Magic the Gathering thread

goldemblem · Dec 16th, 2007, 5:28:54 AM

I have always liked to play Magic the gathering and i think it will be interesting to make a thread relating this card game, to start, what do you think about the new planeswalker card type?

Vampy34 · Dec 16th, 2007, 12:07:49 PM

I have no clue. I havnt paid attention to Magic since the first Timeshift set, so im pretty behind

goldemblem · Dec 16th, 2007, 4:46:48 PM

I suppose not a lot ppl in here play Magic :/

Kromlech · Dec 17th, 2007, 11:20:55 AM

Planeswalkers are pretty freaky. They act like enchantments and/or creatures, yet are neither one. Being that there is only 5 with very generic color pie effects and no support cards whatsoever, they haven't had a big impact on my gaming community at all. (Fuck that green one though. Fuck him.)

(If you ask me, WTOC totally ripped off Upperdeck's WOW card game with the idea of planeswalkers, just saying)

Impetus · Dec 17th, 2007, 12:02:15 PM

Haha i used to be addicted to this game. what set is it on now anyways? i kind of stopped after time spiral...after the nostalgia hit me, i decided to go back to the old days of 7th and odyssey

Vampy34 · Dec 17th, 2007, 1:47:45 PM

ahahaha i found my old decklists :)

Solidarity:
12x Island
4x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta

4x Reset
4x High Tide
4x Meditate
4x Opt
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
4x Impulse
3x Turnabout
3x Twincast
3x Brain Freeze
3x Cunning Wish
2x Flash of Insight

-Sideboard-
1x Words of Wisdom
1x Stroke of Genius
1x Turnabout
1x Twincast
1x Echoing Truth
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Evacuation
4x Hydroblast
4x Blue Elemental Blast

Pirates:
4 Wasteland
12 Island
4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta

2 Rishadan Cutpurse
3 Rishadan Footpad
2 Morphling
4 Spiketail Hatchling
4 Brainstorm
2 Hoodwink
3 Counterspell
2 Mystical Tutor
3 Seal of Removal
4 Isochron Scepter
4 Mana Leak
4 Boomerang
1 Stifle
1 [Rebuild

Sideboard
2 Stifle
1 Rebuild
3 Stern Proctor
4 Energy Flux

Palinchron Pendulum:
Land:
23x Islands

Search/Counter:
4x Force Spike
4x Counterspell
4x Force of Will
4x Brainstorm
3x Impulse
2x Merchant Scroll
2x Mystical Tutor

Combo:
4x High Tide
4x Brain Freeze
4x Palinchron
1x Stroke of Genius
1x Braingeyser

I like Blue :)

COalex · Dec 17th, 2007, 5:34:22 PM

I loved Solidarity. So much fun to beat up random noobs with it at the local card shop.

What types/metas do you all play? I personally have changed a bunch in the past; I started out as Type 1, then I realized I didn't have nearly enough money to compete and moved on to Type 2, and then back to Type 1 after the place I played T2 stopped having regular tournaments. I've also consistently played Legacy and Extended, although more as a hobby than actually competitively.

goldemblem · Dec 17th, 2007, 6:16:29 PM

I usually play extended its the format that i can afford the most, and that way i only have to but some online cards on some periods of time, i agree that planeswalkers are a rippoff, but they are pretty fun to play, and are actually really powerful (at least in standard) a friend has a deck that uses liliana vess and that bitch sure can kick ass.
this its the extended deck i use the most.
Goblins >_<

4 Skirk prospector
4 mogg frantic
4 goblin sledder
4 mogg war marshal
1 sparksminth
4 G. piledriver
4 G. warchief
1 G. king
4 gempalm incinerator
2 Siege gang commander
1 g. sharpshooter
4 goblin ringleader
2 goblin burrows
21 mountains

^ This its not the actual deck, its how i think it was, i think i have seething song or rite of flame instead of 4 goblins, and i have instead of 3 mountains 3 fetch lands from odyssey, i want to change this deck to the fecundity goblin deck, looks so awesome >_<

