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Zeckk
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Originally posted by Bagbokk:
Oops, missed this thread because I'm dumb.

Boros or Gruul, but most likely Boros so I still have access to Orzhov.

I think the other guilds would die to these two way too quickly for them to do a whole lot.


Orzhov doesn't exactly scream "fast" to me. Boros looks legit though. Critical mass of battalion effects + decent removal can be quite good. That Gruul 4/4 trampler uncommon for 4cmc with bloodrush looks too good though. Lot of curve-costed fatties in gruul.

 
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quote:
Originally posted by Zeckk:
Orzhov doesn't exactly scream "fast" to me. Boros looks legit though. Critical mass of battalion effects + decent removal can be quite good. That Gruul 4/4 trampler uncommon for 4cmc with bloodrush looks too good though. Lot of curve-costed fatties in gruul.

It's not--the point was, if I go Boros, I can splash Gruul or Orzhov depending on how my cards go, but if I go Gruul, my secondary splash (besides Boros) would be Simic. I think Orzhov is a bit better than Simic personally, though more than likely I'd just try and play Naya unless my pool just sucks total ass.

Honestly though, at RTR pre-release I had no problems playing 2 colors, so it's likely that I'm more worried about splashing a 3rd color than I really need to be.

[Edited 1 times, lastly by Bagbokk on January 17, 2013]

 
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Just signed up for the whole weekend a couple hours ago, I'm playing them all!

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Leaning towards orzhov now. That giuldmage is bonkers
 
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Orzhov. Just seems to good. I gain life, you lose life. I'm harder to kill, you're easier to kill.

Might try simic. Might try Dimir. Depends on if orzhov does well for me.

My friend and i are lookin at two-headed giant with boros and simic.

Gruul is not on my list. Brush seems good in constructed but not in limited. I'd rather have a fatty than a pump spell 9/10 times.

 
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Never done a prerelease before. Do the Guild packs like normal? Think I'm going Boros or Gruul. Hyper excited. Know people think the set lacks but I think their is a lot to it.
 
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Oh there's plenty in the set, just not for standard at the rare/mythic level. We also haven't seen what a bunch of the common/uncommon spells are going to be - maybe we get an enabler for miracles, or a spell that makes delver viable again. Who knows until we get the rest of the stuff spoiled.
 
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I signed up for Gruul but may change to Orzhov

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quote:
Originally posted by DConNexus:
Never done a prerelease before. Do the Guild packs like normal? Think I'm going Boros or Gruul. Hyper excited. Know people think the set lacks but I think their is a lot to it.

The Guild Booster Pack is tailored specifically for your guild. So you pick a guild and get a box. Inside that box are 5 normal Gatecrash booster packs, and one guild specific booster. In that booster will be your guild specific promo, 1 rare, 3 uncommons, and 11 commons. All should be in your guild or at least in your guild colors. And if they do it like RTR, then if your guild pack rare is a mythic then it will be your guild leader. You aren't going to open Duskmantle Seer in your Dimir guild pack (not to say it couldn't be in one of the other 5 regular packs), the same with Master Biomancer for Simic, Deathpact Angel (Orzhov), Domri Rade (Gruul), Gideon or Aurelia's Fury(Boros), etc.

Edit: You can use your promo in your deck.

[Edited 1 times, lastly by CubFan81 on January 19, 2013]

 
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Thanks Cubsfan. Appreciate it. My buddy here was telling me the break you into groups. Do you branch out and play people like other guilds or do you stay with your group? I have to go with Gruul or Simic. Green is my color.
 
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Gruul seems like the right choice. In a limited format, Bloodrush is a sure thing for an ability and is both a 'finisher' and a combat trick when needed. It also allows you to utilize a creature in hand that you cannot hard cast to at least have relevance versus being a dead card.

The rest of the guild abilities depend on too many things. For instance, extort certainly could be useful, but you have to have an extort creature on the board for it to trigger and then have the mana to activate it after casting your spell. So it ends up looking like a late game ability since you probably aren't using in your first 4-6 turns unless your hand isn't that strong. By then, things could be very ugly for you versus aggro.

