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Post by ig2000 on Aug 31, 2008 18:45:29 GMT -6
Note to xombie and Gir: Would love to have you play as well! I can let you use my cards. I was thinking some thing like this as xombies and Girs General. I talked to some of you about playing Elder Dragon Highlander and thought I would put a post up to see if there is any interest. Redshirt, you need to come sling some cards with us! I would like to make it a quarterly event. But first we would need to hammer out some rules and a banned list. I’ll put a few links Here,Here,And Here.You can read them and let me know what rules you like and don't like. Do a search if you want, i'm sure there are more rules variants. If you want to play let me know who you want as your General.
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Sept 1, 2008 16:41:12 GMT -6
I am interested! I like the looks of the Princeton rules (the third link in your post). I think we could start with that as a guide for our first match, and then alter it if we need to for later games. I had found an EDH forum, but now cant' seem to find it to link it. I'll keep looking. Also, I have an idea who I want as my general, but I'm not sure if I own the card...can't seem to find it... I'll let you know who I'll be destroying you all with soon enough, though. I have plenty of back-ups. Duh, just google it: EDH forum. Heh...
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Post by ig2000 on Sept 4, 2008 18:59:26 GMT -6
I just read over the Princeton EDH rules again, sounds good to me. There banned list all so looks good. Should we add any thing? How do we encourage people to stick with there choice of general but allow them to switch if they want? I’m going to go ahead and reserve Zur as my general. I just need to set a date to play now!
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Sept 5, 2008 8:23:54 GMT -6
There's a link to some other rules in that forum link I posted above. Those rules are pretty much the same as Princeton, but have a slightly different banned list. You might wanna check that out, too. (Here's link to those rules.) I had hoped to have a general by now, but can't seem to make up my mind. Aw, screw it--I'm rollin with Phelddagrif. Don't think I've ever played with him before.
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Dec 10, 2008 11:20:27 GMT -6
Hey, it's been so long since I've kept up with Magic that I can't remember what they say instead of "infinite." "Improbably large number" sounds close, but I know that's not it. First Magic player to post with the answer gets a cookie.
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Post by Gir on Dec 11, 2008 13:33:16 GMT -6
I don't know about xombie... but I think I shall respectfully decline... thanks for the invite
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Post by redshirt on Dec 11, 2008 19:10:04 GMT -6
Infinite plus one?
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Post by ig2000 on Dec 12, 2008 6:42:50 GMT -6
Was going to give some one else a chance but I believe the term you are looking for is "arbitrarily large".
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Dec 14, 2008 1:38:56 GMT -6
Thanks. I actually thought of it the next day, but since you did answer, you get a cookie. But you first take it from: And he won't give it up easily.
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Apr 1, 2009 17:30:28 GMT -6
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Post by ig2000 on Apr 1, 2009 17:59:39 GMT -6
lol. Don't forget this one. And one more, make sure you stick with it untill the end of pack three. ;D I still can't belive that Goyf made it around the table.
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Apr 2, 2009 11:17:37 GMT -6
I can't believe he didn't take I Pity the Foo; dude's a noob.
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Sept 15, 2009 9:34:19 GMT -6
Here's a link to that deck I was talking about: Budget Hemikrania. It doesn't look competitive--at least not in my hands--but looks fun for a throw-away tournament. I would need anything that isn't old school (I have the bolts and mines, and at least 2 underworld dreams). There are a bunch of different versions, and I'm not sure how I'd want to build it. I'd prolly want at least a couple critters. Eh, I might take it to a tourney on a Saturday if you guys go to one and I'm not busy with anything else. (Oh, and my phone sucks. Sorry, ig.) (And now I also want to play some Guitar Hero. Thanks a lot, ig, ya prick! ;D)
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Post by ig2000 on Sept 15, 2009 10:45:34 GMT -6
Hey I can give you the - 4x Doomblade 4x Sign in Blood 4X Blightning 1x Volcanic Fallout ((foil) maybe you can turn it into two of'em) 4x Veinfire Borderpost ?x Burning Inquiry and let you borrow what ever. RMS might have extra stuff he could let you have as well. Let me know if there is any thing else you need. Sorry about the GH thing, I guess I just end up pissing ever one off.
