A deck is not "mono-blue" if it contains a Progenitus. You can't play Progenitus by tapping nothing but Islands. It's debatable whether a deck that casts Dimir Guildmage with islands and uses him to draw cards is blue, but even if you only plan to get a card on the table with Polymorph or whatever, it still counts toward you're deck's color.
The deck doesn't actually ever play Progenitus, though. It's ONLY in there to discard to Blazing Shoal. Which is a spell they don't even cast with red mana.
I think the point is that the only mana the deck can produce is blue, so therefore the deck is mono-blue.
Being it monoblue or not, the deck is extremely well thought and elegant. I like it very much, and I'm glad it scored well. I'm always happy when more wacky things see play and score as they deserve.
For linking a card to Gatherer without writting the name of said card for readers, use the autocard brackets together with and equal sign and right the name of the real card. Then put the message you want inside the tags, like you would do with autocarding. Like this:
I like storm crow because I really like crows in real life, as an animal, and the card isn't terribly stupid, but packs a good deal of nostalgia and also a chunck of the game's history. So it's perhaps one of the cards I have most affection to, but not because "lol storm crow is bad hurr hurr durr".
Although I do assume you deliberately refer to them (DCI) as The Grand Imperial Convocation of Evil just for the purposes of making them sound like an ancient and terrible conspiracy.
Now, now. 1994 doesn't quite qualify as "ancient".
Oh, it's a brilliant plan. You see, Bolas was travelling through shadowmoor, causing trouble, when he saw a Wickerbough Elder with its stylin' dead scarecrow hat. Now, Bolas being Bolas took the awesome hat and he put it on his head, but even with all his titanic powers of magic he couldn't make it fit. He grabbed some more scarecrows, but then a little kithkin girl asked if he was trying to build a toupee. "BY ALL THE POWERS IN THE MULTIVERSE!" he roared, "I WILL HAVE A HAT WORTHY OF MY GLORY." and so he went through his Dark Lore of Doom (tm) looking for something he could make into a hat that would look as stylish on him as a scarecrow does on a treefolk. He thought about the Phyrexians, but they were covered in goopy oil that would make his nonexistant hair greasy. He Tried out angels for a while but they didn't sit quite right. Then, he looked under "e" (because in the Elder Draconic alphabet, "e" for Eldrazi is right next to "h" for Hat) in his Dark Lore of Doom and saw depictions of the Eldrazi, and all their forms. "THIS SHALL BE MY HAT!" he declared, poking a picture of Emrakul, "AND WITH IT I WILL USHER IN A NEW AGE OF DARKNESS -- ER, I MEAN A NEW AGE OF FASHION!"
And so Nicol Bolas masterminded the release of the Eldrazi.
The last couple days have been roughly every perverse fetish imaginable, but it only got "creepy" when speculation on Mother of Runes's mob affiliation came up?
I like to think up what I consider clever names for my decks, only later to be laughed at by my wife. It kills me a little on the inside, but thats what marriage is about.
Of course, the best use [of tolaria west ] is transmuting for the real Tolaria.
Absolutely. I used to loose to my buddy's Banding deck for ages, it was then that I found out about Tolaria , and I was finally able win my first game.
Browbeat is a card that is an appropriate deck choice when there's no better idea available. "No better idea available" was pretty much the running theme of Odyssey era.
Modern is like playing a new tournament every time : you build a deck, you win with it, don't bother keeping it. Just build another, its key pieces will get banned.
I always find it helpful when im angry to dress up in an owl costume and rub pennies all over my body in front of a full body mirror next to the window.
Dymecoar:
Playing Magic without Blue is like sleeping without any sheets or blankets. You can do it...but why?
Omega137:
Me: "I love the moment when a control deck stabilizes. It feels so... right." Omega137: "I like the life drop part until you get there, it's the MtG variant of bungee jumping"
Zigeif777:
Just do it like Yu-Gi-Oh or monkeys: throw all the crap you got at them and hope it works or else the by-standers (or opponents) just get dirty and pissed.
Normally it's difficult to pick up on your jokes/sarcasm. But this one's pretty much out there. Good progress. You have moved up to Humanoid. You'll be Human in no time.
I hope the new comics will be better than the Magic comics we got in the past (and I believe they will be). Honestly? You had me at "exclusive, playable, alternate-art cards".
I've been playing (with some gaps) since the late 90's. Land Destruction can be fun! I really don't get the Command Tower backlash.
The website does not list where it will distribute the comic, the date that the comic is coming out, nor how to get the cards (will they be in the comic, or will you have to get them seperately from the store owner) Further, what are the protections from the store owner simply taking out the cards from the comics and telling his/her customers that he wasn't one of the "select" places to get cards in his comics, and then go sell them for big money online? Doing the cards with a limited release just seems exploitable to things like this.
I hope the new comics will be better than the Magic comics we got in the past (and I believe they will be). Honestly? You had me at "exclusive, playable, alternate-art cards".
*kablink* What was wrong with the ones in the past? I liked the Brother's War and Homelands. I especially loved the Homelands comics.
The website does not list where it will distribute the comic, the date that the comic is coming out, nor how to get the cards (will they be in the comic, or will you have to get them seperately from the store owner) Further, what are the protections from the store owner simply taking out the cards from the comics and telling his/her customers that he wasn't one of the "select" places to get cards in his comics, and then go sell them for big money online? Doing the cards with a limited release just seems exploitable to things like this.
When can we expect more info on this?
I'm hoping the comic will be shrink-wrapped with the card(s) inside. Since my local card shop is also the local comic shop, I know where I'll be asking for it.
Casual Magic player since 2003 (Onslaught Block). 60% Johnny, 40% Timmy.
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Getting names right sure is difficult. The GW Hate Bears deck was played and designed by Sascha Thomsen rather than "Sasaka Thornsen"... if you do feature under the radar decks you really should give credit where credit is due and not make up a name to go along with it.
