Magic: The Gathering [It's a Thread!]

[diapered]

I play MTG casually. Usually, on Areana. I was super hyped for the Final Fantasy sets, so I bought a commander deck and the booster box to build a few standard decks. I’ve been meaning to scope out some the events at my LGS, but i get super shy.

Same, if I had another friend to go with, I'd probably be more confident Nowadays, I have no irl friends that play.

Curious but how do longtime MTG fans feel about the possible influx of players who just got into it recently with the FF tie-in? Or is that a usual occurrence whenever MTG does one of these big franchise tie-ins? I've been MTG-curious for a while and want to give it a shot myself (maybe when I eventually get my hands one of these dang FF starter decks).

I don't know if it is a usual occurrence, I stopped playing before wizards started doing the tie-ins. I think it's cool if it brings in more players, I don't think any player would disagree with that.

Went to my local store in the city and the Final Fantasy boosters and sets were 100% sold out Apparently everyone is having trouble keeping them in stock. Guess it's good that it's a success, though.

you couldn't get any. Hopefully, that demand is due to genuine interest: ff fans that just want to collect and casual players that are also ff fans, and not speculators.

 

[sun0wl]

im pretty sure those who bought it for the Square characters arent going to play them game, theyll just put them in a binder and call it a day

It's likely that many will, but I'm sure it will also be a gateway to playing MTG for others. That was undoubtably part of the calculus for Wizards of the Coast when they paid whatever god awful amount of money they did to buy the license to use FF. I'm pretty interested in learning to play, although admittedly part of the allure now is that the cards are FF-themed. But also because I've noticed most card shops have a lot of MTG players who come to play. I learned from Shadowverse that I shouldn't get too deep into a card game unless I can find people to play with lol.

 

[DJPlace]

i use to play MTG arena but i gave up on it due to me being a Free to Play Player... hell maybe i should make a different account and see what this final Fanstay MTG is.

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

Went to my local store in the city and the Final Fantasy boosters and sets were 100% sold out Apparently everyone is having trouble keeping them in stock. Guess it's good that it's a success, though.

Curious but how do longtime MTG fans feel about the possible influx of players who just got into it recently with the FF tie-in? Or is that a usual occurrence whenever MTG does one of these big franchise tie-ins? I've been MTG-curious for a while and want to give it a shot myself (maybe when I eventually get my hands one of these dang FF starter decks)

Idk. I'm pretty torn on it. It's cool to see stuff I like in the game, and we did get some really cool commanders through Universes Beyond(Magus Lucea Kane from Warhammer 40k, Madison Li from Fallout).

However, broad licensing across a lot of IPs tend to spell the end of whatever it's tied to. They think they can't sell things with their own brand alone, so they branch out.

Doing away with MSRP made it even worse. Now game shops are charging an arm and a leg for some of these commander pre-cons. They know they can because of FOMO. It really sucks. People that don't even play the game are buying up all the popular sets to chase expensive cards. There isn't going to be much left for the long time players if it keeps up.

 

[diapered]

Damn the cactuar deck boxes are I want one! Wanted to link the youtube video that made me want to make my shitty meme, but blocked for external embeds I guess

 

[DJPlace]

i looked into this MTG:A and boy.... i forget how to make a good deck... with the cards i have.... they gave me a crap load of cards also for being a new player.... but still i might have to use those starter decks i guess...

 

[nobitakun]

My favourite card:

It is so broken that it was a party when they entered the game. It's been long time since I don't play MTG, but at that time I saw people with complete decks around this card.

 

[diapered]

My favourite card:
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It is so broken that it was a party when they entered the game. It's been long time since I don't play MTG, but at that time I saw people with complete decks around this card.

Orim's chant is probably the most brutal to see on a scepter

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

My favourite card:
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It is so broken that it was a party when they entered the game. It's been long time since I don't play MTG, but at that time I saw people with complete decks around this card.

Isochron Scepter is still used pretty widely in spellslinger decks. Plenty of stuff says 'when you cast or copy'.

Orim's chant is probably the most brutal to see on a scepter
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ORIM'S CHANT LET'S GOOOOOO

 

[diapered]

i use to play MTG arena but i gave up on it due to me being a Free to Play Player... hell maybe i should make a different account and see what this final Fanstay MTG is.

i looked into this MTG:A and boy.... i forget how to make a good deck... with the cards i have.... they gave me a crap load of cards also for being a new player.... but still i might have to use those starter decks i guess...

This damn thread is making me consider it >_< I'm jonesing for some cardboard crack now After being clean for years I would have to emulate the native installer with wine since I use linux, but is steam the way to go anyway?

