Bears D is gonna go for hella pts week 1. It's sad how pathetic Green Bay has become. Guess I can't flame them too much though as my team has fared about as well the last 5 or 6 yrs.
Purple: Get rid of Moss while you can. Heap may very well lead all TE this year, so nice pick! Regarding Edge......meh......not this year i dun think
although Arizona could easliy find themselves in the Playoffs. Holt is always solid......the guy catches everything. Westbrook is hurt......but even if he wasn't I'd still start Jackson over him. Hasselbeck n McNabb are very solid starting QB's. And Hasselbeck as with Jackson both play in one of the weakest divisions in football.
Karmic: That'll work if they're playing San Francisco:)
Just my opinion of course......
Either of you interested in participating in another?
Okay I just created an 8 player league on ESPN.com
Anyone whose interested plz msg me with your email so I can send and invite. I haven't chosen a time/date yet as we'll need to see what's most convenient for the majority of us.
well I know of a least one or two fellow magic players who don't post on any forums (anymore) that would be interested so I can get a few more if need be. I'm gonna make an edit here in a minute.......once I find my old league rules/setup......see what ya think.....its a bit different than most are probably used to. Now that I look......my league only had 8 teams. But that'll work
Wow......kinda shocked to see a thread like this. I'm all about football season (Feb-Aug is just Sooooooo depressing) so if anyone would like to start another league I have accounts on NFL.com and ESPN.com. I even saved my personal league set up from last year on ESPN, so the scoring system etc is already in place.....though I would like to make a few minor changes. But, 6 people is just a few to liitle. If we can get 10 that'd be great. I dont have a problem setting everything up, all I need are your emails and I'll send out the league requests. If we get more than 10 people, we'll probably have to do a few different ones......no biggie though......If memeory serves me correct I played in 20 or so legues last year so it's a non-issue:D
I did make one mistake....The Snare's should be Rune Snags.
Playing Haakon or Wrath hasn't been a problem so far. If for some reason you can't find a wrath, Mortify can buy time. The great thing about this deck is it doesn't have a problem digging for answers via Hussar, Research, and Gifts. There are 8 ways to get Haakon into the GY via Gifts, Research, and Peace of Mind. I suppose you could add a 4th Haakon if you were that worried.
Pitching cards to Peace can buy you a few turns if faced with an onslaught as can your endless supply of Knights when Haakon is in the 'yard. Just yesterday afternoon I was playing v. Solar Flare and Held off 2x Angel of Despair, 1 Yosei, & 1 Kokusho all the while at low life (around 3 or so if I recall corectly).
I have seen a few builds run Stinkweed Imp, but those are mosltly the B/W versions and would replace the Hussar's or Research's.
Vexing Sphinx is a solid card, but I dont like the UU as WW & BB are already needed. I haven't found the deck to need a "Finisher." I tried Sky Hussar briefly, but it was only useful on rare occasion.
BTW Barfly and Aliken....."seems" & "the feeling I get when looking at" make it "seem" like your views based on at-a-glance opinions, and not results. I apologize if this comes across as rude, I assure you the intent was not so. However, I have been testing the deck, and "the feeling I get when looking at" your statements is that you both have not.
While the deck may seem like an aggro deck, but it definately performs more like a control deck. For that reason no more than 15 creatures are really necessary. Ashes isn't that great because it HAS to stay in play to abuse the deck correctly. Playtest something closer to my version. I promise you'll be more impressed /w the results.
Plenty of cards have seen reprint with different artwork. Besides, it seems as though the art in recent sets has been given a more "realistic" feel. But it's only a guess......Okay it maybe more along the lines of wishful thinking, but ya never know......
My money's on the first Legend to be reprinted ever........Akroma! She won the "Favorite Legend Vote" Wizards did not too long ago. I doubt it was a coincidence. I'm really like the artwork too; a very detailed piece.
I know most of the people that played snakes and they all lost quickly...and i eliminated the only one with potential to make top 8 (and myself by tieing...blah). I played wafo tapa by the way.
