Ack first off I realized that I left a marker in where I meant to have a picture with the different sub-types of elf... for those interested here they are:
AJ: ah got it, I was going to ask, but was short on time
Paul: I know I often have a mana base like that, in the second version I cleaned it up a bit, but I can never get it perfect because I'm just one who can never decide... in GW I always want at least 2 Horizons, I like usin 5 of the fetches and it just so happened that instead of breaking it 3-2 I went 3-1-1, and then I'd fill the rest with duals, but only own singles so it is what it is, that's just how it'll always end up because its the way I like to play though if I had the big money to fill up on duals it'd be a different story I'd drop the jungles for the krosans and clean out more basics lol I don't think however the value of Berserkers should be undermined simply because BBE is an overpowered Elf.. also Hull Breach is one of those personal favs, but you're def right on oblivion ring, I can't believe I never even thought about that thanks for the suggestion and comments
Also the deck price is around 25 / 30 tix. I forgot that one lol. It actually depends on how much you want to spend on the mana base. You can still use terramorphics and the effect is easily achieved with a not so huge tempo loss.
Hey, by Padron I meant Pattern and I'll have that corrected at the first oppurtunity. I piloted the deck to a couple of 3-1 finishs but I'm mostly using it in the 8 mens. Jund and UW are decent matchups and playing in the 2 men gives you a lot of % of facing them.
Interesting article Andrea. I'd like to suggest you take the time to proof read your articles or get someone else to do it for you. 'Padron'? I actually googled it to make sure I wasn't missing something extremely esoteric. Nope. It is the name of a cigar brand but nothing else. So what did that sentence mean?
Also Have you taken this deck into the dailies? the 8 mans? I'm curious how those went.
The downside to the format is you really can not predict every card your opponent might play. You can aim your deck to destroy the "top tier" tribes or you can go for a more generic utility style deck. You can also just ignore all that and go for a combo deck. Bloodbraid Elf is indeed one of the more unfair cards in the elf tribe. That it is a berserker is just pot luck. (It could be anything else and be just as enticing.) Taurean Mauler is probably the 2nd most unfair changeling (with Chameleon Colossus at first and Mirror Entity at third). I'm not sure I agree with Hull Breach, and Colossal Might as non creature choices with so much to choose from. Oblivion Ring is a nature include for Bloodbraid Elf (Rarely will you get it cascaded only to let go to the bottom.)
Your land base is atrocious. (I often have a similar problem.) The second list does fix it a lot but it could still be better. I am a fan of Krosan Verge when playing Naya since you can search out a temple garden and a sacred foundry or savannah, or taiga and plateau if you got em. Very versatile land without any life loss. (Drawing it and 2 other lands puts you on 4 mana turn 4 even if you draw no other lands before then.)
Also you barely saw AJ's Whales deck. That happens sometimes particularly when you are playing a fast clock deck. Id have just left that game out of the mention since it was so clearly one-sided or asked for a rematch.
I like the idea of the article, though since you listed the price of the first couple decks it may be beneficial in the future to list the price of the deck you are featuring.
I'm pretty sure I saw Fact or Fiction at 30 tickets during Kamigawa Block, or perhaps Ravnica Block. Even in the auction room, back when people used it more. Still, 24 for Wasteland is huge for an uncommon. Let's all get in some TSE nix tix next time around.
we understand it is an unalienable right...you cant argue that. But i hope you get caught behind a bunch of people going 3o in a 45 with no way to go around them next time your in a hurry...see how you feel about people abusing unalienable rights then
One solution that seems downright obvious to me is to simply make the match timer shorter. People who delay the game by playing in multiple events will face greater timeout risk, which benefits the "it's rude" crowd. And tournaments will end sooner so those who want to play a lot will benefit.
It's win/win and to me clearly obvious. So Wizards will never do it.
(To be more precise, here's what I'd do. Mark tournaments either "high competition" or "low competition" (have marketing come up with terms). High Competitive events are 15 or 20 minutes long rounds, no restriction on entering. Low Competitive events are limited to 1 at a time but have the full 30 minutes available. And that 15-20 minute time could even vary by format as they learn what constitutes a reasonable expectation.
I think that the part that people don't get is that WTC has said that it IS users unalienable right to use up all 30 min. Barring stalling facing lethal, they have very little problem with it. Possible solutions: Tower defence while you wait, or multitable yourself.
Paul, when I went to type the white mana symbol my hands kind of floundered and I ended up hitting a bunch of buttons. I think one was the Enter key... maybe? I can't really say which ones or how many I hit, because I don't know. If I did, I'd like to replicate the results or at least see if anyone else can do the same. So while I'm sure you tried a lot of variations, I'm not sure if it even is possible to try all the combinations (ok, fine, it is, but it would be a lot of them). All I know is that I started with Ctrl+q.
Two other bits of info: I couldn't close out of Store 0 and right-clicking it flashed the red circle-with-a-diagonal-line symbol, just like the regular Store, and when I closed MTGO, Store 0 went with it. So long Store 0, hope to see you soon.
I dunno...guess you have a super secret version. lol. I tried all the various potential keys and nothing. I wouldn't worry about it. Seems like you stumbled into a beta version.
