Topic: Magic the gathering...gathering thread

[Finlay]

Novo what's your eurobash deck like? I'm thinking of buying my online Breya deck.
It's a strong deck, within the limitations that Rufus and I play with (no tutors, no infinite combos, some vagueish price restrictions).

[Novogord]

Novo what's your eurobash deck like? I'm thinking of buying my online Breya deck.
It's a strong deck, within the limitations that Rufus and I play with (no tutors, no infinite combos, some vagueish price restrictions).

Well I can bring two multiplayer decks, one like yours, my daretti deck has no know infinity combo, just some artifact stuff.
My other is also mono red goblins and has some infinity combo's (which can be fun).
The other is my Uril decks, which isn't great in multi player edh.

[Novogord]

Also the enemy-coloured fetchlands! So no big price drop then.

Post those deck photos, Novogord!

Soon master, soon!
The alters:

[Novogord]

Made by Cereal Alters! Great to notch work, only it took a while before they where completed.

[rufus sparkfire]

Those looks interesting! It's pretty bold to do that to ABU duals though!

Is that an inkmoth nexus? Infect in EDH? 

[Novogord]

Those looks interesting! It's pretty bold to do that to ABU duals though!

Is that an inkmoth nexus? Infect in EDH? 

No worries, it was in the same batch that I ordered but it isn't in the deck.
I'm not that mean to play infect in EDH
But I liked the alter that much, so I showed it to you guys. Cerealalters does some very nice work!

Bold?

[rufus sparkfire]

Having expensive and unreprintable cards altered is bold! What if it had gone wrong? 

I'm glad you aren't playing infect! I've yet to see anyone dare to try that in EDH.


In other news, the new modern masters set is full of good reprints! It's pretty crazy.

[Novogord]

Having expensive and unreprintable cards altered is bold! What if it had gone wrong? 

That is why I use someone with a good reputation
But it is always a calculated risk...

I'm glad you aren't playing infect! I've yet to see anyone dare to try that in EDH.

I've had one, he didn't survive very long in multiplayer. Even less long then Uril!

In other news, the new modern masters set is full of good reprints! It's pretty crazy.

This year it is full of goodies and I didn't order a box 

[rufus sparkfire]

After saying I'd never seen infect in EDH, someone at FNM had the infect dragon! Fortunately not in a game I was playing. 

I hope the rumours of modern masters having a large print run are true. There are quite a few cards in it that I want, but are horribly overpriced at the moment (craterhoof!).

[Finlay]

You flipped your shit when I used craterhoof once.

Is that an fnm only card?

[rufus sparkfire]

Craterhoof is about 20 quid at the moment! The modern masters one is preordering around 10. So still expensive.

[Novogord]

Craterhoof is about 20 quid at the moment! The modern masters one is preordering around 10. So still expensive.

Because he is used in Legacy Elves a lot. He is a good card in EDH elves to.

[rufus sparkfire]

Yes, I know a guy who plays EDH elves sometimes. The Hoof is the main win condition.

I'd like one to play in my Ghave deck (tutor directly into play with Pattern of Rebirth!), but I probably don't need it.

[Novogord]

Yeah, there are probably better cards for him like avenger of zendikar or bane of progress.

For the price, it is only NM cards I suppose? Because played once can get a lot cheaper?

[rufus sparkfire]

Yes, I meant the NM price. I haven't tried to buy one. I don't even have an avenger of zendikar!


The Might vs Mind duel deck looks interesting. The two 'face' cards are low-value reprints, but could make for nice theme decks. Maybe a snow theme for Lovisa's deck?




All the duel decks since Izzet vs Golgari (which is still the only one I've bought) have been pretty dull.

