Heirloom: "heirloom testing"
Game 646015784
[00:54:33] PDBot has started watching.
[00:54:33] Rakura joined the game.
[00:54:41] TheWhetherMan1 chooses to play first.
[00:54:45] TheWhetherMan1 mulligans to 6 cards.
[00:55:03] Rakura keeps this hand.
[00:55:06] TheWhetherMan1 keeps this hand.
[00:55:09] TheWhetherMan1 puts 1 card on the bottom of their library.
[00:55:10] Rakura puts [Leyline of Lightning] onto the battlefield.
[00:55:13] Turn 1: TheWhetherMan1
[00:55:13] TheWhetherMan1 skips their draw step.
[00:55:13] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Mishra's Factory].
[00:55:16] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Springleaf Drum].
[00:55:19] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Ornithopter].
[00:55:24] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Signal Pest].
[00:55:28] Turn 1: Rakura
[00:55:30] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[00:55:31] Rakura casts [Stromkirk Noble].
[00:55:33] Rakura puts triggered ability from [Leyline of Lightning] onto the stack targeting TheWhetherMan1 (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, Leyline of Lightning deals 1 damage to targ...).
[00:55:35] Turn 2: TheWhetherMan1
[00:55:52] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Mishra's Factory].
[00:55:55] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Steel Overseer].
[00:56:00] Turn 2: Rakura
[00:56:03] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[00:56:10] Turn 3: TheWhetherMan1
[00:56:13] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Blinkmoth Nexus].
[00:56:19] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Mishra's Factory] ( Mishra's Factory becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a ...).
[00:56:30] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Mishra's Factory] ( Mishra's Factory becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a ...).
[00:56:33] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Blinkmoth Nexus] ( Blinkmoth Nexus becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's sti...).
[00:56:36] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Steel Overseer] ( Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature you control.).
[00:56:52] Rakura has conceded from the game.
Winner: TheWhetherMan1
Game 1 Completed.
[00:56:56] Rakura has left the game.
Game 646016366
[00:59:03] PDBot has started watching.
[00:59:18] Rakura chooses to play first.
[00:59:20] Rakura keeps this hand.
[00:59:23] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: is this the best way to build mono red in the first place?
[00:59:29] TheWhetherMan1 keeps this hand.
[00:59:29] Turn 1: Rakura
[00:59:31] Rakura skips their draw step.
[00:59:57] [CHAT] Rakura: i made it to beat storm or counter control
[00:59:58] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[01:00:00] Rakura casts [Stromkirk Noble].
[01:00:02] Turn 1: TheWhetherMan1
[01:00:08] [CHAT] Rakura: against another aggro deck
[01:00:08] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Mishra's Factory].
[01:00:09] Turn 2: Rakura
[01:00:10] [CHAT] Rakura: naw
[01:00:11] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[01:00:15] TheWhetherMan1 is being attacked by [Stromkirk Noble].
[01:00:17] Rakura puts triggered ability from [Stromkirk Noble] onto the stack (Whenever Stromkirk Noble deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.).
[01:00:19] Turn 2: TheWhetherMan1
[01:00:25] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Mishra's Factory].
[01:00:31] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Ornithopter].
[01:00:37] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Steel Overseer].
[01:00:46] Rakura casts [Smash to Smithereens] targeting [Steel Overseer].
[01:00:47] Turn 3: Rakura
[01:00:50] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[01:00:54] Rakura casts [Seal of Fire].
[01:00:57] TheWhetherMan1 is being attacked by [Stromkirk Noble].
[01:00:59] Rakura activates an ability of [Seal of Fire] targeting [Ornithopter] ( Seal of Fire deals 2 damage to any target.).
[01:01:02] Rakura puts triggered ability from [Stromkirk Noble] onto the stack (Whenever Stromkirk Noble deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.).
[01:01:04] Turn 3: TheWhetherMan1
[01:01:12] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Blinkmoth Nexus].
[01:01:15] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Cranial Plating].
[01:01:19] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Springleaf Drum].
[01:01:26] Rakura casts [Price of Progress].
