I wasn't playing during Tempest through Invasion blocks, so let's go with... Urza's Destiny. Hopefully someone will open Masticore and we can all gripe.
― Vinnie, Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
1. beta2. rise-of-the-eldrazi 3. arabian nights4. invasion5. urza's destiny 6.
― iatee, Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
are we waiting on me then? I'm not sure if I can do this but if I had to choose I'd say Time Spiral is the only set that could fit with all this junk.
― frogbs, Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
haha time spiral's my favorite limited set but i was hesitant to throw it in here since if you haven't played all of the sets it's referencing (alpha thru odyssey block basically) it's kind of a mess to understand
― ciderpress, Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
err alpha through onslaught actually, it's got morph and storm
― ciderpress, Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
great
1. beta2. rise-of-the-eldrazi 3. arabian nights4. invasion5. urza's destiny 6. time spiral
don't think about this as a big time constraint. I'll be organizing it and you'll have a cardpool to mess around w/ whenever and people to play whenever. just dl cockatrice and the aforementioned sets and maybe pm me your emails? I'll set up a google docs sometime soon.
and I guess anyone who wants to join can do so anytime before next week.
― iatee, Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
I thought about picking TS too, just cause it synergizes with everything haha. But better to play with a set I never got to try.
― Vinnie, Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like we should have some way of indicating to each other that we are around and up for a game, like going on ICQ or something.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
okay we will figure out logistics soon but I made the packs:
CIDER: http://imgur.com/BgTO6FROG: http://imgur.com/RlYaXGRAVEL: http://imgur.com/YlAULIATEE: http://imgur.com/f6t8HLAMP: http://imgur.com/LOtY1VINNIE: http://imgur.com/X7viX
if anyone else wants to join feel free this week. also ppl should dl cockatrice and the relevant sets.
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
damn that link is for the first pic not the album. annoying. okay brb.
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
can you do text files so we can load them into software to work w/
― ciderpress, Friday, 14 December 2012 03:34 (eleven years ago) link
eventually tho prob not tonight
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
damn there really isn't any web app that has pre-ice age sets and spits out text files as its default, it seems
― ciderpress, Friday, 14 December 2012 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I looked :/but I mean typing up 300 names or whatever isn't the end of the world
here is your set: http://imgur.com/a/7hdgC
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
damn some of those got fuzzy
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
GRAVEL: http://imgur.com/a/1jF2gFROG: http://imgur.com/a/HvJO1IATEE: http://imgur.com/a/aGmooLAMP: http://imgur.com/a/nbHVxVINNIE: http://imgur.com/a/m4T1I
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
you can look at other peoples cards too
okay I'm typing up the impossible to read ones for now, which seem like urza's and invasionUrza's Destiny (setlist: http://www.wizards.com/magic/generic/cardlists/UDSpoiler.txt)
cider:
Covetous DragonIncendiarySplinterGamekeeper SolidarityReckless AbandonColos YearlingMask of Law and GraceMarker BeetlesSkittering horrorSigil of SleepDying WallField SurgeonChime of NightRescue
frog: MetalworkerMantas EngineSerra AdvocateCinder SeerScent of IvyRofello's Gift Yavimaya ElmerScent of CinderFatigueCapshen KnightScent of NightshadeSigil of SleepSquirming MassReckless AbandonTrumpet BlastVinnie: Goblin MarshallJasmine SeerSplinterMantas EngineMarker BettlesFledgling OspreyTaunting ElfHulking OgreMetathran SoldierGoblin GardenerField SurgeonWild ColosScent of IvyPhyrexian MonitorReliquary Monk
