Magic: The Gathering (Spoiler-free)

Are the alternate realities from Planar Chaos still around or did they all merge into the regular timeline?

I still think that if you're going to fight for advantages that small, you might as well try making silly faces to throw your opponent off his game. Would make for a very interesting Pro Tour, at least

edited 21st Jul '12 12:50:34 PM by Lovecrafter

And now for this thread's inaugural musical interlude.

In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning
And the nightmare I had was as bad as can be
It scared me out of my wits
A corpse falling to bits!
Then I opened my eyes
And the nightmare was me!

I was once the most mystical man in all Russia
When the royals betrayed me they mad a mistake!
My curse made each of them pay
But one little girl got away!
Little Anya, beware, Rasputin's awake!

(In the dark of the night evil will find her
In the dark of the night just before dawn!)

Revenge will be sweet
When the curse is complete!
In the dark of the night
She'll be gone!

I can feel that my powers are slowly returning!
Tie my sash and a dash of cologne for that smell!
As the pieces fall into place
I'll see her crawl into place!
Dasvidanya, Anya, your grace, farewell!

(In the dark of the night terror will strike her!)

Terror's the least I can do!

(In the dark of the night evil will brew. Ooh!)

Soon she will feel that her nightmares are real.
In the dark of the night
She'll be through!
(In the dark of the night
Evil will find her
Find her! Ooh!
In the dark of the night terror comes true. Doom her!)

My dear, here's a sign --

It's the end of the line!

(In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...)

Come my minions, Rise for your master,
Let your evil shine!
Find her now,
Yes, fly ever faster

In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...

She'll be mine!

Has anyone here heard the rumor about some M13 fat packs having messed-up rare distribution?

Too much? Or two little?

Anyone up for a game? Just picked up a few boosters, reorganized my cards, and threw together a new deck that I'd like to try out.

Room is Whoop de do, password tropermtg.

edited 21st Jul '12 7:57:54 PM by KyleJacobs

Sure, I'll play a game or two with you.

Too many. Here's a reddit discussion about it, if you're interested.

Bah, sorry. Cockatrice kicked me and I can't seem to be able to reconnect. :/

Ah, OK. What did you think of the deck? I haven't used it in real life, and can't until I pick up the lands required to do so.

"deck thinning"?

Never heard of it.

Well, I really liked the Thatcher Revolt + Unruly Mob combo, so I think the deck definitely has potential in the "affordable IRL" domain.

Still around, Jacobs? I'd like to test MY newest irl deck on yours.

Alright, one moment. Let me get a server up. Same as above.

Fffff-

Outdated cockatrice. Gimme a sec.

@Space Jawa: The basic idea of deck thinning is to get rid of lands from your deck to reduce the chance of getting dead draws.

So I got Yeva's intro deck today. Boosters contained Trading Post and Sands of Delirium.

It's come to my attention that I need a win condition in this deck. It's decent at staying alive, but bad at killing people. This evolved from my mill deck that COULD kill, but had problems staying alive long enough to do anything. There anywhere I can host my decklist file on cockatrice for you guys to take a peek? For reference, it's the deck I use IRL as well.

For those of you who haven't played me, I figured I'd post my deck lists. I'd like to know what you think of them.

Deathfed (Green-Blue) - based on an event deck.

• Ghoulcaller's Bell x1
• Bonehoard x2
• Acidic Slime x2
• Armored Skaab x2
• Birds of Paradise x1
• Boneyard Wurm x4
• Deranged Assistant x1
• Llanowar Elves x4
• Merfolk Looter x2
• Orchard Spirit x1
• Splinterfright x1
• Viridian Emmisary x3
• Parallel Lives x1
• Wreath of Geists x1
• Essence Scatter x1
• Negate x2
• Green Sun's Zenith x1
• Mulch x4
• Spider Spawning x2
• Hinterland Harbor x1
• Woodland Cemetary x1
• Forest x13
• Island x7
• Swamp x2

What A Piece Of Work (White-Red) - assembled entirely from boosters

• Inquisitor's Flail x1
• Ring of Thune x1
• Cathedral Sanctifier x1
• Crusader of Odric x1
• Devout Chaplain x1
• Doomed Traveller x2
• Elder Cathar x3
• Fervent Cathar x1
• Loyal Cathar / Unhallowed Cathar x1
• Midnight Guard x1
• Midvast Protector x2
• Moorland Inquisitor x1
• Riot Ringleader x1
• Scourge of Geier Reach x2
• Selfless Cathar x1
• Thraben Heretic x1
• Thraben Valiant x1
• Unruly Mob x1
• Bonds of Faith x2
• Commander's Authority x2
• Curse of the Pierced Heart x1
• Furor of the Bitten x1
• Intangible Virtue x1
• Talons of the Falkenrath x1
• Brimstone Volley x1
• Righteous Blow x1
• Safe Passage x1
• Spare from Evil x1
• Thunderous Wrath x1
• Thatcher Revolt x1
• Clifftop Retreat x1
• Hellion Crucible x1
• Mountain x7
• Plains x14

edited 22nd Jul '12 2:01:14 AM by KyleJacobs

Am I the only one who thinks that Plague Spitter is strangely adorable?

You are not.

Also, around here we refer to Crib Swap as "Have a bebe."

Reading Aaron's Random Card Comments is pretty interesting - apparently Kei Takahashi is a "human/eumidian hybrid", whatever that is, and Mike Flores once won a Pro Tour game by playing an old version of Longbow Archers, prompting his opponent to name the wrong creature type with Tsabo's Decree.

Eumidians are apparently a kind of sentient giant wasp from Jamuraa.

So his human parent had sex with a giant wasp? Ewwwww.

Question. Which Duels decks can make me discard? I need this for sideboarding purposes.

Liliana's deck has a few cards that do it.