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12 months ago ::
Jul 06, 2012 - 9:06AM
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its true. if you're ever in a position where you're not learning in this game, then you're doing something wrong. never assume you know anything, because there are always players or situations that WILL prove you wrong. ALWAYS.
This^^
Even the best of the best run into something from time to time that just makes them go "huh"
What seperates them from the average players is that afterwords they ask "hey, how/why did that happen".
"I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God."
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12 months ago ::
Jul 06, 2012 - 10:00AM
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One of my first decks that I posted here ran all 5 of the alara blade cycle as 4 ofs and knight of new alara  x4. Oh god, that was horrible...
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.
 Thanks to Kipz for the sig. Make a contract with me to become a magical girl!
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12 months ago ::
Jul 06, 2012 - 10:02AM
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Mine had the 3/5 mill donk from alara block...
My blog (everyone else is doing it...): http://ideas-abounding.blogspot.com/ "Opinions are immunity to being told you're wrong. Paper, rock, and scissors, they all have their pros and cons." - Relient K DISCLAIMER: I'm not a nice person. MOTL Sale List: http://www.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/087367.html#0  Sig by the modest, yet talented, zpikduM.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 06, 2012 - 10:25AM
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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.
Thanks to Kipz for the sig. Make a contract with me to become a magical girl!
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11 months ago ::
Jul 06, 2012 - 2:04PM
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Date Joined:
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Yes, one of the most aptly-named cards of all time...
My blog (everyone else is doing it...): http://ideas-abounding.blogspot.com/ "Opinions are immunity to being told you're wrong. Paper, rock, and scissors, they all have their pros and cons." - Relient K DISCLAIMER: I'm not a nice person. MOTL Sale List: http://www.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/087367.html#0 Sig by the modest, yet talented, zpikduM.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 06, 2012 - 10:42PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 14, 2010
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Ah, how this thread hath turned into a veritable font of wisdom and nostalgia. Yeah, I played mono green elves around ZEN time when I started playing again. Having not played since Onslaught was pretty nuts.
But it's true, there's so much info to soak up and interpret in this game. A lot is logic, a lot is experience. Fun stuff.
Welcome to 2012. Blue has the most efficient creatures, black has the all-in monocolored aggro deck, the most controlling deck in the format is green-red, control decks lose to aggro in attrition wars, and counterspells aren't an answer to fatties.
Pack Rat is like Bitterblossom and Tarmogoyf had a black baby.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 07, 2012 - 5:58AM
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Date Joined:
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its true. if you're ever in a position where you're not learning in this game, then you're doing something wrong. never assume you know anything, because there are always players or situations that WILL prove you wrong. ALWAYS.
I'd like to ironically ammend this statement. Always remember that Magic: The Theory is conjecture, and that while what you learn is valid, if you become inflexible, you will easily be punished. I don't think it's as black and white as right and wrong, but if your concepts of the game are unwilling to expand or give slack, you'll never be able to have a real grasp on what is going on. Please pardon my borderline-OCD taking it's toll on your prolific statement though.
The best example of this I've seen is with deck archetyping- something that exists for the sake of conjecture and basis for designing decks- But some players take truisms to heart about what they want to play- this is especially true of players who are trying to learn to play the control role, or people who enter the game with the "competitive mindset" trying to learn beats. Similarly, salted players have certain ideas about specific deck archetypes and are often too staunch for their own good, but a good player will admit when they overthought or became inflexible.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 07, 2012 - 8:00PM
#48
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Date Joined:
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Mono-black control got top 8 last week, I'd say that comes pretty close to a pile of crap.
I can't find it. Which top 8?
S1AL: I'm not sure whether to be offended or just glad that you're back. Anyways, I was using a hyperbole there.
:D Funny story... turns out that, after spending like 9 months mostly getting out of Magic, I move to Wyoming and find out someone opened a nearby game store literally the same week. So yeah, I'm playing again. And planning to find a way to exploit the metagame in Denver again.
It got 8th place at a recent SCG Open. And yeah, I get that most people 'round here consider SCGO's aren't really worth mention, I do.
That said, as for my first forum post, I think it was help for RAV block limited, because that was got me into competetive magic. And it turns out I was wrong about a lot of stuff I thought was good.
(at)MrEnglish22
"still a better Commander card than Emmara Tandris"
-On the topic of Squire
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11 months ago ::
Jul 08, 2012 - 4:26AM
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Mono-black control got top 8 last week, I'd say that comes pretty close to a pile of crap.
I can't find it. Which top 8?
S1AL: I'm not sure whether to be offended or just glad that you're back. Anyways, I was using a hyperbole there.
:D Funny story... turns out that, after spending like 9 months mostly getting out of Magic, I move to Wyoming and find out someone opened a nearby game store literally the same week. So yeah, I'm playing again. And planning to find a way to exploit the metagame in Denver again.
It got 8th place at a recent SCG Open. And yeah, I get that most people 'round here consider SCGO's aren't really worth mention, I do.
That said, as for my first forum post, I think it was help for RAV block limited, because that was got me into competetive magic. And it turns out I was wrong about a lot of stuff I thought was good.
SCGOs don't reflect what's good, but they reflect what people are playing.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 08, 2012 - 6:50AM
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Date Joined:
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So the only tournaments that reflect what's good are... gp's and pt's?
My blog (everyone else is doing it...): http://ideas-abounding.blogspot.com/ "Opinions are immunity to being told you're wrong. Paper, rock, and scissors, they all have their pros and cons." - Relient K DISCLAIMER: I'm not a nice person. MOTL Sale List: http://www.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/087367.html#0 Sig by the modest, yet talented, zpikduM.
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