Got a challenge idea or some other comment? I have a new e-mail address! E-mail me at caley@tappedout.net!
I have a compulsive need to build decks. BLUE decks.
And yes, I actually built all of these decks. I carry them around with me in a duffel bag.
I'm on Magic Online as IdealistCynic.
Also, the top 10 best counterspell flavor texts:
10- "With one commanding word, the spell was put down and a fine collected for its casting." -Overrule, Dissension
9- "It was probably a lousy spell in the first place" -Counterspell, Tempest
8- "Your attack has been rendered harmless. It is, however, quite pretty." -Counterspell, Mercadian Masques
7- "Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you." -Last Word, Darksteel
6- "Well, at least all of that arm-waving and arcane babbling you did was impressive." -Remand, Ravnica
5- "The first time was amusing, but now you're getting tiresome." -Laquatus' Disdain, Judgment
4- "There is nothing you can do that I cannot simply deny." -Dismiss, Tempest
3- "Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's." -Punish Ignorance, Shards of Alara
2- "The pyromancer summoned up her mightiest onslaught of fire and rage. Jace feigned interest." -Counterspell, Jace v. Chandra
1- None. It just says "Counter target spell." .....it's beautiful. -Counterspell, 4th Ed.
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Awarded for placing 5th in Squire's Interim Challenge
KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- Duel-Wielding (and results from Shards of Broken Glass!)
I challenge you to a duel!
KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- Shards of Broken Glass (and results from Squire1's Interim!)
Fun fact- I am kind of a sadist.
Design TappedOut's own set!- Blue cards
T/O R&D's Secret Lair
Rules Primer- Kinds of abilities
From each according to his abilities, said Marx, but he didn't say if that was an activated ability or a triggered ability, or whatever else.
You can't spell Vorosh with out Oros.
Rules Primer- State-based Effects
"The game" is checking you out.
Rules Primer- Priority and the Stack
Wrath of the Comprehensive Rules, 2UU, Sorcery- Confuse target player.
KrazyCaley's Top 10 Most Disappointing Worldwake Cards
The bad, the boring, and the preposterous.
KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- Negashard (and results from THIS is a deck)
The shards with no name.
KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- THIS is a deck.
Size does matter.
Today's lesson- urza-s-legacy/tinker.jpgTinker is banned for a reason.
At CaleyCo Industries, we value consumer input.
KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- Underwhelming (plus results from Use with Caution!)
The rise of the UnDecks.
KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- "Use With Caution" (and results from Mono-Blue Aggro!)
Good luck with THIS one.
KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge: Mono-blue Aggro
For all the mad Magic mixologists out there.
KrazyCaley's Top 10 Gameplay Tips for Intermediate Players
Better spellcasting for the thoughtful Planeswalker.
KrazyCaley's Top 10 Planeswalkers
Quick, while there are still only 10 to judge anyway!
KrazyCaley's Top 10 Mono-blue Creatures
Yo, listen up, here's the story/About some little guys that live in a blue world
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall....
I was wondering that myself. It did not escape me that the two decks were very similar. I think the tweaks ended up counting for a lot; LLL's deck killed a lot of threats before they started. Could have just been luck in the playtesting though.
KrazyCaley on TAMA 5 hours, 43 minutes ago
Oh, additional rule- For this challenge, I will be ignoring any sideboards posted. Duel Decks don't get to sideboard.
-C
KrazyCaley on KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- ... 22 hours, 55 minutes ago
That's what I'm scoring in theme adhesion. If your decks share no particular theme, that's bad. They should have something linking them, like yes, planeswalkers duels, perhaps, or maybe non-traditional tribal duels. If I entered my own challenges, I'd go with Ninjas v. Samurai- Kon'iro no Shinobi v. The Naya Shogunate.
But that doesn't have to be all. There can be some link between them other than that. Maybe you want to reach back to a work of fiction and do Rebel Alliance v. Galactic Empire using rebels, allies, and something that somehow makes for a Galactic Empire deck ( portal-three-kingdoms/imperial-seal.jpgImperial Seal? )
Or maybe you want to focus on legendary creature-focused duels. Or on something else. The possibilities are endless, and I don't want to limit anyone's creativity.
