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  1. Chriskool

    Sets Modern Masters 2017 (MMA3?)

    I reckon that Wayfaring Temple as uncommon in RTR would've been a fairer inclusion than Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage. Rare uncommons are more pleasant than mythic uncommons.
  2. Chriskool

    Sets Modern Masters 2017 (MMA3?)

    I have thought about making something like this for my fantasy sets: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/modern-masters-2017-edition-synergies-graphics-2017-03-10
  3. Chriskool

    GiftsForgiven's Riptidian Synergy Cube

    I am a big fan of theorycrafting updates and buying the cards each time. It results in a lot of unplayed cards to occupy box space. Next level is just buying cards for which you have no immediate plans to play, like 6 Sin Prodders, 6 Skinshifters, 6 Abbot of Keral Keep, 6 Undergrowth Champion, a...
  4. Chriskool

    GiftsForgiven's Riptidian Synergy Cube

    Let's talk about nonbasic lands, one drops, low CMC multicolored cards and archetypes. (And note that my "cube" building has my mind tooled to work with much different goals, so I may be horridly off in my comments... :)). One drops in Riptide cubes seem to fall into a few buckets: The...
  5. Chriskool

    I'm Going Gaga for Grid Drafting

    Got to see a grid in action last night! .. kinda. But first, after talking with a few locals, it seems that the format might have some legs! Draftin' folks are tired of boxes and boxes of worthless, unplayable cards idling in closets and under beds. And mini-cubes meant for grid drafting are...
  6. Chriskool

    General CBS

    CML, are you a Chris? I feel like you are, but I am a bad forum friend.
  7. Chriskool

    Sets Modern Masters 2017 (MMA3?)

    but it is orbiting "wizards could do this" and in the sphere of influence of "i'm not really that surprised"
  8. Chriskool

    Sets Modern Masters 2017 (MMA3?)

    It looks like the white Gatekeeper and Goblin Bushwhacker out due to the spoiled set numbers. Green-red "go wide" ... please don't downshift Hellrider to uncommon.
  9. Chriskool

    Sets Modern Masters 2017 (MMA3?)

    Burning-Tree Emissary strikes me as the sort of bear that hangs around Goblin Bushwhackers
  10. Chriskool

    Sets Modern Masters 2017 (MMA3?)

    @Onder: Gatekeepers seem likely... and they are great with flicker effects :( I am scared Ghostly Flicker will be uncommon and that 3+color blink value decks will be tough to overcome. Gates at common coupled with signets/tri-lands at uncommon seem like a durdling recipe for disaster. I could...
  11. Chriskool

    Sets Modern Masters 2017 (MMA3?)

    Reprints, reprints, reprints... Looks to be some interesting rarity shifts again! these are going to common: Burning-Tree Emissary Magma Jet Mortician Beetle These cards will support two of the ever-exciting draft archetypes: R/G Go wide W/U Blink U/B Instants B/R Unearth aggro W/G...
  12. Chriskool

    General CBS

    I'm still trying to figure out how a spirit of a humanoid on a fishing boat is a 5/5. AND WHY DOESNT IT HAVE ISLANDHOME???!
  13. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I *really* like morph in KTK draft, and I've explored the mechanic somewhat from a theory perspective. I imagine morph in cube to have an early game "rock-paper-scissors" based on a power-toughness matrix. Morph is interesting in KTK because of how creatures' power-toughness interacts with (1)...
  14. Chriskool

    General CBS

    When this reaches 308, add 52 nonbasics and call it a cube. I haven't actually cast Open the Armory yet, but I quite liked Steelshaper's Gift (which it replaced in an art-fact-heavy fantasy set). I can imagine fetching a Heavy Arbalest to combo with Soliton, an Argentum Armor for a Kazuul's...
  15. Chriskool

    I'm Going Gaga for Grid Drafting

    Odyssey/Onslaught experiment failed ... dialed back the power some. Also, threw together a few thought exercises as introductions to grid: Current/contemporary set limited (to appeal to traditional limited players and possibly those of varying skills).. Kaladesh sans blue draft (with very...
  16. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    My thought on Mongrel Pack is it is to be played and sacrificed on turn 4 (ideally), resulting in 4 tokens and flexibility moving forward. I've been exploring combat-oriented limited a lot, so removal is often temporary, more expensive or clunky (either due to restrictions, cmc or sorcery...
  17. Chriskool

    Nothing to see here (OOSTD-ish Grid1)

    Grid Drafting! Pack 1 Pack 2 Pack 3 Pack 4 Pack 5 Pack 6 Pack 7 Pack 8 Pack 9 Pack 10 Pack 11 Pack 12 Pack 13 Pack 14 Pack 15 Pack 16
  18. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I'm keen to see if this is a GB Aristocrats all-star in lowest power: Mongrel Pack
  19. Chriskool

    Card/Deck How to execute a minimalist Enchantment theme

    Chrises are historical bad at speaking, writing nonshitposts and communicating through glyphs (slash emoji).
  20. Chriskool

    Nothing to see here (OOSTD-ish Grid1)

    Again... Grid Drafting! Pack 1 Pack 2 Pack 3 Pack 4 Pack 5 Pack 6 Pack 7 Pack 8 Pack 9 Pack 10 Pack 11 Pack 12 Pack 13 Pack 14 Pack 15 Pack 16
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