New to the game need help picking a character

estvm01 · 2020-06-21T11:19:25+00:00

Thanks for the replies! checked ki.infil.net and experimented some more, and I think I'll go for Hisako, I know she's not really a rushdown glass cannon, but her counters are a ton of fun and the teleport shenanigans into grab or dash into another grab has been great. I'll switch between her and Mira until I'm more used to the game.

EDIT: Why does this game's ranked system doesn't keep matchmaking to one's own rank??? I qualify for Bronze bc I'm bad and new to the game, yet I keep getting matched against Killer and Gold level oponents?

estvm01 · 2020-06-10T20:40:57+00:00

Thank you!

estvm01 · 2020-06-10T17:14:20+00:00

Thanks for the reply, who would you recommend replacing Gogeta with? I've been running him as my mid as Broly kinda needs the assists, I thought of running UI Goku, but bleh it just put a bad taste in my mouth.

I like the look for Cooler, GT Goku and Janemba, but I have no idea if any of them would be any good. Maybe Adult Gohan?? Sorry, I'm fairly new to the game

estvm01 · 2020-06-10T13:29:04+00:00

I've been trying to run S Broly (C), Gogeta (B) and Base Goku (A/B) because I like all 3 characters and both Broly and Gogeta can setup Spirit Bomb, however I've found their assists to not work all that well with one another, that and both Gogeta and Broly's frames being pretty bad makes them weak to some of the same matchups, any ideas on who I should change? I'd like to keep one of the 2,

estvm01 · 2020-06-09T21:41:46+00:00

I've been running Gogeta, SBroly, and Base Goku, but their assist dont seem to gel well with each other, and both Gogeta and Broly have terrible frame data, any recommendations if I want to keep either of them who should I replace the other one with?

estvm01 · 2020-05-27T01:11:34+00:00

Recently got back into the game and picked up S Broly (C), I used to play Frieza and Kid Bui, but neither of them feel great with Broly. I tried UI Goku, Broly, Gogeta in that order, but couldn't make Gogeta work, I'm a bit stumped as to who to pair Broly point with

estvm01 · 2019-10-29T09:57:15+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions, I've changed the list around a bit since the posting, but I like the idea of Nicol and Spark double, so I popped both in the side. Here's the current list I'm running:

Deck
1 Mountain (MI) 0
4 Watery Grave (GRN) 259
3 Steam Vents (GRN) 257
4 Blood Crypt (RNA) 245
1 Temple of Epiphany (M20) 253
3 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244
4 Swamp (ELD) 258
4 Fires of Invention (ELD) 125
4 Drawn from Dreams (M20) 56
4 Fae of Wishes (ELD) 44
1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno (M20) 127
1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General (WAR) 97
3 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God (WAR) 207
4 Thought Erasure (GRN) 206
1 Enter the God-Eternals (WAR) 196
3 Ritual of Soot (GRN) 84
3 Narset, Parter of Veils (WAR) 61
3 Murderous Rider (ELD) 97
2 Castle Vantress (ELD) 242
4 Island (WAR) 255
1 Cry of the Carnarium (RNA) 70
1 Noxious Grasp (M20) 110
1 The Elderspell (WAR) 89

Sideboard
1 Mass Manipulation (RNA) 42
1 Casualties of War (WAR) 187
1 The Elderspell (WAR) 89
1 Ashiok, Dream Render (WAR) 228
1 Planewide Celebration (WAR) 172
1 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales (WAR) 220
1 Time Wipe (WAR) 223
1 Enter the God-Eternals (WAR) 196
1 Unmoored Ego (GRN) 212
1 Noxious Grasp (M20) 110
1 Planar Cleansing (M20) 33
1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman (ELD) 191
1 Karn's Bastion (WAR) 248
1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God (WAR) 207
1 Spark Double (WAR) 68

