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Wall of Frost is nice.
I think Nimbus of the isles costs a lot of mana: you could use Aven Fleewing instead; it cost 1 less and has hexproof.
Why is Mahamoti rare? It has no habilities and cost too much mana (for a rare of course).
I didn't know Aetherspouts: it's so much better than Aetherize.
Turn to frog is so fun: I saw it once being used on a 50/50 creature Cool

It seems promissing, I can imagine your opponents being pissed off LOL

Nimbus is a trade off, but the mana curve on this deck is the most precise I've ever had it with anything I've built thus far. I don't own any Aven Fleewing, unfortunately; I had to improvise the best I could with what I've got! I actually have four Mahamoti total (not in this deck, of course lol). I have no idea how I got all of those. I have four Prognostic Sphinx as well, but I can never seem to find a good reason to sub him in.

Aetherspouts rules; I haven't gotten to use it yet, but it looks very promising and game-leveling.

Turn to Frog is probably one of my favorite cards for the reason you've mentioned above. It's the ultimate pisser to cocky opponents. the only thing more aggravating than TtF is this card:



I need to get a couple of these in my deck, and things will get REALLY interesting LOL.
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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

I used to play MTG about 10-12 years ago. I've seen some of the new cards and am still a bit lost on all the new abilities and themes added to the game. Then again, I'm sure there are some older chaps than myself that though the same thing after playing in the 80's to early 90's.

I still think it's a fun game, just don't have the resources to play it now.



Totally understandable. Ironically, I got into it recently because it can provide me with enjoyment when funds are low LOL.
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Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Wall of Frost is nice.
I think Nimbus of the isles costs a lot of mana: you could use Aven Fleewing instead; it cost 1 less and has hexproof.
Why is Mahamoti rare? It has no habilities and cost too much mana (for a rare of course).
I didn't know Aetherspouts: it's so much better than Aetherize.
Turn to frog is so fun: I saw it once being used on a 50/50 creature Cool

It seems promissing, I can imagine your opponents being pissed off LOL

Nimbus is a trade off, but the mana curve on this deck is the most precise I've ever had it with anything I've built thus far. I don't own any Aven Fleewing, unfortunately; I had to improvise the best I could with what I've got! I actually have four Mahamoti total (not in this deck, of course lol). I have no idea how I got all of those. I have four Prognostic Sphinx as well, but I can never seem to find a good reason to sub him in.

Aetherspouts rules; I haven't gotten to use it yet, but it looks very promising and game-leveling.

Turn to Frog is probably one of my favorite cards for the reason you've mentioned above. It's the ultimate pisser to cocky opponents. the only thing more aggravating than TtF is this card:



I need to get a couple of these in my deck, and things will get REALLY interesting LOL.

The Prognostic Sphynx is much better than Nimbus: for the same mana cost you can have +0/+2, scry 3 everytime you attack is awesome and you can protect it from opponent spells because this ability is an instant and is resolved before the spell

Aetherspouts is great when the opponent tries to finish you with a lot of creatures. I've been a victim of Aetherize a lot of times LOL

That frog card is awesome, and hexproof doesn't protect the creatures from it Wink
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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

I used to play MTG about 10-12 years ago. I've seen some of the new cards and am still a bit lost on all the new abilities and themes added to the game. Then again, I'm sure there are some older chaps than myself that though the same thing after playing in the 80's to early 90's.

I still think it's a fun game, just don't have the resources to play it now.

The game as changed a lot in the last few years, and many didn't like it or didn't follow it. That's why the Vintage and Legacy formats are popular.
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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Wall of Frost is nice.
I think Nimbus of the isles costs a lot of mana: you could use Aven Fleewing instead; it cost 1 less and has hexproof.
Why is Mahamoti rare? It has no habilities and cost too much mana (for a rare of course).
I didn't know Aetherspouts: it's so much better than Aetherize.
Turn to frog is so fun: I saw it once being used on a 50/50 creature Cool

It seems promissing, I can imagine your opponents being pissed off LOL

Nimbus is a trade off, but the mana curve on this deck is the most precise I've ever had it with anything I've built thus far. I don't own any Aven Fleewing, unfortunately; I had to improvise the best I could with what I've got! I actually have four Mahamoti total (not in this deck, of course lol). I have no idea how I got all of those. I have four Prognostic Sphinx as well, but I can never seem to find a good reason to sub him in.

