Any one play Magic??? Wanna teach me how to be good?
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Any one play Magic??? Wanna teach me how to be good?
Step 1: Burn all lands
Step 2: Only run snow lands
Step 3: Run no creatures
Step 4: Quit fucking around
Step 5: Sell snow lands
Step 6: Buy premade deck
Step 7: Get mugged
Step 8: Loose all your cards
Step 9: Kill yourself
Lol it takes more than an explanation to be good magic man (magicfag here) but I can try
>>688224949
Always trade. That's the best tip
>>688225623
Im trying to get into it and i get how its played but when i watch pros play (Thats how i usually learn how to play a new game) i just get lost. They have decks like Red goggles or G/w token i have no clue what any of those mean
>>688225623
Assuming OP is serious, we need to know what format they want to play.
Commander and Modern are two very different things, and advice for one wouldn't work for the other.
>>688225859
I think stranded and Modern. OP here
>>688225479
Are you joking? Because ive never heard of snow lands
got a card right here. works very well
>>688225966
In that case
Duplicates
All the duplicates.
Seriously, if you can- make sure you can get multiples of cards that work well.
And if it's a high mana cost, forget it.
>>688226087
Dont spider man me bitch i just wanna learn
Start with your favorite color. Find a rare of that color, and build your deck around that cards mechanic.
Go to mtg goldfish, find a budget deck. Fuck people's shit. I personally recommend zombie hunt or an infection deck. Try stuff in cockatrace.
Also isochron scepter
>>688226174
>>688225966
Standard and Modern are also really fucking different
Get the basics down, how to play, how turns and stack works, watch and listen to pros, then play for yourself
>>688226042
Newfag.
Wow, how old are you 19?
>>688226042
Coldsnap was the set they were in
I'm pretty sure
>>688226149
So just 4 of each card or close (Thats the max pre deck right?) I dont really undrstand commander and it doesnt seem fun unless it is and you can give me or info on it
Go to your local game store and play. You are going to get fucked, but that's how you learn.
Oh, and be ready to spend money.
>>688226042
Old concept, still basic lands, but they produce "snow" mana which is used for certain snow cards
>>688224949
Go to /tg/, the board specific to Tabletop games
>>688226289
20...
>>688226360
Commander is what I play
You build slower decks that focus around 1 legendary creature. No duplicates, so you're more focused on multiple cards that make good synergy. A good Commander play group can make for some very interesting games.
>>688226360
Commander is honestly the most casual friendly as well as a wonderful extension that magic players can go through.
I have 2 Modern Decks and 3 Commander Decks, have spent much less on the commander decks but they can all win fairly easily
still trying
Holy shit an actual constructive magic thread in /b?
>>688226413
Go there and post a polite, humble thread asking for good learning tools for a beginner.
Wizards of the Coast, the publisher (?) Of the game says to "buy an intro deck or play MTG Duels to learn what colors and plsystyles you like best."
>>688226557
This, a playgroup creates a lot of wonderful, or awful, memories, commander especially considering how one of your 100 interacts with one of their 100
Buy a budget deck that appeals to you from a list on mtggoldfish and then just go play it. ask the people that beat you what you could do better or what mistakes you made. don't do those things next time.
>>688226360
Fuck commander.
Stick with standard for now.
Learn the set, homie. Don't try to be pro, its not going to happen just yet. Just pick a good color, and a good card too work around, like I said. Go too your local b&m. Make friends, profit from exp.
>>688224949
buy a starter deck and go over the rules. buy a deck builder or packs. buy a 20 sided die. buy deck boxes and buy lots of sleeves.
ultra pro makes quality cheep deck boxes and I prefer their sleeves because they're a little rugged on the back which helps with cutting decks. don't buy sleek sleeves. get cardboard boxes and a card binder.
>>688224949
Build a mono white banding deck.
Banding was the greatest ability printed in magic. It was so powerful that only one set ever used it. The best part is that cards for banding are all rather cheap so you can make a sleeper banding deck that will win at every FNM.
