Nice! I was never fan of Narset but her emblem is a very annoying and she still draws cards (I was facing it more often than having it under my control) ! The matching hair is quite funny^_^. Looks good.
It is also time for my UWb Combo-Control before someone decides that Oloro should get banned, hehe. But well who needs a general, right? I'll just have to buy some random Esper colored card when that happens.
My Emblem hair matched my Avatar hair, which is the most important combo to me. The Rest in Peace combo is just afterthought, because nothing beats the hair combo!
Hope to meet other players from the PureMTG Community there!
The fact that someone plays Prossh doesn't mean they need to play a combo deck even though combo finish is certainly a good thing to have in this format but it is not necessary.
Yeah, I wanted to run Oloro combo-control but first I want to play some of the combo decks and even if I terribly die I just want to have some fun with these decks since there is no other place I can play them.
It's been a long while since I enjoyed dying so terribly in Magic. It was so much fun.
I intend to run Oloro as my Commander in the 1 vs 1 League, and my Oloro certainly intends to give the sharks a run for their money. I will run a very heavy "hard control" build with lots of efficient counterspells and card draw to keep the combos in check.
^_^. Well, they listened to our feedback so we are getting a multiplayer banlist back. How both banlist will evolve is a question but I believe that WotC can learn from its mistakes and will try to provide us with a format that will be balanced and good so we all can enjoy it.
(starts to wonder under what category all my Singleton and Commander decks will end up when I log in back to Magic Online).
i had a longer response but the site kept marking it as spam so I had to cut it down but it was mostly along the lines you say. i do think a more restrictive banlist (just to begin, the 1-mana tutors you mention above, which seem in many ways to defeat the whole purpose of EDH, are obvious candidates & on the Fr. banlist) would be good. but i don't mind the "sharks," as that really just means good players with good decks & those of us not quite at that level can use those matches to learn from. & i don't know where I would truly draw a useful banlist if we really wanted a highly variable format--there might be 100 cards or more that would have to be on that, & then I don't know how the format would even look. hopefully WOTC will keep an eye on it and try to keep it balanced. i'm looking forward to it even though I will probably get my head handed to me at least a couple of times ;)
Thanks for reading. Sharks will come out to feed in these events for sure. I was one such a person when EDH became a thing in paper but a tournament scene did not hurt the casual format EDH is. It killed Singleton though which is something I fear more than what other say (hurting EDH or casual players' community)
Yes, many players tried to compete in the events just to find out that the tournament scene is totally different from their expectations. But those players didn't stop playing EDH. They just figured out that 1v1 event is not for them and avoided those events.
Competitive EDH seggregated players in groups were people knew what to expect. We had the competitive players that majority of them was just non-EDH players coming for money, then we had EDH players that turned competitive (or were already) and then casual players that either preferred multiplayer or 1v1 (rare).
On Magic Online we have the same type of players that run into each other and make the experience bad for each other often. If the competitive players will start playing EDH Leagues the place should be a better place for EDH players in general. We could possibly have players regularly in tournament practice open play with competitive decks and more casual players in the 'just for fun' or other rooms. If the banlist will be the same there will always be some players that will abuse the good cards. But running into a competitive deck from time to time might show those people that at the level they want to play, they should abandon them. Some players probably won't like doing that but they should see why some cards were banned or should be banned. Running into a competitive deck was pretty difficult because the players didn't have place were to play and I think they should have that place. Many players like competitive singleton format but don't play it because there were no prizes to be won (or not good enough for those players). This is what hurts Vintage a lot. There are many potential Vintage players but won't play since the OP structure and prize structure is simply bad.
This is just my opinion and I may be wrong about it. But I wouldn't see this as a bad thing. What bothers me more is the not so restrictive banlist. I find the Singleton too restrictive but I can accept it easily. This banlist is very loose and I'm afraid that thx to all the sharks that will come the format will evolve fast into something many players won't want to play. We shall see though.
This is correct in terms of what a friendly league is and the assumptions behind it. My comment above is more onwhy they deem this the appropriate framework for 1 on 1 Commander.
Yeah, it was one of the things I was looking for but the event is not happening anymore.
Many Legacy and Vintage players are looking forward to this as well. But I'm not sure if that alone can keep the Vintage players online...:-/ probably not. So we will see what the announcement today will mean for us...
TNN is certainly stronger but I doubt that a creature like that will be relevant. It will be more about creatures like Griselbrand...
as for 'Friendly' League it either means what AJ said or there might be a change to different League later. Wizards seems to start with more flatout prize structure first before moving on to something else. But since Pauper has also only Friendly League, EDH may stay that way too. (Legacy used to have only Friendly Leagues but were eventually changed to Competitive ones)
Anyway it is just a name. The decks in the League certainly don't need to be 'friendly'.
"Friendly" refers to a flatter prize pool, which would, in theory, be less appealing to more competitive players who could win bigger in the competitive leagues.
I'd like to note that there was a competitive 1v1 PRE on mtgo for years before this change took place. Not sure if it is still around but it was quite active. Not my cuppa but I know some people really enjoyed it.
nah it was just prossh and stuff like goblin bombardment and control spells.
Nice! I was never fan of Narset but her emblem is a very annoying and she still draws cards (I was facing it more often than having it under my control) ! The matching hair is quite funny^_^. Looks good.
It is also time for my UWb Combo-Control before someone decides that Oloro should get banned, hehe. But well who needs a general, right? I'll just have to buy some random Esper colored card when that happens.
See you around!
Stsung, your article inspired me to enter the league, so thanks for that. I built my Oloro deck, and gave it a spin in the League today.
