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    nucleosynth

    @nucleosynth

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    Best posts made by nucleosynth

    • RE: Vintage Challenge - 6/17/2017

      About half the posts in this thread do more to hurt interest in the Vintage format than the DCI could ever hope to do.

      posted in Official Tournament Results
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: Vintage Challenge - 6/10/2017

      I rarely post, but I'm sufficiently dismayed by this thread, and all the other recent threads like it, that I felt unable to resist.

      We have a simple request from Matt and Ryan that folks please not post gripes, snide remarks, anger, insults, etc. in their metagame report threads. This isn't unreasonable. It's probably very disheartening to do all the work they do, share it with the community, and have the overall response be one of vitriol -- regardless of where that vitriol is directed.

      Let's be very clear. They aren't saying "don't post it anywhere", they're saying "please don't post this in direct response to my blood, sweat, and tears". I don't think that's much of an imposition, and it seems to me that honoring that request is the reasonable, empathetic thing to do.

      I'd also like to put out a general call for empathy in this forum. It's especially important when discussing B&R and the metagame, because Magic players often personally identify with their favorite strategies, and when discussing B&R it's easy to feel like the stakes are high.

      I think we'd all be a lot better off if we could collectively make an effort to be kinder to each other. Assume good faith and intelligence of others. Don't say things in a post that you wouldn't say to someone's face. Seek to find common ground instead of setting out to make caricatures of how you perceive the 'opposition'. Be patient with the metagame and with each other. And don't make posts that aren't how you'd like to be remembered as a human being.

      I doubt I'm alone in thinking that we have a severe degree of polarization, of entrenched viewpoints, and of the invective that comes with that. It's tiring! And it can easily become a downwards spiral that drives good contributions out of the community.

      Be well, folks.

      posted in Official Tournament Results
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: [C17] Kess, Dissident Mage

      Wizards just changed their policy on proxies in sanctioned tournaments:

      Kess, Dissident Mage is seeing some Legacy play. Unfortunately, some of the foil printings are warped too much to be used in a tournament. This happens with foils sometimes. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, as you’d just use a non-foil version. But Kess doesn’t have one.

      As the number of foil-only cards increases, the odds of similar situations arising also increases (and this update also features the rules needed to make the buy-a-box promo legal). As a result we’re extending the proxy policy to also apply to situations where the card is only available in foil. This is the only extension. Cards that have a non-foil printing cannot be proxied.

      -- https://blogs.magicjudges.org/telliott/2018/04/23/policy-changes-for-dominaria/

      This is great news IMO.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: N.Y.S.E. Open VI?

      Any event is better than no event.

      And a large tournament of paper Vintage, with proxies allowed, has plenty of mystique.

      Your efforts are very appreciated @Prospero. I'd be very sad to see the NYSE be a thing of the past.

      posted in Vintage Tournaments
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: Some features don't seem to be working

      @brass-man 0_1525104561004_4a22e36b-7ba0-405f-a5b7-ada7d10f2f60-image.png

      On my own posts, I additionally have 'edit' and 'delete'.

      posted in TheManaDrain Metadiscussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • [M19] Infernal Judgment

      alt text

      B
      Instant
      Exile target colorless creature. You gain life equal to its power.

      I want some copies of this in the sideboards of all my Grixis decks immediately. Every part of it is relevant -- incredibly mana-efficient; it hits both artifacts and Eldrazi; it exiles (nice Hangarback Walker over there); incidental lifegain.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: April 24th, 2017 Banned and Restricted update: GUSH AND PROBE/TOP in Legacy

      @desolutionist They went into effect this morning.

      posted in Vintage Community
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: MTGO Decklist Publication

      @brianpk80 PLEASE POST THAT LIST

      posted in Vintage News
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • [AKH] Glorious End

      Glorious End spoiler

      Glorious End
      2R
      Instant

      End the turn.
      At the beginning of your next end step, you lose the game.

       

       

      I have no idea if this card is playable or not, in any constructed or limited format, but it is completely awesome.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: Green Sun's Zenith

      I took great joy in being able to provide @Solemn_Storm with an actual copy of Caustic Caterpillar for his NYSE sideboard, replacing the proxy he had made.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth

    Latest posts made by nucleosynth

    • RE: [GRN] Experimental Frenzy

      Here's Caleb Durward playing Legacy Experimental Charbelcher, in a game state after he's traded off a lot of spells against a Grixis control/midrange deck:

      https://www.twitch.tv/videos/320192497?t=03h42m09s

      Audio is muted for the first part of the video, sadly.

      Card did look pretty real there.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: [GRN] Experimental Frenzy

      @desolutionist said in [GRN] Experimental Frenzy:

      The flavor text on this card is pretty wild. Has a magic card ever referenced an earthly beverage before?

      Is the coffee grown in the city?

      https://img.scryfall.com/cards/large/en/grn/68.jpg?1536158850

      Tell me that isn't coffee.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: ELD Vintage Open II - 15 Proxy Vintage | July 28th 2018

      The actual date is July 28.

      https://www.facebook.com/events/673012546393107/

      posted in Vintage Tournaments
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: StarCityGames Power 9 Vintage Tournament - 6/8-6/10

      @chase_dagger said in StarCityGames Power 9 Vintage Tournament - 6/8-6/10:

      I'd really like to know more about the "Mardu Planeswalkers" deck, do you remember much about the match? Do you know who played the deck?

      http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/121496

      posted in Vintage Tournaments
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: [M19] Infernal Judgment

      There are other, earlier examples of black creature exile as well. The earliest example I can find is (93/94-legal!) Ashes to Ashes, but there's also Eradicate, Gild, Sever the Bloodline, and Silence the Believers. (And in more recent sets, Hour of Glory and Reaver Ambush.)

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • [M19] Infernal Judgment

      alt text

      B
      Instant
      Exile target colorless creature. You gain life equal to its power.

      I want some copies of this in the sideboards of all my Grixis decks immediately. Every part of it is relevant -- incredibly mana-efficient; it hits both artifacts and Eldrazi; it exiles (nice Hangarback Walker over there); incidental lifegain.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: N.Y.S.E. Open VI?

      Any event is better than no event.

      And a large tournament of paper Vintage, with proxies allowed, has plenty of mystique.

      Your efforts are very appreciated @Prospero. I'd be very sad to see the NYSE be a thing of the past.

      posted in Vintage Tournaments
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: Twitter Handles

      @nucleosynthMTG

      posted in Off-Topic
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: How to MTGO Responsibly?

      Full details on what you can find in treasure chests are at:

      https://magic.wizards.com/en/MTGO/articles/archive/magic-online/treasure-chest-card-list-info

      posted in Vintage Community
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth
    • RE: TMD OPEN 19 Tournament Organizer Report

      @iamfishman Thanks so much for posting this, and of course for hosting it! Had a great time as usual 🙂

      Although it looks like the "all decks 15 points and above" link you provided is actually just the top 8 ...

      posted in Official Tournament Results
      nucleosynth
      nucleosynth