The [Spikes] clan is composed of people who love the competitive aspect of Magic: The Gathering. Our members and our friends relish in destroying any who dare sit across from us. We are constantly striving to improve our play and our understanding of the game. We span across all formats and welcome anyone who wishes to pursue greatness.
How to join.
1. You must enjoy competitive play, deckbuilding, and above all enjoy helping your fellow members improve their abilities.
2. You must be a registered DCI member and must present one of your current DCI ratings be it limited, constructed, composite, 2hg etc. etc.
(your rating does not need to be a high rating)
3. You should fill in this brief Bio so that it can be included in the Clan HQ:
Name:
Nickname: (optional)
Real Name: (optional)
Your current DCI rating: (Any will do, all would be preferable)
(I will be happy to update these ratings in the clan HQ thread once a month if you wish me to, I will not update them after every tourney you play.)
The following are all optional.
Favorite Format:
Favorite Decklist: (Please provide a full decklist)
Favorite Set:
Favorite Block:
Favorite Magic Color:
Any other information you would wish to be included in your bio.
Topics for discussion may include, but are not limited to:
1. New cards and discussion
2. New deck ideas and discussion
3. Tournaments and tournament reports.
4. Your DCI Ratings.
5. Spike greatness
Favorite Set: Invasion
Favorite Block: Invasion
Favorite Magic Color: Blue
Favorite Play style: Draw-Go, Prison Control
College Major: Political Science
Graduate School: Law School
Name: Unkle-J
Nickname: That is my nickname
Real Name: Josh
Limited rating: 1612 atm. But when I got serious about the competition it was at 1545 so expect it to climb.
Constructed rating: Uh, yeah. I play fun decks at fnm.
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor now. (limited is a blast in Shadowmoor)
Favorite Block: Lorwyn Block so far
Favorite Magic Color: Clear
Username: glurman
Real Name: Bill
Favorite Format: Eternals
Favorite Decklist: My ichorid decklist...
Favorite Magic Color: BLACK, paired with blue or green... for GAT
Name:Stick Nickname:Stick/Nick Real Name:Nick Limited rating:1583 Constructed rating:1567 I guess dropping from a PTQ is bad for your rating I hear.
Favorite Format:Vintage/Legacy, sometimes Standard Favorite Decklist: TyrantOath/2-Land Belcher/Goblins Favorite Set:Judgment Favorite Block:Onslaught Favorite Magic Color:Black
Name: Mull2Four
Nickname: Nick
Real Name: Nick Coss
Limited rating: 1732
Constructed rating: 1904
Favorite Set: Mirrodin
Favorite Block: Urza's
Favorite Magic Color: Gold (can't you tell by the decklist?)
Username: CrAzEd Mike
Name: Michael
Nickname: Mike
Real Name: I don't like giving last names.
Limited rating: Don't have it back yet.
Constructed rating: Don't have it back yet.
Favorite Format: Standard
Favorite Decklist: Well... Uhhhh, depends on what I feel is my best deck at the moment.
Favorite Set: Probably Mirrodin.
Favorite Block: Mirrodin Block
Favorite Magic Color: All five of them... But I generally really enjoy playing black.
Name: TheRedViper
Nick Name: anything that might involve the movie Forrest Gump, Chuck, The Lorax, Bubba, and finally, the most awkward, Nipples
Real Name: Forrest
Limited Rating: (closes eyes and pretends it doesn't actually exist)
Constructed Rating: 2177(actually, im not finkel..... its only 1782)
Favorite Format: T2 > Ext > Legacy > Vintage
Favorite Deck: probably Tooth and Nail or Slide
Favorite Set: Onslaught
Favorite Block: Invasion
Favorite Color: Green>Red>Black
Name: ur-face
Nickname: paddy wadsack
Real Name: patrick wadsack-stewart
Current DCI ratings:
Composite 1789
Limited1796
Constructed 1782
2HG 1682
I don't have any hard numbers on this, but I'm targeted more often than a black guy driving a beat-up sedan with a broken tail-light and no license plate, and Cy's well aware of that.
We should. That's mine if we do. Is it good enough?
