I hear ya. I'll try to include that in the last article of this series. But the short of it is, you can just glance at the decklists above and see what is available in your collection. The major archetypes remain the same, although some won't be available to you, so there's not much else to do. Obviously some substitutions will have to be made, but some of them are not horrible, i.e. putting in 4x Shock to fill in for missing Burst Lightnings and Lightning Bolts.
However, if you are going that route, my advice would clearly be to head for a Control deck, as Aggro does not have the tools to succeed at all with a limited cardpool.
There's not much else to say. It's like Leagues. You can opt not to crack the extra booster every week, but obviously, your deck (comprised of like 5 boosters) will be severely handicapped against someone who was able to open 9. Since extra prizes are given away for going 4-0, it's extremely unlikely that you'll do so with only 1-2 PW packs.
I agree it's not the most ideal. But as Whiffy pointed out, older players apparently can get a free pack. And if you made your account in the past year or so, chances are you opened the pack already, so no extra harm done.
I guess it's just balancing the cost benefit of free M11 booster versus have a few hundred useless cards in your collection. I think this definitely beats the alternative of WOTC giving us a free copy of a useless common worth about $0.001 online. Giving away a fraction of a penny might as well be giving away nothing.
At least this way you get to play the Primeval Titan lottery free of charge :))
you know...you would think since i sat there and watched all the videos that i would have realized that...though i had also just woken up. So combine being half awake and extreme giddiness over the banning of SfM, yeah i goofed.
So to make things clear- Wotc is doing a free tournement, but only for people who have signed up in the last 2 years or are willing to fork out money for unusable cards.
In order to join this tourney you have to open planeswalker packs and then have them cluttering up your collection forever since they are untradeable and unusable for anything but this one tourney.
Every single person I have asked has said they are not going to join because they do not want the pw cards cluttering up the collection.
This is one of the worst tourneys/promotions I have seen them do yet. Good job wotc, you continue to unimpress!
You guys surpassed my expectations. I was a little annoyed with the way our cc practices were ignored but I am so glad they were after seeing the results. Thanks for bringing it home again. :D
So you don't have building advice for the majority of players who are older and will not buy the extra packs you say are required to be competitive? Sounds a little like a half step. I appreciate the idea of your article but I am a little disappointed you didn't add a section for that majority.
I don't plan on playing the format, so I would prefer not having to sift through gold-bordered cards in the future. What is the best way for me to just get my free M11 pack from this event?
I have an old account as well, and will probably get 4x each, but if I can get one free, that would clearly be optimal. I don't see any info on the free one, Whiffy. How does that work?
Well you're not really going to be competitive at all with just Planeswalker Pack I, but yes, if you just want to claim your free M11 pack, then that's all you have to do.
Also, if you don't plan on playing the format, don't open the cards, as it's a pain to have to sift through regular cards and the Planeswalker cards. Kind of like in Paper, you have to separate regular, Unglued, Gold-bordered, etc.
@ Whiffy- Good job. I love your vids. Anyway, along the noob lines, where is the link I submit. Even if it saves me 5 bucks, this is the only way I can break into MTGO, as I am mostly broke and just now taking MTGO seriously...free tourney is a free tourney
you dont have to buy anything. wotc will give you the intro planeswalker pack for free
if you want the best possible deck then you have to buy the other p walker packs
The tournament happens on July 3. As long as you logged on at least once on the three-day span of last Wednesday-Friday (when the Community Cup took place), you will be able to enter the tournament and receive a free M11 Booster Pack.
If you have an old account, you have to buy Planeswalker packs from the store. There are 4 different packs, and they cost $5 each. You need to spend like $40-50 if you want to have access to 4x every playable, but you can get by with buying just 1 of each pack for a total of $20.
you need to submit a link for a free plansewalker pack and the tourny should not be invite baed, if you logged on then on the 3rd you just join the event.
I like your breakdown, sir. I logged into MTGO on Thursday, and have received no invitation. I also have a pretty old account, and did not get any of these "planeswalker packs". Can you steer us noobs in the right direction to do this?
Well CawBlade is dead for the most part. But what about the effects of the banning on secondary decks like Puresteel Paladin losing SfM and ExarchTwin losing Jace, will these decks still be viable?
I hear ya. I'll try to include that in the last article of this series. But the short of it is, you can just glance at the decklists above and see what is available in your collection. The major archetypes remain the same, although some won't be available to you, so there's not much else to do. Obviously some substitutions will have to be made, but some of them are not horrible, i.e. putting in 4x Shock to fill in for missing Burst Lightnings and Lightning Bolts.
