live in today leaves such a foul taste in my mouth and the fact that all these cocksuckers want equality or whatever but are unwilling to have civil discussion with people who are some combination of ignorant to the complexity of the issues at hand or simply have dissenting opinions is ludicrous. I mean I get it, but the way everyone just reacts with outrage is NOT how you enact meaningful change.

As far as them taking Jim's article down, while I'm staunchly opposed to censorship, I'm well aware that as Mav said, SCG has a bottom line to protect and in this context, them pulling the article is at least justifiable as something viewed so negatively for better or worse is potentially very damaging to sales.
by LP, of the Fires
Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:52 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Furiosas of Salvation] - Beta Max

"I don't want to play magic, what should I do!"

Don't play magic, for starters.
by LP, of the Fires
Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:04 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Furiosas of Salvation] - Beta Max

awesome warwizard. I had a friend almost top 8 the tcg invitational this weekend. He finished 12th for 1k and beat Seth manfield and Owen in the last two rounds which is awesome.
by LP, of the Fires
Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:15 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Furiosas of Salvation] - Beta Max

There's a bunch of shit out there that seems worthless to people. Kobe makes 20+ mil a year playing BASKETBALL.

You can go the Crenshaw mall and see 20 dollar pairs of socks that are worth that much because they say LeBron on them.

A good friend of mine made X thousand dollars when he was 16 from winning the world yoyo championships.

Some or all of these things may be worthless to you or me, but spreading your gospel about such is annoying to some people and denigrates the aspirations/achievements of others(though wtf at 20 dollar socks).
by LP, of the Fires
Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:10 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Furiosas of Salvation] - Beta Max

You're words and ideas are still silly.

The nigga has no obligations to do anything, but he OFFERED to donate half to charity. If he gets 20k for it, some charity is BLESSED that he decided to give them 10k and he's EQUALLY BLESSED that he got 10k out of it.

The idea that he's somehow OBLIGATED to give x% of his windfall away on mystical moral principles is silly bordering on asinine.

You have this propensity for projecting your morals/ethics on others like somehow that matters to anyone other then yourself. Just because they're your morals and ethics, that doesn't mean they're right(or wrong). You regularly perpetuate your idea that magic is worthless/meaningless when it's obviously not to most/all the people your speaking to/of so it kinda baffles me that you continue with your crusade against people being serious about the game.
by LP, of the Fires
Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:48 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[Furiosas of Salvation] - Beta Max

Forced Justin to talk to Martell by calling Martell a dickhead as he walked by us in the casino.

Balance was restored to the force.
by LP, of the Fires
Fri May 15, 2015 2:18 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[4/5's of Siegevation], Rhino Town

So if we could get better skins, that would be great.

But if we can't, that's fine too.
by LP, of the Fires
Thu May 14, 2015 7:16 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[4/5's of Siegevation], Rhino Town

Drafted MM15 today with proxies at the store and won.

UR elementals was great. Had swans of Bryn Agnol, Kiki jiki, all the good elementals including double spite bellows and mulldrifter to combo with kiki and Swans. In every match I managed to draw at least 5 with swans at least once. Soulbright flamekin and incandescent soulstoke seem like most important cards in the archetype since they enable all the good stuff by accelerating your mana because the archetype seems fairly mana hungry.

Final round played turn 3 mulldrifter, turn 4 Elemental lord plus soulstoke, turn 6, kiki, put mulldrifter into play with lord, clone mulldrifter, blades of veils, swing a billion in the air.
by LP, of the Fires
Sun May 10, 2015 9:42 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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[4/5's of Siegevation], Rhino Town

MM2 looks like ass, but a friend of my friend is a stud and printed proxies of the whole set so now there's a MM cube at the store complete with fake foils, multiple copies of every card and shit separated so that we can practice sealed and draft at our leisure.

The downside of all this is that since we can practice, the idiot store owner now scheduled his PPTQ this month as MM2 sealed which is both expensive and awful.

If it was a GPT, I wouldn't care, but as a PPTQ, I'm more then a little annoyed.
by LP, of the Fires
Tue May 05, 2015 12:00 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Lost win and in for top 8 of PPTQ yesterday. Despite 56 player event, prizes only to top8. SALT.
by LP, of the Fires
Sun May 03, 2015 2:50 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Ojutai has the very real issue of dying in decks without counterspells.
by LP, of the Fires
Sun May 03, 2015 5:07 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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About a year or so ago, I heard about a bunch of sketchy stuff involving OC and the judges up there. Not surprised at all.
by LP, of the Fires
Sun May 03, 2015 4:39 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Seems like something you would write.