Cipher requires you to resolve the spell, encode a creature on the board and then get through with that creature. Unblockables and flyers certainly help make that a possibility but again, that's a lot of variables.

Battalion could definitely be a strong thing, but you need 3 creatures on board and sometimes that puts you in a situation where you might not like the outcome of the battle to get the battalion ability online - sometimes you will.

Evolve also requires specifics. Some creatures won't trigger the ability for you and then it's a dead ability.

So, for me, until I see the set drafted a lot more, I think the Gruul is the sure fire choice until proven otherwise.

 
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im going boros in my first flight, gruul in my second flight
 
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Gruul on Sunday. Got business on Saturday .
 
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We do a midnight one here. Idk if I will go to that. Heard they get done at 7 cause so many people come. Probably pick off the stragglers at the 9 am one. I'm thinking Gruul. Open a Defiance and 2 Burning Tree. Would be awesome.
 
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quote:
Originally posted by DConNexus:
Thanks Cubsfan. Appreciate it. My buddy here was telling me the break you into groups. Do you branch out and play people like other guilds or do you stay with your group? I have to go with Gruul or Simic. Green is my color.

They break you into groups only for deckbuilding so it's easier for the TO's to pass out your stuff. Then you are matched up against all the players in the tourney.

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Going Gruul. Disciple of Old Ways. Limited bawse
 
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Boros looks like the clear winner, as running some sealed pool, I almost always want to be either White or Red or both....

Almost every W/R rare is a bomb, R/W common/uncommon's seem stronger as a whole then the other colors, the next best colors are easily splashed being Black if White heavy or Green if Red heavy.

Just seems like Boros is the clear winner for Guild Packs...


Tried to many of the others, but was almost always left with awkward pools, like Simic with strong R/W pool and really no options to splash the good simic stuff or Gruul pools with strong B/W cards...

Least with Boros only color you can't easily splash is Blue, and blue just seems bad.

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I agree with Boros and pre-registered for two prereleases this weekend already, choosing Boros in both.
 
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Really debating. First prerelease. I want to do Simic but I have a feeling if I don't pull the Bio guy, I'm gonna get whooped. I run Naya so going Boros. Seems appropriate.
 
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I would enjoy playing orzov or dimir the most, but I think gruul and boros will produce the winner. While there are a lot of mill helpers in the set, I think gruul and boros can deal too much damage to pull it of. I'm going dimir and splashing extort night one. Night 2, I'm going with gruul, hoping I pull the planes walker
 
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quote:
Originally posted by broiler1977:
I would enjoy playing orzov or dimir the most, but I think gruul and boros will produce the winner. While there are a lot of mill helpers in the set, I think gruul and boros can deal too much damage to pull it of. I'm going dimir and splashing extort night one. Night 2, I'm going with gruul, hoping I pull the planes walker

You won't. Or rather, running gruul over another guild won't improve your chances of pulling him. Domri Rade (just like all planeswalkers) has no watermark, meaning he will not appear in a gruul guild pack.

 
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I know you're right bugger. Just wishful thinking. I've made my choices based on the commons and uncommons. I wouldn't be against running boros with extort splashed because there are nice low-level white control cards. This is my first prerelease attend, and I'm stoked!
 
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I'll be going boros at the midnight prere, and then gruul later that day. Sunday I got a poker game tho......
 
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Called in a preregistration. First pre-release since M11. Going Orzhov. Friend is going Boros. I'm all the sudden excited. Just about every pre-release I have other plans, out of town or just forget.
 
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Planning on going gruul.
I was curious what others thought of the overall power of removal in the set.
Should I try to get smaller stuff out and splash some white or possibly stick to just red green. I know my pool will have a lot to do with it but I dont know a lot about the types of decks I will see. What mechanics and color combination does red green match up poorly with. Thanks in advance!

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