KrazyCaley on KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- ... 23 hours, 16 minutes ago
Hey, everybody. Playtesting has been in progress for a couple days now. This has been an especially difficult challenge to score, though, especially given the fact that there were a LOT of solid entries. Will be set to go here in just a little longer.
KrazyCaley on KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- ... 1 day, 2 hours ago
People DO hate being controlled, and I think that's why Faeries had such an outrage against it despite the fact that it was not as popular as a metagame percentage (but yes, still in more top 8s, perhaps because it took a particular kind of player to run it properly?)
But then, perhaps we should be fair to Jund- part of its power is its enormous ease of use. You just keep casting things and then your opponents die. How easy a deck is to use is perhaps part of what makes it a good deck; even a superior deck that took lots of practice and constant concentration to use might not be as popular, or even a better idea for an intelligent player to run over the course of a long tournament.
-C
KrazyCaley on KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- ... 2 days, 4 hours ago
I'm with Tama, this deck totally needs shards-of-alara/ad-nauseam.jpgAd Nauseam
KrazyCaley on Black Death Control ... 2 days, 5 hours ago
Incidentally, everyone, just over a day left to get those entries in.
KrazyCaley on KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- ... 2 days, 8 hours ago
You know what's weird about Jund? It was always WAY bigger than Faeries ever was, in terms of what percentage of the metagame it was. At some tournaments more or less HALF the decks were Jund! But people tended to bitch way more about Faeries, to the point where Wizards put in specific Fae killers like 2010-core-set/great-stable-stag.jpgGreat Sable Stag and conflux/volcanic-fallout.jpgVolcanic Fallout. I think people just hate super-successful BLUE standard decks in particular.
KrazyCaley on KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- ... 2 days, 8 hours ago
Man, I will never take a rules correction as an insult. I encourage any and all people to whoop my careless ass re: rules.
KrazyCaley on Darkness1835 2 days, 10 hours ago
Fair enough. Need to read my rules more carefully. MTGbowling is absolutely right.
KrazyCaley on Darkness1835 2 days, 10 hours ago
Did I lose on the lack of colour balance?
TAMA on KrazyCaley 13 hours, 4 minutes ago
Just curious but since the 2nd place deck and my Grixis Hurt Challenge Edition were roughly the same (in fact hers was based of mine) how did mine fail so abyssmally? Also my Bant Fog I have seen come first at full blown standard tournaments and I am curious as to how it failed as well?
TAMA on KrazyCaley 13 hours, 8 minutes ago
are your themes for the new challenge MTG related or can they be anything. i was thinking about using literary themes
squire1 on KrazyCaley 19 hours, 37 minutes ago
hey KC is it possible to go into negative life? Like you take MORE than lethal damage, but have 2010-core-set/platinum-angel.jpgPlatinum Angel out?
and if so, then if are sitting say -7 life, when you play worldwake/deaths-shadow.jpgDeath's Shadow, does your creature get +7+7?
Darkness1835 on KrazyCaley 3 days, 8 hours ago
what is Caley Local 521?
squire1 on KrazyCaley 3 days, 22 hours ago
For the current challenge going over my submission Land, Land and more land i was wondering if the use of creeping tar pit and celestial colonnade would be in breach of the colour limits?
SirNips on KrazyCaley 4 days, 5 hours ago
i have another question. if i play ninth-edition/rewind.jpgRewind can i untap the same land four times. meaning it untaps i tap for mana and then it untaps again i tap for mana it untaps...etc?
komar on KrazyCaley 1 week, 2 days ago
if you can I linked to the wrong deck for acewilliams win. It should say druid pin. If you can change it please. Sorry my writing was bad very tired
squire1 on KrazyCaley 1 week, 3 days ago
Hey, I upgraded, but it doesn't seem to like me...so I don't have access to anything? I am not sure who to talk to about this issue. Can you help?
l0ki on KrazyCaley 1 week, 5 days ago
gotta love picky people.
Darkness1835 on KrazyCaley 1 week, 5 days ago