We could, if everyone likes that idea. That could be what is recommended to join the clan, but I dont think your rating has to be good or even impressive. Because there are many people that try to be competitive they just need time to get good, so trying counts in my book.
well my rating isn't great but i'm just recently back to magic and have only been a dci member for the saame amount of time.
also, are you looking for any limited, constructed or either? i'm personally more competitive in limited because in standard i tend to enjoy playing "fun decks" (like my double infinite combo deck) from time to time. my constructed rating as such is below 1600 and while my limited isn't much higher than 1600 i very much enjoy and relish in the competition. the store i play drafts and such at has 7 regular players with above an 1850 rating and 2 that are above 1950. its very competitive also since we draft the rares at the end based on standing. i can't tell you how many times i've gotten a late late pick thoughtseize.
its an insanely fun deck to play at fnm since no one sees it coming. and in the current environment with all the aggro it took me to a 4th place finish out of 25 or so players.
seriously, build it and play it once. its so much fun even if it's not a tier 1 deck.
Im thinking of bringing a Merfolk Aggro deck to the T2 this weekend, my Meta is so filled with Fae and Lark decks that I should have good match ups right?
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Im thinking of bringing a Merfolk Aggro deck to the T2 this weekend, my Meta is so filled with Fae and Lark decks that I should have good match ups right?
If thats your meta, dont play merfolk. Play something with Red. RDW,DStorm,MRS, RB Goblins or something like that.
If thats your meta, dont play merfolk. Play something with Red. RDW,DStorm,MRS, RB Goblins or something like that.
i agree. i would say skred red personaly. also a good choice is big mana with a black splash for void. void simply DESTROYS reviellark decks and it's VERY effective against faeries also. that would be my suggestion.
should do well. i will say that when i play void i like to have 1 main deck and 2 in the side.
i like big mana though if there are alot of faeries in your meta as the fall horribly to cloudthreshers.
I was gonna play rogues becuase they have a good match vs Lark, but just fall over to Fae.
I have had really bad experiences with D-Storm, won tourny I went off about once the whole night, never playing that again, plus I traded my Hellkites...
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Thanks to Le_Gambit at ►►æтђєг◄◄ for the awesome Banner.
(Clan banner designed by our very own Mull2Four)
2. You must be a registered DCI member and must present one of your current DCI ratings be it limited, constructed, composite, 2hg etc. etc.
(your rating does not need to be a high rating)
3. You should fill in this brief Bio so that it can be included in the Clan HQ:
Nickname: (optional)
Real Name: (optional)
Your current DCI rating: (Any will do, all would be preferable)
(I will be happy to update these ratings in the clan HQ thread once a month if you wish me to, I will not update them after every tourney you play.)
Favorite Decklist: (Please provide a full decklist)
Favorite Set:
Favorite Block:
Favorite Magic Color:
Topics for discussion may include, but are not limited to:
1. New cards and discussion
2. New deck ideas and discussion
3. Tournaments and tournament reports.
4. Your DCI Ratings.
5. Spike greatness
]Our Members:
Psiblast - Clan Leader
jimbyob
iRebel
Unkle-J - Clan Representative
Glurman
Stick
Mull2Four
CrAzEd MiKe
Cecilia
Yare
TheRedViper
ur-face
Desolation Angel
Name: Psiblast
Nickname: Psi
Real Name: Brandon
Limited rating: Bad enough
Constructed rating: 1725
Favorite Format:Constructed
Favorite Decklist: Standard Changes to much to tell
Favorite Set:Lorwyn
Favorite Block:Lorwyn
Favorite Magic Color:BLUE!!!
Name: jimbyob
Nickname: Jim
Real Name: James
Favorite Format: Standerd
Favorite Decklist:
4 Karplusan Forest
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
5 Forest
4 Mountain
1 Pendelhaven
4 Treetop Village
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Bramblewood Paragon
3 Imperious Perfect
4 Chameleon Colossus
3 Civic Wayfinder
2 Incinerate
2 Overrun
4 Lash Out
4 Obsidian Battle-Axe
ATM, but its changes alot
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor
Favorite Block: Time Spiral
Favorite Magic Color: Black
Name: iRebel
Nickname: Jinto
Real Name: James
Constructed rating: 1738 (at this time, subject to change)
Favorite Format: Standard
Favorite Decklist:
4x River of Tears
4x Secluded Glen
4x Faerie Conclave
4x Desert
2x Island
2x Swamp
4x Spellstutter Sprite
4x Scion of Oona
3x Pestermite
3x Mistbind Clique
3x Sower of Temptation
4x Rune Snag
4x Cryptic Command
4x Nameless Inversion
3x Ancestral Vision
4x Flashfreeze
4x Thoughtseize
3x Damnation
Favorite Set: Invasion
Favorite Block: Invasion
Favorite Magic Color: Blue
Favorite Play style: Draw-Go, Prison Control
College Major: Political Science
Graduate School: Law School
Name: Unkle-J
Nickname: That is my nickname
Real Name: Josh
Limited rating: 1612 atm. But when I got serious about the competition it was at 1545 so expect it to climb.
