[Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT

[photodyer]

This is quite a head-shaker...check out the 8th-Place deck from SCG Philly, noting card count:


Jund Aggro
A Standard Magic deck, by Kevin Ziet
8th place at a StarCityGames.com Invitational tournament in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 2013-06-23

[deck]
Creatures
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Dreg Mangler
4 Experiment One
4 Falkenrath Aristocrat
4 Flinthoof Boar
4 Ghor-Clan Rampager
4 Gyre Sage
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
3 Rakdos Cackler

Instants
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Searing Spear

Planeswalkers
4 Domri Rade

Lands
2 Forest
4 Blood Crypt
2 Dragonskull Summit
1 Kessig Wolf Run
4 Overgrown Tomb
3 Rootbound Crag
4 Stomping Ground
3 Woodland Cemetery

Sideboard:
3 Deathrite Shaman
2 Golgari Charm
2 Olivia Voldaren
3 Appetite for Brains
2 Dreadbore
3 Pillar of Flame
[/deck]

Esper Control won the day, followed by two Reanimator decks (one Junk, one oddball 4-
color)...the diversity it this meta keeps things morphing.

[Kazekirimaru]

Sixty-four...

[zemanjaski]

Better lucky than good.

[Kazekirimaru]

What's the best way to get set up with a competitive deck on MODO?

[Alex]

Sixty-four...

Honestly? I've played decks with >60 cards in them at large events on a few occasions. I played Solar Flare with 61 cards to 2011 States. I wanted an extra DoJ to deal with Township Tokens, so I just said YOLO and went for it. Ended up in the top 8, so yeah.

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

[Link]

Alex were at the Bellagio, you getting my texts?

[photodyer]

I freely admit to playing a card or two long at times, but I also recognize that it is generally a lack of decisiveness that speaks to my relative skill. I've just never seen a "long" deck (not counting things like Battle of Wits builds that call for it) on the leader board at a major event. In this case, I would have been too scared for mana variance, particularly with the black-heavy sideboad.

[photodyer]

What's the best way to get set up with a competitive deck on MODO?

Build red out of your pocket, grind until you win packs, then trade into deck upgrades. Otherwise, bite the bullet and buy the deck you want outright and grind with it to make back your expenditure. Bots are the easiest way to acquire cards, and the reputable ones all stay pretty much with the "going" price on a given card. MTGO Traders is solid with very responsive service; if you use paypal with them they give you a 5% discount on everything. You can either buy cards outright from them at their website, or buy credits from them to use with their bots inside MTGO.

[photodyer]

Interesting comment from Chas Andres in his latest article discussing Modern and the staples not appearing in MM:

"Thoughtseize is a glaringly obvious omission, and it will be corrected shortly. There is a strong rumor going around that it will be reprinted in M14, and I believe it. If it isn't in M14, it'll be in Theros for sure. I expect Thoughtseize to be a regular rare—not a mythic—meaning it will settle in the $30 range. Please do not pay $75 for this card right now."

[LP, of the Fires]

Trip was less awesome then I wanted it to be. 4/3 drop(1-3 in actual games played). Didn't get to snort coke off of a hookers ass. On the plus side I showed fate and his hotty girlfriend the almighty power of zealous conscripts. Wish my phone had been on so I could coordinate better. As it was, still got wasted last night and saw my bros go on an emotional rollercoaster as they won and lost e everything on roulette . That and at least one of my team made day two.

[Alex]

Cirque was awesome. I'm now up $1,200 and some change. Sat at the tables until the last second before the show and had to run my ass there.

Supposed to meet up with Fate and Nuwen but the girls are dragging me back to the apartment to draft the C/UC cube and drink some more. Sorry dudes. This night still has the potential to go into Hangover mode. Or I could just pass out in some strange girl's bed. To be continued...

[photodyer]

Trip was less awesome then I wanted it to be. 4/3 drop(1-3 in actual games played). Didn't get to snort coke off of a hookers ass. On the plus side I showed fate and his hotty girlfriend the almighty power of zealous conscripts. Wish my phone had been on so I could coordinate better. As it was, still got wasted last night and saw my bros go on an emotional rollercoaster as they won and lost e everything on roulette . That and at least one of my team made day two.

