well he probably has "random" cards/choices is because his pool is limited. obvioulsy he would play 4 glimpse if he had them. as an alternative, maybe you could put in some dimir infiltrator. he will allowe you to tutor for the glimpses. If you have any more ribbons of night, add those in too.
I assume ghostway is in there to protect VS mass removal...in its place i would try promise of bunrei. one, you dont have to hold back 3 mana, and two, it does something even if your opponent has no wrath etc.
well its not time spiral art...unless they are reprinting gaea's herald...i guess they just used that art being that the elf is a herald...and they are announcing something...
to fit the arbiters, i would say go like this:
-3 compulsive research
+1 tidings
-1 loaming shaman
+3 grand arbiter
the reasons for the choices:
comp. research is good, but early game you either A.) want to hold mana for counters, or for wrathing, or B.) may not be able to afford pitching a land (since the deck is 3 colors), or losing 2 cards. by the time you would ideally be casting it, it will be later on (turns 5 and up), and tidings does a better job. since early on the game plan is counterspells, then the card selection of research just plains dies to the straight drawing power of tidings when you need to refill your hand and take out one shaman, since you probably only need to cast one per game, so 3 should be enough to see one.
i forgot to rwrite down the card orders! but did find multiples. box 1, i got 2 hallwoed fointains, and one breeding pool, box 2 i got i hallowed fountain and 2 breeding pool. also 2 rain of gore i think it was. my friend opened 2 boxes and got two haazda shield mates in each box haha. the worst distribution tho, i found ot be in the uncommons. in 2 boxes i got 9 rakdos GM, but only 1 each of azorious and simic. i got 12 prahv lands. 10 pure/simple, but only one rise/fall. one box had 4 condemn, the other had zero. a bunch of other good uncommons, i got 3 of in the first box, but then failed to get ANY in the second, leaving me without a playset. ive never seen it that wierd. also i think i remember reading somewhere abuot the augermage and tutor being in sequence but all 4 boxes containted an augermage, yet only 1 had a tutor.
WTF is this pile of junk??? learn how to build a deck noob! your going to get pwned with this rubbish!!!
haha jk!! i didnt know you still had time for magic alex!! haha lets play on workstation sometime soon and you can test this deck out!!
or have you already tested it lots
hmm....murmers from beyond...i woudl prolly switch that for telling time. sure telling time only nets you one card, but its wonderful card quality. with murmers, say you flip over 2 lands and kumano. bye bye kumano. same situatuon with telling time, and you get to keep the kumano, plus fix your draw for next turn. and even get rid of an unwanted land.
plus TT is one mana cheaper.
i like the idea of torpid moloch. stops kird ape, and watch wolf, scab caln mauler, lions, hounds, etc etc.
a few thoughts. firemane angel is great. there was a huge debate when rav was first out about whether or not she belonged in the deck. i feel she does, three fold. one she is a win condition with evasion. two, the life gain can really add up and help against fast aggro, beats, and burn from zoo. three, she is recursive which is gold against control. sure it costs 10, but a control match is going to last quite a long number of turns already so it shouldnt be a problem. one other card i would not be without in my deck, is genju of the fields. the life gain again can really add up and put you out of reach of burn, plus its a non wrathable win condition. i have won many games by attacking with a couple genjus over and over.
im wondering if castigate is unnecessary...i think more often than not, you arent going to be able to play it turn 2. blackmail might be a better choice. i dont think it is worth wrecking the mana base and consistancy, if you dont have the duals. the only other option woul dbe to add some of the basilicas...it woul dbe a shame to not be able to take advantage of castigate and grotesque..but if your mana cant support them...
besides, black has soem good beaters. kokusho, skeletal vampire...if you keep white for win condtions then the council, yosei, or angel of despair.
I would leave out circu. he is fun and all but seems to be just a waste of 4 mana. if you can cast him and have him stick around he can get nasty but i dont think he is worth running the risk with so much removal. the less creatures the better since it will deaded all your opponents removal spells. and you want to win by milling so creatures are kind of unnecessary. add in some removal such as last gasps...its too bad you cant use putrefy or mortify, the 2 best options...maybe rend flesh i guess..aggro decks will out run you so you need to be able to slow them down. maybe mana leak is another option.
i would start with
-4 circu, -4 SDT -4 perplex
+4 last gasp +4rend flesh +4 mana leak
when you get traumatizes add those in also.
