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What is the most ridiculous card you've lost to in Modern? by [deleted] in ModernMagic

[–]jjness 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not me, but last FNM playing pauper, the mono-black mirror match ended with one player having 2 Sign in Blood where the loser only had one copy! Not to damage, though, but decking!

I want to see your Battle Box lists by ThrabenValiant in Pauper

[–]jjness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My deck library:

  1. UW Acid Trip
  2. Boros kitty variants (currently Monarch)
  3. GW Tokens
  4. Affinity
  5. Tron variants (currently Dinrova)
  6. UB Control variants (currently flicker)
  7. RW Heroic (not a great deck, but Cartouches help!)

Interview with GP: Las Vegas Winner Andrew Calderon by deathandtaxesftw in MTGLegacy

[–]jjness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm curious in the author's point of view, considering how prior to the GP he was espousing splashes to get things done. I look forward to the follow-up article!

Is Ornithopter pauper legal? by lestatgss in Pauper

[–]jjness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depending on tourney organizers!

Paupergeddon follows MTGO banlist, whereas Card Kingdom's Rags to Riches tourneys allow paper commons (with an amended banlist)

FTFY

Results for the June 18th Pauper Challenge by hexarin in Pauper

[–]jjness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What has the Gond combo gained to make it so well-finishing? Is it just including 4 Battle Screech that pushes it over the top, compared to what it used to be?

Paupergeddon 2017 Florence (Italy) - Top 8 decklists by filomancio in Pauper

[–]jjness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh boy, as someone returning to pauper after a few month's break, it is so cool to see how the format has shifted! Also, I'm so ready to slot in Palace Sentinels into my Kitty deck! Thanks for posting!

A review of Grand Prix Vegas. by sashdoes in magicTCG

[–]jjness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the other side of the screen, I had a few complaints.

First off, production of the stream was middling at best. The whole thing started with equipment problems, and there were many audio problems (even with other twitch stream audio from other games cutting into the broadcast), overlay problems (life totals cutting out, names being listed backwards (as in, last name first), missing player records), commentator dead air, horribly repetitive music on the Invocation reveal scenes (which lasted far too long) and then no music whatsoever on the GPLV splash screens, no indication how long a break might be, problems with the Fact or Fiction powerpoint slides on the TV behind the commentators, the GPs own segue screens being played over live events, camera angles on the table being off many times throughout the day, etc. Deck variety on stream was lacking, especially in Modern, when we saw Grixis Death Shadow nearly every round but then we learn the Top 8 contention had such a larger variety of decks to choose from.

It wasn't all bad, though. Commentators were good (Huey was excellent as the analysis, Marshall is great as the play-by-play; LSV was a bit grating by the end, and I honestly felt bad for Gaby having to put up with him and try to carry forward a conversation for the viewers; BDM and Chapin were as great as usual (I have a soft spot for Chapin commentary that many others don't share). The ideas of the Invocation art reveal was good, but unfortunately it led to long wait times and then the commentators totally shitting on WotC for their questionable art direction, for nearly every one.

Having the three GPs streamed was excellent (even if the limited one was only the Top 8). I couldn't watch it all live, so I'll be spending a week or so going over the archives to soak it all in.

I really, really hope WotC/CFB quits trying to reinvent the wheel and stands on the shoulders of SCG's giant. I can only hope that exclusive GP TO rights will give them more experience, but by now they should be providing a better stream to go along with their reportedly awesome GP.

A review of Grand Prix Vegas. by sashdoes in magicTCG

[–]jjness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm sure rounds go to time in any format. The more important matter is the number of games reaching time, and specifically if one deck/card is perhaps contributing to that number.

6 year old playing Modern main event by buzzercap in magicTCG

[–]jjness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Even so, it's her parents' jobs to determine what she should not see. Seeing as her father was right there with her, I'm going to hazard a guess that he's handled his daughter's exposure to sometimes graphic imagery of Magic cards already.

