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General Magic / Using Rare Cards

« on: March 30, 2016, 04:13:37 am »

    Hello MTG community, this is your planeswalking Vamp pal G. Moto. I recently finished organizing all of my rare cards and put them in my collector's album (the thing weighs as much as a dictionary), and a thought came across my mind; Why do people use their rare cards instead of saving them in a trade binder? I mean some people have multiple decks that they sleeve so I guess this offers adequate protection but it really makes me wonder the merit of having an all rare deck simply to have one. I know I have different styles as far as deck building goes (I currently play 3 different TCG games) but I am curious as to what your ideas are. How do you ladies and gentlemen feel about the use and preferred methods of extending the longevity of your cards?

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General Magic / The Big 1K

« on: February 18, 2016, 07:58:38 am »

      Ladies and Gentlemen of deckstats.net this is G. Moto. I wanted to thank you all for your many deck request and stimulating topics for discussion. As of this post I have reached 1000 POSTS since I have been on this website and I could not have done it without you guys. Thank you all so very much for allowing me to reach this accomplishment. I hope you all keep up the good work as far as deck building goes and remember that I'm always here to lend a hand. Once again thank you my MTG Community.

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General Magic / Shadows Over Innistrad: Hidden Lore

« on: February 13, 2016, 10:05:51 pm »

    Hello Everyone G. Moto here, I've spent some time looking at some of the new cards that have been spoiled for this set and I might have found some information relating to the direction of the new block;

1) Pore over the pages- the flavor text reads, "I'm certain that the fate of Markov Manor is connected to these cryptoliths... this Tamiyo was on to something"  The fact that it even alludes to Tamiyo (who we mostly only heard of through uncharted realms archives and such) means that she may have played a significant role on Innistrad this time around. Also from reading multiple articles it appears that Edgar Markov, the progenitor of the vampires on Innistrad is actually still ALIVE. If Innistrad focuses the story towards this character we may face a new legendary vampire.

2) Structural Distortion- This one was a little hard to read due to image glare but the most I could make out was this; "As Zendikar has bled, so will Innistrad. As I have suffered so will Sorin" From the card art and the flavor of the card itself I believe that it'd be safe to say that Nahiri may play a more antagonistic role in this set.

     I know it's probably a little early for speculation but what do you guys think as far as the card lore and possible story-lines go?

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General Magic / Twisted Method

« on: January 26, 2016, 04:33:42 am »

    Hello Ladies and Gentlemen of the multi-verse this is G. Moto, for those reading this I'm not talking about the band. I thought that it would be  a good way to share our MTG skills with new people on this forum by sharing cool card combos you may have come up with or tried out and thought were cool. For example; I was looking at some of of my Battle for Zendikar cards and it dawned on me that Undergrowth Champion would be dangerous in a Golgari deck that uses the scavenge mechanic. Just little things that we come up with could be a moment of epiphany for someone else so lets try to share the wealth of knowledge that we have with others.

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] Old Allies

« on: January 20, 2016, 06:56:30 pm »

Old Allies

    I've been tweaking this deck for a little bit and I thought that the new zendikar cards may have finally pieced it together. Any opinions or suggestions would be cool.

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Deck Reviews / [Standard] Rage engine

« on: January 19, 2016, 09:45:36 pm »

Rage engine

Jund Eldrazi that I thought would work best with the new cards I got. Runs more like a mid-ranged deck but it gets the job done. Leave a like if you approve or just let me know what you guys think can make it better.

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General Magic / Zendikar pre-release recap

« on: January 18, 2016, 09:10:34 pm »

     Hello everyone, this is G. Moto hoping that everyone had a great time at pre-release. A lot of people I know said that the new set Oath of the Gatewatch was a large improvement over the original Battle for Zendikar set and I just wanted to get your opinions. How are you guys liking Zendikar so far, do you think wizards finished on this part of the multiverse well? Also if you ladies and gentleman have any new deck ideas for this block then feel free to share, I'd be interested in hearing about them.

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General Magic / Faster Planeswalking?

« on: January 15, 2016, 08:47:18 am »

      Hello everyone this is G. Moto and I've been thinking over a certain topic that's had my deck building imagination going places. With these new block releases being in 2 parts do you believe that card sets will focus more on actual card lore and in game story-lines? Do you believe that there will be an even greater emphasis on the roles that planeswalkers play in the multiverse since the mending pretty much took away their "godliness" (referring to beings such as Nicol bolas)? Also if a greater emphasis will be placed on story development which worlds do you think will be visited next? I mean after this Zendikar block we're going back to Innistrad (one of my all time FAVORITES), but what then? Return back to Theros to see what happens to Elspeth in the underworld, maybe see if anyone will purge the phyrexians, or maybe even tamiyo returning back to Kamigawa? There are a lot of possibilities as far was where these people (and creatures) will visit next but I'm interested in your thoughts MTG community. What do you guys and gals think?

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Deck Reviews / [EDH / Commander] Ghosts from the past

« on: January 13, 2016, 06:49:23 am »

Call the Spirits

Hello everyone, This is my take on the new W/B commander deck that I'd been looking for a long while. I broke it down and shaped it up in a new way that may give you guys some ideas. Let me know what you guys think about it so far, it's still a work in progress and has not been tested yet but the hand draws do appear to be balanced. It's mostly theros based and sees a lot of creature and aura enchantment play. Any advice or opinions would be appreciated.

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] The Pale Army

« on: January 09, 2016, 08:14:05 am »

The Pale Army

I'm designing this deck before I actually build it and I've constructed it mostly using the core sets and time spiral themed creatures. Let me know what you guys think about this deck, it's mostly for just playing around but it could easily be made FNM ready. 

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General Magic / Happy New Year!!!

« on: January 01, 2016, 05:55:23 am »

     Hey everybody it's your favorite vampiric planeswalker G. Moto, Just want to wish you all a safe and happy new year. Stay creative, do well at all that you do and be the best that you all can be. Enjoy the start of your new year cause you all worked hard to get here.

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General Magic / Seasons' Greetings

« on: December 25, 2015, 06:08:18 pm »

     Hey everyone out there, just wanted to wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] A Waking Nightmare

« on: December 22, 2015, 06:47:45 pm »

A Waking Nightmare

Just finished this deck a little while ago and I thought it'd be a good throwback to Theros. If you guys have any thoughts or suggestions let me know.

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Deck Reviews / [EDH / Commander] Sibling bonding

« on: December 20, 2015, 07:10:39 am »

Sibling bonding

Just whipped this deck up for the fun of it and thought it'd be cool to share. Let me know if it gives you any ideas.

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General Magic / Commanding Armies

« on: December 15, 2015, 09:21:35 pm »

     Hello everyone, I was in a topic discussion earlier concerning strong ideas about the new commanders that have come out recently and a thought came up; What do other people think about this? So here's a couple of questions that hopefully by the time we're done can help other people as well.

1. Who is your commander of choice and why?
2. What makes your commander special?
3. What are some creative ways you've learned to use him or her in your decks?

     This topic is open to anyone. And remember some planeswalkers that state it can also be used as commanders.