[01:01:26] Turn 4: Rakura
[01:01:31] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[01:01:37] TheWhetherMan1 is being attacked by [Stromkirk Noble].
[01:01:38] Rakura puts triggered ability from [Stromkirk Noble] onto the stack (Whenever Stromkirk Noble deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.).
[01:01:43] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: price is sweet rn
[01:02:03] Rakura exiles [Arc Blade] with 3 time counters.
[01:02:05] Turn 4: TheWhetherMan1
[01:02:09] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Seat of the Synod].
[01:02:16] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Etched Champion].
[01:02:20] [CHAT] Rakura: is every artifact land legal?
[01:02:26] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Cranial Plating] targeting [Etched Champion] (Equip {1}).
[01:02:34] Turn 5: Rakura
[01:02:34] Rakura puts triggered ability from [Arc Blade] onto the stack (Suspend 3{2R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter.)).
[01:02:34] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: think so
[01:02:38] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: lot of tension surrounding that though
[01:02:47] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: mana base in general
[01:03:04] Rakura casts [Wayfarer's Bauble].
[01:03:07] Rakura casts [Smash to Smithereens] targeting [Cranial Plating].
[01:03:11] Turn 5: TheWhetherMan1
[01:04:01] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: tempered steel or no tempered steel? how many manlands? and the main rewards for playing the deck are overseer, master, plating, champion. none of those necessarily need max artifact lands
[01:04:32] [CHAT] Rakura: i wanted to play frogmite
[01:04:48] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Spire of Industry].
[01:04:48] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Signal Pest].
[01:04:48] [CHAT] Rakura: galvanic blasts and shrapnel blasts
[01:04:56] Rakura is being attacked by [Etched Champion].
[01:05:09] Turn 6: Rakura
[01:05:09] Rakura puts triggered ability from [Arc Blade] onto the stack (Suspend 3{2R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter.)).
[01:05:11] Rakura activates an ability of [Wayfarer's Bauble] ({2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card and put that card...).
[01:05:28] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: yep i made room for 4 galv blasts because my matches against twin were so miserable
[01:05:37] Rakura casts [Fireblast] using an alternate cost targeting TheWhetherMan1.
[01:05:43] TheWhetherMan1 has conceded from the game.
Winner: Rakura
Game 2 Completed.
[01:05:49] Rakura has left the game.
Game 646017522
[01:07:39] PDBot has started watching.
[01:07:40] TheWhetherMan1 joined the game.
[01:07:48] TheWhetherMan1 chooses to play first.
[01:07:54] TheWhetherMan1 keeps this hand.
[01:08:16] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: tough to talk about "sees no play" when there are so few players
[01:08:20] [CHAT] Rakura: this deck is probably better for when aggro starts dying
[01:08:34] [CHAT] Rakura: well i got 40 people in my cla
[01:08:35] [CHAT] Rakura: clan
[01:08:41] [CHAT] Rakura: but i talk to so few of them
[01:08:54] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: will aggro start dying? that would require ppl adjusting to affinity and from what ive seen heirloom moves slowly
[01:08:54] [CHAT] Rakura: i mean magic online right now is a combination of casual players
[01:09:01] [CHAT] Rakura: and people who only grind leagues
[01:09:12] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: yep
[01:09:30] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: read about the game artifact? going to have built in tools for completely customizable player-run events
[01:09:35] [CHAT] Rakura: i find that people we play with like their pet decks
[01:09:45] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: how popular would these side formats be if mtgo had something half as good?
[01:10:15] [CHAT] Rakura: i wonder if wotc doesn't want mtgo to die with how much it's done already
[01:10:28] [CHAT] Rakura: i think the only thing it has going is how old it is
[01:10:34] [CHAT] Rakura: most of it is already working
[01:10:45] [CHAT] Rakura: and there is a player base here
[01:11:00] Rakura keeps this hand.
[01:11:00] Turn 1: TheWhetherMan1
[01:11:01] TheWhetherMan1 skips their draw step.
