Magic the Gathering • Page 33

I run a midrange W/G Goodstuff deck that is essentially half angels, and I can confirm that if that turn sequence is unchecked, I pretty much win.

 

do you have the bodyguard 1 drop?

 

No, but I feel kind of foolish for forgetting about that...

 

Can't wait for that thing to ravage Standard.

 

$15 minimum, immediate staple

 

I think it's going for 20 now?

So crazy golgari has access to
- assassin's trophy
- vraska's contempt
- cast down
- ravenous chupacabra

and then
- jadelight ranger
- steel leaf (the GGG will be painful though)
- ghalta
- vinemare

I'm feeling good about this and mono white (knight of grace, benalia, lyra, shalai, resplendent)

 

Every time the BGx shell gets weaker in eternal formats, they print something like this. Every. Time. Yeah it's a good card and all, but why bother casting powerful threats if your opponent can answer everything so efficiently ?

My local shops are already infested with people who are running piles of removal and little else. The last year of Legacy was a BUG / 4C grindfest.

Meh.

 

- full leak
- MTG Arena open beta on the 27th

also hey snoop dogg, if you can design an izzet card what would you make?

SNOOP:

 

I'm Gerry Thompson, a Professional Magic Player, and I'm Protesting the State of Professional Magic by Refusing to Play in the World Championship : magicTCG

 

He's right about everything and I have a ton of respect for him. I'm far from being a pro but I follow the competitive scene a lot and didn't even know Worlds was this weekend before I read Gerry's post. Wizards posts this crap every friday instead of creating content with the pros. They barely hype GPs on their official accounts and they don't even tell you which pros will be attending. The recent Silver Showcase was an insult to all the grinders.

There are a lot of interesting players on the scene, who have been making content on their own for years. If WOTC had better marketing teams, they would understand that they are missing out on a ton of value. There are dozens of insightful and funny podcasts out there.

It'd be so easy to make coverage better too. No waiting screens in between rounds and actual content (post-match interviews, pre-taped videos showing the players' preparations, short vids about the format, tale of the tape videos with stats, etc) being shown. More pros / ex-pros on the coverage teams and less Rich Hagon, BDM and co, who know nothing about constructed formats.

SCG have fewer resources but they do everything right. WOTC need to take a hard look at themselves.

 

Yeah a lot of the comments in there are just users not knowing worlds has started (including me). It’s crazy because I check for MTG content daily and I STILL did not know.

And a huge fan of Gerry for sure. Massive props.

The Professor had an amusing skit where he was surprised to see that he had more followers and views than the actual MTG account on youtube.

 

Super excited to play some guilds today. What's everyone's guild of choice. I think Dimir looks great in this set, but through and through I think I'm a Golgari

 

I'm doing the 2HG prerelease thing again this weekend. I really haven't looked into what guild I should choose. Time to do some research.

 

black has an insane uncommon for 2hg. deals 3 to each opponent and you gain 3 for 4B

 

I just saw that! Honestly green looks ridiculous in this set. I'm thinking either Selesnya or Golgari.

I didn't even realize until I was halfway through the card image gallery that they only have 5 guilds in this set. I was upset about the lack of Orzhov. Next set!

 

The surveil mechanic feels pushed. I would go dimir or golgari.

 

Selesnya, as always. I want to play dudes, put counters on my smaller dudes, tap dudes to play bigger dudes. Also, I really want to open Knight of Autumn. I need two foil copies for my Modern deck.

 

playing draft M19 on arena right now. Man, my deck is packed. Ajani, cleansing nova, gy marshall and some fliers, the knight lord that can gain double strike

 

As always, LSV's limited set reviews are good, but especially for this set because he's doing them by guild. Today is Golgari:

Guilds of Ravnica Limited Set Review: Golgari

 

i've done 4 pre-releases on modo so far. 4-1, 3-2, 3-2 and 4-1. not bad. set is ok so far.

 

draft or sealed?

 

they only have sealed up until monday.

 

what guilds have you been using?

 

Mostly dimir. Haven’t been very successful with boros at all