Just Chatting - Take 3
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Posted on April 24, 2015, 4:02 p.m. by Didgeridooda
Third time's a charm.
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Ohthenoises - Flesh Carver is in the deck. I thought about Blade Splicer, but ultimately decided against it. It's in my Maybeboard, but I like the makeup of the maindeck right now. As far as Basilisk Collar and Hero's Blade are concerned, I would run those if I ran Stoneforge Mystic. But I don't necessarily want to run her and I want to save room for removal spells and other utility cards.
September 17, 2015 11:46 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #3
Also, where are your Faithless Looting effects? Tormenting Voice etc.
Discarding to draw and then reanimating with Alesha essentially gives that creature haste and turns any Counterspell into a non issue.
Card advantage!
Altar's Reap/Diabolic Intent are other ones I love to use in specific decks, maybe this one will be one.
September 17, 2015 3:31 p.m. Edited.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #4
Guys, blue-black tutelage is looking so hype for standard. I'm loving the new Eldrazi from today, Sire of Stagnation... So good.
September 17, 2015 3:42 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #5
I know right? I'm thinking of running 3x out of the board.
September 17, 2015 4:07 p.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #6
I was thinking 2 main, 2 side, but we'll see what else they're printing first.
September 17, 2015 4:17 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #7
I like the idea of pulling them out for G2 as a giant "Surprise, bitch!"
September 17, 2015 4:20 p.m.
Ohthenoises - I'm not worried about card draw, I put more stock into my answers. Banisher Priest and Duergar Hedge-Mage come to mind as core creatures. There are some cards that are on the chopping block, but I want to keep my creature density high.
September 17, 2015 4:25 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #9
I like abzan aggro...replace fleecemane with the golgari dude from khans and new Drana
September 17, 2015 4:27 p.m.
Well, to be fair, Ruric Thar can be used as the sixty first card in Legacy Combo Elves. And no, I'm not joking.
September 17, 2015 6:09 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #11
kyuuri117 I mean he tried to make a Ruric Thar lands deck. Not in elves lol. Also, remember, he hates, and refuses to use combo.
September 17, 2015 6:10 p.m. Edited.
NoPantsParade says... #13
lordoftheshadows, I'm going to the BFZ pre release at midnight Friday at Atomic Empire. So if you're going to be there, I might see you then.
September 17, 2015 8:48 p.m.
Coinman1863 says... #14
Who should I ask about a backround on my userpage? Or is my question irrelevant because it is a premium only thing?
September 17, 2015 9:04 p.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #15
Coinman, I used to be able do css styling before I upgraded, but that may have gotten changed. There's an easier way and a less-than-easy way, and I don't know the easy way. I'd usually be happy to help you out, but I'm already in progress with a bunch of other projects. I think DERPLINGSUPREME may know the trick, but I could be wrong.
September 17, 2015 9:08 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #16
wat
oh. here, Coinman1863 use this:
img src="http jpg image link here" style="position:fixed;top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:-1;" /
dont forget the arrows < these > on each side of it. then put that into your description in the setting of your page.
September 17, 2015 9:19 p.m.
filledelanuit says... #17
NoPantsParade I'll be there for legacy (Got the last cards I need for PSI). We might run into each other.
September 17, 2015 9:26 p.m.
NoPantsParade says... #18
I'm hoping to pull enough value for a Wasteland and then a Bayou from a box and fat pack to have my Jund deck complete. But we can only dream, right? I would be done but USPS lost them in the mail.
September 17, 2015 9:31 p.m.
Coinman1863 says... #19
Thanks DERPLINGSUPREME, come look at my page, it works! Also, is there any way to make my description see through and/or text color match, or a premium thing?
September 17, 2015 9:45 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #20
So I made my own alter. Took me like, 5 hours to do. I have a few nit-picks about it, but some of them I can't seem to do anything about.
The mana symbols are a fucking bitch. For some reason, when the colourless mana circle and red mana symbol sit side by side and are the same size, the colourless one ALWAYS appears larger. I can't seem to do anything about it.
Still a bit iffy on the fonts too. Had to guesswork size and positioning, as well as the fonts themselves.
September 17, 2015 9:50 p.m. Edited.
Coinman1863 says... #22
Fem, on a paper card? That looks really good! Good job!
September 17, 2015 9:55 p.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #23
Femme, you misspelled Artificer... Also, wouldn't it have been easier to take an image of the card and mask everything except the text boxes, then put the art behind everything?
September 17, 2015 9:57 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #24
An image that is large enough that isn't a scan doesn't exist ABadMagicPlayer100.
September 17, 2015 10:32 p.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #25
I would think a screenshot of it zoomed in on Duels would work, depending on monitor size. Anyway, nice work, that's pretty impressive for being made from scratch.
September 17, 2015 10:39 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #26
BAM! Instantly more engaging! I think I fixed the stupid mana symbol sizing issue too.
September 17, 2015 10:51 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #27
So, theory crafting time, in modern, aside from infect, what are the reasons to run Platinum Angel over Platinum Emperion?
September 17, 2015 10:57 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #28
7 mana over 8 mana. Same reason the Karn Liberated over Ugin, the Spirit Dragon argument keeps popping up. It comes out 1 turn sooner.
