LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO
First time hitting one, 13-5 at rank 2, used this malygos list feels super good rn
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Has anyone else noticed that sleeve quality has deteriorated dramatically in the last year or so? Dragonshields barely last a tournament for me now. Hopefully they haven't decided to hit us with planned obsolescence.
The final update to the SB guide before the RC is finally here! All future SB guide updates will be on the Squadron Hawks patreon, I will link the printable map later tonight, this is also the 75 I am submitting for Dallas.
Top 8d the Modern Showcase Challenge with Amulet!
Very happy with the list. Spelunking felt okish, probably gonna keep it in the board for FoV decks but not gonna board it in vs scam anymore like I was testing.
3 Big event top 8s in a row with the deck :D
@CBotelhoMagic
Its not really comparable to bankbuster as the point of bankbuster was that it was a slow card advantage engine for the midrange mirrors. Paying 2 mana for a loot + treasure and no vehicle is kinda ass. I would be very suprised if this card saw any play at all.
I am writing a patreon article centered around mulligans in UW spirits, and if you play spirits and would like to contribute, here is a survey on some of the hands that I am looking at. I will publish the results when the article is done :D
@McWinSauce
The sparkmage shrieked, calling on the rage of the storms of his youth. To his surprise, the sky responded with a fierce energy he'd never thought to see again.
@CedricAPhillips
Its a bad thing for my personal enjoyment of the modern format if its optimal for me to put Thanos in Amulet Titan or whatever. Its good for the game monetarily but if that monetary gain doesn't translate into more spending on competitive play or bringing back GPs, I don't care.
8-1d swiss in QF of the Legacy Super Qualifier with this, deck had good Blue and Black cards but I don't think the deck is that great as is. Gonna try the Stalactite Stalker which might glue it together. Lost in Round 3 to delver cause bad technical play and to Initiative in QF
Got top 8 of the pioneer challenge. Went X-2 the last 4 challenges I've played in or something like that, this time was able to sneak in on breakers.
Green W
Greasefang W
Green W
Green W
Mirror L
Rona (Threw game 1 pretty hard) L
Mirror W
Mirror L
Took the invite at a 83 person 2 slotter. Amulet kinda OP at these events. 5 RCQ wins in a row
R1: 4C โ
R2: Mono B โ
R3: Hammer โ
R4: Tron โ
R5: ID
R6: Tron โ
R7: ID
QF: Scam โ
SF: Hammer โ
Played an RCQ today with Amulet. Traded the invite for all prizes so I can play in more of them. Starting a racket, if you want an invite in North Florida you better pay up.
Scamโ
Burnโ
Tronโ
Burnโ
Double ID
Yawgโ
Give oppo invite ๐ฐ
4 RCQ "winning" streak atm
200% top 4 drunk conversion rate or something like that
R1: Coffers โ
R2: Beans (Won at 1 life and they decked lol) โ
R3: Mono U Tron ๐พ
R4: Scam โ
R5: Living End โ
@Arcolume
R6: Yawgmoth โ
R7: Scam โ
QF: Mirror โ
@HouseOfManaMTG
SF: Scam ๐ญ
@MarkersNot
Felt a bit lost in pioneer but went back to old faithful and it feels better than when I left it, got a couple trophies and prelim 3-1s over the past couple of days, very happy with the list.
Played an RCQ today with Amulet. Traded the invite for all prizes so I can play in more of them. Starting a racket, if you want an invite in North Florida you better pay up.
Scamโ
Burnโ
Tronโ
Burnโ
Double ID
Yawgโ
Give oppo invite ๐ฐ
4 RCQ "winning" streak atm
The guide is finally here! I put loads of effort into this thing and if you are interested in picking up UW Spirits for an upcoming RCQ or interested in it as an option for the RC I would highly recommend checking it out.
Gonna stream the Pioneer Showcase Qualifier on Friday, it starts at 5 PM EST
I'm gonna stream tmrw around the same time likely, so if you wanna tune in then go ahead
kinda trolling the RC, lost a game 1 vs RG in round 2 to an obvious punt. Couldn't sleep last night cause nerves and downtown noises. Seeing ppl doing well with my list feels good, wish I could join them and do a little better than 2-3 lmao
Hyped to be playing modern again, started off with a prelim 4-0
R1: Murktide WLW
R2: Mirror WW
R3: Living End LWW
R4: Dredge LWW
I still don't understand Spelunking but everyone else does apparently so I will keep testing it. Otawara is nuts and I am glad I put it in the deck.
7-3d the showcase with heroic, a couple misplays might have cost me matches in round 5 and 7, couldn't kick myself out of autopilot today. Deck performed fantastic overall, lost to Phoenix, Rak Sac and Rakdos. This deck has a lot more agency than people give it credit for.
Got 9-4 for 7th place (cut to top 6 ๐) at SCG Cinci with my friend Christian and
@BomattCourier
, had a great time playing with some great people against some great opponents. I was on spirits, Matt was on G Tron and Christian was on Rhinos in legacy, I went 4-4 day 1 & 4-1 day 3
Got top 8 of the pioneer challenge with UW spirits
R1: RG Midrange ๐ด๐ด
R2: Greasefang ๐ข๐ข
R3: Lotus Field ๐ข๐ข
R4: UR (Emerge?) ๐ข๐ด๐ข
R5: Mirror ๐ข๐ด๐ข won on the draw somehow
R6: Mono G ๐ข๐ข
R7: BR Midrange๐ข๐ด๐ข
R8: UR Opus Gearhulk ๐ข๐ด๐ข
R9: BR Midrange ๐ด๐ด
I ended 7-2 in the Pioneer Showcase Qualifier, unfortunate losses to the mirror and UR Phoenix. I believe I played well overall so not too disappointed. Thanks so much to everyone who tuned into the stream, the support is much appreciated, will prob fire it up for legacy sunday.
