my friends and i started playing magic again

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 18 Sep 2014, 10:16

i ordered the following:

4 Glistener Elf
4 Necropede
4 Ichorclaw Myr

4 Apostle's Blessing
4 Giant Growth
4 Groundswell
1 Mutagenic Growth

3 Mutagenic Growth

4 Rancor

4 Vines of Vastwood

3 Cathedral of War
1 Pendelhaven

1 Pendelhaven

except they didn't have one of the pendelhavens

i am planning on trading in a bunch of games i will never play on friday at the local shop for a set of inkmoth nexuses and that should be a solid foundation.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 18 Sep 2014, 10:20

Mine looks nothing like that

I will post it once I get home as I'm about to leave the working place

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 18 Sep 2014, 11:06

Creatures

3 glistener elf

2 llanowar elves

3 blight mamba

3 ichorclaw myr

4 plague stinger

2 phyrexian crusader

2 septic rats

1 skithiryx the blight dragon

Instants

2 aspect of hydra

2 dark ritual

2 giant growth

3 mutagenic growth

3 prey's vengeance

3 invigorate

Enchantments

4 wild defiance

Lands

6 forest

4 gilt-leaf palace

6 island

4 woodland cemetery

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 18 Sep 2014, 11:12

The sideboard I have has got some more ramp for when I play head to head

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 18 Sep 2014, 11:19

fuck yes to wild defiance. i will get me some of them

also, since you run multicolor, is there any particular reason for llanowar over birds of paradise? do you use them as dual purpose 1/1 killing fodder/mana ramp?

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 18 Sep 2014, 11:56

Mostly at the time I didn't have the extra blings for birds. I use the elves strictly as meat shield and ramp. Between the elves and dark rituals I'm actually really happy with how it runs. Ive actually won a game or two with the opponent having over 20 life thanks to invigorate

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 18 Sep 2014, 11:59

Turn 1 forest, elves

Turn 2 swamp, dark ritual, wild defiance, random infect creature

Turn 3 attack, 2 instants, ton of poison counters

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 19 Sep 2014, 12:57

after getting completely ruined for the five millionth night in a row i think i'm ready to scrap the mill and go back to my black deck, that shit just does not win any of my current matchups outside of fluke miracle draws vs. overwhelmingly shitty opposing draws. i'm hoping my infect stuff arrives tomorrow so i can actually give it a test run this week, but it doesn't look likely

with the ensnaring bridges i actually had a chance against my fellating lover's green deck, but then he decided to load up on great stable stags. between those and four reclamation sages to deal with the bridges/mementos/pithing needles, as soon as one of those is on the board, the game is literally unwinnable

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Sep 2014, 02:39

aaand usps tracking lied to me, it came this morning

traded in a few old PSX games i'll never play and wound up with $70 odd in credit. initial decklist is thus:

creatures:

3 birds of paradise
1 elvish mystic (the only other birds they had was an unlimited in NM and fuck paying $10 for some mana birds)
4 glistener elf
4 ichorclaw myr
4 necropede

spells

4 giant growth
4 groundswell
4 mutagenic growth
4 rancor
4 vines of vastwood
4 apostle's blessing

land

1 pendelhaven
3 cathedral of war
4 inkmoth nexus
12 forest

average mana cost 1.3

i did a few test draws and had enough output to get an easy win on turn 3-4. i cannot fucking wait to play this shit

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Sep 2014, 02:50

Groundswell is pretty fantastic. You should think about throwing some invigorates in since they end up being free to cast for a +4/+4 bump.

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 20 Sep 2014, 04:22

one of the students in my first tuesday / thursday classes was organizing a deck of magic cards for most of the period yesterday

years ago, this would have enraged me and i would not have let it persist after my entrance to the classroom

however, as he is one of the five total students who regularly (if barely) contributes to what passes for discussion, and as it didn't seem to affect his participation, i let him continue

and thus ends my contribution to the magic card thread

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Sep 2014, 04:38

Take them and mail them to me

Hey stormy do you and your friends stick to 60 cards? If so what's the average land totals?

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Sep 2014, 05:19

i am very strict about running 60. my friends tend to go over pretty frequently though. i generally stick to 23-24 on lands, i'm a bit thin on mana for this deck because of the super low casting requirements + ramp creatures. that can be adjusted easily enough if necessary

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Sep 2014, 05:32

I think I have 1 deck that sits at 61 cards. I just can't behind the idea of running over 20 lands unless the deck is built around some mechanic.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Sep 2014, 05:38

I was doing some reading and kept seeing peoples decks getting ripped for not running the standard 24 lands. In a 60 card deck 24 lands is hefty as fuck. Plus all the ramp cards people use its almost overkill. Running 20 with a few ramp cards just seems to make more sense overall.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Sep 2014, 05:55

i feel like i never have the right balance, i either wind up with way too much land in play, or i'm stuck playing the whole game with two mana

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Sep 2014, 06:48

Oh I've had that happen plenty over the years. Ain't no math can account for all your lands getting lumped together.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Sep 2014, 08:38

