Magic the Gathering
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
Well Thragtusk certainly is a powerful card. It's the bane of my existence, since my standard deck is a burn deck.
Turns out lifegain is powerful when a brickwall is stapled to it, too (most of my creatures are too small to get through it).
EDIT: And another creature! I kill it, and it's 3/3 buddy replaces it!
Rancor is pretty crazy. Then again, it was printed during Urza's block, in which some ridiculously powerful cards were printed, making Randor seem on a lower level.
You did say it was a budget deck, but if it weren't, I'd suggest Restoration Angel over Emancipation Angel. Righteous Authority turns whichever creature you slap it onto into a lightning rod, and it'll be a pretty devastating 2-for-1. Angel's tomb is an interesting touch. Again, it's a budget thing, but Hallowed Fountain over Guildgate.
Also, your sideboard is strange to me. I've always thought of it as the cards that make things your weak against have less impact on you, not a place to store your Plan B option.
This statement is coming from a guy who has little experience making sideboards though, since I've been told many times about my questionable choices in my sideboard.
Turns out lifegain is powerful when a brickwall is stapled to it, too (most of my creatures are too small to get through it).
EDIT: And another creature! I kill it, and it's 3/3 buddy replaces it!
Rancor is pretty crazy. Then again, it was printed during Urza's block, in which some ridiculously powerful cards were printed, making Randor seem on a lower level.
You did say it was a budget deck, but if it weren't, I'd suggest Restoration Angel over Emancipation Angel. Righteous Authority turns whichever creature you slap it onto into a lightning rod, and it'll be a pretty devastating 2-for-1. Angel's tomb is an interesting touch. Again, it's a budget thing, but Hallowed Fountain over Guildgate.
Also, your sideboard is strange to me. I've always thought of it as the cards that make things your weak against have less impact on you, not a place to store your Plan B option.
This statement is coming from a guy who has little experience making sideboards though, since I've been told many times about my questionable choices in my sideboard.
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Sideboard is strange, what the hell is think twice and cathedral of war doing?
Sideboarding takes a lot of practice and meta analysis, if you get involved with a weekly/regular tournament of any kind, seeing similar decks and evaluating what you think will be played gets easier. Although it may be easier to ask yourself this
What is played?
Of that, what am I weak against?
Of what I am weak against, how much of it do I see?
For thragtusk, you want more reach in the late game, something allows you to power through a thragtusk, I know a lot of people have been throwing Olivia in for that reason.
Sideboarding takes a lot of practice and meta analysis, if you get involved with a weekly/regular tournament of any kind, seeing similar decks and evaluating what you think will be played gets easier. Although it may be easier to ask yourself this
What is played?
Of that, what am I weak against?
Of what I am weak against, how much of it do I see?
For thragtusk, you want more reach in the late game, something allows you to power through a thragtusk, I know a lot of people have been throwing Olivia in for that reason.
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sakabato24
World Warrior
Fixed my side-deck to where I have x2 Rest in Peace and x3 Dryad Militant for those flashback decks as well as those Unbrial Rites decks. Added x3 Negate for a bit more control over players that play planeswalkers and spells over creatures and kept the Knight of Glory for Pro Black.
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Bored so here's a tournament report of me getting my ass stomped at a standard tournament
Despite getting my ass handed to me, I actually had fun with the deck. Sideboard needs work (geist was awful and sat there), and possibly the main deck, but I liked it. dunno how problimatic cavern decks are, bant control is impossible at times, but things like x/w human variants seem winnable as they run no counter magic and can't really interact with me too well.
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Despite getting my ass handed to me, I actually had fun with the deck. Sideboard needs work (geist was awful and sat there), and possibly the main deck, but I liked it. dunno how problimatic cavern decks are, bant control is impossible at times, but things like x/w human variants seem winnable as they run no counter magic and can't really interact with me too well.
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
Did hear some good things from the U/W flash deck...
Never played against it yet, though.
And at least you won a few times this one, I literally went 0-X last tourney I've been to.
Comparing matchups though... Bant I can handle if I kill them fast enough, but I think I'm probably dead if a certain amount of time passes.
Jund is usually good for me, like you said, they don't do anything the first few turns....
Tokens I have some answers to, and I haven't played reanimator yet.
Never played against it yet, though.
And at least you won a few times this one, I literally went 0-X last tourney I've been to.
Comparing matchups though... Bant I can handle if I kill them fast enough, but I think I'm probably dead if a certain amount of time passes.
Jund is usually good for me, like you said, they don't do anything the first few turns....
Tokens I have some answers to, and I haven't played reanimator yet.
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
gurall200 wrote...
Flash is the deck I was playing the other day on cockatrice.Oh. I stand corrected, then. I need to look it up again and try it myself, it does seem like a good one in my eyes.
EDIT: The articles today on DailyMTG presenting the flash deck, and it almost seems like it could be a Delver deck. In fact, there was a variant with Delver.
