Dies to Removal

I won. going for 8 packs cause why not

I've been there. yea, I thought about including him because I wanted more 2 drops. but specifically wanted a blocking 2 drop. in my deck I don't think a 2/2 that blocks 30% of the time is better than the ability for my slow deck to break through a stalemate with unblockability. I would have loved a simple returned phalanx

I still think the deck was at least 4-1 worthy. I think I misplayed a little in game 3 of the second round. I think I played round 3 pretty well but I didn't have a lot to deal with. maybe should have mulled my 3 island, 2 swamp, siren of the silent song, bident hand...seemed pretty good till he killed the siren

1-2 got topdecked out of game 3 round 2 and then flooded two games in a row (the second one I clicked yes to pay tribute to a siren of the fanged coast but mtgo took that as a no and he stole my 5/7 flyer...my next 4 cards off 2x divination were 3 lands and a 2/3 ) I suck, fuck me.

(I hate that 2/2...I guess I have 3 minotaur's but he still seems terrible...)

post your pool? I wanna see how bad it is

divination or weight might have been correct over the drown tho...I admittedly don't play divination that much

I don't like to go under 15 creatures and I already have 1 divination. the weight has always been poor for me but I sided it in round 1 cause I saw 3 2/2s game 1. my opponent was playing GBW meh and barely put up a fight.

1-0

wish I had a returned phalanx or a baleful eidolon

it's definitely above average. I'm a little concerned by my lack of 2 drops tho

I usually don't play drown in sorrow, but if it's going to be decent in any deck I think it's this one. Only 4 of my 15 creatures die to it, and one of those is a bestow.

I really wanted to play the UR but it only has 13 creatures, and that's if I'm playing rageblood shaman

That's why you gotta bring your laptop to work like me

I can't remember who said they wanted to play in the same BNG limited prelim as me but I'm in the one that starts in 3.5 hours and it only has 30 spots left so get in while you can!

i just want to figure out if it's worth the effort to set up a stream and commentate my drafts/matches. if i'm only getting $10-$15 a month from it idk if i can justify the extra work...

Approximately how much per month do you make with 40ish viewers 4 times a month? Is it more than $20?

Is there any money to be made?

I'm a streaming dummy. I've never done it and I run windows through boot camp on my Mac so idk of I can even do it. My computer is about 6 years old and it's slow enough that I can't double queue but I have been wanting to get into streaming and I might get a new computer soon. Any tips from you streaming guys?

I'm up to (all limited). Not going to have a ton of time to play this week but I should be able to play at least 1...maybe 2 BNG limited champs prelims.

I maybe should have played 2 islands instead of 1

I agree

2-2 drop I don't think I misplayed the whole tourney so that's good I guess...still dissappointed tho since this was definitely the softest PTQ I've ever attended, and it was a format I've played extensively. The magic gods were just not on my side today.

Lost round 1 to xenegod both games. Won round 2 when my opp had a game loss and my deck actually worked

Opened a strong but difficult pool with herald if torment as the main bomb. Build GBu splashing 2 nimbus niad, thassa's emissary, and a retraction helix. My white was really good but really thin

Sitting down to register pools. Small turnout. Looks like around 120... Here we go

Hey, any way to save a few bucks. I prob would have bought some if I had been around last night. PTQ starts in 2.5 hours. I wonder how many people will be there

Just missed the DE event by 1 minute because I tried to squeak home and didn't think MTGO needed to update. Le sigh.

This happens to me all the time to the point where I started bringing my laptop to work so I could sign up or the event before leaving for home. Then one time I left my laptop at work and missed the event as a result

Wednesday after downtime. Running every 3 hours for a handful of days. Final is the 27th

I'll probably be playing in the one that is in the early evening in CST. I think that's going to be 6:30? I'll be playing in the Wednesday one for sure. After that I'm not sure since my gf will be in town this weekend.

yes, I will definitely be doing the prelims for the limited champs. I almost jumped into a constructed one today and then remembered that the finals are on 4/20 and i'll be busy.

I've won the last 2 8-4s I've played in so at least I know i'll be in good shape if I top 8 the sealed ptq I'm attending on Saturday. unfortunately, I've had a bad run of sealeds online. an 0-2 drop, a 2-2, and another 0-2 drop today (I might have been able to pull off 2-2 finishes in both that I dropped but I was a bit upset and dropped because of it. one pool sucked, the other was rather good.

what the fuck is the matter with me

Did you actually want us to answer this?

yea, I've been having a lot of success recently just grabbing all the red in bng and maybe a loyal Pegasus or two, and then jamming into white for wingsteed riders and tricks, and then you're typically one of the only people in red and all the premium red comes around (dragon's mantels, titan's strengths, sometimes you'll snag a lightning strike before someone splashes it...).

Do the 8 paper copies I have count towards my 12?

I think I have 8 of them but I could always use more digital objects

Yea. The prelims are for mocs. This is for BNG champs. Basically wizards is trying to supplement their inability to run premium tournaments with prelim tourneys to line their pockets

Yea, I don't mind it but it's not a card I would pick highly. It's nice that the 4/4 return an enchantment to attack guy is a serpent tho

If you can survive that long it is pretty hard to beat. Ashiok is oops I win

I had a great idea for a block reanimator junk list with ashen rider and abhorrent overlord using whip and escape from the underworld...went to mtgo results for block and see basically the same 56/60 as 50% of the decks.

So this doesn't really have anything to do with mtgo, but Mike Flores on the top 8 podcast is the most frustratingly asinine bullshit ever. He's all talk and no real knowledge. He's been talking for 10 mins about how staff of the death magus is the death of boros burn after playing a dozen games with the deck, and describing hexproof as "a deck with pro black and pump spells."

He's like the worst version of that loud guy who brags about his awesome board state or whines about how lucky his opponent got.

ESO

You've abandoned us in our time of need.

So I'm up to 4 draft in a row that I've lost in the finals. At least I'm making the finals I guess...