Extended?

[Thomas David Baker]

So, no one registered any decks or results in the Extended season which ends fairly soon. Are we going to do a post-Worldwake Extended season as I proposed or is there no interest?

Let your views be known.

[Gary Lynch]

I guess we are not all around at the same time. I would love to get some serious extended testing in but cant with my working hours.

Sundays are not the same without you.

We cant organise ourselves.

[Peter Dun]

I'm back in England for a month.... so when are you guys free? have limited organisational and hosting capability

[Thomas David Baker]

You mean you are already in England? I'm sorry to miss you, then. I won't be back until March now.

[Dan Barrett]

Yay! Come to the release event on Sat?

Next few weekends should be good, also if you can't host and don't mind travelling a little, the pub we playtested in a couple weeks back was an EXCELLENT venue on sundays.

Peter Dun said:

I'm back in England for a month.... so when are you guys free? have limited organisational and hosting capability

[wv]

It seems removing prizes from the League has esssentially killed it?

I know I'd actively play the League if prizes were brought back.

[Thomas David Baker]

Are you prepared to administer the prizes? (Collect a booster from each participant, keep a list of who has paid and who hasn't, and give out prizes at the end.)

If so, we can reintroduce prizes :)

Warren Vonk said:

It seems removing prizes from the League has esssentially killed it?

I know I'd actively play the League if prizes were brought back.

[Battlefield Schmattlefield]

Extended is for bumders, defo...!

[Thomas David Baker]

Extended seems to me like it is probably the best format. It's annoying if you don't own the cards but in a DT League you can just use proxies. Although if you've decided not to care about Extended PTQs I guess an Extended DT League is that much less interesting.

It's better than Standard because the card pool is larger. The best deck is likely to be less dominating. The room for innovation is greater. The likelihood that the "correct" 60 or 75 is known is considerably lower.

Legacy has all these benefits too but Extended is better than Legacy because 80-20 and similar matchups are less common. Your success in a tournament is not so matchup dependent.

It's better than Vintage because winning the die roll doesn't give you a 90% chance to win.

I might be wrong but it's a thought that occurred to me lately and I haven't seen any evidence to the contrary. I might just be drinking the Star City and Channel Fireball article Kool-Aid.

[Daniel Royde]

I agree with you Tom.
Also while extended and legacy might have a higher cost to start playing them- mainly lands and a few other staples, once you have those, you can often keep using the same cards again.
Also there are real combo decks.
Also there's always hate for anything.

I haven't done anything with this league because I've been busy. I assume the same is true for the others.

[Dan Barrett]

Can anyone lend me this deck, i would DEFINITELY play it if i could!!!


http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/breaking-thro...


* 4 Battle of Wits
* 4 Thopter Foundry
* 2 Sword of the Meek
* 1 Mindslaver
* 1 Open the Vaults
* 4 Baneslayer Angel
* 4 Sakura Tribe Elder
* 4 Solemn Simulacrum
* 4 Eternal Witness
* 4 Vendilion Clique
* 4 Tezzeret, the Seeker
* 4 Jace the Mind Sculptor
* 4 Gifts Ungiven
* 4 Idyllic Tutor
* 4 Brainspoil
* 4 Trinket Mage
* 4 Etched Oracle
* 4 Harmonize
* 4 Thirst for Knowledge
* 4 Phyrexian Arena
* 1 Life from the Loam
* 1 All Suns Dawn
* 4 Cryptic Command
* 4 Condescend
* 4 Muddle the Mixture
* 4 Voidslime
* 1 Chalice of the Void
* 4 Day of Judgment
* 4 Wrath of God
* 4 Damnation
* 4 Engineered Explosives
* 4 Crime Punishment
* 4 Bant Charm
* 4 Maelstrom Pulse
* 1 Faiths Fetters
* 1 Executioners Capsule
* 4 Putrefy
* 1 Oblivion Ring
* 4 Path To Exile
* 2 Shriekmaw
* 1 Smother
* 1 Slaughter Pact
* 4 Relic of Progenitus
* 1 Tormods Crypt
* 4 Cranial Extraction
* 4 Shadow of Doubt
* 4 Coalition Relic
* 4 Azorius Signet
* 4 Dimir Signet
* 4 Simic Signet
* 4 Tolaria West
* 4 Horizon Canopy
* 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
* 1 Academy Ruins
* 4 Ghost Quarter
* 2 Tectonic Edge
* 2 Bojuka Bog
* 4 Misty Rainforest
* 4 Marsh Flats
* 4 Verdant Catacombs
* 4 Watery Grave
* 4 Godless Shrine
* 4 Hallowed Fountain
* 4 Temple Garden
* 4 Overgrown Tomb
* 4 Breeding Pool
* 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
* 1 Seat of The Synod
* 1 Vault of Whispers
* 1 Ancient Den
* 1 Tree of Tales
* 2 Mystic Gate
* 2 Flooded Grove
* 2 Sunken Ruins
* 6 Island
* 4 Plains
* 4 Swamp
* 4 Forest
* 4 Terramorphic Expanse

