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Sampatrick posted:Geist just gets blocked by like a Snapcaster, I'd rather a Teferi or something. Also, Sphinx's is kinda fine in a 23 land deck. If the game drags on long enough you usually find plenty of lands, and if you don't you've drawn a ton of spells so you're probably favored anyway. If faeries can do it in standard you can do it in modern.
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Sickening posted:If faeries can do it in standard you can do it in modern. You're not wrong, but it requires you to take a ton of damage from your lands and I'm not sure I'm willing to do that.
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I've been toying with this deck a lot and after going 2-3 last night, I decided I needed to give it a fairly massive overhaul. Deck: Stompy Puppy  //Lands 20 Forest 3 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood //Spells 4 Howlpack Resurgence 3 Lead the Stampede 4 Moonlight Hunt //Creatures 4 Duskwatch Recruiter 4 Kessig Prowler 3 Lambholt Pacifist 4 Mayor of Avabruck 3 Pack Guardian 4 Wolfir Avenger 4 Young Wolf //Sideboard 4 Natural State 4 Tormod's Crypt 4 Vines of Vastwood 3 Witchstalker  Display deck statisticsI'd love to get CoCo in there but that card is expensive as hell. Pacifist feels good in this deck because I've got a lot of ways to get it up to 4/4, but I might be wrong about that? I had Shrill Howler in that slot before, but my curve felt really back-heavy.
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Just brewed up this ramp/toolbox deck for the upcoming standard. The idea is to evolve your expendable early creatures into silver bullets and late-game bombs. It can get six mana on turn four by evolving primal druid into wild wanderer, and it can make Brisela on turn five if things come together well. Bruna also has a very cute interaction with thalia's lancers; you can evolve the lancers into Bruna, cast bruna getting back the lancers, and find Gisela with the second lancer trigger. I considered demon of dark schemes for the deck, but I think the triple black in the casting cost is too prohibitive and cataclysmic gearhulk does nearly the same job. Deck: Abzan Tinker   //Main 1 Arborback Stomper 1 Bruna, the Fading Light 4 Canopy Vista 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk 2 Distended Mindbender 4 Eldritch Evolution 4 Evolving Wilds 4 Filigree Familiar 5 Forest 1 Gisela, the Broken Blade 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury 2 Grapple with the Past 4 Hissing Quagmire 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 1 Linvala, the Preserver 1 Noxious Gearhulk 3 Plains 4 Primal Druid 2 Shambling Vent 1 Sigarda, Heron's Grace 2 Swamp 2 Thalia's Lancers 4 Traverse the Ulvenwald 2 Vessel of Nascency 3 Wild Wanderer //Sideboard 2 Anguished Unmaking 1 Clip Wings 1 Distended Mindbender 2 Duress 2 Fragmentize 2 Gnarlwood Dryad 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation 2 To the Slaughter 2 Transgress the Mind Display deck statistics
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uninverted posted:Just brewed up this ramp/toolbox deck for the upcoming standard. The idea is to evolve your expendable early creatures into silver bullets and late-game bombs. It can get six mana on turn four by evolving primal druid into wild wanderer, and it can make Brisela on turn five if things come together well. Bruna also has a very cute interaction with thalia's lancers; you can evolve the lancers into Bruna, cast bruna getting back the lancers, and find Gisela with the second lancer trigger. I considered demon of dark schemes for the deck, but I think the triple black in the casting cost is too prohibitive and cataclysmic gearhulk does nearly the same job. This deck seems vulnerable to removal, because you are putting so much value into your evolved cards, but that Thalia's Lancers into Bruna is a really cool find. Good job man.
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DangerDongs posted:This deck seems vulnerable to removal, because you are putting so much value into your evolved cards, but that Thalia's Lancers into Bruna is a really cool find. Good job man. Thanks for the feedback. I think it depends on what removal people end up running. If there are a lot of murders and declarations in stone running around things get rough, but the deck should hold up well against grasp of darkness and red removal since you have so many x/5s. You can also play it slower and keep a weenie creature alive to play around edicts. A lot of your creatures also give you a card worth of value on ETB. uninverted fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Sep 26, 2016 |
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DangerDongs posted:This deck seems vulnerable to removal, because you are putting so much value into your evolved cards, but that Thalia's Lancers into Bruna is a really cool find. Good job man. It's too bad Evolution doesn't give you cast triggers.
