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Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 24 Feb 2015, 13:08
by jawn galliano
well i got my bonus and tax returns on the way and so splurged a bit more than i had originally anticipated. my reanimator list thus far:
 
15x swamp
 
4x ritual
4x lotus petal
 
4x exhume
4x reanimate
4x animate dead
 
2x entomb
2x buried alive
4x putrid imp
 
3x duress
2x cabal therapy
2x inquisition of kozilek
2x gitaxian probe
 
resolute archangel
ashen rider
sphinx of the steel wind
jin-gitaxias, core augur
blazing archon
pathrazer of ulamog
inkwell leviathan
griselbrand
 
side:
 
4x pithing needle
2x ratchet bomb
2x nevinyrral's disk
2x buried alive
massacre wurm
stormtide leviathan
empyrial archangel
2 empty slots
 
it's definitely functional at this point. i'll be finishing out the entombs next, and then over time upgrading the creature suite. stuff like iona, shield of emeria and elesh norn are really awesome in reanimator but shit's too expensive. i might ditch the probes to put the extra buried alives back in since i already eat enough life loss on reanimate. plus between the duress and inquisition i can usually find targets for cabal therapy if i don't need that for self-discard.
 
gonna give it a trial run at the local legacy weekly tournament sometime in march once i have the rest of my entombs and tweak the overall deck composition a bit and figure out a more better sideboard.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 24 Feb 2015, 13:38
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
The only creature I recognize is the leviathan :krinor:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 24 Feb 2015, 14:03
by jawn galliano
pretty much all of them have some major fuck you effect:
 
jin-gitaxias more or less wins the game if you can get it out on turn one, you get to draw 7 on your end step and your opponent's max hand size is reduced by 7.
 
pathrazer is a common from the eldrazi set, 9/9 with annihilator 3.
 
archon prevents other players from attacking you.
 
resolute is only a 4/4 but restores you to 20 life.
 
griselbrand lets you draw 7 for 7 life, and also has flying and lifelink and conveniently is also a 7/7 (and is black so you can hardcast him in a pinch if you somehow are alive with 8 mana to spare and are locked out of your graveyard).
 
ashen rider exiles any target permanent on entrance and death
 
massacre wurm is nice for any token type deck. -2/-2 to your opponent's board and they eat 2 damage for every creature that dies
 
also i just ordered 3 copies of it that betrays for $9 shipped. they usually go for $12ish a piece, hoping my order doesn't get canceled/they don't turn out to be obviously counterfeit so i can trade them up for something nice :gay:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 25 Feb 2015, 10:39
by User
So who is gonna win in Pittsburgh anyway?  Who is the better player?  And don't tell me it's about the game or the journey!  It's about the WIN :judge:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 25 Feb 2015, 12:06
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Depends on the decks being played :santa:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 25 Feb 2015, 12:12
by jawn galliano
victory is indeed the only measure of worth. but the answer to your question is hazy indeed, and the only thing that can bring it into clear view is unfettered conflict. one will pitted against the other, the ultimate practitioners engaging in the ultimate trade. that is the way it is, and will be. that way, and not some other way :grim:
 
i'd feel a lot more confident if those stupid missourian cuntholes didn't go and cancel my order for 3 copies of it that betrays, though. i've found their phone number and i'm in a foul enough mood lately to call them up just to be a total dickhead to them.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 25 Feb 2015, 12:58
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
You order from a company or private seller?


I wouldn't be surprised if I lose as most of my decks are geared to play different magic variants instead of head of head :chetty:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 25 Feb 2015, 18:19
by happiness and harmony
you guys are still talking about this, huh

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 25 Feb 2015, 20:37
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Always

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 26 Feb 2015, 01:20
by jawn galliano
it was a seller on tcgplayer. some cuntbag store from missouri :hate:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 26 Feb 2015, 02:28
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Dude probably fucked up the listing. I've always heard shady shit about tcgplayer anyway.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 26 Feb 2015, 03:23
by jawn galliano
i pretty much only buy online from TCGP and my experiences up until now have always been positive. kinda dumb that they're allowed to pull shit like that when most other businesses are required to honor their prices

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 26 Feb 2015, 03:36
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Well its time to go talk shit about him on the internets!

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 09:55
by jawn galliano
sadly all of my efforts to hassle and otherwise try to make those cunts as miserable as i am about the whole affair don't appear to have amounted to much
 
two more entombs and a tidespout tyrant on the way now. and i'm gonna trade in all of my higher-value standard stuff on sunday, probably finish my set of cabal therapies and then see what else i can get that looks fun :bulb:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 10:29
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Was supposed to play tomorrow but that shit got pushed back to next week :fuckoff:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 10:46
by jawn galliano
:homework:
 
my friends came over last week and didn't even bring their decks. i eventually goaded them into playing with mine :redneck:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 09:51
by jawn galliano
first unofficial DTK spoiler is out:
 
Image
 
Deathbringer Dragonlord
Rare
Creature - Dragon
5/6
Flying
When Deathbringer Dragonlord enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, and there are five or more other creatures on the battlefield, then destroy all other creatures.
 
official spoilers begin tomorrow :gay:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 10:08
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Gonna throw one in the reanimation deck?