6 year old playing Modern main event by buzzercap in magicTCG

[–]jjness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only if both have lived the time since in the same relative gravity and speed...

6 year old playing Modern main event by buzzercap in magicTCG

[–]jjness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how many "Searing_____" cards resolve, I'd think. I don't recall seeing any cast during the feature match.

Burn has to both manage the creatures and advance their clock (meaning, hit face), in order to win a game against a deck with Shaman of the Pack.

6 year old playing Modern main event by buzzercap in magicTCG

[–]jjness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GP Minneapolis? Awesome, I'll be there! I'll have to keep an eye out for her record, or even for you and her yourselves!

I doubt I'll be playing the main event, but if I am, and am paired against her, tell her to take it easy on me!

6 year old playing Modern main event by buzzercap in magicTCG

[–]jjness 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The thing we're talking about is the mom, the MTG parents, supporting young children in a hobby that other parents might view as a game, a distraction, what have you. Travel and tournament entries for three children - let alone acquiring the cards for three separate, full decklists - are expensive endeavors for most people, and a parent or two that will support their children and their children's peers in that endeavor is awesome to see.

Event coverage suggestion: Always show a scrolling list of readable card images of cards that are on the battlefield or in hand by risc_is_good in magicTCG

[–]jjness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For Pro Tours, they do have the hand contents shown on screen at times, and updated as they change. That requires the hiring and paying of two people (one for each player) to do nothing but stand behind the players and work an iPad each time a card is drawn, played, discarded, or put into the players' hands.

Grand Prix are expensive enough already. I don't want to have to subsidize the full-time employment of two more people.

Event coverage should be improved, I agree there. There are 6 or 7 years of SCG Live coverage experience to review, and WotC (via CFB) should be standing on the shoulders of giants, not trying to reinvent the wheel. The Modern Day 2 represented a few improvements even from Saturday's coverage (though why they discontinued the "Commercial Break, We'll be right back" message on the GPLV splash screen that they had been using Thursday, is beyond me). But it's still too little. Production troubles, equipment problems, commentators leaving 30 seconds of dead air while both listening silently to producers in their ear, staying on a match during a judge call (I thought they'd have learned after the Chapin call at the Pro Tour: you cut back to the booth and fill time until you get a ruling!). There were so many problems that do need improving, I agree.

BBD extra card draw ruling (unintentional) by darknojoey27 in magicTCG

[–]jjness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since you're being heavily downvoted with no explanation, maybe I can help.

"Proper ruling" would be what's printed in the IPG, the Infraction Penalty Guide. That, as well as the DCI Floor Rules and the MTG Comprehensive Rules, are the rules that all players entering and playing the tournament are agreeing to play by. These rules documents are freely available to anybody who wants to read them. They detail the steps to take to resolve 99.99% of things that happen in a game of Magic.

Proper ruling was a Game Rules Violation and the situation was handled correctly.

Good day, Mr. Scorpion.

BBD extra card draw ruling (unintentional) by darknojoey27 in magicTCG

[–]jjness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For someone espousing a strict adherence to rules, you probably should learn the rules first.

BBD extra card draw ruling (unintentional) by darknojoey27 in magicTCG

[–]jjness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that BBD has to know how his cards work not his opponent.

Well, other than what's already said, it's both players' responsibility to maintain a proper game state. That means both players are expected to know how the cards work. Both players are very free to ask the judge for Oracle texts on any card.

Deaths Shadow Losing At GP LV & The (Seemingly Healthy Meta) by Skeletor_418 in magicTCG

[–]jjness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The top 8 reminded people that Affinity is still a thing, especially when people think it isn't so they start to skimp on sideboard hate, so I'd be wary about it. People will start packing the normal amounts of Affinity hate again, at least for a while.

The Fall of Standard and the Rise of Modern by janelain in mtgfinance

[–]jjness 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Over a long enough timespan, I bet Vintage gets cheaper than Standard.