However, if you are going that route, my advice would clearly be to head for a Control deck, as Aggro does not have the tools to succeed at all with a limited cardpool.
There's not much else to say. It's like Leagues. You can opt not to crack the extra booster every week, but obviously, your deck (comprised of like 5 boosters) will be severely handicapped against someone who was able to open 9. Since extra prizes are given away for going 4-0, it's extremely unlikely that you'll do so with only 1-2 PW packs.
I agree it's not the most ideal. But as Whiffy pointed out, older players apparently can get a free pack. And if you made your account in the past year or so, chances are you opened the pack already, so no extra harm done.
I guess it's just balancing the cost benefit of free M11 booster versus have a few hundred useless cards in your collection. I think this definitely beats the alternative of WOTC giving us a free copy of a useless common worth about $0.001 online. Giving away a fraction of a penny might as well be giving away nothing.
At least this way you get to play the Primeval Titan lottery free of charge :))
you know...you would think since i sat there and watched all the videos that i would have realized that...though i had also just woken up. So combine being half awake and extreme giddiness over the banning of SfM, yeah i goofed.
So to make things clear- Wotc is doing a free tournement, but only for people who have signed up in the last 2 years or are willing to fork out money for unusable cards.
In order to join this tourney you have to open planeswalker packs and then have them cluttering up your collection forever since they are untradeable and unusable for anything but this one tourney.
Every single person I have asked has said they are not going to join because they do not want the pw cards cluttering up the collection.
This is one of the worst tourneys/promotions I have seen them do yet. Good job wotc, you continue to unimpress!
This looks awesome and good job on winning and making us all proud!
LE
PS: Whiffy, you're the worst cameraman I have ever seen! :)
You guys surpassed my expectations. I was a little annoyed with the way our cc practices were ignored but I am so glad they were after seeing the results. Thanks for bringing it home again. :D
So you don't have building advice for the majority of players who are older and will not buy the extra packs you say are required to be competitive? Sounds a little like a half step. I appreciate the idea of your article but I am a little disappointed you didn't add a section for that majority.
I don't plan on playing the format, so I would prefer not having to sift through gold-bordered cards in the future. What is the best way for me to just get my free M11 pack from this event?
You don't need 4 of each to get every single card. You do need like 4 copies of Packs 3 and 4, but the first two are not necessary to buy 4 each.
I have an old account as well, and will probably get 4x each, but if I can get one free, that would clearly be optimal. I don't see any info on the free one, Whiffy. How does that work?
jvs
Looks like a fun time!
Well you're not really going to be competitive at all with just Planeswalker Pack I, but yes, if you just want to claim your free M11 pack, then that's all you have to do.
Also, if you don't plan on playing the format, don't open the cards, as it's a pain to have to sift through regular cards and the Planeswalker cards. Kind of like in Paper, you have to separate regular, Unglued, Gold-bordered, etc.
I appreciate the help guys.
@ Whiffy- Good job. I love your vids. Anyway, along the noob lines, where is the link I submit. Even if it saves me 5 bucks, this is the only way I can break into MTGO, as I am mostly broke and just now taking MTGO seriously...free tourney is a free tourney
I dont understand, the bannings only affected standard, not legacy
Looked like a blast. What does Red Bull taste like? :)
you dont have to buy anything. wotc will give you the intro planeswalker pack for free
if you want the best possible deck then you have to buy the other p walker packs
The tournament happens on July 3. As long as you logged on at least once on the three-day span of last Wednesday-Friday (when the Community Cup took place), you will be able to enter the tournament and receive a free M11 Booster Pack.
If you have an old account, you have to buy Planeswalker packs from the store. There are 4 different packs, and they cost $5 each. You need to spend like $40-50 if you want to have access to 4x every playable, but you can get by with buying just 1 of each pack for a total of $20.
you need to submit a link for a free plansewalker pack and the tourny should not be invite baed, if you logged on then on the 3rd you just join the event.
well i mean its valid for 9 days...
I like your breakdown, sir. I logged into MTGO on Thursday, and have received no invitation. I also have a pretty old account, and did not get any of these "planeswalker packs". Can you steer us noobs in the right direction to do this?
Thanks
Well CawBlade is dead for the most part. But what about the effects of the banning on secondary decks like Puresteel Paladin losing SfM and ExarchTwin losing Jace, will these decks still be viable?
Mr Jahn, you rock. Your information is much appreciated. Can't wait for next week, when things Will Be Shaken Up A Like Never Before!
Ding dong the witch is dead.
I suspect he was thinking of Warren Instigator.