Sideboard:15
2 Pillar of Flame
2 Mizzium Mortars
3 Skullcrack
3 Volcanic Strength
3 Traitorous Blood
2 Hound of Griselbrand[/deck]
2-1 vs UWR Flash(!)
2-1 vs Gruul Aggro
2-0 vs Jund Aggro
2-1 vs Humanimator
2-1 vs Jund Aggro
1-2 vs Naya Blitz (I got a game loss for arriving late. I was literally right outside the venue chatting with my friends and did not notice round has started)
1-2 vs Esper Control
0-2 vs Naya Midrange
All in all, a pretty good day burning people's faces off.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:16 pm
by Alex
Alex, who are we talking about and why?
Brad Nelson, although more importantly his lovely lady Raelle.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 2:55 pm
by TubeHunter
Happy birthday lorddax! And pyreheart too (late)!
Split 1st 2nd last night at fnm. Finished 3-0-1 beating BUG tempo, junk reanimator, and UWR midrange.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:01 pm
by RedNihilist
Happy b-day to lorddax and bezerra
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:06 pm
by redthirst
Can't stop a pyreheart wolf, it says so on the card.
I approve of using your newly restored posting privileges to be maximum condescending.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:23 pm
by windstrider
@Khaos — What was the original assignment?
@zeman — Awesome pictures!
@lorddax — Happy birthday!
I'm starting off the morning with my breakfast of choice: coffee and ibuprofen.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:26 pm
by Khaospawn
Windstrider - The assignment was to write an essay on the following topic: What was the Reformation? Who started it and how did it spread? How did it influence the arts?
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:54 pm
by Colonel Nohman
Is is seeing play in anything in Modern? I'm not very savvy on the non-Standard meta.
It's one of the candidates for replacing Broodbraid Elf, so it definitely see some play, at least in Jund.
Also, poor 2-2 at the FNM. Lost against Junk Reanimator and Esper Control. I've tweaked again the deck, I don't know what to do against that damn Reanimator.
@Zem: Great pics there and great boobs too.
Good sunday everyone and happy birthday pyreheart! Sorry for the absence, but my weekends are getting more and more busy.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:02 pm
by ExarionUniverse1
Is is seeing play in anything in Modern? I'm not very savvy on the non-Standard meta.
It's one of the candidates for replacing Broodbraid Elf, so it definitely see some play, at least in Jund.
Also, poor 2-2 at the FNM. Lost against Junk Reanimator and Esper Control. I've tweaked again the deck, I don't know what to do against that damn Reanimator.
@Zem: Great pics there and great boobs too.
Good sunday everyone and happy birthday pyreheart! Sorry for the absence, but my weekends are getting more and more busy.
pmed you back bro
Happy Birthday LordDax btw
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:03 pm
by windstrider
Windstrider - The assignment was to write an essay on the following topic: What was the Reformation? Who started it and how did it spread? How did it influence the arts?
While I disagree with her choice of words, I do not necessarily disagree with the sentiment behind those words.
Your writing style displays a raw passion that is far too often lacking in most student writing. On that point alone, I would have liked to have read your essay if it were turned in to me. The raw metal of your passion needs to be tempered with an awareness of just how far you can push your audience. Otherwise, your words will fall on deaf ears and minds resistant to understanding.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:14 pm
by Link
I read the introduction article by Cedric Phillips.
Seems like good people, where's this list of his?
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:23 pm
by Self Medicated
Happy birthday lorddax!
Can't wait for the prerelease next weekend. I'm thinking about playing Simic. Some of those commons look great in a limited environment. Either that or Boros. What is everyone else choosing and why?
Can't wait for the prerelease next weekend. I'm thinking about playing Simic. Some of those commons look great in a limited environment. Either that or Boros. What is everyone else choosing and why?
Azorius and Azorius in both the prerelease I'll join. SImply because in the last 2 months (apart for 2 weeks of Junk Reanimator) I've played Wolf Run Bant and I've fallen in love with that deck.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:44 pm
by Dodger
You'd be surprised how much a woman will put up with when you can regularly give her multiple orgasms.
I've learned this. I can basically do whatever I want with my chick cause she knows she ain't going to get fucked better by someone else.
Also, fuck hangovers.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:57 pm
by Link
Choosing Gruul to stay true to my colors. Its a philosophy thing, and I'll make it more dramatic than it needs to be.
