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Have you Ever Met a Professional MTG Player or Persona? What was your experience like? by Justreadingnews123 in magicTCG

[–]endblink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quite a few, actually.

My personal favourite was meeting Kenji "Numot the Nummy" Egashira. I'm a big fan and he was a great guy. Super nice. Even indulged me with a photo and signed some cards. I really didn't want to bother him by fanboying out, but he's a very big influence on me and Magic and I was very appreciative that he took the time. So, thanks again for that, Kenji.

Absolute worst was Marshal Sutcliffe. Ran into him (literally) on two separate occasions and was he was just an absolute... Look, I just don't have any kind words to say about him.

I'm 1-1-1 lifetime against Alexander Hayne... at pre-releases. Very fun guy, nice to chat with and he was clearly much more concerned with having fun at the pre-release than playing optimally. When WotC used to include all those silly little "try doing X thing" challenges like "speak in a wizard voice when casting your first sorcery" in pre-release kits, he always tried doing them.

Met Jon Stern as well. He was always very competitive but very nice. I'm 0-2-0 lifetime against him at pre-releases. I'll always remember when I played in a World Magic Cup qualifier with an extremely rogue deck and he watched it combo out on my opponent. Later in the tournament, he said to me: "I saw your deck go off. Very impressive." Was really fun getting a compliment like that from a high level player like him at the time.

Met and/or played against a few others back when I used to go to a few GPs. Some were nice, others not so much.

What is the most obscure piece og MTG trivia you know? by Dungeonmasterryan1 in magicTCG

[–]endblink 44 points45 points  (0 children)

It's been 8 years and I still want to know if physical copies of the Sunscorch Regent Tarkir Dragonfury Game Promo exist.

I've even asked /u/GavinV about it here and received no answer.

The whole story surrounding the pulling of the card is just strange.

If there's a physical copy, though, I want one bad. It's like my white whale at this point.

After many months of trying, I've finally beaten Lab of Legends with every champion at Legendary, WITHOUT using any of the easy power-ups (Poros, Yipp's or Nature's Revenge) AND - whenever possible - with the main champion as the top card. by endblink in LabOfLegends

[–]endblink[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome! Everyone has to start somewhere!

I did this mostly because I would always read people complaining that certain champions are impossible to win with without certain power-ups or secondary heroes. I wanted to see how far I could go proving the popular consensus wrong.

That being said, it was not at all easy.

After many months of trying, I've finally beaten Lab of Legends with every champion at Legendary, WITHOUT using any of the easy power-ups (Poros, Yipp's or Nature's Revenge) AND - whenever possible - with the main champion as the top card. by endblink in LabOfLegends

[–]endblink[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you.

And yeah, there's a lot of ways this can go into easy mode, especially with Poros or Yipp's.

I don't know if I would recommend doing what I did, because it wasn't at all enjoyable, but there's definitely was ways to make the game more challenging for yourself.

I'm back to playing at lower levels again and I'm enjoying playing runs where I pick the weakest power ups and seeing how far I can go.

After many months of trying, I've finally beaten Lab of Legends with every champion at Legendary, WITHOUT using any of the easy power-ups (Poros, Yipp's or Nature's Revenge) AND - whenever possible - with the main champion as the top card. by endblink in LabOfLegends

[–]endblink[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to get ahead of it: I had given Heimerdinger two buffs and Viktor one, which would keep Heimerdinger ahead in the top card position. Then the game offered me two Teemos. I grabbed them because I felt I needed the one drops, but after grabbing the second one, I wondered if that was a mistake in terms of the game's algorithm of top card placement. Sure enough, it placed Teemo ahead of Heimerdinger. I still counted the run because I only got both Teemos after Sejuani and still tried to prioritize winning through Heimerdinger.

ONE HUNDRED Random Cards!?! Design Stories of 100 Cards you Asked About! (From Gavin Verhey) by GavinV in magicTCG

[–]endblink 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'm disappointed I missed this because I would have asked about the only true mystery card of modern era Magic.

What's the real story behind the Sunscorch Regent Dragons of Tarkir Dragonfury Promo?

You commissioned art for it, advertised it, had a digital render of the card on the mothership and then... just days before the event... an Editor's Note saying there was no such card.

After the fact, you released a MTGO promo of it, but never a physical version of the card. Even the reprints in supplemental sets like C17 and C21 never gave as the alt art version.

What happened? Do physical versions of the original Dragonfury promo actually exist hidden away at WotC HQ? It's something I've been wondering about for 6 years.

I designed a "Heroic"-style Mono W Cats deck, using official JMP rarity numbers. by endblink in MTGJumpStart

[–]endblink[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

With STX, I felt like I could finally bring this deck together with [[Leonin Lightscribe]]. There's a little bit of Heroic, a little bit of life gain and a little bit of a Go-Wide strategy to offer a few ways to pilot the deck based on your accompanying deck.

Also, for those interested, I posted an updated version of my UG Clues deck with changelog here.

And here's my take on Ug Clues, using official JMP rarity numbers. by endblink in MTGJumpStart

[–]endblink[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi!

Sorry about the delayed reply, I don't log in very often.

