For me a strong contender would be The Duke, because it puts just the right amount of randomness into an abstract strategy game. Not turning it into poker-chess, but keeping it in a state where the players never can be to sure about the flow of events due to the random tile draw. And pieces come with their move description right on the tile, so it is easy to grasp what you can do, but due to the tile flip, it is far more work to actually see what the effect will be, especially if you play with asymmetric tile selections. And the game system allows mix-and-match army setups and inventing new tiles, even throwing a bunch “thematic” tiles in the mix.
Category: Syndicated
does reclaim have a place in pauper? Maybe some UG Delver-Monkey?
So one of my most favorite deck in modern is Grixis Delver – with delver, snapcaster and zombie-fish being my favorite creatures. Snapcaster of course is not available in Pauper, but one of his functions – playing spells twice for vakue – can be done with reclaim. In addition reclaim can make sure the delver flips. And in green we have hooting mandrill. So would maybe something like Simic Delver with some thought scour / mental notes and brainstorms, running some reclaim for vale be a thing? I kniw of UG Threshold decks, but none of them play reclaim and they thw monjey is kinda a nonbo with threshold creatures. Any good brews floating around that allready abuse reclaim? or is it just too slow with putting it on top of the library despite the sweet synergy with delver?
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/u/bboomslang on I missed Mechs Vs Minions wave 2. Will there be a Wave 3?
My wallet hates you, but still, looking forward to September with my new game 😉
/u/bboomslang on I missed Mechs Vs Minions wave 2. Will there be a Wave 3?
My wallet hates you, but still, looking forward to September with my new game 😉
/u/bboomslang on Has Ash Barrens Secretly Turned on a Rakdos LD Deck in Pauper?
and more importantly, a lot of them can run on a rather low amount of lands, which often can be hard to attack with LD strategies. But it might be devastating for Tron decks and other slower decks that need more than two lands to function (like Kuldoth…
/u/bboomslang on Has Ash Barrens Secretly Turned on a Rakdos LD Deck in Pauper?
and more importantly, a lot of them can run on a rather low amount of lands, which often can be hard to attack with LD strategies. But it might be devastating for Tron decks and other slower decks that need more than two lands to function (like Kuldoth…
/u/bboomslang on What’s your favorite pauper deck, and why?
man, will they ever get a working version of their deck naming algorithms? It’s really silly.
/u/bboomslang on What’s your favorite pauper deck, and why?
man, will they ever get a working version of their deck naming algorithms? It’s really silly.
/u/bboomslang on What games feel like their expansions are almost required after you play with them?
Yes, Unseen Forces is one I immediately thought of, too. Without it, Elder Sign is really too easy. And I like the blessing/cursing mechanic.
/u/bboomslang on What games feel like their expansions are almost required after you play with them?
Yes, Unseen Forces is one I immediately thought of, too. Without it, Elder Sign is really too easy. And I like the blessing/cursing mechanic.
/u/bboomslang on Why should I play your favorite deck?
UR Snow Delver is probably my all-time favorite deck so far, because it gives me so many lines of play every game. And it doesn’t have too many super-bad matchups. The faeries make me forget that I can’t cast Snapcaster Mage in Pauper (probably the only creature I really miss from Modern) and the tons of card draw allow the most epic of comebacks in some games (being down on 3 life against Kuldotha Boros, me in top-deck mode and my opponent digging frantically for a Lightning Bolt or Galvanic Blast and me finding a Gush first and building back up to a solid hand of counters – so awesome!). And really, people have to learn to respect the little 1/1 faeries …
Other than that, I probably would say Dinrova Tron, because that deck attacks from a really cool angle and gives me the hard control feel I so love sometimes. Definitely a deck I would easily take into an unknown meta, because even if unknown, you can be sure one of the main attack vectors will be creature combat and Dinrova Trun shuts that down.
/u/bboomslang on Why should I play your favorite deck?
UR Snow Delver is probably my all-time favorite deck so far, because it gives me so many lines of play every game. And it doesn’t have too many super-bad matchups. The faeries make me forget that I can’t cast Snapcaster Mage in Pauper (probably the only creature I really miss from Modern) and the tons of card draw allow the most epic of comebacks in some games (being down on 3 life against Kuldotha Boros, me in top-deck mode and my opponent digging frantically for a Lightning Bolt or Galvanic Blast and me finding a Gush first and building back up to a solid hand of counters – so awesome!). And really, people have to learn to respect the little 1/1 faeries …
Other than that, I probably would say Dinrova Tron, because that deck attacks from a really cool angle and gives me the hard control feel I so love sometimes. Definitely a deck I would easily take into an unknown meta, because even if unknown, you can be sure one of the main attack vectors will be creature combat and Dinrova Trun shuts that down.