5-1 so far, only lost to G/W token clusterfuck. I dumped everything into a hit that would've killed but my fellating lover pulled a prevent all damage and took the game next turn

I am very happy with it so far

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Sep 2014, 08:52

Token clusterfucks

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Sep 2014, 11:48

yeah this infect shit absolutely crushes. i had a number of turn 3 growth+groundswell+mutagenic one-shot wins

the couple of games i lost i pretty much threw by not taking a mulligan when i drew zero creatures

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Sep 2014, 12:15

The downside is there's not much for late game. Its gotta be a very quick win.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 24 Sep 2014, 08:36

Well my decks were due for some work. Made some changes to every single one of them shits. Now I just need to order up some cards to make those changes happen.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 24 Sep 2014, 08:49

whatchu gettin'

i want to go wild with buying stuff for my infect but it's already highly functional as is, and i really didn't spend much (out of pocket anyway; the nexuses cost as much as the rest of the deck, but that was all trade credit so i don't count that

) to put it together. i have to keep telling myself to stop spending money on magic stuff 'cuz khans is on friday

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 24 Sep 2014, 08:56

Most of it was just swapping out a couple cards that weren't having much impact. The only one that got a major overhauling was my red/white human deck. Probably gonna drop some blings on getting my LD and elf deck too.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 24 Sep 2014, 08:57

If post the list but its fucking long

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 26 Sep 2014, 21:26

Opened five packs before work. So far I've pulled a windswept heath and a narset, enlightened master

The next nine hours not opening packs is gonna suck though

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 26 Sep 2014, 21:30

hey stormy check out manalink

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 26 Sep 2014, 21:37

http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=6401

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 27 Sep 2014, 11:34

i will check that out tomorrow
right now, let me revel in the awesomeness of the pulls from my box.

2 polluted delta

2 windswept heath

1 wooded foothills

1 clever impersonator

2 empty the pits (1 foil)

1 utter end

1 bloodsoaked champion

and a whole bunch of other good shit. this set has some ridiculous cards, i'm thinking of building something for standard format but i'll need some time to organize my cards and do some planning

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 27 Sep 2014, 11:49

Clever impersonator could prove to be pretty useful. Utter end is alright but there's probably way better options. And reassembling skeleton definitely beats the shit out of bloodsoaked champion unless its a raid deck.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 27 Sep 2014, 12:06

yeah, the impersonator is probably my favorite pull. don't know what i'll do with it, but it's definitely worth hanging on to. the fetches + foil empty paid for the box, and i'll probably trade the latter in for something more useful. will probably get rid of utter end as well, i don't know why it's pricing as high as it is because it's hugely inefficient and given the color spread, it's not like either one are exactly hurting for vastly-more-efficient removal options.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 27 Sep 2014, 12:34

Cause it'll probably see very heavy play in block and standard tournaments

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 02 Oct 2014, 10:27

ok so i just made a deeply confusing find. i uncovered an onslaught starter deck, and a pile of cards from revised/visions/mirage/judgment/weatherlight. the revised/visions/mirage stuff makes sense because i played during that period, but i have no clue where the fuck i would've come into possession of anything from the onslaught block.

anyway, i found a near mint cabal therapy and demonic tutor in the pile so i pretty much just found $30 in a drawer

i will admit that i started freaking out when i saw the onslaught deck, thinking 'holy crap mint condition original printing fetches!' but the only thing of note in the box was a riptide laboratory. oh well!

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 02 Oct 2014, 10:31

I had no idea cabal therapy was that expensive

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 02 Oct 2014, 11:58

not surprising though, given how expensive efficient hand disruption tends to get. i could see therapy being very strong in a black control setup, especially if you have something like duress or thoughtseize to set it up. toss in an extraction afterward to completely ruin combo decks.

whether or not it's even viable in vintage/legacy is another question, i guess. but i can definitely have some fun with it, so i will probably hang on to it and work it into another build.

sadly the tutor is redundant since i wound up buying one over the summer

i don't know if i should just trade it, be a dick and sneak an extra into my mill deck, or what.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 02 Oct 2014, 13:03

Sell it to me at an extremely deep discount! I'd just hold on it honestly cause chances are you'll build another black deck and need it

.

The price spikes in cards seem completely tied to edh. That shit is just basically 100 different cards thrown together and called a deck. The premium seems to be on removal type cards and lands. Take fulminator mage from shadowmoor for instance. Back when it came out it probably saw limited use even in block. But that fucker goes for over $40 now and all it does it destroy a non basic land.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 02 Oct 2014, 13:21