September 17, 2015 11:01 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #29
can be cast with just tron lands (otherwise 1 less mana is still one less mana)
evasion
September 17, 2015 11:03 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #30
I'm just wondering for U tron and the testing of Titan's Presence. I've seen it happen so many times where the tron player goes into negative life and then dies to Vapor Snag bouncing the angel.
I was thinking of giving the emperion a chance to shine.
Mana cost isn't all that relevant since you aren't looking to T3 that usually, you are looking to play a counter T3. Although in U tron you CAN T3 it with Talisman of Dominance.
September 17, 2015 11:08 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #31
And now, here's me, fiddling around with lighting and beveling trying to figure out what the hell the angle is for the artwork.
September 17, 2015 11:29 p.m. Edited.
Ohthenoises says... #32
Ok, Titan's Presence just linked, but it's not on the card list, what cards have been added to the DB?!?
September 17, 2015 11:32 p.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #33
Ohthenoises Short answer: It's complicated. I believe most of the cards are in the DB, but something's up with the spoiler page.
September 17, 2015 11:33 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #34
Only 80 cards are in the database. If you go to the posts on the T/O threads where I've complained about them, you'll notice which ones are available and which ones aren't. It's been about 5 days since they last accepted submissions so I don't know what's going on.
September 18, 2015 12:39 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #35
It takes me longer to find images for digital alters than it takes me to actually make the alter. I can see why these images were never altered in the first place.
September 18, 2015 3:14 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #37
Vile aggregate and Blisterpod seem REALLY GOOD.
Jund/4color drones is really going to be a thing.
Vile + a broken hangarback seems fair.
September 18, 2015 11:38 a.m.
Coinman1863 says... #38
Well, that shofar I was talking about? Here it is in comparison to a 13in MacBook Pro.
It's very long...
September 18, 2015 3:17 p.m.
Testing for ornithoptors
Edit: they seem to have invaded the modern chat
September 18, 2015 3:19 p.m. Edited.
Coinman1863 says... #40
In relation kyuuri117, my best moment in the T/O Modern tourney so far was playing Anger of the Gods on a 3/3 Hangarback Walker. It felt so good.
September 18, 2015 3:24 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #41
Coinman1863 That sounds about as glorious as when I made a control player literally rage out of the shop I was playing in in NC.
This was back when I had time to actually brew fun decks, I built U/B zombies, it was a stack of lords with Grave Titan topping the curve. It was a bad deck but it was fun to play. (I main decked Turn to Frog for Mirran Crusaders with Sword of War and Peace equipped.)
Playing against control guy goes "Oblivion Ring, targeting Grave Titan." So I go, "Ok, your Oblivion Ring resolves but in response to the ETB trigger I'm going to play Undying Evil and then Altar's Reap both targeting the Grave Titan."
The guy gave me a confused look and reaches out to grab my Grave Titan to put it under the Oblivion Ring, not understanding what had just happened. I put my hand over the Titan and say "No, your trigger fizzled." So he calls a judge, fails at explaining at what happened so I walk the judge through what I had done. He says that I'm fine and that the titan stays on the field. (Not to mention that I drew 2 cards, got an extra 2 zombie tokens and made my grave titan 1 P/T larger.)
My opponent gets pissed off and leaves the store, leaving all of his belongings behind. I look at the judge and ask "So....That's a scoop right?"
We collected the guy's stuff and hand it over to the owner of the store and proceed to laugh the hardest either of us has ever laughed before.
This was against 
/
Geist of Saint Traft constructed before flickering was common knowledge. (dark ascension)
September 18, 2015 6:02 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #42
Also, I just found out that SCG and Paypal do NOT like to ship to an address that isn't yours.
Almost cancelled my order for a friend.
September 18, 2015 6:08 p.m.
Coinman1863 says... #43
Yeah, possibly Anger of the Gods Is the best/strangest sideboard choices I made. I play Burn, so it usually comes out of no where. I put it in for playing against tokens and merfolk (AKA before Origins), but hey secondary uses are awesome.
Also great story, and Hurrah for Homebrews.
Really the best magic story I got was using Phyrexian Metamorph on a Show and Telled Emrakul, and swinging next turn for the win. Yours is still way better.
September 18, 2015 6:13 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #44
My friend needed some help sideboarding (he plays Pox) against sneak and show. I told him he needed to add Humility, that way Show and Tell to drop Emrakul, the Aeons Torn means they drop a 1/1. My buddy runs Bloodghast too so it's entertaining that Ghast can trade with Emrakul and Ghast's reanimate still works in the grave.
September 18, 2015 6:37 p.m.
EndStepTop says... #46
Ohthenoises Fleshbag Marauder can be hard cast and used in other match ups, better than humility imo.
September 18, 2015 6:46 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #47
I kinda felt bad. He got so mad and worked up over a card game. I think part of it was that he got beaten by a "casual" deck.
It wasn't like PTQ material but it managed to get a few wins here and there
Gspot he needed it in ADDITION to the fleshbags, he was getting blown out by their sheer card advantage and the fact that emrakul reshuffles the grave.
September 18, 2015 6:49 p.m.
EndStepTop says... #48
Jeez, how many SB slots does he devote to the MU?
September 18, 2015 6:50 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #49
Gspot it was about 60-75% of his meta so a fair bit.
trollslayer says... #1
nice job noises. Iv almost dislocated my foot before playing "Red Rover". That's my worst injury.
September 17, 2015 11:31 a.m.