The grind is great for me! I have a hobby that allows me to travel, eat good food, see good people and compete + it pays for itself due to using mtgo for practice = decent money. You have to supplement the paper grind with mtgo if you want to both make money and improve.
Can someone explain to me why competitive players are putting themselves through this? What I saw this weekend doesnโt glamourize the grind. What is the end goal? The time, money, effort seem like the worst EV possible.
Cardinal Rule with Heroic btw, never keep one land hands on 7. Doesn't matter how many redraws you have just mulligan the damn hand.
vs Phoenix there might be an exception OTD with Hoplite but I need to do more testing to figure out how much Hoplite increases your win rate.
@dyerwiseone
I mean your opinion is your opinion but people enjoy playing the format so idk what your issue is. Nobody is making you play it. I'd say it works fine if people enjoy it.
If you want more spirits content check out the guide I wrote for the
@Squadron_Hawks
patreon, its 6500 words of details on card choices, gameplay tips, and other helpful things for UW spirits :D
Thanks for all the support on the stream today, almost broke 50 viewers which I didn't expect to happen so fast. Didn't get the final result that I wanted in terms of placement in the challenge but we had some good games. Will likely be no mic for a while, I cant talk and play.
Finally ended the 5-0 drought, I think that specialist might generally be better than wedding announcement, it comes in vs a lot more of the format compared to announcement and feels better in every MU besides RB, more testing needed obviously, this was my first run with the list
5-1 to 5-4 with Amalia rip
deck was good but caught the wrong end of variance vs the mirror twice and UB Phoenix in last 3 rounds so didn't day 2. Knight Errant was good everywhere but the mirror. Should've played Heroic
Got 11th in the Modern Challenge, started off well but drew extremely poor in rounds 5/6 and my breakers couldn't hold up. Will stream pioneer tomorrow.
2-0 4c Creativity
2-1 UR Murktide
2-1 5c BTL Scapeshift
2-0 UR Murktide
0-2 Rhinos
0-2 Jund
2-1 Obosh Red (with sagas xd)
Died in the Win and In, a couple of interesting points in my game 1 that I wanna go over but I think that the way I played that game was really good into his hand, will make a tweet in a little bit going over some interesting
judge calls. My personal record was 5-2
Delver Prelim 4-0
Just stole a list from
@___INF___
maindeck feels good idk about the sideboard
Initiative โ โ
UB Scam โโ โ
Rhinos โ โ
Lands โ โ
The new RW convoke deck reminds me more of aggro in hearthstone than mtg, lame uninteractive highrolls and stupidly resiliant. The deck is super strong and I really dislike it being a good option in the format, and i'm not hyped to have to play vs it at the RC.
I was going to post the UW Spirits SB Guide early May, but I have an early draft of the guide done. It's largely untested due to some changes I wanted to make to the list, I am posting it incase it is helpful for some, disclaimers are there for a reason though. Link Below!
Putting yourself in a position when you are behind the competition to get carried is a very important skill that you have to learn if you want to master any team game, and nobody knows this better than
@MullalyConnor
. Come see if Piper's back is strong enough.
We hope you're excited for another week of Playing for Ante! This week, we'll see the other side of the bracket face off, with NRG stars Team Blasters facing the Hawks. Tune in this Thursday at 7 PM EST!
@MullalyConnor
@hs_suc
Won a 32 player RCQ, UW Spirits is likely the best thing to go play RCQs with at the moment, on a 3 RCQ winning streak which is kinda cool
RG Midrange โ ๐๐
UW Control ๐โ โ
Humans โ ๐โ
Mono G โ โ
Naya Tokens Pile โ โ
Mono G โ โ
Mono G โ โ
UR Creativity โ โ
Tried to register a list with 3 defense grid in the MOCS qualifier and it either bugged or I fucked it up somehow and registered a list without it then proceeded to play vs Rhinos 3 times ๐คฃ
Guess the weight seems fine probably better than sphere or whatever you want to put in the flex slot, maly in general is free wins rn. 18-2 with this list.
This was all done live @ and I might start to upload highlights here
Lost in the finals of the prelim on stream with Living End, losing to the nuts from 4c Omnath. Went 4-1 in the league, losing to
@DuyVuMtG
on Tron. The deck is really sweet, thanks so much to everyone who tuned in, looking to stream some challenges this weekend aswell :D
@raff_sputin
contacted the head judges of RC Atlanta relating to this situation and the official ruling is that you do not have to mill your deck from the Amalia side, hope this is helpful.
.
@IsaacKing314
if something like this comes up at the RC, is the game a win for me? i.e. is my opponent forced to mill themself out with explore triggers and then I can bounce one of the combo pieces to break the loop?
kinda trolling the RC, lost a game 1 vs RG in round 2 to an obvious punt. Couldn't sleep last night cause nerves and downtown noises. Seeing ppl doing well with my list feels good, wish I could join them and do a little better than 2-3 lmao
Playing the same list -1 Get Lost +1 Wildgrowth Walker in the board, excited to game. Very happy with the list and my idea panned out quite well in practice. Was conflicted in between this and Heroic but the Phoenix matchup was auto win with our list so I registered it.
Friendship ended with Collected Company, Knight-Errant of Eos is my new best friend
Excited to battle with this list tomorrow for the RC! Good luck everyone!
@evan_mtg
I've seen some pretty terrible ones but the Spirits/Amulet discord are often good places that can help direct you to good resources at the very least. Very surprised at how non-terrible those ones are.