A more glorious dawn

I just thought it was so fitting.

I just realized I left out the word suns, and it saddens me.
And between the starry nature of the art, and the constellation mechanic I have to agree that it fits.

They're purdy =]

It happens from time to time, but oddly enough I think I've seen him make more Standard than Modern 0_o

I've only actually seen legacy, vintage and EDH. Standard and Modern are rare. I thought he wasn't fond of those formats.

He isn't, but who is once they taste eternal formats? He's responsible for some of the tournament Kuldotha lists sadly/awesomely.

I'm also kinda responsible for standard's American Control, but that's another story >____>

That's what I had originally been playing in standard. I'd swap between that, esper and grixis control.

I am strangely happy to say I had absolutely nothing to do with Caw-Blade.

wait... is this guy some kind of mastermind?

Check out his decks and judge for yourself.

yeah, no kidding. He is probably the best deckbuilder on this site, if not in the top 5.

And this could easily be changed to standard format if desired,

Just swap out the edge of divinity, snow lands, and the Isolated chapel, really.

What does he mean he's kind of responsive for the standard america deck?

He was the player who popularized that particular deck archetype.

HOLY MOLY THIS MAN IS A GOD

Can't tell if sarcasm or not... O.o? anybody help me out here? KJSJ3? Surewhynot? help?

I think we are on the same boat.

No clue, but I'll take it as a compliment haha. Nice little anecdote though, there IS a punctuation symbol in the English language that was meant to express sarcasm. It was shown as an upside-down question mark.

EDIT: Also, I didn't really popularize it...standard players kinda did that on their own. I just helped with some of the design =]

I never knew that. cool... I am gonna have to use that!!!

on a side note, do either of you know of any cards that break kill-suit cultist? something that allows you to bring it back for multiples sacrifices per turn? preferably in black or red, or artifact.

Go back to before the M10 rules update neutered sacrifice combat mechanics...Otherwise the little psychotic goblin isn't very useful anymore.

can't deal damage and then sac, right? that actually wasn't what I meant. something for bringing back a creature when it dies. like... unhallowed pact, but not just a single time.

surewhynot do you compete in any pro tournaments?

I did a long time ago, not anymore. It's way too stressful.

And Kazz, I don't think there's anything available to you for that that isn't really convoluted =/

were you any good in comparison to other pros?

I'd like to think so =]

Also, holy long comment chain batman!

woah that is long...
on a completely different topic, would you mind checking out a deck for me?

http://www.mtgvault.com/magicmaster13/decks/can-you-draw-i-can/

thanks in advance.

Dang that is what I thought. :(. Oh well. Now for another one... Is there a cats that prevents players from paying life that isn't angel of jubilation?

a cats? did you mean cast?

and unfortunately there is not.

yes angel of jubilation makes it so opponents cant pay life or sac creatures to play spells or activate abilities I use that in my angel deck. oh I didn't see u were saying other then

yeah that card is awesome, its a shame there is no other card with that ability though

Crap, sorry I meant a CARD... stupid phone auto correct. And unfortunately angel of jubilation effects all players, not just your opponents. Otherwise it would be perfect for what I want. I am trying to combo with the black and white God from nyx.

it would still be awesome with athreos?

Don't mind me. Just keeping the chain going.

My deal is that I need to be able to sacrifice my own creatures but not allow my opponents the chance to pay the life to leave my creatures in the graveyard. And that is why angel of jubilation doesn't work.

ahh yes, i see.. what if you were to give yourself hexproof? would it work then?

unfortunately no. If you have hexproof, it means that you cannot be the target of spells or abilities that your opponents control. it doesn't block any world static effects, like angel of jubilation causes. Or if you meant that the hexproof might make it so that your opponent cannot pay the life because they cannot target you... unfortunately that does work either since they are not targeting anything to pay the life. They are just well... paying life.

are there any cards giving you shroud?

doesn't hexproof make athreos ability fizzle? if u could give your opponent hexproof for the turn u sac something I think it would work

youre giving yourself hexproof not the opponent

um... there are cards that can give you shroud, but it has the same effect. you cannot be the target of spells or abilities at all. even your own. so the effect would essentially be the same here, in that it doesn't really effect your opponent paying life or not. good thought though. :)

now the other thing that I MIGHT be able to do is run the angel, which would work for paying the life, but have some way to destroy my creatures instead of sacrificing them. but it seems like it would be far less effective. :(

you could play lots of weak creatures then use a mass damage spell

I could do that, but I kind of want something that allows me to kill my creature at will. But running something like Wrath of God would work as well, as long as I have LOTS of creatures out.