Clicky Pen · Dec 18th, 2007, 9:30:22 AM

you goddamn kids and your newfangled cards

back in my day we had phasing and WE LIKED IT DAMMIT

seriously though, what the hell is going on in this game nowadays? i played mostly during 4th ed-> torment/one or two sets after torment and i'm already lost looking at some of the newer cards

goldemblem · Dec 18th, 2007, 11:20:27 AM

ok, for all the ppl that doesn't know, Wizards created a new card type named planeswalkers, the planeswalkers are supposed to be the persons that can travel between dimensions and do all types of crazy shit (think of them as god), in MAgic the gathering when you play, supposedly YOU represent a planeswalker and can summon spells a creatures and all other thing that has been invented, but this new card type will have a huge impact on magic, like for example probably in the future some genius will create a planeswalker card for Urza, Karn, Nicol Bolas, or other, i personally hate the new card type from the flavor point, because you are not supposed to be able to take "control" of gods

Cooper · Dec 18th, 2007, 11:23:20 AM

WOTC messed up the game by changing to card design in 8th Edition. Magic is supposed to be old-timey, not sleek and classy!

Anyway, I stopped after Ravnica and retired my awesome Green/White/Blue counter deck. Thoguh I've started drafting Lorwyn in tournaments.

Yuri · Dec 18th, 2007, 2:44:53 PM

Hi I play Magic.

I can't and even if I could I wouldn't spend lots of money on it. I am aware I can't compete with the likes of Nassif, Finkel or those freaky japs. I am completely happy with my current decks and casual matches. I'd post the lists but I don't want to flood you :)

My favorite format has got to be Limited. I find it fascinating and incredibly fun(and is the only one I can afford and am somewhat good too!).

~~Bioshock~~ · Dec 18th, 2007, 3:08:43 PM

I want to play magic but nobody near me plays. I could try the online version but I dont feel like paying for a subscription on top of all the cards I would need to buy (it needs a subscription right?)

goldemblem · Dec 21st, 2007, 10:52:22 PM

you can download magic workstation, its free, fun and fast

Dragontamer · Dec 21st, 2007, 11:17:18 PM

The #1 format is easily draft IMO :-)

Thats what I play. Never got good at it, and I seriously need to do it more. >_<

Seph · Dec 22nd, 2007, 12:03:24 AM

I play mtg at a pretty competitive level. I've never been to a pro tour, but I've been to several grand prix and I regularly play in ptqs.

Limited is a lot of fun, I used to spend so much money playing it on Magic Online. Constructed right now is pretty dull. Tarmogoyf is in every other deck. As a result, those things are like $35 a peice, and you need 4 for an aggro deck. I can't stand standard, and I really only play it when it's time for regionals or some other big event. The current ptq season right now is extended, which is very expensive if you don't have all the cards.

goldemblem · Dec 22nd, 2007, 3:19:45 AM

I have gone to a grand prix on mexico df, and also go to some tournaments on Monerrey, I dont suck that much, but i dont spend a lot o money to buy, i usually buy online and only a few each month

Yuri · Dec 22nd, 2007, 5:03:55 AM

http://www.ccgdecks.com/index.php

Free draft simulator, it has some flaws still but hey you won't spend a pierced penny!

Magic Workstation and its databases can be found in http://www.magicworkstation.com/

I wish more people in Smogon showed interest in Magic, if we could gather more people we could have our own league! But seriously I do not expect it to happen.

goldemblem · Dec 23rd, 2007, 4:23:26 AM

Who knows, i think that every place has someone who plays magic, i am always surprised at how many ppl play or have played this game

Basics · Dec 23rd, 2007, 10:08:12 AM

I played competitively back in the Odyssey days, and I had a competitive deck when Mirrodin first came out as well. I played a bit of Kamigawa block, and after that I haven't really touched a Magic card. The game is fun, but it's also a waste of money in my opinion.

sa17dk · Dec 25th, 2007, 8:17:11 AM

The only format I play, and will ever play is T1.

