Dies to Removal

Uh oh...events are crashing again???

My girl decided to adopt a puppy the day before MOCS season 4 started, so my grinding time suddenly became halved.

The puppy is very cute, but it's hard to concentrate on the game with her playing in the room and threatening to shit on the floor at any second.

You talking about the puppy or your GF?

They stole my QPs ;/ joined event, it went down, qps lost.

Hope to get them back before tomorrow.

Which event?

There were DEs crashing last Saturday while I was streaming, the guys in chat told me it had happened a lot that morning. Thanks Obama.

It's like they don't want my money

don't make excuses, busy bee

Well I'll be hardcore gunning to be in the PTQ next week but I worked 15 hours of overtime this week and my GF is here this weekend and I've got the RL PTQ on Saturday so I'll just have to make it up next week.

I'll probably switch decks next week to something better than hexproof but I felt like I was committed to playing it this weekend and needed the practice.

next week is the first mtgo PTQ?

Yea.

Info here

Prelims starting Wednesday for the final which is sunday

21 QPs.

Two opponents in a row wouldn't split, so I have to take the 2 QPs from their incinerated corpses. Both were playing Esper - you'd think they would be smarter.

How do you convince people to split and give you the QP? Offer packs?

I say "want to split? I will give you 1 pack of Theros". They usually say yes. The 0.5 tix I lose on the trade is easily worth the QP; afterall, the first 15 QPs is worth 100 tix anyway.

Kait's Wallet
Zem's Wallet
Ham's Wallet

Hams wallets looking light!

Being fair, Ham does play in one of the more unforgiving formats primarily dominated by grinders.

Yeah, shit's rough. I figure I'm going to be playing Modern in the prelims, better grind with my Modern deck. It's a trial by fire that I can't get playing in the tourney practice room. Winning 15 rupees with a Standard deck and immediately scrubbing out of the MOCS seems loose (and likely).

I think I could do decently with Z's Standard burn list, so I keep it around in case the Modern queues aren't firing.

Yeah, shit's rough. I figure I'm going to be playing Modern in the prelims, better grind with my Modern deck. It's a trial by fire that I can't get playing in the tourney practice room. Winning 15 rupees with a Standard deck and immediately scrubbing out of the MOCS seems loose (and likely).

I think I could do decently with Z's Standard burn list, so I keep it around in case the Modern queues aren't firing.

I def. know how you feel since I use to play heaps of modern, if your short on time I'll recommend standard even though it doesn't feel as rewarding when you make the proper sequence.

18 qps after 4-0 ing daily tonight.

Noticed cant play white prison as i forgot to buy runed halo pre - pro tour. Now they cost 5 each, so I think I can get better deck for similar amount of cash.

Is scapeshift any good? Both Prime-Shift and Command Shift.

Plus is this deck better or worse than titan-shift?
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/10061

Love combo/ramp strategies (notice rb devo is also combo/ramp?)

Scapeshift is pretty solid. I don't know which list is better, though

Hmmmm - I personally love scapeshift but I think Twins and Pod does it better for combo.

In regard to the list you posted, I'll argue its better against the traditional hate which scapeshift can receive except its a tad slower and has no counters....

@Ham: I gave Lazerburn the Battleskull so once you get online grab it from him

Thanks MDU

I'm going to do some grinding tonight, the BSkull may help vs. Zoo if I run up against them.

Well, based just off the Pro Tour, scapeshift and Tron both seem unplayable.

If I felt liked shelling out some dough, I'd play either Jund or Obliterock. Affinity is also a deck I love, but I know I'd misclick and go on life tilt.

Why Scapeshift would be bad LP?

It just doesn't win major events (heck tron was nickname GPfailed for a month on MTGOGOLDFISH).

I'll recommend Twins or Robots since they're cheap - I would personally play Jund if could stop myself from buying senseless crappy standard cards and save up for that.

Invest in Goyfs. Always.

Won another 8-man. 23QPs.

Going to play 2x DE plus the PE today. Hopefully will end up ~30QPs.

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Ham's Wallet



Pedros' Wallet



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is raised by wolves worth double splashing for along with a reaper if i am ub?

i have unicorn and burnished hart

i am going for the glory, naturally

reaper was in no matter what. been a long time since i splashed a double mana symbol. but i love me some RBW.

Food has been acquired. Get ready for a long day.

Kait I thought it was the "pro" rule never to play 3 colors during limited? Unless you get really good color fixers or something (is two enough)?

You can definitely play 3 colour with 2 good fixers (eg: two evolving wilds), but double splashing is pretty much always a no-no.

In an 8-man with Gosu.

Zem and Kait both advance to 1-0 in the DE, each after winning in Game 3 on a mull to 5.

I'm betting on Kait (now he'll just get paired with Jund Monster, Esper and BW Control for G2-4)

Kait did you make any changes too your list?

Viashino Firstblade just dealt 8 damage to an opponent before sacrificing himself to Desecration Demon to let me swing for lethal.

Your service will not be forgotten.

2-0 vs MBC

Opponent went all in on pack rat both games, had searing blood both games.

You reckon Viashino are cannibals?

is raised by wolves worth double splashing for along with a reaper if i am ub?

i have unicorn and burnished hart

i am going for the glory, naturally

No

I'm betting on Kait (now he'll just get paired with Jund Monster, Esper and BW Control for G2-4)

Kait did you make any changes too your list?

i put the 1 brimaz back in the board, beat gr monsters round 1 thanks to fated retribution then lost round 2 to uw devotion, another poor matchup

Was I too late?

i think i have lost more to blue devotion than all other decks combined

Was I too late?

you always are, but i wouldn't have asked unless i knew it was wrong