Modern, and Overextended

[Thomas David Baker]

Great call to arms from Gavin Verhey:

http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/21947.html

Sort of weirdly overshadowed or confusified by Wizards Community Cup format, "Modern":

 

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/othe...

 

Anyone playing in any of the Overextended tournaments?  Jason or anyone else organizing something for July 2?

 

It might be because I haven't thought about it hard enough yet but these seem like really fun ideas.

[Thomas David Baker]

Chapin said something interesting in his article today.

 

He said Caw-blade was boring now because it is well known and the undeniable best deck in the format.

 

But that it wasn't boring when it was being discovered especially if you were one of the people who discovered it and were playing it.

 

I think Dredge is a very extreme example of that.  How fun must it have been to have been the first guy that made it work, or added Flame-Kin Zealot, or whatever.  But now it is just broken and almost impossible to attack on any normal axis.  I'm not sure quite how much it loses compared to Legacy in Modern (Breakthrough, Putrid Imp, Tireless Tribe, ...) but it can stand to be nerfed a little.

[Daniel Royde]

I'm up for playing some of this if someone organises something...

 

[Paul Hodgson]

Yup, playset of each, not too fussed on condition really either

Jason Savage said:

Paul,
What would you be after? All of them?
Jason

[Philip Dickinson]

dan i'm a little confused about what you're saying here since cephalid illusionist decks do not play dread return, narcomoeba or bridge from below. also the banning of dredge is largely irrelevant since its a pretty bad deck.

 

i checked ebay for rav block blue-producing duals literally within an hour of the wotc CC/modern announcement but they're already at least $10 each :(

[Dan Barrett]

Phil, are you sure?

 

 

Artifacts
4 Aether Vial

Creatures
3 Cephalid Illusionist
3 Daru Spiritualist
1 Karmic Guide
3 Narcomoeba
3 Nomads en-Kor
1 Sky Hussar

Instants
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Worldly Tutor

Legendary Creatures
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Sorceries
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Dread Return
4 Living Wish
3 Ponder

Lands
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
3 Starlit Sanctum
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Underground Sea

[Louis Mackie]

The old ones didn't, with Sutured Ghoul and Dragon's Breath.

[Philip Dickinson]

yeah my bad, i'm trapped in the old skool. what is gavin verhey's job? i fail to understand how anyone could have the time to playtest a fake format lol

[Dan Barrett]

IIRC, he's looking for one in game design. hence a lot of time, and this could even be useful work experience.

Philip Dickinson said:

yeah my bad, i'm trapped in the old skool. what is gavin verhey's job? i fail to understand how anyone could have the time to playtest a fake format lol

[Thomas David Baker]

Is anyone playing Overextended?

 

I have that old Mono U Faeries deck from 2009 (?) Extended with Jittes and Mutavaults and counterspells.  I added Jace to it, obv.  Never did $40 for an imaginary card seem like such a steal.  I should never have sold my fifth one at $60.

 

I have no idea how to beat them when I'm on the draw and they make a one drop and I don't have Spell Snare for their two drop.  I just suspend Ancestral Visions and hope for the best :)

 

Perhaps I need to add Trinket Mage/Engineered Explosives/Rav Duals/Bitterblossom/Thirst For Knowledge but that sounds expensive!

 

Verhey's tourneys are Tuesdays 17:30 PST (11:30 BST), starting this Tuesday.  Anyone playing in them?

 

Hit up bakert99 on modo if you want to test.

[Daniel Royde]

I'd love to play this irl, but don't have cards on modo.