I get the impression that a lot of folks were underwhelmed with the tourney once they got past the impact of its magnitude. It seems like pull quality was a huge factor, as I know a number of skilled players like yourself who got blanked by non-cohesive card pools. Out of curiosity
given the magnitude of the event, what safeguards were in place to prevent people from "importing" supplements? I know it's Vegas, but I don't imagine the security was casino-level...

I would have liked to have seen the art display, but not at the cost of having to deal with the crowd.

[Alex]

So I just drafted this deck in the C/UC cube. Hide your kids, hide your wife.


[deck]
Creatures (14)
1 Hovermyr
1 Lightning Mauler
1 Bladetusk Boar
1 Nearheath Stalker
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Nearheath Pilgrim
1 Shinewend
1 Aven Squire
1 Serra Angel
1 Seraph of Dawn
1 Attended Knight
1 Sunhome Enforcer
1 Totem-Guide Hartebeest
1 Ajani's Sunstriker

Spells/Enchants (9)
1 Path to Exile
1 Pacifism
1 Spirit Mantle
1 Rally the Peasants
1 Sylvok Lifestaff
1 Fireball
1 Madcap Skills
1 Act of Treason
1 Arrest

Mana (17)
10 Plains
7 Mountain[/deck]

Everyone is going to get dominated.

[windstrider]

'morning, all.

We took the kids over to Oceans of Fun on Saturday afternoon. Never again on a weekend. People everywhere to the point that it was just too much. It upset us when we saw parents turn their kids loose in the kids' areas without supervision. I saw one little girl get knocked down when an older girl ran up one of the kids' slides with her mother sitting less then five feet away. The attendant warned her against it, and as soon as his back was turned, she did it again. We left soon afterwards.

I have several things to look forward to this week: grading more assignments, working on the car to convert the air shocks to springs, and going to court on Friday for the criminal trial of my ex. What fun.

I'm hoping to talk my in-laws into watching the toddler on Friday, so I can at least go to FNM and get some playing time in.

[Self Medicated]

'morning, all.

We took the kids over to Oceans of Fun on Saturday afternoon. Never again on a weekend. People everywhere to the point that it was just too much. It upset us when we saw parents turn their kids loose in the kids' areas without supervision. I saw one little girl get knocked down when an older girl ran up one of the kids' slides with her mother sitting less then five feet away. The attendant warned her against it, and as soon as his back was turned, she did it again. We left soon afterwards.

I have several things to look forward to this week: grading more assignments, working on the car to convert the air shocks to springs, and going to court on Friday for the criminal trial of my ex. What fun.

I'm hoping to talk my in-laws into
watching the toddler on Friday, so I can at least go to FNM and get some playing time in.

That's why I don't go to the Six Flags amusement park in Vallejo. Too many people, and when you get such a large cross section of the population you are bound to have classless people who can't or won't handle their own kids. It's sad to see just how many parents don't care about their kids' behavior.

Anywho, so I haven't played a game of Magic in over a month. Really hoping to go to a GPT this Saturday. I'm not even really concerned about winning, I just want to play and see what's going on in my local meta. I think I can expect to see a lot of control and reanimator.

[Valdarith]

I haven't played a game of Magic in two weeks and that streak could continue indefinitely. Trying to move in a 4000 sq ft house and update it at the same time is a real pain.

[LP, of the Fires]

Trip was less awesome then I wanted it to be. 4/3 drop(1-3 in actual games played). Didn't get to snort coke off of a hookers ass. On the plus side I showed fate and his hotty girlfriend the almighty power of zealous conscripts. Wish my phone had been on so I could coordinate better. As it was, still got wasted last night and saw my bros go on an emotional rollercoaster as they won and lost e everything on roulette . That and at least one of my team made day two.

I get the impression that a lot of folks were underwhelmed with the tourney once they got past the impact of its
magnitude. It seems like pull quality was a huge factor, as I know a number of skilled players like yourself who got blanked by non-cohesive card pools. Out of curiosity given the magnitude of the event, what safeguards were in place to prevent people from "importing" supplements? I know it's Vegas, but I don't imagine the security was casino-level...

