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    Oestrus

    @Oestrus

    Ball busting career woman by day. Podcaster extraordinaire by night.

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    Best posts made by Oestrus

    • RE: North American Eternal Weekend 2017 Metagame Breakdown

      I'm fairly new to Vintage, so take what I say with a truck load of salt. But I find it fascinating as a Dredge player to see the difference in how people respond to Dredge doing well, compared to when Shops does well.

      When Dredge does well, it's like this 'break the glass, hit the big red button' kind of moment. It cannot be allowed to happen. People bring in everything short of Withered Wretch to deal with us.

      When Shops does well, you see people throw up their hands in frustration, and resign themselves to their fate. You don't see a vast increase in Hurkyl's Recall, or Stony Silence, or Fragmentize.

      I understand the argument that Sphere, or Thorn can put a hamper on these plans. But you don't see people stop playing Reanimator simply because Deathrite Shaman exists, or people stop playing Storm because Flusterstorm is a thing. They find ways around it, or they power through it. The argument that Sphere effects are a reason to not even try feels similar to the popular 'Dies to Doom Blade' argument.

      This past weekend the meta was incredibly hostile towards Dredge, largely because it was touted as the bogeyman of the tournament. People responded to that threat accordingly. I would like to give these same people a chance to respond to this threat of Shops before I start seriously considering a restriction on Workshop.

      posted in Official Tournament Results
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    • StarCityGames Power 9 Vintage Tournament - 6/8-6/10

      We don't have many details, but this was just announced:

      https://twitter.com/StarCityGames/status/957425015166832640

      posted in Vintage Tournaments
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    • RE: Eternal Extravaganza 7 Results

      Let us not forget the best moment of Eternal Extravaganza:

      https://clips.twitch.tv/RudeDelightfulMonitorOSkomodo

      posted in Official Tournament Results
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    • CFB Announces More Old School Support at Grand Prix

      https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/8dfsgi/updates_to_grand_prix_dominaria_season/

      posted in Off-Topic
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    • RE: Anti-Dredge Strategy - from a Dredge Expert

      How dare you.

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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    • RE: [m19] mistcaller

      This will hit Ichorid and Bloodghast.

      Oh, and it exiles our Bridges when you sacrifice it.

      YAY

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
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    • RE: Is anyone enjoying this new meta?

      @smmenen Danced naked in the rain?

      posted in Vintage Community
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    • RE: Survival

      @wfain Indeed! Athena really enjoyed playing the deck, so I told her to come check out this thread, and see all the progress you all have made it on the list.

      posted in Survival
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    • RE: Best Dredge deck to build for testing?

      I've noticed a significant increase in Paradoxical Outcome decks, which I take to mean I either need to be faster (e.g. Fatestitcher Dredge) or I need more discard (e.g. Unmask Dredge)

      I'll be pretty busy for the next few weeks, and won't have much time to play. But that's probably where I would start if I was about to get into the swing of things.

      posted in Dredge
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    • RE: Dredge Sideboarding Tactics

      @jhport12 I think Unmask/Leyline was seeing play going into Eternal Weekend because Dredge had been touted as the bogeyman of the weekend, and Pitch Dredge can be kind of weak to the mirror. Short of racing to Elesh Norn, we don't really have a plan. Force, and Misstep aren't great in the mirror.

      We're at the point in the cycle where everyone packed a lot of hate to deal with the threat, and now the threat has somewhat subsided. I personally would go back to the Force/Misstep plan. But if we reached a high point for Dredge again I might go back to Leyline/Unmask.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
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    Latest posts made by Oestrus

    • RE: HollowBears miniprimer

      I just want to say I love everything happening here and this is the most excited I've been for a list in a long time. Keep up the good work.

      posted in Survival
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    • RE: New Graveyard Approaches with Hogaak in Vintage - Post Aug-2019 B/R Announcement

      I love everything happening here.

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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    • RE: 5-2 with Ad Nauseam at the NYSE!

      I fucking love Ad Nauseam. Got mine altered a while back.

      posted in Tournament Reports
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    • RE: N.Y.S.E. Open VI - 7/20/19 - Long Island, New York

      @desolutionist Sullivan was the top finishing Dredge player at 11th place, I believe?

      posted in Vintage Tournaments
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    • RE: London Mulligan Coming to MTGO

      @vaughnbros Ooh. What did you replace them with? 👀

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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    • RE: LCV April 2019 - 21 players - Top 16 decklists

      Thank you for posting these! I was just thinking about how I might try to fit Petrified Field into Pitch Dredge. @ajfirecracker

      posted in Official Tournament Results
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    • RE: [GRN] Molderhulk

      It was nice to finally meet you!

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
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    • Hunter Burton Memorial Open - March 17th Vintage Side Event

      Where: 1601 Campus Dr, Hurst, TX 76054
      When: Sunday, March 17th, 2019 @ 12: 30 PM CST
      Entry: $20
      Format: 3 Swiss rounds of No-Proxy Vintage.
      Prizes:
      3 wins - 24 Prize Chips
      2 wins - 6 Prize Chips
      1 win = 2 Prize Chips

      Hope to see you there!

      posted in Vintage Tournaments
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    • RE: Cavern of Souls sideboard

      I... don't hate this?

      posted in Dredge
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    • RE: GP/Magicfest Memphis - Anyone Going?

      Sadly, no. I've got the Hunter Burton Open in March, and then nothing for a while.

      posted in Vintage Community
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