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Sterling · Jun 19, 2019

Harshaw said:
As someone who likes playing mono colors, it is kind of ridiculous that 2-3 color decks seem to have no drawbacks atm.

Well 2 color decks should be pretty easy, but 3 color decks should have a real cost to their manabase. 4-5 color decks should be very rare in Standard.

Mist · Jun 19, 2019

Sterling said:
My issue with Theros Standard was that the devotion decks were largely the same with Theros as they were later on. Also I generally liked Scrylands, 3 color mana bases should come at a cost, even if it's just 8+ of your lands always coming into play tapped. I also rather enjoyed the 1 Elixir, U/W no win con control deck.

With scrylands, every deck is going to be planeswalker control. There will be basically no aggro decks except maybe 1 or 2 mono color ones.

Sterling · Jun 19, 2019

Mist said:
With scrylands, every deck is going to be planeswalker control. There will be basically no aggro decks except maybe 1 or 2 mono color ones.

Can probably still do 2 color decks and it's not like Scrylands will be the only fixing.

Skylancer81 · Jun 20, 2019

Shocklands do not suck, news at 11.

pharmakos · Jun 20, 2019

4 Hero of Precinct One (RNA) 11
4 Niv-Mizzet Reborn (WAR) 208
1 Knight of Autumn (GRN) 183
1 Ravager Wurm (RNA) 200

4 Thought Erasure (GRN) 206
4 Growth Spiral (RNA) 178
1 Justice Strike (GRN) 182
1 Mortify (RNA) 192
1 Kaya's Wrath (RNA) 187
1 Time Wipe (WAR) 223
1 Find // Finality (GRN) 225
1 Ral's Outburst (WAR) 212
1 Assassin's Trophy (GRN) 152

1 Teferi, Time Raveler (WAR) 221
1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (DAR) 207
1 Angrath, the Flame-Chained (RIX) 152
1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas (WAR) 191
1 Huatli, Warrior Poet (XLN) 224
1 Ajani, the Greathearted (WAR) 184
1 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales (WAR) 220
1 Ral, Storm Conduit (WAR) 211
1 Angrath's Rampage (WAR) 185

1 Plains (RIX) 192
1 Island (RIX) 193
1 Swamp (RIX) 194
1 Forest (RIX) 196
2 Stomping Ground (RNA) 259
2 Overgrown Tomb (GRN) 253
2 Breeding Pool (RNA) 246
2 Blood Crypt (RNA) 245
2 Godless Shrine (RNA) 248
2 Watery Grave (GRN) 259
1 Hallowed Fountain (RNA) 251
1 Steam Vents (GRN) 257
1 Sacred Foundry (GRN) 254
1 Temple Garden (GRN) 258
4 Gateway Plaza (WAR) 246
2 Rupture Spire (M19) 255

i call it Mizzet Superhero. it's actually working okay for BO1, when it goes off it goes off big, but when it fails it fails big. fun tho.

Edit -- derp that list didn't have Chromatic Lantern tho, which is essential. Hm.

+4 Chromatic Lantern
-1 Thought Erasure
-1 Growth Spiral
-1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
-1 Niv-Mizzet, Reborn

Lendarios · Jun 22, 2019

im sad i didnt grinded teh first event. i could have use the jace glass art

Sir Funk · Jun 22, 2019

yeah there were a few that I just couldn't be bothered playing whatever dumbass format they wanted me to play so I missed a few that I wanted. c'est la vie I guess

Lendarios · Jun 22, 2019

this 10 are at least very easy to grind

pharmakos · Jun 23, 2019

If you want to go flavorful for the event, do this Grixis Amass deck that Channel Fireball posted a couple weeks ago. They called the deck "surprisingly powerful" in Standard, and I agree, so with only one card that isn't from Ravnica Block it should be a hit for this event too. Besides, playing Bleeding Edge as your -2/-2 removal fits the deck theme better than Moment of Craving anyway.

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Chysamere · Jun 23, 2019

pharmakos said:
If you want to go flavorful for the event, do this Grixis Amass deck that Channel Fireball posted a couple weeks ago. They called the deck "surprisingly powerful" in Standard, and I agree, so with only one card that isn't from Ravnica Block it should be a hit for this event too. Besides, playing Bleeding Edge as your -2/-2 removal fits the deck theme better than Moment of Craving anyway.

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You realize half the lands in that deck are illegal for the event right?

MusicForFish · Jun 23, 2019

Chysamere said:
You realize half the lands in that deck are illegal for the event right?

Good catch. That was a silly thing to do.

Ukerric · Jun 23, 2019

Lendarios said:
im sad i didnt grinded teh first event. i could have use the jace glass art

Personally, I hate the alternate card "art". Including the glass-stained versions. What I particularly hate is the fact that every deck you make needs to be adjusted, as this revert to the default.

Still grinding lightly. Probably not enough to make a real difference in terms of collections, and I'm not motivated enough to spend money.

Lendarios · Jun 23, 2019

Some glass versions look awesome. Lilleana general for example.

pharmakos · Jun 23, 2019

Chysamere said:
You realize half the lands in that deck are illegal for the event right?

Well yeah, I figured different Mana base for Ravnica Block went without saying. So there's only one nonland* card in the deck that doesn't work for Ravnica Constructed.

Unless your point aside from nitpicking semantics is to imply that three color decks are a bad idea for Ravnica Block? If so, it worked alright for me, *shrugs*

Mahes · Jun 23, 2019

Lendarios said:
Some glass versions look awesome. Lilleana general for example.

I would add Ajani to the looks awesome list as well.

Chysamere · Jun 23, 2019

pharmakos said:
Well yeah, I figured different Mana base for Ravnica Block went without saying. So there's only one nonland* card in the deck that doesn't work for Ravnica Constructed.

Unless your point aside from nitpicking semantics is to imply that three color decks are a bad idea for Ravnica Block? If so, it worked alright for me, *shrugs*

You can't just take a deck with check lands in it and say "Use Ravnica block lands" and expect it to perform the same way. M20 has scrylands and that alone is going to rock the meta to its core. Removing half your dual mana base makes tri-colour almost impossible.

Sterling · Jun 23, 2019

playing a full 12 shocks and still having to have basics or gates or whatever is definitely a huge cost to 3 color decks in block.

zzeris · Jun 23, 2019

There's some really broken shit in this game today. Some guy took me from 20-0 with a three card combo of new Ral, Expansion, doubleshot on turn 5. Kinda stupid and really interactive..............

Kiroy · Jun 23, 2019

zzeris said:
There's some really broken shit in this game today. Some guy took me from 20-0 with a three card combo of new Ral, Expansion, doubleshot on turn 5. Kinda stupid and really interactive..............

that's been around he got stupid lucky getting the combo on turn 5

Harshaw · Jun 23, 2019

Kiroy said:
that's been around he got stupid lucky getting the combo on turn 5

Yeah it's just getting the hand. I've pulled that off a few times. I just found the deck boring.

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