And Im pretty sure skies didnt win the whole thing...remember in the beginning they said they were going to cut to the top 8 have one round of single elimination and then whoever had the best record at the end of swiss out of the top 4 would be declared the winner...so it really wasnt a true winning.
And the reason snakes lost im pretty sure is due to their poor piloters...my opponent had 10 snakes and jitte on the board and i still beat him that game...i guess its better to chord of calling eot instead of attack for the win?
AH, your correct.....they did say top Swiss finisher would be declared winner after they cut to 4. I didn't personally know anyone playing snakes, but the "BUZZ" seemed to be that they were faring well. If it's true that they didn't then I wouldn't be surprised....others tend to overhype things they see for the first time. And I definately understand your point about bad pilots. I saw my fare share of them( not saying I played flawlessly....I made a few bonehead plays), but 10 snakes and a Jitte.......WOW! What was that guy thinking?!
Dude, I'm confused. I went to Orlando regionals with some of my freinds, but left early because they dropped, and I was hungry and wasn't doing to well either. Later on though, another freind who was still there said that U/G snakes was doing well and was undefeated, but they aren't even top 8 on the forums for unity entertainment. Guess he lied?
Anyway, I was surprised to see that skies got first. I was playing something extremely similar before I decided to play something else (which got ownd) at regionals. But seriously, an aggro deck with glorious anthems, no burn, and no jitte. And it wasn't even like it was controling either, it just had 3 remands.
He wasn't lying per-say....U/G Snakes did real well until round 6 or so. Then the deck ran into the "big boys" and crapped out.
I was defiantely shocked that Skies won our Regional.....I woulda put money on Ghost Husk personally, but then again, I was kinda surprised I did as well as I did.....but for the Meta I was expecting (Ghost Husk, Heartbeat, and U/W/x Control) I was a good choice......and I was pretty dead on in my assumtion. What I wanna know is how I got a lousy 9 packs for 9th place, and some people in even smaller regionals events finished with twice as many packs and didn't even top 16......Sounds like a certain company was more concerned with fattening their pockets.......LAME!
I had the privilege of being the first loser @ Orlando Regionals. I piloted U/B Fish to a 6-1-1 (14-5-1) record....good enough for 9th place. My 6th RND draw to heartbeat due to TIME cost me Top 8. He was a 6....I had Jitte'd Hand of Cruelty (/w 2 counters), 3 counterspells in hand, and enough mana to cast em all.....all I needed was 1 more turn........
Purple: Get rid of Moss while you can. Heap may very well lead all TE this year, so nice pick! Regarding Edge......meh......not this year i dun think
although Arizona could easliy find themselves in the Playoffs. Holt is always solid......the guy catches everything. Westbrook is hurt......but even if he wasn't I'd still start Jackson over him. Hasselbeck n McNabb are very solid starting QB's. And Hasselbeck as with Jackson both play in one of the weakest divisions in football.
Karmic: That'll work if they're playing San Francisco:)
Just my opinion of course......
Either of you interested in participating in another?
Anyone whose interested plz msg me with your email so I can send and invite. I haven't chosen a time/date yet as we'll need to see what's most convenient for the majority of us.
Passing
TD Pass 3
50+ yard TD pass bonus 1
Interceptions Thrown -2
2pt Passing Conversion 2
Every 1 passing yards 0.1
300-399 yard passing game 1
400+ yard passing game 3
Rushing
TD Rush 6
50+ yard TD rush bonus 1
2pt Rushing Conversion 2
Every 1 rushing yards 0.2
100-199 yard rushing game 1
200+ yard rushing game 3
Receiving
TD Reception 6
50+ yard TD rec bonus 1
2pt Receiving Conversion 2
Every 1 receiving yards 0.2
100-199 yard receiving game 1
200+ yard receiving game 3
Each reception 1
Miscellaneous
Kickoff Return TD 6
Punt Return TD 6
Fumble Recovered for TD 6
Each Fumble Lost -2
Kicking
Each PAT Made 1
FG Made (0-39 yards) 3
FG Made (40-49 yards) 4
FG Made (50+ yards) 5
Team Defense / Special Teams
Interception Return TD 6
Fumble Return TD 6
Kickoff Return TD 6
Punt Return TD 6
Blocked Punt or FG return for TD 6
Blocked Punt, PAT or FG 1
Each Interception 2
Each Fumble Recovered 2
Each Safety 2
Each Sack 1
0 points allowed 15
2-6 points allowed 12
7-13 points allowed 9
14-17 points allowed 6
18-21 points allowed 3
28-34 points allowed -1
35-45 points allowed -3
46+ points allowed -5 LEAGUE R
and the starters:
QB
QB
RB
RB
WR
WR
TE
OUP
D/S
K
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
That's the setup I went with last year
Questions/Comments?