Constructed rating: Uh, yeah. I play fun decks at fnm.
Favorite Format: Limited
Favorite Decklist:
2x Kithkin Healer
1x Cloudgoat Ranger
2x Burrenton Bombadier
1x Wizened Cenn
1x Cenn's Tactician
1x Avian Changeling
2x Mosquito Guard
1x Knight of Meadowgrain
1x Changeling Hero
2x Surge of Thoughtweft
1x Oblivion Ring
2x Neck Snap
1x Crib Swap
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor now. (limited is a blast in Shadowmoor)
Favorite Block: Lorwyn Block so far
Favorite Magic Color: Clear
Username: glurman
Real Name: Bill
Favorite Format: Eternals
Favorite Decklist: My ichorid decklist...
Favorite Magic Color: BLACK, paired with blue or green... for GAT
Name:Stick
Nickname:Stick/Nick
Real Name:Nick
Limited rating:1583
Constructed rating:1567 I guess dropping from a PTQ is bad for your rating I hear.
Favorite Format:Vintage/Legacy, sometimes Standard
Favorite Decklist: TyrantOath/2-Land Belcher/Goblins
Favorite Set:Judgment
Favorite Block:Onslaught
Favorite Magic Color:Black
Name: Mull2Four
Nickname: Nick
Real Name: Nick Coss
Limited rating: 1732
Constructed rating: 1904
Favorite Format: Vintage
Favorite Decklist:
Main Deck
60 cards
1 Blood Crypt
3 Bloodstained Mire
1 Breeding Pool
1 Godless Shrine
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Steam Vents
2 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
28 Creatures:
4 Boros Swiftblade
4 Dark Confidant
1 Doran, the Siege Tower
3 Gaddock Teeg
4 Grim Lavamancer
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4 Kird Ape
3 Spectral Lynx
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Gaea's Might
4 Lightning Helix
4 Tribal Flames
1 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Ancient Grudge
1 Kami of Ancient Law
3 Kataki, War's Wage
3 Molten Rain
1 Ronom Unicorn
3 Vindicate
Favorite Set: Mirrodin
Favorite Block: Urza's
Favorite Magic Color: Gold (can't you tell by the decklist?)
Username: CrAzEd Mike
Name: Michael
Nickname: Mike
Real Name: I don't like giving last names.
Limited rating: Don't have it back yet.
Constructed rating: Don't have it back yet.
Favorite Format: Standard
Favorite Decklist: Well... Uhhhh, depends on what I feel is my best deck at the moment.
Favorite Set: Probably Mirrodin.
Favorite Block: Mirrodin Block
Favorite Magic Color: All five of them... But I generally really enjoy playing black.