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Been tinkering around with a T2 RG energy deck based on Frank Karsten's build, except running only the most necessary rares/mythics to keep the cost down around $55: Deck: Untitled Deck  //Main 3 Aether Hub 2 Arlinn Kord 3 Attune with Aether 3 Brazen Scourge 3 Bristling Hydra 3 Cinder Glade 6 Forest 4 Game Trail 4 Harnessed Lightning 4 Incendiary Flow 4 Kessig Prowler 4 Longtusk Cub 6 Mountain 3 Renegade Freighter 2 Servant of the Conduit 2 Sky Skiff 4 Voltaic Brawler //Sideboard 3 Nature's Way Display deck statisticsOf course if you run Hellions, Chandras, Fleetwheel, Smuggler's Copter, etc then the price more than triples.  Not sure what to sideboard though. Any recommendations?
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I'm still unconvinced of running any vehicles in that deck. I can see running lootcopter, though I'm not going to for budgetary reasons, but on T2 I wanna be dropping a Brawler or Cub, and T3, I wanna be dropping a Hellion, or one of my two drops. I'm running a couple one-drop spells/tricks in those slots, so I can use the extra mana.
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Anil Dasharez0ne posted:It's too bad Evolution doesn't give you cast triggers. Oh, you're right. So much for that idea.
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mehall posted:I'm still unconvinced of running any vehicles in that deck. What about the vehicle that comes down as a 5/3 trample haste creature? It's basically serving its purpose as removal plus damage, and it just takes a Kessig Prowler to crew if it survives. I'm building that deck too. T1 Prowler or Attune for land/energy, T2 Brawler or Cub, T3 the enegy burn card, T4 the vehicle or Arlinn Kord. Plus the bigger rare creatures if the game somehow isn't locked up by then. Seems decent!
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Kessig Prowler feels like the best green 1-drop printed in recent memory.
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Poison Mushroom posted:Kessig Prowler feels like the best green 1-drop printed in recent memory. Annoyingly, since it's a flip uncommon, it's actually kind of hard to pull. I've opened more than enough EMN and only have 3.
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I brewed this in a fit of madness. It seems to goldfish alright for the first few turns but without any tournaments there's no good netdecks for my brother to use for testing ATM. It's called Boros Robots. It's a Mardu-color low-curve aggro list whose guiding principle is being upset half of the cost is in the fastlands and the Smuggler's Copters. I'm not sure I'll every actually do anything with it, since it'd involve getting into standard again, but I'd like to believe it has some potential. 3 Concealed Courtyard 4 Inspiring Vantage 7 Mountain 6 Plains 4 Toolcraft Exemplar 4 Bomat Courier 4 Scrapheap Scrounger 4 Selfless Spirit 2 Veteran Motorist 4 Chief of the Foundry 2 Pia Nalaar 2 Servo Exhibition 4 Incendiary Flow 3 Declaration in Stone 4 Gryff's Boon 3 Smuggler's Copter SB: 3 Always Watching SB: 2 Angel of Invention SB: 2 Chandra's Pyrohelix SB: 4 Fragmentize SB: 4 Skywhaler's Shot Toolcraft Exemplar is the most aggressive 1-drop printed in a long time, and Bomat Courier is essentially Raging Goblin and Chief is its King. Scrapheap Scrounger has more power than CMC and can recur if the game goes on long. The black splash off of the Courtyards is entirely for it. Selfless Spirit has evasion and protects from Fumigates and Kozliek's Returns. Veteran Motorist is here mostly for the Scry 2 and having more power than CMC. Servo Exhibition is essentially the 9th and 10th 2-drops, here mostly to give Toolcraft Exemplar a critical mass of artifacts, and it works alright with Chief or Copter. Speaking of, Chief of the Foundry is the key here, pumping the Couriers and Scrapheaps and assorted servos. Pia Nalaar worked as the other 3-drop well