Magic: The Gathering

[cidbahamut]

Goblins swing for 36 + shenanigans.

What a close match that was.

[Yellow Mage]

So . . . how are we going to find each other on Cockatrice? <.< I have a Standard deck (the one I spent <$25 on, though I may need to spend another ~$25 for disappointingly irreplaceable cards) and some Modern decks (give me some hundreds of dollars and I'll make them in real life) that I'm enjoying playing.

Also, Game Day today was a failure at my local comic shop. Only myself and one other guy showed up, so no promo Dryad Militants for the either of us (oh, or Cryptborn Horrors, for those who care). So we played each other a bit; our decks were uncannily similar in style. He was White-Green Humans, I was Mono-White Soldiers. He even kept calling my Soldier tokens Humans instead. XD

Alas and alack, however: though each game was ridiculously one-sided in one way or the other (due to mana screw or the like), his deck was clearly capable of out-swarming mine. So I became keenly aware that my deck had a bit of a blind spot in that particular matchup . . . thus the extra ~$25 of cards needed to fix it.

On the bright side, however, I decided to roll the dice and buy an Avacyn Restored booster to make up for the lack of an event, and I opened myself up a Cavern of Souls. I think that set likes me a bit, in the "as a friend" sort of way.

[Taskmage]

If a card reduces the casting cost of other spells, does that apply to alternate costs such as flashback and overload?

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I've made a few decks in Cockatrice, all Standard, most with an embarrassment of rares, especially the Battle of Wits deck (XD). The only deck I've managed to put together with a reasonable number of inexpensive rares is a rather uncreative mono-red goblins deck. It's going to take me awhile with the spoiler lists to come up with something fun, cheap, and reasonably competitive.

So how do we get together and play?

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In case I'm not the last person learning how to use this program, I found this video helpful:

[Yellow Mage]

I know that cost reductions can apply to additional costs, such as Kicker and Buyback, but I'm not as sure about alternative ones.

I think the biggest hurdle to playing with one another is arranging for all of us to communicate with each other in real time at the same time.

[cidbahamut]

So how do we get together and play?

Yyg and I have just been setting up password locked rooms when we want to play.

I've yet to venture into the wild with any of my decks yet, mostly b/c I'm still learning the interface.

[Firewind]

I am still learning the interface but feel free to poke me on Skype if you want a game.

[Taskmage]

I looked through the rulebook and cost modifiers apply to the total cost, which is the mana cost or alternate cost plus additional costs.

I think I have all the active players in this thread as Skype contacts. I just have to do the registration part of Cockatrice setup tomorrow and then you guys can hit me up for a game any time.

[Yellow Mage]

What's your Skype, TM? (And the rest of you, for that matter.)

[Taskmage]

Sent you a contact request yesterday, YM.

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P.S. I'm looking at a deck that's all instants and sorceries. It'll never work, but I can't wait to see how it fails

[Yygdrasil]

Built all my decks in Cockatrice and had the pleasure of playing against TM and CID most recently. Fun... very fun.

[Yellow Mage]

Note to self: never play cid again, for he's the kind of bastard to play double Dark Ritual double Hymn to Tourach first turn.

This is why I don't play out of Modern. There's enough broken crap from the past several years as it is.

[Firewind]

What's your Skype, TM? (And the rest of you, for that matter.)

It's in my profile.

Also why do I see myself doing terribly in this group? XD

[Yellow Mage]

It's in my profile.

Yeah, TM gave me your info. You don't appear online to me.

[Firewind]

That is because it's 2am here and I'm off to sleep.

[Taskmage]

Note to self: never play cid again, for he's the kind of bastard to play double Dark Ritual double Hymn to Tourach first turn.

Turn 1 phyrexian negator gives me a sad and also many ouchies.

Also why do I see myself doing terribly in this group? XD

You'll do fine. We play all kinds of things.