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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 3:31AM
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Okay, who's the smartass who submitted the Lost in the Woods deck?
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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 7:57AM
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I don't know, but he clearly doesn't know how to build a deck..... You need four enchantments for consistency. 
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Jun 30, 2010 -- 1:35AM, S1AL wrote:
Playing a bad deck in order to be original is like using crappy tools to build something. Not only does it look bad in the end, but nobody really thinks that you're cool for being unwilling to do things the way a professional would.
Look at the card. Now back to Jace. Now back to that card, now back to Jace! Sadly, it isn't Jace, but if it stopped being a junk rare and became relevant, it could act like it's Jace. Crack some Worldwake. What do you have? You have a Jace, the card you wish this card could be like. Look again. THE CARD IS NOW A $75 BILL. Anything possible when you play Magic with Jace and not junk rares.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 8:24AM
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Hello friends, foes, and Storm Crow fanatics alike! Just dropping by to answer a couple of questions. -1 Forest, +1 Plains
You clearly want Emmisary in at least some matchups, might as well make it work for you.
I was thinking the same thing--I was surprised the final list didn't have a Plains so the option would at least be there if needed.
While starting a plains was certainly a thought, the maindeck simply cannot afford a third mana source that can't cast a turn one elf. I would definitely not change that in the maindeck, especially since Emissary won't see action until the sideboard.
Out of the sideboard, though, I think that's a fine swap. I built the sideboard for a very specific metagame, and expect people to tweak it for theirs. Putting a plains in there to bring in alongside Emissary is a solid option - you just need to figure out which other card in the sideboard is going to be least useful to you in your metagame and modify it appropiately. 
Was I the only one curious where Dungrove Elder  went? Seems very strong and one of the creatures most likely to encourage Garruk, Primal Hunter  ......
Dungrove Elder is great! However, after the crucial elvish core, there were simply not enough slots better than other cards left to include him. Additionally, in a deck with so many accelerators, you're not going to have that many forests unless you've cast Genesis Wave. And if you've cast Genesis Wave, you should have enough of a force to win regardless. Tack both of those factors on top of not being able to run Gavin-y Township and Elder was left on the sidelines.
Hope that helps answer your questions!
Gavin
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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 9:26AM
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Mar 22, 2011
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Woo! My deck made the cut! I am honored to have been featured. The decklist I submitted was a variant on a casual elf deck that I run that combines mana elves ( Llanowar Elves  , Arbor Elf  , Heritage Druid  , Elvish Archdruid  , etc.) with untap abilities ( Quirion Ranger  , Seeker of Skybreak  , and Wirewood Lodge  ) to power out big finishers using Genesis Wave  , Joraga Warcaller  , and Immaculate Magistrate  . The deck often wins on turn three or four with thousands of damage. It's a fun casual deck. As for the deck I submitted, I really just built a typical elf deck with a couple of answers in the sideboard. Drop mana-accelerants, drop finishers, attack, ???, profit. It was mostly intended to be an aggressive strategy that plays by its own rules without regard to the metagame, and that type of strategy won't really cut it in a tournament. Interestingly, I didn't intend for a poison subtheme. The Viridian Corrupter  was in there as an answer to artifacts, and Glistener Elf  was just put in as a one-drop elf that gets dangerous if you let it get through. The unintended poison subtheme was really meant to leave open a couple of options for the endgame that would put the opponent in a catch-22, of a sort. As for the sideboard, Beast Within  was intended to deal with "problematic permanents," as Gavin so eloquently put it. Corrosive Gale  and Marrow Shards  were almost exclusively intended for Lingering Souls  , but they also work well on Insectile Aberration  . Dismember  was just a useful removal spell, and Mental Misstep  was included as an answer to early game aggressive or control strategies (i.e. Champion of the Parish  and Ponder  ). I latched on to the Phybrid mana spells because they opened up so many options. I don't really play in standard too often, so I threw together the sideboard based on some of the stuff I've been reading about the metagame. The land base left open options for the sideboard, as well as the flashback cost on Tracker's Instincts  . I was glad to see the standard version I came up with cut down to a more tournament worthy deck. Great article!
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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 9:38AM
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I'm astonished nobody is talking about today's other preview card with this. It seems each on its own is good, but together is actually something people are going to be doing.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 9:50AM
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I'm astonished nobody is talking about today's other preview card with this. It seems each on its own is good, but together is actually something people are going to be doing.
There are a couple of posts for the other article that mention the combination of today's preview cards. Of course that doesn't mean that someone can't post in this article about the combo.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 12:49PM
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Apr 18, 2004
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I appreciate the Doctor Who reference, but fish fingers and custard is awesome! Now back to reading the rest of the article...
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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 2:38PM
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Sep 21, 2010
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This card is perfect for my Bant colored Gavony Township deck, which does need a bit of grease because a lot of the creatures have double colored mana costs (most of them white). This would help get around that, and once my threats are on the table, I get free activations of the Township.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 2:43PM
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Jan 19, 2010
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While my particular deck didn't make it into the runnings, I am happy to see a Feed the Pack  deck in there. Granted, my wolf tribal deck didn't have anything to do with oodles of mana (besides cast feed the pack or some other moderately largish creatures) so I can understand that. As for next week's card. Black. Very few creatures. So....U/B control shell?
******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 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 ::
Apr 10, 2012 - 4:24PM
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Oct 23, 2011
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I've got it! Next week's preview card is some awesome "loner" ( read the Avacyn restored mechanics list if you don't know what a loner is.
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