enough, being 3 power and a mana sink. Incendiary Flow is the only good burn spell, and Declaration is for the things Flow can't kill. Gryff's Boon is a fantastic pump for any guy and it can come back with Scrapheap occasionally. And Smuggler's Copters, because of course, it gives some guys effective haste, has evasion, and lets servos contribute without having to get into the fray. The SB is mostly blind guessing and hope. Always Watching since it's mostly nontoken creatures, Angel of Invention for a post-Fumigate presence that doesn't get hit by Spell Queller, Pyrohelix for the second best burn, Fragmentize as the only good disenchant, and Skywhaler's Shot for Declaration's job but more of them at instant speed.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:I brewed this in a fit of madness. It seems to goldfish alright for the first few turns but without any tournaments there's no good netdecks for my brother to use for testing ATM. I'm playing that UG Energy Deck that Angry Grimace posted in the main thread. Getting out a Ulamog or Emrakul on T4 seems about as brutal as standard can get.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:I brewed this in a fit of madness False advertising, no madness cards For what it's worth, my intuition is that you want more artifact creatures instead of some of the Gryff's Boons and also probably some Needle Spires. Elyv fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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Here's a deck I enjoy, because I like playing bad decks. I've been trying to find a home for the madcap experiment + platinum emperion combo. Seems great in the R/G decks, so I've chosen to go with Ponza. In addition to the sideboard plan, I've added some spice with Eldritch Evolution. This lets me turn mana dorks into Magus of the Moon, and then my mid game creatures, baloth and finks, into my win conditions. also, if the need should ever arise, it can turn an inferno titan into a platinum emperion. a few things to work out through testing: -What are the numbers on the tutors and tutor targets -how bad is that dryad arbor (you can get it off of acid-moss so it's clearly great) -how bad is wheel of sun and moon -do i go deeper on the edlritch evolution plan? for example, turning arbor into some kind of hateful 2 drop Blood Moon Rising //Main 4 Arbor Elf 1 Birds of Paradise 2 Kitchen Finks 1 Magus of the Moon 2 Obstinate Baloth 3 Stormbreath Dragon 3 Inferno Titan 3 Bonfire of the Damned 2 Eldritch Evolution 1 Beast Within 4 Stone Rain 4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss 4 Blood Moon 4 Utopia Sprawl 8 Forest 2 Mountain 3 Stomping Ground 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Dryad Arbor 3 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Foothills //Sideboard 2 Ancient Grudge 1 Reclamation Sage 3 Anger of the Gods 2 Kitchen Finks 1 Platinum Emperion 3 Wheel of Sun and Moon 3 Madcap Experiment Display deck statistics
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SO I've done some testing for the past week with this, and I thought it was going to be a decent deck. Last night I went 2-2 losing to spirits and G/B delirium, deat a 4 color emerge deck and getting a bye. I'm having land trouble, both crew and flood. Any advice anyone can give? Deck: Naya Humans //Lands 1 Evolving Wilds 2 Forest 4 Fortified Village 3 Game Trail 2 Hanweir Battlements 3 Inspiring Vantage 1 Mountain 2 Needle Spires 2 Plains //Spells 1 Declaration in Stone 3 Grapple with the Past 4 Harnessed Lightning 3 Skywhaler's Shot //Creatures 3 Hamlet Captain 3 Hanweir Garrison 2 Heron's Grace Champion 4 Inventor's Apprentice 1 Sigarda, Heron's Grace 4 Thalia's Lieutenant 4 Thraben Inspector 4 Tireless Tracker 4 Voltaic Brawler Display deck statisticsWhen I actually didn't get bad hands, the deck worked fine. I got super tilted by the issues yesterday, that and the fact that every deck I play seems to suck against spirits.
