Board 8 > Magic the Gathering topic: How did that purge before Prerelease

(+) Yeah! (+)

Half the decks in Modern Monday where I judge were blue-based control. My, how the meta has shifted.
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sounds like a good meta
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Feeling like I should probably move to Esper instead of UW for Standard, but dont really feel like spending the extra $150 on cards is news to do it, especially when all of them except the Vraskas Contempts are rotating in a few months.
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Thanks for that, Luster.

bad bot
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Thanks for that, TMS
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This Silver Showcase draft looked pretty cool. Four of the most storied players in history, huge personalities like Kibler, a pro chess player, and... Amaz.

Seriously. Amaz. Of all people... this guy is the 8th?! I get that youre begging for Twitch viewers, WotC, but Jesus...
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And a minimum $12,500 prize just for entering for each player.
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PPTQ tomorrow.

Ready to open a trash pool with 6 Precognition Fields.
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Dont sell yourself short.

Youll open 6 foil Precognition Fields too!
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I want a brazilian

Guttersnipe is one of my favourite cards so I went to the Open House today to get the promos. Ended up with two of them. So psyched to build a standard burn deck once M19 comes out.
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Made top 8, but my draft deck was pretty medium and played a guy in the QFs with an extremely good Saproling deck.


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Yeah, GB Sappy Bois is probably the best deck in the format, so if someone can go nuts with it and you cant mise with Ruinous Blast then there isnt much you can do about it.
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Yeah it's pretty insane. I legitimately know 6 people that are waiting for Smash to be announced before they buy a Switch.

They should have released a deluxe edition of the Wii U Smash Bros asap after launch and then started working on an actual Smash 5 for a few years from now.
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whos ready for no changes to any ban list
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I really do wonder if Stoneforge is going to happen... right after I traded my spare...
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I really doubt theyre going to make another unban in modern considering they just freed jace and bloodbraid last update.

Maybe Paradoxical Outcome gets restricted in Vintage, but I cant see anything other than that.
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Not on the Deathrite Banhammer Brigade? (Im personally torn on that one)
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I could see it happening I guess, but I really dont think it needs to be banned.
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Well I guess it happened. Probe got hit in Legacy too. Dont really agree with either of those but I also dont play Legacy so whatev.
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Probe is pretty cancerous in any form so Im always glad to see it go. Makes people think instead of just getting free information.

Deathrite... maybe we can see X/1s and Tarmogoyf relevant again. I would love to brush off my Nimble Mongooses!
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I'm very happy about the legacy bans. Probe was always a stupid card. Phryexian mana was a mistake. Deathrite was becoming too much of a problem. You had a deck with a four color manabase that's resilient to wasteland and can board in blood moon. Something is wrong with that picture.

And yeah, I think this makes RUG and stifle a lot better than before. Gets me excited about legacy again
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Emperor_Kazbar vs Mega Mana
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Final night of Dominaria draft for me! Im going to miss it...
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this years SDCC promos

so much better than last year
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oh jeez christmas has turned into josh

Gideon looks kinda derpy
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true to character
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Fair enough.

Kinda strange they picked walkers that are about to rotate though!
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Well, Jace and Lili dont at least.
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oh no what have I done ;_;

bomberman..... ASSIST
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Got in one last DOM draft tonight. Prerelease tomorrow.
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Bluuuuuuuuuuuh Prerelease Judge zombie bluuuuuh
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Bolas and Crucible in my pool


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Murder for PC

I guess this is a game, and I guess that I beat it. I don't feel like I accomplished anything. They were up front that this was going to be a short game. I wonder if this was the prelude to a full game that is was in development.
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Foil Crucible in my pool today.
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Traded for someone's promo Omniscience today. Got a kit of my own -- promo was Remorseful Cleric, had a foil Bone Dragon and a Vivien as well.
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Friend of mine got a promo Liliana, Sarkhan, Tezzeret, and foil Tezzeret all in the same pool yesterday. Gross.
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That's disgusting. There was a guy I saw who had a promo Ajani and a pack Liliana and I thought that was already pretty gross.

I got the cat warrior that spawns 1/1 lifelinks as my promo. Went 2:2 overall.
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Eddv posted...

Original Noctowl was awesome

Yeah it's also way better than what we got.

To do a final DOM draft tonight, or to get actual work done...?
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draft > work
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and so I start my first full test

kinda want to sleep now
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Did my final DOM draft, lost r2g3 to drawing 4 spells vs. 11 land even after digging with Urzas Tome. Le sigh.
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I got you beat, I did an M19 draft online last night and drew 11 lands in my first 13 cards in one of my games!

feelsbad
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It really is the worst part of the gameplay. I wish there were an elegant solution that didnt hamstring the games core concept.
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</div>Theo72 posted...

i can't wait until the natural evolution into "chester hentai guy"

A full VR experience.

Full-proxy Standard win-a-box 8-mans tonight. Tempted to build the new zombie deck.
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