Speedbump and I agreed that we'd play right around now...It's early in the morning for him so I'll give him some time. Once he logs on we should be in business!
Speedbump and I agreed that we'd play right around now...It's early in the morning for him so I'll give him some time. Once he logs on we should be in business!
I aplologize for turning up late. I should be ready to go.
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Eternal Masters 2015 Legacy Champion. Has an unnatural love towards perfectly reasonable respect for Lightning Bolt.
MostlyLost defeated Speedbump 2-1. MostlyLost and myself will be playing Saturday night at 1930 EST
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Be a lemming hunter. Don't be a lemming. Really, all you had to do was explain to him the popularity metric, not give him the lemming hunter manifesto...
Updated wildcard standings:
DOLZero - 3 points
Speedbump - 3 points
Tom - 3 points
4thDimensionalBubble - 2 points
leh1982 - 2 points
MartinMcfly - 2 points
Mastodon - 2 points
mtgbarbados - 2 points
samucaBomber - 2 points
Drenq - 1 point
Rufino7L - 1 point
shadowless10 - 1 point
SPC - 1 point
u-579 - 1 point
Review:
The reigning champion of the first BPB returns to take down this IQ with his planeswalker A-team on UWR control!A lot more aggro and fast beats this time with a curious lack of BG rock, although the top 4 had two midrange decks. Will this last? Could combo decks make a comeback in an unsuspecting meta, or will the threat of midrange and disruption stifle this? Maybe, but with the abundance of relevant colourless sideboard hate cards it couldn’t hurt to be prepared.
I would plan for the long game or at least have a backup plan with control and midrange in mind. Graveyard hate looks solid all round to ruin synergies in many matchups and make unfair cards fair again. Tinfoil Hat rode a Leyline of Sanctity to victory in the finals, an underrated card which could potentially blank many of your opponent’s cards and create bad topdecks for your opponent. I would be wary of these cards in particular coming out from the board.
A remarkable meta this month, with twenty-one (21!) different decks - not a single double up. The diversity of the meta is hints at the open-endedness of Modern and the potential for brews or tweaks to tip the scissors-paper-rock balance of the format. There are a lot of dark depths waiting to be explored, especially with a new set on the horizon (canopy)!
Players/bracket
21/21
Lantern IQ S2#3
Deckcode/list not verified- Deckcode/list verified and locked in
Decklists/Codes are always due by the Sunday after the 1st of every month (12/8/13)
Be a lemming hunter. Don't be a lemming. Really, all you had to do was explain to him the popularity metric, not give him the lemming hunter manifesto...
EDIT: 1-2, Crow's win. Might have to retire this UB deck, too easy to punt games with it.
But if anyone else wants to take up the challenge of building a functional durdle deck in Modern, I still stand by my assertion that Grave Titan is the best way to cap off your curve.
Be a lemming hunter. Don't be a lemming. Really, all you had to do was explain to him the popularity metric, not give him the lemming hunter manifesto...
Regarding running a 4-color deck without fetchlands:
MostlyLost on Cockatrice.
an unnatural love towardsperfectly reasonable respect for Lightning Bolt.The Kiwi third of The Salt Mine Podcast: An Australian Legacy Podcast
Regarding running a 4-color deck without fetchlands:
MostlyLost on Cockatrice.
Be a lemming hunter. Don't be a lemming.
Really, all you had to do was explain to him the popularity metric, not give him the lemming hunter manifesto...
Originally posted by MemoryLapse and DotMatrix
Thanks to Rivenor for the signature and XenoNinja for the Avi!
Quotes:
GW/R Enchantress (Legacy) R/WG
RW/G/ Norin The Champion/Norin the Artist (Modern) B//WR
GU Eternal Bouncing Command (Modern) UG
WUBRG Wish On A Stick (Modern) GRBUW
Thanks to Rivenor for the signature and XenoNinja for the Avi!
Quotes:
Looking for the game.
I knew that was the wrong deck to bring. Oh well.
Oh well, there's always next month, keep brewing and tweaking
Thanks to Rivenor for the signature and XenoNinja for the Avi!
Quotes:
Can SPC or a spectator confirm this result please?
December saw a small tournament to bring us through the holiday season. Here’s to a big year!