CactuarJoe · Dec 25th, 2007, 1:44:14 PM

I played up until around the Invasion cycle. Lack of people to play with, along with some unhappiness about where they were taking the game, convinced me to quit. I do sorta look at my Magic obsessing days as a precursor to my obsession with Pokemon, though. ^^

Clicky Pen · Dec 25th, 2007, 4:48:02 PM

i'm curious, what was kamigawa all about? that whole block just looked like it didn't really uh, "fit", i guess. this is more about the books though, which i've kept up with for awhile now.

for awhile it's just your typical fantasy mtg world, then BAM what's up? we're samurai. has anyone read those books, and if so are they worth reading?

commanderhawke_2 · Dec 26th, 2007, 11:43:38 AM

once the main story arc with urza an the weatherlight finished they shud have started a new one instead of smaller stories only covering one block each

Urza · Dec 27th, 2007, 4:39:21 AM

i used to play magic.

hence my namesake, here and everywhere.

i'd hate to see me on a card...

Dec 16th, 2007, 12:07:49 PM	#2
Vampy34 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 923 Obey Henry	I have no clue. I havnt paid attention to Magic since the first Timeshift set, so im pretty behind __________________ derp

Dec 16th, 2007, 4:46:48 PM	#3
goldemblem Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 218 Mexico	I suppose not a lot ppl in here play Magic :/ __________________ Awesome, Awesome to the max Magic the Gathering Soccer thread

Dec 17th, 2007, 11:20:55 AM	#4
Kromlech Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 212	Planeswalkers are pretty freaky. They act like enchantments and/or creatures, yet are neither one. Being that there is only 5 with very generic color pie effects and no support cards whatsoever, they haven't had a big impact on my gaming community at all. (Fuck that green one though. Fuck him.) (If you ask me, WTOC totally ripped off Upperdeck's WOW card game with the idea of planeswalkers, just saying) __________________ Are you folding right now? Well why the hell not? http://folding.stanford.edu/

Dec 17th, 2007, 12:02:15 PM	#5
Impetus Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 366 Cali	Haha i used to be addicted to this game. what set is it on now anyways? i kind of stopped after time spiral...after the nostalgia hit me, i decided to go back to the old days of 7th and odyssey __________________ Skill is when Luck becomes a Habit.

Dec 17th, 2007, 1:47:45 PM	#6
Vampy34 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 923 Obey Henry	ahahaha i found my old decklists :) Solidarity: 12x Island 4x Flooded Strand 2x Polluted Delta 4x Reset 4x High Tide 4x Meditate 4x Opt 4x Brainstorm 4x Force of Will 4x Impulse 3x Turnabout 3x Twincast 3x Brain Freeze 3x Cunning Wish 2x Flash of Insight -Sideboard- 1x Words of Wisdom 1x Stroke of Genius 1x Turnabout 1x Twincast 1x Echoing Truth 1x Chain of Vapor 1x Evacuation 4x Hydroblast 4x Blue Elemental Blast Pirates: 4 Wasteland 12 Island 4 Flooded Strand 1 Polluted Delta 2 Rishadan Cutpurse 3 Rishadan Footpad 2 Morphling 4 Spiketail Hatchling 4 Brainstorm 2 Hoodwink 3 Counterspell 2 Mystical Tutor 3 Seal of Removal 4 Isochron Scepter 4 Mana Leak 4 Boomerang 1 Stifle 1 [Rebuild Sideboard 2 Stifle 1 Rebuild 3 Stern Proctor 4 Energy Flux Palinchron Pendulum: Land: 23x Islands Search/Counter: 4x Force Spike 4x Counterspell 4x Force of Will 4x Brainstorm 3x Impulse 2x Merchant Scroll 2x Mystical Tutor Combo: 4x High Tide 4x Brain Freeze 4x Palinchron 1x Stroke of Genius 1x Braingeyser I like Blue :) __________________ derp