In my opinion: I don't think its right to have the attitude that agonizes for even a second over "which guild is going to be good?" or "which guild will have the best possible pairings that will be good?" "which guild is the strongest?"
You yourself are the strongest. You are choosing the cards, they aren't choosing you. Choose the colors that match up with your heart and that's the best chance you'll have at winning. If you're a red player at heart and you choose Azorius because you think its strong and you think Boros/Orzhov/etc. are great limited, so what? Are you an Azorius player? How the hell can you expect to do well with an Azorius pool when you're a red player?
Obviously I'm speaking from my own inflexibility and inexperience, because I wouldn't know how
to build a competitive Azorius deck if I tried. (I tried drafting it once, and was like... "how the hell does this deck win?" but that was back when I first started again. I understand it a bit more, but its still not my style of playing I'm comfortable with).
I don't apply this to draft though, where in a sense, the cards you open DO choose you and you can't just force things through on principle. You have to be fliexble and read the flow of the draft to be successful.
But for sealed? You're choosing your colors before you see a single pack. You get to BE which guild you want! So be YOUR guild. Represent YOUR colors. Run over those other players who tried to build a deck they thought would be objectively strong and thought waay too long over picking.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:08 pm
by Platypus
Fate, that's pretty much my reasoning as well. I knew was going to choose between Rakdos, Boros or Gruul because those fit me best. When I started looking into the secondary guild options I noticed that I'm not too fond of getting a Simic guild booster (hence not choosing Golgari), but I'd be even more unhappy with an Azorius booster, and Selesnya and Izzet didn't excite me either. So Rakdos it is, that way I can be certain I'm not getting any guild boosters I don't like to use.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:22 pm
by photodyer
I read the introduction article by Cedric Phillips.
Fuck I might miss the pre-release, just found out a friend is having bday party next Saturday. Not a close friend but a bunch of people I know will be going and I'll hear about it if I dont go. Bah.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:49 pm
by Link
Fate, that's pretty much my reasoning as well. I knew was going to choose between Rakdos, Boros or Gruul because those fit me best. When I started looking into the secondary guild options I noticed that I'm not too fond of getting a Simic guild booster (hence not choosing Golgari), but I'd be even more unhappy with an Azorius booster, and Selesnya and Izzet didn't excite me either. So Rakdos it is, that way I can be certain I'm not getting any guild boosters I don't like to use.
Read from there for a few pages to
understand my frame of mind lately.
Its like MTGS crammed into one thread though, so enter at your own risk.
Ty Khaos, that deck has a lot of my favorite cards...
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:54 pm
by LP, of the Fires
If I play, I'm going Azorius because my team told me to. Actually as simple as that. It should work out though because U/W skies is my best limited deck style. Anyways, off to a GPT. Wish me luck guys, especially since I'm playing an outdated version of Junk rites and I'm kind of worried about the mirror. Oh well.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:18 pm
by Link
your team dictates what you play in the pre-release too? >_____>
GPTs are one thing man.
GL though
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:23 pm
by photodyer
If I play, I'm going Azorius because my team told me to. Actually as simple as that. It should work out though because U/W skies is my best limited deck style. Anyways, off to a GPT. Wish me luck guys, especially since I'm playing an outdated version of Junk rites and I'm kind of worried about the mirror. Oh well.
Break on through, LK...we'll see you on the other side.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:32 pm
by hamfactorial
Day 71 too stronk. I'm still in bed, this is looking like an extremely lazy Sunday for me.
The temptation to go make a pot of coffee is bubbling up, so my days here are numbered.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:25 pm
by Kazekirimaru
Day 71 too stronk. I'm still in bed, this is looking like an extremely lazy Sunday for me.
The temptation to go make a pot of coffee is bubbling up, so my days here are numbered.
We are in quite a similar boat this afternoon.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:55 pm
by Sasky
Happy Birthday redthirst!
May your days be filled with endless dick jokes and burning virgins... Burning with a passion for you that is.
I expect nothing less than a national, nay, global holiday,
Zhur-Taa Druid - RG
Creature - Human Druid (C)
Tap: Add G to your mana pool. Whenever you tap Zhur-Taa Druid for mana, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
1/1
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:18 pm
by Jack
Had to skip FNM this week so that I could finally sleep a bit after a week of nothing but fucking writing papers for school.