Meta
Affinity - 1
Boros beats - 1
Burn - 1
Dega midrange - 1
Esperblade - 1
GR tron - 1
GW hatebears - 1
Jund - 2
Jund LD - 1
Living end - 1
Merfolk - 1
Mill - 1
Stax - 1
Swans assault - 1
Tezzerator - 1
UB control - 1
UG prophet - 1
UR tempo - 1
UW midrange - 1
UWR walkers - 1
Top 4
1st:
Tinfoil Hat/Pyro
2 Plains
4 Lightning Helix
3 Jace, Architect of Thought
2 Island
1 Mountain
3 Arid Mesa
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Hallowed Fountain
1 Sacred Foundry
2 Steam Vents
3 Ajani Vengeant
2 Supreme Verdict
1 Sphinx's Revelation
3 Tectonic Edge
4 Celestial Colonnade
1 Hallowed Burial
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Mana Leak
2 Cryptic Command
2 Gideon Jura
2 Think Twice
1 Desolate Lighthouse
1 Mystic Gate
1 Cascade Bluffs
2nd:
Speedbumb - Speedbump - 9jk3da3v
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Mountain
4 Sacred Foundry
3 Blood Crypt
4 Goblin Guide
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Jötun Grunt
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Rift Bolt
4 Bump in the Night
4 Lava Spike
3 Searing Blaze
4 Boros Charm
4 Skullcrack
3 Lightning Helix
3-4th
DOLZero - DOLZero - 36pbj2en
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tidehollow Sculler
3 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Vendilion Clique
4 Lingering Souls
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Path to Exile
3 Liliana of the Veil
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Zealous Persecution
1 Steelshaper's Gift
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of War and Peace
4 Marsh Flats
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Watery Grave
2 Temple Garden
2 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Godless Shrine
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Breeding Pool
1 Island
1 Plains
1 Swamp
leh1982 - LEH - 8msfgg9d
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
3 Treetop Village
2 Raging Ravine
2 Swamp
1 Forest
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Blood Crypt
1 Stomping Ground
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Thoughtseize
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Terminate
3 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Liliana of the Veil
2 Desecration Demon
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
Updated wildcard standings:
DOLZero - 3 points
Speedbump - 3 points
Tom - 3 points
4thDimensionalBubble - 2 points
leh1982 - 2 points
MartinMcfly - 2 points
Mastodon - 2 points
mtgbarbados - 2 points
samucaBomber - 2 points
Drenq - 1 point
Rufino7L - 1 point
shadowless10 - 1 point
SPC - 1 point
u-579 - 1 point
Review:
The reigning champion of the first BPB returns to take down this IQ with his planeswalker A-team on UWR control!A lot more aggro and fast beats this time with a curious lack of BG rock, although the top 4 had two midrange decks. Will this last? Could combo decks make a comeback in an unsuspecting meta, or will the threat of midrange and disruption stifle this? Maybe, but with the abundance of relevant colourless sideboard hate cards it couldn’t hurt to be prepared.
I would plan for the long game or at least have a backup plan with control and midrange in mind. Graveyard hate looks solid all round to ruin synergies in many matchups and make unfair cards fair again. Tinfoil Hat rode a Leyline of Sanctity to victory in the finals, an underrated card which could potentially blank many of your opponent’s cards and create bad topdecks for your opponent. I would be wary of these cards in particular coming out from the board.
A remarkable meta this month, with twenty-one (21!) different decks - not a single double up. The diversity of the meta is hints at the open-endedness of Modern and the potential for brews or tweaks to tip the scissors-paper-rock balance of the format. There are a lot of dark depths waiting to be explored, especially with a new set on the horizon (canopy)!
Players/bracket
21/21
Lantern IQ S2#3
Deckcode/list not verified- Deckcode/list verified and locked in
Decklists/Codes are always due by the Sunday after the 1st of every month (12/8/13)
MTGS name - Cockatrice name - deck code
4thDimensionalBubble - 4thDimentionalBubble - debti9v9
AerronMichael - AerronMichael - m30do73o
BFFchili - BFF chili - 3i3lvasl
Carl Miller - Halian - 5dsa7mnt
DOLZero - DOLZero - 36pbj2en
dotmatrix - dotmatrix - af7kin3n
Espemon333 - Sig - bgo00otl
Ibraman - Ibraman - kba77q34
Kevinliu - Kevinliu - o0dvpgci
Landtax - Landtax - 7m3jvhoh
leh1982 - LEH - 8msfgg9d
mtgbarbados - akaiser47 - fd83hpno
Naught-Tay - naughtay - hgnur810
Poopingmypants - Blackcat77 - bg0b5lbu
Rufino7L - Rufino7L - m8popima
SPC - SPC - 8kdntk37
Speedbump - Speedbump - a3iq117u
The Dead Weatherman - BeastsAtTheThrone - ipcqjb34
Tinfoil Hat - Pyro - 1vbqmlal
u-579 - u-579 - 1r3fhftu
yarn - yarn - v26c2vqo
Pairings!
http://challonge.com/2Lantern3
He beat me 2-1.
That is ****ing beautiful.
FREE BLOODBRAID ELF
Isn't it doe?!? Incredibly diverse metagame. Just amazing, this is why I love this format!!!
Thanks to Rivenor for the signature and XenoNinja for the Avi!
Quotes:
And no Zoo decks it looks like... Lantern needs to get back in!!!
Edit:
On another note, just had my match with MostlyLost. I win 2-0. Good match. Game One was very close.
Be a lemming hunter. Don't be a lemming.
Really, all you had to do was explain to him the popularity metric, not give him the lemming hunter manifesto...
Originally posted by MemoryLapse and DotMatrix
Be there or be square.
EDIT: 1-2, Crow's win. Might have to retire this UB deck, too easy to punt games with it.
But if anyone else wants to take up the challenge of building a functional durdle deck in Modern, I still stand by my assertion that Grave Titan is the best way to cap off your curve.
FREE BLOODBRAID ELF
Edit: And i get taken down 1-2... interesting deck though...
Be a lemming hunter. Don't be a lemming.
Really, all you had to do was explain to him the popularity metric, not give him the lemming hunter manifesto...
Originally posted by MemoryLapse and DotMatrix
GW/R Enchantress (Legacy) R/WG
RW/G/ Norin The Champion/Norin the Artist (Modern) B//WR
GU Eternal Bouncing Command (Modern) UG
WUBRG Wish On A Stick (Modern) GRBUW