All B/R update speculation.

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Originally Posted by iGrok

I'm pretty sure Hooting Mandrills is just as good as goyf right now.

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This is 5000% incorrect. Tarmogoyf is most definitely past it's peak, but that doesn't make wannabe crap better.

Mandrills is darn good, no matter what die-hard RUG players say.

-Matt

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Originally Posted by sdematt

Mandrills is darn good, no matter what die-hard RUG players say.

-Matt

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That's why it's unplayed. Gentlemen's Agreement 2.0?

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Originally Posted by menace13

Awesome non-sequitur is awesome. Mise well just use "look, they have spells".

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It's people like you why we can't have nice things. Instead if addressing what I said, you just evade the actual content of my message and don't even quote it.

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Originally Posted by Julian23

It's people like you why we can't have nice things. Instead if addressing what I said, you just evade the actual content of my message and don't even quote it.

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Are you certain this isnt some bizarro roleplaying where a person does something but blames another person for doing it?

And, no. I did quote it.

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Originally Posted by Julian23

Look, ALL of them are playing lands. That's not very diverse, is it?

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See?

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Originally Posted by menace13

Are you certain this isnt some bizarro roleplaying where a person does something but blames another person for doing it?

And, no. I did quote it.


See?

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No, it's not some roleplaying; it's only you who tries to evade what now looks like a really strong argument by not quoting it and acting like it didn't exist.

I know it's more difficult to argue against what I said, but you can at least try. I mean, why not?

And yeah, I stand by it; you're toxic to the discussion by not addressing what I said. I mean, we're not 14 years old anymore where the most important thing is too make a "witty" comment so that we can evade facing what the other person said. I myself made a "witty" comment AND then addressed the issue with substance. You chose to only make the former; who's the troll now?

Would you mind taking that to PMs?

I'm interested in Prague Eternal Top8s. I'd love to see the amount of BS in the top decks. I guess it'll be something like 24 o 28 BS with one Dredge, Elves, Moon or another random deck top ate.

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Originally Posted by Bed Decks Palyer

Would you mind taking that to PMs?

I'm interested in Prague Eternal Top8s. I'd love to see the amount of BS in the top decks. I guess it'll be something like 24 o 28 BS with one Dredge, Elves, Moon or another random deck top ate.

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Originally Posted by Sloshthedark

the top 8 was

Miracles
2x UR
UWR - winner
BGr Hexmage Depths - runner-up
S+T
2x Merfolk

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I don't know anything about the exact lists though.

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Originally Posted by Julian23

No, it's not some roleplaying; it's only you who tries to evade what now looks like a really strong argument by not quoting it and acting like it didn't exist.

I know it's more difficult to argue against what I said, but you can at least try. I mean, why not?

And yeah, I stand by it; you're toxic to the discussion by not addressing what I said. I mean, we're not 14 years old anymore where the most important thing is too make a "witty" comment so that we can evade facing what the other person said. I myself made a "witty" comment AND then addressed the issue with substance. You chose to only make the former; who's the troll now?

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It's a bit disingenuous to compare such a basic building block of the game as lands to everyone playing a colored card. MTG doesn't have the kind of built to be a backbone cards that eg. Netrunner does, so everyone playing Brainstorm is an indication of poor format health.

I mean, yeah, the strategies are different (and esp. were pre-Cruise when the blue decks differed more significantly), but everything being cantrippy and blue isn't exactly diverse either. Still, rather Delver, Shardless, Miracles, Storm than Delver, Delver, Miracles, Storm.

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Originally Posted by Julian23

No, it's not some roleplaying; it's only you who tries to evade what now looks like a really strong argument by not quoting it and acting like it didn't exist.

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Did you make a strong argument? Because I must have missed that part, sorry.

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Originally Posted by Julian23

And yeah, I stand by it; you're toxic to the discussion by not addressing what I said. I mean, we're not 14 years old anymore where the most important thing is too make a "witty" comment so that we can evade facing what the other person said. I myself made a "witty" comment AND then addressed the issue with substance. You chose to only make the former; who's the troll now?

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There we go. Toxic, troll, 14 year old. Let it all out. One of the best tactics when making weak points and witty one-liners is to call the person who disagrees a toxic 14 year old troll.

What parts of your comment did you want me to address further? The part where you made an analogy to soccer? Or the part where you misused the word diversity by attaching a completely different meaning to the word? Because you really addressed the issue there with strong, constructive, pertinent and decisive arguments consisting of style and substance. Well done.

This isn't soccer. Diversity already has a true meaning and it isn't "how much your mind is challenged". Are we done?

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Originally Posted by menace13

Are we done?

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I fucking well hope so.

I agree with Julian's point regarding diversity, but I do have to wonder why Julian is replying to something from twenty pages ago.

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Originally Posted by Meekrab

Best of luck casting Mandrils as a Zoo player against incidental maindeck graveyard hate.

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Seems like goyf is just as dead of a card against RiP, unless you just need a squire.

Over or Under. 27 Brainstorms in the top 8 of GP NJ.

I'm going with the over.

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Originally Posted by testing32

Over or Under. 27 Brainstorms in the top 8 of GP NJ.

I'm going with the over.

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I'll bet on delver +4.5 over brainstorm.

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Originally Posted by iGrok

I'll bet on delver +4.5 over brainstorm.

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What lists do you see playing Delver but not Brainstorm?

I see 28 Brainstorm and 20 Delver in the top 8.

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Originally Posted by testing32

Over or Under. 27 Brainstorms in the top 8 of GP NJ.

I'm going with the over.

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Going with under, -3. Probably one Elves and one random non-blue gimmick deck in the top 8.

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Originally Posted by FieryBalrog

Going with under, -3. Probably one Elves and one random non-blue gimmick deck in the top 8.

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I'll disagree. These tournaments are longer than an SCG event. That means the non blue decks need even more luck than they normally would.

My vote goes to 7/8 Brainstorm decks in the Top 8, and 13-14 BS decks in the Top 16, with Elves or random anti-blue decks taking the rest of the slots.

For sure 1 of U/R goes 5-0 piloted by Sam Back which has really a lot of luck, fightning vs storm (Game 3 - Storm player has kill in hand even over FoW on play - and... he didnt draw initial mana for over 3 turns).