/u/bboomslang on My first Leica and I’m in love
I got the 35 C Biogon from Zeiss for my M8 – and I am a die hard Leica fan, who had a bunch of Leica gear over the time. Sometimes the Leica stuff is just too good for its own good, so to say. Nothing wrong to use the good stuff from others, too 😉
/u/bboomslang on My first Leica and I’m in love
I got the 35 C Biogon from Zeiss for my M8 – and I am a die hard Leica fan, who had a bunch of Leica gear over the time. Sometimes the Leica stuff is just too good for its own good, so to say. Nothing wrong to use the good stuff from others, too 😉
/u/bboomslang on Gaming Outdoors
My go-to game for outdoors play is The Duke – two baggies, wooden tiles and the board all survived multiple outings at the beach on Mauritius.
/u/bboomslang on Gaming Outdoors
My go-to game for outdoors play is The Duke – two baggies, wooden tiles and the board all survived multiple outings at the beach on Mauritius.
/u/bboomslang on What would need to get banned to cause you to quit Modern?
This. Would. Make. Me. Cry.
/u/bboomslang on What would need to get banned to cause you to quit Modern?
This. Would. Make. Me. Cry.
/u/bboomslang on Anyone rocking 12, yes 12, duals?
yeah, well, you can bounce something non-tapping, too, if you are smart. Or you are me and stare at a hand with 1 bounce land and 1 tap land and go “yeah, looks great, I keep it”.
Some days we need to learn the hard way.
/u/bboomslang on Anyone rocking 12, yes 12, duals?
yeah, well, you can bounce something non-tapping, too, if you are smart. Or you are me and stare at a hand with 1 bounce land and 1 tap land and go “yeah, looks great, I keep it”.
Some days we need to learn the hard way.
/u/bboomslang on Anyone rocking 12, yes 12, duals?
Well, you could do that with bounce lands before, too. And I have played 10 duals (4 gain, 4 guilds and 2 bounce) sometimes. Until my main opponent added Bogles to his deck selection and it just felt bad to still assemble my mana base while he killed m…
/u/bboomslang on Anyone rocking 12, yes 12, duals?
Well, you could do that with bounce lands before, too. And I have played 10 duals (4 gain, 4 guilds and 2 bounce) sometimes. Until my main opponent added Bogles to his deck selection and it just felt bad to still assemble my mana base while he killed m…
/u/bboomslang on New MTGO Commander Ban List, starting May 10
So actually what happens if a been wants to play and buys a precon on mtgo – all of them run sol ring, which now is banned. I guess a great way to enable that format. /S
/u/bboomslang on On Rancor
Another one would be Serene Heart, a favorite of mine against Bogles. Just so much fun to see all pants fall like leaves in autumn.
/u/bboomslang on What’s your favorite deckbuilder game and why?
Valley of the Kings is a neat little deck builder that I love, but sadly my wife doesn’t. So it by far does not get enough play. My personal favourite for solo play is Shadowrun: Crossfire, since it is quick to setup and tons of fun to play with the high caliber ops expansion. The one getting the most play, though, is Paperback, since that is one of the go to games I grab to bring in new players and both my wife and I really love it. It is one of our most-played games.
/u/bboomslang on What’s your favorite deckbuilder game and why?
Valley of the Kings is a neat little deck builder that I love, but sadly my wife doesn’t. So it by far does not get enough play. My personal favourite for solo play is Shadowrun: Crossfire, since it is quick to setup and tons of fun to play with the high caliber ops expansion. The one getting the most play, though, is Paperback, since that is one of the go to games I grab to bring in new players and both my wife and I really love it. It is one of our most-played games.
/u/bboomslang on Grixis Flickercraft
Maybe go for Exclude as a counter instead of counterspell if you struggle against creature-heavy decks? Sure, one mana more, but cantrips and the color-requirement is more friendly towards three-color decks. Prohibit might be another option, but that m…
/u/bboomslang on Grixis Flickercraft
Maybe go for Exclude as a counter instead of counterspell if you struggle against creature-heavy decks? Sure, one mana more, but cantrips and the color-requirement is more friendly towards three-color decks. Prohibit might be another option, but that m…
/u/bboomslang on Blandest duals now legal
Sadly they are just guild gates without being guildgates, which is not that relevant outside some very few cards. So I guess it only would show up in dual-color decks that are willing to run more than 8 ETB lands and need hard color requirements in bot…
/u/bboomslang on Blandest duals now legal
Sadly they are just guild gates without being guildgates, which is not that relevant outside some very few cards. So I guess it only would show up in dual-color decks that are willing to run more than 8 ETB lands and need hard color requirements in bot…