I've written a 40-page Pioneer Lotus Field guide! With 17k words on deckbuilding, play, and sideboarding, this is an excellent tool for both experienced and new Lotus players. RCQ Season 4 is going to be Pioneer, so there's never been a better time to learn one of the best decks!
Nobody could beat me today. I won the Pioneer Showcase Challenge! 9-0 in matches played today brings me to 33-8 with this new version (30-7 w/o mirrors). Play this deck until people start playing aggro. Check out the matches tomorrow on the
@RIWHobbies
youtube page!
#teamriw
Just got this email from Wizards. I'm pretty frustrated bc I just call a judge on myself whenever something goes wrong in my game, but somehow cheaters are just allowed to run rampant.
In 2019, the Hogaak combo deck got bridge from below banned in Modern. Players put Satyr Wayfinder into their Hogaak decks and it was better than before.
No real reason for thinking about this, but it'd be a shame if this happened again someday.
Though we are Faithless, still we pray.
At the Altar of Dementia, ban hopes we lay.
That the best cantrip will still see play,
And Looting fights another day.
RCQ winner with a Jeskai Breach list from
@tiddypills
!! 8-0-1 on the day, lost two games and one was to a missed trigger. If y’all ain’t on that patreon, get on it!
If you’ve been thinking about buying this but weren’t sure, or if $20 is too much for you, instead dm me proof of a donation of any amount to
@TransLifeline
or a similar charity benefiting trans people and you’ll have access+updates for life.
#TransDayOfVisibility
I've written a 40-page Pioneer Lotus Field guide! With 17k words on deckbuilding, play, and sideboarding, this is an excellent tool for both experienced and new Lotus players. RCQ Season 4 is going to be Pioneer, so there's never been a better time to learn one of the best decks!
Do you want to play more MTGO tournaments in the new year and try to qualify for the MOCS? I made this guide to keep track of everything, and you're welcome to use it too. It includes a premier event schedule and a not-quite-a-flowchart guide to the MOCS!
What all these cantrip players talking about “agency” fail to consider is that I am bad at magic. Therefore, if I play an agency deck I will lose more matches
Every online match I played since the start of the pandemic, I had a trophy from a paper tournament in mind. Could not be happier to get it done with
@wheredmyjuulgo
and
@twinlesstwin
.
#TeamRIW
I am once again asking
@PlayMTG
to give us real PTQs on Magic Online. The fact that this awards 4 RC invites when there's some 20-person 2-slotters is still ridiculous.
Nine times out of ten when an opponent points out that I paid a wrong cost or cast a spell when I couldn't, they try to fix it at the table and I tell them I want to call a judge and request a penalty for myself. Nice to know I'm getting flagged for that. Feels way out of nowhere
Kyle: “if you guys say “Hogaak” more than 5 times at dinner, I’m going to start throwing things.”
Dykman: “Oh, we’ll Showgaak you a good time tonight”
#SCGPITT
Made the finals of the Pioneer Showcase, lost to the young master
@MTGMilan
, excited to get another shot at the MOCS in two weeks! Lotus is cracked, have a sb guide
In the last month, Jacob has defended cheating, homophobic and transphobic slurs, and now he's stealing from members of the community. Please do not associate with this person.
1. Tierlists are fun and cool.
2. If you don't have Raja in your top 2, you're wrong.
3. There's a reason I asked who thought they were better than me at magic. If you rank me too low, your tweet is going on the wall and then I'm going to beat you the next time we play.
@patxisanchez
Did they make a bad choice in that they could have helped you out and gotten more prizes? Indisputably. But they paid their entry the same as you, and they don't have any obligation to pack even if it is better EV. Flaming them on twitter for it is pretty crappy.
This shouldn’t be on camera. Go away, let us know what they decide after. Don’t say things like “it’s a shame this top 8 isn’t being decided by games of magic”
My parents following all the changes in the
@NRGSeries
leaderboard is awesome! Going to be working hard for Louisville so I can lock up Player of the Year!
I’m excited to announce that I’m now a part of Team
@RIWHobbies
!! Big thanks to Zach and Pam for giving me this opportunity. Check out my first video for some sweet games!