Aetherspouts rules; I haven't gotten to use it yet, but it looks very promising and game-leveling.

Turn to Frog is probably one of my favorite cards for the reason you've mentioned above. It's the ultimate pisser to cocky opponents. the only thing more aggravating than TtF is this card:



I need to get a couple of these in my deck, and things will get REALLY interesting LOL.

The Prognostic Sphynx is much better than Nimbus: for the same mana cost you can have +0/+2, scry 3 everytime you attack is awesome and you can protect it from opponent spells because this ability is an instant and is resolved before the spell

Aetherspouts is great when the opponent tries to finish you with a lot of creatures. I've been a victim of Aetherize a lot of times LOL

That frog card is awesome, and hexproof doesn't protect the creatures from it Wink



Don't you have to discard a card to play Prognostic Sphinx, though? I always saw that as kind of a drawback; does it have to be from your hand or the field? Can it be the top card on your Library? That's where I get a little confused, otherwise I'd use it!

EDIT: Oh my lord, I understand what you're saying here, lmao. You're correct; I'm definitely subbing in two Prognostic Sphinx's in place of Nimbus! Said discarded card can be from anywhere, right?


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Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Wall of Frost is nice.
I think Nimbus of the isles costs a lot of mana: you could use Aven Fleewing instead; it cost 1 less and has hexproof.
Why is Mahamoti rare? It has no habilities and cost too much mana (for a rare of course).
I didn't know Aetherspouts: it's so much better than Aetherize.
Turn to frog is so fun: I saw it once being used on a 50/50 creature Cool

It seems promissing, I can imagine your opponents being pissed off LOL

Nimbus is a trade off, but the mana curve on this deck is the most precise I've ever had it with anything I've built thus far. I don't own any Aven Fleewing, unfortunately; I had to improvise the best I could with what I've got! I actually have four Mahamoti total (not in this deck, of course lol). I have no idea how I got all of those. I have four Prognostic Sphinx as well, but I can never seem to find a good reason to sub him in.

Aetherspouts rules; I haven't gotten to use it yet, but it looks very promising and game-leveling.

Turn to Frog is probably one of my favorite cards for the reason you've mentioned above. It's the ultimate pisser to cocky opponents. the only thing more aggravating than TtF is this card:



I need to get a couple of these in my deck, and things will get REALLY interesting LOL.

The Prognostic Sphynx is much better than Nimbus: for the same mana cost you can have +0/+2, scry 3 everytime you attack is awesome and you can protect it from opponent spells because this ability is an instant and is resolved before the spell

Aetherspouts is great when the opponent tries to finish you with a lot of creatures. I've been a victim of Aetherize a lot of times LOL

That frog card is awesome, and hexproof doesn't protect the creatures from it Wink



Don't you have to discard a card to play Prognostic Sphinx, though? I always saw that as kind of a drawback; does it have to be from your hand or the field? Can it be the top card on your Library? That's where I get a little confused, otherwise I'd use it!

EDIT: Oh my lord, I understand what you're saying here, lmao. You're correct; I'm definitely subbing in two Prognostic Sphinx's in place of Nimbus! Said discarded card can be from anywhere, right?

From your hand only. The discard is only for the ability, not for summoning
http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Discard


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From your hand only

Thank you for clarifying that! I wasn't sure what it ascertained to, so I was hesitant to use him. I just subbed in two in place of Nimbus of the Isles Wink.
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My friend and i have been collecting the cards since RtR. We have thousands of cards all organized and whatnot. 

I have a deck for each guild LOL

I recently pulled the new Ajani planeswalker from Journey. Twas very happy and joined my playset of Fleecemane lions quite well. 






I also made a new Simic deck utilizing +1 counters, Hyrdas, cloning spells and these two





As the main cards built around.

Building up dozens of colorless for X summons then multiplying them with Vorel is just nasty. I've beaten my friend with 2 attacks one swing from a 8/8 attacker, then next turn it was 16/16. Flying. Wink




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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

My friend and i have been collecting the cards since RtR. We have thousands of cards all organized and whatnot. 