Playing Haakon or Wrath hasn't been a problem so far. If for some reason you can't find a wrath, Mortify can buy time. The great thing about this deck is it doesn't have a problem digging for answers via Hussar, Research, and Gifts. There are 8 ways to get Haakon into the GY via Gifts, Research, and Peace of Mind. I suppose you could add a 4th Haakon if you were that worried.
Pitching cards to Peace can buy you a few turns if faced with an onslaught as can your endless supply of Knights when Haakon is in the 'yard. Just yesterday afternoon I was playing v. Solar Flare and Held off 2x Angel of Despair, 1 Yosei, & 1 Kokusho all the while at low life (around 3 or so if I recall corectly).
I have seen a few builds run Stinkweed Imp, but those are mosltly the B/W versions and would replace the Hussar's or Research's.
Vexing Sphinx is a solid card, but I dont like the UU as WW & BB are already needed. I haven't found the deck to need a "Finisher." I tried Sky Hussar briefly, but it was only useful on rare occasion.
BTW Barfly and Aliken....."seems" & "the feeling I get when looking at" make it "seem" like your views based on at-a-glance opinions, and not results. I apologize if this comes across as rude, I assure you the intent was not so. However, I have been testing the deck, and "the feeling I get when looking at" your statements is that you both have not.
Creatures (13)
4x Court Hussar
3x Haakon
2x Paladin en-Vec
2x White Shield Crusader
2x Stromgald Crusader
Spells (25)
4x Remand
4x Rune Snag
4x Compulsive Research
4x Wrath of God
3x Mortify
2x Gifts Ungiven
2x Peace of Mind
2x Persecute
Land (22)
4x Watery Grave
4x Hallowed Fountain
4x Godless Shrine
3x Swamp
3x Plains
2x Island
1x Shizo
1x Eiganjo
While the deck may seem like an aggro deck, but it definately performs more like a control deck. For that reason no more than 15 creatures are really necessary. Ashes isn't that great because it HAS to stay in play to abuse the deck correctly. Playtest something closer to my version. I promise you'll be more impressed /w the results.
Plenty of cards have seen reprint with different artwork. Besides, it seems as though the art in recent sets has been given a more "realistic" feel. But it's only a guess......Okay it maybe more along the lines of wishful thinking, but ya never know......
AH, your correct.....they did say top Swiss finisher would be declared winner after they cut to 4. I didn't personally know anyone playing snakes, but the "BUZZ" seemed to be that they were faring well. If it's true that they didn't then I wouldn't be surprised....others tend to overhype things they see for the first time. And I definately understand your point about bad pilots. I saw my fare share of them( not saying I played flawlessly....I made a few bonehead plays), but 10 snakes and a Jitte.......WOW! What was that guy thinking?!
He wasn't lying per-say....U/G Snakes did real well until round 6 or so. Then the deck ran into the "big boys" and crapped out.
I was defiantely shocked that Skies won our Regional.....I woulda put money on Ghost Husk personally, but then again, I was kinda surprised I did as well as I did.....but for the Meta I was expecting (Ghost Husk, Heartbeat, and U/W/x Control) I was a good choice......and I was pretty dead on in my assumtion. What I wanna know is how I got a lousy 9 packs for 9th place, and some people in even smaller regionals events finished with twice as many packs and didn't even top 16......Sounds like a certain company was more concerned with fattening their pockets.......LAME!