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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2012 - 4:28PM
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This thread is for discussion of this week's Building on a Budget, which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2012 - 9:07PM
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First!!! Do I get a cookie now?
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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2012 - 9:24PM
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Looting + Unearth/Flashback seems like the kind of "not turning creatures sideways" that gets innocent cards banned in Modern.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2012 - 9:28PM
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JVL I love you.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2012 - 10:36PM
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I'm not into Modern enough to comment on the affordability of any of these cards, but other than that, this is one of your best articles. It has just the right balance of explaining how and why you made the changes to made since last week compared to discussion of the matches. Also, I very much appreciate that you talk about how to approach the matchups one is likely to face instead match descriptions or recaps. I think that the former is much more clear and helpful to players of a variety of skill levels.
It's clear that you put a lot of effort into this article, and for that, I appaud you.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2012 - 10:43PM
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I prefer the more in-depth columns. It's one thing to rattle off a list. It's a completely different thing to explain choices and why certain cards are in and others are out. At the very least it leaves more room for discussion due to understanding the thought process and getting explanations why some cards are there and against who. I'm not trying to say the column was ever bad, but the quick list plus two match column format seems too close to that new guy who showed up to play at the local store and is super excited about a deck they built so they start rattling it off to you regardless of your interest or understanding of what they're trying to accomplish.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2012 - 11:18PM
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Did...did...did he just listen to us? Pinch me, I must be dreaming.
I'm sorry, that's a bit unfair. I like this deck and I like this column very very much. It had everything I ever hoped this kind of column could have. Kudos, Jacob, and thank you for writing this.
Zindaras' meta is like a fossil, ancient and its secrets yet to be uncovered. Only men of yore, long dead, knew of it.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2012 - 11:56PM
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I enjoyed your article this week, glad that you're listening to us readers.
Have you considered Surgical Extracation? It's decent against potentially ascension, tron (makes smallpox WAY better), aggro loam, splinter twin, melira (and other) pod, and basically any other archetype that leans too heavily on any particular card that you may be able to destroy/make them discard, as well as any non-diverse threat-light control deck.
Also, in regards to the rat creature: 6 damage for 2BB is less impressive next to the 7 for 1BB and the 3 for 1 Rack. I'm really not sure what to suggest though, I still think it's better than Nihilith. Probably needs to be either a finisher of some sort or something that generates massive card advantage.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 04, 2012 - 12:27AM
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Great job!! Love it like this. (2 weeks for one deck) I enjoyed your article this week, glad that you're listening to us readers.
Have you considered Surgical Extracation? It's decent against potentially ascension, tron (makes smallpox WAY better), aggro loam, splinter twin, melira (and other) pod, and basically any other archetype that leans too heavily on any particular card that you may be able to destroy/make them discard, as well as any non-diverse threat-light control deck.
Also, in regards to the rat creature: 6 damage for 2BB is less impressive next to the 7 for 1BB and the 3 for 1 Rack. I'm really not sure what to suggest though, I still think it's better than Nihilith. Probably needs to be either a finisher of some sort or something that generates massive card advantage.
The rat does not seem impressive, but think about what you want for replacement: "Probably needs to be either a finisher of some sort or something that generates massive card advantage." The rat does both, since it makes your opponent discard and then acts as a finisher.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 04, 2012 - 12:59AM
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Great article, nice deck!
I can see this week that the looting does not get sided out as before, which really means it shines. I will have to try the deck in some form form casual play...
In addition with the new deck doctoring column I think that the kind of metagame analysis you are performing in this article is a perfect recipe for the column. A two-week format, one for deckbuilding and one for the metagame would be great!
Keep up the good work!
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