I tried searching for this one, but I haven't found any.
Since Lotus Bloom doesn't have a casting cost, I was wondering if I could "weld" it in from my graveyard and use it immediately.

I thank you in advance.

Carat Magica is holding their monthly Type 1 tourney this Sunday, August 1st at 12:00 PM.
Registrations: 11:00 AM
Cost:             10$ (CDN)
Where:          6360 St-Hubert street, Montreal, near Beaubien metro.
Prizes:           Top 8 get 10$ minimum store credit, while the winner            usually get 150$ CDN.
Phone:           514-286-9099
WWW:           www.cartamagica.com

See you there!

 

Thanks guys!

When i cast Summoner's Egg, i imprint Eater of Days.
Now, when the Egg goes into the graveyard, Eater of Days comes into play. Does Eater of Days make me lose the next 2 turns, or is the "comes into play" rule ignored?

Thank you in advance!

Way to go Jamino! You'll be able to win it all one day.
Next time, I'll be more prepared for this tourney.
I didn't do mch with this one. Although a combination of Sphere of resistance and Trinisphere is awesome!

Weeeeeeeeeee

Type 1 CARTA MAGICA
PRIZES: 150$ (cdn) and store credits for the rest of the Top 8
Cost : 10$ on site.
Inscription : 11h00-11h50
Start : 12h00
Format : Type 1 (Sanctioned)
Where : Carta Magica 6360 St-Hubert, Montreal (Métro Beaubien)


The time has come again for the monthly Montreal Type 1 tourney. But this time, the new expansion DARKSTEEL will be legal to play.

Last month, Dragon.dec made all the way to the top. Will it be a reapeat?

Expect to see lots of Goblins (combo or sligh), Landstill, Madness, Tog, Control, Suicide, TnT and Workshop.dec variants, and of course some random. Overall, the environnement is quite healthy! And 90% of the players are actually fun to against!!!

Your's truly will be there again, making sure that everyone has fun.

(For those of you who don't know me, I'm the loudest player there!)

WOW!
That's exactly the one I had!
Thank you very much!  
WOOHOO

HI!
Mine was John Constantine, from Hellbalzer.
The pictured had a close-up of the person in question, along with white/grey hair and with a CIGARETTE in his mouth.

If you can find it, I'd be more than happy!

Thx in advance!

Well, this is my first real report. I'm gonna try to give iy all and hope that I won't stick on the details too much. I've asked all my fellow opponent to write down their initial hand and what they sided in against me. I was really surprised by the generous help they provided me. Thanks a lot guys!

I hope you enjoy it!

This time around, we were only 30 players, mostly due to the fact that it was the Superball that Sunday. So we duked it out for five rounds.

The top 8 was composed a these following decks:
1. Maxime Godbout l'hébreux with LANDSTILL.
2. Jean-Phillipe Keable with LANDSTILL.
3. Guillaume Ouimet with U/R STACKER with Lodestone Myr + Winter Orb.
4. François Mathivet with DRAGON.
5. Martin Éric Gauthier (MEG) with MINDSLAVER.
6. Siméon Lajoie with U/R STACKS.
7. Éric Côté with A BEAUTIFUL MIND.
8. Olivier Cloutier with SLIGH.

Top 4 was composed of Dragon vs Mindslaver and U/R Stacks vs ABM.

Finals was ABM vs Dragon.

Congradulations to all!


I was playing my slightly modified version of TNT (Toad's build). I ended up with a 3-2 records, and one of them I lost because of mana screw.

Here's my decklist:

1 anger
4 goblin welder
1 squee
1 uktabi oragutan
1 duplicant
4 juggernaut
1 karn, silver golem
1 platinum angel
2 solemn simulacrum
4 su-chi
1 triskelion
3 blood moon
4 pyrostatic pillars
4 survival of the fittest
7 solomox
1 grim monolith
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
2 mountain
4 forest
4 mishra's workshop
4 taiga
1 strip mine
4 wasteland

Sideboard

1 viashino heretic
1 elf replica
1 triskelion
2 naturalize
2 artifact mutation
3 chalice of the void
3 powder keg
2 tormod's crypt

The changes I made to the deck were to replace Wooded Foothills with an additional mountain and forests. I removed them because there is a lot of control with Stifle in Montreal. Also, the addition of Powder Keg in the sideboard was to control the board against weenies such as goblins and elves.

Round 1: Justin Wilder (Jamino) playing VENGEUR MASQUÉ.

Justin is this 15 year old kid who'll ask everyone to lend him cards in order for him to complete his deck. I lend in 3 Birds of Paradise and 3 Back to Basics. He's a great kid and knows how to play well.

Game 1: He starts!

Justin's hand: Forest, Birds Of Paradise, Brainstrom, Volrath's Shapeshifter, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Zantid Swarm

My hand: Taiga, Grim Monolith, Goblin Welder, Forest, Black Lotus, Juggernaut, Mishra's Workshop.

