Dies to Removal

I am alive. That is all.

Me too. Commence sleeping all day.

How did Ham's Stream go?

It was interesting, but not very long. I was only in game for about an hour and change. Played a few test matches of my janky AEther Vial brew.

ham is bad at magic. letting tron draw all of their good cards

@ Alex. 2 power flier beats and burn. Usually the early game is tough; but once the engines are online the game cascades very quickly.

I think I played against something similar, but with Glint Hawk Idol instead of actual Glint Hawk. Didn't seem good, but I was playing monoU so that's not surprising.

It was interesting, but not very long.

Sorry to hear that.

It was interesting, but not very long.

Sorry to hear that.

I'm spoiled by redthirst.

A Blue mage said "GG" before playing his first card. Apparently he had the godhand of double MoW.

What he didn't know is that I had Rod of Ruin in hand.



Image = My expression, exactly.

I need to get involved in this MODO business. I think I'll have a much better time grinding if my opponent is a faceless peon instead of one I have to smell and talk to.

The thrill of playing a long tournament without smelly basement dwellers or fumes from the smokers outside makes MTGO worth any amount of Kibler-inspired downtime. Bonus points if you get to chat with your FoS buddies on stream while you do it.

Man, I really thought today was my day.

Started off 6-1 at StarCityGames Open Providence and was flying high. 10 rounds, 500 people.

Then I ran into two Mono Blue decks and lost two extremely close game 3's.

Then maybe it was the 10 hours of magic, or just on tilt but in a game 3 vs G/R monsters, I had a really easy win, and blew it. Bad. So bad I can't even type it.

Ran Owen T's list from his most recent article.

[deck]Main Deck
4 Foundry Street Denizen
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Firefist Striker
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Gore-House Chainwalker
2 Ash Zealot
4 Chandra's Pheonix

4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike

4 Mutavault
3 Blood Crypt
15 Mountain

Sideboard
4 Fanatic of Mogis
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Toil and Trouble
2 Peak Eruption
1 Blood Crypt[/deck]

Looking back, I might have taken out Zealot and Foundry Street.

The sidboard plan was fucking awesome morphing into Red
Devotion.


Here was the breakdown

Round 1 - 2-1 Win vs Esper
Round 2 - 2-1 Loss vs Bant Midrange(unflinching courage)
Round 3 - 2-0 Win vs B/W Midrange
Round 4 2-0 Win vs Junk Midrange
Round 5 - 2-0 Win vs Esper
Round 6 - 2-0 Win vs G/R Monsters
Round 7 2-1 Win vs Esper
Round 8 - 2-1 Loss vs Mono Blue
Round 9 2-1 Loss vs Mono Blue
Round 10 2-1 Loss to G/R Monsters(had game 3 if not for being complete tilted moron)

Remember the FoS cards we were doing for ourselves a few (several) pages back?
I think that's where we left it.

Holy crap, Doc. #SlowClap

I've been bored. #understatement

Quick, I'm really bored and need a suggestion of a good sci-fi or fantasy book to read

The Hyperion Cantos four sci-fi books by Dan Simmons. In order, Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, Rise of Endymion, are the best sci-fi books I have read yet. It features one of the most awesome and terrifying things in sci-fi: the Shrike.

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. It's a modern day series about a wizard living in Chicago. He's up to book 13 out of 20. Amazingly good writing, though the first book is a bit of a slog since he's still finding his voice as a writer. By book two he's
better, and each book gets even better. He's big on plot arcs as well. Something that begins in the third book isn't resolved until nine books later, and it impacts everything else in the series.

The Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. It's the series of books that Game of Thrones on HBO is based on.

If you haven't read them yet, then those should keep you busy for a while.

Quick, I'm really bored and need a suggestion of a good sci-fi or fantasy book to read

Didn't see this question before, so thanks to WS for quoting it. I enjoyed The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

Was I one of the only ones hetersexual enough to not make their own card? That probably explains why everyone else has one and I don't.

Doc, those are awesome.

I want to play me so very much.

Quick, I'm really bored and need a suggestion of a good sci-fi or fantasy book to read

I just finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and it wasn't horrible. It's part one of a trilogy he's only written two books for. When he finishes part three I'll re-read it and then finish the series.

Doc, those are awesome.

I want to play me so very much.

I concur that you'd make a rough Commander general.

Was I one of the only ones hetersexual enough to not make their own card? That probably explains why everyone else has one and I don't.

Being tapped by neckbeards is perfectly fine when done safely.

Alex - nope. Mine was created from Z's infinite wisdom.

Doc - Love 'em. Me, Raida, Z, and Nerdboy make a sweet aggro deck.

Raida - the Ender series by Orson Scott Card (the 8 originals) or the original 6 Dune books. Both are absolutely briliant. The Hyperion Cantos windstrider suggested are pretty good as well, but I personally wouldn't rank them as highly as Dune or Ender.

If you want fantasy, A. A. Attanasio's Arthor series are fuckin great, though I haven't finished the last just yet so I'm hesitant to make a final judgment without having seen his conclusion.

I'll just put this here. (Warning: Loud noise of a track. Won't cut it out since I played it when this happened)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOXtDjeTmgY

@ Doc, amazing. Could I get you to remake it without FS? On second thoughts it's not needed for balance and the design is more elegant that way. Lovely art / choices.

@ FIA, also amazing. Really got to see all the moving pieces working together!

@Zman - Yup. Will get that in the morning.

