u/forbiddenvoid

▲ 97 r/lrcast

Overtelegraphing Settle the Wreckage

"Oops." + "Lands. Am I right?" + open white mana

[[Settle the Wreckage]] is already worse than it was before. It's nearly impossible to disguise anyway. But I've literally played against 3 people today who ran the line above. All of them for 2-4 turns while I pinged them down to 0 with just one creature.

  1. It's perfectly fine to use a Settle against one creature. If it's obvious you have it, play it as a removal spell. Or play your creatures. Don't hold onto other cards in your hand hoping your opponent will swing out into you.
  2. If it wasn't obvious before that you have this exact card in your hand, your silly emotes have made it even more obvious. Stop. You don't have to say anything. You can just play the game.
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u/forbiddenvoid — 1 day ago
▲ 5 r/lrcast

Farewell MSH! (7-1 with GB)

What a way to end the format! This might be one of the most fun decks I've played in MSH. And it's the closest to a "normal" Golgari deck I've played in a while. Put things in the graveyard and generate value.

Highlights:
- [[Earth's Mightiest Heroes]] hitting 4 creatures, including 2 [[Hydra Troopers]]

- Cracking [[Robot Domination]] T5 with 2 [[Rapid Rescue]] and a [[Red Room Recruit]]

- Peak [[Decoy Ploy]]. I would probably have played a second one if I could. I was never lacking for targets for both modes.

u/forbiddenvoid — 12 days ago
▲ 8 r/lrcast

[OTJ] 7-1 with UW! But it's not MSH!

Spent a lot of time with this format, since I missed it the first time around, and I was getting bored with MSH. I really enjoyed every archetype, but this deck was a lot of fun to play (for me, at least!)

No rares, either. Feels like a novelty in recent years.

u/forbiddenvoid — 21 days ago
▲ 0 r/lrcast

[OTJ] Magic as Richard Garfield intended...

The fact that this setup makes attacking with the outlaws bad makes this even funnier to me. I also somehow failed to notice that Akul has flample, so I missed lethal here, but it didn't really matter.

u/forbiddenvoid — 26 days ago
▲ 5 r/lrcast

I won an OTJ game with Archive Trap, AMA

With a helpful assist by [[Deepmuck Desperado]].

I guess I can die happy now?

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u/forbiddenvoid — 28 days ago
▲ 0 r/lrcast

This is the problem with draft

All I want is for WOTC to give me drafts with normal rarity distributions.

"But people don't get to play with rares" is such a lame excuse. All this does is leads to more games with lopsided outcomes. Someone feels great, and the person on the other side of the table feels like they didn't get to play a game of magic.

I hate being on both sides of the table for this.

u/forbiddenvoid — 1 month ago
▲ 5 r/lrcast

Sickest Curveout I've had in MSH

T1 [[Political Triumph]]
T2 [[Crowd of True Believers]] + [[S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Kit]]
T3 [[Tigra, Feline Fury]] + equip, attack with Crowd
T4 [[Raft Security Officer]], move Spy Kit to Tigra
T5 [[Borough Backup]]

Is the deck good? I have no idea. But this sure was fun.

u/forbiddenvoid — 1 month ago
▲ 1 r/lrcast

First MSH Trophy with GB Power-up Ramp

Loved this deck. Value around every corner. I noticed that a lot of people don't realize that power-up is instant speed. That will self-correct, I'm sure.

u/forbiddenvoid — 2 months ago
▲ 20 r/lrcast

Crazy = Genius? 7-1 SOS with... Rakdos?

I don't have any excuses. This was certainly a bad idea. But it worked.

u/forbiddenvoid — 3 months ago

It was much, much worse as a child

It's not pretty. But into my late 20s my handwriting was completely and totally illegible, even to myself most of the time.

u/forbiddenvoid — 3 months ago
▲ 2 r/lrcast

Finally managed a Witherbloom trophy!

Witherbloom is my favorite color combination in this set, so it's been disappointing that it's been a bit underpowered. I'd already trophied with the other 4 color pairs (+ a couple of soup decks), but this is the first time I've been able to get the 7th win with GB.

I would have preferred a second [[Masterful Flourish]] over the [[Comforting Counsel]], but one usually managed to do the trick anyway. Having backup mascots and lumarets definitely helped, too.

And, did you know Shopkeeper's Bane is also a pest? Bonkers.

u/forbiddenvoid — 3 months ago
▲ 29 r/lrcast

Fumbling the ball at the goal line

Cropped to protect the innocent. But I will gladly take the W here.

u/forbiddenvoid — 3 months ago
▲ 18 r/lrcast

If I get a single poison win, it will have been worth it

I did not play this draft format before. I have no idea if this deck is good or if it's just meme-able hot garbage, but 4x [[Virulent Silencer]] seemed too much fun not to play.

u/forbiddenvoid — 3 months ago