>>688224949
Be rich and learn how to cheat while you shuffle
>>688226557
>>688226644
I dont have any friends that play so I feel as though Modern and stranded would be the best because I probably would only play at FNM which i haven't been to yet. How does FNM work and is it fun
>>688226042
how could you otherwise build the glorious edh commander deck with just card names starting with 'S'?
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/david-mcdarbys-scion-of-the-ur-dragon/
>>688226844
No kidding. I still wake up in cold sweats thinking about that fucking evil Sharuum deck this one guy runs.
>>688227005
You'd be surprised at how many people secretely playm just start talking about it with randoms.
Build Modern Burn
gave it my best. later nerds
Im glad to see that there is such a response to a MTG thread i thought id post this and everyone would just call me a nerd or some shit XD
>>688226360
you can have a maximum of 4 cards per deck. I prefer standard. I like the black and green delirium deck and the red and black madness vampire deck.
>>688227379
The stigma..
Its not so nerdy once you passed the dnd aspect of it. It turns into a gambling game of cheese. It's fun for everybody tbh.
>>688227379
The MTG Community is actually pretty big and growing. Living in Germany I wish I could go to a Grand Prix or SCG Open or something. But that's illegal here unfortunately. I still play with a group of firends almost every weekend.
>>688227553
Both good choices. SOI had some very interesting abilities this set.
I'm still waiting for that legendary werewolf
>>688227005
well if you show up at my fnm which has about 12-20 modern players every week with a budget deck and half a brain you can likely go 1-3 as some kid with a standard deck will be your opponent round 4. but for me I just chill and talk to the people there mostly about magic or how wizards is screwing us over. I'm never too concerned about how well I do, as at a small tournament like that, who cares if my junk company went 4-0, when i could have only played one other top tier deck. Just relax and have fun
>>688227667
Fun unless you're being mana screwed against a slow sphinx's tutelage mill combo.
>>688227768
its going to suck and you'll be all like this is worse than huntmaster and mayor!!!
I personally run a modern leviathon blue weenie combo.
Epic wins, but trash when confronted by infect or goblin decks. Its just not fast enough to CS all of the spells.
>>688227914
No clue what that means XD but okay hahah Thats still something i haven't gotten yet. Theres all these decks with funky names but i dont get why there called that
>>688227167
Sharuum combo-control destroys my concept of Esper, and I'm an Esper-fag.
Worst deck I ever played against 1v1 was a Seton, Druid Tribal.
>>688228065
huntmaster was insane tho
run slivers
>>688226557
>>Yisan garanteed T3 kill
>>Slower
>>688228240
It means that you're fucked and they be putting all your cards into the grave yard. Mill is a type of deck that does that
>>688225858
Deck types. Goggles refers to a card. G/w is green/white.
Remember WUBRG. White blue black red green. U is blue.
>>688226309
Ice Age came wayyyyyyy before Coldsnap.
>>688228338
Seconded.
Those things are fucking op
>>688228240
Basically when you're mana screwed you have no mana to play anything
Sphinx's tutelage is a card that slowly sucks your deck dry whenever your opponent draws.
It's a match made in hell.
>>688225858
Start slow just play at your local gaming store and check out forums other than that how you get good at theory is by playing in draft events because it forces you to change how you play.
>>688228338
my friend had a all foil slivers deck. I think it was pre built but he tore my asshole to pieces every time.
>>688228506
well non competetive commander is slower. And if you're just starting out you'll probably not invest so much money into it
>>688228776
Yeah, that was the Premium Deck Series
>>688224949
what you want to do is to organize your cards by color, and the secret to making a good deck is to throw that shit in the garbage and get yourself a god damned social life.
>>688228776
R.I.P. extended.
>>688228678
There's rumors they might be coming back in Eldritch Moon
Everyone seems to think Emrakul, Marit Lage, or Slivers
>>688228776
http://magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/products/card-set-archive/premium-deck-series-slivers
this was it
>>688228864
no no no no no, commander is a money whore, worse than all the other formats in that regard
>>688227005
Since you're just beginning, start in modern, fewer cards and less variety in the decks.