On a brighter note, I passed my driver's license test , my lacrosse team won our game, and I just got off of Duels of the Planeswalkers after 3 hours of 2 headed giant. The amount of shit you can get away with against the nuckleheads on Steam is incredible.
Oh, and happy birthday to Pyreheart, and lorddax.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:19 pm
by Jack
Happy Birthday redthirst!
May your days be filled with endless dick jokes and burning virgins... Burning with a passion for you that is.
I expect nothing less than a national, nay, global holiday,
and i guess it's redthirst's birthday too. I wish you everything that Sasky did, but with more alcohol and dick jokes
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:32 pm
by hamfactorial
Happy birthday to the reddest of the redbros!
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:36 pm
by Christen
Happy birthday redthirst! The fires are lively today.
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:44 pm
by Platypus
Happy Birthday Redthirst!
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:48 pm
by Helios
Happy birthday, red! In regards to your birthday wishes, I think they have already been covered by the posts below.
I'd have given you the same comment, were it an academic paper:P
Sometimes the tyrannical establishment Helios needs to be flipped upside down and urinated on to make way for new and exciting ideas.
If it makes you feel better, had you been asked to incited the masses to revolution, it's certainly an A+. But there's a difference between academic writing and revolutionary rhetoric, whether you
like it or not.
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:00 am
by Khaospawn
Windstrider - The assignment was to write an essay on the following topic: What was the Reformation? Who started it and how did it spread? How did it influence the arts?
While I disagree with her choice of words, I do not necessarily disagree with the sentiment behind those words.
Your writing style displays a raw passion that is far too often lacking in most student writing. On that point alone, I would have liked to have read your essay if it were turned in to me. The raw metal of your passion needs to be tempered with an awareness of just how far you can push your audience.
Otherwise, your words will fall on deaf ears and minds resistant to understanding.
If you want to read it, here it is.
Reform This!
Sometimes the world needs a change. Sometimes the tyrannical establishment needs to be flipped upside down and urinated on to make way for new and exciting ideas. The oppressed needs to be freed and the corruption needs to be wiped away for progress to occur. Goliath needs to be slain and the little people of the world need to stand united and have their voices heard. When the forest grows too thick, a purging fire is inevitable. And out of this destruction, new life will prosper.
One morning in 1517, a man named Martin Luther nailed a paper entitled Ninety-Five Thesis to the church door at Wittenburg and sparked a schism in Christianity. At the time, the Catholic Church was an oppressive engine of hypocrisy that was dividing the rich and the poor. The Church held a virtual monopoly on salvation and was fueled by the contributions
of the working class. Access to the scriptures was limited and was only to be found within the Church. Likewise, the Church built lavish and decadent works that were funded by the indulgences paid for by the lower class. At the heart of the matter, the poor were putting in more than the wealthy and getting nothing in return. In short, the Church operated as a business that preyed upon the poor and the ignorant. And the Church liked it that way.
This angered Martin Luther to no end. Luther argued that the path to salvation was based upon a man’s faith alone and not on works accomplished on this Earth or in monetary compensation to the Church. He believed that since Jesus Christ had already died for humanity’s sins, there was no point in pursuing worldly sacrifices to gain entrance into heaven. Faith and faith alone would be enough to save one’s soul. The need for a middle-man in the form of the Catholic Church was at an end.
Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses sparked the Protestant Reformation and his
challenge on the papal authority undermined the total control the Catholic Church had upon the masses. However, the strength in Martin Luther’s message was derived from its broad appeal to the ordinary person. Following Luther’s excommunication from the Church, he fled to Wartburg Castle in Germany, where he began to work on translating the Bible from Latin to the vernacular German. His goal was to make the Bible available to the everyday person, completely cutting out the need for the Church’s involvement, so that a person could ponder on the scriptures themselves. It was a success. Over 3,000 copies of his vernacular New Testament quickly sold out in a town of only 2,500 people.
While Martin Luther led this Reformation in Germany, others began reform movements elsewhere in France and Switzerland. John Calvin, for example, transformed Geneva into a Protestant haven. Many sought refuge in Calvinist Geneva, including nearly 7,000 religious refugees, to practice their spiritual beliefs. Afterwards, these
people carried these Protestant teachings back to their homelands, further spreading the Reformation. The fire sparked by Luther’s outrage would know no bounds.
