Hi Restless! I've been a fan of yours for a while now, and I have a couple questions about this here Karn deck, as I'm building my own:
Would it be feasible to get a list of the combos and how they work?
Would you mind giving a brief rundown on how the deck plays in multiplayer (if possible)?
Thanks for your help, I greatly appreciate it!
PS: I almost forgot! How do you deal with Aura of Silence? It has repeatedly screwed me before...
In other news, I'm slowly attempting to teach my girlfriend Magic, and it's going pretty well. I'm also quite proud to disprove that "Nerds don't get girlfriends" stereotype that I'd heard somewhere before. Though looking around, it appears that it wasn't really true to begin with....
I'm slowly getting into the college application process, and with the Common App nearing its completion, I'm still debating over where exactly in the country I want to go. Does anyone here have any recommendations for colleges with good Mathematics programs that are close by a good Magic store? I'm not too choosy as far as weather goes, so just throw some ideas out there.
I was just meaning that I'm completely fine with being promoted. I'm voting for Arew and Zazi because I like their names. Take that as you will, but I like them most of the current Apprentices. I'm abstaining from voting for Acolytes.
EDIT: I've been tossing deck ideas around, and looking at Precursor Golem I realized he has a built in Ancestral Recall (self targeted) with Twisted Image and a half-price, instant-speed Harmonize in Tel-Jilad Defiance. So I'm designing a deck around it (Standard), and was wondering if any of you guys had any thoughts. I was thinking UG, but I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks! I was pretty psyched after I got them. Pretty happy with Scars, overall, so it's nice to get boxes for a set that I simply adore.
No, I get it. I don't really feel older, I just realize that there's more available to me now. Not that I'll be using much of it.
In other news, at the Release party yesterday, I watched someone complain that Nim Deathmantle is "broken." I laughed for five minutes. Worst thing is, he hadn't even carefully read the card. He had just skimmed it and thought the triggered ability was an activated ability for 4 that reanimated any creature in your graveyard and equipped the deathmantle to it. I almost cried.
Also: I'm curious as to your thoughts about Mimic Vat and Golem Foundry
My Scars Prerelease was actually quite amazing by my standards.
The VP of the store I go to told me to pull a foil Memnite when I bought a starter pack (they toss in a Booster as a pull to buy them). I immediately open one. I trade it to the guy for a booster of M11. In which I pull a foil Grave Titan (:o) and a Steel Overseer. I sell the Titan to the store for $24 store credit, which I use to buy two more starters. I open Koth of the Hammer, and sell him for another $24 store credit, which I use to buy the last two starters. My limited pool was pretty nice, I played a pretty sick R/G deck. I lost round one, but got to completely wipe an extremely unsportsmanlike guy running a R/U artifact deck with Embersmiths and Riddlesmiths. (He called my deck "☺☺☺☺" and whined about losing to "idiots") I ended up going 2-2 and opening some decent stuff. My favorite pulls of the day, however, were Tangle Angler, which I firmly believe has the single best name ever. I don't remember everything I pulled, but I remember Precursor Golem, Cerebral Eruption, Molten Psyche, Spikeshot Elder, Myr Propagator, Dissipation Field, Shape Anew, Asceticism (I picked up two, but I think one was in a starter at first.), Carnifex Demon, and Myr Battlesphere.
Now I want to build a Green-based deck focusing on Tangle Angler, Infiltration Lens, Precursor Golem, Withstand Death, etc. Any suggests?
As it stands, I can't afford Chalice of the Void or Trinisphere, but I definitely can see that handling the matchup quite nicely. Don't know how I missed that. I'll do some playtesting with some of this (that I can afford) and post results later.
I like your list...ALOT. If I could afford some of the stuff you are running, I'd go get it (Trinisphere, Chalice, Burning of Xinye, Devastation, Bloodstone Mire). Problem mostly comes from my store not selling those or being out of them.
Mishra's Helix is definitely going in if I can get my hands on one or two. Same with Form of the Dragon.
I'll be updating the OP, but I had replaced the Panoptic Mirrors with Inkwell Leviathan. Though looking at your list, Sundering Titan is definitely a valid option, so I'll playtest both.
EDIT: How does your list deal with Burn? It seems like it would roll over and die to it...
1 Cascade Bluffs
4 Shivan Reef
8 Island
4 Mountain
'Walkers - 6
4 Tezzeret the Seeker
2 Jace Beleren
3 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Inkwell Leviathan
Instants - 4
4 Mana Leak
Sorceries - 8
4 Wildfire
4 Destructive Force
Artifacts - 21
4 Everflowing Chalice
4 Khalni Gem
4 Howling Mine
2 Gilded Lotus
1 Mind Stone
1 Darksteel Forge
4 Font of Mythos
Constructive Criticism welcome and encouraged.
Very nice. I'm not sure if I like the lack of card text, but that's an issue with my playgroup, not me. Other than that, I totally love 'em.
I'll probably post a decklist once I finish the deck. It definitely needs some work. And might go wUR for sweepers and spot.
Thanks...I think. I'm using Howling Mines and Destructive Force/Wildfire to stall, using Mana-facts to keep my own tempo relatively unaffected.
....I'm not misanthropic, twas a joke. Though on a related note, it's also curable by girlfriends/boyfriends depending on your preference.
I wasn't aware they had P9 Promos... Link, please?
Sun Titan
Sword of Vengeance
Brittle Effigy
Then a draft:
Garruk Wildspeaker
Foil Obstinate Baloth
Primeval Titan
I had a ball.
Now I'm building Turbo-LD. Cuz I hate people.
I've got a Customer Appreciation Tournament at my LGS that I'm attending Saturday. It's sealed, so it looks like I'll finally get a chance to know what M11 Sealed is like. If you guys are right about it, then I'm glad I'm a lucky punk.
Haha. Well put, Ravus. Welcome back....er...I haven't seen you around, here lately, but considering my presence here has been somewhat erratic as well, I may just be flat wrong.