I would have liked to have seen the art display, but not at the cost of having to deal with the crowd.

The tourney wasn't really bad, it's just that I was disappointed in my performance, and I possibly misbuilt my deck. I was playing a fair G/W deck with a black splash and tromp, and what I should have done is either gotten greedier or tried to force a more aggressive deck instead of playing my "safe" build.

As for safeguards, you would crack packs and register the pool, then pass the cards to the left. Lots of people dropped after cracking the packs as you don't really want to pass tarmagoyf+foil tarmogoyf.

[hamfactorial]

SM:

Is there a GPT locally this weekend? I'd be interested in going, since I was cruelly denied the chance to light fires in Vegas.

[Self Medicated]

There is a GPT at Outer Planes Comics and Games in Santa Rosa this Saturday at noon, I believe.

They're also hosting an SCG IQ the very next Saturday.

http://planes.users.sonic.net/

[hamfactorial]

That sounds pretty money. I'll see if I can put together a weekend in Napa with my family and casually crush at your LGS

[Self Medicated]

I'm going to see if I can break out of "jail" for a few hours to participate. I've never entered a Competitive REL event before. Do I just get a decklist template from Wizards?

[hamfactorial]

At a competitive REL event, the official judge staff should have the deck registration forms printed out for the participants. It's helpful to sort your deck before arriving to make the registration really simple.

[Self Medicated]

I see. But can you bring your own form already filled out just to save time?

[hamfactorial]

Ah, yeah that's fine.

[Self Medicated]

And now to tune my deck for a mostly control and reanimator meta. Of course, there will be the odd aggro deck mixed in.

[hamfactorial]

My deck is aggro, and quite odd. Prepare your butthole, Santa Rosa!

[Valdarith]

New Garruk released.

Garruk, Caller of Beasts 4GG

+1 Reveal the top five cards of your library. Put all creature cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
-3 You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield
-7 You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may search your library for a creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library."
Loyalty: 4

[Alex]

New Garruk released.

Garruk, Caller of Beasts 4GG

+1 Reveal the top five cards of your library. Put all creature cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
-3 You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield
-7 You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may search your library for a creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library."
Loyalty: 4

Card sucks at everything short of turn 6 Progenitus and 100 card piles.

[Self Medicated]

Yeah. Really disappointed with this version of Garruk.

[Kazekirimaru]

What's the best way to get set up with a competitive deck on MODO?

Build red out of your pocket, grind until you win packs, then trade into deck upgrades. Otherwise, bite the bullet and buy the deck you want outright and grind with it to make back your expenditure. Bots are the easiest way to acquire cards, and the reputable ones all stay pretty much with the "going" price on a given card. MTGO Traders is solid with very responsive service; if you use paypal with them they give you a 5% discount on everything. You can either buy cards outright from them at their website, or
buy credits from them to use with their bots inside MTGO.

Most appreciated. I'm rather tempted to go the latter route.

[Self Medicated]

Just had a good read on CFB.

http://www.channelfireball.com/articles ... ry-of-red/

[hamfactorial]

If you use the coupon code "mtgsallypaypal" you'll get an 8% discount at MTGO Traders.

[hamfactorial]

I love the section on Shrine of Burning Rage. That card is the tits, probably my favorite sideboard card in Modern Burn.

[Kazekirimaru]

Just had a good read on CFB.

http://www.channelfireball.com/articles ... ry-of-red/

I kind of dislike how they're shaping Gruul up to be today's RDW. The decks are two totally different deals, and RDW is still a thing today.

[Kazekirimaru]

Not to mention that dude's sideboard is a mess.

[Self Medicated]

Ham, do you have 2 Temple Garden I could borrow if you happen to attend the GPT on Saturday?

[hamfactorial]

SM:

Certainly. If you send me your address in PM, I'll mail them to you so you're covered even if I can't join you.

[Alex]

Not to mention that dude's sideboard is a mess.

Real men shuffle their sideboard into their deck and then remove all 15 sideboard cards before game 2.

EYES OF THE TIGER.

[Alex]

Also I'm serious, I very rarely sideboard. I have to be playing for money to care enough to do so. :\

[hamfactorial]

15 Hodor sideboard