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Post by redshirt on Sept 15, 2009 17:43:25 GMT -6
F*ing Megrim, I hated that card!
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Sept 16, 2009 4:32:39 GMT -6
F*ing Megrim, I hated that card! My version will probably go with Underworld Dreams (Megrim in sb, maybe?). The deck sort of evolved over the course of the 20 some odd pages. I haven't tried it yet, but thought it looked cool and cheap if I ever wanted to get back into playing at a tournament here in the not too distant future. I have almost all the rares for it, so far as I know, and would just need a few commons and uncommons. And, since fresh season is coming up, I might even try an FNM or two with it. ;D It looks like most of the lists for this deck go creatureless, which I would want to change. I likes me some critters, now and then. I have hippies, but I'm sure there is some cheap common fat in Type 2 these days.
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Post by rmsgamer on Sept 27, 2009 19:47:44 GMT -6
Critters ARE great, but remember that there is TONS of removal out there now. Bolt and Terminate are back, white has Path to Exile, Oblivion Ring, and Harm's Way, and don't forger blue bounce. So don't rely too heavily on the small critters. It might not hurt to run a little beef too, if you've got the room. A couple/few bigger critters that can come out mid to late game if it goes long. (Of course I'm probably preachin' to the choir but I just thought I'd throw my two cents in.)
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Sept 28, 2009 8:28:30 GMT -6
Critters ARE great, but remember that there is TONS of removal out there now. Bolt and Terminate are back, white has Path to Exile, Oblivion Ring, and Harm's Way, and don't forger blue bounce. So don't rely too heavily on the small critters. It might not hurt to run a little beef too, if you've got the room. A couple/few bigger critters that can come out mid to late game if it goes long. (Of course I'm probably preachin' to the choir but I just thought I'd throw my two cents in.) I was thinkin' the same thing about the critters--I'd want most of them to be a little more substantial than hyppies. Either that, or go with sideboard critters like Anathamancer (or whatever it's called) or run creature-less until siding in some beef after my opponent has sided out his own removal. Creature-less would probably be the way to go, depending on how the deck behaves--it's combo/control (prolly a little too much combo for my tastes, but it looks fun and cheap), so any critters would need to work towards that end--if any such animals exist... So far as preachin' to the choir goes, it's been a couple years since I've belted out any hymns (to Tourach or otherwise), so preach on Rev. RMS, preach on! (Eventually I might get around to building this deck, and I'll want you all to tear it apart and convince me why it won't work. ;D) Thanks for the 2cp.
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Post by redshirt on Sept 28, 2009 16:21:41 GMT -6
They just need to bring back Mind Twist. That was the best card ever!!
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Post by ig2000 on Sept 28, 2009 19:02:02 GMT -6
will this do?
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Sept 29, 2009 7:51:12 GMT -6
That will not do! I have several mind twists and none of those!
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Post by redshirt on Sept 29, 2009 16:12:51 GMT -6
Sweet!!!!!! ;D
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Post by rmsgamer on Oct 10, 2009 14:15:05 GMT -6
They don't want you to use your old cards. They want you to buy NEW cards!!! ;D
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Oct 10, 2009 15:26:35 GMT -6
They don't want you to use your old cards. They want you to buy NEW cards!!! ;D Damn them for forcing me to buy new things! It's all a corporate conspiracy! How dare they force me into spending my hard-earned money on something that I don't want! They're all just evil and greedy and evil!! NERDRAGE!!!!!!!!!11!!!! (No, I'm not serious. In fact, I think it's awesome that bolts and hippies and other old cards are back and Type 2 legal.)