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I've been working on a Standard GW Midrange-y deck this weekend since I pulled a couple Cataclysmic Gearhulk's and have picked up some Verdurous Gearhulk's. Here's what I got so far: 4 Fortified Village 2 Canopy Vista 10 Forest 9 Plains 4 Duskwatch Recruiter 4 Sylvan Advocate 3 Tireless Tracker 3 Thalia, Heretic Cathar 3 Aerial Responder 3 Fairgrounds Warden 2 Cataclysmic Gearhulk 3 Verdurous Gearhulk 2 Attune with Aether 4 Stasis Snare 3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar SB so far: 3 Take Down, 3 Blossoming Defense, 2 Declaration in Stone, 4 Fragmentize Basically I'd like to dig for Gearhulk's with Recruiter and Tracker clues, slow down the other player's creatures with Thalia, Warden's and Stasis Snare's, use Attune to make sure I hit my late land drops and then in Magical Christmas Land switch from defense to offense by hitting a Verdurous on turn five and play a Cataclysmic on turn six to wipe everything except both my Gearhulks, a Stasis Snare and a Gideon. Not sure how wise it is to play five Gearhulks, or if it's even smarter to play a fourth Verdurous for six total, and not sure about having so much land. Also have a few sideboard slots that could be filled. I haven't played it yet, but it looks cool and fun.
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Elblanco posted:SO I've done some testing for the past week with this, and I thought it was going to be a decent deck. Last night I went 2-2 losing to spirits and G/B delirium, deat a 4 color emerge deck and getting a bye. I'm having land trouble, both crew and flood. Any advice anyone can give? You have 10-12 sources of each colour, and you're wanting to cast 1- and 2-drops. Your manabase just sucks at letting you cast your spells on time. You probably want to cut to two colours (or at the very worst two + a lategame splash of a third), and adjust your land counts to have more sources of the right colours. Hanweir Battlements is probably just too greedy here.
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Jabor posted:You have 10-12 sources of each colour, and you're wanting to cast 1- and 2-drops. Your manabase just sucks at letting you cast your spells on time. You probably want to cut to two colours (or at the very worst two + a lategame splash of a third), and adjust your land counts to have more sources of the right colours. I was just thinking this myself last night, and considering putting Pia in place of the Hanweir Garrison as well. I also just realized that I miscounted my lands and only have 20, which is to few as well.
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Elblanco posted:When I actually didn't get bad hands, the deck worked fine. I got super tilted by the issues yesterday, that and the fact that every deck I play seems to suck against spirits. If you stay in red, just sideboard weaver of lightning, bring those in and you'll be able to stonewall every creature in their deck except avacyn and then shoot down their x/1's by playing cheap instances / sorceries. If you stay in red, don't remove Garrison, the synergy between garrison, the tokens it generates, and Thalia's lieutenant plus your other human centric cards is very, very strong.
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Dehtraen posted:If you stay in red, just sideboard weaver of lightning, bring those in and you'll be able to stonewall every creature in their deck except avacyn and then shoot down their x/1's by playing cheap instances / sorceries. Good point. I forgot about weaver, thanks! I agree about garrison too, o did get that combo off on Friday. 1 garrison and 3 lieutenants, was awesome. I just wasn't sure if I should keep it without the other merge card, just for a possible finisher for the long game. But I guess sigarda is better for that.
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If you were just RW, I could see having battlements as well, but the three color mana base with utility land is pretty greedy in standard.
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I present to you, a FNM all star coming in at a whopping 50 bucks... B/R vampires Highlights.... Explosive turn 3 action with Incorrigible Youths Surprise vampires on opponents turn Insane turn 4 olivia/drana + madness poo poo Glorious burn your face off action with 36 points of burn to the face in the deck. Laugh off copters with drana/olivia/Stromkirk Condemned shenanigans. Deck: b/r vampires   //Lands 4 Aether Hub 4 Foreboding Ruins 5 Mountain 9 Swamp //Spells 4 Alms of the Vein 4 Fiery Temper 4 Incendiary Flow //Creatures 4 Bloodhall Priest 2 Drana, Liberator of Malakir 2 Falkenrath Gorger 4 Heir of Falkenrath 4 Incorrigible Youths 4 Insolent Neonate 2 Olivia, Mobilized for War 4 Stromkirk Condemned Display deck statistics
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I'm guessing you'd play Copter if not for budget? Also Key to the City seems interesting in this kind of deck, especially with Bloodhall Priest.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:I'm guessing you'd play Copter if not for budget? Also Key to the City seems interesting in this kind of deck, especially with Bloodhall Priest. As madness enablers go, copter only enables at the declares attackers step and blockers step. All your other madness enablers are on demand. Copter can't madness in attackers.
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Could Avacyn's Judgment have a place in the RW dwarf vehicle aggro deck? Seems like a good card to pitch to Smug Cop.