ORIM'S CHANT LET'S GOOOOOO

Orim's chant is a busted card, it is funny we were talking about fog cards: it is a fog juiced to the max. I would be surprised if they have printed something as powerful O_o
Edit: yes, I know not technically a fog since it doesn't prevent combat damage, but preventing attacks for one W is close enough for me

 

[nobitakun]

This combo is fun:

This website has tons of combos:

https://mtgdecks.net/prices/isochron-scepter/combos

Some of them are not well made. It's worth it anyways :)

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

This damn thread is making me consider it >_< I'm jonesing for some cardboard crack now After being clean for years I would have to emulate the native installer with wine since I use linux, but is steam the way to go anyway?

Orim's chant is a busted card, it is funny we were talking about fog cards: it is a fog juiced to the max. I would be surprised if they have printed something as powerful O_o
Edit: yes, I know not technically a fog since it doesn't prevent combat damage, but preventing attacks for one W is close enough for me

I have this one in my Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice deck. It's really pretty :3

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Speaking of Light-Paws, here she is! I  really like enchantments, so I made this deck. She gets strong pretty damn fast.

 

[DJPlace]

yeah MTG:A is on steam.

 

[diapered]

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I have this one in my Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice deck. It's really pretty :3

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Speaking of Light-Paws, here she is! I  really like enchantments, so I made this deck. She gets strong pretty damn fast. View attachment 83758

That Orim's chant art is And yea, I had an aura deck I liked because I liked enchanting my creatures, even though everyone telling me auras are bad . To be fair, yea the creature you are enchanting can get killed in response which is a drawback to running auras. Going through my cards, looks like this was one of the combos.

You keep playing auras and doing stuff which turns reality acid into a vindicate when you bounce it back to your hand I remember really liking cloudstone curio in my aura deck, but can't remember the other synergies

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

That Orim's chant art is And yea, I had an aura deck I liked because I liked enchanting my creatures, even though everyone telling me auras are bad . To be fair, yea the creature you are enchanting can get killed in response which is a drawback to running auras. Going through my cards, looks like this was one of the combos.
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You keep playing auras and doing stuff which turns reality acid into a vindicate when you bounce it back to your hand I remember really liking cloudstone curio in my aura deck, but can't remember the other synergies

Wow I hadn't considered Cloudstone Curio when I was putting Light Paws together. I could get multiple cast triggers of powerful auras that way >8]

 

[DJPlace]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/secret-lair-the-sonic-superdrop

are you kidding me right now?

 

[diapered]

Wow I hadn't considered Cloudstone Curio when I was putting Light Paws together. I could get multiple cast triggers of powerful auras that way >8]

Yup, cloudstone can be lots of fun ^_^ I thought I had 4, but only have 2, maybe lost some I also really like the flavor text: makes the og ravnica printing the best, imo. Also, it is flexible since it is a may ability.

 

[Crashbandi]

Just started getting back into Magic, played a little last year. Haven't played since the Mirrodin block. Shit has changed so much, but a friend got me an FF MTG booster bundle thing with 9 boosters in it and now I'm over here going crazy trying to buy cards and looking at decks.

 

[diapered]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/secret-lair-the-sonic-superdrop

are you kidding me right now?

I know! What is this ability flavor fail?

Doesn't it make sonic invincible? Why not work in "indestructible" somehow? Also, it goes away, so why not have it have "vanishing"? Did they even play the games!? C'mon wotc R&D, what is this amateur hour for card design?

 

[PKT]

Just got into MtG near the end of April, been playing paper with friends. Absolutely love this guy, he's such a goober to play as a commander

I have made too many decks and even started proxying to save money

 

[diapered]

Haven't played since the Mirrodin block. Shit has changed so much

Not being able to just equip skullclamp to creatures and steam roll with affinity will be very jarring for you, but don't worry, I'm sure the game is still plenty broken nowadays

Just got into MtG near the end of April, been playing paper with friends. Absolutely love this guy, he's such a goober to play as a commander

I have made too many decks and even started proxying to save money

Seems pretty good with graft creatures, but many have U in the cost >_<

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

I really like snow themed cards in MTG. They look nice and serene.

 

[Deleted member 259254]

I used to play this when I was in high school, stopped playing for reasons I won't explain. It's funny how they're trying to get me back into playing this with the final fantasy and sonic crossovers, shame it won't work lmao

 

[diapered]

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I really like snow themed cards in MTG. They look nice and serene.

My coldsnap snow duals ^_^ I don't know why I didn't also get a set of arctic flats and frost marsh, these were all pretty cheap at the time iirc, but I guess the decks I was playing didn't need them

I used to play this when I was in high school, stopped playing for reasons I won't explain. It's funny how they're trying to get me back into playing this with the final fantasy and sonic crossovers, shame it won't work lmao

Didn't work on me either. I only bought mtg when I had others to play with and went to events, I'm not a collector type of person.

 

[diapered]

Where did everyone go