The invention of the printing press would prove to be the most effective means of spreading Luther’s Reformation. Up until this time, Bibles were considered rare and were under lock and key of the Catholic Church. The printing press allowed interpretations of Luther’s vernacular Bible to be spread like wildfire and shortly thereafter, Martin Luther was the Continent’s bestselling author. They key to spreading the Reformation was to get the message out fast – the printing press made books readily available for everyone to read. French sympathizers to the Reformation, such as Francois Rabelais and Michel de Montaigne, were able to utilize the power of the press and circulate their own written works. Society was transformed by the spread of the written word thanks to the printing press.
As the Reformation progressed, it would have a huge
impact on the arts. Many of the Protestants strongly believed that the Church commissioned artwork adorning the walls of cathedrals and churches represented the Church’s taste for materiality, rather than spirituality. The ensuing purge, or iconoclast, resulted in numerous works of art being destroyed. Churches were sacked, sculptures destroyed, and art was ripped from the walls from which they hung; very little was spared during this turmoil. As the churches were “cleansed,” the style for places of worship became bare-bones and minimalistic. With these new changes, the need for church commissioned artwork became less and less. As a result, many artists either lost their livelihood or turned to secular imagery.
Fortunately for artists during the Reformation, the growing middle-class turned to secular art to decorate their homes. The art from this period includes rolling landscapes, cycles, still lifes. Most of these pieces depict the day-to-life of the people, or the changing of the seasons.
Nevertheless, moral implications and overtones still found their way into the art of this time. For example, the Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel shows us a world in turmoil in which armies of skeleton warriors have slain an entire kingdom, peasants and king alike. The painting shows us that everyone is equal when Death comes calling.
The Reformation was necessary for the world to evolve. When an organization holds complete control over the masses, progress will stagnate. The Church forced its beliefs onto the people, held them in ignorance, and enslaved them with the belief that they had to buy their out of Hell. As long as the Church had the power, society would remain in ignorance while the Pope’s pockets became heavy with the riches made from selling indulgences. It took one man with the courage, smarts, and anger to rise up and tell the Catholic Juggernaut where to stick it. Because of that one act, Martin Luther started a revolution that changed the world. One must wonder if the printing press
would have even stood a chance in the world since the Church had a monopoly on Bibles, which were considered rare and written in a language that the common folk couldn’t understand. Could art have evolved when the majority of the commissions were for religious pieces? One thing was for sure – the Church’s iron grip on society needed to be relaxed. The time was right for somebody to slay the giant. That man was Martin Luther, the man with the world’s biggest middle finger.
I can't find the polished copy, so you may find some grammatical errors.
If it makes you feel better, had you been asked to incited the masses to revolution, it's certainly an A+. But there's a difference between academic writing and revolutionary rhetoric, whether you like it or not.
"No! No different. Only different in
your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned." >> Yoda
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:00 am
by Colonel Nohman
Choosing Gruul to stay true to my colors. Its a philosophy thing, and I'll make it more dramatic than it needs to be.
In my opinion: I don't think its right to have the attitude that agonizes for even a second over "which guild is going to be good?" or "which guild will have the best possible pairings that will be good?" "which guild is the strongest?"
You yourself are the strongest. You are choosing the cards, they aren't choosing you. Choose the colors that match up with your heart and that's the best chance you'll have at winning. If you're a red player at heart and you choose Azorius because you think its strong and you think Boros/Orzhov/etc. are great limited, so what? Are you an Azorius player? How the hell can you expect to do
well with an Azorius pool when you're a red player?
Obviously I'm speaking from my own inflexibility and inexperience, because I wouldn't know how to build a competitive Azorius deck if I tried. (I tried drafting it once, and was like... "how the hell does this deck win?" but that was back when I first started again. I understand it a bit more, but its still not my style of playing I'm comfortable with).
I don't apply this to draft though, where in a sense, the cards you open DO choose you and you can't just force things through on principle. You have to be fliexble and read the flow of the draft to be successful.
But for sealed? You're choosing your colors before you see a single pack. You get to BE which guild you want! So be YOUR guild. Represent YOUR colors. Run over those other players who tried to build a deck they thought would be objectively strong and thought waay too long over picking.
