Dies to Removal

Get dragoning

Maybe it's just me, but nothing really inspiring. Nothing I'm dying to play at the GP.

don't you say the same thing each season?

I sorta wrote a tournament report for my states experience in the mono-red thread. Go and read it if you want.

LD's becoming more and more like Eeyore after every PT lol

Saaaaaaaaame deckssssss

If I wasn't a suspended cheater I'd play the fuck out of Shota's deck. The only problem is that it's hard to reveal Dragonlord Silumgar from your lap.

Meanwhile, I'm look Pooh stuffing his face with honey. Love me some Red decks winning.

If I wasn't a suspended cheater I'd play the fuck out of Shota's deck. The only problem is that it's hard to reveal Dragonlord Silumgar from your lap.

Did they officially suspend you? How long?

I didn't get to play states yesterday but I wish I did. I came in late to check out the field and the top 8 were just full of misplays. Also for the third States event in a row, the winner was someone I've routinely beaten in the past.

States really is just a big silly FNM.

I won't know for another month but I'm taking the position of acting like I'm suspended already. The level 3a and 4s I know think 18-24 months but there might be some leniency for community work and mental health but best to wait and see.

I didn't get to play states yesterday but I wish I did. I came in late to check out the field and the top 8 were just full of misplays. Also for the third States event in a row, the winner was someone I've routinely beaten in the past.

States really is just a big silly FNM.

Yeah, thats mostly true. I never really felt like my opponents were better than i was until I lost my win and in, but I've beat that guy before too, just didn't get him that time.

I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for you pesky kids!

Nothing exciting out of this PT

ATARKA

This standard is about big dumb creatures exciting and powerful magic the gathering playing cards

and wotc making lots of cash

Game of Thrones is still pretty good

I watched all 4 of the leaked episodes just now.

....

Now no one can spoil this shit for me.

so conflicted about whether to snag the episode leaks or not. The scummune screens them every Sunday and I love everyone's fresh reactions... but HRRRRRRGHN

same

Ooh there's a melee tourney on twitch now. I guess I didn't need to sleep tonight...

Or maybe this one won't run til fuckin 4 am like Apex

Play siege rhino

How the fuck do you beat down the Variance Demon without cheating? I have been having so many problems with it in the last few tournaments. It seems like I only see either 1-2 lands or 8-10 and can't draw a 20-outer with three attempts.

Standard States Report (29th) here.

Modern States Report (33rd) here.

I watched all 4 of the leaked episodes just now.

....

Now no one can spoil this shit for me.

I watched the first 2. Tomorrow, the next 2.

On a side note, happy bday Windstrider!

How the fuck do you beat down the Variance Demon without cheating? I have been having so many problems with it in the last few tournaments. It seems like I only see either 1-2 lands or 8-10 and can't draw a 20-outer with three attempts.

Standard States Report (29th) here.

Modern States Report (33rd) here.

Yeah, I'm in a bad luck streak as well.
Sadly we're playing a card game, so if you can honestly just blame things on variance (i.e.: keeping a playable two-lander, then proceed to draw all your top end without ever seing the third) you just have to hope it doesn't happen again.

T4'd a PPTQ with Abzan Midrange, died to Jeskai Tokens (hint- Jeskai Ascendancy is a fucked up card). Beat GR Dragons, Devo, Mono Red and Mardu. Slapped around Abzan Aggro in between rounds as well. Just jam many Sorrows + Arashin Cleric and it fixes all the bad creature matches in the field. Esper and Jeskai Tokens w/ Ojutai def. the hardest other decks.

I just almost lost to the weirdest thing.

Steam augury, dictate of kruphix, kiora, cruise, running master the way and crater's claw's as win cons. Strange stuff

A lot of beating variance is playing a lot of Magic (since sometimes you will just do miserably), figuring out when making sequencing errors = 'variance' and picking decks that don't lean you on the heavier side of the curve. Abzan and Mono Red are perfect examples of decks that do a lot to mitigate their variance and rougher draws, meanwhile something like Jeskai and Abzan Aggro exacerbate the issues with their mana / curve considerations in exchange for slightly more raw power.

Also if I was going to run back Abzan Midrange, this is what I'd run ATM.

[deck]Creatures
4 Fleecemane Lion
3 Den Protector
4 Courser of Kruphix
4 Siege Rhino
1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Spells
4 Thoughtseize
2 Ultimate Price
2 Drown in Sorrow
2 Abzan Charm
4 Hero's Downfall
1 Utter End
1 Dromoka's Command
PW's
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Lands
4 Windswept Heath
4 Sandsteppe Citadel
4 Temple of Malady
2 Temple of Silence
3 Llanowar Wastes
3 Caves of Koilos
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Forest
2 Plains
Sideboard:
3 Arashin Cleric
2 Drown in Sorrow
1 Bile Blight
1 Dromoka's Command
3 Duress
1 Abzan Charm
1 Damnable Pact
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Garruk, Apex Predator
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon[/deck]

Happy birthday, Dan!

Happy B-Day, Dan.


In other news, a local radio station saw my GoFundMe and called me a bearded idiot.

They're not completely wrong.

4th at PPTQ yesterday. Top 4 was me, 2 buddies and we all lost to the guy from China. I was the only guy in top 4 not on abzan agro and I honestly probably win the tourney if I wasn't sleep deprived and making out of character conservative plays.

My matches where like, R1, abzan manifest brew, 2-4 abzan agro(2-1, Game loss in round 4 cause something bizarre happened with my decklists), and beat UB control round 5 before ID'ing. Beat atarka command red in top 8 before falling to the abzan menance.

I don't think abzan agro was the best deck, but all the best players minus myself where playing it.

If there where I PPTQ today, I'd play atarka red because I was teaching some people how to play red decks between rounds(he had the deck and like it) and I was doing ABSURD THINGS. Like swing for lethal with 4 attackers into your 2 blockers with you at 13 life.

Happy B-Day, Dan.


In other news, a local radio station saw my GoFundMe and called me a bearded idiot.

Really? Seems unprofessional.

You should set up a GoFundMe for a lawyer to sue them.

Nah lol

A wolf doesn't care about the opinions of sheep.

your facebook comments say otherwise

I've been dicking around with Dragonrage over Atarka's Command just to see if the consistency is there after a testing buddy mentioned it. Trade the skullcrack topside for Stonewrighting everyone after blockers and painfree manabase.

Its been showing better results than I thought as turn 3 or 4 play. Curving in to it is closing out more games due to pushing the extra damage for burn range. Anyone else messing around with this or just something sitting on the fringes?

You're getting all the these haters now, but if you win it'll be the "feel good" story of the year.

your facebook comments say otherwise

that was then, this is now.

but i also said then i wasn't gonna do anything about it.

You're getting all the these haters now, but if you win it'll be the "feel good" story of the year.

Disney will make a movie about it.