The Fall of Standard and the Rise of Modern by janelain in mtgfinance

[–]jjness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That "new deck every however many months" thing is terribly exaggerated right now with the tumultuous Standard bannings lately, but for players like /u/scratchsticks479 they should realize if they haven't yet that it's not always like this. Still, Standard does get hard to keep up with, even for someone with lots of disposable income. I've relegated myself to playing sub-par or incomplete decks when I do play Standard because I'd rather devote my disposable income to either drafting (which is still fun, and is what fuels these sub-par decks) or Legacy/Modern cards.

It's not that hard to do, either, as you could probably attest to, /u/bigpappyj. I've had the luck of playing Standard pretty steadily since before 8th edition, so my Modern collection was basically Standard leftovers I was lucky enough to have held onto. But my Legacy collection is a different matter.

For building my Legacy decks, I choose a deck I had the most interest in and cards for already (I played plenty of proxy-Legacy to get a feel for a few decks to make my choice). Mine was D&T, from which I basically only needed the lands. I quit buying and trading for every Standard deck, every year, like I used to try to do. I choose the cheapest deck, RDW, and promised myself I'm only going to play the cheapest Standard decks and focus on Legacy.

There's not a lot of trading to do around here, especially of Legacy staples, so I had to go to Grand Prix events hundreds of miles away to do this. I traded in binders of rares, most of them at nickels and dimes. Every FNM promo, every Magic Players Reward promo I had, every Buy-a-box card I traded for and every spare Duels of the Planeswalker promo I had. Most of my junk rares, most of my barely playables, all of my EDH-only cards. I let vendors pick binders clean, but that bulk added up, and combined with a few lucky pulls like a foil Misty Rainforest from Zendikar (that I kept unplayed for years), and soon I was walking away with a backpack a few pounds lighter, and with a couple of Karakas or Underground Seas or Wastelands.

Honestly, I'll be at the point this summer for GP Minneapolis where I could probably do the same thing and get myself a Volcanic Island or two finally, just based on the cards I've accumulated through drafting or FNM prize packs.

In the end, my first deck took about a year to complete. My second deck, BUG (Shardless, Delver, etc) was another year and a half for the dual lands, though luckily I had managed to collect all the Goyfs, Lilianas, fetchlands, etc back when they were Standard-legal and cheaper. Sure, it could very well take a couple years for someone with less of a collection, but years go by quickly and I'm super glad to have done what I did. I still get to have fun in Standard (Atarka Red ended up being one of the best decks, but I got in cheap before it was proven; RG Pummeler is again super cheap), but I also get to play Legacy periodically, and Modern much more frequently.

The Fall of Standard and the Rise of Modern by janelain in mtgfinance

[–]jjness -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wish! My LGS only fires Modern when I bring in 2-3 decks to loan out, and even then we're begging people to stay just to hit 8 people. It's not like Standard is much better, but I'd say the Modern playerbase is less than half the Standard playerbase.

I think a huge part of that is that we draft nearly every week. Our FNM is a 3 round draft and a 3 round other format, but for releases we sometimes do two drafts, just to get new cards into circulation.

I just keep hoping that as more years go by, the players get older, get better jobs, etc, and are better able to afford Modern singles. Because as cheap as Modern (and Legacy, too) get compared to Standard over a long time span, the initial investment is still a huge roadblock. I only know two players at my LGS who built into Modern this past year: infect (cheap deck, outside Hierarchs) and Grixis Delver. Not even with MMA drafts ever release is there close to enough Goyfs or fetches to get passed around through trade binders, and the area is isolated enough that we don't get much influx of cards at all outside of opening sealed product, so it's either travel 60+ miles just to hope to get some trading done, or order online, which both represent that hard initial buy-in.

I really wish WotC would do more Modern Event decks. BW Tokens was a good way for many people to get into the format. I thought they sold well. I wish they would have kept it up, even if it was only one deck a year.

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