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 10:32
by jawn galliano
it would be great with a spare reanimation in hand to bring back something like griselbrand or jin after clearing the board, but the ETB only triggers if it's hard-cast :eyes: that shit ain't getting played unless i have three rituals in hand which has happened approximately never
 
i am hoping for some nifty reanimation targets in DTK, but this ain't one

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 10:43
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Oh I didn't notice that :oldryan:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 10:47
by jawn galliano
yeah, if i wanted to put in a dedicated boardwipe i'd be better off going with crux of fate. 5CMC so it's a lot easier to cast with ritual/petal support.
 
most fully-built reanimators seem to use elesh norn for that function since she gives a persistent -2/-2 to your opponent's board, and massacre wurm can perform cleanup on most stuff big enough to survive that. but she's like $30 :homework:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 12:19
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
What about balefire dragon? When it deals combat damage it does that much to the players creatures too. They ran about $5 or so last I saw.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 17:40
by happiness and harmony
definitely read that as "reanimation dick"

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 22:10
by jawn galliano
[quote="Nick"]
What about balefire dragon? When it deals combat damage it does that much to the players creatures too. They ran about $5 or so last I saw.
[/quote]
 
:bulb::::::::::::::::::::::::

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 23:28
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Blood tyrant is fun for reanimation in chaos games too

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 23:29
by happiness and harmony
definitely read that as "blast tyrant"

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 02 Mar 2015, 23:32
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Blast tyrant is good time magic jams

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 03 Mar 2015, 03:04
by jawn galliano
Dragonlord Silumgar, 3/5 4UB, gain control of target creature or planeswalker. As a creature he kinda sucks at only 3 power but could be a good sideboard choice against anything with good planeswalkers


Mostly really excited for Sidisi, Undead Vizier. 3BB, 4/6, and lets you sac a creature on ETB in exchange for a demonic tutor effect. Tutor options in monoblack Legacy are really poor, but this could definitely fit in nicely

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 03 Mar 2015, 03:07
by happiness and harmony
dangly balls

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 03 Mar 2015, 03:24
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Dragon tempest is a total fuck you card in a dragon deck

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 03 Mar 2015, 04:49
by happiness and harmony
dangly dragonuts

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 03 Mar 2015, 05:06
by Methuselah Honeysuckle

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 05 Mar 2015, 11:02
by jawn galliano
local store has an iona, shield of emeria on hold for me and hopefully the last 2 cabal therapies i need to finish out that set. should be able to get a hundo for my standard stuff, so i'll have plenty of room to play with after those three. should have 2 more entombs, yosei the morning star, tidespout tyrant, and rune-scarred demon in my PO box by the end of the week as well.
 
pretty sure this legacy tournament on sunday is a fucking go. i figure either everyone's gonna have really weird atypical homebrews and i'll plow through them, or everyone's gonna be loaded to the gills with duals and force of will and LED's and all that other fancy expensive shit and i'll go 0 and however many rounds it takes to be eliminated :redneck:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 03:32
by Abzu
I was in a shop the other day and walked past an Intro deck. I almost grabbed it. 
 
Maybe next time. It would be cool to get into this, I think. Maybe after the semester is over.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 04:01
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Do it! Buy 2 of them and teach mini abzu :idea:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 07:09
by Abzu
That's exactly what I was thinking of doing.
 
I don't know if 7 and a half is too young to get the hang of it, though.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 07:24
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
I mean I wouldn't recommend giving him a fistful of dollars and say go ahead and build a deck. Those preconstructed decks are aimed at new players so they tend to be pretty easy to play. There's a lot to remember with steps and game mechanics but if he picks up on stuff really easy I'd give it a go.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 07:34
by Methuselah Honeysuckle

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 08:21
by jawn galliano
the new intro packs coming out at the end of the month should be pretty sweet. all dragon-themed :bulb:
 
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/dragons-tarkir-intro-packs-2015-03-03

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 09:55
by Abzu
:fonz:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 10:36
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
If that stuff seems to complicated you can build a couple decks from old commons before a bunch of crazy shit hit the game.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 11:16
by jawn galliano
oi nick
 
Image
 
Dragons Assault
Sorcery
Target any amount of creatures. Destroy those creatures.
For each creatures destroyed, its controller puts one 4/4 red dragon token with flying into play
 
DTK is shaping up to have a lot of really fun dragon stuff. think i'm definitely gonna split a box with my fellating lover once it drops and see what i can come up with to get a dragon deck up and running.

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 11:59
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
The dragon shit is gonna get retarded expensive for a hot minute :oldryan:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 09:01
by jawn galliano
new stuff from PAX today:
 
origins will have creatures that flip into planeswalkers.
 
modern masters 2015 will reprint tarmogoyf (again) and it'll probably still cost $200
 
fall expansion will be set in zendikar so hurray for the other set of fetchlands getting a reprint :ba:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 09:05
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Wizards should have stuck with those zendikar style basic lands

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 09:11
by jawn galliano
are those the full art ones? they do look pretty snazzy. my only baller-status basic is a random unlimited swamp i found in the basics box at my local store :redneck:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 09:22
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
They are indeed the full art ones :idea:


I used to have a whole bunch of the unglued lands too

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 12:24
by jawn galliano
holy shit the unhinged/unglued lands are pricey for some basics. and very nice looking. i'm actually shocked that those cards were printed in those sets, i guess it must've been the hook to get people to buy packs of cards that weren't legal for use in anything :redneck:
 
i remember a coworker showing me the infernal spawn of evil card way back when i started working at funcoland. i wish i could actually play that card

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 20:19
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
We still use the tokens from those sets too.


I used to use chicken egg as my rukh egg token :redneck:

Re: my friends and i started playing magic again

Posted: 11 Mar 2015, 12:03
by jawn galliano
now that i've finished my reanimator i'm buying more random stuff to fiddle with the mill deck. i've got a bunch of flooded strands from when i was still buying packs from khans release, i figure i could work in a white splash for something awesome but i don't know what yet. in the meantime i'm getting a bunch of breaking/entering, thought scour, visions from beyond, twincast, shelldock isles, brainstorms, and a bunch of other random stuff
 
I CAN'T STOP