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Originally posted by Skwirlnutz:
Building EDH decks is starting to frustrate me...

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What's the problem?

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Originally posted by iccarus:
What's the problem?

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So many options, So many legends to choose from.
Trying to make EDH Decks that won't get hated on from my play group and yet I still enjoy playing the deck.

Buying individual singles offline for a deck then when you think you got everything you need you remember you need something else and you check the online store and theyre currently out of stock. So your stuck buying from another online store; Paying for more shipping or just getting so irratated to the point you say screw it and just replace the stupid card with another land or something.

Also having minor O.C.D. does NOT help building decks in this format.

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Originally posted by Skwirlnutz:
So many options, So many legends to choose from.
Trying to make EDH Decks that won't get hated on from my play group and yet I still enjoy playing the deck.

Buying individual singles offline for a deck then when you think you got everything you need you remember you need something else and you check the online store and theyre currently out of stock. So your stuck buying from another online store; Paying for more shipping or just getting so irratated to the point you say screw it and just replace the stupid card with another land or something.

Also having minor O.C.D. does NOT help building decks in this format.

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I have the same issue all the time when I come up with new decks or want to revamp an existing one. I usually type up the list in a word doc and then spend a few days tweaking it/maybe posting it to the EDH forums before I actively try to acquire cards for it. That seems to cut down on the poor purchasing decisions I have to make.

As for general selection, pick one that goes with a game plan that seems to work with your playgroup. I'm a bad person for advice here, because I currently have like 7 decks built.

Also, a big agreement on the inventory issues. That's the biggest problem with the randomness of EDH I have...just trying to track down those random obscure cards from places that don't have other stuff I want or that charge way more than what I can get them for elsewhere. I usually resort to buying them local, which comes out to slightly less than ordering them and paying shipping.

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Originally posted by iccarus:
I have the same issue all the time when I come up with new decks or want to revamp an existing one. I usually type up the list in a word doc and then spend a few days tweaking it/maybe posting it to the EDH forums before I actively try to acquire cards for it. That seems to cut down on the poor purchasing decisions I have to make.

As for general selection, pick one that goes with a game plan that seems to work with your playgroup. I'm a bad person for advice here, because I currently have like 7 decks built.

Also, a big agreement on the inventory issues. That's the biggest problem with the randomness of EDH I have...just trying to track down those random obscure cards from places that don't have other stuff I want or that charge way more than what I can get them for elsewhere. I usually resort to buying them local, which comes out to slightly less than ordering them and paying shipping.

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Yeah and its pretty hard to believe all my ranting is over building a Mono-Red EDH deck, which is supposed to be the weakest of all colors for Mono EDH. I want to build it using more of an Aggro type style because Burn decks blow in EDH, but I also don't want to use that many Goblins...I also want to keep it fun and I don't want too much Land destruction...This is rather difficult.

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Originally posted by choco man:
With the format considered as a whole, is primeval titan the best creature in EDH? opinions?

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so my opponent dropped a titan tonight. I used rite w/ kicker on it. Even after having Sadistic Sacrament used twice on me, kicked one of the times, I still managed to pull out a win. I was having to attack with bad creatures like mystic snake and magus of the future, but with so much mana available I was able to do pretty much whatever I wanted every turn. I did have mirrari's wake for a while, as well as kozilek being powered with jace 2.0's bounce, and a survival. Kozilek was actually removed with the first sacarament hitting 15 cards, but it got reift sweepered back in since I had survival on the table and a volrath's stronghold to insure I drew the kozilek to generate that necessary card advantage, heh.

Second EDH game of hte night as 5 players. We typically only play 3-4, so this one and the previous seemed to take forever. I was getting focused fairly well, got down to 19 before I reversed the sands and went to 45, at which point the person w/ the most pressure on me had to start saving blockers. Later on I was down to 4 life with a land burning from that red creature. Body double on someone's pelakka wurm, time warp... untap into rite w/ kicker. Life became a non-issue once again. I combo'd this one out. It felt dirty, but no one seemed to be having fun because of the time the game was taking between turns an how.

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Originally posted by Skwirlnutz:
Yeah and its pretty hard to believe all my ranting is over building a Mono-Red EDH deck, which is supposed to be the weakest of all colors for Mono EDH. I want to build it using more of an Aggro type style because Burn decks blow in EDH, but I also don't want to use that many Goblins...I also want to keep it fun and I don't want too much Land destruction...This is rather difficult.