For some context, I went Support and asked if Store 0 was a prototype store layout or something. ORC_Slaver told me to run the Repair on the Kicker. I'm guess that's just their standard response to any sort of "What the hell is this on my client" questions.
On Store 0 itself, I like the layout. Got two columns, a nice account area at the bottom of the sets, and it's not in eye-gouging orange. Also, of note, the Conflux button is broken and sends you back to the Store 0 home page, which looks like this:
Again, I got into this by hitting a series of buttons what was going to be the white mana symbol. Seems like a really odd way of getting into this sort of thing.
So, talking about something other than playing more than one game at once...
Does anyone know what the Store 0 tab is? A Store tab, obviously, but I got it to come up after mistyping for the white mana symbol. I have both Store 0 and a Store tab up. I asked the ORCs, but those I talked to never heard of it. Also, the layout is much nicer than the current store, imo.
i completely agree though no one here will change their minds. The ones that don't do it can't win thanks to wizards. And the ones that do, do it are far too conceited with overblown ego's thinking they are all that matter. So its lose/lose as far as Im concerned. People with still Multi-Table and still be dickbags
Of course playing in multiple events at once is rude. Just because you are allotted 30 mins each round does not mean its your unalienable right to use every second of it. Anyone who thinks that just because they CAN do something, that they SHOULD needs to grow up, because this is the type of logic a 5-year-old without a sense of "other people" uses. Am I allowed to drive 20 miles per hour everywhere I go? Sure, but doing so would make me a jackass. When you go close to time every round because you feel the need to play in multiple events you are not only being rude to the person on the other end who has to wait 2 mins between game actions, but you are also holding up the entire tourney, which cannot progress until you finish up. I'm sorry, but your time is not more valuable than the other 60 people's. Would you go to a RL tournament and take a lunch break in the middle of your round? Even if you knew you would be back and finish in time? Of course not. Just because you cannot see the other person whose time you are unnecessarily wasting does not mean they don't exist. I cannot believe we are even having a debate on this issue...the internet really brings out the worst in people.
Removed, double posted
not quite sure where you got your prices from because on mtgotraders the deck comes in at 50 tix with 40 of it being the dual lands...
Ack first off I realized that I left a marker in where I meant to have a picture with the different sub-types of elf... for those interested here they are:
Warrior, Snake, Scout, Mutant, Archer, Shaman, Spirit, Merfolk, Druid, Avatar, Zombie, Spellshaper, Cleric, Wizard, Rogue, Soldier, Assassin, Ally, Knight, Barbarian
AJ: ah got it, I was going to ask, but was short on time
Paul: I know I often have a mana base like that, in the second version I cleaned it up a bit, but I can never get it perfect because I'm just one who can never decide... in GW I always want at least 2 Horizons, I like usin 5 of the fetches and it just so happened that instead of breaking it 3-2 I went 3-1-1, and then I'd fill the rest with duals, but only own singles so it is what it is, that's just how it'll always end up because its the way I like to play though if I had the big money to fill up on duals it'd be a different story I'd drop the jungles for the krosans and clean out more basics lol I don't think however the value of Berserkers should be undermined simply because BBE is an overpowered Elf.. also Hull Breach is one of those personal favs, but you're def right on oblivion ring, I can't believe I never even thought about that thanks for the suggestion and comments
Why did noble and knight of the reliquary drop their prices? With the arrival of T2 PTQs they should have encreased, not dropped.
this is like "awesome" stretched into an 5000 words article.
well written and informative.
pen to plowshares, if you don't mind the pun, pal.
Also the deck price is around 25 / 30 tix. I forgot that one lol. It actually depends on how much you want to spend on the mana base. You can still use terramorphics and the effect is easily achieved with a not so huge tempo loss.
Hey, by Padron I meant Pattern and I'll have that corrected at the first oppurtunity. I piloted the deck to a couple of 3-1 finishs but I'm mostly using it in the 8 mens. Jund and UW are decent matchups and playing in the 2 men gives you a lot of % of facing them.
Interesting article Andrea. I'd like to suggest you take the time to proof read your articles or get someone else to do it for you. 'Padron'? I actually googled it to make sure I wasn't missing something extremely esoteric. Nope. It is the name of a cigar brand but nothing else. So what did that sentence mean?
Also Have you taken this deck into the dailies? the 8 mans? I'm curious how those went.
The downside to the format is you really can not predict every card your opponent might play. You can aim your deck to destroy the "top tier" tribes or you can go for a more generic utility style deck. You can also just ignore all that and go for a combo deck. Bloodbraid Elf is indeed one of the more unfair cards in the elf tribe. That it is a berserker is just pot luck. (It could be anything else and be just as enticing.) Taurean Mauler is probably the 2nd most unfair changeling (with Chameleon Colossus at first and Mirror Entity at third). I'm not sure I agree with Hull Breach, and Colossal Might as non creature choices with so much to choose from. Oblivion Ring is a nature include for Bloodbraid Elf (Rarely will you get it cascaded only to let go to the bottom.)