Also, I think I'll be replacing Stromkirk Noble with Reckless Waif in my monored, seems like its the time, though I'm stil sceptical about it... I cewrtainly considered it before, but I wasnt sure itd really be effective, but it seems to be working for others.
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
w34km1nd3d wrote...
BlinkXPoke wrote...
gurall200 wrote...
Flash is the deck I was playing the other day on cockatrice.Oh. I stand corrected, then. I need to look it up again and try it myself, it does seem like a good one in my eyes.
EDIT: The articles today on DailyMTG presenting the flash deck, and it almost seems like it could be a Delver deck. In fact, there was a variant with Delver.
Also, I think I'll be replacing Stromkirk Noble with Reckless Waif in my monored, seems like its the time, though I'm stil sceptical about it... I cewrtainly considered it before, but I wasnt sure itd really be effective, but it seems to be working for others.
I'll dk know if you did already, but can you post your monored deck. I just really wanna see it.
Sure, I've posted it several times, but it's gone through many changes, as I've experimented with different cards to try to optimize it.
Today's version:
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Sideboard:
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EDIT: I realized I might need to adjust my sideboard some, too due to the slight change.
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I like Waif over stromkirk in theory, the large amount of decks in the format that go shockland tapped>go is staggering (in fact damn near every game I've played has done that), resolving a waif almost seems as good as resolving delver 7 months ago then.
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Hmm, I'm just curious, what do you guys think is better for a mill deck, Mystical Tutor or Ponder?
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
gurall200 wrote...
I like Waif over stromkirk in theory, the large amount of decks in the format that go shockland tapped>go is staggering (in fact damn near every game I've played has done that), resolving a waif almost seems as good as resolving delver 7 months ago then. It is more high impact than Stromkirk. My worry is that I may accidentally transform it back since I'm trying to burn my opponent out. Only two spells need to be cast in order for her to become a little 1/1 human again.
Speaking of Burn, I built a Modern RDW deck too on Cockatrice that I may build in real life since it seems cheap compared to other decks (I have 8 fetchlands in the list, though >_<). I'm just thinking of a sideboard now.
@kicki: Yeah, Ponder, for the reasons gurall said.
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You could just try and apply a steady, constant, stream of pressure on your opponent, using your burn as removal while your creatures tick away at their life, then searing spear them to death when you can win.
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
gurall200 wrote...
You could just try and apply a steady, constant, stream of pressure on your opponent, using your burn as removal while your creatures tick away at their life, then searing spear them to death when you can win.The burn in standard right now are two-mana and above... And I do usually more often than not use my burn as removal.
I feel like my creatures may need the burn's help though, since I kinda want 15 damage in by turn 4 since Thragtusk can possibly be put down by then.
Btw, the Modern burn deck I thought up. Still shaky on sideboard building:
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Sideboard:
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
When such a thing as Lightning Bolt exists, I'd be too nervous to play that. "Sure, the Devil sticks" *EOT Bolt* "Devil's gone harmlessly".
Well... I guess in that respect, they use a Bolt on something other than my face or one of my threats...
Well... I guess in that respect, they use a Bolt on something other than my face or one of my threats...
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Thing about vexing devil, if it sticks then they have removal, if it doesn't then they can't deal with it, it's telling of what they have in their hand, also, 4 for 1 seems decent
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
I guess I'm just greedy and just want for sure damage for my 1 mana. Information is a good thing. Still, I'd think I'd want to have early damage rather than a psuedo hand-destruction spell. Regardless, I think I will add it in. It's usually awesome for me in standard, so might as well try.
Is it good enough to be a four-of in Modern? And, what should I replace for it in my list?
EDIT: So I'm moving the Searing Blaze's into the sideboard to make room for the Devils, but now I'm trying to decide what I should cut from my sideboard to make room for 'em. I'm thinking my 2 Combust and 2 Tormod's Crypt for 'em, but cutting graveyard hate seems wrong to me...
Is it good enough to be a four-of in Modern? And, what should I replace for it in my list?
EDIT: So I'm moving the Searing Blaze's into the sideboard to make room for the Devils, but now I'm trying to decide what I should cut from my sideboard to make room for 'em. I'm thinking my 2 Combust and 2 Tormod's Crypt for 'em, but cutting graveyard hate seems wrong to me...
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Not too sure on the modern meta, but I don't think graveyard based decks are too prevelent (sure there is jund with deathrite shaman but attacking their 'yard is not what you want to be doing to be honest), so you could probably get away with it
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
Well, there's combo decks that seem to be able to go off pretty quickly, though I suppose in that case, I should just try to burn em out as fast as possible rather than trying to distrupt them. Yeah, okay, finalized the decision.
Basically the same list, but the 4 Searing Blaze's are in the sideboard (replacing the Combusts and Crypts), and now there's 4 Vexing Devil in the mainboard.
Basically the same list, but the 4 Searing Blaze's are in the sideboard (replacing the Combusts and Crypts), and now there's 4 Vexing Devil in the mainboard.