1. He play a forest and a Bird.
2. I draw a Wasteland, play my Workshop and Lotus, sac the Lotus for 3 red, bring Welder and Juggy! ROAR! Burn for 1.
3. He plays a Tropical and brings out Volrath's Shapeshifter.
4. I waste his Tropical and swing with Juggy!
5. He declares an attack phase, discards the Dreadnought and swings for 12.
EOT: I switch his Shapeshifter for his Dreadnought to clear the board on his side (Birds is tapped)
6. I draw a Strip mine which destroys his forest and bring out Su-Chi. He concedes.

Sideboarding:

Justin: 2 Uktabi Orangutan, 1 Viridian shaman and 2 Ground Seal.

Me: 2 Tormod's Crypt, 3 Powder Keg, 2 Naturalize, 1 Triskelion and 1 Viashino Heretic.

Game 2: He starts!

Justin's hand: Tropical Island, Wooded Foothills, Illusionary Mask, Survival of the Fittest, Ancestral Recall, Phyrexian Dreadnought.

My hand: Mox Sapphire, Goblin welder, Mishra's Workshop, Triskelion, Wasteland, Platinum Angel, Taiga.

1. He plays Tropical.
2. I draw Karn, waste his Tropical. In response, he Ancestral's. It resolves, and I play my Mox Sapphire.
3. He plays Wooded Foothills. Discard's Squee and other cards.
4. I draw a Powder Keg. Play Taiga and cast the Keg which needs permission. He forces it with a Shapeshifter.
5. He's misses a land drop.
6. I play Workshop and drop Karn.
7. Draw-Go! Missed another land drop.
8. I play a forest and cast a Triskelion. Karn swings for 4.
9. Draw-Go! Missed another land drop.
10. I draw a Su-Chi which I cast along with a Welder.
11. Justin Concedes...

2-0

I really hate it when this happens. It feel cheap by winning when he's mana screwed. Oh well... It's bound to happen to me also!

Justin' decklist:

1 black lotus
1 mox emerald
1 mox sapphire
4 illusionary mask
4 phyrexian dreadnought
4 brainstorm
1 ancestral recall
4 force of will
1 xantid swarm
1 time walk
1 tradewind rider
1 phage the untouchable
3 volrath's shapeshifter
4 birds of paradise
1 nantuko vigilante
2 quirion ranger
4 survival of the fittest
3 wall of root
1 voidmage apprentice
1 squee, goblin nabob
2 flooded strand
4 forest
4 island
4 tropical island
2 windsweapt heath
1 wooded foothills

Round 2: Giullaume Ouimet playing U/R Stacker with Winter Orbs and Lodestone Myr.

Game 1: He starts!

Guillaume's hand: 2 Winter Orb, Sphere of Resistance, Mana Crypt, Goblin Welder, Stripmine and Volcanic Island.

My hand:  Goblin Welder, Squee, Pyrostaic Pillars, Forest, Strip Mine. (I had to mulligan twice!!!)

1. He plays Volcanic and a Welder.
2. I draw Survival, and play a forest.
3. He sacs a Wooded Foothills for Volcanic, plays Spheres and swings with the Welder.
4. I draw a Blood Moon and and strip his Volcanic.
5. He strips my lone forest and swings again with Welder.
6. I can't believe my luck. I draw my third Blood Moon, and then play my Workshop.
7. He swings with Welder.
8. I draw a Juggy!!!
9. He swings with Welder.
10. I draw Anger, which I discard.
11.He discards Orb.
12. I draw and play a Mountain.
EOT: He Switches Spheres for Orb.
13. He plays Mountain, Mox Pearl, Crypt, Sol Ring, Orb, welds the Crypt for Sphere.
14. I play a Mox and discard Squee.
15. He casts Tangle Wire and Lodestone Myr, to which I concede.

He got a somewhat good start while I had to mulligan down to 5. Even then, my hand wasn't very good.

Sideboarding:

Guillaume: He sided out 2 Winter Orb, a black vise and a Gorila Shaman for 4 Tormod's Crypt.

Me: I side out 2 Pillars, Angel, 3 Blood Moon and Duplicant for 2 Naturalise, 3 Keg and 2 Artifact Mutation.

Game 2: I starts!

My hand: 2 Wasteland, Taiga, Uktabi Orangutan, Survival of the Fittest, Pyrostatic Pillars, Juggernaut.

Guillaume's hand: Wooded Foothills, Mox Emerald, Sol Ring, Goblin Welder, Strip Mine, Winter Orb, Volcanic Island.

1. I play a Wasteland.
2. He sacs Wooded for Mountain, casts Welder, Emerald and Sol Ring.
3. I draw Su-Chi, play Taiga and Survival.
4. He strips my Taige and brings out Lodestone Myr. Swings with Welder.
5. Draw Artifact Mutation and play Wasteland.
6. He plays Wooded Foothills and Crypt. Swings with Welder and Myr for 6.
7. I draw Welder.
EOT: Sacs Wooded for Vocanic.
8. He draws and cast Juggy. Game over.

As you can see, I was somewhat lucky by having Stri Mine in his starting hand for both duels. Meanwhile, having to mulligan twice during the first game doesn't help much either. I was somewhat unlucky during game 2, because I had a couple of Wastelands, Uktabi and drew an Artifact Mutation early on. As they say, sh*t happens.

