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Magic: The Gathering
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Trusty Machete is quite usable... in limited. Collar is fine but I am not going to be afraid when my opponent searches it up with their Stoneforge Mystic, which is quite different from how I would feel if they searched up Sword of x and x or Batterskull.
I'm fine with block or build-your-own standard, both can be very fun =D
I agree with Ravnica as a block tourney. That was personally my favorite set ever.
The whole point of build-your-own-standard was that each player got to choose their own blocks :P
I play him, my suggestion is to maximize mana ramp and card draw. Riku has an interesting conflict where to maximize his power you need a lot of mana, but if you have that mana its hard to have cards in your hand.
Sphinx of Uthuu, Consecrated Sphinx, Primeval Titan, Sensei's Top, Lotus Cobra, Yavimaya Elder: this is a good support suite. In my deck I run azusa, lost but seeking, oracle of muldaya, and exploration (this is irl) as well. Your goal is to cast riku on turn 4 and have 9 mana on turn 6.
Getting there: Riku has a lot of trouble getting there sometimes, here are some affective ways:
1. Tooth and Nail:by far the most effective way, a copied entwined tooth and nail will win you the game most of the time. Fetch Terastodon, Kiki-jiki, Blightsteel, and Deceiver Exarch. Some play groups ban infinite combos or just outright ban Kiki-jiki, in that case fetch Teferi, Seedborn Muse, Consecrated Sphinx, and Primeval Titan/Terastodon.
2. Copied Murkfiend Liege +Copied Overrun. With board presence of Riku, 2 Liegies and a random U/G card like Coiling Oracle or Intet or mystic snake you can deal 40+ damage this way in one turn.
3. Copied Primeval Titan-> copied comet storm level mana. If you can up to around 25 mana you can use comet storm to burn the field out, as riku will copy the kicker.
Also Riku is a creature based deck, the spell based version is a lot less good.
Sphinx of Uthuu, Consecrated Sphinx, Primeval Titan, Sensei's Top, Lotus Cobra, Yavimaya Elder: this is a good support suite. In my deck I run azusa, lost but seeking, oracle of muldaya, and exploration (this is irl) as well. Your goal is to cast riku on turn 4 and have 9 mana on turn 6.
Getting there: Riku has a lot of trouble getting there sometimes, here are some affective ways:
1. Tooth and Nail:by far the most effective way, a copied entwined tooth and nail will win you the game most of the time. Fetch Terastodon, Kiki-jiki, Blightsteel, and Deceiver Exarch. Some play groups ban infinite combos or just outright ban Kiki-jiki, in that case fetch Teferi, Seedborn Muse, Consecrated Sphinx, and Primeval Titan/Terastodon.
2. Copied Murkfiend Liege +Copied Overrun. With board presence of Riku, 2 Liegies and a random U/G card like Coiling Oracle or Intet or mystic snake you can deal 40+ damage this way in one turn.
3. Copied Primeval Titan-> copied comet storm level mana. If you can up to around 25 mana you can use comet storm to burn the field out, as riku will copy the kicker.
Also Riku is a creature based deck, the spell based version is a lot less good.
Well, I made a Riku deck to complement my Teysa. All five colors between my two decks, yo. But then I've never really gotten to test it out and it just seems so tryhard-douchebaggy anyway that I kinda don't even want to get it streamlined. :( That was a while ago now though, I'd need to update it for M12/ISD even if I gave a crap.
And Exarch/Pestermite + Kiki-Jiji win by themselves, copying T&N just gives you two irrelevant dudes on top of that.
Here's another idea. How about a Single Rarity tournament?
I mean like either make it only Commons or Mythics, etc. (with exception of lands).
It could be a pretty damn fun format if everyone can only use "weak" cards (Lightning bolt could be ridiculous), or even better imo if we can only use the (usually high cost) uber-rare creatures and spells. Games might actually last more than two/three rounds. :0
I mean like either make it only Commons or Mythics, etc. (with exception of lands).
It could be a pretty damn fun format if everyone can only use "weak" cards (Lightning bolt could be ridiculous), or even better imo if we can only use the (usually high cost) uber-rare creatures and spells. Games might actually last more than two/three rounds. :0
The zombie apocalypse has come.
Pauper is a format where only commons are allowed (limited to MTGO releases, so Hymn to Tourach is not allowed as it is an uncommon in the set that is was released in on MTGO despite being a common in real life), and is quite popular on MTGO (and some real-life areas as well).
The zombie apocalypse has come.
I tried it in Standard and Modern for 2-3 games each. It seems cool, but it's way too expensive to ever be realistically played. Maybe in EDH?
It is pretty expensive, but I always get a lot of mana. I havn't gotten to try it out yet, but I have it(:
Alright well congrats everyone on participating in a very fun tournament. Hope you all had a good time and obviously there is a lot of support so lets try for another tourney in a month or so.
So far the consensus for the next tournament would be a block format. Why don't you all vote on which block you want to do. I'll organize again unless someone has an objection, but like I said, lets wait a little bit. Don't want to burn people out :)
So far the consensus for the next tournament would be a block format. Why don't you all vote on which block you want to do. I'll organize again unless someone has an objection, but like I said, lets wait a little bit. Don't want to burn people out :)
What? The new legend rule was created when Kamigawa was released, pretty much because Kamigawa was released; Kamigawa has always used the modern legend rule...
Yup you're right, I heard the opposite somewhere but it was incorrect, my bad >_>
Ravnica for block tournament! I like Vader's idea too, we should let more than one block get some limelight. Although, imo, Kamigawa sounds painful...
Woooo this tournament sounds fun, expect me to play a sweet control brew every round! (Sorry fellow control players, I commited a deadly sin last tourney and played green cards not all named tarmogoyf, I will make up for it this time)