Also, something to note, when people talk about decks, the names of decks usually go
[Color/Color Combination name] + [Theme/Key Card]
>>688225858
Red Goggles is a mono red deck utilizing Pyromancer's Goggles as a way to gain more value from instants and sorceries
G/w tokens is a token based strategy of attempting to flood the board with token creatures
>>688228338
This nigger knows what's up
>>688224949
Pro tip: read the cards
>>688228864
Non-competitive MTG sucks.
Waiting 10 turns to play dragons is just boring.
This game is meant for interaction, not throwing 10/10 flyers at your opponent's face after 30 minutes of "land-go"
>>688229053
Slivers are the shit.
>>688228932
Have a great social life and i work so not being a bum/nerd just trying to pick up a hobby
>>688228942
Sliver EDH is hell.
Complete hell.
Fuck slivers.
>>688224949
>Buy 20 boosters
>Buy 20 lands of each color
>Create a tri-color deck with 15 creatures, 15 spells, 30 lands
>Play legacy mode with random fellas in your local store
Sometimes you have to fly before you can walk, some other times you have to shit before you can eat
>>688228678
not in all matchups. like most decks slivers have weaknesses. It's actually not that difficult to deal with them, if you don't play a completely non-interactive mono green stompy deck (which I used to build all the time) or something...
>>688229153
slivers are shit
if you go tribal elves or fish
>>688228338
Also Phyrexians.
>>688228968
If the Kaladesh set doesn't have riggers and contraptions I'm gonna be mad. Perfect place for them.
>>688226042
Ice Age you noob.
>>688229270
Goblins.
Always go goblin tribal.
>>688229150
I meant non-competetive as in non-meta
>>688229347
I second this Goblins all the way
>>688229321
That's what I'm hoping.
Steamflogger Boss must become my deck winner.
>>688229156
well pick a good one you faggot
Play blue cards or you're a stupid nigger
>>688229156
Don't let assholes get you down.
FNM is a pretty fun environment, sure there are some nerd, neckbearded, weeaboo losers with no future, but most of us are pretty chill.
College students in engineering, accountancy, and nursing, as well as a security guard, an HP warehouse manager, and a caretaker are all part of my playgroup and we're not entirely social awkward, just awkward enough to say nigger in public with no care in the world
>>688229482
He needs to get banned in standard for being too good. That's how much I want them to make riggers and contraptions.
>>688227767
why the fuck is it illegal? that's bizarre...
>>688228968
marit lage please! I just love everything about the card the flavor of unleashing this giant thing out of a frozen lake plus the amazing artwork.
A drake deck can be good if you know what you are doing but I prefer my saproling deck.
>>688229614
Yes, play blue.
But only play blue if you're running Arcum Dagsson artifacts.
>>688224949
Play a lot. That is the best way to be good.
>>688229749
Not to mention Thing In The Ice was basically a baby Marit
Let's hope that was foreshadowing
>>688224949
Don't be a child, learn to play before trying to build your own deck.
>>688229717
FNM is not illegal, but every tournament on that you could win price money goes under the restrictions of gambling. As the players don't have equal chances of winning the game (you have good neutral and bad match-ups) it's considered unfair and thus illegal. Sad times
So moderns the way to go i think because i dont have alot of the same card
Honestly if you wanna be good in magic, find a deck that fits your play style. If you like to bum rush, do a soldier/token deck. if you like large monsters, do a beast red/green deck with buffs. those are a few examples
Read the rules, mtgo comprehensive rules is the search. It's really dry but if you're serious about learning it's a good place to start.
>>688230826
Modern works best with a lot of the same card.
A highlander format like Commander only allows one copy.
>>688225966
you could also consider building a pauper deck. It's pretty cheap in most cases as it is just composed of commons but the power level is roughly the same as a modern deck (this obviously varies alot)
Check out channelfireball.com and look for Marshall sutclife's videos. He is good for new players, once you know the rules.
>>688231408
also watching pros play kinda helps. try these channels for coverage of big tournaments:
>https://www.youtube.com/user/wizardsmtg
>https://www.youtube.com/user/starcitygamesvideo
Also looking through some deck lists and how the synergies work is helpful in understanding the mechanics in the game.
