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Magic: The C0r Gathering (pg. 7)
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Why the hell is Hal a 6/6? |
Because I will assault everything you have ever loved, and I cannot be stopped.
http://i55.tinypic.com/23h6ply.jpg |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Use this for him instead:
:p |
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| Paradox Lost |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Use this for him instead:
:p |
Use this for what?
Sorry, I needed to touch it up a bit. Since it was a Magic: The Gathering thread, I figured I was safe from anyone looking. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| YOU'RE NEVER SAFE FROM MY LOVE. |
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| WittyHandle |
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| MSZ |
| anyone play MTGO? seems alright. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
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:stongue:
Not Losing = Winning? :D |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Not Losing = Winning? :D |
Well, that's a rather philosophical question, isn't it? :p |
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| Paradox Lost |
| quote: | Originally posted by MSZ
anyone play MTGO? seems alright. |
It's enjoyable, and the interface is surprisingly smooth, but I really resent paying the same price for online drafts as I would in an actual store.
The benefit is that there's always enough people for a Swiss, 4-2-2, or 8-4 draft at any given time on any given day, which is useful if you can't make it out to an actual tournament.
Speaking of tournaments, I got utterly destroyed at the San Jose National Qualifier today. Death to [[ LINK REMOVED ]]
and all the varieties of Caw-Blade it's being used in (though I admittedly only ran into one Caw-Blade deck, today). |
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| MSZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Paradox Lost
It's enjoyable, and the interface is surprisingly smooth, but I really resent paying the same price for online drafts as I would in an actual store.
The benefit is that there's always enough people for a Swiss, 4-2-2, or 8-4 draft at any given time on any given day, which is useful if you can't make it out to an actual tournament.
Speaking of tournaments, I got utterly destroyed at the San Jose National Qualifier today. Death to [[ LINK REMOVED ]]
and all the varieties of Caw-Blade it's being used in (though I admittedly only ran into one Caw-Blade deck, today). |
let me guess, these guys play $700 worth of deck ya? wouldnt mind drafting, but 14 bucks a pop or so doesnt seem that great. im signing up as soon as my paypal clears. recently looked into that jace card, $80 bucks a pop is pretty immense lol. im not really up to date, and i dont really know the mechanics well. |
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| Paradox Lost |
| quote: | Originally posted by MSZ
let me guess, these guys play $700 worth of deck ya? wouldnt mind drafting, but 14 bucks a pop or so doesnt seem that great. im signing up as soon as my paypal clears. recently looked into that jace card, $80 bucks a pop is pretty immense lol. im not really up to date, and i dont really know the mechanics well. |
Standard has essentially been dominated by Jace, the Mindsculpter for the past year or so, and it's created such a metagame pillar that even Wizards has stated that they're displeased as to the impact it's had. It seems as though the top 8 decks at any major qualifier are all running four copies of Jace, and I'm not faulting anyone for it; the card is amazing, and does everything you need it to in order to put yourself in a winning position.
Unfortunately, it also means that Standard has since become an incredibly stale format, and has driven away a lot of players who aren't able to fork over four hundred dollars for four copies of Jace. The top decks in Standard right now are Caw-Blade, RUG, Valakut, UW Control, and UB control, and all of them (except Valakut) just can't function without running four copies of Jace. Of course, there have been a few non Jace-centric builds that have seen successful results lately, such as BR Vampires, Valakut, Elves, Eldrazi Green, Boros, and a few other aggro decks, but they're all very draw dependent, and just not quite as stable as the Tier 1 builds I mentioned (Valakut is essentially the most competitive deck not using Jace, at the moment).
Here's a list of some of the most recent first place decklists. You'll notice that anything running blue is also running JTM (which is the majority of the decks you'll see there):
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck_...ange2=4/16/2011
Wizards is obviously aware of the problem, and have just issued an announcement regarding the banning of Jace. The new expansion is set to be released in May, and it sounds as though they've included several anti-Planeswalker cards that are intended to balance the game away from Jace's dominance in the format.
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazi...tg/daily/ld/138 |
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