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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 6:02AM
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The errors in this article made it unreadable. 7 of one card, and a reference to multiple pacts make it impossible to know what deck I am supposed to be reading about. It is a real shame that this week started with an article about the editing staff and then the editing staff put this up. Can you please hire an editor that knows the rules of Magic deck construction? This is embarrasing.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 6:38AM
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Date Joined:
Feb 29, 2012
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I must agree with Zomghax when he says the deck is unplayable in modern, especially with the ban of Glimpse of Nature and Green Sun Zenith. Chord of Calling is (in my opinion) too much expensive to the format (GGG) and Summoners Pact is a good card to use when you are playing with Glimpse + Birchlore Rangers + Grapeshot/Devil's Play/Red Sun Zenith/Banefire to finish the match. The green pact delays the game at the beginning and is a hard drawback to work around at the modern metagame.
(Off topic) Seven copies of Neetle Sentinel was just absurd. So please editors!
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 7:13AM
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Game 2 vs Jund - what's that art?
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 8:40AM
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I was forced to ship back a hand with no land, but kept a very nice six: Forest, Brushland, Arbor Elf, Chord of Calling, Devoted Druid, Elvish Archdruid, and Llanowar Elves.
I sure wish my 6 card draws after a mulligan included 7 cards..
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 8:55AM
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Feb 29, 2012
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My guess is that the 3 Nettle Sentinels is supposed to be 3 Essence Warden, but I could be wrong. That card would make a lot of sense in the deck though. It would be more convincing if there had been any mention of Essence Warden in the article, but there wasn't so I don't know for sure...Just my guess.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 9:31AM
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The extra nettle sentinels could be Essence Wardens or even Copperhorn Scouts, untapping all your dudes is pretty good and it combos with Ezuri. Neither were mentioned in the article, though so idk. I'm sure Jacob will let us know. And don't trip people, these things happen in even the most storied of print media outlets.
I'm glad no one is whining about the rares though. So often JvL posts a deck that is much cheaper than the average deck in that format and the response from people on this forum is "THAT NOT BUDGET budget is the $20.57 I have left from my allowance y u suk so bad get a new writer waaaaaaah." so kudos ppl and keep up the good work JvL.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 10:35AM
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The extra nettle sentinels could be Essence Wardens or even Copperhorn Scouts, untapping all your dudes is pretty good and it combos with Ezuri. Neither were mentioned in the article, though so idk. I'm sure Jacob will let us know. And don't trip people, these things happen in even the most storied of print media outlets. I'm glad no one is whining about the rares though. So often JvL posts a deck that is much cheaper than the average deck in that format and the response from people on this forum is "THAT NOT BUDGET budget is the $20.57 I have left from my allowance y u suk so bad get a new writer waaaaaaah." so kudos ppl and keep up the good work JvL.
The name of the weekly column is "Building on a Budget". Some budgets are tighter than others. As for editing errors, I've learned to have no mercy. I will never be given any, and I won't let anyone else get away with grotesque errors (not that there's a lot I can do about it, besides stop reading).
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 10:37AM
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Date Joined:
Jan 13, 2012
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Game 2 vs Jund - what's that art?
The image is named dark.jpeg and in that game a Dark Confidant is mentioned so It was probably supposed to be a picture of a Dark Confidant?
So many mistakes in this article, goes to show that it was probably a last minute submission.
As to what the image actually is, I have no idea. I even tried a google search by image and it didn't wield any results. Which is kind of weird... COULD IT BE THE ART FOR AN UNREALEASED CARD THAT WAS PUT INTO THE ARTICLE BY MISTAKE?!?!?!?! (Or, more likely, the search by image feature doesn't work as well as I expected it to) ~~ Actually disregard that, I did the same kind of search for the Thoughtseize  art and it returned a plethora of relevant results... something fishy is going on here!
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Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now. 
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
I wish more girls play magic cards...
Have you considered assassinating Kevin?
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 11:24AM
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Jan 19, 2010
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You guys are really dropping the ball here. This is a JvL article, every other post should be a complaint about some detail of the article. Here, let me help you out:
"Wow, how am I ever going to afford this deck. It's $80 and I only get $10 a week. This is soooo not budget man."
"Oh, please. Elves? Seriously? How unoriginal can you get?"
Hm....okay looks like you folks already got the "this deck sucks you need a playset of (insert $$$ card)". So, nice job there.
Ooh, I like this, you found another aspect to complain about. "The editors really suck hard core, look at all the typos". I'm gonna have to remember this one.
To all the other posters on this thread: Shame on you for not complaining enough. We need to utterly demoralize JvL so we can get him fired and replaced as a writer.
Nice article btw. I don't play modern, so it's nice to see some decks I'm not familiar with. Really gets the creative juices flowing. I also like the detailed match reports that let me get an idea of how the deck plays, it's very interesting. And, good job editors for fixing the mistake mentioned earlier, I don't see the 7x Nettle Sentinel any more.
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Oh wait. Darn It! That wasn't a complaint. I guess I fail at life too.
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******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** From Mark Rosewater's Tumblr: the0uroboros asked: How in the same set can we have a hexproof, unsacrificable(not a word) creature AND a land that makes it uncounterable. How does this lead to interactive play? I believe I’m able to play my creature and you have to deal with it is much more interactive than you counter my creature. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Post #777
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1 year ago ::
Feb 29, 2012 - 1:12PM
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Sep 19, 2010
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Okay, so you went to 6 in the first Jund matchup but had 7 cards? Maybe you were on the draw... nope, you drew Ezuri. And why are people talking about 7 Nettle Sentinels? Oh well, it's a cool deck. But in Modern it sucks.
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