kamiels URW deck looks interesting..gifts ungiven and compulsive research to get multiple angels into the graveyard then not let your opponent draw anything good ever again from weirding?? fun!!!
regarding that londes.com article, and probably the opinions of many people in this thread...darons website magic card sales are not booming because of spoilers. he did not open his store to cash in on his popularity that came from spoiling sets.
less than a year ago, rancoredelf.com did NOT exist. its not like it is some thriving website with thousands and thousands of dollars of sales every year. he was spoiling sets years before the website even existed. the only reason the website exists NOW is because of fee hikes for ebay stores. he sold cards on ebay. where NO advertising is required in order to do lots of business. magic cards sell themselves on ebay.
spoiling cards was not done on his part to make a profit.
im willing to bet that he doesnt even profit off his card sales. any money he DOES make more than likely just pays for the cards that he keeps for his own collection. or maybe, JUST maybe a little bit goes to paying things like doctor bills for his son.
anyone who thinks he is financially prospering from magic card sales due to his spoilers,...im sorry i dont see how that can be the case.
Could a deck with the Hunted cycle as the win condition be viable? A 7/7 for 2 with no drawbacks is certainly powerful, and it could be followed up by a 4/6 unblockable for three with no drawbacks (I would assume that the player would be playing u/b) We may see a deck that features that Leyline maindeck, but in other decks I think it will primarily be sidedeck material.
have a look at the U/B leyline abuse deck in decks for critique. its exaclty what you are proposing. http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=29361
thres about 9 pages i think so far of discussion, and testing
wow haha. thats one awesome djinn!!
it ouwld have to be "all OTHER" creatures and also, imagine it in a MBC deck. where it doesnt have any other creatures...you get an untargetable, evasive win condition for 2 mana....
I like extremestan's idea but i think i would like to see abilities shared. OR if we're really like, abilities AND P/T bonuses!!
Something similar to the proposed combine i guess. to grant flying, and trample, and +1/+1 counters most likely.
heirarch could be a good addition....but not at the expense of going up to 63 cards :o....maybe -2 shaman, -1 tidings
-3 compulsive research
+1 tidings
-1 loaming shaman
+3 grand arbiter
the reasons for the choices:
comp. research is good, but early game you either A.) want to hold mana for counters, or for wrathing, or B.) may not be able to afford pitching a land (since the deck is 3 colors), or losing 2 cards. by the time you would ideally be casting it, it will be later on (turns 5 and up), and tidings does a better job. since early on the game plan is counterspells, then the card selection of research just plains dies to the straight drawing power of tidings when you need to refill your hand and take out one shaman, since you probably only need to cast one per game, so 3 should be enough to see one.
haha jk!! i didnt know you still had time for magic alex!! haha lets play on workstation sometime soon and you can test this deck out!!
or have you already tested it lots
plus TT is one mana cheaper.
i like the idea of torpid moloch. stops kird ape, and watch wolf, scab caln mauler, lions, hounds, etc etc.
besides, black has soem good beaters. kokusho, skeletal vampire...if you keep white for win condtions then the council, yosei, or angel of despair.
i would start with
-4 circu, -4 SDT -4 perplex
+4 last gasp +4rend flesh +4 mana leak
when you get traumatizes add those in also.
less than a year ago, rancoredelf.com did NOT exist. its not like it is some thriving website with thousands and thousands of dollars of sales every year. he was spoiling sets years before the website even existed. the only reason the website exists NOW is because of fee hikes for ebay stores. he sold cards on ebay. where NO advertising is required in order to do lots of business. magic cards sell themselves on ebay.
spoiling cards was not done on his part to make a profit.
im willing to bet that he doesnt even profit off his card sales. any money he DOES make more than likely just pays for the cards that he keeps for his own collection. or maybe, JUST maybe a little bit goes to paying things like doctor bills for his son.
anyone who thinks he is financially prospering from magic card sales due to his spoilers,...im sorry i dont see how that can be the case.
have a look at the U/B leyline abuse deck in decks for critique. its exaclty what you are proposing. http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=29361
thres about 9 pages i think so far of discussion, and testing
it ouwld have to be "all OTHER" creatures and also, imagine it in a MBC deck. where it doesnt have any other creatures...you get an untargetable, evasive win condition for 2 mana....
I like extremestan's idea but i think i would like to see abilities shared. OR if we're really like, abilities AND P/T bonuses!!
Something similar to the proposed combine i guess. to grant flying, and trample, and +1/+1 counters most likely.