iatee: OppositionSplinterVoice of DutyGoblin BerserkerYavimaya ElderScent of IvyTormented AngelKeldon VandalsRofello's GiftDisease CarriersBubbling MuckMarker BeetlesCapashen KnightHeart WardenColos Yearling
lamp:MetalworkerFestering WoundCaltropsSplinterSlinking SkirgePlated SpiderCapashen TemplarFledgling OspeyBubbling BeeblesGoblin MasonsGoblin GardenerMetathran SoldierMagnifyKeldon VandalsCapashen Knight
gravel:Master HealerLandslideFestering WoundSerra AdvocateDying WallWall of GlareChime of NightScent of CinderSkittering HorrorScent of JasmineWild ColosFatigueColos YearlingGoblin GardenerKingfisher
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 04:29 (eleven years ago) link
Invasion: http://www.wizards.com/magic/generic/cardlists/in_spoiler_en_alpha.txt
cider: Thunderscape MasterShivan EmissarySpirit WeaverFirebrand RangerSerpentine KavuPhyrexian ReaperQuirion ElvesGeothermal CreviceDream ThrushBenalish TrapperAncient SpringThunderscape ApprenticeTraveler's CloakManical RageFrenzied Tilling
frog:RoutAlloy GolemSmoldering TarTrench WurmThornscape ApprenticeQuiron TrailblazerPincer SpiderHarrowPouncing KavuAncient KavuRepulseTraveler's CloakCrimson AcolyteRestrainNightscape Apprentice
gravel: TekHate WeaverRith's AttendantDredgeScarred PumaUrborg SkeletonVigrous ChargePhantasmal TerrainVodalian SerpentKavu ScoutThornscape ApprenticeUrborg PhantomShivan ZombieOrim's TouchPhyrexian Battleflies
iatee:Collapsing BordersPain/SufferingPulse of LlanowarAnnihilateExplosive GrowthFirescreamerFaerie SquadronTidal VisionaryBenelish LancerPhyrexian ReaperFertile GroundGalina's KnightArdent SoldierYavimaya BarbarianSulfur Vent
lamp: Phyrexian AltarKavu Chameleon Goblin SpyGoham DjinnHooded KavuArmadllio CloakRavenous RatsHypnotic CloudThunderscape ApprenticeSlimy KavuKavu AggressorSavage OffensiveVigorous ChargeThornscape ApprenticeAncient Spring
Vinnie:Fight of FlightBloodstone Cameo Vicious KavuYaviyama KavuTribal FlamesFertile GroundStunRecoverSavage OffensiveYavimaya BarbarianRampant ElephantUrborg SkeletonShacklesTinder FarmGeothermal Crevice
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
just fyi after my whining about drafting rtr itt i am 19-0 so i was obv wrong abt this being a terrible format
― f (Lamp), Friday, 14 December 2012 05:41 (eleven years ago) link
damn no level up creatures in my ROE pack is a big disappointment
those seem like they could be OP in this league
― ciderpress, Friday, 14 December 2012 05:57 (eleven years ago) link
I think my best card might be raging river
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 05:59 (eleven years ago) link
what are you using to build your deck?
― f (Lamp), Friday, 14 December 2012 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://cockatrice.de/
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 06:04 (eleven years ago) link
i put my sealed pool into cockatrice but i hate deckbuilding in it
― f (Lamp), Friday, 14 December 2012 06:13 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah I haven't dl'd it yet on this computer but I remember being frustrated by the deckbuilding UI too
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
just memorize all the cards and do the deckbuilding in your head like a savant
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
vaguely recall some other options existed, I'll look around tomorrow, falling asleep atm
― iatee, Friday, 14 December 2012 06:17 (eleven years ago) link
I'm planning on using tappedout for the building, it's okay.
I have LEVEL UPS.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 14 December 2012 12:54 (eleven years ago) link
I have my deck made if anyone has time today/night
― iatee, Saturday, 15 December 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
i should have some time tonight
― f (Lamp), Sunday, 16 December 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
okay rad!