>>688224949
If you want anon im pretty sick today and that sounds like something i could do that wouldnt require me to tire myself out
post a skype or steam or whatever and ill hit you up
>>688230826
Probably standard, it's much easier to understand because there's less everything there. Think of it as a cup of fresh water from the lake.
Everything in standard is modern legal, but almost everything in modern isn't standard legal. If you learn standard first, it will allow the transition from standard to modern much, much easier
>>688230895
I had a hearty kek at the custom card, thanks anon
Build modern mill, splash green or white for enchant/artifact hate, have lulz when people rage
>>688224949
Just keep playing and tweak your deck to where you can plan out devastating strategies. Believe in the heart of the cards
>>688224949
B/W Master race checking in
>>688232564
>modern mill
only a 12 year old with an intro deck will rage the rest will just go about killing you and wondering why beginners always want lifegain and mill
>>688232564
>play countermagic with an original eldrazi or elixir of immortality
>literally gorge on tears of all millplans and combo packages
>>688228678
slivers are only op is you're a stupid faggot that doesn't pay attention to their mana base and board state.
Stupid faggot.
>>688232908
you're a dumbass, mill is legit now with the new sets
>>688232824
G/R or R/U I can never decide
>>688224949
>>688232824
I run thrax and momir vig in commander woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>>688226872
The man of the right is a fucking legend
>>688233138
they said that about duckmantel mindcrank too, and then lightning never struck again and it still only has one top 8
>>688232824
>>688233154
U/B // U/B/X master race
good to see you B/W, how are your shambling vents treating you?
>>688233138
He is right though that mill and lifegain are mechanics only strong enough to win the game when you can actually end the game with it in a reasonable amount of turns. which most beginner decks cant..
I, have returned
I haven't played in about 15 years but my fave decks were slivers, a green white mega life gaining deck, and reigns of power with no creatures of my own.
>>688233450
Mill is legit. You have to spend like a grand to get it but its legit
>>688233598
life gain can be legit too (see soul sisters even though I don't know how strong they are in the current format). I'm just saying these are hard ways to win the game
Mono red direct damage deck
Nyaxthid/phyrexian obliterate deck
That's all you need to pwn regularly
>>688226933
Its time to stop.
>>688233841
Don't knock it because you lost to it!
Banding is as OP as affinity and Horsemanship, case closed.
alright im gone for good this time
>>688233780
I'm not trying to win tournaments with it, I'm just trying to make people rage
>>688224949
Play alot, preferably against better players.
It's the only way.
>>688224949
look at/ buy premade decks
use them to see how they work
find a mechanic you like and build around that
for example
red decks tend to be lots of quick creatures to get in the early punch, followed by spells to finish them off.
where as green ones are manna, manna, manna. BIG CREATURE SMASH.
>>688224949
If you're new you should start with Duels of the Planeswalkers series to learn and understand the basics.
>>688234315
well then mill is certainly an option. alongside storm and draw-go-control
>>688235260
I use an infinite mana combo with rocket launcher for more rage as well lol
>>688226823
Best way to learn any card game really. Get a deck and leap into the fire
>>688224949
7 words
Shill with the mill
Dimir master race
>>688224949
This card is garbage.
old days of c.o.p.'s, a little life gaining, one peacekeeper and a few ways of killing and protecting him. wait for the enemy to build up a sizable army and drop down reins of power. used to really annoy people with that one.
>>688234744
Not OP, but I prefer playing two color decks that are a mixture of red and green because it's super-balanced
>>688226042
Ice age deck
>>688224949
Get familiar with the styles of color combos. Build around that or some mechanics/win conditions.
It's a matter of picking things that synergize well and making the opponent play your game.
However, if your playing competetive, you'll need to be ready to counter what popular decks are doing. This is where the sideboard really comes in handy.
I prefer kitchen table play, but I have some nice standard decks ready to go. Currently playing B/U Zombies. Good control and board presence as everything that dies comes back.
So just get familiar with your cards... or you know, play Eldrazi.
>>688234239
don't forget phasing, cumulative upkeep and ante
>>688236956
>play Eldrazi
This.
>>688226309
Ice age, Homelands, and the about a decade later was Cold Snap. Get your shit together man.
