DDZE - Choose Nissa

GrizzoMtGPQ
GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
edited January 2019 in MtGPQ General Discussion
Any chance we can try to stack the deck for Nissa? Spread the word, tell your coalitions? Stop picking the Eldrazi or we are never going to get Mana Confluence!
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  • Gabrosin
    Gabrosin Posts: 259 Mover and Shaker
    Nissa 4eva (until I get Mana Confluence).
  • wereotter
    wereotter Posts: 2,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    I support this (though I'll still be picking Eldrazi)

    I picked up Mana Confluence during the beta and have gotten all the Zendikar cards from the packs at this point. I'd like more of the Eldrazi cards for free.....
  • Laeuftbeidir
    Laeuftbeidir Posts: 1,841 Chairperson of the Boards
    I'm always switching around.. It'll be nissa this time.
    I also don't think stacking sides do anything..
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  • Machine
    Machine Posts: 857 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2019

    I didn't play the first beta and got the Eldrazi exclusive the second beta. After that I've been playing N4 to get Mana Confluence. I'm still choosing her ;-)...

    Good initiative. I hope others will follow, but I'm not sure how the mechanics work that decide which side is winning.

  • Avahad
    Avahad Posts: 296 Mover and Shaker
    I’m In the same boat as machine above me....

    still playing team nissa trying and trying....

    maybe as as well as stacking Nissa we could try to convince the peeps picking Ted to lose? 😀😀
  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    I have every Nissa card except Confluence.  Not sure if its worth playing her again for.

    On the bright side, the side I chose has only ever won once, so if I pick Eldrazi Nissa will probably win
  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    starfall said:
    Does the fact that Mana Confluence is terrible not soothe your ailing nerves?
    No.  Completionism is a real thing.  It exists therefore I need it.  And the fact that it has been wholly unobtainable for most regardless of effort is a real gut punch.
  • GrizzoMtGPQ
    GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
    James13 said:
    starfall said:
    Does the fact that Mana Confluence is terrible not soothe your ailing nerves?
    No.  Completionism is a real thing.  It exists therefore I need it.  And the fact that it has been wholly unobtainable for most regardless of effort is a real gut punch.
    This. Mainly this.
  • wereotter
    wereotter Posts: 2,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    James13 said:
    starfall said:
    Does the fact that Mana Confluence is terrible not soothe your ailing nerves?
    No.  Completionism is a real thing.  It exists therefore I need it.  And the fact that it has been wholly unobtainable for most regardless of effort is a real gut punch.
    I use it, I don't think it's terrible...

    Not only is it an immediate cost reducer while in play, but for planeswalkers like Koth who can mass destroy gems, you can get some really nice boosts on your mana gains. I'd say it really shines for him since it takes his negative gains on blue and white and completely eliminates them.
  • arNero
    arNero Posts: 358 Mover and Shaker
    Yeah, four (I think) Duel Deck events, Nissa always lost, Mana Confluence probably will never be obtainable.

    I mean, come on, even those old masterpieces from Kaladesh and Amonkhet sometimes show up again in the Vault for us to try to obtain again, so at least they can still be obtained if extremely difficult. But if the Duel Deck fiasco keeps up, Mana Confluence will be lost forever, and I hate that.
  • Grixis197
    Grixis197 Posts: 188 Tile Toppler
    I’ve faced some people with Mana Confluence either Nissa won on the very first Duel Decks came as only a handful of people were chosen back then or there are brackets.
  • Brakkis
    Brakkis Posts: 777 Critical Contributor
    Grixis197 said:
    I’ve faced some people with Mana Confluence either Nissa won on the very first Duel Decks came as only a handful of people were chosen back then or there are brackets.

    Nissa won the first beta. Those of us who got in and picked her have Mana Confluence.
  • Azerack
    Azerack Posts: 501 Critical Contributor
    Sorry, as I have stuck with Nissa I have all the Zen rares, so now I'm looking at the Eld rares... And even though I can't remember if I won Mana Confluence, I've  rarely seen it played so I'm not worried about ever getting it. 
  • Grixis197
    Grixis197 Posts: 188 Tile Toppler
    Brakkis said:
    Grixis197 said:
    I’ve faced some people with Mana Confluence either Nissa won on the very first Duel Decks came as only a handful of people were chosen back then or there are brackets.

    Nissa won the first beta. Those of us who got in and picked her have Mana Confluence.
    As I thought
  • JopeX37
    JopeX37 Posts: 138 Tile Toppler
    Question about scoring in this event for @Brigby - does completing the secondaries help your side win or is it solely based on just winning your matches?
  • Tremayne
    Tremayne Posts: 1,673 Chairperson of the Boards
    Has this failed, TED has been leading for the last couple of hours?
  • Brakkis
    Brakkis Posts: 777 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2019
    Trying to stack sides hasn't worked since the first closed beta event when the majority of players were all in a big group together on Discord and agreed to stack. Even then, Nissa barely won. We literally had to count pixels to see who was winning.

    The player base is too large and too spread out for a small minority of players on the forums and a couple of Slack/Discord channels to ever be able to sway the outcome.

    Addendum: Yes, Nissa is the better walker among the two. Unfortunately, they matched a mono-color against a colorless walker. The availability of 4 colors of cards is too much to pass up for many players when building decks for this event. It was poor design.
  • Laeuftbeidir
    Laeuftbeidir Posts: 1,841 Chairperson of the Boards
    Brakkis said:


    The player base is too large and too spread out for a small minority of players on the forums and a couple of Slack/Discord channels to ever be able to sway the outcome.
    .. And since we know nothing about the mechanic in the background, even that (it was twice, though) could just be an accident. My guess from the beginning was that the players are weighted against each other.. But since the devs remaindead silent we'll never know
  • AdriA
    AdriA Posts: 42 Just Dropped In
    starfall said:
    Does the fact that Mana Confluence is terrible not soothe your ailing nerves?
    Indeed, it does not worth the effort playing Nissa to get that.

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