I have a deck for each guild LOL

I recently pulled the new Ajani planeswalker from Journey. Twas very happy and joined my playset of Fleecemane lions quite well. 




Now THAT is a bitchin' card! Big smile
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True, true. LOL
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I'm so glad this thread picked up. This will officially be the place where we compare/contrast cards, deck ideas, strategies, etc. Big smile.

Preparing for a stellar evening of Magic The Gathering over here!
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

 
I also made a new Simic deck utilizing +1 counters, Hyrdas, cloning spells and these two

As the main cards built around.

Building up dozens of colorless for X summons then multiplying them with Vorel is just nasty. I've beaten my friend with 2 attacks one swing from a 8/8 attacker, then next turn it was 16/16. Flying. Wink

I think Simic is probably the best guild. A friend of mine has an awesome Simic deck, we play the most long and interesting games because my green/white deck is also based on +1 counters. But then he wins me most of the times with this card:


To copy this one:


Or this one:


The only card I play from RtR is this one:






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^Isperia is great Smile.

Let's not forget:



Anyone have experience building/playing Sliver decks? That's something I really want to try out...granted I actually come across those cards!
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^You can see this deck for inspiration, although this one is three-colored:
http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/digital/duelsoftheplaneswalkers.aspx?x=mtg/digital/d14/decklists#nelek
How was your blue deck yesterday? Smile
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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

^You can see this deck for inspiration, although this one is three-colored:
http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/digital/duelsoftheplaneswalkers.aspx?x=mtg/digital/d14/decklists#nelek
How was your blue deck yesterday? Smile

Oh awesome, thank you for that link!

My deck was VERY good! I kept my opponents at bay (and confused with counters) for MUCH longer than any game previously. My two Prognostic Sphinx were my powerheads and they flew over all non-flying/non-reaching creatures on my opponent's battlefield. Hexproof kept that black magic bullsh*t at bay, and my ice walls and frost lynxs kept them frozen and cost them turns. All three games went on WAY longer than usual; I finally feel like I have a winning combination here!
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Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

^You can see this deck for inspiration, although this one is three-colored:
http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/digital/duelsoftheplaneswalkers.aspx?x=mtg/digital/d14/decklists#nelek
How was your blue deck yesterday? Smile

Oh awesome, thank you for that link!

My deck was VERY good! I kept my opponents at bay (and confused with counters) for MUCH longer than any game previously. My two Prognostic Sphinx were my powerheads and they flew over all non-flying/non-reaching creatures on my opponent's battlefield. Hexproof kept that black magic bullsh*t at bay, and my ice walls and frost lynxs kept them frozen and cost them turns. All three games went on WAY longer than usual; I finally feel like I have a winning combination here!

It seems like a fun deck to play. Blue walls are great and the Prognostic Sphinx is a keeper Smile
If you like the lynxs ability you should get this one as well:
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^Great card! Tongue

I acquired this one today:



Now, this card is a bit confusing to me; I understand the first part, but what about the last two parts there? Are all my lands islands (i.e. can if I had a split deck of two or more colors, I could use all mana as either an island or its original color)...as well as opponents? 

Are creatures without flying or islandwalk on both sides unable to attack? 90% of my heavy-hitters in said deck are flying, so I see no problem on that end.

My gf and I always laugh at how you can interpret some cards so many ways LOL.

Ah, to be somewhat new to magic LOL.


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Pretty much this card locksdown you opponent. 

Islandwalk allows him to be unblockable if they have islands, which his second effect ensures, because it makes ALL lands Islands as well. Then: It attempts to make Stormtide the only attacker unless another islandwalker is in play (highly unlikely) or flyers. 
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Pretty much this card locksdown you opponent. 

Islandwalk allows him to be unblockable if they have islands, which his second effect ensures, because it makes ALL lands Islands as well. Then: It attempts to make Stormtide the only attacker unless another islandwalker is in play (highly unlikely) or flyers. 

Thank you for answering so quickly. That was my initial assumption, but I didn't know if I was just reading it wrong, as that is one HELL of a card! What an awesome ace up the sleeve LOL.
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Cost is kind of high and certain removal or auras can really lock that down. 

I would just Clone it and prolly use something like Banishing Light.

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