Dec 16th, 2007, 5:28:54 AM	#1
goldemblem Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 218 Mexico	Magic the Gathering thread I have always liked to play Magic the gathering and i think it will be interesting to make a thread relating this card game, to start, what do you think about the new planeswalker card type? __________________ Awesome, Awesome to the max Magic the Gathering Soccer thread

Dec 17th, 2007, 5:34:22 PM	#7
COalex Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 956	I loved Solidarity. So much fun to beat up random noobs with it at the local card shop. What types/metas do you all play? I personally have changed a bunch in the past; I started out as Type 1, then I realized I didn't have nearly enough money to compete and moved on to Type 2, and then back to Type 1 after the place I played T2 stopped having regular tournaments. I've also consistently played Legacy and Extended, although more as a hobby than actually competitively.

Dec 17th, 2007, 6:16:29 PM	#8
goldemblem Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 218 Mexico	I usually play extended its the format that i can afford the most, and that way i only have to but some online cards on some periods of time, i agree that planeswalkers are a rippoff, but they are pretty fun to play, and are actually really powerful (at least in standard) a friend has a deck that uses liliana vess and that bitch sure can kick ass. this its the extended deck i use the most. Goblins >_< 4 Skirk prospector 4 mogg frantic 4 goblin sledder 4 mogg war marshal 1 sparksminth 4 G. piledriver 4 G. warchief 1 G. king 4 gempalm incinerator 2 Siege gang commander 1 g. sharpshooter 4 goblin ringleader 2 goblin burrows 21 mountains ^ This its not the actual deck, its how i think it was, i think i have seething song or rite of flame instead of 4 goblins, and i have instead of 3 mountains 3 fetch lands from odyssey, i want to change this deck to the fecundity goblin deck, looks so awesome >_< __________________ Awesome, Awesome to the max Magic the Gathering Soccer thread

Dec 18th, 2007, 9:30:22 AM	#9
Clicky Pen Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 352	you goddamn kids and your newfangled cards back in my day we had phasing and WE LIKED IT DAMMIT seriously though, what the hell is going on in this game nowadays? i played mostly during 4th ed-> torment/one or two sets after torment and i'm already lost looking at some of the newer cards

Dec 18th, 2007, 11:20:27 AM	#10
goldemblem Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 218 Mexico	ok, for all the ppl that doesn't know, Wizards created a new card type named planeswalkers, the planeswalkers are supposed to be the persons that can travel between dimensions and do all types of crazy shit (think of them as god), in MAgic the gathering when you play, supposedly YOU represent a planeswalker and can summon spells a creatures and all other thing that has been invented, but this new card type will have a huge impact on magic, like for example probably in the future some genius will create a planeswalker card for Urza, Karn, Nicol Bolas, or other, i personally hate the new card type from the flavor point, because you are not supposed to be able to take "control" of gods __________________ Awesome, Awesome to the max Magic the Gathering Soccer thread

Dec 18th, 2007, 11:23:20 AM	#11
Cooper Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,806 The sunny streets of Santa Barbara	WOTC messed up the game by changing to card design in 8th Edition. Magic is supposed to be old-timey, not sleek and classy! Anyway, I stopped after Ravnica and retired my awesome Green/White/Blue counter deck. Thoguh I've started drafting Lorwyn in tournaments.

Dec 18th, 2007, 2:44:53 PM	#12
Yuri Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,231 im brazilian sry ;/	Hi I play Magic. I can't and even if I could I wouldn't spend lots of money on it. I am aware I can't compete with the likes of Nassif, Finkel or those freaky japs. I am completely happy with my current decks and casual matches. I'd post the lists but I don't want to flood you :) My favorite format has got to be Limited. I find it fascinating and incredibly fun(and is the only one I can afford and am somewhat good too!). __________________ http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3...sig24bveb8.jpg By Voodoo http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6237/sam0061.jpg Miss you Thomas

Dec 18th, 2007, 3:08:43 PM	#13
~~Bioshock~~ Banned deucer. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 323 Earth	I want to play magic but nobody near me plays. I could try the online version but I dont feel like paying for a subscription on top of all the cards I would need to buy (it needs a subscription right?)