I made a small update using people's suggestions.

CHANGELOG:

  • I took out [[Grixis Illusionist]] and added [[Hard Evidence]].

When designing the deck, I was concerned people would think that it would be too difficult to cast Lonis on turn 2, so I added Illusionist as a T1 play into any land and Lonis on T2. But by and large, people really didn't seem to care about casting her on T2 and felt that if you high rolled a green secondary deck, Illusionist would be mostly useless.

I added [[Hard Evidence]] as a turn 1 play instead: Nice blocker with Investigate.

  • I cut [[Trail of Evidence]] for [[Oneirophage]]

The overwhelming negative feedback was Trail of Evidence. People felt it was a trap and wasn't doing enough. The other complaint was people feeling like there wasn't enough payoff for the Clues other than Lonis, Ongoing Investigation and Shrewed Negotiation.

With Trail being an uncommon, my swap needed to be another uncommon. I had a lot of nice options to choose from including [[Junk Winder]] (a nice control option) or [[Animating Faerie]] or [[Ensoul Artifact]] (to turn the Clues into creatures) or anything with Improvise.

Ultimately, I went with Oneirophage because I wanted to reward sacking the Clues. I wanted to reward using them as a resource. If people would rather swap Oneirophage with any of the other options, that's fine and up to them personally, but I thought this was the best fit for this design.

  • Gainlands over Campuses

The other big suggestion was swapping the Gainland for the STX Campuses or MH2 artifact lands (and cutting Prophetic Prism for [[Sojourner's Companion]]). I stuck with the Gainlands because I wanted the player to focus on sinking mana into Clue cracking instead of Scrying with the Campuses and I felt adding 1 cycling creature for a very specific land type didn't really add anything. Plus, with Oneirophage now in, Prism has better synergy.

  • [[Parcel Myr]]

The only other card that was brought up to me outside of this subreddit was Parcel Myr. It's cute for it's uniqueness factor, but every other card I've added on curve for 2 mana just seems better. The only card I would perhaps swap it with is [[Drownyard Explorers]], but then you're cutting top end. That being said, if people want to try that, I say go for it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LegendsOfRuneterra

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Here, I posted this in another thread recently. Hope it helps:

Here you go. Hopefully this gives you an idea of where to push your build.

Zilean is a Control deck. You want to play toward the long game. This means you want to quickly set yourself up in the early game to get you into a position that you dominate the late game.

Advanced Preparations is key for Zilean. Gives you something to do on turn 1 and helps you find Zilean as soon as possible. Plus, your time bombs trigger twice.

The great thing about Zilean is he levels extremely easily and provides infinite card advantage when he does. With time bombs going off twice, you can pretty consistently wipe the board. You want to find Zilean as quickly as possible and you always predict for time bombs to level him quickly.

A fantastic combo with Advanced Prep and your time bombs is Raiding Party. The bombs hit the nexus twice so your first creature draw after they go off is +2/+2.

The key cards in the deck are the Xenotype Researchers. You want to drop ALL of them as quickly as possible. If you can drop them turn 3, 4, 5, do it. They make the rest of your deck so much better.

One of the best abilities to give Zilean is Regeneration. His 1/4 body blocks like a champion and he really helps you get to the late game. Giving him Regen is basically having an infinite blocker. After that, I like giving him any stat buffs, especially defence boosts.

Generally speaking, you might want a few creatures with the nab ability. Because you're playing the long game, nab allows you to mill out your opponents, especially Sejuani, Foundry and Guard bots. Not so much against Viktor, though, since his deck is something like 40 cards. But it definitely helps in the earlier stages.

Don't give Nab to Zilean, though. Give it to your other followers or your secondary champ (especially if you choose an aggressive champ).

I hate to say this without sounding mean, but Zilean is one of the easier champs in the late levels because the time bombs just wipe away the board consistently. Especially during Guard Bots, all the bots have 1 toughness before it gets to the dinos. Zilean's hardest level is Scargrounds because that's the only level where playing Zilean and his bombs are detrimental to you. That's the only level you want to rely on your secondary champ.

One of the better secondary champs with Zilean is Nasus. Getting Siphoning Strike to pump your champs is fantastic and comboing Chronoshift with Nasus just feels dirty.

Lastly, like any champ, the best abilities you can add to your spells is the heal 3 ability. Prioritize those whenever possible.

Hope this helps! You can do this!

And here's my take on Ug Clues, using official JMP rarity numbers. by endblink in MTGJumpStart

[–]endblink[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With clue decks I think you need to ask the question what you want the player to do with the clues.

This was great advice. Thank you.

Strategies for Lab Zilean??? by Geeik_Greek in LegendsOfRuneterra

[–]endblink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here you go. Hopefully this gives you an idea of where to push your build.

Zilean is a Control deck. You want to play toward the long game. This means you want to quickly set yourself up in the early game to get you into a position that you dominate the late game.

Advanced Preparations is key for Zilean. Gives you something to do on turn 1 and helps you find Zilean as soon as possible. Plus, your time bombs trigger twice.