Here's Guillaume decklist:

2 thirst of knowledge
1 tinker
1 time walk
1 ancestral recall
4 goblin welder
1 gorilla shaman
1 whell of fortune
4 lodestone myr
4 tangle wire
4 sphere of resistance
4 winter orb
3 juggernaut
1 triskelion
1 memory jar
1 black vise
1 mana vault
1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
1 black lotus
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
1 mox jet
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald
4 mishra's workshop
4 volcanic ilsand
4 wooded foothills
3 wasteland
1 stripmine
1 tolarian academy
1 mountain


That's all for tonight.Keep in touch as I'll be posting my 3 other match-ups....That is if anybody cares!  

Thanks y'all!
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Francois Mathivet won with Dragon after his opponent agreed to split the prize with him.

I'll have a complete listing of all the decks tonight or later this week.

@Matt:
 My mistake... It's because of my French... My bad...  

Now it is to my understanding that Damping Matrix shuts down creature's activated abilities like Goblin Welder. Now my question is the following:

Does Damping Matrix prevent Triskelion from removing a +1/+1 counter?
If so, how come? Under the newer version of the card from the Mirrodin set, there is no activation cost for the abilities except for: remove a +1/+1 counter to.... http://www.mtgpics.com/card.php?mrd269

Unlike the 4th edition version of the card, there was a semi-colon with a 0 activation cost. (0: remove a +1/+1 counter...) http://www.mtgpics.com/card.php?4th329

If somebody could clear this up for me, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!    

@Toad:

I have to agree with you about your decklist... Except that in my experience, I believe that 2 Squee are a must considering the amount of graveyard hate. Also, do you really consider that Wheel of fortune to be a necessity for the deck, or is it just a metagame call? (too much goblins and Madness around here!)

Pesonnaly, I also think that 1 or 2 Flametongue Kavu should see a spot in the sideboard.

Type 1 CARTA MAGICA
Cost :          10$ on site.
Inscription : 11h00-11h50 start : 12h00
Format :      Type 1 (Sanctioned)
Where :       Carta Magica 6360 St-Hubert, Montreal (Métro Beaubien)
Food :         McD's, Valentine, St-Hubert, etc.


The time has come again for the monthly Montreal Type 1 tourney.
As always, the first prize is cash, while the rest of the top 8 will be store credits.

Last month, part of the Toronto and Quebec crew joined us, and Razor went all the way to first prize with his Oshawa Madness.

Expect to see lots of Goblins (combo or sligh), Landstill, Madness, Tog, Control, Suicide, TnT and Workshop.dec variants, and of course some random. Overall, the environnement is quite healthy! And 90% of the players are actually fun to against!!!

Your's truly will be there again, making sure that everyone has fun.

(For those of you who don't know me, I'm the loudest player there!)  

Hey guys!
It's been a while. I've been playing TNT since its origins and lately, i've tried this version at Carta Magica monthly type 1 on Jan 4th:

CREATURES:

1 Anger
1 Gorilla Shaman
4 Goblin Welder
2 Squee
1 Elvist Lyrist
1 Elvish Scrapper
1 Genesis
1 Uktaby Orangutan
1 Elvish Replica
4 Juggernaut
1 Phyrexian Colossus
2 Triskelion
Total: 20

Spells:

3 Blood Moon
4 Survival of the Fittest
2 Sylvan Library
Total: 9

Mana:

7 SOLOMOX
1 Chrome Mox
1 Mana crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Taiga
1 Strip Mine
2 Wasteland
4 Forest
2 Mountain
4 Wooded Foothills
Total: 31

As you can notice, there isn't a lot of pressure, just a bunch of utilities and 5 Fatties.

Things to reconsider:

-I must get rid of Chrome MOX... It just plainly sucks.
-1 Triskelion is enough
-2 Squee is a must!!!
-With the addition of Solemn, Sylvan Library should be cut.
-Mox monkey, Uktaby Orangutan, Elvish Scrapper and Elvish Replica were metagame choices
-Genesis is GOLD agaisnt Control

I was paired off against Special K's "Keeper", U/R Stacker 3, Old Ext. unlimited life en-Khor deck, Landstill, Goblins and some random scrub deck. I ended up win a 3-3 overall result. Not very satisfying. My loses came against Goblins, U/R Stacker 3 and En-khor deck.

The thing that lacked the most with this version of the deck was the overall pressure by fatties. Without the Su-Chis, I was basicaly beating down my opponents with wedlers and Squee... A very sad sight if I may add.

In that tourney in Montreal, there was a field of 4-5 Landstill decks, 2 Oshawa Madness, 1-2 Dragon, U controll, TOG, Dryads, 3-4 Goblins variants, U/R Fish, etc... It's a very diverse field of decks.

What I'm trying to say is that TnT MUST include more Fat pressure. In this case, the inclusion of Su-Chi is almost necessary in order that achieve this effect. Elsewhere, I agree with Toad when he mentions that Pillars act like Standstill. The combination of Pillars and Fat give this deck a chance to end the match-up quickly. Also, Blood Moon is just to broken.

Any thoughts?

@Toad: I intend to use your version of the deck. But what would you do against Goblins???