Bio coming soon
Name: Yare
Favorite Format: Vintage
Favorite Decklist:
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Crucible Of Worlds
4 Null Rod
Creatures
4 Flying Men
4 Icatian Javelineers
4 Meddling Mage
3 Ninja of the Deep Hours
Enchantments
4 Curiosity
Instants
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Time Walk
Lands
2 Island
1 Plains
4 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
3 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Seasinger
1 Disenchant
1 Seal of Cleansing
4 Energy Flux
3 Stifle
2 Blue Elemental Blast
Favorite Block: Urza Block
Favorite Magic Color: Blue
Name: TheRedViper
Nick Name: anything that might involve the movie Forrest Gump, Chuck, The Lorax, Bubba, and finally, the most awkward, Nipples
Real Name: Forrest
Limited Rating: (closes eyes and pretends it doesn't actually exist)
Constructed Rating: 2177(actually, im not finkel..... its only 1782)
Favorite Format: T2 > Ext > Legacy > Vintage
Favorite Deck: probably Tooth and Nail or Slide
Favorite Set: Onslaught
Favorite Block: Invasion
Favorite Color: Green>Red>Black
Name: ur-face
Nickname: paddy wadsack
Real Name: patrick wadsack-stewart
Current DCI ratings:
Composite 1789
Limited1796
Constructed 1782
2HG 1682
Name: Halim
Nickname: Desolation Angel/Deso
Limited rating: 1706
Constructed: 1632
Composite: 1669
Favorite Format: Draft
Favorite Decklist (Currently):
4 Leaf-Crowned Elder
4 Bosk Banneret
4 Nameless Inversion
4 Treefolk Harbriger
4 Search for Tomorrow
4 Crib Swap
4 Timber Protector
4 Battlewand Oak
2 Deadwood Treefolk
4 Murmering Bosk
2 Plains
2 Swamp
4 Teramorphic Expanse
10 Forest
Favorite Set: Tempest
Favorite Block: Tempest Block
Favorite Magic Colour: White
User Name: DalkonCledwin
Name: Mathew
Nickname: (optional) Cathal
Real Name: (optional) Mathew J. Borckardt
Your current DCI rating: Composite: 1556
Constructed 1526
Eternal 1582
Limited 1587
Favorite Format: Legacy
Favorite Decklist:
17 Snow-Covered Mountain
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Fireblast
4 Price of Progress
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Rift Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Magma Jet
4 Flame Rift
4 Flamebreak
2 Fork
2 Browbeat
4 Tormod's Crypt
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
2 Sulfuric Vortex
2 Sudden Shock
Favorite Block: Lorwyn
Favorite Magic Color: Red
Bio to come
Our Friends:
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YuanTi
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Set Abominae
VSA
foolycooly7777
Sene
(Friend Bios Will be forthcoming)
(This is for iRebel)
You lose when you touch the [SPIKES], just like Mega Man.
I Guess Ill Join.
UUU Azami, Lady of Scrolls
RRR Diaochan, Artful Beauty
UR(U/R) Tibor, Lumia, & Melek (WIP)
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We should. That's mine if we do. Is it good enough?
Does that mean you want to be a friend?
Well I was thinking of starting a clan like this about a month ago, but seeing you start your clan motivated me, so yes.:D
We could, if everyone likes that idea. That could be what is recommended to join the clan, but I dont think your rating has to be good or even impressive. Because there are many people that try to be competitive they just need time to get good, so trying counts in my book.
Yes, of course!
just kidding
want to put me under mortal enemies, you inyusha fanboy bum
also, are you looking for any limited, constructed or either? i'm personally more competitive in limited because in standard i tend to enjoy playing "fun decks" (like my double infinite combo deck) from time to time. my constructed rating as such is below 1600 and while my limited isn't much higher than 1600 i very much enjoy and relish in the competition. the store i play drafts and such at has 7 regular players with above an 1850 rating and 2 that are above 1950. its very competitive also since we draft the rares at the end based on standing. i can't tell you how many times i've gotten a late late pick thoughtseize.
hmmm. i guess what i'm trying to say is i'm in.
whoops @ YaunTi
at least you're still a friend right?
and since this is in testing grounds and i mentioned it earlier:
4x deathrender
4x enduring renewal
4x brion stoutarm
4x mirror entity
4x ceasless searblades
4x howling mine
4x condemn
4x wrath of god
4x martyr of sands
4x ancient amphitheater
7x plains
5x mountains
its an insanely fun deck to play at fnm since no one sees it coming. and in the current environment with all the aggro it took me to a 4th place finish out of 25 or so players.
seriously, build it and play it once. its so much fun even if it's not a tier 1 deck.
also, no idea on the representative.
Im thinking of bringing a Merfolk Aggro deck to the T2 this weekend, my Meta is so filled with Fae and Lark decks that I should have good match ups right?
If thats your meta, dont play merfolk. Play something with Red. RDW,DStorm,MRS, RB Goblins or something like that.
i agree. i would say skred red personaly. also a good choice is big mana with a black splash for void. void simply DESTROYS reviellark decks and it's VERY effective against faeries also. that would be my suggestion.
should do well. i will say that when i play void i like to have 1 main deck and 2 in the side.
i like big mana though if there are alot of faeries in your meta as the fall horribly to cloudthreshers.
QFT, Thoughtsieze to.
I was gonna play rogues becuase they have a good match vs Lark, but just fall over to Fae.
I have had really bad experiences with D-Storm, won tourny I went off about once the whole night, never playing that again, plus I traded my Hellkites...