2023 May
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I'm not streaming March of the Machine drafts anymore, but I did do some drafting online this past week, in prep for potentially playing in this weekend's Arena Open. (Spoiler: I did not end up playing the open.)
First up, I actually tried drafting on MTGO! It has been a long while - in fact I have no idea when I last played a game on MTGO, though I do login to check the account occasionally.
When I checked my account, I saw that I actually had enough play points to enter a draft league, which I had never done before so I gave it a try. I think I put together a decent deck; I drafted Glissa for the first time! It's such a bomb, but never got a chance during the games and I only managed a 1-2.
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Next up, I tried doing a traditional (BO3) draft on Magic Arena, once I had the 10k gold needed for entry. This actually went much better, and the deck felt a lot more solid all-around. A decent amount of fliers and removal and Anafenza was kinda nice.
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I didn't trophy, only going 2-1, but the loss was super close and decided in game 3.
Both of the above runs were best-of-3 of course, instead of my usual BO1 drafting. Playing in BO3 again after a long while is interesting, and probably better in a bomb-heavy format like MOM, since it gives me some space to compensate for the opponent's bombs and you get to spend more time with each deck. Am considering making this my default for drafts moving forward. The only downside is that each draft takes a bit longer.
2021 December
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I heard there was free vintage cube on #mtgo so I figured I'd dust off the old account and give it a shot. I had no idea what I was doing! It's a miracle I was able to eke out even one win, and that was only because the opponent timed out just as he was about to win game 3.
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2017 November
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@switchfollows meron ka bang Monastery Mentor? I only have 2 and I kinda wanna build that 2nd deck
Quoted JeffHoogland's tweet:Some interesting #modern decks in the results of the last #MTGO PTQ #mtg
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2016 February
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Why the hell is Abzan Company in the #MTGO PT Gauntlet? How am I supposed to combo off online lol
[10:02] 2-1 in first #MTGO PT gauntlet. Played Abzan; beat UR Eldrazi, Mardu; lost to Blue Moon. This is a great way to learn Modern decks
[11:52] 2nd #MTGO PT gauntlet, playing Affinity: WIN vs UR Eldrazi, LOSS vs mirror, WIN vs Through the Breach
2015 October
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Logged in to MTGO just to do a BFZ sealed prerelease. WTH are play points?
2014 December
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P3P1: Ancestral Recall or Black Lotus? You've already drafted monoblue with Frost Titan/Consecrated Sphinx at the top of the curve #mtgo
2014 November
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@MagicOnline please explain why the MTGO client starts from 600-700 MB ram, climbing up to more than 1GB over the course of a draft #mtgo
2014 September
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So I joined a 5-round standard tournament at 12:30 in the AM. Totally not a bad idea #mtgo
Some lessons are expensive =/
2013 December
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TFW you're passed Ancestral Recall #holidaycube
"Are you kidding me that was 4 rips in a row" - opp after I won even when I got hit by Mindtwist for 4 and we were topdeck mode #holidaycube
Was severely outclassed too...he tinkered into Steel Wind all 3 games while I was hitting with Diregraf Ghouls and some goblins
2013 November
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Just dumped a whole bunch of MTGO rares.mythics so that I could play constructed. Selling always makes me feel bad =/
2013 October
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I had great drafts last week, and this week it's 3 1-2s =/ At least I got two Ashioks though
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I 3-0'd 3 out of 4 Theros MTGO drafts today (granted, it was swiss, but still). This is the most rounds I've ever won in a single day
2013 March
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Some early morning Orzhov+Dimir madness: http://i.imgur.com/YvsQgjP.jpg lol #mtgo
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2012 December
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Guy complains about being manascrewed twice in a row when he has like six lands to my three in play. #mtgo
"yeah, but you're still casting" Maybe it's because I have a smaller curve and only two colors? Jeez #mtgo
When your opening hand is 2 forests, a green card and 3 white cards and you think "surely I'll draw a plains!", that's not mana screw #mtgo
2012 October
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MTGO needs a shortcut for "tap this land for whatever color of mana, I dont even care"
My flaky internet connection killed me in the last round of a sealed event again. =/
2012 May
2012 April
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Okay, so I decided to try out the MTGO cube https://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/234/739/fa5.jpg
Seriously, I have no idea what I'm doing. The first pack I opened had 3 mythics~ Holy crap that Taiga looks nice
I had to cut a titan from my deck. This feels so ridiculous lol
Felt great keeping a one-lander, turn one Ancestral Visions, then going on to win the game
I'm glad I only have to fight annoying deck with top once per #mtgocube
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