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Mirrodin Besieged
« on: January 28, 2011, 06:17:03 PM »
Mirrodin Besieged prerelease this weekend, who is going and which faction do you think you will go with?

I am thinking of going Phyrexian, the Glissa looks to interesting to pass up.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2011, 12:38:33 AM »
The Heroes are going to be chase Mythics within 2 months. New Phyrexia may have the BSC and new Needle, but Hero of Oxid Ridge is a power house.



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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2011, 02:40:17 AM »
Hmm...you could be right...maybe I will do Mirran on Sunday to get one.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2011, 02:02:28 AM »
I did Phyrixian, but since we only had 8 people show, everyone got both promo cards :p

One of my friends opened up a Hero of Bladehold and got a second promo one as a prize.

Wish I actually won some games, though.  I can't believe how poorly I did.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2011, 02:19:31 AM »
I did worse than normal today... :(

Tried to force green and ended up with a BG deck that was too top heavy. After two rebuilds it became a BW deck with lots of chumps and equipment, which actually won some games unlike the first two...

I think we had like 26-28 people, I am hoping for the same turn out tomorrow, going to try Mirran then.

Only cards really worth mentioning would probably be the Green Sun's Zenith and Kemba, Kha Regent.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2011, 01:01:00 PM »
My rares were Black Sun's Zenith, Spine of Ish Sah, Etched Champion, Dissapation Field, Aseciticism, and Phyrexian Revoker.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2011, 02:13:13 PM »
I didn't go, because the prerelease date coincided exactly with cram time for my exams. :mad
So I'm going to go next week instead. I'll probably go Mirran, because I have a deck I want to try out in T2 that involves mostly Mirran cards, and I got pretty disillusioned after noticing that the sign of Phyrexia is basically the greek letter Phi.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2011, 11:12:18 PM »
Actually the format for release day is different than pre-release.

Pre-release had faction packs for Besiege packs instead of a chance of getting all the cards come next week.

Oh, this is merely assuming, but I think the whole reason behind the faction packs was to determine who wins the war.

Anyway, today the odds were not with me. I either got no mana or flooded, there was no happy medium. Cerebral Eruption found a land 9 out of 10 casts...

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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2011, 03:29:22 AM »
Oh, this is merely assuming, but I think the whole reason behind the faction packs was to determine who wins the war.
Doubtful at best. Sets are started design on about a year or so in advance, if memory serves. It's a few months to New Phyrexia/Mirrodin Pure now. I don't know the exact timelines of sets, but I'm pretty sure it's been already handed over to Development by now, or is soon going to be, if it hasn't already been completed.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2011, 12:16:56 PM »
I'm hoping it goes to Mirrodin Pure.  I like Phyrixia, but I think it's run its course.

After all, Phyrixia's main aim was taking Dominaria.  I'm not sure even they would want that place now.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2011, 12:28:15 PM »
I'm hoping it goes to Mirrodin Pure.  I like Phyrixia, but I think it's run its course.

After all, Phyrixia's main aim was taking Dominaria.  I'm not sure even they would want that place now.
Incorrect. Yawgmoth's aim was taking Dominaria. Phyrexia itself, as defined mostly by the corrupting oil, only really cares about spreading, corrupting, and generally being a pain-in-the-ass parasite.
Personally, I'm hoping to see what happens if the Eldrazi eat Phyrexia.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2011, 12:31:55 PM »
Oh, this is merely assuming, but I think the whole reason behind the faction packs was to determine who wins the war.
Doubtful at best. Sets are started design on about a year or so in advance, if memory serves. It's a few months to New Phyrexia/Mirrodin Pure now. I don't know the exact timelines of sets, but I'm pretty sure it's been already handed over to Development by now, or is soon going to be, if it hasn't already been completed.
The judges had a sheet they were recording each faction wins on, which they said they had to send in, in addition to the match results.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2011, 12:38:40 PM »
Oh, this is merely assuming, but I think the whole reason behind the faction packs was to determine who wins the war.
Doubtful at best. Sets are started design on about a year or so in advance, if memory serves. It's a few months to New Phyrexia/Mirrodin Pure now. I don't know the exact timelines of sets, but I'm pretty sure it's been already handed over to Development by now, or is soon going to be, if it hasn't already been completed.
The judges had a sheet they were recording each faction wins on, which they said they had to send in, in addition to the match results.
Pretty sure that's standard procedure, though.