[Finlay]

V critical article of the state of standard, and wizards in general. (although there were no ban changes)

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/wizards-can-t-ban-away-standard-s-problems-but-they-ll-probably-try

In the past year or two, Wizards has made it clear that it sees Magic not so much as a game but as a brand that it can use to sell merchandise, art books, and maybe even movies someday. The issue is that the push to being a brand rather than a game has had a hugely negative impact on the game itself. We see story cards and mechanics being pushed to absurd power levels (think Emrakul, the Promised End or Vehicles). After all, no one will want to buy an Emrakul, the Promised End bobble head if Emrakul, the Promised End isn't good. We've seen the proliferation of "the Gatewatch," characters who will doubtlessly be essential to the long-rumored "Magic movie." The messages we get from new Wizards CEO Chris Cocks sound eerily like "That Guy,"" the frozen "1980s dollar jockey" who briefly took over as the CEO of Planet Express: "Get back to the farm, shift some paradigms, revolutionize outside the box..."

Basically, it feels like Wizards has sold out. Instead of the primary focus being to make the game as good as possible, the goal is to draw as many new players as possible, or sell as much branded merchandise as possible, or "grow the brand."

Where ave I kinda seen this before...

[Novogord]

V critical article of the state of standard, and wizards in general. (although there were no ban changes)

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/wizards-can-t-ban-away-standard-s-problems-but-they-ll-probably-try

In the past year or two, Wizards has made it clear that it sees Magic not so much as a game but as a brand that it can use to sell merchandise, art books, and maybe even movies someday. The issue is that the push to being a brand rather than a game has had a hugely negative impact on the game itself. We see story cards and mechanics being pushed to absurd power levels (think Emrakul, the Promised End or Vehicles). After all, no one will want to buy an Emrakul, the Promised End bobble head if Emrakul, the Promised End isn't good. We've seen the proliferation of "the Gatewatch," characters who will doubtlessly be essential to the long-rumored "Magic movie." The messages we get from new Wizards CEO Chris Cocks sound eerily like "That Guy,"" the frozen "1980s dollar jockey" who briefly took over as the CEO of Planet Express: "Get back to the farm, shift some paradigms, revolutionize outside the box..."

Basically, it feels like Wizards has sold out. Instead of the primary focus being to make the game as good as possible, the goal is to draw as many new players as possible, or sell as much branded merchandise as possible, or "grow the brand."

Where ave I kinda seen this before...

Does the name of the company starts with Games?

[Finlay]

my phyrexian arena arrived!

only been talking about buying one for 2.5 years or something!

I probably want to buy another copy to stay in Erebos' deck.

[rufus sparkfire]

At last! Which version is it? Conspiracy?

Erebos will definitely want one too. I play it in three different decks.

[Finlay]

c15 I think.

yeh I will use it in Erebos, it's whether I faff aorund moving it between decks.
Probably only worth it for £5+ cards.

[rufus sparkfire]

I have one of each art! Apocalypse, C15 and Conspiracy 2.

I never move cards between decks. Teferi doesn't share his time spiral!

[Finlay]

I dropped donut sugar on my magic cards.

[Novogord]

I dropped donut sugar on my magic cards.

With or without protection?

[Finlay]

As I was sleeving them up.

derp derp.

Still need to buy Boris charm, Merciless Eviction, Shambling Vent and Temple of Epiphany.

There's some good stuff in the precon that I'm not using- sharuum the hegemon sticks out to me, or possibly silas renn.
I've also got Bosh from the Daretti deck.

I don't really like master trinketeer or soul of new phyrexia (mana intensive abilities).

And also think I possibly need to squeeze in a ravnica guild signet or two, as I am running the deck pretty land light.

[Novogord]

As I was sleeving them up.

derp derp.

Still need to buy Boris charm, Merciless Eviction, Shambling Vent and Temple of Epiphany.

There's some good stuff in the precon that I'm not using- sharuum the hegemon sticks out to me, or possibly silas renn.
I've also got Bosh from the Daretti deck.

I don't really like master trinketeer or soul of new phyrexia (mana intensive abilities).

And also think I possibly need to squeeze in a ravnica guild signet or two, as I am running the deck pretty land light.

I have a boros charm spare if  you would be interested.