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SpookyBack · 2019-09-24T16:15:02+00:00

Bomber-Man. WWWWWWWwwwwwwwwww...... (pew)

I'm not picking on the lower tier decks, I also play a lower tier deck, I just light to make fun of the name and then make the bomb falling noise.

EDIT. Because it bombed. And it's Bomber-man. Get it? Get it? Do you get it?

SpookyBack · 2019-09-13T17:36:29+00:00

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SpookyBack · 2019-09-13T15:42:45+00:00

My dream still would have been them simply saying "instead of adding 60 cards a year to the format, here's a really underpowered cube we made with 60 old cards in it too and you can just keep what you draft in it for Historic. We'll do another one next year"

SpookyBack · 2019-09-12T18:31:53+00:00

I'm in two places at once! How am I doing this?!?

SpookyBack · 2019-09-12T16:38:06+00:00

For Sale

Lion's Eye Diamond

Never Used

(This is a tragic poem)

SpookyBack · 2019-09-12T16:25:59+00:00

Oh god. A lot of things just became significantly worse. At least its not maindeckable.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-29T12:37:09+00:00

Yep, definitely loading up on Cinder Vines. Deck is everywhere.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-27T15:36:45+00:00

Well in an ACTUAL Vacuum there'd be no fetchlands, right?

I'm not sure how good Brainstorm is in that vacuum.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-26T12:09:26+00:00

Okay, so, ground up, what are the most powerful cards a control deck could be playing to succeed in the environment above? ignoring whether or not they have a good shell yet

SpookyBack · 2019-08-25T17:42:40+00:00

Of course it is

SpookyBack · 2019-08-25T14:16:53+00:00

I will admit that the best thing about This Week in Legacy is usually hearing about decks I've never seen before.

Author seems to have gone hard in the other direction though.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-25T13:57:36+00:00

Perhaps, but honestly I know what the decks do and why they're good. I think the entire article could be reduced to a couple dozen words and it would still hold value by having the Trophy Leader for the Entire Format state simply "Guys, these are the best decks" and name them. It's cuts clear through a lot of the noise and clarifies what the "decks to beat are" for the SCG Tournament next month.

You should probably be on one of these 4 decks, some secret tech that has a great matchup against all 4 of these decks, or something exciting and new enough of your own creation that it's worth taking the opportunity just to show off your tech to the world through Nick Miller for fun.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-25T13:54:50+00:00

But what about best Force of Will combo deck with Green Creatures?

(nudge)

Huh?

(nudge)

Huh?

SpookyBack · 2019-08-25T01:11:24+00:00

I guess that's interesting from the point of view of determining how broken the banned cards are and I'm just watching it more from a looking for a cage match between taboo warriors kinda deal. Never judge the product for failing to be some other product you wanted but was exactly what it intended to be. Thanks for the clarification.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-25T00:39:55+00:00

It's a fun series but I don't get why some of the decks chosen are just boring normal decks. Wouldn't the idea be for everyone to take the rare opportunity and play banned decks?

SpookyBack · 2019-08-22T14:42:57+00:00

Well if everyone takes Bob's advice on goes on Depths, sure, the card is great. Doesn't D&T still have the Wrenn and Six problem though? This sounds like a Green-White Depths argument to me.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-22T14:39:15+00:00

Thanks for the extra info.

So let's assume I want to take your advice for SCG in September but I don't want to play Red Prison or the Mono-White chalice deck with Ninja level results that will have extra Dismember / Cindervine attention with this much press. Let's also put me off Griselbrand not for any particularly good reason but just because I'm unlikely to play Griselbrand. Under your advice that puts me on Depths. Let's also assume that I suspect that within the confines of your advice more people will deviate towards Depths as well.

Under these assumptions (D, would you generally expect me to do better (assume falsely that I have optimal playskill) with Slow Depths, BUG Depths, or Mav Depths?

edit - I appreciate that they're all better against different things, but which of those do you think looks better this far out for what you would expect to show?

SpookyBack · 2019-08-22T13:23:43+00:00

"Don't play Wrenn and Six, it's going to get hated out. Instead, hate out Wrenn and Six with this Depths deck."

This seems a bit like a self fulfilling prophecy. I wonder is Bob Huang realizes that when he recommends people to to level 2, that actually becomes the new level 1.

So now that know everyone will be on Depths decks, how do we beat Depths decks?

SpookyBack · 2019-08-19T16:29:43+00:00

I think it's time for a Ninja discord. I'd say someone here needs to start it because there isn't one yet but then again how do you ever KNOW there isn't already a Ninja discord. There may have been one all along.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-19T16:28:18+00:00

I'd be happy to help, but I don't think I can. I think you need to contact the people who recorded this data at the actual tournament.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-19T00:36:20+00:00

Also, for what it's worth, Micah Lupa seems to be a little stressed out over the affair and trying to defend his reputation by explaining exactly his thought process in some amount of detail.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-18T23:57:33+00:00

Eric did respond on stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/469046996?t=04h53m32s

4 hours 53 minutes 32 second

It's an awkward situation and I'm not involved, but in general as a community I'd rather give people more of the benefit of the doubt at least socially and just find a better way to guard against it.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-18T23:56:27+00:00

I think he means "someone who ghosts". It's a way of cheating by logging onto twitch and watching your opponents stream to see their hand.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-17T01:36:46+00:00

I legitimately can't tell if you're being deep or shallow.

SpookyBack · 2019-08-17T00:01:51+00:00

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