SCG Open New Jersey discussion

[Barook]

Completely missed it that this one is Legacy, too:

http://www.twitch.tv/scglive

[twndomn]

Miracles almost every round, Miracles by Briksza, by Duke, by Lossett.

I doubt Rudy Briksza understands the Miracles vs. Lands MU.

[Barook]

I don't watch it, either, for this very reason.

I'm kinda spoiled after the GP coverage we got from Channel Fireball.

[Meekrab]

Yeah with a GP the stream tends to be focused on the game and cool decks of the format; SCG is focused on their Players to Watch Leaderboard and selling booster boxes, booster cases, fat packs and more~@#%!

[Anen]

Round 1 Grixis vs. Lands was painful to watch..

[Koby]

Round 1 Grixis vs. Lands was painful to watch..

both the second, and third time. Not sure if the Miracles mirrors were any better, or Lands vs Lands.

[Stevestamopz]

Easy way to decide whether to tune in, especially if it's not in your timezone

- go to bed
- wake up the following day and check twitter.com/scglive
- see that my hero max tietze is playing again
- see that the rest of the field is beyond boring except for soldier stompy
- watch max tietze and soldier stompy both lose
- turn off twitch.

simple!

[Dice_Box]

Round 1 Grixis vs. Lands was painful to watch..

I am just glad they don't spend a whole day talking about how Lands is a deck and show it some respect now.

[barcode]

I am just glad they don't spend a whole day talking about how Lands is a deck and show it some respect now.

The amusing thing is they talk about how expensive it is. RG Lands costs less to build than a blue deck. Sure, Tabernacle can't port to other decks but neither can Shardless Agent or Ancestral Vision or Creeping Tar Pit.

Wastelands: Every deck
Rishadan Port: Goblins, Death & Taxes
Mox Diamond: STOMPY! And bad Knight of the Reliquary deck
Exploration: Enchantress and weird green versions of 12post
Punishing Fire: Jund
Grove of the Burnwillows: Jund and Tron
Crop Rotation: Who cares? It's $1
Taiga: Jund and bad Temur Delver builds
Dark Depths: Bad Knight of the Reliquary decks, 12post
Thespian's Stage: Who cares? It's $2
Life from the Loam: Random green splash decks in sideboard and those same green Mox Diamond decks
Maze of Ith: Maverick
Karakas: Maverick, Death & Taxes, and other bad Knight of the Reliquary decks


Yep, cards don't really port to other decks...

[Quasim0ff]

7-1, Punishing Blue has Chalice in play.

Opponent plays Delver. OK.

[barcode]

7-1, Punishing Blue has Chalice in play.

Opponent plays Delver. OK.

7-1, Punishing Abzan has Chalice on 1 in play.

Grixis Delver opponent plays Delver.

Abzan player remembers the trigger in his draw step and still crushes anyways.

FTFY

[Darkenslight]

So, the first round today was Elves! vs Storm, and the Storm player punts G2 and still wins the game, and the match.

Good times.

[Barook]

Is that a showcase video why Top should be banned for time reasons? Because holy fuck, this is annoying to watch.

[barcode]

Is that a showcase video why Top should be banned for time reasons? Because holy fuck, this is annoying to watch.

No, it's a showcase in judges not giving out slow play and stalling infractions. Gentile was intentionally running the clock and playing as slowly as possible. Joe was using his Top at a reasonable pace.

[ironclad8690]

23 Miracles
13 Grixis Delver
7 Storm
7 Death and Taxes
7 Lands
5 RUG Delver
5 BUG Delver
5 Aggro Loam
5 Elves

The worst part is that no 12 post players day 2'ed.

[skyout]

No, it's a showcase in judges not giving out slow play and stalling infractions. Gentile was intentionally running the clock and playing as slowly as possible. Joe was using his Top at a reasonable pace.

I've played against Gentile in a couple of IQs and Opens in the northeast, while he normally plays lands, and he definitely pushes the boundaries of legal play. I had to call a judge to watch our match because he was being very cagey.

[Quasim0ff]

No, it's a showcase in judges not giving out slow play and stalling infractions. Gentile was intentionally running the clock and playing as slowly as possible. Joe was using his Top at a reasonable pace.

He played the same in G1 and G2. There should clearly be called judge on him in game 1 already, you can't justify calling it so late in game 2, when he didn't change his pace at all.

[Kathal]

Gentile should have gotten a slow play warning already in game 1, but Joe didn't call the Judge :/

@Meta: http://www.starcitygames.com/events/...reakdown_.html

Oh look, Miracles...

Besides this, nothing unusual.

Greetings,
Kathal

[Darkenslight]

...That's not a card I expected to see on camera in Legacy.

Nor did I expect it to win.

[barcode]

Garruk Relentless has a history of appearing in Maverick (and similar midrange) decks. It is also historically the nuts against Miracles.