Flew to Denver to play LCQs. Registered as soon as I was on site at 10:30 am, registered for my second as soon as I got my first loss. I was able to play three matches of magic in 6.5 hours. Miserable system, won’t be doing this again.
@NandovMovies
My understanding (could very well be wrong) is that Rest in Power is used when somebody was marginalized in life and had their power taken from them, specifically if their death was caused by that marginalization (for example, when a Black person is a victim of police brutality).
6-1 on day 1 of the huge
@Mana_Traders
event! I'll be adding my thoughts about this build and some other things to the Lotus Guide before the next round of Regional Championships begin. Look forward to playing for the Top 8 tomorrow!
I've written a 40-page Pioneer Lotus Field guide! With 17k words on deckbuilding, play, and sideboarding, this is an excellent tool for both experienced and new Lotus players. RCQ Season 4 is going to be Pioneer, so there's never been a better time to learn one of the best decks!
On the way to my first ever Pro Tour. Making a quick stop for
#NRGSTL
, and then over to Amsterdam for a week of testing and the PT. I’m excited to compete with some of the best, it should be an amazing trip.
I was really hoping I got to spend my 21st at an SCG teaming with my friends. I didn’t expect to spend it in quarantine, but we’re making the best of it with some Minecraft with friends from home.
Anyway, what should my first legal drink be tonight?
Magic Online Season 2 starts next weekend! I put together a schedule for anybody who’s planning to play a lot of events or is just getting started with online tournaments. If you want to know when something is or how to get to the MOCS, this is for you!
Just watched Kevin McKleskey cheat a bunch at the table next to me last round of an IQ. I told the judge and they said it was ok. I got tilted and played the worst game of my life to miss Top 8. Feels bad to put so much time into magic when cheaters are allowed to run rampant.
Do all these things for your friends, but also do them for people you work with and your classmates and people you aren’t that close with. Some of the toughest times in my life have gotten easier because somebody I wasn’t super tight with saw I was struggling and offered a hand.
pick your friends up from the airport, help them move, help them with their problems, cook for them, watch their pets when they aren’t, get them medicine when they’re sick, talk to them, sit with them, hold them. love your friends while you can and do it loudly.
This weekend showed how much people want good paper coverage of tournaments. Keep up the same love when the
@NRGSeries
streams two full tournaments in two weeks! They’ve been working really hard on some high-quality coverage
Won an RCQ with UB Midrange. Copied
@Rizzy5S
’s list from yesterday but added two Liliana to the sideboard (which were excellent all day). It feels good to close after so many near misses lately.
#TeamRIW
The pro tour is back. This is what made me fall in love with magic. I wish I was there more than anything, but I’m stoked to watch good coverage for the first time in forever. Good luck to all the friends there. Enjoy it, kick ass, and keep a seat warm for me.
Top 8 of the Showcase Challenge with stock Delver, lost to
@Nammersquats
. Feels like I'm really improving at legacy, and glad to be doing well in something that's not Pioneer!
This is the most I’ve enjoyed Magic coverage in years. I initially didn’t like the up-and-down orientation, but it’s cool now that we’re zoomed in and eliminated some of the dead space. Layout is clean. No downtime is the best decision coverage has ever made.
This weekend was really hard for a few reasons, only one of which was falling just short of the pt. But for all the shit, I still wouldn't rather spend my weekends doing anything else. Magic is great, competition is great, my friends are amazing. Feeling pretty lucky today.
@evan_mtg
I liked that I could go and see my complete match history and remember special matches/tournaments. It was also really cool to see the regional leaderboard and look at where I stacked up in Michigan over the years
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be offering Pioneer Lotus Field coaching! I think the deck is currently well-positioned in the metagame, and with the Pioneer
@ManaTraders
series and a Super PTQ in January, there’s never been a better time to learn! I believe that
The best part of the Pro Tour as a spectator is 100% having
@MTGMelee
to stay updated on standings, pairings and decklists! Amazing addition to the experience.
Caught a block in 30 seconds for this reply. Think you’ve got something good to say? Explain why you’re right. Don’t just expect people to blindly trust you because you have an oops discord.