>>688224949
First of all, /tg/ would be a much better place to ask this question.
second, play all 5 colors, get a feel and understanding of how each play so you can better counteract them when you play against them.
Third, dont play standard. thats just a good way to waste your money. Play Commander or Legacy format so you can use all the cards you own.
Fourth: ???????
Fifth: Profit.
Jokes aside, player creatures with shadow and flanking. Bonus points if you can run an affinity deck. extra angst points if you run a new phyrexia deck.
>>688235850
In a budget deck's sideboard, Burn will rage and it's actually pretty funny
>>688238787
You got that picture with the girl cosplaying Earthbind?
>>688238603
no, you might as well go with a yoked ox or nyx fleece ram
>>688226042
same time feldon's cane was made. nice annoying mech when you were carrying four howling mines.
>>688238924
unfortunately I do not. I try to collect all the mtg porn i can find, but its very few and far between.
>>688225776
No one trades anymore. Lemme trade you this roast for your nantuko husk.
Yeah wait up lemme check how much this card goes for.
First lay down your trap card
Then wait for Yugi to play magic bean licker.
If you roll the dice and land a 8 you will automatically get an extra spin.
Now this phase is really important you much rev the beyblade up enough to shoot the bottles off the birds nest in one go. but you have 3 shots.
The next phase is the beer pong phase which is optional.
I skip that one.
Then you have the real beer pong phase which isn't skippable.
Anyway it's now ASH ketchups turn he summons Ymir from Smite to cast a spell of flame on you. 10/10 damage is done.
You are left writhing in pain until wait.... could it be.... yes! ITS JOHN CENA BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
Trust me it's not even close to being hearthstone. So one more thing this was only half of the first turn.
Now we go into the waiting phase.
Hitoro Iwata flys out from JAapane to persoannly ref the game.
OK now that the waiting phase is done we can go to the Call of duty phase. Trust me this one is gonna hurt. You have to have a team of 5 kids screaming "dumb shit fucks" at the top of their lungs at you as you're the only one left on the team in search and destroy.
If you disarm the bomb you may pass Go.
If you fail you go straight to jail.
When you master these steps you are finally ready to end your turn of Magic the grumblesnipes.
>>688238979
>tfw when you traded an Arlin Kord for 2 Nahiris before the spike
>>688239134
i got all the kemba shit but tahts like it, mtg porn is crap man
>>688225776
at the card shop i went to we had a game called pack wars. everyone buying a pack of cards would buy them, wait till everyone had a pack and open at the same time. whoever's pack was the strongest got everyone's pack with guy behind the counter being final judge in close cases. got quite a few cards that way.
>>688226377
Fucking this. Me and my friends started to play casually. Over time they got better and more expensive cards , which I couldnt keep up with. One of my buds has spent well over $500 dollars on cards.
upon learning that someone cosplay'd earthbind (I have that card, next to a few other choice cards) I found it after a little google searching
>>688227005
I usually play draft and in my situation girls out number the guys at our local gamestore. Easy girls, daddy issue girls that if you just start showing them affection they'd be eager to suck your dick. Banged three girls so far by justvgoing to FNM and casually talking / flirting with them
>>688239637
$500 is nothing.
It can get you a top tier standard deck now, but that's it.
>>688239618
I have a good number of MTG porn, just a bunch of it is spread throughout several folders.
Anyways, a few cards I collected just because of the art.
>>688240412
yeah the text on vitalizing cascade, i'm always like I can show you something else that's necessary for life babe
>>688241034
I have been playing since Revised edition, so my collection has more than a few interesting cards.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/enchantments-and-theft/
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/24-05-15-dash-it/
Two cheap shit decks i made a while ago
Good and fun for casual play
Not the best but fun and one is less than $5 without lands
>>688226206
Colour wise.
Black: zombies and demons
White: heals and humans
Blue: drawing cards and sorcery
Red: dragons and damage instants
Green: elves and extra mana
That's the average shit you'll find in colours
Some other cards from my primary deck. its mostly elemental's and massive destruction cards like Jakulhaups and decree of annihilation, with other fun things like shivan meteor. But to say the least I love Flowstone Overseer, he was such a great card to use in getting rid of indestructible monsters during mirrodin.