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Jul 15, 2011 11:25:44 GMT -6
THREAD NECRO... And returning the thread to a discussion about EDH (or "Commander" as they want it to be known now... ). If you're really that interested, see the other thread about my adventures with Howling Mine/Underworld Dreams (and honestly, you really should be that interested ). Uh, what was I going to say? Oh yeah, EDH. I don't know who the sumbich was who got me interested in Magic again (prolly the obstinately absent ig...), but I'm really digging EDH. The Commander precons are pretty cool, at least Counterpunch is (that's the one I have). We played with all the precons last Friday (me, redshirt, ig, Asshole Brother, and Tough Guy Lite), was a lot of fun. Can't remember who won, but I know it wasn't me or ig (I tried to orchestrate a plan to eliminate ig, I fucked up but he didn't have a good answer, but did end up bringing me, A-hole, and TGL down to low enough that most of us would die to his Squallmonger). Anyway, the Friday DnD group has been playing EDH after DnD the past couple weeks (not this week, sadly). I've put together a few decks for our games: - Azusa, Lost but Seeking - mana acceleration and cast terrifyingly huge critters. 1-1 (A-hole Bro been playing this one)
- Visara the Dreadful - kills yer critters, kills em again, kills em some more. And brings em back to punch you in the face, sometimes. 1-1 (TGL been playing this)
- Grand Arbiter Augustin IV - control deck that slows you down a little and steals your shit. 0-2 (redshirt been playing this, doesn't like it as he doesn't like control, so...)
- Sol'kanar the Swamp King - an aggro deck for redshirt since he can't play control , pinpoint destruction, give the Swamp King a weapon and let him swing (players start at 40 life, but it only takes 21 from your general to kill somebody)
- Ghave, Guru of Spores (Counterpunch) - make and abuse tokens, but it's a precon so it isn't real focused. 0-2 (I been playing, and will change it drastically)
- [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+[Phelddagrif]]Phelddagrif
[/url] - booyah! Finally got around to building this thing. The Friendly Purple Hippo just wants everybody else to have fun (have some cards, have some life, have some critters!). Not sure if this deck can actually win, but it looks pretty fun. 0-0 (haven't played it, but I certainly intend to) [/li][/ul] I'm not going to claim that any of these decks are good, but they're a lot of fun to play against each other. Changes need to be made to all of them, and the Counterpunch deck is going to get a drastic overhaul (going to change the general to Karador, Ghost Chieftain and turn it into a Rock-style toolbox), but our games have been a blast so far. I'm also going to change the Grand Arbiter deck to Merieke Ri Berit or Rubinia Soulsinger, focusing on the critter-stealing thing (the prison/stax theme wasn't very fun and didn't work well, anyway). I know that RMS has been playing EDH lately, and I'm interested in reading about his decks. So RMS, show me some shit! And ig, if you happen to be reading, chime in, too (and anybody else who has an opinion).
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Post by redshirt on Jul 17, 2011 11:47:35 GMT -6
The main problem I had with the Grand Arbiter deck (besides the fact I cant play control well) is it seems to draw a large amount of hate for no more than it does. Looking through it I saw lots of good cards I never saw during a game that might have helped, but the Arbiter himself, while cheap to play, angers everyone else and puts a target on your back.
Dont know what you could do to fix it, but its fun to play if you dont mind if you loose and like fucking with everyone else.
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Jul 18, 2011 9:26:49 GMT -6
The main problem I had with the Grand Arbiter deck (besides the fact I cant play control well) is it seems to draw a large amount of hate for no more than it does. Looking through it I saw lots of good cards I never saw during a game that might have helped, but the Arbiter himself, while cheap to play, angers everyone else and puts a target on your back. Dont know what you could do to fix it, but its fun to play if you dont mind if you loose and like fucking with everyone else. Yeah, for some reason people get really pissed when all their shit costs more (especially when your shit costs 1 - or 2! - less). I should have thought of that when I first put it together. I've changed it to Rubinia Soulsinger - which might draw just as much hate, actually... It's still a "steal all yer stuff" deck, but does away with a bunch of the cuteness (all the "infinite combos" have been removed), and adds some card draw/card quality/land ramp. I should maybe replace Genesis with Greater Good, but we'll see. Genesis is awesome, one of my favorite green cards ever, but there may not be enough critters in this deck for it (at least, not enough of its own critters). Greater Good will let me eliminate the critter (and draw cards!) when you try to take it back from me. We'll see. I also think I'm being too cute with Sol'Kanar. He needs more good equipment. Also, an Izzet Chronarch, Scrivener, and Anarchist is prolly too much. Stupid game. I have too many ideas for more decks. Which to work on next...?