Dec 21st, 2007, 10:52:22 PM	#14
goldemblem Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 218 Mexico	you can download magic workstation, its free, fun and fast __________________ Awesome, Awesome to the max Magic the Gathering Soccer thread

Dec 21st, 2007, 11:17:18 PM	#15
Dragontamer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,762	The #1 format is easily draft IMO :-) Thats what I play. Never got good at it, and I seriously need to do it more. >_< __________________ Defense Tiers and Attack Tiers -- SkarmCents and BlissCents --- M i n o r Works --- Enlarged Avatar

Dec 22nd, 2007, 12:03:24 AM	#16
Seph Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 705 Camarillo, CA	I play mtg at a pretty competitive level. I've never been to a pro tour, but I've been to several grand prix and I regularly play in ptqs. Limited is a lot of fun, I used to spend so much money playing it on Magic Online. Constructed right now is pretty dull. Tarmogoyf is in every other deck. As a result, those things are like $35 a peice, and you need 4 for an aggro deck. I can't stand standard, and I really only play it when it's time for regionals or some other big event. The current ptq season right now is extended, which is very expensive if you don't have all the cards. __________________ me pro

Dec 22nd, 2007, 3:19:45 AM	#17
goldemblem Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 218 Mexico	I have gone to a grand prix on mexico df, and also go to some tournaments on Monerrey, I dont suck that much, but i dont spend a lot o money to buy, i usually buy online and only a few each month __________________ Awesome, Awesome to the max Magic the Gathering Soccer thread

Dec 22nd, 2007, 5:03:55 AM	#18
Yuri Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,231 im brazilian sry ;/	http://www.ccgdecks.com/index.php Free draft simulator, it has some flaws still but hey you won't spend a pierced penny! Magic Workstation and its databases can be found in http://www.magicworkstation.com/ I wish more people in Smogon showed interest in Magic, if we could gather more people we could have our own league! But seriously I do not expect it to happen. __________________ http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3...sig24bveb8.jpg By Voodoo http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6237/sam0061.jpg Miss you Thomas

Dec 23rd, 2007, 4:23:26 AM	#19
goldemblem Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 218 Mexico	Who knows, i think that every place has someone who plays magic, i am always surprised at how many ppl play or have played this game __________________ Awesome, Awesome to the max Magic the Gathering Soccer thread

Dec 23rd, 2007, 10:08:12 AM	#20
Basics Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,717 Toronto, Ontario, Canada	I played competitively back in the Odyssey days, and I had a competitive deck when Mirrodin first came out as well. I played a bit of Kamigawa block, and after that I haven't really touched a Magic card. The game is fun, but it's also a waste of money in my opinion. __________________ I gots an overactive funk gland.

Dec 25th, 2007, 1:44:14 PM	#22
CactuarJoe Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 154 Hiding aboard your airship.	I played up until around the Invasion cycle. Lack of people to play with, along with some unhappiness about where they were taking the game, convinced me to quit. I do sorta look at my Magic obsessing days as a precursor to my obsession with Pokemon, though. ^^

Dec 25th, 2007, 4:48:02 PM	#23
Clicky Pen Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 352	i'm curious, what was kamigawa all about? that whole block just looked like it didn't really uh, "fit", i guess. this is more about the books though, which i've kept up with for awhile now. for awhile it's just your typical fantasy mtg world, then BAM what's up? we're samurai. has anyone read those books, and if so are they worth reading?

Dec 26th, 2007, 11:43:38 AM	#24
commanderhawke_2 Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19 Preston, England	once the main story arc with urza an the weatherlight finished they shud have started a new one instead of smaller stories only covering one block each __________________ No soup for you!!! Pearl fc: 2234 4091 6507

Dec 27th, 2007, 4:39:21 AM	#25
Urza Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 492	i used to play magic. hence my namesake, here and everywhere. i'd hate to see me on a card...