― iatee, Sunday, 16 December 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
i made the mistake of checking my work email :((
― f (Lamp), Sunday, 16 December 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
haha I kinda ruined my trip to california by making that mistake
I may be up late if you have energy/time late
― iatee, Sunday, 16 December 2012 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
okay here's what I drafted today
2 Axebane Guardians1 Gatecreeper Vine1 Towering Indrik1 Kurodza Guildmage1 Centaur Healer1 Wild Beastmaster1 Martial Law2 Giant Growth1 Fencing Ace1 Sluiceway Scorpion1 Golgari Decoy1 Azorious Justicar1 Assassin's Strike1 Trostani's Judgement2 Thoughtflare1 Carnival Hellsteed1 Chorus of Might1 Deathrite Shaman1 Treasured Find1 Golgari Keyrune
1 Hallowed Fountain2 Azorious Guildgate2 Selesnya Guildgate1 Izzet Guildgate1 Golgari Guildgate1 Transguild Promenade4 Forest3 Swamp2 Plains
― frogbs, Monday, 17 December 2012 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
wound up going 2-1. deck was really fun to play, maybe the most fun i've had with any deck in RTR, but I lost my ass to flyers + 3 Dramatic Rescue (good against Hellsteed I guess). it's a really slow deck, for sure. but once I made it to turn 9 or 10 things really started rolling
― frogbs, Monday, 17 December 2012 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that looks like a fun deck
― iatee, Monday, 17 December 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
ps you should make your ilx sealed deck
― iatee, Monday, 17 December 2012 04:51 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that looks kinda like one of my 5-color drafts except that i'd never have taken wild beastmaster or that many pump spells, you're really never putting enough pressure on to use them aggressively. would rather have more big finishers, even the common ones like axebane stag or horncallers chant
― ciderpress, Monday, 17 December 2012 05:24 (eleven years ago) link
yeah iatee i'll get around to it, gotta get cockatrice again, though i'm kind of confused, what was typed up for invasion isn't what was in my packs, the rare appears to be Void
anyway that draft deck started as Selesnya/Golgari but I used a lot of early picks on Thoughtflares and the Hellsteed because those packs literally had nothing I wanted to play, plus I got the dual (for tix purposes). So I figured, just take the best card in the pack. As a finisher I had Terrus Wurm but I eventually decided not to use it. I figured with two Thoughtflares I shouldn't need another big dude or mana sink. Every game I won was in a different way. One game I Chorus'ed Beastmaster with the Decoy out and won that way, another was just grinding it out with Martial Law and Deathrite, another I wound up with a ton of mana and used Guildmage to pump+sac some dudes then Chorus a Fencing Ace for a huge swing. When I took Beastmaster it was like p2p5 and I didn't think I'd go 5 color (last pack had the three manawalls/Izzet gate I needed). It really was an incredibly weird draft overall and one I could have really punted but it turned out fun, I just wish i had removal that didn't cost 6
― frogbs, Monday, 17 December 2012 05:41 (eleven years ago) link
We played sealed! So funnn.
Iatee beat me 2-1, it turns that Opposition is good on a stalled board, who knew.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Monday, 17 December 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
Was pretty busy this weekend, but will build my deck during the week.
― Vinnie, Monday, 17 December 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
these are yours frog:http://imgur.com/a/HvJO1
rare is rout
― iatee, Monday, 17 December 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
so the promo card for the January MOCS is Force of Will... this should be interesting. i'm definitely going to qualify but the tournament is Legacy which is annoying since its the only format I don't play - i watched a bunch of matches from the last Legacy MOCS though and it looked like the field was unsurprisingly saturated with cheapo red decks like burn and goblins. what's the cheapest Legacy deck i could build that crushes those decks and still has game vs others? am thinking a blue-less stoneforge+batterskull deck might be fine.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
there are no cheap legacy decks because fow
― f (Lamp), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
i mean other than the red ones
it's a cycle of dependency you have to buy force of wills to win a force of will
― iatee, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
well you could also buy lion's eye diamonds
― f (Lamp), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
can someone explain how the LED decks work? do they just use Dredge, or what?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
They're almost always Storm decks. LED usually gets used in response to cards that get other cards. For instance, cast Burning Wish or Ill-Gotten Gains, sac LED with that on the stack.
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link