mattlohkamp
— LEGENDARY OCTOPUS
I came here to look at magic cards and chew bubble gum, and I'm pretty good at multitasking. Also, this is a list of a few favorite cards in Standard, which I will forget to update starting now.
- conflux/knight-of-the-reliquary.jpgKnight of the Reliquary
- zendikar/lorthos-the-tidemaker.jpgLorthos, the Tidemaker
- worldwake/explore.jpgExplore
- alara-reborn/thought-hemorrhage.jpgThought Hemorrhage
- alara-reborn/bituminous-blast.jpgBituminous Blast
- worldwake/halimar-depths.jpgHalimar Depths
- zendikar/spreading-seas.jpgSpreading Seas
- zendikar/rite-of-replication.jpgRite of Replication
- 2010-core-set/magma-phoenix.jpgMagma Phoenix
- worldwake/celestial-colonnade.jpgCelestial Colonnade
- conflux/inkwell-leviathan.jpgInkwell Leviathan
- 2010-core-set/fabricate.jpgFabricate
- shards-of-alara/mycoloth.jpgMycoloth
- shards-of-alara/fatestitcher.jpgFatestitcher
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Where have I seen that before?
spark is a weaker 2010-core-set/lightning-bolt.jpgLightning Bolt, planar-chaos/damnation.jpgDamnation is a black tenth-edition/wrath-of-god.jpgWrath of God, and techtonic edge is a different take on fourth-edition/strip-mine.jpgStrip Mine - some people might accuse Wizards of a lack of originality, but I find this sort of consistency comforting; it creates familiarity and cohesiveness between sets of hundreds of cards. Let's take a look at some of the lands (and Zendikons) that Worldwake is introducing - after all, word on the street is that "land matters."
Land attack: What do I do with gargoyle castle?
In the current standard environment, 2010-core-set/gargoyle-castle.jpgGargoyle Castle is the only card of its kind: a land that gives you a creature... but you get to the point where you've got 5 other mana available, and you ask yourself - why would I want to turn my colourless land into a gargoyle artifact creature?
Have I convinced you that conflux/knight-of-the-reliquary.jpgKnight of the Reliquary is a worthwhile card yet? No? Let's try again.
Good on turn 3, good on turn 10.
remember - you don't have to field a Blue card-drawing engine in order to secure card advantage. You can choose cards that stay useful even after you're played them, and you can take steps to reduce your chances of drawing cards that you don't need, and you can choose exploitable cantrips.
If you're a default-sort-of-person, you may want to opt for Naturalize: it's hard to beat artifact/enchantment destruction at instant speed for 1G. Or is it? If you're like me, you may find yourself drawn to the other, more exotic solutions that green has to offer for artifact/enchantment removal.
The Standard Green Land-Grab Triumvirate
Currently in Standard, there's a gang of green 3-cost landgrabbers that I find intriguing: Farhaven Elf, Civic Wayfinder (now Borderland Ranger in M10) and Fertilid. Each costs one green mana and two colourless, and each is capable of fetching a basic land - but each does it in their own way.
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interesting. I've been really interested in non-artifact esper recently, this looks pretty cool.
mattlohkamp on Esper Marsh Muck ... 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
oh right, it's like reverse compensation. check.
mattlohkamp on mattlohkamp 1 day, 19 hours ago
I know it's a shame. Maybe I need to upgrade again to make him back up to the same size as the original sprite from the game. ha ha.
mattlohkamp on mattlohkamp 1 day, 21 hours ago
yeah, you know, I always forget how fast 2010-core-set/garruk-wildspeaker.jpgGarruk Wildspeaker is. Maybe I'll give this a try later tonight... blue/green (with a dash of one other colour) has been on my mind lately, and it'd be interesting to actually spend some time on.
