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Commander Discussion / Re: What do you watch?

« on: October 25, 2020, 09:58:01 pm »

  I began buying Dragon Shield sleeves because of The Professor's recommendation.

I also began buying Dragon Shield sleeves on his recommendation.  They haven't disappointed.  Like them much better than the UltraPro I had been using. 

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General Magic / Re: What was everyone's first rare and mythic?

« on: October 10, 2020, 10:20:50 pm »

First rare....um...that's a long time ago but I think it was a 4ed Thoughtlace...from a starter deck.

First mythics...was just coming back to the game after a very long hiatus [Mirrodin was the last set I had bought more than a couple of packs] but Innistrad caught my attention and drew me back in.  Cracked double Olivia Voldaren in the same pack.  The foil version still helms a crappy EDH deck.

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Commander Discussion / Re: What do you watch?

« on: October 09, 2020, 11:52:59 pm »

I watch a fair amount of MTG content, almost all of which is EDH based.

Most of Tolarian Community College's MTG content and product reviews with the Booster Box Game being my fave.  Command Zone and Game Knights though I skip the breakdown episodes of their gameplay.  I also agree their sponsorships are starting to get in the way of the content and it all feels overproduced and scripted.  I watch some of Commander's Quarters stuff, the topic will dictate if I hit play or not.  I don't miss any of MTG Mudstah's stuff, Mondays and Thursdays are highlights of the week.  Cure for the Common Game as I have a certain amount of respect for anyone crazy enough to try to build [and keep] a deck for every legal commander.  Occasionally catch Playing with Power or Casually Competitive depending on mood.  I watch about half of Tomohappy's videos which is Tomoharu Saito's Magic channel [or one of them anyway].  I enjoy the box/pack openings and playing of old tournament decks the most, though his content matters less to me than its all in Japanese and I'm trying to learn the language.  For the same reason I've also started watching a channel called 開封大好き [Kaifuu Daisuki or 'really like opening/breaking the seal'].  Not sure why I enjoy box openings so much...

I watch probably about half of the content of Jumbo Commander depending on subject.  I watch some of PleasantKenobi's MTG content as coming from a British family and having lived in London for almost a year, I find him pretty funny.  I keep up with Heroes and Legends MTG for market/investment info more out of curiosity and to know if I need to grab something before speculators snag all copies of something I may want to play and don't have.  I also watch Tavis King's channel, he focuses on MTG history, miscuts/misprints and forgery and he just knows so much about how the cards are produced and collated but I'll admit he can be a bit dry for most viewers.

I do view some decktechs but generally only if I have one or more slots left in a deck I'm trying to build and am looking for something outside the box to give the deck a different angle of attack or extra resilience, etc. and could use a suggestion outside of the typical stable of cards I gravitate towards.   Some of what I listed above is focused on gameplay so obviously I watch a lot of that as well.

Mostly importantly, this post has taught that I don't have a life and should do something about that...

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Commander Discussion / Re: Drannith Magistrate

« on: September 28, 2020, 10:43:34 pm »

I haven't had a chance to play since the whole COVID thing went down but I expect to see it out in the wilds once things are conducive to in-person play.

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General Magic / Re: Set Boosters vs Draft Boosters

« on: September 28, 2020, 10:40:43 pm »

While I didn't do as close as an analysis, I also have bought one box of each (Set vs Booster) and for the additional money, can say the set boosters aren't worth it and I won't get them again.  The set booster box was over 50% more expensive and in the end I had almost exactly the same number of rares that I would have gotten from a draft booster box with about the same amount of showcase bling, etc.  I also ended up with more mythics from the draft booster box.  The chance of pulling something amazing off 'The List' isn't enough to justify the extra price.  My final thought is that the odds/composition for extra pulls in the Set booster packs is so complicated so that people have a hard time figuring out that they're getting fucked.

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Commander Discussion / Re: Stopping Combos

« on: September 23, 2020, 10:24:08 pm »

Please pin this. It's a really well written and thought out guide. I think this is exactly what the readers wanted to see.

It's certainly exactly what this reader wanted to see. 

