Mello wrote...
Jeskai domination is the real deal.
Yuuya Watanabe swept the floor with Jon Finkel to maximize the latter's mana screw... it was so uneven. Similarly, Shaun McLaren's Jeskai list was able to shoot his opponent for like 13 damage in a single turn...
I'll stick to my guns and play Temur though, since all Jeskai is doing is shoot Rabblemasters to like $30 and Mantis to like, over $10... but note to self: the Superfriends version might be too slow... Ascendancy, ramp or tempo are the next experiments.
So many different flavours, rofl xD. Burn, Control, Tokens, Combo... Geez. I was so happy to hear that the Ascendancy combo decks are doing well, and I like the Altar of the Brood tech. I should try it in my deck sometime. My tech, in case I can't just attack with my creatures, is Burning Anger.
Yeah, that's unfortunate. I kinda wanted to see Jon's deck go off. But that happens sometimes.... It's a darn shame it happened on camera.
Speaking of darn shames, it's almost comical how badly UB does on camera, even though people are doing well with it. I was actually a bit surprised that pros thought it was a real deck. Makes me pretty happy~
I had an idea for a sort of Arisocrats-like style of deck with Butcher of the Horde and Grim Haruspex and Bloodsoaked Champion, but I need to find more things I can repeatedly sacrifice, another sac outlet, and creatures with "when this dies" effects.
I also started having more inspiration for that Mysterious Plans deck, so hopefully I can compile a list in time.
sakabato24 wrote...
Played a Standard and Modern tournament at a convention here on base today. Was loads of fun.
Played my Sultai Reanimator and was surprised that I went 3-2 with it. Pain lands suck though xP.
Went 4-1 with UR Twin in Modern and was happy with that as well.
Just good day for MtG and Street Fighter. :) (Played SF after Standard, won the whole SF tournament, then rolled into Modern. My brain is fried xP)
Got a box of JPN Khans. Pulled all 5 fetches, a foil Phoenix, and some decent rares here and there. (Posting pics in the morning)
How slow is your deck? I'd imagine you wouldn't want the pains at all if the games go long. My friend cut all of his fetches and most of his painlands in his RWU Narset since he expected games to go long. It was also a bit of a meta choice, he has some of the refuge lands in his deck specifically because there's a bunch of aggro players at our shop.
Of course, Reanimator is pretty combo-y, since it sneaks out a guy really fast, they might be fine, unless you truly are concerned about the damage.
Good job in SF and Modern~ What did you lose to in Modern? UR Twin is a pretty versatile deck, it could beat most things.