Do you like watching StarCity Games events but hate the chat because it is full of paper Magic snobs?

Did you know you can watch the SCG coverage on my channel, https://www.twitch.tv/covertgoblue, and you are certain to only find other Duels enthusiasts and community members in the chat to talk to?

Now you know Come on over if you want to watch SCGlive with other Duels community members!

https://www.twitch.tv/covertgoblue

I don't even know what SCG is

Consider finding out by clicking on the link. Do you need me to hold your hand?

I bet that link is gonna rickroll me, I'm not taking the chance

I am surprised you felt the need to ask a question you knew he'd always say yes to...

I'd love to.. but the NFC championship game is about to come on.. followed by the AFC championship. Sunday = football, family, food.

Will there be plenty Suntail Hawks in this content ? I'm not subscribing unless you can show me a way to beat that card.

Beast - another Sunday perhaps, I do understand and share a love of football.

Rabble - If you find a solution, be sure to tell me

We had a good run; our defense was just trash all season.

Godgers carried this sorry excuse for a defense from a 4-6 record all the way to the NFC Championship.

We really need to fire our whole defensive staff.

Steelers fan here, right there with you.

Can someone post a TD;DR type of thing on this? Anything relevant to the future of the game?

Top 8 decks and how much of the decks we don't get in Duels from another thread:

1. G/B Delirium - We didn't get Rishkar and he has no functional replacement in Duels. Mindrwrack Demon, Ballista and Green Hulk are all 4 copies, and we have no Traverse the Uvenwald or Grim Flayer either.

2+3. G/B Aggro - Rishkar shows up again in both of these lists as a 3 and 4 of respectively. More 4x mythics and rares we just can't replace with effective enough cards at an "aggro" curve. We could attempt doing something with the constrictor though.

4. G/W Tokens - No Rishkar, no Thraben inspector. Those alongside Gideon and Nissa are all 4x copies with (repeat after me) no efficient functional replacements in Duels to work within the deck's archetype.

5-7. 4 Colour/Jeskai Saheeli - Didn't get Felidar Guardian, nothing else to say. The closest thing we have is Superfriends.

8. Mardu Vehicles - We already have this archetype available to us.

So the big take from this to me is that Rishkar, the one cycle legend we didn't get, seems to be very important in 4 of the top 8 decks. The Shaeeli combo is going to be something we see more of as a staple in standard, with decks being built around dealing with it (which is less relevant for us). The closest new deck I can see being able to craft near the top 8 is Julian John's Esper Aggro list, even though it still relies on Thraben Inspector a lot: http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdat ... kID=111014

Long story short, Thraben Inspector and Rishkar are sorely missed in Duels

Boy, I watched a bit, and I gotta say Duels seems more fun than playing against any of these decks. More variety and facing the Cats combo would just be painful.

I'm sad Delirium didn't get any new toys with AER.

Also kudos to CGB, this was a good idea.

M

B3, thanks for that post. Very interesting stuff. What's the Mardu vehicles decklist? That sounds like fun.

Here's the tourney list Barney: http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=14512&d=287028&f=ST

It is pretty much doable in duels, but it won't be quite the same because we don't have Thraben Inspector - a major tool of the deck.

can you copy pasta please? That site is blocked

B3, Blu made a pretty good shadow of that G/B aggro deck and played it a bit on his channel. I've slapped it together myself and It's really grown on me.

B2,
22 LANDS
4 x Aether Hub
4 x Concealed Courtyard
4 x Inspiring Vantage
3 x Mountain
3 x Plains
4 x Spirebluff Canal
22 x CREATURES
1 x Depala, Pilot Exemplar
2 x Inventor's Apprentice
4 x Scrapheap Scrounger

3 x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
4 x Thraben Inspector
4 x Toolcraft Exemplar
4 x Veteran Motorist
8 x INSTANTS and SORC.
4 x Shock
4 x Unlicensed Disintegration
8 x OTHER SPELLS
2 x Cultivator's Caravan
2 x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
4 x Heart of Kiran

SIDEBOARD
2 x Aethersphere Harvester
2 x Authority of the Consuls
3 x Ceremonious Rejection
2 x Declaration in Stone
3 x Fragmentize
2 x Harnessed Lightning
1 x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

What he ^^^^ said.

only six vehicles? THREE Thalias? that's a scary sideboard with Havester, Declaration in Stone, Harnessed Lightning and skysovereign. I would have thought they would be all main deck'd. I don't even know what 3 of those lands are.

Thanks for posting! Looks like so much fun to play