@F.I.A -

I like the flavour and design of Heliod and Yarpus. They're actually printable.

IIRC from dredging back through the thread for these, you designed Helios's card yourself.

Who am I kidding, anyway? My card would be a functional reprint of Burn at the Stake, although Phyrexian Crusader would probably also be considered acceptable.

Thanks for all the book suggestions guys
A lot of those I've already read like Ender's Game, and Song of Ice and Fire, but the rest got thrown into a .txt for use


Also, the cards are awesome! Though, now that I'm looking at it, I think NerdBoyWonder's card is extremely op. As in, you win turn 2.

Cause if I'm reading it right, when it enters, you pick itself since it's on the battlefield and is a non-land permanent. You then get a copy of him that enters, etc, etc, etc. And they all have haste.
So turn two you have an arbitralily large army of hasters and win... Tiny bit op

Should probably not be able to copy himself, though if you just took away haste that
might work too, though it'd still be able to make an 'infinite' amount of itselves... Would como nicely with my card ;P

@Zman - Yup. Will get that in the morning.

@F.I.A -

Can I also get flavour text? I'm going to mod this up for my deckbox (I have lucky trinkets I take to tournaments).

Why run? You'll only die tired

Yeah I'm fan boying out.

Is there a Todd Koson in the clan?

:')

Remember the FoS cards we were doing for ourselves a few (several) pages back?

These are fucking epic!

Remember the FoS cards we were doing for ourselves a few (several) pages back?

This is what my life has become...

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My apologies if you don't like your rarity. Probationary members are uncommon, full members are rare, senior members are mythic. That said, I don't know who's senior and who's just a full member. Had to reference a retired Sally thread.

My other apologies for those of you without user pics. I did the best I could (LaZer). Also for the set editor's weird-ass formatting inconsistencies.

Also, there are two Khaos's because I don't know which one he actually liked vs. which one he only signed off on because he was drunk.

[img]https://
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I think that's where we left it.

Doc, you da fuckin' man, sir!

Those cards are cool!

Went 7-1 tonight with:

[deck]
Creatures
4 Glint Hawk
4 Kor Skyfisher
2 Sanctum Gargoyle

Artifacts
4 Ichor Wellspring
3 Mycosynth Wellspring
4 Prophetic Prism

Spells
2 Faithless Looting
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Journey to Nowhere
4 Kuldotha Rebirth
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Oblivion Ring

Lands
4 Ancient Den
4 Great Furnace
4 Kabira Crossroads
5 Mountain
3 Plains

Sideboard
2 Celestial Purge
3 Electrickery
2 Gorilla Shaman
2 Kor Sanctifiers
2 Lone Missionary
4 Pyroblast
[/deck]

Its fun and very cheap.

I have a few things more to experiment with, noticably guildgates or bouncelands in the mana base and what the impact of that may be. Still, pretty sweet so far.

Remember the FoS cards we were doing for ourselves a few (several) pages back?

This is what my life has become...

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My apologies if you don't like your rarity. Probationary members are uncommon, full members are rare, senior members are mythic. That said, I don't know who's senior and who's just a full member. Had to reference a retired Sally thread.

My other apologies for those of you without user pics. I did the best I could (LaZer). Also for the set editor's weird-ass formatting inconsistencies.

Also, there are two Khaos's
because I don't know which one he actually liked vs. which one he only signed off on because he was drunk.

[img]https:
//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aNJE2dcLZWI/UpGHvn6LCzI/AAAAAAAABSE/vg0SaFfGUn0/w375-h523-no/Khaospawn+Goblin+Mob+Boss.jpg[/img]

I think that's where we left it.

Doc, you da fuckin' man, sir!

[img]http://i1358.
photobucket.com/albums/q775/Keith_Ambrose/createcard_zps123328a2.jpg[/img]

Doclawless did us proud with those cards. Thanks

It is cold wet and rainy at the Boerne Airport. Some dumb ass made a wide turn in a Citation and run off the taxi way into the mud. It's not as if these planes don't costs millions. They gave up for the time being trying to dig it out (mud needs to dry). I ain't touching that damn thing with a ten foot pole even if it's in my job purview. That plane can only take the weight from the landing gear, which is stuck in a foot of mud, thus raising it from other pressure points is risky beyond belief and money. They hired a professional crew to dig it out THANK GOD, but large planes can't pass there now. Here is a picture for you to point and laugh at. I like to buy a cool
patch here and there for my tac vest and this one caught my eye from milspec monkey. We should make a military style patch (velcro backed) for FoS instead of sleeves cause they wear out fast Proposed version
I COME
I BURN SHIT UP
I LEAVE
FoS

My flavor would probably be: He tends to find the right answer, but at wrong moment.

@Doc, I hope you don't mind, but I altered the card name slightly and changed the artwork since the phoenix image doesn't fit the creature type.

Is there a Todd Koson in the clan?

At your service

Okay guys...check it out. My 10-year-old great nephew is registering his deck for GP Albuquerque.

And what do you see? MOUNTAINS!!!! Red Devo is what I think they finally decided on...he really misses his BW Tokens deck.

Wow...I'm just pretty well rocked back in my seat. The kid started off the GP going 3-1 through his first 4 matches!! I doubt I would have done as well. Next report had him at 4-2 and running into serious competition. Given the field, he finished the day at 4-5...at 10 years old, that seems pretty remarkable. He came away from the day with a new playmat by RK Post, so he's quite
the happy kid.