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    WHAT THE SHIT WHEN DID BRET SHAVE HIS HEAD?!?!?!?!
    About 2-3 months ago, IIRC. It was about the time he realized he was already swiftly approaching bald, and started reading up on The Game. I did a similar thing, but cut mine back to a half-hawk, rather than a full on shave. The ponytail had been around for about 7+ years, decided it was time to retire it for now. Summer is too fucking hot anyway.

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    That is... not how I was picturing Volt. You know, Monty Burns avatar and all.

    T is for Tool looks very German. Ob_Freely too, but mostly it's the clothing.

    DeathwingZERO I wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.

    And Krieger... ouch. Talk about a bad moment to get caught on camera.

    Other than that, good report, and a good read. Now, the Magical question: am I correct in understanding that you disagree that 5C Manabase > 4C Manabase, and if so, why?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bardo, but I'm way too lazy to scroll back up there and actually hit the quote button
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    Bueno will do. Bueño would be pronounced like "bwen-yo" as opposed to "Bwen-oh". It's all about the tilde.

    Solid report. I'm disappointed you didn't rock out the Vrosh-still, though. I find Thresh so boring a deck to play (or sit down against). Sucks that you got me'd in round two (but I suppose you'd prefer we left it at that), and didn't beat NLB.

    Which, upon looking at it, could be like "new lonelybaritone" or something. Hmmm.

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    Re: [Report] Jack Elgin Would be Proud to Know...

    am I correct in understanding that you disagree that 5C Manabase > 4C Manabase, and if so, why?
    Spell-wise, the 5c deck is 4c maindeck, with things like Pyroclasm, Ancient Grudge and REB in the board, right?

    If so, I don't see how mucking up your already shifty mana to run City of Brass is worth it; nor do I see how it makes any of your bad match-ups any better. Vs. Goblins, + 4x BEB, +3/4 Plague; - 3 CB, -3 Spell Snare, -1/2 FoW/Daze should be enough.

    Ancient Grudge would be good against Dragon Stompy (which no one plays out here anyway), but it seems like that deck would just prey on a 5-color, no basic manabase; so basically, just as bad.

    So, what am I missing?
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    Re: [Report] Jack Elgin Would be Proud to Know...

    Quote Originally Posted by Bardo View Post
    So, what am I missing?
    Colour consistency and resilience to LD effects. I gave up on full 4C (full = W and B for cards I want early like Swords and 'Seize) because it was too easy to cut me away from either Swords or creatures when I needed three separate splashes, but Cities of Brass help a lot with that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bardo View Post
    Spell-wise, the 5c deck is 4c maindeck, with things like Pyroclasm, Ancient Grudge and REB in the board, right?

    If so, I don't see how mucking up your already shifty mana to run City of Brass is worth it; nor do I see how it makes any of your bad match-ups any better. Vs. Goblins, + 4x BEB, +3/4 Plague; - 3 CB, -3 Spell Snare, -1/2 FoW/Daze should be enough.

    Ancient Grudge would be good against Dragon Stompy (which no one plays out here anyway), but it seems like that deck would just prey on a 5-color, no basic manabase; so basically, just as bad.

    So, what am I missing?
    City of Brass actually helps your manabase as it produces all 5 colors in one land. When you play 4 colors but each land produces 2 colors you need 3 lands out to have access to all colors that isn't true with City of Brass. Since all your lands can be wastelanded, affected by moon effects, and generally suspectable to all forms of land destruction how is a dual land better than City of Brass?

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    Re: [Report] Jack Elgin Would be Proud to Know...

    Only in the self-inflicted damage sense. I'm sure the life-loss is fine with 1 out, it's mainly if you're relying on multiples to play your game. But consistency may compensate for the pain you're taking, so maybe.

    Quote Originally Posted by Nihil
    it was too easy to cut me away from either Swords or creatures when I needed three separate splashes, but Cities of Brass help a lot with that.
    List (with sideboard)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bardo View Post
    List (with sideboard)?
    As it was before I dropped the deck, around the beginning of this year:

    // Lands
    4 [PR] Tundra
    4 [ON] Flooded Strand
    3 [ON] Polluted Delta
    3 [PR] Underground Sea
    4 [PR] Tropical Island

    // Creatures
    4 [OD] Nimble Mongoose
    3 [RAV] Dark Confidant
    4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
    2 [OD] Mystic Enforcer

    // Spells
    4 [NE] Daze
    4 [PR] Force of Will
    4 [PR] Brainstorm
    4 [LRW] Ponder
    3 [FD] Serum Visions
    3 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
    3 [CS] Counterbalance
    4 [FNM] Swords to Plowshares

    // Sideboard
    SB: 3 [7E] Engineered Plague
    SB: 3 [PLC] Extirpate
    SB: 4 [LRW] Thoughtseize
    SB: 2 [TSP] Krosan Grip
    SB: 2 [DIS] Trygon Predator
    SB: 1 [b] Control Magic

    (Today I'd play eight fetches, btw)

    As you can see, I used Dark Confidant over Thoughtseize, which actually makes thing better since it means I never have to fetch Underground Sea on turn 1 (except post-side, where TS coming in usually means I don't need immediate removal). The Serum Visions were added late in an attempt to stabilize the deck (over Portents because I wanted to use them to search for lands), but they only mildly helped as a Wasteland/Vindicate/Stifle still meant a Time Walk as I searched for a colour replacement.

    The 5C list which I tried out was the Hatfield one (-1 FoF +1 Portent), and I found it much more stable: against denial I'd usually keep a City in hand and play it when the dual I needed got destroyed.
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    Bardo, your wife is far, far too good looking for you. Hopefully your children take after her, and not at all like you.

    Guy in Round 2 did what he had to do because that was his only out and he got there in a questionable ruling. Don't do something like that again with your cards - you gave the guy the only out he had remaining.

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    Re: [Report] Jack Elgin Would be Proud to Know...

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    Re: [Report] Jack Elgin Would be Proud to Know...

    But Anwar is still sexier....

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    I did laugh :)

    congratulation !

    Robert

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    Quote Originally Posted by Parcher View Post
    But Anwar is still sexier....

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    I've avoided this thread like the plague since it saw the Elgin keyword in the title.

    It was great meeting Dan in person despite getting Jander'd by Zilla and Frogboy. He didn't realize who I was initially, and I had to strongly resist the impulse to give out another Sourcer name (Bovinious sprang to mind).

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    Re: [Report] Jack Elgin Would be Proud to Know...

    I have to politely request that nobody be allowed to copy and paste that Anwar photo any more. I'm getting nauseous, you bazturd just browsing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Finn View Post
    I have to politely request that nobody be allowed to copy and paste that Anwar photo any more. I'm getting nautious just browsing.
    So "nautious" that you're misspelling nauseous?
    For the foreseeable future, expect to see less of me. I've lost my internet connection, and so I'll only be able to get on by siphoning free Wi-Fi from the surrounding areas. Which isn't always consistent.

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    I think he misspelled Nautilus...

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