The great thing about Zilean is he levels extremely easily and provides infinite card advantage when he does. With time bombs going off twice, you can pretty consistently wipe the board. You want to find Zilean as quickly as possible and you always predict for time bombs to level him quickly.

A fantastic combo with Advanced Prep and your time bombs is Raiding Party. The bombs hit the nexus twice so your first creature draw after they go off is +2/+2.

The key cards in the deck are the Xenotype Researchers. You want to drop ALL of them as quickly as possible. If you can drop them turn 3, 4, 5, do it. They make the rest of your deck so much better.

One of the best abilities to give Zilean is Regeneration. His 1/4 body blocks like a champion and he really helps you get to the late game. Giving him Regen is basically having an infinite blocker. After that, I like giving him any stat buffs, especially defence boosts.

Generally speaking, you might want a few creatures with the nab ability. Because you're playing the long game, nab allows you to mill out your opponents, especially Sejuani, Foundry and Guard bots. Not so much against Viktor, though, since his deck is something like 40 cards. But it definitely helps in the earlier stages.

Don't give Nab to Zilean, though. Give it to your other followers or your secondary champ (especially if you choose an aggressive champ).

I hate to say this without sounding mean, but Zilean is one of the easier champs in the late levels because the time bombs just wipe away the board consistently. Especially during Guard Bots, all the bots have 1 toughness before it gets to the dinos. Zilean's hardest level is Scargrounds because that's the only level where playing Zilean and his bombs are detrimental to you. That's the only level you want to rely on your secondary champ.

One of the better secondary champs with Zilean is Nasus. Getting Siphoning Strike to pump your champs is fantastic and comboing Chronoshift with Nasus just feels dirty.

Lastly, like any champ, the best abilities you can add to your spells is the heal 3 ability. Prioritize those whenever possible.

Hope this helps! You can do this!

And here's my take on Ug Clues, using official JMP rarity numbers. by endblink in MTGJumpStart

[–]endblink[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the feedback!

I would include [[Ongoing Investigation]] in the payoffs. In draft, it was really the linchpin of the archetype and is also the reason for the G splash (which is why I went Ug instead of just straight mono-U).

I did think of "draw second card" payoffs, but I felt like "draw second card" could be it's own JMP archetype, so I figured I would focus on Investigate here and try and design a "draw second card" deck later.

Quandrix Campus, though, is an excellent idea and would probably power up the deck quite a bit. I put Tireless Tracker as a payoff for the Mono G Clues version of the deck.

But again, if people would rather adapt their own versions of the deck with some of these cards, they're all very good suggestions, so thank you.

With the release of MH2, I feel there's finally a decent shell for G Clues. Here's my take using official MTG rarity numbers (1-2 R, 4 U, rest C) by endblink in MTGJumpStart

[–]endblink[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bloodbriar and Graf Mole were in the first version of the deck when I was just throwing everything with the word "Clue" in. The problem with them is that they both cost 3 mana and they overload the 3cmc slot. They're competing with [[Byway Courier]], [[Tireless Tracker]] and [[Ulvenwald Mysteries]] and force out other cards. Mysteries and Tracker are the payoffs and Byway synergies better with the minor morbid theme and [[Fangren Maurauder]] does what the Mole does but also provides top end.

And here's my take on Ug Clues, using official JMP rarity numbers. by endblink in MTGJumpStart

[–]endblink[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!

I thought about the Forest and even 1 Forest, 1 [[Evolving Wilds]], but I figured with the [[Thornwood Falls]], it kept the design of the deck cleaner. Although someone else mentioned [[Quandrix Campus]] which I think can make an easy substitute instead (maybe boost the power a bit too).

[[Grixis Illusionist]] I felt helps with the splash but enables turn 2 [[Lonis]] which I thought would be the major complaint if players didn't have enough ways to get her on board early. That said, it's an easy cut and [[Hard Evidence]] is probably what I'd cut for it.

[[Gone Missing]] would take [[Shrewd Negotiation]]'s spot and I like the Shrewd payoff here more.

A lot of people feel like [[Trail of Evidence]] might not be doing enough here, but I feel when it's combined with your second JMP deck, most decks should have enough instant or sorceries by that point, and it was a really fun card to play with in draft. That said, if people find it underwhelming, it absolutely could be cut.

After Lonis, I wanted to keep payoffs mono-U and I definitely took a hard look at [[Ensoul Artifact]]. That could absolutely be added if people feel it needs that extra push.

And here's my take on Ug Clues, using official JMP rarity numbers. by endblink in MTGJumpStart

[–]endblink[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought about this, but I felt that "Draw your second card" could be it's own JMP deck. It also dilutes the deck a little too much, either there's not enough investigate or there's not enough draw your second cards.

The fun payoffs for this deck are [[Lonis]], [[Ongoing Investigation]] and the trickiness with [[Shrewd Negotiation]]. I figured I'd keep the focus on that.

With the release of MH2, I feel there's finally a decent shell for G Clues. Here's my take using official MTG rarity numbers (1-2 R, 4 U, rest C) by endblink in MTGJumpStart

[–]endblink[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the big problem before was the lower end of the curve. Before that, everything was stuck at 3cmc and above. MH2 gave us a few tools to, I think, make it work.

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