Lorwyn-Shards was such an amazing standard format and holds a special place in my heart. The 5cc deck was just so much fun to play. Every single game presented you with tons of options and the deck was perfect for metagame customization. Those were the days...
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You oldsters can't just name drop and wander off, make with the linky or a couple cards or something!
Yeah, Lorwyn Standard was an amazing format. Holy crap. I played Standard for several years afterwards, but none could recapture the magic of that era.
Other than Kithkin, I mostly played decks off the beaten path, so I only ever encountered Faeries and 5cc, but never from the pilot's seat. The thing about that format was that there were an unprecedented number of viable tier 2 and tier 3 decks, that, while clearly a rung below the best decks, both carried a high power level and were incredibly fun to play. I think the main advantage of the larger set sizes of that era is that it gave Wizards room to cram in plenty of weird, esoteric cards into Lorwyn block - Reveillark, Leaf-Crowned Elder, and Mirrorweave, to name a few - hidden gems that an intrepid deckbuilder could dig up and build an entire deck around.
Other than Kithkin, I mostly played decks off the beaten path, so I only ever encountered Faeries and 5cc, but never from the pilot's seat. The thing about that format was that there were an unprecedented number of viable tier 2 and tier 3 decks, that, while clearly a rung below the best decks, both carried a high power level and were incredibly fun to play. I think the main advantage of the larger set sizes of that era is that it gave Wizards room to cram in plenty of weird, esoteric cards into Lorwyn block - Reveillark, Leaf-Crowned Elder, and Mirrorweave, to name a few - hidden gems that an intrepid deckbuilder could dig up and build an entire deck around.
Geeeeeez that brings back a wave of nostalgia. I tried so hard to make Violent Ultimatum work, and while it was ultimately futile, it was fun as all heck.
This was my favourite deck to play. I was too cheap to afford Reflecting Pools, otherwise I would've ran those in place of the Exotic Orchards and probably two Vivid Crags.
This was my favourite deck to play. I was too cheap to afford Reflecting Pools, otherwise I would've ran those in place of the Exotic Orchards and probably two Vivid Crags.
Shenanigans
| Creatures (35) 4 Flamekin Harbinger 4 Bloom Tender 4 Smokebraider 1 Fulminator Mage 4 Incandescent Soulstoke 2 Nova Chaser 4 Horde of Notions 4 Mulldrifter 4 Reveillark 3 Shriekmaw 1 Cloudthresher Spells (2) 1 Nameless Inversion 1 Crib Swap | Lands (23) 4 Ancient Ziggurat 2 Exotic Orchard 4 Primal Beyond 4 Vivid Crag 2 Vivid Grove 2 Forest 1 Island 3 Mountain 1 Plains |
Dom Harvey
Contributor
oh man, Mirrorweave
evoke Cloudthresher midcombat to kill my Spectral Processions tokens, you say?
NOT SO FAST
ETA: I loved that deck Eric, chaining Reveillarks with Flamekin Harbinger was so fun
evoke Cloudthresher midcombat to kill my Spectral Processions tokens, you say?
NOT SO FAST
ETA: I loved that deck Eric, chaining Reveillarks with Flamekin Harbinger was so fun
Horde of Notions was pretty filthy too. Evoke this Mulldrifter, tap Bloom Tender to recast it from the yard...
Since we're all reminiscing, this was my favourite deck before I discovered elementals, the one that got me back into Magic after a decade away. "What do you mean, green creatures are good now? That's not possible!"
It got a lot worse after Path to Exile was printed in Conflux, but it was great for the first few months of the season. Well, maybe "great" is an overstatement. It was more a giant ball of Timmy overkill that either lost huge or won huge.
Since we're all reminiscing, this was my favourite deck before I discovered elementals, the one that got me back into Magic after a decade away. "What do you mean, green creatures are good now? That's not possible!"
Big Angry Treefolk
| Creatures (30) 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Treefolk Harbinger 4 Bosk Banneret 2 Kitchen Finks 4 Chameleon Colossus 4 Dauntless Dourbark 4 Leaf-Crowned Elder 4 Timber Protector Spells (6) 2 Lignify 3 Rampant Growth 1 Rootgrapple Artifacts (2) 2 Loxodon Warhammer | Land (22) 18 Forest 4 Mosswort Bridge |
It got a lot worse after Path to Exile was printed in Conflux, but it was great for the first few months of the season. Well, maybe "great" is an overstatement. It was more a giant ball of Timmy overkill that either lost huge or won huge.
And now we're back to the part of the show where any form of Constructed where you're not allowed a few proxies is utter shit. I heard of this great new thing though, it's called a Draft Cube and it makes the game fun again!
Wow, you linked Path for us.
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
Gorgeous artwork!
All three sets, really? Usually there's a weak set... you wouldn't prefer, say, IIP or IIA?
Incidentally, for my cube I was searching up "cards that are color A but have abilities that require color B", and... most of em seem unusable. Jilt is good though.
http://magiccards.info/query?q=(e:ap/en or es/en or e:in/en) ci:wubrgm&v=card&s=color
Man, if only Degavolver cost W.
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
And Cetavolver, and Necravolver, and Rakavolver, and Anavolver. All of these would be very playable at
less.Also, what the heck is a Volver?
Edit: Looking at the art, those definitely should have been Human Mutant, Merfolk Mutant, Zombie (???) Mutant, Minotaur Mutant, and Treefolk Mutant.
Yeah I would definitely play Rakavolver at 1 less as well. Probably Anavolver too.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
I was in the middle of drafting this BEAUTIFUL thing, and then some wanker went afk during the draft!
I was so fuckin jazzed for this. Just look at my first 8 cards they are so godly.
I'm sure I'll never draft that Karn again in my lifetime, especially not irl.
I was so fuckin jazzed for this. Just look at my first 8 cards they are so godly.
I'm sure I'll never draft that Karn again in my lifetime, especially not irl.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
What would you guys call modular if it wasn't restricted to artifact creatures?
What would you guys call modular if it wasn't restricted to artifact creatures?
Maybe something like Inherit, something that implies giving away or receiving.
If you're a fan of Lorwynn flavor, something snack related. You give someone magic snacks / you are a magic snack and they get bigger! There's a lotta pies in LRW block, and a lotta people-eates and cannibals in shadowmoor.
Otherwise, the standard "I'm a big powerful man with a very serious face, here's some weapons and loud battle yells and face stubble for you to derive totally throbbing serious manliness from" works in every set ever. Just graft mighty chins and prominent jawbrows onto heirs.
Otherwise, the standard "I'm a big powerful man with a very serious face, here's some weapons and loud battle yells and face stubble for you to derive totally throbbing serious manliness from" works in every set ever. Just graft mighty chins and prominent jawbrows onto heirs.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Yes! Precisely. Snackomancy!
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
Piñata!
Chris Taylor
Contributor
I think a set where all the artifacts were made out of paper would be petty coolNo, that's still artifact creatures
Origawa Block
Tassigur is a sweet Modern card. I'm liking Caleb D's BUG Modern list. If I put together a deck these days it'd be that one.