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Jul 23, 2011 5:28:59 GMT -6
Phelddagrif wins! First game with the Friendly Purple Hippo, and he came through with flying colors. Defense, politics, and protect the guys from the bully, wow, fun game. Sol'Kanar started strong but fizzled quick. Visara started strong (with an Avatar of Woe for company), but decided to sit back and chill. Azusa asploded with fat and weenies. Friendly Purple Hippo was mana-screwed for white, and spent much of the early game whining about it. While Sol'Kanar went from beatdown-mode to control-Azusa-mode, Visara was content to sit on his pair of assassins, Phelddagrif just bitched about his lack of white mana (all the while giving everybody extra cards with Howling Mine and Anvil of Bogardan; he also begged Visara not to kill his Birds of Paradise, his only source of white...and he begged shamelessly...). And then Azusa just exploded. Mo, mo, mo mana from Vernal Bloom + Azusa, dropping fatties like there's no tomorrow, casting Beacon of Creation a couple times for boucoup bugs, it was ridiculous. And then he plays Storm Cauldron. Oh God, no! (That card is coming out of the Azusa deck asap!) Sol'kanar bites the bullet and takes one for the team, casting Shattering Pulse with buyback on it to destroy the Cauldon, returning a massive five lands to his hand to do so - thank you, kind sir! I repay him by tapping Rainbow Vale to pay for Hunted Lammasu, giving him both the 4/4 horror token and the Vale. And now that I think about it, I should have given him more... Visara is struggling, but wears a brave face. He does very little, both of his massive assassins having been destroyed, but he's obviously still a threat (graveyard recur and critter killin' pretty much at will). And Azusa is still going nuts. Throwing out weenies and fat with wild abandon, it's like he unzipped his pants and slapped his massive manhood onto the table with a resounding thud, and said, "that's right." Sol'kanar and I quaked with fear, but Visara calmly responded with Plague Wind. W00t! Turns go round while we try to contain Azusa, I gain a pretty comfortable amount of life from Beacon of Immortality a couple times, and most everything is at a standstill (Azusa cast Rude Awakening a time or two, but didn't kill anybody with it). At one point, Kozilek, Butcher of Truth showed his ugly face, and I read the card wrong - it says "shuffle your graveyard into your library," not "shuffle this guy into your library." That's a distinct difference. I had Oblation in my hand, didn't realize what Kozilek did until it was too late (I should have made Azusa shuffle him instead of letting him die - could have made a difference). I later use Oblation on City of Solitude, but first... A pretty major "what actually happened" debate takes place. Did Azusa use Garruk Wildspeaker's untap 2 lands ability this turn already? Can he use his Overrun ability? Consensus was that he'd untapped two lands, but we let Azusa take back the Rude Awakening he'd cast. I cast Reverse the Sands, switching some life totals (remember that I'm pretty comfortable at 100+ due to Beacon of Immortality a couple times). I put Azusa into the teens (from Visara's life total) so that Visara can swing to kill with his big Promise of Power demon (22/22 or something like that). But Azusa still has Zuran Orb out. Doh! Turns pass, Sol'kanar blows up both Zuran Orb and Crucible of Worlds with Shattering Pulse (thank you again, kind sir). Doesn't matter, though. I have Skyscribing, Windfall, and, wait for it, Feldon's Cane in hand. Can't remember the exact sequence of events, but I believe I cast the Cane, cast Skysribing for all but 3, sacced the Cane, cast Windfall, and ended the game with 4 cards in my library. Visara and Sol'kanar immediately gave up, but Azusa valiantly struggled to find an answer. Finding none, in the end he scooped. Win for the Friendly Purple Hippo! Mistakes: the big one that I can see is that I didn't Oblation Azusa's Kozilek when it was about to die. That omission let him shuffle his entire grave into his library, a potentially disastrous occurrence (turned out to not be