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Eternal Formats / Bazaar-Based Decks / Re: Meadbert Manaless Ichorid Primer
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on: November 05, 2009, 12:58:35 pm
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I did a ton more testing of sideboards today and ultimately decided that I had it right the first time. Unmask is still really good and thus it does belong. Although I ideally want more bounce and although I might go to 9-10 bounce if they all cost  , when you consider that it is turn 3 before you can pay for Echoing Truth or Boomerang, then running 7 is fine. This is especially true since you can frequently protect with Force or Unmask. I have partially reconsidered my sideboarding strategy. I still take out all but 1 Dread Return of the Dread Return package, but I leave in 2 Fatestitchers now because with so many lands those are useful. I also leave in all 10 lands. I dropped down to 2 Thugs and 2 Imps since as you fight through hate you frequently find a dredger even with only 8 in the deck. I wanted a 9th and 10 Dredger but do not know what else to drop. One card I am considering changing is the second Oboro. I wonder if Seat of the Synod might be better. Basically when you Dread Return Sharuum if there are no other Sharuums in yard you frequently want Lotus or LED, however returning Seat (and triggering all of those Bloodghasts again) is pretty good since you can then bring out all of your Fatestitchers. The draw back is that Seat cannot bounce itself. I am considering going -1 Oboro, +1 Seat. Seat sounds decent, but what about dakmor salvage. It only dredges for 2, but it does get back your bloodghasts when you are already in a mode where you arent drawing anymore cards. For the SB, what do you think about nix. It counters rav trap, and crypts if your opponent holds them back and doesnt drop them turn 1. Between forces and nix post board, you would surely have enough blue cards to make force super reliable. However, you start running out of room in the board for bounce spells. Also with nix, you could counter something like a lotus just to stem the bleeding and give you and extra turn or 2. |
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Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: The Ten Principles of Vintage, Redux
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on: September 13, 2006, 05:33:53 pm
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everyone is saying that sometimes ancestral gives you shit, but think about if you had not played recall. That would mean for the next 3 turns you would be drawing the uncastable/unwanted spells. Its almost as if ancestrall is like when you brainstorm and then fetch the jank away compared to brainstorming and then for the next 2 draws you are getting the shit you didnt want.
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Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: The tendrils of Agony kill in MDG
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on: September 10, 2006, 02:17:12 am
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you only have to timewalk then recoup timewalk, assuming you didnt use timewalk earlier to set up a turn earlier. Also, i think that maybe i dont like the tendrils plan because i always seem to be pitching my rebuild to fow or misdirection
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Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: New Card Discussion: Lotus Bloom
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on: September 10, 2006, 01:51:55 am
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If you can Weld this back in after a thirst for knowledge without any suspend needed then this is absolutely broken as a 4-of.
Gilded Lotus is infinitely better with TfK + Welder, and that card is not playable in Slaver. Some games I had 2-3 of these in my opening hand and by turn three I had 2-3 black Actually suspend only allows you to have them by turn 4 at the earliest. Which means, if you're on the play, you have to survive at least 3 of your opponents turns with what is essentially a forced mulligan, and on the draw, make that 4 turns. Granted, Gilded Lotus wouldn't be any better than Lotus Bloom for playing earlier, but its interaction with TfK is infinitely stronger. In any case, that's neither here nor there - neither card provides the quick acceleration needed in the early turns, and neither card has a game ending effect when welded or tinkered. timewalk makes it 3 turns. |
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Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / The tendrils of Agony kill in MDG
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on: September 10, 2006, 12:35:13 am
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While playing a game with some random guy on MWS, he was playing pitchlong and i was playing mdg, when i cast my gifts ftw, he asks how practical the tendrils kill is. This got me thinking that i hardly ever use it, every now and then it is just the oops i guess i win. What I want to know is how often do all of you use the tendrils kill. Although i dont think that is the first plan that you think of when you try to win, does anyone else value that kill condition to be nearly important as the dsc plan?
Note:I do know that the card is essential, and would never think of cutting it, even though i barely use it, especially since it is just 1 card in the board, since the wish is essential, so you can timewalk early.
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Eternal Formats / Creative / cheap decks.
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on: August 14, 2006, 11:03:02 pm
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Assuming i own virtually no vintage cards, what is the cheapest deck thats competitive with 15 proxies?
User received a formal warning for this post. -DA
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Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Mana drains, budget, not oath
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on: July 27, 2006, 10:03:24 pm
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Currently i have 4 mana drains and want to put them to use in a NO POWER deck...and not oath.
I am also considering trading the drains for either bazaars or shops (+cash). I am also considering buy 1-2 pieces of power, what are my best options when it comes to deck building? I have all other vintage stapels and duels.
you do know bazzars and shops cost more then drains, so your not really gunna get (+cash) unless you mean your were giving drains and cash for the other lands. |
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Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Selecting 10th Edition
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on: July 05, 2006, 02:13:16 am
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on the troll:i thought the "good" players would have there votes split in half between baloth and troll, while ernahm dijn would get a lot of the casual players, causing the dijn to win like 50/25/25 as in djin/baloth/troll. As for which is better, although troll was amazing in t2, that was because it won with amazing equipments ie: jitte and sofi. While baloth has been outdone by mr.hierach. Troll makes mga a lot better now.
As for the art, i would say that both sketches look pretty awefull, but B is the better of the two.
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Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: GGifffs..
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on: July 04, 2006, 09:44:13 pm
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Steve, at least you can be happy that they someone else realized how powerful your deck was, and decided it was the way to build Gifts?
So, have you decided you like Merchant Scrolls and MisD's over Thirst now? That seems like a pretty big deal, after months of claiming Thirst was the better engine. Does Brassman have a take on this that he'd like to share, or was he not involved with this particular build? I seem to recall him being a huge proponent of Thirst.
i though he was always against the thirst engine. |
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Vintage Community Discussion / Casual Forum / Re: Skittles
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on: April 23, 2006, 02:30:37 am
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned already, but bazaar of bagdad is an uncommon. Although i am not sure were it would be best, i would think that reanimator would be really good with this although i think it needs alternatives to squee. I also think that it is pretty good with eternal witness. Unfortunately,not many people have access to them, and with ld seeming to be a powerfull strategy, making it not likely to survive, not to mention it doesn't make any mana(!), and has anti-synergy with the already shaky mana bases that are found in this format.
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Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: GWS Oath
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on: January 21, 2006, 11:42:47 pm
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@ Muddle the Mixture
Sorcery speed seemed too bad for us in testing. I always wanted a Mana Leak or an Impulse instead.
reading is tech |
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