Magic: The Gathering

**Zilong** · 2011-07-09 23:21

was he clogging the ground that bad? because blowing 4th turn on jace tends to get him eaten up by your 2/3 drops faster than he could deck you wouldn't it? especially since he'd be losing on board presence for ramping

**zoobernut** · 2011-07-09 23:25

Didn't draw anything good at pre-release today, played horribly, placed 18th out of like 36 I think. Ended up at 2 wins 3 losses. Disappointing.

**Olo401** · 2011-07-09 23:27

Originally Posted by Zilong

was he clogging the ground that bad? because blowing 4th turn on jace tends to get him eaten up by your 2/3 drops faster than he could deck you wouldn't it? especially since he'd be losing on board presence for ramping

He used various control cards (Ice Cage, Aether Adept, Unsummon) to prevent that from happening. He even showed me a Reclaim he had in his hand in case I managed to kill Jace off. It was pretty fucking ridiculous.

**Weltall** · 2011-07-10 03:41

Back from slamming my head on the keyboard. I went out downtown, got wasted, and missed all pre-release events. Fuck me

**Nama** · 2011-07-10 03:50

Did horrible at prerelease went 1-3 lost every game cuz someone had a ridiculous bomb swear everyone had titans and planeswalkers cept for me. One round I played a guy he dropped Chandra I manage to kill her then he drops Sorin I manage to kill him then he drops Flameblast dragon barely manage to kill that then he drops Vengeful Pharaoh.... and call to the grave. Store did another prerelease right after with Two-Headed Giant format. Me and my partner got a good pool of cards including primeval titan. Went 2-1 got 3 packs each we rolled for the titan and he wont it then he opened another Primeval titan and Chandra. 50$ in entry fees and I ended up going home with maybe 10$ worth gotta love random right.

**Dominico** · 2011-07-10 18:45

Need some help to fine tune a deck I built. This is the first time I've ever built a deck, so it's probably gonna seem crappy. I made it out of cards I got in 2 intro packs and from a few boosters at the 2012 pre-release. Any advice or tips on which cards I should get / get rid of would be appreciated. I tried to go with a black deck that drains the opponent while using creatures to basically hold them off til the drains kill them. Heres the deck:

1x Tormented Soul
1x Blood Seeker
1x Royal Assassin
2x Abyssal Specter
1x Mortivore
1x Sengir Vampire
2x Gravedigger
1x Cemetery Reaper
2x Highway Robber
2x Severed Legion
2x Ravenous Rats
1x Drudge Skeleton

1x Sorin Markov

1x Underworld Dreams
2x Mind Rot
1x Megrim
1x The Rack
1x Tendrils of Corruption
1x Corrupt
1x Consume Spirit
1x Gloomlance
1x Assassinate
1x Doom Blade
2x Diabolic Tutor
1x Rise from the Grave

1x Demon's Horn
1x Gorgon Flail
1x Quicksilver Amulet

25x Swamp

Tonko · 2011-07-10 18:47

Originally Posted by Weltall

Back from slamming my head on the keyboard. I went out downtown, got wasted, and missed all pre-release events. Fuck me

I'll add this to my massive list of reasons why I'll never try alcohol.

**Cantih** · 2011-07-11 00:03

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazin...ily/arcana/751

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!

Spoiler: show

**Myrrh_Quetz** · 2011-07-11 00:20

Man, the reason why I lost my last match which prevented me from getting 4 packs is fucking Frost Breath. First match my opponent hit me with 3 of them in a row while hitting me with his own creatures. Second match he hit me with 2 of them then a fucking frost titan. Fuck did that last round piss me off.

**Marajade** · 2011-07-11 00:24

Originally Posted by Cantih

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazin...ily/arcana/751

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!

Spoiler: show

Go team Valve!

**miokomioko** · 2011-07-11 01:05

Rooting for Google. They probably have the biggest pool of nerdy Asian guys to pull from anyhow.

**Olo401** · 2011-07-11 12:06

Originally Posted by Dominico

Need some help to fine tune a deck I built. This is the first time I've ever built a deck, so it's probably gonna seem crappy. I made it out of cards I got in 2 intro packs and from a few boosters at the 2012 pre-release. Any advice or tips on which cards I should get / get rid of would be appreciated. I tried to go with a black deck that drains the opponent while using creatures to basically hold them off til the drains kill them.

Here's the deck (card links added):

Spoiler: show

Looks good for a first attempt. You've got a plan for your deck and have laid that out with the cards that you have so far, which is pretty much how we all start out. Now you just need to sharpen your focus and increase the speed at which your deck is able to function as you obtain new cards.

Burn: I'd bring your total number of Consume Spirits to four, keep the single Corrupt, and trade out two of your swamps for Cabal Coffers.

Removal: If you're looking for newer cards, I'd definitely pick up three more Doom Blades, and would consider Go for The Throat or Dismember. If you plan to keep your deck set for Legacy format, you can try out Chainer's Edict, Diabolic Edict, Smother, or Vendetta.

Creatures: Here you have so many great options. Nekrataal is a classic two-fer. Phyrexian Plaguelord can be pretty nasty. For beatings, Skittering Skirge is a nice two-drop, while Phyrexian Rager, Hidden Horror, Skittering Horror and Phyrexian Negator are all amazing for three. If you're playing vamps, Captivating Vampire is a nice addition. Agent of Shauku is a pet favorite finisher of mine. Null Champion has some real potential. Vault Skirge is another great 1-drop to match with Tormented Soul.

**Tricen** · 2011-07-11 19:32

I'm so magic'd out. Ugh.

**SubzeroDiabolos** · 2011-07-11 19:47

You guys have nothing on me. Last saturday in M12 booster draft I went 0-2, 0-2, 0-2, 1-2.

Our table was like, imagine a full table of cards like Greatwall, One with nothing and Scornful Egotist.

The rares I pulled were laughable and unusable. I only remember time twister.

Tonko · 2011-07-11 20:53

Proof that anyone can get lucky.

**Ghost_Wheel22** · 2011-07-11 23:46

Originally Posted by Tonko

I'll add this to my massive list of reasons why I'll never try alcohol.

I almost get somewhere between mildly to heavily drunk before going to FNM. I have a fucking blast even when I do something bad like watching ExarchTwin fire off and then showing them the Combust in hand and making them feel like shit for winning. But I'm pretty good at being civil while hammered.

And then there was the time I went to FNM on shrooms by mistake. Dear god I was seeing Valakut triggers and it was amazing.

**Tricen** · 2011-07-12 09:58

My friend got a http://www.camelbak.com/Sports-Recre...Octane-LR.aspx and went to the prerelease with that filled with yeiger and redbull.

**Weltall** · 2011-07-12 11:02

I've drank at a few FNM...it makes it 10,000 more fun. You sir, are missing out. I actually wore a BG hoody to one FNM while drinking and some guy was from BG and asked who I was. His face was priceless when I said Welt, lol.

**Myrrh_Quetz** · 2011-07-14 03:15

Visions of the Beyond and Ponder are beautiful cards.

And new Jace is fucking fun

**Qalbert** · 2011-07-14 09:54

dunno if this is olde, thought it was kinda cool
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/a-link-t...71212027442009

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