[01:11:03] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: right, that's what i mean. a few ppl with pet decks, a few ppl who try new things, mostly ppl who copy old lists... cant really say anything concrete about the metagame. do you prepare for reanimator? if one guy shows up with it, you have a good chance of playing it. what about storm? i crushed like half a rotation with it because no one adjusted, but im on affinity for now... so do you prepare for storm?
[01:11:10] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Mishra's Factory].
[01:11:11] Turn 1: Rakura
[01:11:26] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[01:12:05] [CHAT] Rakura: well i've heard people complain about 8 cards in the sb isn't enough to beat reanimator or dredge or whatever
[01:12:08] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: sad that with wotc you cant tell if theyre intentionally sinking the ship or if theyre just that inept
[01:12:24] Turn 2: TheWhetherMan1
[01:12:35] [CHAT] Rakura: i really should of mully this hand lolz
[01:12:48] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Spire of Industry].
[01:12:51] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Steel Overseer].
[01:12:51] [CHAT] Rakura: they have a website and lots of content creators have come and gone
[01:12:58] [CHAT] Rakura: the company still has a product
[01:13:13] Turn 2: Rakura
[01:13:15] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[01:13:19] Rakura casts [Pyroclasm].
[01:13:22] Turn 3: TheWhetherMan1
[01:13:28] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: i dont follow the paper product at all. apparently there were lots of issue with card stock quality?
[01:13:38] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Blinkmoth Nexus].
[01:13:44] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Steel Overseer].
[01:14:04] [CHAT] Rakura: no other game comes close to Magic. I started collecting Yugioh cards and I'm pretty sure it's secodn rate
[01:14:07] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: and i dont wanna get into it much but they obnoxious injected their politics into what should be a game, a break from serious life
[01:14:39] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: thats why its so sad. mtg is one of the great games, not just now but ever. after chess and go... its right up there
[01:15:12] [CHAT] Rakura: yeah i used to play cribbage with my neighbor and rummy with my grandma
[01:15:32] [CHAT] Rakura: i like a challenge when it feels like you can accomplish it
[01:15:35] Turn 3: Rakura
[01:16:00] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: bad card stock, irritatingly political, online spinoffs have been jokes, support for professional play is waaay behind other games in 2018. like compare mtg pro support to... dota 2 lmao
[01:16:03] [CHAT] Rakura: i used to play online pool when i was really young
[01:16:12] [CHAT] Rakura: and just first finding the internet
[01:16:42] [CHAT] Rakura: mtgo first and foremost is a board game
[01:16:46] [CHAT] Rakura: er table top
[01:16:53] Rakura casts [Pyroclasm].
[01:16:59] Turn 4: TheWhetherMan1
[01:17:02] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Seat of the Synod].
[01:17:05] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Master of Etherium].
[01:17:12] Turn 4: Rakura
[01:17:15] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[01:17:21] Rakura casts [Pyroclasm].
[01:17:36] [CHAT] Rakura: you missed it would of pumped the land
[01:17:47] [CHAT] Rakura: unless you were worried about my mana
[01:17:48] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: shit youre right
[01:17:50] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: thought the land wouldve dided
[01:17:54] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: died
[01:18:18] [CHAT] Rakura: the only tcg that are forreal are yugioh magic pokemon and final fantasy
[01:18:33] [CHAT] Rakura: some others exist but none have brought in the money magic has
[01:18:33] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: ive only played mtg
[01:19:32] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: to be fair the fact that its a physical card game based on 15-card boosters has placed tons of design and distribution restrictions on it that games like hearthstone and artifact dont have to deal with
[01:20:00] [CHAT] Rakura: if i had 20 dollars and was at walmart i might drop it on some booster packs and see what i get
[01:20:09] [CHAT] Rakura: would i ever organize a draft on my own? no
[01:20:18] [CHAT] Rakura: if i knew about FNM and wanted to draft?
[01:20:18] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: so even if they nailed an online version, its always going to be a little clunkier than some competitors and have less design space
[01:20:49] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: what are you saying?
[01:20:53] [CHAT] Rakura: I mean I probably would go with a friend to see what drafting is like
[01:21:02] [CHAT] Rakura: I did that during Lorwyn
[01:21:06] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: oh you mean youre not that interseted in the physical game?