If Phyrixia does win, I hope they go to Lorowyn next.  That place needs to die.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2011, 12:48:08 PM »
Oh, this is merely assuming, but I think the whole reason behind the faction packs was to determine who wins the war.
Doubtful at best. Sets are started design on about a year or so in advance, if memory serves. It's a few months to New Phyrexia/Mirrodin Pure now. I don't know the exact timelines of sets, but I'm pretty sure it's been already handed over to Development by now, or is soon going to be, if it hasn't already been completed.
The judges had a sheet they were recording each faction wins on, which they said they had to send in, in addition to the match results.
Feature? Something similar to what they'll do for Game Day, perhaps? Just a red herring? Seriously, Action is to launch in spring. It's far too late now to decide what it's gonna be about, especially since a global theme like that decides... oh, pretty much everything about the set. Each side has mechanics associated with it. Scars had a 80-20 spread of Mirran to Phyrexian, while Besieged is 50-50. Going by symmetry and the potential names, the most likely spreads for Action are 100-0 or 80-20 in favor of either side. Since each sides has mechanics distinctly associated with it (Phyrexia has Infect, Proliferate, and various mechanics involving sacrificing stuff; Mirrodin has Battle Cry, Metalcraft, and some other non-keyword stuff), the way that spread leans has an immense impact on what the set finally looks like mechanically. In other words, they'd need to know the theme before they even start working on the set, and February is far too late to start working on a spring set.

There is, of course, the possibility that they developed both sets, and will use these to decide which of the two will be printed, but that seems unlikely - I just don't see Wizards throwing away an entire set of stuff for what is, in the end, a marketing thing, even if some or most of the cards are later salvaged. It's possible that whichever set is not printed will show up in the future, but that seems unlikely as well.
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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2011, 08:22:48 PM »
Oh, this is merely assuming, but I think the whole reason behind the faction packs was to determine who wins the war.
Doubtful at best. Sets are started design on about a year or so in advance, if memory serves. It's a few months to New Phyrexia/Mirrodin Pure now. I don't know the exact timelines of sets, but I'm pretty sure it's been already handed over to Development by now, or is soon going to be, if it hasn't already been completed.
The judges had a sheet they were recording each faction wins on, which they said they had to send in, in addition to the match results.
Pretty sure that's standard procedure, though.

If Phyrixia does win, I hope they go to Lorowyn next.  That place needs to die.

I'd rather see Ravnica again, but I believe that is going to be Friends/Romans/Countrymen.

Action's been getting a lot of talk on the Rumor Mill, mostly because half the people who post are Phyrexian supporters slaves. They keep making claims that the Phyrexians are going to win and spread throughout the multiverse, despite the fact that Phyrexians have no means of escaping Mirrodin unless they remember how to build the planar portals (which they shouldn't have any memory of).


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« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2011, 02:30:13 AM »
Oh, you misunderstand me, Sinfire.  I don't want to go back to Lorowyn for another block.  I want the Phyrixians to go there.

Or the Eldrazi.  Heck, both would be hilarious.
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« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2011, 03:07:43 AM »
Oh, you misunderstand me, Sinfire.  I don't want to go back to Lorowyn for another block.  I want the Phyrixians to go there.

Or the Eldrazi.  Heck, both would be hilarious.

That, however, would be worth it.

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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2011, 09:57:41 AM »
Action's been getting a lot of talk on the Rumor Mill, mostly because half the people who post are Phyrexian supporters slaves. They keep making claims that the Phyrexians are going to win and spread throughout the multiverse, despite the fact that Phyrexians have no means of escaping Mirrodin unless they remember how to build the planar portals (which they shouldn't have any memory of).

They have Karn on their side. Karn the planeswalker. I believe they'll figure something out.

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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2011, 12:48:50 PM »
5-0'd the pre-release as Phyrexian.  Won 16 packs, 8/8 each faction, and I got the holiday 2010 card as well.  Thinking I should eBay them.

For comparison I had asked the tournament director to keep track of the number of players per side: 19 Phyrexian, 23 Mirran.  I played a Mirran in the finals, but I played a Phyrexian in each of the other 4 rounds prior.

I had a ridiculous deck, but so did *everyone* else.

Did anyone else at the pre-release notice that the mythic rare count was *absurdly* high?  Like literally every single person I played had at least one mythic (I had TWO) and that the overall composition of the decks/cards was much higher than normal for a pre-release?  I understand the faction packs definitely added to that, but it still seemed waaaay too good.

I really like all the cards in this set.  Very few donkey rares and a lot are going to see play in multiple formats, particularly the Sun Zeniths.

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Re: Mirrodin Besieged
« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2011, 01:00:38 PM »
They have Karn on their side. Karn the planeswalker. I believe they'll figure something out.
He is no longer a Planeswalker, though I think he still has the ability to walk.

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I saw crap for my limited pool, got a Red Sun and Green Sun, but in both cases I didn't have cards to run them.

I know each day a Tezzerek was pulled (not by me of course), but beyond that, I don't think there was much mythic love.
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