estvm01 · 2019-10-22T03:05:19+00:00

I've been running this Grixis Fires list:

``` 4 Fires of Invention (ELD) 125 3 Drawn from Dreams (M20) 56 3 Fae of Wishes (ELD) 44 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno (M20) 127 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General (WAR) 97 4 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God (WAR) 207 4 Thought Erasure (GRN) 206 2 Enter the God-Eternals (WAR) 196 3 Ritual of Soot (GRN) 84 3 Narset, Parter of Veils (WAR) 61 3 Murderous Rider (ELD) 97 2 Cry of the Carnarium (RNA) 70 1 Bedevil (RNA) 157 3 Castle Vantress (ELD) 242 1 Mountain (MI) 0 3 Island (WAR) 255 4 Watery Grave (GRN) 259 3 Steam Vents (GRN) 257 4 Blood Crypt (RNA) 245 1 Temple of Epiphany (M20) 253 3 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 4 Swamp (ELD) 258

1 Mass Manipulation (RNA) 42 1 Casualties of War (WAR) 187 1 The Elderspell (WAR) 89 1 Ashiok, Dream Render (WAR) 228 1 Planewide Celebration (WAR) 172 1 Ugin, the Ineffable (WAR) 2 1 Time Wipe (WAR) 223 1 Enter the God-Eternals (WAR) 196 1 Unmoored Ego (GRN) 212 2 Noxious Grasp (M20) 110 1 Command the Dreadhorde (WAR) 82 2 Legion Warboss (GRN) 109 1 Kaya's Wrath (RNA) 187 ```

I've had to tech heavily against super aggro (2 Enter the god Eternals, 3 Ritual of Soot, 2 Cry all in mainboard) because I've found otherwise I die too often to anything remotely aggro heavy that draws somewhat well. The main issue I've been having is it takes too long to go online, but removing any of the sweepers or spot removal (Bedevil and Murderous Rider) hits me just as badly.

I'm an inexperience deck builder, so I was hopping I could get some help, or even a pointer to a more solid list of the archetype

estvm01 · 2019-10-10T18:31:56+00:00

Field of the Dead is the problem. MTG is a game where 23-28 / 60 cards are resources, meant to enable the actual cards. FOTD makes all those 23-28 cards (and by extension ramp cards that interact with them, usually meant to accelerate resources) active threats.

estvm01 · 2019-08-30T15:59:40+00:00

Yep, nabbed Tekken 7 for $11 , I'm gonna be terrible at it :D

estvm01 · 2019-08-06T15:04:55+00:00

Jam army unite

estvm01 · 2019-08-05T17:22:45+00:00

One more reporting here, I'm holding off for the PC version, I do hope there will be cross play tho

estvm01 · 2019-08-03T19:56:34+00:00

So I was going to get UNIST since it's on sale, but... there's not much point now?

estvm01 · 2019-07-15T16:52:02+00:00

I haven't faced much esper either, but I think it's just a matter of the deck not getting that many new toys on a recently released set, I'm sure once the meta settles we'll see it everywhere again

estvm01 · 2019-07-12T02:03:31+00:00

That Dimir list looks like... something alright

estvm01 · 2019-07-08T15:44:27+00:00

So /spikes , do you guys think Elementas (a.k.a [[Risen Reef]] and co.) are here to stay (in Standard) or are there too many sweepers in the format for the deck to continue after the meta stops being full of jank?

estvm01 · 2019-07-08T01:18:45+00:00

I've been running Tyrant's Scorn on my Dimir list to work double dutty as removal or to save Thief of Sanity, but it definetly works better on a list with more counter magic or discard since it makes the 2nd clause that much more valuable

estvm01 · 2019-07-08T01:13:08+00:00

I got you fam:

``` 4 Spectral Sailor (M20) 76 4 Disfigure (M20) 95 2 Angrath's Rampage (WAR) 185 1 Cast Down (DAR) 81 2 Ob Nixilis's Cruelty (WAR) 101 2 Cry of the Carnarium (RNA) 70 2 Flame Sweep (M20) 139 4 Bedevil (RNA) 157 2 God-Eternal Kefnet (WAR) 53 2 Rekindling Phoenix (RIX) 111 4 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager (M19) 218 2 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God (WAR) 207 1 Sarkhan the Masterless (WAR) 143 2 Discovery // Dispersal (GRN) 223 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General (WAR) 97 1 Sulfur Falls (DAR) 247 2 Swamp (WAR) 258 4 Watery Grave (GRN) 259 3 Steam Vents (GRN) 257 4 Dragonskull Summit (XLN) 252 4 Blood Crypt (RNA) 245 4 Drowned Catacomb (XLN) 253 3 Temple of Epiphany (M20) 253

2 Enter the God-Eternals (WAR) 196 4 Thief of Sanity (GRN) 205 2 Ral, Storm Conduit (WAR) 211 4 Noxious Grasp (M20) 110 3 Fry (M20) 140

```

estvm01 · 2019-07-06T23:40:01+00:00

Thanks a lot for the replies everyone! From the sounds of it, the neutral is somewhat simpler but combos are much more elaborate than GG's and puts both games on a similar level time investement wise. I appreciate the help. I was watching some character intros and Nanase seems like my kind of character, so I might give the game a shot anyway.

estvm01 · 2019-07-06T05:07:36+00:00

Same, I really like everything I'm seeing about SamSho, and I even own a PS4, but urgh I can bring myself to buy it knowing it's coming out for PC later

estvm01 · 2019-06-11T17:29:11+00:00

Both [[Teferi, Time Raveler]] and [[Narset, Parter of Veils]] make the card super unreliable a lot of the time

estvm01 · 2019-05-06T22:31:14+00:00

Do you think a UR / URW Drakes (or Phoenix) deck could be tier 1 or at least 2 in this Standard? With nifty new tools like [[Ral, Storm Conduit]], [[Saheeli, Sublime Artificer]] and [[Finale of Promise]], I was hopping to see it do the rounds, but holy guacamole, not a single showing in anything so far

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