Cobbled Wings 2

Eye for an Eye 1

Invigorate 1

Auriok Sunchaser 1

Auriok Glaivemaster 3

Bladed Bracers 1

Galvanic Blast 3

Battle Hymn 2

Dingus Egg 4

Creeping Mold 2

Winter's Grasp 2

Thermokarst 2

Rain of Tears 4

Journey of Discovery 2

Icequake 2

Rapid Decay 2

Spreading Algae 3

Dark Ritual 3

Deus of Calamity 3

Terravore 2

Llanowar Elves 2

Clifftop Retreat 2

Chariot of Victory 2

Veteran's Armaments 2

Armory of Iroas 2

Auriok Edgewright 3

Prey's Vengeance 1

Mutagenic Growth 1

Groundswell 4

Phyrexian Crusader 2

Necropede 3

Drowned Catacomb 3

Tainted Isle 4

Tainted Peak 1

Dragonskull Summit 4

Swords to Plowshares 2

Tainted Field 4

Rootbound Crag 4

Rhystic Study 1

Vorrac Battlehorns 2

Heap Doll 2

Brass Man 2

Tainted Wood 12

This order should be coming in the mail today or tomorrow

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 03 Oct 2014, 10:49

that groundswell is too good. especially if you save a fetch for your opponent's turn and pull it on defense

also i've been trying to mess with that manalink but after i add twelve cards to my deck it stops letting me add more

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 03 Oct 2014, 19:02

Can't say I have that problem. If you can get it to work its pretty awesome for getting some playtesting done. Just know if you play against a preloaded deck its full of power 9 cards.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 10 Oct 2014, 10:16

i found another program called cockatrice that seems to be more or less the same, but i find the deckbuilding portion to be much, much easier to work with. you can do netplay with it too. from what i can tell the client doesn't have any functional game logic, it just provides you with all of the necessary components to run a game, but everything has to be input/controlled manually. which is a bit clunky, but i guess if you got good with the keyboard shortcuts and whatnot, it could be fairly usable

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 10 Oct 2014, 10:21

Gotta hit up the shop tomorrow for a few things in preparation for Saturday magic action.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 10 Oct 2014, 11:19

i almost stopped in to the local shop today to grab a couple deltas but i resisted the urge. i need a new turntable, gonna save some blingos for that before i go spending more on magic. my infect is in very nice shape, and i've got enough stuff banked from packs to build a functional goblin deck which i'm currently working on. currently nowhere near optimal, but i've got a few rabblemasters i pulled from my box split over the summer, and enough other stuff where i can comfortably build around those.

edit also holy FUCK at the current rabblemaster prices. them shits were like a dollar when the set came out, i wish i had thought to complete the playset when i had the chance

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 10 Oct 2014, 11:48

Go the old school route and play with dirt cheap goblins and goblin grenades

Deltas were going for $30 at the shop and the zendikar fetches are way up there too. I actually mentioned how ridiculous the prices are getting on some cards. The sexy leopard elevator working there tried to justify it by telling me how awesome edh is. Her jaw about hit the floor when I said its the worst thing to happen to magic with foils being a very close 2nd

.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 11 Oct 2014, 03:09

Well I went and dropped way more blings than I expected

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 11 Oct 2014, 08:08

what'd you wind up getting?

i'm surprised deltas are selling that high, tcgplayer has them sub-$20 now and they'll probably continue to dip further as more and more packs get opened. zendikars won't be going down anytime soon though, not until they get a reprint too. which i seriously doubt will happen during the current block.

foils, i'm indifferent to. if i get lucky on a rare foil, it's a nice extra as i can just trade it for something actually useful, or 2-3-4 copies of the same card.

i still don't think i understand EDH fully. is it just, you stat with a legendary creature in play, it's color restricted based on your opening creature, and you have more life? that was my understanding and it seems pretty dumb.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 11 Oct 2014, 09:17

6 woodland cemetery

2 clifftop retreat

2 sol ring

Sleeves

Deck box

Generally cheaper online sure but a brick and mortar always add a few bucks on. Zendikar probably won't see any major reprints for another block or two.

The deck has to be 100 cards exactly. Every deck needs a commander which is just the legend you build the thing around. The only duplicate you can have in a deck is basic lands. There's some nonsense about a command zone where all the commanders go and can be cast from there. Every time its cast from there added colorless to the cost. If the commander is sent to the graveyard or exiled it just goes back in the zone. I know there's a set amount of damage you can take from a legend before you lose the game. Plus you start with like 50 life or some bullshit.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 11 Oct 2014, 09:41

I'd love to give army magic a legit shot

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 11 Oct 2014, 10:08

4 pages of this shit, really? Get a fucking room or use pm. Maybe a cellular telephone already.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 11 Oct 2014, 10:21

magic is fascinating and fun and enjoyable to discuss, even if it is in a forum thread principally between two people. others have contributed, and they can't do that if the discussion is restricted to PM's. text isn't good for carrying on detailed discussions so it is not useful for discussing a topic like this. imagine trying to cram a full decklist and sideboard into 160 characters! even a mono deck with nothing but a fat block of basics and full playsets would take a number of messages to send

basically you're wrong and there's a lot of reasons for that

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 11 Oct 2014, 10:31

Aye. I'm just being a drunk, bored, miserable dickbag in this period.

Usually I enjoy my nights drinking, playing video games, watching movies, masturbating, and smoking, but tonight is bullshit.

Carry on