>>688224949
20 swamps. 20 relentless rats. The end.
am I going to be the only one posting rule 34 of MTG or are all of you too busy getting jizz on your cards?
I used to play when 4th edition came out. Then got ice age, weather light, mirage, and a shit ton others... Then I grew up. Sold a good portion of my cards, but still have a shitton left. Sucks getting old and left behind. I've no money to chase that dragon anymore.
>>688226973
Underrated
>Commander
>Mill
>Slivers
God damn you guys are fucking casuals
FINALLY! A place to post this.
also polishtamales
make an account on untap.in, start making decks, and play whenever you get the chance. if you find me in a lobby i go by sarenord, don't be a stranger
HANS, WATCHOUT! ITS THE LLURGOYF!
(only really old MTG players will get that reference)
>>688224949
Turn back while you can.
The game is an endless money trap.
>>688246309
Not to be a dickhole but: ACH! HANS, RUN
>>688224949
If you actually want to be a fucking pro.
Email me at [email protected]
I'm not even fucking kidding
>>688246641
you are right. My memory wasnt perfect, but you still got the general idea of the flavor text.
>>688243131
Splinter Twin is the only good card here.
KYS
>>688246309
Ach, Hans, Run, it's the...
>>688247386
splintertwin + tephraderm is that combo. You make a copy of teph and attack, forcing whatever blocks it to get killed as well. same for blocking.
I've been playing with magic before you were born son
I used to be in the top 20 in my country at one point. Dont play anymore though.
>>688246309
I've been playing MtG for 2 years and I get it.
I think anybody who knows what modern is knows what the lurgoyfs are.
also I beat the national champion. he was a fucking cunt. I played a mono red deck. Just burned and haste straight to the face. Goblin guides and burst lightning and lightning bolt. I'm sure there are equivalents in standard and modern now you can use.
1. Spend a lot of money
2. Spend more money
3. Figure out a win condition for your deck and play around it. Don't try to do too much.
4. Make smart trades
>>688224949
OP, i play magic, i use a white/blue deck with white only creatures but blue & white instants and spell card things also have a lot of the card pacifism. it stops that creature from attacking and blocking an attack also use flying creatures so normal monsters cant touch them.
>>688249057
Yep. Just play in a virtual setting. You'll be spending so much money to make a tournament ready competitive deck, and then you'll have to spend even more to keep up with the standard rotation. Not worth it in my opinion.
When starting out DRAFT as much as you can!!
Learn to play
Learn what you like
Trade your drafted cards to build your deck!
Dont collect but play for the tactical thinking
Be a warlord with a killer instinct
Look for your win line at all times
See your opponents win line and readjust your strategy
>>688227005
FNM's really vary depending on what store you go to. Currently, mine is a group of about 10-14 who just draft every week and play whatever format we want in between matches, and I really dig it.
I've been to some where it's just a standard event every week and I'm not really into that.
>>688247729
>Casual
>>688226933
Uh, wasn't banding removed because it got into basic combat rules? Blocking a big one with several little ones
To be good? Play fucktons of magic.
Get Modo, get into pauper or build a good deck in a format you like. Learn the metagame, learn how to play and what mistakes you are making.
If you want to get some insight into the high level, go buy the books Patrick Chapin has written -- it gives a lot of good insight.
It's not easy. The game is complex as fuck, and a lot of neckbeards have dedicated their life to it -- so unless you _Really_ want it, you're never going to be pro-tour caliber.
I run a mono red land destroy given to me by my father with meekstone, ankhs of mishra, dingus eggs, strip mines, and a sol ring. every card in the deck is vintage
>>688247729
You really never heard of Deceiver Exarch or Pestermite?
Test
>>688224949
Green and Colorless Eldrazi Deck
Rampaging Ballots
Urza Structures
Pelakka Wurms
Primeval Titans
Win because landfall and annihilator topkek
>>688251498
Sorry, meant to say baloths
>>688226973
Quite underrated, bravo
>>688251084
banding was too powerful. You could whole groups of weak monsters into 1 'big' creature, and then when damage gets dealt, instead of the person blocking choosing how its damage was dealt, it was the player with banding. And so if you played some timely instants or had some field enchantments, you could spread damage around to the point where none of your creatures died. it was too powerful. the banding player had ALL of the control in combat.