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I've been working on a Sultai clue-based midrange/control deck. The idea is to generate clues from trackers, journals, and trails of evidence, either using them for card advantage or sacrificing them through other routes depending on the game's direction. The large amount of early scry (Kingpin, Harsh Scrutiny) also helps line up early draws so that you have a good selection of answers. If the game goes beyond the midgame, the clues can then be used either to win directly with Marionette Master or tutor for an alternate win-con using the Journal. Here's my starting point. I'm still pretty unsure about the sideboard and mana base, but between the Aether Hubs and the Attune with Aethers, early green and black is the priority (hence the green/black fastlands), while late blue/black are more valuable. Any suggestions would be most welcome; I'm just starting to play with/tune it. Deck: Clue Control   //Lands 4 Aether Hub 4 Blooming Marsh 3 Choked Estuary 2 Forest 3 Island 4 Sunken Hollow 3 Swamp //Spells 3 Attune with Aether 2 Confirm Suspicions 1 Flaying Tendrils 3 Grasp of Darkness 3 Harsh Scrutiny 2 Murder 2 Negate 2 Ruinous Path 3 Tamiyo's Journal 3 Trail of Evidence //Creatures 3 Contraband Kingpin 2 Marionette Master 2 Syndicate Trafficker 4 Tireless Tracker 1 Torrential Gearhulk 1 Verdurous Gearhulk //Sideboard 2 Ceremonious Rejection 2 Flaying Tendrils 2 Horribly Awry 3 Lost Legacy 2 Natural State 1 Ruinous Path 1 Summary Dismissal 2 Transgress the Mind Display deck statisticsEDIT: Revised mana base for more early green/black. Borachon fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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Two thoughts: 1) Syndicate Trafficker doesn't fit in a control deck. 2, and much more importantly) you're running 3 Tamiyo's Journals, 3 Confirm Suspicions, 2 Trail of Evidence to go with your 4 Tireless Tracker. Tracker can trade off at a reasonable cost but everything else there is kind of clunky and expensive, you're going to get run over a lot. Cut some of the slow, expensive cards for cheaper interaction would be my recommendation.
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Elyv posted:Two thoughts: 1) Syndicate Trafficker doesn't fit in a control deck. I could certainly cut syndicate trafficker, maybe for a fourth contraband kingpin, a void shatter, and replace one of the 2 confirm suspicions with a second void shatter? Syndicate Trafficker is also a bit of a nonbo with Flaying Tendrils compared to the other creatures I'm running. I'm loathe to cut journals as it's the way to find a wincon if I don't draw it. EDIT: I cut the other confirm suspicions for a second flaying tendrils, too. There's enough wide aggro that it helps, hitting almost everything in the vehicles decks and the exile effect can help against zombie decks in some situations, too. Also gives space for somtehing else in the sideboard, currently an anti-flyer instant to use against thopters, sovereigns, responders, and so on. EDIT2: I'm probably going to remove the gearhulks and switch to the new Nissa as an alternate wincon, as it can protect and/or attack with lands and recurse other key elements of the deck from the graveyard. Borachon fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Cross posting from the regular magic thread because somebody asked for the list over there, but here's the standard deck I've been testing: Testing this in standard: Jesky flash: Creatures: 4x Mausoleum Wanderer 4x Rattlechains 4x Selfless Spirit 4x Dimensional Infiltrator 4x Spell Queller /20 Spells: 4x Harnessed Lightning 2x Unsubstantiate 4x Spell Shrivel 4x Fevered Visions 3x Stasis Snare /17 Land: 3x Inspiring Vantage 2x Port Town 3x Prairie Stream 2x Evolving Wilds 3x Spirebluff Canal 4x Wandering Fumarole 3x Aether Hub 1x Plains 1x Island 1x Mountain /23 Sideboard: 4x Goblin Dark-Dwellers 4x Negate 3x Galvanic Bombardment 2x Summary Dismissal 2x Lunar Force /15 Thoughts: Main deck: - mana base may need some tinkering, open to suggestions - unsubstantiate might go to the main to be replaced with burn that can go to the face (maybe) - maybe cut two cards for finishers? Goodnight castigator was in the original version. Maybe 2x the 4 mana dragon? Sideboard: - maybe cut some dank memers for more spells ?????? - lunar force should be cut for literally anything because it's a bad card (but I love it) - should probably find room for 2x fumigate Deck is still not great against Aggro. But it's very good against control and marvel and midrange decks. Will take any advice
