No cameras, eh? Sick, eh? Might it be possible this is a mere fan-fic? One too many cups of coffee, a pen, and a stack of Denny's napkins? JK I understand everyone slips here and there... but seriously, everything you said about that sphinx was garbage. Even if those unusual circumstances had occured, it would be a failure on your part to not recognize this is coincidence.
Are you claiming that these two situations were the norm when playing the sphinx?
Your opponents frequently gain you life? Or frequently cost themselves life?
These are not impossibilities, but they're rare occurences... especially considering there is no Swords to Plowshares in this format.
I also find it funny you used the word "usually" to describe a trend of occurence over... two instances. With only two instances,0/2 is never, 1/2 is sometimes, 2/2 is always
Why is everyone relying on rares? It gets really annoying sometimes. I mean, yeah, most rares win the wars but most of the time it's really the common and uncommon.
I do remember though, winning a few rounds b/c of Gather Specimens. But I really do think it's luck in seal. I mean, Shards pre I pulled 3 Wooly Thoctars; it was almost as if I had opened up a precon b/c I had a naya deck already built for me. Samething happend @ Conflux, 3 Esper comerant, 2 Tower Gargoyle,& Etherworn Adjudicator
lol i just one a sealed torny...pulled some crazy naya oriented things....cliftrunner beh, ajani, goblin razrunners, battlegrace ange and knight cap of eos.....
I drafted conflux last night I drafted nicol bolas and one 3 packs for 6th place I would of had 3rd place if I played the 1st placer 2nd round instead of the 4th place
the guy who was next to me got like 5 mythic rares and could use them effectively whilst my blue and white pools SUCKED ASS. and i got the rhox card that makes tokens of itself but i couldnt use him since my blue cards couldnt support my deck T,T but the good news is that i got a LOT more product than shards and the atmosphere was so much more lively than my last pre-release (which was my first one).
lol great ep anthony, i wish i wouldve known you needed thornlings :( i told you i pulled 1 but i actually pulled 2 and traded 2 :C im so terribly sorry...
In sealed I'd estimate it's about 25% luck 50% skill 25% deck choice. Me and some friends have been trying to break down the numbers and solve how much luck an average game of magic really is. For standard, we're pretty close to proving it's 0%. The reason we can show this, is luck only comes into play once every turn beyond first draws and only 1.0x10(to the -200) are actually luck based compared to plays in a game that are skilled based. Therefore, because that number is irrational it can be..
...truncated (or rounded, in this case truncated), and is truncated to be 0.000...(basically infinite) 1, which is equal to 0. I'll reveal the number crackdowns to you guys on a show sometime (but it'll take some time to resolve this and make sure it's right). But anyway, sealed, yeah it's a bit of luck.
i would argue that it's probably 70 skill and 30 luck or even more geared toward skill. The luck does come into play when it comes to getting bombs (or at least how many) in a given pool. But you have to build a deck after that and properly add mana. Not everyone is equally skilled at doing this and that doesn't even count misplays. I played against a person at the prerelease who had an Apoc. Hydra, Skullmuncher, Malfegor, Soul's Majesty, Feral Hydra and another ridiculous bomb rare in color...
and i beat him 5 games in a row with a deck whose greatest card was a single path to exile, a Godsire, Broodmate Dragon and a lot of bounce/little creatures. The difference is that he played a 70 card deck and i played a 40. I would easily have been crushed had he built a viable deck with that pool. And as far as "my pool was terrible", every pool can be made into a good sealed deck in that format..if you can't then you are not a good sealed player...and that classifies as skill.
If you're considering deck choice where cards are equal (and arguably a different deck would have been the same) then yeah, I would agree that's about true.
No cameras, eh? Sick, eh? Might it be possible this is a mere fan-fic? One too many cups of coffee, a pen, and a stack of Denny's napkins? JK I understand everyone slips here and there... but seriously, everything you said about that sphinx was garbage. Even if those unusual circumstances had occured, it would be a failure on your part to not recognize this is coincidence.
atbestvague 3 years ago
Are you claiming that these two situations were the norm when playing the sphinx?
Your opponents frequently gain you life? Or frequently cost themselves life?
These are not impossibilities, but they're rare occurences... especially considering there is no Swords to Plowshares in this format.
I also find it funny you used the word "usually" to describe a trend of occurence over... two instances. With only two instances,0/2 is never, 1/2 is sometimes, 2/2 is always
atbestvague 3 years ago
1:49 you say Magister Sphinx usually brought your opponent's life total up, or yours down.
