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News:
FTV:R released! Go get some Commander goodies!
We also have now seen the actual cards that are being previewed in the new Elspeth vs Tezzeret Duel Decks. And we get the new keyword “proliferate”. Which says: "Sup dog. I hear you like counters. So I put some counters in your counter so you can counter your counter." Or something like that. The other preview card is some Lifey-gainey-fly-y thing, essentially a venerable monk with flying. Not shabby, but not Proliferate.
Also this week, Elspeth gained phasing... but she's back now, so enjoy!
Prices:
Message board Sol Ring price ranges sell 10-15 buy 5-9, and falling fast Jace 2.0 has slipped to 73 while Force of will moves to 77. Some aftermath of last week's movements has Serra ascendant back down to 3.50, and I expect she'll go a bit lower once the demand cools a bit. Ranger of Eos hangs on at just under 5, as he boldly clings to value with the upcoming rotation. In soon to be obsolete extended news; Tarmogoyf at 23 (sold out)
Whatcha been playin’:
Weekend Tribal: Lifegain humans. T1 Serra Ascendant, T2 Martyr of Sands, gain 12, swing for 6, gain 6. Also ran Proclamation of Rebirth and Ranger of Eos. Fun. Since then experimenting with Noetic Scales and Warped Devotion, and running Masticore tribal.
Erik: “Liches be crazy”; Phylactery Lich + mana ramp artifacts,etc. Looking forward to Darksteel making a come back.
5 Comments
Great program as always, the lifegain humans deck sounds pretty awesome. ONe of these days I'd love to play Aj in a game or two of Heirloom(http://puremtgo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1996&sid=84df5d4422063630...) (my screnname is Xaoslegend on MTGO)
Hmm this is something like what Flips and I discussed a few months ago and I wrote a bit about in one of my articles. Could be fun. Problem is: Fluctuations can really kill a deck if you are on the border with cards. Particular if a card suddenly becomes a Pauper staple out of the blue (it does happen.)
That format seems really hard to enforce. It's nice that it is a more restrictive version of pauper. Sounds like a fun idea though.
RE: Paul and Blau
First off I'd just like to say thanks to AJ for finding me online yesterday after I posted and having it out for 3 games with me. He had quickly assembled a dragons deck and I played my B/G sacrifice deck, U/B control deck and W/G enchantress deck. That was pretty cool for me.
Part of what I like about the format is that if it ever becomes popular enough to effect the prices of cards it will prevent any particular archetype from becoming dominant for very long which will keep it dynamic and balanced. (and if your card is suddenly banned it's because it became worth more, doesn't sound that bad heh)
As far as enforcement goes at this stage it is a bit "finicky" atm as AJ said when building yesterday. It is still very casual though so it's just about being polite, checking things when they seem off and keeping track of your own card prices periodically. Later what is popular as a solution is to set the legalities of all cards at the beginning of each month. That will be a lot of work so were holding off for now.
I certianly wouldn't say it's more restrictive than pauper though(it does tend to be a lot cheaper) as the card pool to play with is both larger and stronger. (it would be hard to make that case with cards like Merrow Reejerey, Scorched Earth, Conundrum sphinx, Goblin Chieftain, Vedalken Archmage, and Jinxed Idol all being legal in Heirloom)
"T1 Serra Ascendant, T2 Martyr of Sands"
That is awesome.