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Who is your Commander? I have a mono-red Commander deck built on MTGO (Zirilan of the Claw) and it's pretty fun to bash with dragons. It's basically just dragons, artifact mana, a few board sweepers and some sac outlets. It's loads of fun to play.

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Originally posted by OGB:
Who is your Commander? I have a mono-red Commander deck built on MTGO (Zirilan of the Claw) and it's pretty fun to bash with dragons. It's basically just dragons, artifact mana, a few board sweepers and some sac outlets. It's loads of fun to play.

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Originally posted by Skwirlnutz:
Also having minor O.C.D. does NOT help building decks in this format.

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OMFG do I know how this feels. I won't even start one till I think I have 100% of what I want in the deck on hand.

Needless to say my Zombie deck has been in construction for over a year now. Think I'm still 4-5 cards shy :P

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Originally posted by stu55:
And MTGO tix are going to go high again

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Originally posted by Meddling Pimp:
Why?

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Originally posted by nderdog:
So, I got a call from the card shop today, and they informed me that we received 36 of each prerelease promo, rather than 18 and 18 which the paperwork had noted, apparently. Anyone else experience something like this, or are we just lucky? Also, after discussing the extra Besieged product that we seem to be getting and the price per box, I think if we can get 8 to show up to the prerelease we should just about make enough money to cover our costs, meaning we'll just have awesome prize support.

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Do you pay WotC for all the product? I thought you got the promos and such for free.

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Originally posted by Lord Crovax:
OMFG do I know how this feels. I won't even start one till I think I have 100% of what I want in the deck on hand.

Needless to say my Zombie deck has been in construction for over a year now. Think I'm still 4-5 cards shy :P

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We need Therapy...

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Originally posted by Skwirlnutz:
We need Therapy...

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Originally posted by AlmostGrown:
Do you pay WotC for all the product? I thought you got the promos and such for free.

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Promos and such are free, sure, but not the product for actually running the events. They ordered 2 boxes of Mirrodin Besieged, not knowing that WotC also apparently provides packs for prize support. Considering that we expect to have about 8 people show up to play, that's a heck of a lot of extra packs that are unsellable due to the way that the prerelease packs are split by faction.

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Originally posted by sammyt125:
My problem with EDH my deckbuilding addiction is that I don't want to get more than one of a card that is worth over $10. I have 3 different green decks I like (Rafiq, Savra, Momir) and I don't want to get more than 1 Primeval Titan/Gaea's Cradle/Mana Crypt, so I am moving them all the GD time and it annoys me. It also doesn't help that I deplore proxies.

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When I'm rich...I'm just going to buy a few extra playsets of each artifact/land I use in all my EDH decks and be done with that stupididty.

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Originally posted by OGB:
Who is your Commander? I have a mono-red Commander deck built on MTGO (Zirilan of the Claw) and it's pretty fun to bash with dragons. It's basically just dragons, artifact mana, a few board sweepers and some sac outlets. It's loads of fun to play.

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I've got a buddy who runs Zirilan in paper. He likes to tutor up Dragon Tyrant, bash face, tuck it back with Tel-Jilad Stylus and do it again next turn. It can be pretty potent if not disrupted, and who doesn't love bashing with the Tyrant?

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Originally posted by nderdog:
Promos and such are free, sure, but not the product for actually running the events. They ordered 2 boxes of Mirrodin Besieged, not knowing that WotC also apparently provides packs for prize support. Considering that we expect to have about 8 people show up to play, that's a heck of a lot of extra packs that are unsellable due to the way that the prerelease packs are split by faction.

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Would the unused pre-release packs have to be sent back to WotC or are they unsellable because of what may/may not be good in that faction? Or are you just not allowed to sell them at all. I'm sure you could ebay them later on...

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Originally posted by AlmostGrown:

On EDH:
The problem I have is that I build a deck and have fun with it, then get bored of it too quickly. I get all the lands and artifacts and deck specific cards, and then I get tired of it. It REALLY isn't good for the wallet. Worst part - the only deck I liked was Zur the Enchanter which could lock an opponent (or multiple opponents) out of the game easily.

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EDH is pretty cheap if you go Mono-Colored.