* Sideboard
* 2 Bojuka Bog
* 4 Extirpate
* 3 Tormods Crypt
* 1 Yixlid Jailor
* 1 Leyline of the Void
* 4 Aven Mindcensor

[Dan Barrett]

I would ONLY need to borrow the following!

* 4 Battle of Wits
* 1 Mindslaver
* 1 Open the Vaults
* 4 Sakura Tribe Elder
* 4 Solemn Simulacrum
* 4 Eternal Witness
* 1 Vendilion Clique
* 2 Tezzeret, the Seeker
* 1 Jace the Mind Sculptor
* 1 Gifts Ungiven
* 1/2 Idyllic Tutor
* 4 Brainspoil
* 1 Trinket Mage
* 4 Etched Oracle
* 1/2 Harmonize
* 2 Thirst for Knowledge
* 4 Phyrexian Arena
* 1 All Suns Dawn
* 4 Condescend
* 4 Voidslime
* 2 Engineered Explosives
* 4 Crime Punishment
* 4 Putrefy
* 3 Cranial Extraction
* 4 Coalition Relic
* 4 Azorius Signet
* 4 Dimir Signet
* 4 Simic Signet
* 4 Tolaria West
* 2 Horizon Canopy
* 4 Ghost Quarter
* 2 Watery Grave
* 2 Godless Shrine
* 1 Hallowed Fountain
* 4 Temple Garden
* 1 Overgrown Tomb
* 4 Breeding Pool

[Gary Lynch]

Lol. That's more than what I need for my deck. Props to anyone who plays it though.

Dan Barrett said:

I would ONLY need to borrow the following! * 4 Battle of Wits
* 1 Mindslaver
* 1 Open the Vaults
* 4 Sakura Tribe Elder
* 4 Solemn Simulacrum
* 4 Eternal Witness
* 1 Vendilion Clique
* 2 Tezzeret, the Seeker
* 1 Jace the Mind Sculptor
* 1 Gifts Ungiven
* 1/2 Idyllic Tutor
* 4 Brainspoil
* 1 Trinket Mage
* 4 Etched Oracle
* 1/2 Harmonize
* 2 Thirst for Knowledge
* 4 Phyrexian Arena
* 1 All Suns Dawn
* 4 Condescend
* 4 Voidslime
* 2 Engineered Explosives
* 4 Crime Punishment
* 4 Putrefy
* 3 Cranial Extraction
* 4 Coalition Relic
* 4 Azorius Signet
* 4 Dimir Signet
* 4 Simic Signet
* 4 Tolaria West
* 2 Horizon Canopy
* 4 Ghost Quarter
* 2 Watery Grave
* 2 Godless Shrine
* 1 Hallowed Fountain
* 4 Temple Garden
* 1 Overgrown Tomb
* 4 Breeding Pool