I cant remember the name of it but there is a card that gives u hexproof and your opponents get to put in a copy of it when u play it I don't know if that helps u but it is if your opponent has hexproof then athreos ability fizzles

ok, that is true... if my opponent has shroud or hexproof, I cannot target them for athreos ability. but that can be worked around with glaring spotlight, if need be. and not many people run cards that give themselves shroud or hexproof. just isn't really practical unless you are facing a burn deck in my opinion. Either way the card that you are thinking of wouldn't help me at all, since it works against me being able to target my opponent with Athreos. so I am confused...

i had a thought on this if u want to do something and not kick off athreos ability or the angel ability u could use a spell or ability to exile that card till end of your turn

But that would defeat the purpose of having it come back after dying.

Athreos's ability is not an activated ability, so Angel of Jubilation won't work for that anyway. Also, if your opponent has hexproof, the ability will not return the creature to your hand. The best way to abuse Athreos is using one drops and sac engines. Blasting Station would be a good one.

No way I'd -1 ya. This is a prime example of how to ask someone for help =]

I'll be sure to look through a few of your decks. Are there any in particular you'd like me to peek at?

I have a MASSIVE collection of Unhinged lands. I have probably 200 Unhinged swamps alone =P

surewhynot, do you hack?

My Cephalid Constable deck, surewhynot. That is my favorite deck. I really am proud of it. If you could improve on it, you would be my hero!!

Besides that...any of the decks. I mean, any decks that you are familiar with or have built similar decks to. Maybe just look at a few and get an idea of what my weak points are, you know? What I need to improve on as a deck builder. Again, any help would be much appreciated!

Alrighty, I'll take a look at it some time tomorrow. For now, I gotta get some freakin sleep.

And @magicmaster13, do I hack? What? I am confuzzled ._.

you have over 200 unhinged swamps... surely you are using some kind of hack to be this super mega ultra overpowered?

Probably just got them when the series came out. Since Unhinged was a "joke" expansion, the cards were all pretty damn cheap. Now the lands run at about 10 dollars a piece.

I actually (think it was from unglued) remember a friend of mine trying to make a successful deck out of B.F.M. :)

Hahaha wow how'd that turn out?

Big "Furry" Monster is 99/99. But the card is split into two cards. He could never get both pieces of the card on the battlefield at the same time. :)

It's more of an " I have it" card. It is funny to play though.

Yeah, I played during Unhinged (and Unglued) and grabbed up as many of the lands as I could then, and then through the years I just snatch up any more that I come across. Some people collect coins or baseball cards. I collect Unhinged lands =P

At least you can use those...

As a young kid my dad preached to me to collect baseball cards. Would be worth money one day. I then started to collect Magic cards...and he scoffed at me. Now i go online to see how much my baseball cards are worth...and they are a dime a dozen. And yet I have some Magic cards worth 20 and 30 dollars. Go figure. But you are right KJSJ3...I get to actually use the more valuable Magic cards, not put them in the closet.

I think there are a few useful unhinged/unglued cards... They are usually garbage, or so completely overpowered that it isn't funny. Like mirror mirror. Or the artifact that taps and adds infinite mana. And with no mana burn anymore that goes from worthless to all powerful.

I used to collect baseball cards as well I looked them up a few months ago and they went down in price

Yep. Like old 80 and 90 Rookie cards. I bought some of them for like 5 and 10 dollars a piece. I go online a few months ago and you can buy them for like 1 and 2 dollars.

I never got into baseball cards.

Be glad you did not, lol. They are not worth much money and you can't play games with them!

my magic collection is only half the size of my baseball card collection and worth atleast 4 times more

Hahaha of course man, I'm not goin anywhere =]

http://www.mtgvault.com/jessie/decks/artifact-coating/

Another one. Mirror Entity got my blood to rushing with ideas. Same thing with Liquimetal Coating. Any advice on this deck would be greatly appreciated.

I'll try to get to these as soon as I can, but quite frankly, we just got a new 8 week old puppy and things are a liiiiiiiiiittle crazy =P

PPUUUUPPPPYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What is the puppy's name? and what kind of dog is it?

Yeah, they are so hyper the first year or so. Just like kids, lol. Keep your cards away from him!

And with Kazzong, what is the name/breed?

yeah, def keep the cards away. end up with shredded cards that way. :)

My very first card i actually bought online (versus buying booster packs) was Jester's Cap. I remember Magic selling a t-shirt of Jester's Cap...anyways, bought it. 13 years later, and my 2 year old destroys it!

sad day... :(

Her name is Rosie and, like all of our dogs, is a Golden Retriever =]

That is cool. :) I can't have dogs. I am allergic... but I like them a lot. anyways... congrats on Rosie. :) (yay puppies are sooooo cute!!!!!!!!)

All of your dogs are named Rosie? Joking. They are smart breeds, I have heard. I have two snakes and one tortoise, myself.

Hrmmm....

*tosses in side board

It would probably be better than edge of divinity with all the enchantment creatures.

>____>

Yeah it more than often would be better than Edge, huh?

Well in this deck I think so. Do you disagree?

No, I just like Edge better. It has a cooler name and better artwork, plus it's orzhov =P

I can totally agree with that. :). Also I think in a non enchantment deck out is probably better as well.