I think that your post is part referred to me, so here I answer: I'
ve always been a control player, my very first deck was a black/white control. Those are the decks that I always piloted the best. Then I took a huge pause from MtG and started playing again during the Innistrad cycle. I've chosen Red Deck Wins because I wanted to change, and I've really enjoyed it, and joined this clan because before the good players, I've found here good and kind persons. After that, I switched to Wolf Run Bant since it fitted much better my playstyle (infact much of my best positions were obtained with this deck, but not because it's the best, we all know that the current boogeyman is Junk). Even if I've changed deck and switched from aggro to control, I enjoy my stay here because I consider all the members of this clan friends. I'm joining this pre-release just because 3 of my closest friends needed a 4th people for the two headed giant. So, if I have to play, I want the guild I'm currently playing and enjoying the most of all, as you've correctly said.
If anything I've
written is not clear, feel free to ask more explanations.
And happy birthday redthirst, Lords of Riots and chief commander of all the red mages!
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:11 am
by Solemn10
Last prerelease I played gruul and got rofl stomped cos I had no ramp for my fatties and had 3 1-2 drops... probably going rakdos this time around.
Also happy birthday red!!
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:14 am
by Khaospawn
How do we know it's redthirst's b-day?
If so, it's time to organize a Birthday blowjob for him. Round up some sorority girls in bikinis! Grab a giant hammock and multiple sponges! Find a deflated hot-air balloon to clean up the mess! Stat! We're also gonna need a few helicopters and some towing cables to lift that giant member up off the ground.
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:32 am
by ExarionUniverse1
Choosing Gruul to stay true to my colors. Its a philosophy thing, and I'll make it more dramatic than it needs to be.
In my opinion: I don't think its right to have the attitude that agonizes for even a second over "which guild is going to be good?" or "which guild will have the best possible pairings that will be good?" "which guild is the strongest?"
You yourself are the strongest. You are choosing the cards, they aren't choosing you. Choose the colors that match up with your heart and that's the best chance you'll have at winning. If you're a red player at
heart and you choose Azorius because you think its strong and you think Boros/Orzhov/etc. are great limited, so what? Are you an Azorius player? How the hell can you expect to do well with an Azorius pool when you're a red player?
Obviously I'm speaking from my own inflexibility and inexperience, because I wouldn't know how to build a competitive Azorius deck if I tried. (I tried drafting it once, and was like... "how the hell does this deck win?" but that was back when I first started again. I understand it a bit more, but its still not my style of playing I'm comfortable with).
I don't apply this to draft though, where in a sense, the cards you open DO choose you and you can't just force things through on principle. You have to be fliexble and read the flow of the draft to be successful.
But for sealed? You're choosing your colors before you see a single pack. You get to BE which guild you want! So be YOUR guild. Represent YOUR colors. Run over those other players who tried to
build a deck they thought would be objectively strong and thought waay too long over picking.
I think that your post is part referred to me, so here I answer: I've always been a control player, my very first deck was a black/white control. Those are the decks that I always piloted the best. Then I took a huge pause from MtG and started playing again during the Innistrad cycle. I've chosen Red Deck Wins because I wanted to change, and I've really enjoyed it, and joined this clan because before the good players, I've found here good and kind persons. After that, I switched to Wolf Run Bant since it fitted much better my playstyle (infact much of my best positions were obtained with this deck, but not because it's the best, we all know that the current boogeyman is Junk). Even if I've changed deck and switched from aggro to control, I enjoy my stay here because I consider all the members of this clan friends. I'm joining this pre-release just because 3 of my closest friends needed a
4th people for the two headed giant. So, if I have to play, I want the guild I'm currently playing and enjoying the most of all, as you've correctly said.
If anything I've written is not clear, feel free to ask more explanations.
And happy birthday redthirst, Lords of Riots and chief commander of all the red mages!
Happy Birthday redthirst, although I don't serve you
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:46 am
by hamfactorial
How do we know it's redthirst's b-day?.
I don't actually know. I just saw everyone else wishing him a happy birthday so I jumped on the pile. I'm such a bandwagoner!
, my lacrosse team won our game, and I just got off of Duels of the Planeswalkers after 3 hours of 2 headed giant. The amount of shit you can get away with against the nuckleheads on Steam is incredible. 