Your land base is atrocious. (I often have a similar problem.) The second list does fix it a lot but it could still be better. I am a fan of Krosan Verge when playing Naya since you can search out a temple garden and a sacred foundry or savannah, or taiga and plateau if you got em. Very versatile land without any life loss. (Drawing it and 2 other lands puts you on 4 mana turn 4 even if you draw no other lands before then.)
Also you barely saw AJ's Whales deck. That happens sometimes particularly when you are playing a fast clock deck. Id have just left that game out of the mention since it was so clearly one-sided or asked for a rematch.
I like the idea of the article, though since you listed the price of the first couple decks it may be beneficial in the future to list the price of the deck you are featuring.
Yeah, that one was Whales.
I'm pretty sure I saw Fact or Fiction at 30 tickets during Kamigawa Block, or perhaps Ravnica Block. Even in the auction room, back when people used it more. Still, 24 for Wasteland is huge for an uncommon. Let's all get in some TSE nix tix next time around.
Being rude/noncaring is easy on the internet :)
we understand it is an unalienable right...you cant argue that. But i hope you get caught behind a bunch of people going 3o in a 45 with no way to go around them next time your in a hurry...see how you feel about people abusing unalienable rights then
One solution that seems downright obvious to me is to simply make the match timer shorter. People who delay the game by playing in multiple events will face greater timeout risk, which benefits the "it's rude" crowd. And tournaments will end sooner so those who want to play a lot will benefit.
It's win/win and to me clearly obvious. So Wizards will never do it.
(To be more precise, here's what I'd do. Mark tournaments either "high competition" or "low competition" (have marketing come up with terms). High Competitive events are 15 or 20 minutes long rounds, no restriction on entering. Low Competitive events are limited to 1 at a time but have the full 30 minutes available. And that 15-20 minute time could even vary by format as they learn what constitutes a reasonable expectation.
I think that the part that people don't get is that WTC has said that it IS users unalienable right to use up all 30 min. Barring stalling facing lethal, they have very little problem with it. Possible solutions: Tower defence while you wait, or multitable yourself.
Paul, when I went to type the white mana symbol my hands kind of floundered and I ended up hitting a bunch of buttons. I think one was the Enter key... maybe? I can't really say which ones or how many I hit, because I don't know. If I did, I'd like to replicate the results or at least see if anyone else can do the same. So while I'm sure you tried a lot of variations, I'm not sure if it even is possible to try all the combinations (ok, fine, it is, but it would be a lot of them). All I know is that I started with Ctrl+q.
Two other bits of info: I couldn't close out of Store 0 and right-clicking it flashed the red circle-with-a-diagonal-line symbol, just like the regular Store, and when I closed MTGO, Store 0 went with it. So long Store 0, hope to see you soon.
I dunno...guess you have a super secret version. lol. I tried all the various potential keys and nothing. I wouldn't worry about it. Seems like you stumbled into a beta version.
I figured people would want a screenshot, so I did one anyways. http://i40.tinypic.com/2qsp6kz.jpg
For some context, I went Support and asked if Store 0 was a prototype store layout or something. ORC_Slaver told me to run the Repair on the Kicker. I'm guess that's just their standard response to any sort of "What the hell is this on my client" questions.
On Store 0 itself, I like the layout. Got two columns, a nice account area at the bottom of the sets, and it's not in eye-gouging orange. Also, of note, the Conflux button is broken and sends you back to the Store 0 home page, which looks like this:
http://i41.tinypic.com/hx7zh2.jpg
Again, I got into this by hitting a series of buttons what was going to be the white mana symbol. Seems like a really odd way of getting into this sort of thing.
Just today. In fact, I still have it up. Would a screenshot help?
Never seen it. That sounds quite odd. When did you see this?
So, talking about something other than playing more than one game at once...
Does anyone know what the Store 0 tab is? A Store tab, obviously, but I got it to come up after mistyping for the white mana symbol. I have both Store 0 and a Store tab up. I asked the ORCs, but those I talked to never heard of it. Also, the layout is much nicer than the current store, imo.
actually we do have invigorate online...just saying
i completely agree though no one here will change their minds. The ones that don't do it can't win thanks to wizards. And the ones that do, do it are far too conceited with overblown ego's thinking they are all that matter. So its lose/lose as far as Im concerned. People with still Multi-Table and still be dickbags
Of course playing in multiple events at once is rude. Just because you are allotted 30 mins each round does not mean its your unalienable right to use every second of it. Anyone who thinks that just because they CAN do something, that they SHOULD needs to grow up, because this is the type of logic a 5-year-old without a sense of "other people" uses. Am I allowed to drive 20 miles per hour everywhere I go? Sure, but doing so would make me a jackass. When you go close to time every round because you feel the need to play in multiple events you are not only being rude to the person on the other end who has to wait 2 mins between game actions, but you are also holding up the entire tourney, which cannot progress until you finish up. I'm sorry, but your time is not more valuable than the other 60 people's. Would you go to a RL tournament and take a lunch break in the middle of your round? Even if you knew you would be back and finish in time? Of course not. Just because you cannot see the other person whose time you are unnecessarily wasting does not mean they don't exist. I cannot believe we are even having a debate on this issue...the internet really brings out the worst in people.