Magic the Gathering

[Ceowolf]

no idea what i play in terms of format, but i play cards from way back up to current. and i play prety much any style :P i have a white enchantment control EDH deck and about 12 other regular decks. ever tried planes chase? kinda gives an interesting spin to things. i got lazy and instead of buying all the planes i just wrote them on que cards and use a d6 XP

gonna be gone till april 2 but after that if theres games going on i would love to join ^^

[cielo]

my edh is soo trolly XD thruming stone and the rats XD

[RainRat]

I've recently gotten into it. Wanting to find someone local to mentor me or play friendly games

[J.R.Bear]

I've recently gotten into it. Wanting to find someone local to mentor me or play friendly games

I'd be more then happy to play with you. Hit me up some time

[RainRat]

Is there some sort of deck builder where you tell it what cards you have and it tells you the best deck you could make with those?

[J.R.Bear]

There are a very large number of variables involved with creating a MTG deck. As far as I am aware there is no program that can tell you what the best deck is. There are some programs and websites out there that can run virtual games against your deck to test it though.

[Ceowolf]

Is there some sort of deck builder where you tell it what cards you have and it tells you the best deck you could make with those?

Allot of it is trial and error, knowing your rules, and being prepared for anything :P

If you ever want to hand out and build / play / test I'm game.

Either my place or a shop, I've got too many cards to transport so I normally only bring my rare binder if I go to a shop.
I live on 6th street in Burnaby, maybe I can help ya out with a few cards or trade a few :3

Also one of my favorite card search sites Magiccards.info
They allow you to search by pretty much anything.
edition, name, rules, types, colors, cost, power, toughness, converted mana cost, loyalty, rarity, format, and even by artist. (Few more which I left out)

So if your ever looking for cards that do specific things they will give you a good grasp.

They also, when you pull up a card will give you the specific rulings about it.

Another one I like is Cardkingdom.com
When you search for a card they also bring up a list of cards that other people have bought to go along with that card. this can lead to some ideas that you may not have thought of.

[RainRat]

So I'm going to do a Standard game this Friday, was wondering if there were any tips on what to play.
Rares and above that I have are Isolated Chapel, Battle of Wits, Cyclonic Rift, Steam Vents, Carnival Hellsteed, Grave Betrayal, Deadbridge Goliath, Loxodon Smiter, 2xPithing Needle, Grimgrim Corpse-Born, Deathrite Shaman, Pack Rat, Death's Presence, Supreme Verdict, Redirect, Devastation Tide, Hound of GriselBrand, Drowned Catacomb, Wild Defiance, Ash Zealot.

Anything in the Angelic Might, Solitary Fiends, Fiery Dawn, Selesnya Surge sets

These I believe are expired from Standard unless they've been reprinted but I'll list them for interest:
2x Sprouting Thrinax, 2x Whirling Dervish (these have "DCI" as the set)

Grand Abolisher, Gideon Jura, Sutured Ghoul, Sunpetal Grove, Rites of Flourishing

Sets: Sacred Assault, Grab for Power

[Buddy]

Anyone have a foil kracken hatching I can trade? it's an on going joke up here and i would love to have the only one ;D

[Malissa]

@rainrat  It's tough to get into standard.  the new event decks are an amazing way to start. The even deck gives you a strong core to build around.

@buddy I have a lot of foils and I'm sure I have at least on in my foil stuff ill take a look  tonight

[RainRat]

So this is my deck for Standard format:

9 Mountain
7 Swamp
1 Rakdos Guildgate

1 Rix-Maadi Guildmage
4 Rakdos Shred-Freak
3 Kruin Striker
1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
1 Ash Zealot
2 Kessig Malcontents
3 Riot Ringleader
1 Zealous Conscripts
2 Daggerdrome Imps
1 Knight of Infamy
1 Thrill-Kill Assassin

3 Thatcher Revolt
2 Vigilante Justice
1 Rakdos Charm
3 Deviant Glee
1 Searing Spear
1 Ultimate Price
1 Tribute to Hunger
1 Street Spasm
1 Predator's Gambit
1 Doom Blade
1 Demolish
1 Electrickery
1 Mark of Mutiny
2 Rakdos Keyrune
1 Bladed Bracers
2 Pithing Needle

[professor whovianart]

you should make a 15 card sideboard inc. one or two of each land (just in case)

[RainRat]

So, I did go the Friday Night Magic, and Whovianart was right. I finished about middle of the road; I think that I tried to squeeze by with too little land.

I had couple people try to mill me, not one attempt succeeded. I'm not saying I won them all, but noone made me run out of cards.

[Ratasnormaluser]

My current personal deck is an all-back:
1 Ultimate Price
3 Cremate
1 Pithing Needle
2 Necrobite
1 Tragic Slip
1 Ring of Xathrid
1 Predator's Gambit
1 Murder
4 Deviant Glee
1 Essence Harvest
2 Ravenous Rats
4 Drainpipe Vermin
2 Pack Rat
2 Thrill-Kill Assassin
2 Knight of Infamy
2 Liliana's Shade
1 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Daggerdrome Imp
1 Searchlight Geist
1 Desecration Demon
1 Grim Roustabout
22 Swamp

I'd also buy bulk cards for fun decks. I'll pay $1 for 200 if they're mostly Standard and mostly not basic lands.

[Ceowolf]

I'd also buy bulk cards for fun decks. I'll pay $1 for 200 if they're mostly Standard and mostly not basic lands.

Don't know how much luck you'll have on $1 for 200 standard cards most sell for $0.25 each and at bulk might be lucky to go $10 for 100-150 cards


anywhos ive been working around the idea of building my Ur-Dragon EDH deck for some time and i finally got around to putting some cards together.
only problem is ive eliminated down to 120 cards and i need to get to 100. been pacing back and forth over the cards and cant decide what to cut.

http://www.mtgdeckbuilder.net/Decks/ViewDeck/370457

Scion the Ur-Dragon is my champion

any suggestions on things to take out or replace?

because its a dragon deck it needs a fairly heavy early game mana ramp seeing as how most of the dragons are around 6cost
ive tested through about 6 or seven plays with all 120 cards, and i seem to be doing pretty good to mana ramp to 6 average turn three or four.