I agree with some points, but think a large part of it is whiny.
by LP, of the Fires
Sun May 03, 2015 4:07 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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What did and didn't you like about the deck?
by LP, of the Fires
Sun May 03, 2015 3:35 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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I'd assume it's either monstore or pack warz?
by LP, of the Fires
Sun May 03, 2015 1:00 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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I didn't know Maverick wrote about magic: http://legendstech.tumblr.com/post/1178 ... tour-sucks
by LP, of the Fires
Sat May 02, 2015 1:31 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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I remember Wrath and birds being expensive as fuck when I was in high school.
by LP, of the Fires
Sat May 02, 2015 12:40 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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How to win the mirror, and beat control while retaining % vs. red decks.
by LP, of the Fires
Sat May 02, 2015 12:40 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Thought Experiment:

Thought Experiment:

4 Warden of the First Tree
4 Soldier of the Pantheon
4 Fleecemane Lion
4 Rakshasa Deathdealer
4 Siege Rhino
4 Anafenza, the Foremost
3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

2 Hero's Downfall
2 Dromoka's Command
2 Abzan Charm

2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Plains
2 Forest
4 Sandsteppe Citadel
4 Windswept Heath
2 Llanowar Wastes
2 Caves of Koilos
2 Temple of Malady
4 Mana Confluence
2 Temple of Silence

SB: 3 Drown in Sorrow
SB: 2 Ultimate Price
SB: 1 Duress
SB: 3 Self-Inflicted Wound
SB: 1 Wingmate Roc
SB: 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
SB: 4 Thoughtseize
by LP, of the Fires
Sat May 02, 2015 12:19 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Strombreath seems poorly positioned against everything but Abzan agro. Sarkhan is mostly in the same boat.
by LP, of the Fires
Fri May 01, 2015 10:09 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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What do we think about this for an expected meta of Esper and Abzan?

4 seeker of the way
4 soulfire grand master
4 goblin rabblemaster
4 mantis rider

3 wild slash
4 lightning strike
2 valorous stance
4 jeskai charm
4 stoke the flames
3 dig through time

24 lands

Envision the sideboard as having Surge of Righteousness, Negate, Disdainful Stroke, Anger, and some other role players.
Seems dec, you're natuarally favored vs. abzan agro, so that's a good thing. I'd probably cut dig and a wild slash or lightning strike for single Ojutai and land. If you play jeskai, you need to make sure you have a plan for RG dragons. I've found that aside from counterspells, Elspeth is one of the best cards against there deck.

Lastly, with so many jeskai charms, playing some number of token makers goes up in value, so brimaz should almost certainly be in the board, and outburst/fodder are cards i'd consider playing a couple copies of.
by LP, of the Fires
Fri May 01, 2015 2:07 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Finally watched Standard Super League, Owen shat on everyone with abzan agro.
by LP, of the Fires
Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:18 pm
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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You actually are supposed to punch black bears if they don't run since it's not a lock to just eat you like a grizzly.
by LP, of the Fires
Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:43 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Views: 8361641

Also probably gonna go light on dromoka's command. It's efficient, but it requires you to have a board state which can be problematic, especially since I plan on playing 26 lands.
by LP, of the Fires
Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:41 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Also, probably gonna run Abzan Aggro or...whatever heroic at PPTQ this weekend.

No idea what my abzan deck will look like as there are a lot of options that are all appealing to me in different ways.

The important thing will likely be finding something good for the mirror without playing a bunch of wingmate rocs.
by LP, of the Fires
Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:40 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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It's the grand cheehaw's birthday!
Thanks Val. Gonna watch All Dogs now.
by LP, of the Fires
Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:39 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Views: 8361641

That's close enough to what I was looking for.

Also, happy B-Day Photo.
by LP, of the Fires
Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:00 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Views: 8361641

Anyone got a good Twin list for modern?
by LP, of the Fires
Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:45 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Views: 8361641

I think the red players is slightly better then a coinflip in a 3-game set assuming you win game 1.

I think now that the format has a 'real' metagame, you're rewarded greatly for figuring out the format and brewing something.

Notes:

Esper, Ojutai Bant, Abzan Aggro, Abzan Morphs, and Red Aggro are the top tier of the meta with esper being the best deck by far.

Places I'd start brewing include:

Jeskai with a bunch of jeskai charms

Mardu with rabblemaster, butcher, and mardu charm

Green agro with black removal and thoughtsieze

Something that beats EVERYTHING, but esper dragons.
by LP, of the Fires
Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:56 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
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Thanks everyone.
by LP, of the Fires
Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:23 am
Forum: Fires of Salvation
Topic: [Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT
Replies: 59962
Views: 8361641

SCG Premium expired. Anyone mind PMing me chapin's article on the 5-color dragon deck from today?

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