Mark Rosewater said that”an Extended deck (Miracle Gro) from the latest Extended season has gone on to have a huge influence on Type 1…” Why is he wrong and why does this deck (and Illusionary Mask) fail in the Format Of The Eldest Cards?
While this lesson is probably elementary to very experienced Limited players, it opened my eyes to a whole new aspect of Sealed deck construction strategy – and I consider myself a fair Limited player. Maybe it will help you too.
I’ve played my deck in tournaments three times since Regionals – and won them all. I stopped playing it when people started bitching about the deck… And did I mention that it beats Tog consistently and sideboards to make that beating as regular as my grandma on Metamucil?
Well, it came in just a bit late for Wednesday – but who ever said Thursdays couldn’t have the fun? Win $5 in StarCity credit just for sharing your craziest multiplayer story!
In the new Type 2, the”general wisdom and market drivers” are threshold, flashback and incarnations – in other words, the graveyard. Can Peter develop an effective deck that yanks the graveyard out from under his opponents?
How Geordie stumbled into Canadian Nats, got ripped off by a drink vendor, his thoughts on floor sleeping, evil trading ‘R’ us, and copious use of the word”asshammer.”
Mike discusses his strategies behind creating Turian Squirrel Opposition and taking it to Grand Prix: Milwaukee AND US Nationals! Along the way, he discusses death flights with Zev Gurwitz, sleeve tornados, the Togit sideboard, and how Mike Like Read.
Sometimes it pays to keep your mouth shut. I try to be a good strategy writer, but when you have a lot of blank space to fill you sometimes pepper your work with stream of consciousness snippets that aren’t exactly”tech.” In fact, some of the things said are damn near criminal.
Anyone willing to say what happened with Steve OMS was in any way Jon’s fault is severely misguided. I say that you’re all full of crap.
I played Asheron’s Call – I mean I played. Like”twelve hours per day, hook up a coffee IV and let it drip” played. And I know exactly how people rip you off in online games, and you need to know how they’ll screw you on MOL if you’re not careful.
Yeah, yeah, yeah – the woman with the Viking helmet scrubbed out in the draft at Nations. You don’t care. But I bet you want the tourney report on the Live Action Magic game she played with Richard Garfield himself, using Alan Comer, Gary Wise, and Sol Malka as cards….
Doc, tell me straight out: Can this Reanimator deck be competitive in the current format? And what can we learn about how Reanimator decks work in general?
Extended is about to change drastically. This new format may be fun, and more balanced to newer and younger players, but what about those with the older cards? What format can you play?
How can green decks deal with mirroring Genesis and Phantom creatures? What does Green do when it meets a Solitary Confinement? What deck does Rick think will work in the next Type II?
“Suntail Hawk is amazing – I always play it in Limited.”
-Mike Turian
Suntail Hawk. Amazing – somehow amazing. As much as I am trying to sound sarcastic here, I agree. I would always play the Hawk, too.