Off to a good start: http://prnt.sc/f6m30e.
My Emblem hair matched my Avatar hair, which is the most important combo to me. The Rest in Peace combo is just afterthought, because nothing beats the hair combo!
Hope to meet other players from the PureMTG Community there!
Yes, Food Chain is banned.
The fact that someone plays Prossh doesn't mean they need to play a combo deck even though combo finish is certainly a good thing to have in this format but it is not necessary.
Yeah, I wanted to run Oloro combo-control but first I want to play some of the combo decks and even if I terribly die I just want to have some fun with these decks since there is no other place I can play them.
It's been a long while since I enjoyed dying so terribly in Magic. It was so much fun.
Good luck and have fun!
I think Food Chain is banned though, right?
Heh Prossh sounds like fun, full combo I am assuming?
I played in a league with Prossh and just loved it. I may never play Standard again while this is a play option.
I intend to run Oloro as my Commander in the 1 vs 1 League, and my Oloro certainly intends to give the sharks a run for their money. I will run a very heavy "hard control" build with lots of efficient counterspells and card draw to keep the combos in check.
^_^. Well, they listened to our feedback so we are getting a multiplayer banlist back. How both banlist will evolve is a question but I believe that WotC can learn from its mistakes and will try to provide us with a format that will be balanced and good so we all can enjoy it.
(starts to wonder under what category all my Singleton and Commander decks will end up when I log in back to Magic Online).
i had a longer response but the site kept marking it as spam so I had to cut it down but it was mostly along the lines you say. i do think a more restrictive banlist (just to begin, the 1-mana tutors you mention above, which seem in many ways to defeat the whole purpose of EDH, are obvious candidates & on the Fr. banlist) would be good. but i don't mind the "sharks," as that really just means good players with good decks & those of us not quite at that level can use those matches to learn from. & i don't know where I would truly draw a useful banlist if we really wanted a highly variable format--there might be 100 cards or more that would have to be on that, & then I don't know how the format would even look. hopefully WOTC will keep an eye on it and try to keep it balanced. i'm looking forward to it even though I will probably get my head handed to me at least a couple of times ;)
Thanks for reading. Sharks will come out to feed in these events for sure. I was one such a person when EDH became a thing in paper but a tournament scene did not hurt the casual format EDH is. It killed Singleton though which is something I fear more than what other say (hurting EDH or casual players' community)
Yes, many players tried to compete in the events just to find out that the tournament scene is totally different from their expectations. But those players didn't stop playing EDH. They just figured out that 1v1 event is not for them and avoided those events.
Competitive EDH seggregated players in groups were people knew what to expect. We had the competitive players that majority of them was just non-EDH players coming for money, then we had EDH players that turned competitive (or were already) and then casual players that either preferred multiplayer or 1v1 (rare).
On Magic Online we have the same type of players that run into each other and make the experience bad for each other often. If the competitive players will start playing EDH Leagues the place should be a better place for EDH players in general. We could possibly have players regularly in tournament practice open play with competitive decks and more casual players in the 'just for fun' or other rooms. If the banlist will be the same there will always be some players that will abuse the good cards. But running into a competitive deck from time to time might show those people that at the level they want to play, they should abandon them. Some players probably won't like doing that but they should see why some cards were banned or should be banned. Running into a competitive deck was pretty difficult because the players didn't have place were to play and I think they should have that place. Many players like competitive singleton format but don't play it because there were no prizes to be won (or not good enough for those players). This is what hurts Vintage a lot. There are many potential Vintage players but won't play since the OP structure and prize structure is simply bad.
This is just my opinion and I may be wrong about it. But I wouldn't see this as a bad thing. What bothers me more is the not so restrictive banlist. I find the Singleton too restrictive but I can accept it easily. This banlist is very loose and I'm afraid that thx to all the sharks that will come the format will evolve fast into something many players won't want to play. We shall see though.
GL in the events!
agree ^^
Thanks for this article.
Oh yes, the sharks will come out to feed in these 1 vs 1 tournaments.
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This is correct in terms of what a friendly league is and the assumptions behind it. My comment above is more onwhy they deem this the appropriate framework for 1 on 1 Commander.
Yeah, it was one of the things I was looking for but the event is not happening anymore.
Many Legacy and Vintage players are looking forward to this as well. But I'm not sure if that alone can keep the Vintage players online...:-/ probably not. So we will see what the announcement today will mean for us...
TNN is certainly stronger but I doubt that a creature like that will be relevant. It will be more about creatures like Griselbrand...
as for 'Friendly' League it either means what AJ said or there might be a change to different League later. Wizards seems to start with more flatout prize structure first before moving on to something else. But since Pauper has also only Friendly League, EDH may stay that way too. (Legacy used to have only Friendly Leagues but were eventually changed to Competitive ones)
Anyway it is just a name. The decks in the League certainly don't need to be 'friendly'.
"Friendly" refers to a flatter prize pool, which would, in theory, be less appealing to more competitive players who could win bigger in the competitive leagues.
Because it's ostensibly a casual format as opposed to the ones like Standard, Modern, Legacy or Vintage.
True-Name Nemesis is loads stronger in 1vs1 than multiplayer.
By the way, I have yet to understand why they called it "friendly" league.
I finally figured out where I know your pic from. I see it every day on a billboard advertising sinus doctors and treatment.
I'd like to note that there was a competitive 1v1 PRE on mtgo for years before this change took place. Not sure if it is still around but it was quite active. Not my cuppa but I know some people really enjoyed it.