Depending how many deserts you run you might want that 3R 3/3 that shoots 3. It might be correct to play some cycling deserts anyway without it.

Magic Online Posted Decklist Changes




lolwotc

I thought about it. plus with cycling deserts you can maybe run the creature desert. probably would all come at the expense of the hanweir package though which has been fantastic

I don't understand why WotC doesn't just stop publishing decklists if that's how they feel about things. Instead we get stupid half-measures that satisfy no goals

I've been messing around with UW Flash. Basically the old Smuggler's Copter deck, but with Censor, Supreme Will, Cast Out, Glory-Bound Initiate and Nimble Obstructionist. The U/R control deck everyone is excited about has no chance at all against it. I can't ever beat a turn two Winding Constrictor though.

I'm not a believer in the U/R control deck. Supreme Will being a card is actually not good for them. The card is so much better when you're ahead than when you're behind, and most of the aggro decks can cast it. If you're behind then spending three mana on Impulse probably means you're dead, so you're kinda just left with a bad three mana counter. Hour of Devestation is neat and all, but it's less good when almost every deck in the format can play Negate.

It seems like their goal is to control & artificially push diversity in the meta, so I guess they're achieving that? Either way, lol wotc. Agreed that they should just stop publishing lists.

Abrade is the card makes UR control the best deck in format. I'll be happy to crush you (or get crushed by you) with UR in Mtgo this weekend when I buy the HOU cards for the deck

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Go go Dang!

well in modern people sign up for this type of stuff, theres also super powerful 1+2 mana answers that make post board games super tilted to the non combo/non burn decks favour.

spell pierce, surgical extraction, negate, thoughtsieze, cannonist

wizard doesn't print hosers or super cheap disruption in standard anymore so its not fair to compare like this

Speaking of standard, I think I had most fun in standard during INN-RTR-Theros-BFZ era. Except for RTR-Theros when devotion decks reigned supreme, format always had ton of viable decks. Even the Devotion matches were interesting, at least the blue and black ones. Red one was just unfun with random Burning-Tree Emissary nutdraws into Nykthos. I was hoping current standard would be back to "old" times, but I'm afraid the monoR is too oppressive. Red just has everything atm: best planeswalker, best removal and best (or at least equally good) creatures.

One of if not the biggest punt in magic history in game 5 of the semifinals.

Guy draws incendiary flow to get lethal, but goes to attack with Hazoret before casting a spell. Can't back up and has to skip attack step and loses the game. Just brutal.

Will be haunting him for years.

seriously. i still remember a misplay that cost me going 3-1 at an fnm last year

looks like ramunap red is the new overlord. i've never minded playing against it that much though

Did you ever see that Necro vs Oaths game?

But yeah this is a big one for sure.

anyone drafting hour of devastation/amonkhet wand to share their thoughts on this assortment of cards?

an mtg mmo?

https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/07/m...coming-an-mmo/

https://crypticstudios.com/magic

Looks mediocre, I think you want 1 blur main, there are a ton of x/1s in hour so you get good value. I'd cut a hyena pack.

Edit: Missed the pouncer, that's a legit powerhouse, so its probably about average, the removal suite is good and it'll win games.

Deck is pretty bad, you often have to use your removal for their early guys just to stay alive. Try to prioritize 2-drops more.

Magic digital next, soon tm

MTG: Arena announced. Standard only, but all cards/rules

https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena

supposedly a f2p model like every other game in the space

mtgo will operate the same

Seems like a good time to dump any MTGO cards you're not using in the near future

Interesting. They should have owned the space but we're greedy with MTGO and shot themselves in the foot. Obviously they didn't know how twitch and online games would play out 15+ years ago, but literally no one thought the game needed to mirror the TCG at the time.

As someone who only plays the occasional cube there is only upside for me. For anyone who's invested in MTGO this is a bigger slap in the face than a reserve list workaround.

anyone with serious mtgo investment has it in older formats though which won't change at all. seems like it will still be the go-to for competitive standard play as well and as long as there is redemption there is a price floor for current sets

i signed up for the closed beta, hope to get in!