I chose to start MTG blogging again right in the middle of spoiler season for the upcoming set Rise of the Eldrazi, so let me start out by reviewing some new cards. Let's take a look at the card previewed in this week's The Week That Was by Brian David-Marshall, Inquisition of Kozilek: Nobody expected the Kozilek inquisition!
BDM of course already pointed out the obvious comparisons to Thoughtseize, which is the premier pinpoint discard spell at this mana point; Thoughtseize has the advantage in versatility (can get any card) versus the slight drawback of giving up 2 points of life.
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Apr 2010
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I’m a long-time Magic player from the Philippines. I used to blog at my personal website, but I had this domain so I just decided to use it. My magic blogging used to consist mostly of tournament reports (I like to play both limited and constructed). For this blog, I’d like to write more design/card analysis and about events in the Magic community. Most of online Magic community writing is geared towards an American/western audience, so I’d also like to write stuff relevant to the Asian magic scene if I get the chance.
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Reply to mtgaaron's tweet:
@mtgaaron I would like to have awesome mythics, yet still be able to play competitively without them. This is more or less the case now.
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#mtg Smother is going to have a good time with all those Leveler creatures with low mana costs
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Reply to kellyreid's tweet:
@kellyreid when you say “porting”, do you mean copying over the theme and layout of the blog? Or just the content (posts/comments)?
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Got my 3 byes for GP Manila in June! #mtg
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anyone know of a good sideboarding guide for those piloting the jund deck?
Mar 2010
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RT @zeichen95: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtKAfoIllbo&feature=player_embedded
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Played my first constructed #MTG tournament in more than half a year. Jund is awesome, but am still too rusty esp. w/ sb plans, went 3-3
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Mnemonic Wall goes well with Cruel Ultimatum. You heard it here first! #mtg #RiseoftheEldrazi
Feb 2010
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#mtg I just lost a game with only 2 steppe lynx in play. That’s right, NO LANDS =/
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#mtg hate mulliganning to 4
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#mtg opening packs has way too much variance. 1st wwk pack I bought: foil abyssal persecutor. 2nd wwk pack I bought: Goliath Sphinx. Hooray!
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it’s too bad the #MTGWritingContest is only applicable for US residents “(
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Reply to TrickMTG's tweet:
@mananation it works differently than lifelink since the ability belongs to the cloak. (humility won’t remove the lifegain ability)
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#mtg flavorwise, why does Vampire Hexmage have first strike?
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Reply to wrongwaygoback's tweet:
@wrongwaygoback that is an awesome story. It happens sometimes, I once drew off my opponent’s library in a tourney I played w/o any sleep :D
Jan 2010
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@maro254 RoE will be mechanically distinct from Zen/WWK right? So no allies/traps/quests in RoE?
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Reply to mtgcolorpie's tweet:
@mtgcolorpie wow, that’s lucky
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Reply to GatheringMagic's tweet:
@GatheringMagic man, your prize pool is so much better than ours. 4-0 here just gets you 4 packs and a shirt =/
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Only went 3-1 at the Worldwake prerelease. Mana screw FTL. =/ #mtg #wwk
[06:31] In addition to the the promo card, I got a Comet Storm in my sealed pool, and one more in my prize packs. :D #mtg #wwk
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Reply to ccgtradepost's tweet:
@ccgtradepost hasn’t Rite of Replication always been insane in allies? :p The druid makes it a lot easier!
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#mtg Some nice cards, but overall I’m not yet very impressed with #WorldWake
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#mtg I was like: should I sell these RGD packs, or open them and hope for duals. I was greedy and opened for duals. Mistake!
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Reply to GatheringMagic's tweet:
@GatheringMagic what is a DODTTCOP?
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Reply to mtgcolorpie's tweet:
@mtgcolorpie great post!
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Reply to wrongwaygoback's tweet:
@wrongwaygoback why River of Tears? for extended?
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#mtgo arg MTGO isn’t letting me log in!
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Reply to mtgaaron's tweet:
@mtgaaron blue used to be a lot stronger compared to the other colors, when things are relatively even it still feels like blue lost a lot
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Reply to wrongwaygoback's tweet:
@wrongwaygoback so how many packs did it take you to actually ripa baneslayer? :p #MtG
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Reply to wrongwaygoback's tweet:
@wrongwaygoback p4p1 would’ve gotten Rise. p5p2 would’ve gotten Deathmark. Nice draft, lots of removal, 3 tendrils (!)
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Reply to mtgsalivanth's tweet:
@mtgsalivanth aren’t ravagers expensive?
Dec 2009
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Reply to mtgcolorpie's tweet:
@mtgcolorpie tell me if you get any good responses, one of my HDs also died recently =/
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Now, this is a bit awkward. One of the side projects that’s been in my backlog for a long time has been to work on an improved version of the MTGO Draft Converter at zizibaloob. I thought I would get started on that today, and in fact already had quite a bit of javascript done for the draft widget when I read a new post by Brian David-Marshall over on top8magic and found out that there was already a new draft recorder website: RareDraft.
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Please send me a #RareDraft invite! http://www.raredraft.com (@raredraft)
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#mtg re: https://twitter.com/roy_mtg/status/7179996454 It’s also annoying when you lose a match due to missing the tight play =/
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#mtg anybody have a Naya Hushblade wallpaper?
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RT @TheZvi: I wish that when I didn’t have anything worth doing, I could save my unused minutes. Because it works that way.
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#mtg It’s always awesome when you win a game from 1 life due to super-tight play
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Reply to mtgcolorpie's tweet:
@mtgcolorpie Hunter kills Visara, then Visara kills Shadow Guy. It’s just the stack right?
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Reply to kellyreid's tweet:
@kellyreid a game about how to pirate software efficiently?
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#mtg It sucks when you have an awesome sealed pool then lose a round because you didn’t draw one of your colors >.<
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Reply to mturian's tweet:
@mturian Molten Rain. No, wait, Pillage!
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@mturian Man O War
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@mturian Eternal Witness
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#mturian Eternal Witness
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Reply to mturian's tweet:
@mturian tarmogoyf
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#momir #mtg Round1: I never played Sundering Titan before, I thought we were both choosing five lands to sacrifice! Doh, shoulda won!
[02:32] #momir #mtg Round2: Just won off opponent’s Phage!
[03:35] #momir #mtg Round3: Lost game 1 by pulling Sages of the Anima, game 2 to terrible pulls. gah!
[04:54] #momir #mtg: Round4: Won off 2x Benthic Behemoth. Managed to get around 20 minutes of sleep before that round, I’ll sneak in some more
[05:53] #momir #mtg Round5: Won game1 despite opponent having a 60/60 hamletback. Won game2 off my opponent’s 3rd turn Countryside Crusher
[07:07] #momir #mtg Final record: 3-3. Momir Basic: You should be thankful when your 7 drops don’t kill you as they ETB
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It looks like I’m skipping sleep tonight to play Momir Basic. Starts at 1am over here!