Magic: The Gathering C/D

Carlos Moral
Grand Prix Prague 2014 Top 8 – Modern

Main Deck

60 cards

6 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
2 Mutavault
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
20 lands

4 Delver of Secrets
1 Grim Lavamancer
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Young Pyromancer
15 creatures

4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Pillar of Flame
4 Remand
4 Serum Visions
2 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
3 Vapor Snag
25 other spells

Sideboard
2 Blood Moon
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Hibernation
2 Magma Spray
2 Negate
2 Shatterstorm
1 Spell Pierce
3 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Vendilion Clique

wow yeah that looks really good

i've been playing this weird amulet deck http://i.imgur.com/vFbW0bB.jpg

its pretty strong actually, but the land sequencing is a complete headache and i am terrible at it

yeah I think a version of that t64d

seems like it would be fun to pilot but I hate non-interactive decks

that one also looks really entertaining, that Hive Mind 'combo' is hilarious

hive mind is just a plan B really, plan A is chaining primeval titans via tolaria west and summoners pact

seems like it would be fun to pilot but I hate non-interactive decks

I love the design of that deck but yeah

That said, I play Robots in Modern and people have made comments to me about that deck being non-interactive, so to each their own

most of my original decks tend to be pretty non-interactive so this is right up my alley. Was interested in building it until I saw the prices of the Titans...barf

how much are primeval titans now?

looks like 10 bucks

not on magic online!

didnt see that they're so much cheaper IRL (which is odd), maybe this could be my paper deck

core set mythics are often more expensive on mtgo, theres also the gp promo in paper which should have some effect on price

it looks like its 24 tickets which is way more than i would've thought though

it was like 10-12 on mtgo in november when my friend and i first built this deck, its had a price spike recently

though i'm actually just playing valakut now because i got tired of thinking

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/fox-developing-a-magic-the-gathering-movie-1201053456/

it's like we went through a time warp and we're back in 1996

yeah wtf

mogis god of Br control decks

Prophet of Kruphix + new U/W god + lots of goofball Inspired triggers seems like it'll be a fun deck

mogis looks really sweet in that gold nyx card frame

i don't know if he's playable but i hope the 2-color gods turn out to be okay since they turn a big chunk of underplayed standard cards into devotion enablers e.g. spike jester, hellhole flailer, rakdos, etc

I wonder if there was a single D&D fan who saw the D&D movie just based off of the name. At least MTG has iconic characters, I suppose.

jfc, they made a sequel to the D&D movie??

http://www.avclub.com/article/fox-plays-its-very-expensive-magic-the-gathering-m-106926

I'm hosting a StarCityGames Invitational Qualifier in February, kind of spooked because I have no idea what to expect.

http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/tcg/products/bng/KDJ)D(jk2m2389/i4NkDCksvL_EN.jpg

this is the most transparently pushed card in quite a while

nice. 4 T significant for limited, starts out of range of the cheap common removal with at least a turn to drop an eidolon or chosen by heliod on it to get out of lash/rage range

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=151226&d=1389935211

cant wait to get blown up by the mother of all combat tricks

and yes Brimaz reminds me of Hero of Bladehold, just obnoxiously powerful

I don't think reap is better than dauntless onslaught 90% of the time

you can only put one counter on any given creature right?

yeah

its probably not better but it does have more wackytown potential

if they add some more green heroic d00ds g/w heroic might become as common as u/w heroic in limited

that'll be a pain. I've pretty much resolved to not play g/w this cycle because I'm never going to plunk down the cash for a set of Voices.

Brimaz is halfway between Precinct Captain and Hero in terms of power, so I imagine it has to see play. Can't say I really get the point of the blocking ability except for card symmetry.

well since it has Vigilance (because, why not) you can attack and block with it...what a pain in the ass

yeah the fact that it can attack for 4 and still hold back a 4/4 at the same time is pretty nuts

er trade w/ a 4/4 rather

Oops I wasn't thinking about limited - seems pretty relevant there. Mostly I was thinking that the number of times you would block with this in Standard and have it matter would be pretty low. But I realized that even there the ability is relevant against opponent Brimazs.

http://i.imgur.com/qf05axa.png

pretty insane curve topper for the r/w heroic deck

love the flavor too

yeah that guy stood out to me too

here's a couple really strong ZZW decks i drafted today

http://i.imgur.com/ZLgTgQX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/h6PLbs9.jpg

honestly ZZW is probably one of the worst draft formats of the modern era but i'm so tired of 3x theros that i was excited to do something else

yeah seems like everyone is done with theros at this point

just realized that heroic ability being instant-speedable means you can do it during their attack. surely that's better than most rares in this set.

yeah instant-speed variants of that effect have historically been first-pickable since it's not too hard to kill 2 guys with them (see: blind with anger, act of aggression)

is zzw really that bad? its been interesting so far, maybe not that deep but its p sweet to have good instant speed removal at common