Were you really tired, stoned, or drunk when you thought that up?
The only two ways it WOULD be detrimental are:
1)target your opponent with 10+ life, but in response, they did something which lowered their OWN life total.
2)target yourself with 10+ life, but in response, your opponent did something to GAIN you life.
atbestvague 3 years ago
Magister Sphinx is not +10 life, it brings the life total to 10.
DopeJedi 2 years ago
Why is everyone relying on rares? It gets really annoying sometimes. I mean, yeah, most rares win the wars but most of the time it's really the common and uncommon.
I do remember though, winning a few rounds b/c of Gather Specimens. But I really do think it's luck in seal. I mean, Shards pre I pulled 3 Wooly Thoctars; it was almost as if I had opened up a precon b/c I had a naya deck already built for me. Samething happend @ Conflux, 3 Esper comerant, 2 Tower Gargoyle,& Etherworn Adjudicator
WhosTurnIsIt 3 years ago
lol i just one a sealed torny...pulled some crazy naya oriented things....cliftrunner beh, ajani, goblin razrunners, battlegrace ange and knight cap of eos.....
razerunners won my the torny, great for limited
morphiendo 3 years ago
won* sigh lol
morphiendo 3 years ago
uummmm.... it's modest mouse, not modern.
Jockzilla74 3 years ago
Best intro song ever!
Very good episode. Keep up the good work!
Haxek 3 years ago
in my deck i puled thoctar cleffrunner, souls majesty, behemoth and wild leoteau(or watever) adn i owned lol
Amanisawesome 3 years ago
I drafted conflux last night I drafted nicol bolas and one 3 packs for 6th place I would of had 3rd place if I played the 1st placer 2nd round instead of the 4th place
kooler2004 3 years ago
i pulled 4 mythics in my fat pack.. woa. lol
cherrios222 3 years ago
the guy who was next to me got like 5 mythic rares and could use them effectively whilst my blue and white pools SUCKED ASS. and i got the rhox card that makes tokens of itself but i couldnt use him since my blue cards couldnt support my deck T,T but the good news is that i got a LOT more product than shards and the atmosphere was so much more lively than my last pre-release (which was my first one).
thefallenangelsora 3 years ago
lol great ep anthony, i wish i wouldve known you needed thornlings :( i told you i pulled 1 but i actually pulled 2 and traded 2 :C im so terribly sorry...
next one i pull is all yours dawg
Skwizzles 3 years ago
I don't know who would rate this 1 star...it wasn't worth 5, but I just had to balance out the 1 star vote, so I voted 5.
tzone92 3 years ago
luck is more relevant than you say in sealed. it's probably 60% luck, 40% skill.
Wedgehead123 3 years ago
In sealed I'd estimate it's about 25% luck 50% skill 25% deck choice. Me and some friends have been trying to break down the numbers and solve how much luck an average game of magic really is. For standard, we're pretty close to proving it's 0%. The reason we can show this, is luck only comes into play once every turn beyond first draws and only 1.0x10(to the -200) are actually luck based compared to plays in a game that are skilled based. Therefore, because that number is irrational it can be..
proffessors 3 years ago
...truncated (or rounded, in this case truncated), and is truncated to be 0.000...(basically infinite) 1, which is equal to 0. I'll reveal the number crackdowns to you guys on a show sometime (but it'll take some time to resolve this and make sure it's right). But anyway, sealed, yeah it's a bit of luck.
proffessors 3 years ago
i would argue that it's probably 70 skill and 30 luck or even more geared toward skill. The luck does come into play when it comes to getting bombs (or at least how many) in a given pool. But you have to build a deck after that and properly add mana. Not everyone is equally skilled at doing this and that doesn't even count misplays. I played against a person at the prerelease who had an Apoc. Hydra, Skullmuncher, Malfegor, Soul's Majesty, Feral Hydra and another ridiculous bomb rare in color...
arcticshard 3 years ago
and i beat him 5 games in a row with a deck whose greatest card was a single path to exile, a Godsire, Broodmate Dragon and a lot of bounce/little creatures. The difference is that he played a 70 card deck and i played a 40. I would easily have been crushed had he built a viable deck with that pool. And as far as "my pool was terrible", every pool can be made into a good sealed deck in that format..if you can't then you are not a good sealed player...and that classifies as skill.
arcticshard 3 years ago
If you're considering deck choice where cards are equal (and arguably a different deck would have been the same) then yeah, I would agree that's about true.
proffessors 3 years ago