Critical Miss: #24

[The Wooster]

#24

Even well done videogames pale in comparison to the real world crushing of friends.

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[Juven Ignus]

Haha, every one of my friends that plays (Including me) has a card like that. Makes the game so much fun.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Oh, very nice!

And I just got back into Magic, so this totally works. Great comic!

EDIT: Not tournament play, just casual with friends. I'd need all new cards to be tournament legal, and I'm saving for a new computer.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Well, That is not how I pitcure that fight was going to end...Is that an actual card?

 

[Jhereg42]

I had this card called the Sliver Queen that basically mades tons of little 1/1 cannonfodder. Everybody was like "oooh, scary" until I played an Overrun.

There is no greater sense of satisfaction than killing all three opponents in a 4 way duel in one turn thanks to a horde of 1/1 Slivers.

 

[Break]

Y'know, I kind of like how you're happy to make jokes and references to things people might not understand at all.

 

[Jared]

Seagull of DOOM! heh. I dont play magic myself, but, I totally understand the over-priced thing from what I have seen on Steam...

Y'know, I kind of like how you're happy to make jokes and references to things people might not understand at all.

There will always be times where, we dont get the punchline. It happens unfortunatly, but, thats just how it is~ Some people will prolly get this and may find it hilarious!

 

[The Wooster]

I had this card called the Sliver Queen that basically mades tons of little 1/1 cannonfodder. Everybody was like "oooh, scary" until I played an Overrun.

There is no greater sense of satisfaction than killing all three opponents in a 4 way duel in one turn thanks to a horde of 1/1 Slivers.

I have a Sliver Queen deck in my (ludicrously overpowered for casual play) Foil Sliver deck (buying the advantage for the win!) and she owns. She essentially gives you free ammo for other Sliver's abilities and/or gives you buffed, double striking, deathtouching monster slivers every turn later in the game.
Slivers are kind of boring to play though. A full sliver deck, like an elf deck, has no timing required. Do you play a sliver? Why the fuck not, there's never any reason not too considering it buffs every other Sliver on the field.

 

[Proteus214]

Getting your ass kicked by a Thieving Magpie is never a fun experience.

Also, what the hell is that thing on her belly?

 

[Engarde]

Heheh. How very amusing. I do so love Magic.

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

huh, not trying to bash your work but your backstory on the comic is actually funnier than the comic itself.

 

[Slycne]

On the face of it, there's nothing special about the Welkin Tern, it's a 2/1 flyer for 2 mana. A decent quick drop and good for pecking away at an opponent but it's not going to set the earth on fire (that's a little joke, it does) when compared to some [http://magiccards.info/query?q=pathrazer&v=card&s=cname], of [http://magiccards.info/arc/en/123.html], the [http://magiccards.info/roe/en/7.html], cards [http://magiccards.info/roe/en/4.html] in my deck.

Eldrazi decks are so much fun, I almost feel bad sometimes, almost. Hand of Emrakul [http://magiccards.info/roe/en/5.html] is still one of my favorites for how quickly you can have a 7/7 Annihilator 1 on the board.

 

[BloodSquirrel]

I had this card called the Sliver Queen that basically mades tons of little 1/1 cannonfodder. Everybody was like "oooh, scary" until I played an Overrun.

There is no greater sense of satisfaction than killing all three opponents in a 4 way duel in one turn thanks to a horde of 1/1 Slivers.

Overrun is awesome for that. My last magic game ended when my 10 2/2 wolves (I had a card that put a token down for every forest I had in play, and my deck was designed to put forests out fast) became 5/5. All in all, I hit with 84 points of damage.

I also like using lure to force all of my opponents monsters to block one attacker, leaving them wide open for the rest of my dudes.

 

[AugustFall]

Last night on MTGO I was faced with a loop, it was aweful. I could get him down to 8 life in both games but then through scrying and other such cards he has all that he needs and opens up an infinite loop which negates my turn and then uses infinite direct damages.
I too love playing with my friends with as you say ridiculous theme decks (we can't make a deck without a theme) but I like the challenge of Tournament play.

Great comic as usual, reminds me of when my friend, using his saporling deck, equipped this ridiculous black legendary scythe and took on my then 21/21 Ajani's Pridemate. I love literal translations of what's happening in magic, it's crazy.

 

[BloodSquirrel]

Y'know, I kind of like how you're happy to make jokes and references to things people might not understand at all.

Most people who've played magic should get the joke- we've all seen stuff like this.

 

[The Wooster]

On the face of it, there's nothing special about the Welkin Tern, it's a 2/1 flyer for 2 mana. A decent quick drop and good for pecking away at an opponent but it's not going to set the earth on fire (that's a little joke, it does) when compared to some [http://magiccards.info/query?q=pathrazer&v=card&s=cname], of [http://magiccards.info/arc/en/123.html], the [http://magiccards.info/roe/en/7.html], cards [http://magiccards.info/roe/en/4.html] in my deck.

Eldrazi decks are so much fun, I almost feel bad sometimes, almost. Hand of Emrakul [http://magiccards.info/roe/en/5.html] is still one of my favorites for how quickly you can have a 7/7 Annihilator 1 on the board.

I do feel kind of bad because they prove those people who've been whining about power creep for the past few years like nine different flavours of right.

Some of them just stray into complete bullshit territory. Especially when combined with everyone's favourite fatty dropper, Elvish Piper.

I had this card called the Sliver Queen that basically mades tons of little 1/1 cannonfodder. Everybody was like "oooh, scary" until I played an Overrun.

There is no greater sense of satisfaction than killing all three opponents in a 4 way duel in one turn thanks to a horde of 1/1 Slivers.

Overrun is awesome for that. My last magic game ended when my 10 2/2 wolves (I had a card that put a token down for every forest I had in play, and my deck was designed to put forests out fast) became 5/5. All in all, I hit with 84 points of damage.

I also like using lure to force all of my opponents monsters to block one attacker, leaving them wide open for the rest of my dudes.

In my last game against Cory and Ian (owner of the terninator) in Duels of the Planeswalkers. I used the elf deck and put coat of arms into play (every creature gets +1/+1 for every creature it shares a creature type with). Cory then put some green bullshit enchantment into play which gave him a Tree creature into play every turn. When we finally duked it out he dealt 450 damage to me in a turn.

 

[Boba Frag]

haha! Nice...

Also, you actually made her look like a woman for a change. Very good. Although she seems to have gone up a cup size...

Great stuff as always.

 

[Slycne]

I do feel kind of bad because they prove those people who've been whining about power creep for the past few years like nine different flavours of right.

Some of them just stray into complete bullshit territory. Especially when combined with everyone's favourite fatty dropper, Elvish Piper.

True, though I think people often dismiss or forget about some of the crazy stuff in older editions. There are some very powerful cards like Balance "I'm resetting the game for 2 mana." Though almost every deck I construct now includes Enchantment destruction to deal with 2011 core set Leylines, those are annoying as all hell.

 

[The Wooster]

I do feel kind of bad because they prove those people who've been whining about power creep for the past few years like nine different flavours of right.

Some of them just stray into complete bullshit territory. Especially when combined with everyone's favourite fatty dropper, Elvish Piper.

True, though I think people often dismiss or forget about some of the crazy stuff in older editions. There are some very powerful cards like Balance "I'm resetting the game for 2 mana." Though almost every deck I construct now includes Enchantment destruction to deal with 2011 core set Leylines, those are annoying as all hell.

Oh God yes. Leyline of sanctity [http://magiccards.info/m11/en/21.html] may as well read "Players with red or black decks may not win the game."