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Here's my updated deck list. As suggested, I've moved away from Syndicate Traffickers; I've also moved from Gearhulks to Nissa to provide something more resilient and a way to save other win conditions from the graveyard. I've fiddled with it a little online and am putting it together this week to take to the next FNM. More thoughts or suggestions? Deck: Sultai Clue Control //Lands/Land Tutors 4 Aether Hub 3 Attune with Aether 3 Blooming Marsh 2 Botanical Sanctum 2 Choked Estuary 2 Forest 2 Island 4 Sunken Hollow 4 Swamp //Clue/Scry Engine 4 Contraband Kingpin 4 Tireless Tracker 3 Trail of Evidence 3 Tamiyo's Journal //Control Package 2 Flaying Tendrils 3 Grasp of Darkness 3 Harsh Scrutiny 2 Murder 2 Negate 2 Ruinous Path 2 Void Shatter //Win Conditions 2 Marionette Master 2 Nissa, Vital Force //Sideboard 2 Appetite for the Unnatural 2 Ceremonious Rejection 1 Clip Wings 1 Flaying Tendrils 2 Horribly Awry 3 Lost Legacy 1 Ruinous Path 1 Summary Dismissal 2 Transgress the Mind Display deck statistics
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I think you have too many expensive, low-impact cards in a very fast format. You can't really tap out for Tamiyo's Journal when people are crashing a racecar into your face.
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The list I am using for regionals. Couple of notes... Trying to do things on turn one even with ether hubs loving sucks in b/r. The mana is just never consistent enough to do something turn one without making your other turns worse. The 1 drops were just under performing. Loot copter under performed no matter how much we attempted to jam it. Scrapheap while not a vampire, is easy on the mana and a decent card to discard if you hit a rare spot where you don't have a madness outlet. It also has this habit of doing a lot of damage or trading, then getting right back out there. It also turns on Disintegration which is nice turn 5+. Distemper of the Blood is this card I felt like that I was going to refuse to play on principal when it was brought up to me. The card is just so bad. The problem is that it ends up being so useful so often in this deck. Since instant speed removal sucks and most of the combat tricks involve flash blocking or the like, it often ends up making chump blocking or attempting trading too risky for your opponents. Catches too many people off guard game one and often turns them into blowouts. The most important thing is that it enables you to outrace aggressive decks. Its also an easy card to side out game 2 and have you opponent still have to play around it. Drana often makes this card win the game. Swinging for 7 on turn 3 with Incorrigible Youths + a 2 drop is enough to tilt your opponents. People just hate playing around haste. Surprise bloodhall priests are also fun. Going to the dome with burn is never going to be boring. Deck: b/r vampires //Lands 4 Foreboding Ruins 5 Mountain 4 Smoldering Marsh 9 Swamp //Spells 3 Alms of the Vein 3 Distemper of the Blood 4 Fiery Temper 2 Key to the City 2 Lightning Axe 2 Unlicensed Disintegration //Creatures 4 Bloodhall Priest 2 Drana, Liberator of Malakir 4 Heir of Falkenrath 4 Incorrigible Youths 4 Scrapheap Scrounger 4 Stromkirk Condemned //Sideboard 2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 3 Lost Legacy 4 Reckless Bushwhacker 4 Transgress the Mind 2 Unlicensed Disintegration Display deck statistics
