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10 months ago  ::  Aug 24, 2012 - 6:12AM #1
MindlessPlaneswalker
Date Joined: Aug 12, 2012
Posts: 66
Looking to go to my first FNM next week and should I invest in a event deck? Or should I just try out my mono black aggro deck? Are event decks worth the money? Do they play well?
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 24, 2012 - 8:52AM #2
tehbeast
Date Joined: Jun 14, 2006
Posts: 3,602
Event decks are the absolute best way to spend money on a cohesive new deck for yourself, if you're going in blind. Is your black aggro deck any good?
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 24, 2012 - 1:35PM #3
Tierdrop
Date Joined: Jul 3, 2012
Posts: 802
Depends on how much faith you have in your deck building skills. Post a deck list and maybe we can help you out?
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 24, 2012 - 1:48PM #4
Kensan_Oni
Date Joined: Oct 11, 2005
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Out of the two M13 event decks, I would recommend going with Repeat Performance, which at least concentrates on cards from m13. Sweet Revenge is a Burning Vengence deck, and it just doesn't hold up well at all.

And yes, list your deck.
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 24, 2012 - 6:39PM #5
MindlessPlaneswalker
Date Joined: Aug 12, 2012
Posts: 66
I'm new to MTG but this is my mono black deck, suggestions?

Creatures -
3x Tormented Soul
2x Knight of Infamy
4x Bloodhunter Bat
3x Vampire Nighthawk
3x Giant Scorpion
3x Duty-Bound Dead
2x Veilborn Ghoul
3x Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis

Arifacts, Enchanments, Instants, Sorcery

2x Dark Favor
3x Mark of the Vampire
2x Disentomb
2x Tormod's Crypt
3x Murder
2x Blood Reckoning



Lands
24x Swamps
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 24, 2012 - 6:52PM #6
MindlessPlaneswalker
Date Joined: Aug 12, 2012
Posts: 66
And I don't mind spending money :P
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 25, 2012 - 3:23AM #7
chinkeeyong
Date Joined: May 30, 2010
Posts: 7,523
Yeah, get Repeat Performance. It will probably do much better than your mono-black deck.
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Apr 19, 2012 -- 5:36AM, prospector wrote:

Think of how Neo couldn't beat the robots, but they kept him around anyways to defeat Agent Smith. Sure, the robots might not like having a Neo running rampant because instead of playing their favorite 4 drop fatty robot, they have to play a bunch of one mana Matrixs to contain him, but at least Neo keeps Agent Smith from reanimating an Iona on turn two.

Jun 26, 2012 -- 3:07PM, GM_Champion wrote:

Are you saying I'm trying to blame my loss on something? I don't care that I lost, I care that he's a sore loser, and a cheater, and a liar.

Oct 5, 2012 -- 1:36PM, magicpablo666 wrote:

CKY, are you bad at anything?

Oct 25, 2012 -- 9:53PM, magicpablo666 wrote:

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.

I mean, In KevinWorld, Mark is reading the very words I'm typing as well. Heck, in KevinWorld maybe I am Mark.

Nov 9, 2012 -- 2:27PM, Exxile72 wrote:

I'm beginning to think CKY may be anime in real life...

Feb 11, 2013 -- 7:38AM, Jessica_Morgan wrote:

Don't go anywhere CKY, I need to crash dramatically through your window and propose marriage and I don't want you throwing off my paradrop.

Mar 15, 2013 -- 7:56AM, Knifethrower wrote:

[In response to a thread about how hard grading is]

Upon reading this, I've found myself completely unable to operate in the world.  I tried to decide what to eat for breakfast, and pondered the vast consequences of my choice.  How do I balance my dietary needs against my desire to eat good-tasting food? Should I factor in how long it takes to prepare?  Cereal is ready in moments, but bacon takes longer to cook.

Then there is the impact on other industries.  Do people in the cereal industry deserve to be employed more than people in the bacon industry?  Which industry should I support? I don't even have the data regarding HOW MUCH the cereal industry benefits from me eating a bowl of cereal, or how much the bacon industry benefits from me eating a side of bacon.  How can I compare two qualities I can't even quantify?

And let's not forget the milk on the cereal.  In addition to determining whether or not milk is healthy for me, how much that benefits the milk industry, and how much the people in the milk industry deserve my support, we have to factor in the fact that cows are put under brutal conditions in order to collect thier milk.  Of course, the same goes for the pigs, and then they get killed.  Of course, I really like bacon.  So I need to come up with a scale that compares the value of cow happiness to pig happiness to my happiness.  What trade-offs am I willing to make here?  Does the fact that the pig gets put out of its misery count as a plus or a minus?  Isn't bacon bad for me anyway?

Deciding what to eat for breakfast (or any meal) is impossible.  Help me!

Apr 11, 2013 -- 6:15AM, altimis wrote:

I must admit chinkeeyong, you have the most interesting character ideas; and you play them well.

Apr 12, 2013 -- 7:13PM, magicpablo666 wrote:

Anyway, you'd be surprised about Time Stop. When I first saw that card as a relatively new player I didn't see its full potential until I read the reminder text. Is it that unintuitive, though? Mine I mean. What is possibility? Is it possible for me to type these words with my tusks? No, because I don't have tusks. Although I am now tempted to go buy some - obviously not from poachers or whatever - and use them as typing apparatus. I could be the best secretary ever. "What's your words per minute sir?" "Well, only six, but I use these tusks to type them." "You're hired!" That was the interview. And is anyone else disappointed that "apparati" is not the plural form of apparatus? I just could strangle a dictionary, because "apparatuses" is a real word. I guess it sounds pretty cool. I'll call them my Apparatusks.

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10 months ago  ::  Aug 25, 2012 - 6:35AM #8
Osu
Date Joined: Mar 7, 2012
Posts: 437
Repeat performance is a great deck.  I really like the zombie one from avacyn as well.
Next thing you will tell me Browbeat is bad.
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 25, 2012 - 11:53AM #9
MissingTheTrigger
Date Joined: May 1, 2011
Posts: 495
Repeat is the green m13 one right? That deck is pretty baller. I bought one for my friend to use because I wanted the cards and he needed something to play. We tweaked it and it ended up going 3-2.

Sidenote, thragtusk is too good. Jam 4 of him in there if you can get them.
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9 months ago  ::  Sep 05, 2012 - 6:15AM #10
Bloodartist
Date Joined: Sep 4, 2012
Posts: 234
I think best way is to take the event deck, and ask your more experienced friend if he has any nice  rares to loan you in his binder..
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