mattlohkamp on Gumbo (Standard) 1 day, 22 hours ago
finally finally? finally fail, apparently. :}
mattlohkamp on Gumbo (Standard) 2 days, 3 hours ago
hmm conflux/noble-hierarch.jpgNoble Hierarch versus 2010-core-set/birds-of-paradise.jpgBirds of Paradise - exalted is great for this setting, but the birds fix your mana for the early black spells (worldwake/smother.jpgSmother and alara-reborn/putrid-leech.jpgPutrid Leech in particular)
The alara-reborn/lorescale-coatl.jpgLorescale Coatl IS cool, but you don't have a lot to guarentee it grows to maturity - though to be fair worldwake/jace_the_mind_sculptor.jpgJace, the Mind Sculptor does give it +3 per turn.
fiiiinnally, by using that [mask of riddles] you're putting your opponent in the position of it being in their best interests to not ignore your attackers - so consider zendikar/vines-of-vastwood.jpgVines of Vastwood as a sideboard, maybe potential replacement for worldwake/smother.jpgSmother, as a combination protection/combat winner spell?
And finally, worldwake/explore.jpgExplore. Maybe it's not fast enough, but it's basically card advantage and mana fixing all rolled into 2 mana.
mattlohkamp on Gumbo (Standard) 2 days, 3 hours ago
actually, I kind of think the colour cheat works in this case - because you're not making mana of an off-colour, you're just being allowed to use colourless mana AS IF it were any colour. Loophole?
mattlohkamp on Eldrazi Dragon Highlander ... 2 days, 13 hours ago
yeah, how 'bout this - tagging a deck as 'tournament' enables a dropdown that includes several types - casual, FNM, national, international, whatever. Then people who just wanted to see the latest PTQ stuff could do that, or they could see an expanded range.
mattlohkamp on yeaGO! 2 days, 13 hours ago
Vwee Hee Hee...
mattlohkamp on Zanven 2 days, 20 hours ago
Also, with all those lands, things like 2010-core-set/mind-spring.jpgMind Spring or zendikar/ior-ruin-expedition.jpgIor Ruin Expedition would probably help ensure that you're holding the counters you need to stay on top. Plus, a single conflux/inkwell-leviathan.jpgInkwell Leviathan would provide additional insurance versus decks with zendikar/quest-for-ancient-secrets.jpgQuest for Ancient Secrets.
mattlohkamp on Mind of Void ... 2 days, 21 hours ago
Check. I wanted buy a Pink Vesper (for fuel efficiency primarily) and put a sticker on the back that read 'I'm compensating'.
TAMA on mattlohkamp
1 day, 19 hours ago
oh right, it's like reverse compensation. check.
mattlohkamp
on mattlohkamp
1 day, 19 hours ago
Just tell everyone you're compensating and leave it the size it is :p.
TAMA on mattlohkamp
1 day, 20 hours ago
I know it's a shame. Maybe I need to upgrade again to make him back up to the same size as the original sprite from the game. ha ha.
mattlohkamp
on mattlohkamp
1 day, 21 hours ago
:( they made the octopus in your name so small now! Bother yeago to make it big again :3
honeymomo on mattlohkamp
1 day, 21 hours ago
Oh god, tentacles. <IMG SRC="http://www.videogamesprites.net/FinalFantasy6/Party/Edgar/Edgar%20-%20Chain%20Saw3.gif"
Zanven on mattlohkamp
2 days, 20 hours ago
I miss Ultros being bigger.
Zanven on mattlohkamp
2 days, 20 hours ago
nope. every midnight =D. Sorry! Enjoy it while it lasts!!
yeaGO! on mattlohkamp
2 weeks ago
ha ha ha, nooooooo. actually if the point increase isn't reflected immediately, I might've messed it up already, tagging up some cards.
mattlohkamp
on mattlohkamp
2 weeks ago
No only some comments do it. I think it's your first comment on a deck. Also the points don't get upgraded instantaneoulsy. I am very tempted to boost one of your decks by one point for tlols.
TAMA on mattlohkamp
2 weeks ago