[01:21:07] [CHAT] Rakura: I printed off the cards from the set
[01:21:20] [CHAT] Rakura: and learned which ones would be good to draft
[01:21:32] [CHAT] Rakura: and i got two Shriekmaw and two Oblivion Ring did really good that time
[01:21:42] [CHAT] Rakura: but then they ruined my experience with Morningtide
[01:21:47] [CHAT] Rakura: Except I got a hat
[01:21:54] [CHAT] Rakura: that was kinda dop
[01:22:03] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: lol morningtide was awful
[01:22:19] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: funny, llorwyn was the last time i bothered with paper mtg
[01:22:22] [CHAT] Rakura: lorwyn had planeswalkers thoughtseize doran cryptic command heck all the commands
[01:22:31] [CHAT] Rakura: i drafted it so much online i redeemed it for free
[01:22:36] [CHAT] Rakura: i got the whole set sent to me
[01:22:53] [CHAT] Rakura: i mean the company are probably the same people
[01:23:20] Turn 5: TheWhetherMan1
[01:23:29] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: same people who what?
[01:23:36] TheWhetherMan1 casts [Springleaf Drum].
[01:23:48] [CHAT] Rakura: wotc those people who made all those times happen for me
[01:23:53] [CHAT] Rakura: they are still out there
[01:23:58] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Blinkmoth Nexus].
[01:24:03] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Blinkmoth Nexus] ( Blinkmoth Nexus becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's sti...).
[01:24:07] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Mishra's Factory] ( Mishra's Factory becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a ...).
[01:24:14] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: ehhh out there, but not at wotc lmao
[01:24:20] [CHAT] Rakura: you think?
[01:24:33] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: wotc has clearly hired some ppl based on making their team more "diverse" on not on merit
[01:24:43] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: and not on*
[01:24:47] Rakura is being attacked by [Blinkmoth Nexus] and [Mishra's Factory].
[01:24:52] Turn 5: Rakura
[01:24:54] Rakura plays [Mountain].
[01:24:59] Turn 6: TheWhetherMan1
[01:25:04] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: and i bet their company culture scares off a lot of potentially great designers
[01:25:10] TheWhetherMan1 plays [Spire of Industry].
[01:25:15] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Blinkmoth Nexus] ( Blinkmoth Nexus becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's sti...).
[01:25:39] [CHAT] Rakura: i bet if every tcg made the same card somehow wotc would wind up with it being theirs
[01:25:53] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Mishra's Factory] ( Mishra's Factory becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a ...).
[01:25:57] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: what do you mean/
[01:26:04] [CHAT] Rakura: plus even if wotc is messing up what should the players do about it?
[01:26:39] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: play another game? artifact will be out soon. looks great, made by valve and i trust them, richard garfield is one of the designers lol
[01:26:49] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: creator of magic as im sure you know
[01:26:53] TheWhetherMan1 activates an ability of [Blinkmoth Nexus] ( Blinkmoth Nexus becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's sti...).
[01:27:21] [CHAT] Rakura: you think everyone will sell out and slowly the game will die as the cards become worthless and the only people able to make any real money will be the dealers?
[01:27:25] [CHAT] TheWhetherMan1: playing events like heirloom is another option. im not giving another dollar to wotc
[01:27:28] [CHAT] Rakura: because that's not a fun thing
[01:27:39] [CHAT] Rakura: i buy about $20 a month from them
[01:27:44] [CHAT] Rakura: in tic
[01:27:50] Rakura is being attacked by [Blinkmoth Nexus], [Blinkmoth Nexus], and [Mishra's Factory].
[01:28:04] Rakura casts [Flame Javelin] targeting TheWhetherMan1.
[01:28:05] Turn 6: Rakura
[01:28:09] Rakura casts [Price of Progress].
[01:28:12] Rakura casts [Smash to Smithereens] targeting [Springleaf Drum].
[01:28:17] Rakura casts [Fireblast] using an alternate cost targeting TheWhetherMan1.
Winner: Rakura
Game 3 Completed.
Match Winner: Rakura: 2–1
[01:28:26] TheWhetherMan1 has left the game.