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2 years ago ::
Aug 05, 2011 - 2:53PM
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As title says, www.ggslive.com for live matches and replays between rounds.... Written coverage on magicthegathering.com How many of you guys are playing in US nats?
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2 years ago ::
Aug 05, 2011 - 3:39PM
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Connely Woods is running a weird RB(mostly black) deck, with Chandra.3, Chalice, Tezz's Gambit and D-Force. Featuring Blodhusk ritualist..... He was in a feature match, the deck looks.....awkward.
Kibler is apparently running RG monsters, a beatdown deck with Skinshifter etc.
Channel FIreball are on the Caw-blade front. Most of the X-0 players in constructed portion were Caw players....
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2 years ago ::
Aug 05, 2011 - 10:25PM
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cyrus, I heard you were doing nats this year. What deck are you running and how are you doing so far?
1000th post November 26, 2010. Where Islands gets his decks: Spoiler:
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It was revealed to me in a dream. All the cards were in my dream except for three slots which I plugged in as Vault Skirge.
FULL DISCLOSURE: The dream was post AVR so there was a copy of Slayer's Stronghold. I decided to keep it pre AVR in my post here.
EDIT: I just remembered. The Skirges might have been 2x Whipflare and 1x something else, probably War and Peace.
EDIT2: Currently 4-0 in my first four games with this. My opponents have been very angry. I fought off a Wurmcoil from Grixis for six turns before I found my second Dispatch. Jeez, I can do a lot of damage.
EDIT3: Streak broken. Lost to an unexpected Overrun.  Cracking a Shrine for 10 wasn't enough.
How Kedi tests his decks: Spoiler:
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also, I've been playtesting this deck in my sleep today
that kinda freaked me out
Sleeping on Halloween: Spoiler:
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Halloween is a conspiracy by crossdressers and furries.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 05, 2011 - 10:39PM
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Date Joined:
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cyrus, I heard you were doing nats this year. What deck are you running and how are you doing so far?
Cyrus is doing Great Britain Nationals.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 05, 2011 - 10:43PM
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Channel FIreball are on the Caw-blade front. Most of the X-0 players in constructed portion were Caw players....
The coverage keeps going on about Caw-Blade being very popular there, with veiled suggestions that the bans should have gone further. Do we have any knowledge about how many of them are the aggressive Caw-Blade decks with Heroes and Blade Splicers and such, and how many are the UW Control decks plus Hawks and Swords? The grinder lists were much more UW Control-like, with the 4 Hawks, 2 Emeria, 2 Sphinx 2 Reinforcements sort of setup.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 05, 2011 - 11:06PM
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I thought he posted something about going to philly for us nats.
1000th post November 26, 2010. Where Islands gets his decks: Spoiler:
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It was revealed to me in a dream. All the cards were in my dream except for three slots which I plugged in as Vault Skirge.
FULL DISCLOSURE: The dream was post AVR so there was a copy of Slayer's Stronghold. I decided to keep it pre AVR in my post here.
EDIT: I just remembered. The Skirges might have been 2x Whipflare and 1x something else, probably War and Peace.
EDIT2: Currently 4-0 in my first four games with this. My opponents have been very angry. I fought off a Wurmcoil from Grixis for six turns before I found my second Dispatch. Jeez, I can do a lot of damage.
EDIT3: Streak broken. Lost to an unexpected Overrun. Cracking a Shrine for 10 wasn't enough.
How Kedi tests his decks: Spoiler:
Show
also, I've been playtesting this deck in my sleep today
that kinda freaked me out
Sleeping on Halloween: Spoiler:
Show
Halloween is a conspiracy by crossdressers and furries.
Thanks to Kipz for the sig. Make a contract with me to become a magical girl!
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2 years ago ::
Aug 06, 2011 - 12:17AM
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I thought he posted something about going to philly for us nats.
No, that would be the upcoming PT Philadelphia. One thing I will say about the Vintage coverage: I suspect half of the 'diversity' in Vintage is much like Legacy was until it started getting a lot of attention recently.
When you don't have all the mainstream pros playing it, the competition is actually fairly low. Consequently, the field stays diverse because people aren't punished for playing bad decks, so bad decks proliferate because bad decks can beat other bad decks. If Vintage was to be rolled into the mainstream tournament circuit, I would bet dollars to doughnuts that soon enough the format would become far less diverse. I think PVDDR was exactly right in his recent Fact/Fiction article when he spoke about Legacy, and I am certain the same sort of conditions apply to Vintage.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 06, 2011 - 3:10AM
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cyrus, I heard you were doing nats this year. What deck are you running and how are you doing so far?
Cyrus is doing Great Britain Nationals.
Correct, UK nats starts on the 19th of August, then PT Phily on the 2nd of September, busy schedule 
Indigo, you not at nats? I find that surprising.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 06, 2011 - 3:54AM
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Date Joined:
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cyrus, I heard you were doing nats this year. What deck are you running and how are you doing so far?
Cyrus is doing Great Britain Nationals.
Correct, UK nats starts on the 19th of August, then PT Phily on the 2nd of September, busy schedule
Indigo, you not at nats? I find that surprising.
He last played paper back in '93, part of the Alpha test group.
The mage formerly known as kedi.
Team GFG - Goons From Ghana - Playing sweet decks since 2010
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1:31 AM Battle7: playing esper tokens
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1:32 AM Battle7: it's sweet
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2 years ago ::
Aug 06, 2011 - 3:57AM
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Date Joined:
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cyrus, I heard you were doing nats this year. What deck are you running and how are you doing so far?
Cyrus is doing Great Britain Nationals.
Correct, UK nats starts on the 19th of August, then PT Phily on the 2nd of September, busy schedule
Indigo, you not at nats? I find that surprising.
I'm Australian, but I didn't go to Regionals or Nats, I'm too busy applying for graduate jobs as I'm in my last year of law school.
I know Andrew Bennett and Matthew Anderson from university, though, they're both members (well, former member in Andrew's case) of the club I'm currently the Treasurer for. Matt Anderson is a casual player mostly, and I didn't even know he attended until he appeared in the Top 8 coverage.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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