disastrous, but was annoying). I misread Kozilek; turns out, he's even more awesome than I'd thought. My Deck: Politics ftw! Helping people with massive card draw (Mine and Anvil early) and whining about my lack of white mana. Visara kept telling me that I was playing the politics game, but wasn't at all hesitant to accept my help. He kept saying that I was going to "find the combo." There is no combo! I let you draw lots of cards. I give you lots of mana. I give you critters. I try to stay alive. If I happen to get Skyscribing/Windfall/Cane and deck you, is that really my fault? I mean, I have Wall of Shards in my deck (killed before I could pay the upkeep even once), and although I may have played Time Stop (on Azusa, to the cheers of everyone else), I never cast Beacon of Tomorrows once. Not once! Hunted Phantasm hit play, but did it see the Empyrial Armor? No! And I had a shitload of cards in hand, too! Sure, my Pariah hit Azusa's Darksteel Colossus, but that got blown up quick. Cho-Manno? Nope, not today, sir. Beloved Chaplain? Oh, hi dude! Oh, Plague Wind? Oh man, well, see ya. My walls? Yeah, they didn't last long. The Friendly Purple Hippo himself? He was out for just long enough for me to give Sol'kanar a few (4) 1/1 hippos, and let Visara draw a card. God, I love this deck. I hope next time I can play a few Advocates, actually cast Awakening (discarded this game due to Visara's crazy pair of assassins [Visara herself and Avatar of Woe]), and maybe some cool shit like Trade Secrets, Kamahl's Summons, and Show and Tell. It also makes me sad that I had Phelddagrif's belligerent big brother in hand for most of the game and never played him (not his fault, to be honest, always had more important stuff to play, just never found the right time to play him). Also, Time Stop seems like an all-star, at least in this metagame; Azusa takes crazy-long turns, partly the deck's fault (crap ton of mana/options/draw), partly the player's fault (A-hole Brother has been playing it, and he's...deliberate, to say the least...). With Time Stop I can say, "no, dude, too much crazy shit, can't let it happen." Or I can say, "come on, ,man, we've been waiting like half an hour for you to finish your frickin turn, you're done!" Time Stop, staying in the deck. Long story short, all in all, tldr, the Friendly Purple Hippo deck is fun. It plays like I want (which is control/politics, and very, very light control at that, I mean, I'm hanging on to the thinnest of threads for most of the game), it seems to stick around and see all the cool shit that everybody else is going to do, and it helps them do that cool shit. I want to play this deck more. A lot more. I can't think of anything that I want to change. I'm sure I will once I play it against these guys again (or anybody reading this...), but for right now, having played the deck a grand total of one time, I love it. Please note that the deck is not designed to win; yes, it can win, but it's mostly designed to stick around, help people, and just have fun being in the game. So please, please, please don't target me. I'm your friend... ;D EDIT: for clarity on a thing
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Post by Ixos 2: the Sequel on Jul 23, 2011 6:40:51 GMT -6
Ch-ch-ch-changes. Azusa, Lost but Seeking deck: - Dawnstrider - fog, yeah, like I need to (and mebbe better in other deck) - Storm Cauldron - cut for unfun (sucks for everybody) - Wooded Foothills - better in other decks, imo - Polluted Mire - wtf? why dis in here in first place? (I not pay enough attention...) + Evolving Wilds - get dat forest + Terrain Generator - deck draws a ton of cards, and redundancy with Azusa (land put) + Khalni Hydra - more fat, which is what the deck wants + Memory Jar - replace Storm Cauldron; yeah, prolly worse, trial, we see
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Post by redshirt on Jul 30, 2011 2:47:50 GMT -6
I think you should take out that equipment that makes them untargetable an put in lightning Greaves instead. Its better and cheaper and the haste would let me swing with one of my stolen fatties.
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