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Commander Discussion / Re: Nullpriest of Oblivion: A Discussion

« on: September 17, 2020, 11:15:20 pm »

I really need to get a Birthing Pod. Stinks that it's $16. Guess I can add yet another card to the list of good cards just barely too expensive for me.

D'oh!  Sorry, didn't stop to think that it might not be a card you had.  Didn't mean to create any feelbads there.

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Commander Discussion / Re: Nullpriest of Oblivion: A Discussion

« on: September 17, 2020, 10:15:09 pm »

Side note: I knew Sepulchral Primordial existed, but I didn't really make the connection over to Meren. Might be the fun top end I needed all along. 

I run Sepulchral Primordial in my Meren deck and can attest to the fact that it is quite fun.  Love saccing Noxious Gearhulk to Birthing Pod to fetch Primordial then having exp counters bring the gearhulk back. 

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Commander Discussion / Re: Nullpriest of Oblivion: A Discussion

« on: September 17, 2020, 03:59:18 am »

I see it going into Edgar decks because it is cheap and evasive with the right creature type with for some utility baked in and... maybe Yarok or Muldrotha could use it but I think other things fill that slot better.  I don't see it being that great in the 2 decks you mentioned but, hey, proxy it and see how it plays.

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General Magic / Re: Zendikar Rising - What did you preorder?

« on: September 16, 2020, 02:37:02 am »

I've pre-ordered a box of Zendikar....but I'll admit that I don't remember if I made it clear I wanted a box of Set Boosters.  I may show up on Friday to find out that I only have Draft Boosters waiting for me.  I'll probably buy at least one more box, a bunch of random packs and some singles to fill in gaps.  I also try to get at least one of each card but the most expensive card in each set tends to elude me so its pretty rare that I accomplish it.

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Commander Discussion / Re: Community deck building- Niambi, Esteemed Speaker

« on: September 11, 2020, 11:17:43 pm »

Generous Gift

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Commander Discussion / Re: Messing with a mana base- cool or foul?

« on: September 11, 2020, 11:14:37 pm »

I've played LD and against it a ton in the past so I guess I'm still acclimated to losing lands in a game whether from a Pillage or an Armageddon.  I don't even get that salty if someone nukes the lands without a way to win because I don't think its really a problem to broach the subject of everyone just scooping if its obvious that nothing is going to happen anytime soon and just play another game.  Obviously I prefer if someone is using it to shut the door on a win and its all over within 2 turns but, hey, sometimes it just doesn't work out. 

As for Blood Moon and Back to Basics style effects.  I try to build and play with those strategies in mind.  One of things that made the biggest difference for me and was an easy fix, when fetching, fetch basics if you can.  Flooded Strand typically gets Island for me instead of Tundra.  I also try to get a feel from folks if they're packing such strats and avoid playing my Sliver Overlord deck [with only 5 basics] for that game and pick something that has 12-18 basics instead.  And needless to say, pack enough removal so that such things aren't an issue for long and be wary of tapping out.  If you get caught with your pants down, Force of Vigor or similar may be a solution for the future [you're probably holding onto that extra green card without access to mana you can use...]

So, I'll be voting 'cool' for the poll though its more like 'fine'.

From CleanBelwas "If it's in the rules of the game, I'm cool with it. I mostly play to hang out, drink beers and eat pizza anyway."  I'm in this camp as well, emphasis on the pizza [not much of a drinker if I have to drive ]

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Commander Discussion / Re: Community deck building- Niambi, Esteemed Speaker

« on: September 07, 2020, 05:32:55 pm »

Path to Exile

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General Magic / Re: Zendikar Rising spoilers

« on: September 05, 2020, 07:52:29 pm »

Sorry I haven't been able to post spoilers the past few days but I've been out of town (took my kids to see their mom- lots of fun staying at your ex-wife's house). Hopefully next week I'll get to post more of them.

Real life always comes first.  Nothing to apologize for.

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Commander Discussion / Re: Community deck building- Niambi, Esteemed Speaker

« on: September 04, 2020, 11:20:26 pm »

Dovin's Veto