Comments on: Overdriven! 46

By: SethDrone

SethDrone — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:00:02 +0000

Always followed Blippy’s article and the State of the Game on puremtgo, only reason I made it to this board now is for Blippy’s article. I’ll keep an eye on the other content and see how it goes.

If you follow Modern at all check out the mtgs forums as well, he keeps daily updates on the meta, provides updates on the PRE’s etc. There are plenty of places to get serious information, but few to find dedicated Modern articles.

By: SBena

SBena — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:05:36 +0000

I love your column, I followed them first on puremtgo and now I read here, do not change anything

By: Ranth

Ranth — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:12:48 +0000

I think the biggest issue here is that it really does seem jumbled together and have thought so for quite awhile. You can likely lose the Monster Garage section entirely as it doesn’t apply to modern as much as it’s your personal journey in magic which is a all together different subject and detracts from the rest of your content.

However the Articles do tend to have plenty of relevant information if you are willing to look for it.
I believe that at first it might be a little confusing to see that the slugs cards are used as dividers so maybe i can look into making you so custom dividers for the articles. to help with that.

Overall great to have you on board here at MTGOAcademy.com Blips.

By: BlippyTheSlug

BlippyTheSlug — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:46:22 +0000

The budget question is easy for me to answer, because I’ve been chronicling my rebuild from scratch in the “Monster Garage” section. The Soul Sisters/Soul Taxes deck is very budget friendly, totaling out in the 50 range (in a vacuum) with Proclamation and Windbrisk Heights.

IMO, Modern can be very budget friendly. You don’t *NEED* Goyf. (But he is great to have)

As far as Modern vs Standard budget, keep in mind that Standard changes every rotation, which means another buy-in *EVERY YEAR*.

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:29:26 +0000

Hi, and welcome to the site! It’s cool to have some more Modern coverage here. Are you planning on doing an analysis of the Pro Tour decks in the near future? Also, I’m on the fence about getting into either T2 or Modern. The main issue is budget. I have about 60% of the Soul Sisters deck, and not much in the way of T2 cards. I guess I’ll have to wait to see what the T2 metagame is like, but from a budget perspective do you think one format is more accessible than another? Thanks.

By: BlippyTheSlug

BlippyTheSlug — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:18:03 +0000

Hmmm… lessee… other than the obvious (Goyf, Knight of the Reliquary, and *MAYBE* Bob), it looks like a decent enough build, but a bit slow. You’re not really swinging til turn 3 or 4, and leaving yourself tapped out those crucial first few turns. Your deck wants to establish a powerful board presence, and Mirran Crusaders is generally a good call, even if it does come out late. Experiment with the swords, that’s a meta call.

With Finks, Crusader, and Elspeth requiring WW, I’d make the manabase accomodate that.

Board wipes?

However, the big caveat:
GBW archetypes as a whole (rock, aggro, etc) have not been doing well overall in the online meta. Local paper metas may and will vary.

By: PB

PB — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:07:11 +0000

@sp

yes, this is internet card games, it is srs business.

idk, these articles aren’t exactly my style either, but i do appreciate the manic energy and unique perspective. there’s already lot of srs business mtg writers, there’s something refreshing about an insane ramble here or there and there’s usually some interesting content in there.