>>688250923
The deck is about being a massive asshole, not about winning. Or else I wouldnt have cards like Jakulhaups and decree of annihilation. I have over two dozen decks. some were competative, others are just for fun.
Anyone heading to Columbus for Legacy this weekend? It'll have shit for coverage but oh well.
>>688252331
What the fuck that card is also only like $16. Where is it banned through?
>>688252877
If you think that is powerful, look up "That which was Taken". You also might be interested in a spell called "Entangler".
you should also look up both of the Akroma creature cards.
>>688253240
I actually use entangler in my white/green soldier deck, but I'll definitely put in "That which was taken" in my dragon deck
>>688253688
If you are running a dragon deck, look up "Quicksilver Amulet" and "Dragonspeaker Shaman" And Dragonstorm as wells Form of the Dragon.
Quit while you can. I just sold my collection for $1140, and that was 45% value on each card. Fun times if you have nothing else to do. If your an engineeringfag, not good idea.
>>688226219
AVOID COCKATRICE AT ALL COSTS until/unless
A) You are confident in your rules knowledge and play skill.
B) You are playing with someone you trust and know will actually help you.
The reason I say this is because Cockatrice doesn't actually enforce rules or card interactions. So, you will get people that either
A) don't know what they're doing, which doesn't help you learn
B) are actually cheating you, which doesn't help you learn
C) are playing weird and difficult to follow decks that sometimes can kill on turn 1, or else take 20+ minute turns, which doesn't really help you learn
>>688254176
I already have quicksilver amulet and dragonspeaker shaman. I was thinking about putting in dragonstorm, but I have sarkhan unbroken, and I'll definitely consider form of the dragon.
>>688224949
step 1: look up best deck from last Pro event
step 2: scrounge up enough cash to buy said deck
step 3: enjoy playing said deck
...for the next few months before half of it is banned and becomes shit
step 4: sell those cards and play casual from here out, or EDH
>>688254808
get yourself a dragonsoul knight, dragonmaster outcast, hunting grounds, karrthus Tyrant of jund, scion of the ur dragon, draco, kaleidostone. I have those (among many other dragons) in my dragon deck.
>>688252877
i got it for 12
>>688256017
still though that card is cheap for what it does
>>688256192
it really is
>>688252331
i havent played magic since Revised/Ice Age, but wtf is this crap? amazingly overpowered
>>688256192
implying what it does has effect on price
>>688226149
Divide your deck I to four part to stack, early low cast (cast 3 or less), midge cast of 3-5, late game of cast 5+, and support for throw out.
>>688256415
It came from timespiral. There has been a massive power creep since the start of 'modern' magic. It started with Mirrodin and has gotten really bad in some time periods. Mirrodin had the utterly broken Affinity and Indestructable. Time spiral really opened up the flood gates, then toned down a little bit. Then when Scars of Mirrodin happened, new Phyrexia was just so god -awful broken with infect (wither+poison).. then things have waned down a little bit. But if your use to 'old' magic, new magic is going to be a massive shock.
>>688226206
Color is not a stratagy.
>>688226289
No shit that's why he's asking for advice, can you read?
>>688257208
color is the start of a strategy. Some colors really only have access to certain types of spells. You will almost never find counter spells in red, just like you will almost never find trample in blue.
if you have a particular strategy in mind, color plays a major factor.
>>688226933
Bannding didn't make sense, it's basicly blocking with multiple creatures and mashing them together
>>688258018
banding allowed the banding player to choose how damage was dealt to their creatures, instead of the other player choosing damage. Not to mention banding creatures could band with 1 other creature that didnt have banding. Leading to some really broken shenanigans.
>>688224949
1. invest hundreds of dollars.
2. buy the top netdeck.
3. look up how to play the deck since you're too useless to learn the game.
4. win.
>>688224949
A mana ramp deck. Basic lyrics you play spells that pull mana out of your deck directly. Also includes creatures and artifacts that produce mana. Then you finish off with Uber powerful cards that win the game for you.