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The more I played with Sultai clues and tried to make it work, the more it was clear that it needed to run lower and faster (as Elyv suggested). Sultai clue-based cards have good fastlands, counters, removal, and sticky creatures, so I've retargeted the deck to leverage. Syndicate Trafficker is a much better clue sacrifice outlet than Tamiyo's Journal, since it impacts the board immediately and can be very sticky with either a Tracker or Trial of Evidence on the board. Current things I'm considering are the sideboard, whether or not Glimmer of Genius makes sense in this deck, an whether or not Marionette Master is worth it here. In terms of Glimmer, I only need energy early for mana fixing and am only at one torrential gearhulk right now, so it's not a huge payoff. One more land, one more trail of evidence, a few more gearhulks, or a lfew more counterspells (e.g. void shatter) to deal with combo/control decks are all tempting. EDIT: Dropped the Glimmers and a Negate for 2 Void Shatters and another Trail of Evidence, since Glimmer seems a little outside of the direction for this deck. Any sideboard suggestions? Maybe just options for customizing the removal/counter package? Here's where I currently am: Deck: Sultai Clue Tempo //Lands 4 Aether Hub 4 Blooming Marsh 4 Botanical Sanctum 3 Choked Estuary 2 Forest 2 Island 2 Swamp //Spells 3 Attune with Aether 4 Blossoming Defense 4 Confront the Unknown 3 Grasp of Darkness 2 Murder 2 Negate 3 Trail of Evidence 2 Void Shatter //Creatures 4 Contraband Kingpin 2 Marionette Master 4 Syndicate Trafficker 4 Tireless Tracker 1 Torrential Gearhulk 1 Verdurous Gearhulk Display deck statistics
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If my deckbuilding skills were an overwatch character, it'd be called jankrat. Deck: R/W Artificers  //Lands 4 Inspiring Vantage 6 Mountain 13 Plains //Spells 4 Bone Saw 4 Inventor's Goggles 2 Sigarda's Aid 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 2 Smuggler's Copter 4 Stoneforge Masterwork //Creatures 2 Depala, Pilot Exemplar 4 Inventor's Apprentice 2 Pia Nalaar 4 Stone Haven Outfitter 4 Thraben Inspector 4 Toolcraft Exemplar //Sideboard 3 Cataclysmic Gearhulk 3 Ceremonious Rejection 4 Declaration in Stone 2 Fragmentize 3 Spirebluff Canal Display deck statisticsThoughts on this build? The theme is obviously synergy between Artificers and Equipment, and using Stoneforge Masterwork gets creatures huge quickly with the shared types of Human/Dwarf/Artificer on all of the creatures. I was thinking of cutting the Sigarda's Aids for 1 of each more Depala and Pia, but the free equip just seems too spicy to pass up. Cataclysmic Gearhulk is in there just in case I'm facing anything else that gets a big board up quick.
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I'm looking to take this all common/uncommon deck from StrictlyBetterMTG and upgrade it with cards mostly from SOI/EMN and BFZ/OGW. I don't much care for the rarity restriction but I'd like to keep the overall cost under $75. If anyone has suggestions they'd be appreciated. Deck: G/U Emerge //Main 4 Eldrazi Skyspawner 3 Evolving Wilds 4 Exultant Cultist 4 Eyeless Watcher 12 Forest 3 Hedron Crawler 8 Island 4 It of the Horrid Swarm 4 Primal Druid 2 Pulse of Murasa 4 Scion Summoner 4 Ulvenwald Captive 4 Wretched Gryff //Sideboard 2 Dispel 2 Natural State 4 Negate 4 Plummet 1 Pulse of Murasa 2 Root Out Display deck statistics
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Oct 28, 2016 02:50
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You probably want to improve the mana base first, botanical sanctums and lumbering falls aren't that expensive. After that you can afford to add four sanctum of ugin, which would be a nice way for you chain your big emerge creatures together. You can also try one or two copies of decimator of the provinces (you can tutor for them with the sanctum of ugin) as a way to turn all your mana dorks and incidental tokens into a kill.
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Oct 28, 2016 04:19
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Thanks for the advice. Are there any other creatures you would sub out? I made a list of cards other builds use but I'm not sure what to sub out for them without hobbling the deck. It seems like a big part of it is using Eldrazi scion tokens to hard cast the emerge cards, so I'm not sure where stuff like Foul Emissary and Enlightened Maniac would fit. Enlightened Maniac Foul Emissary Emrakul's Evangel Elder Deep-Fiend Vexing Scuttler Drownyard Behemoth Decimator of the Provinces Mockery of Nature Summary Dismissal Prey upon Emrakul's Influence Injuryprone fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Oct 29, 2016 |
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Oct 29, 2016 18:35
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