MTG Salvation

Hey guys, I'm going to play a brew at the GP, unfortunately I've been under the weather the last week or so, so very little testing has been done This is all by theorycraft. So I'm going to post my current 75 and my sb plans. Please don't post about changes to the deck (since this isn't the place for that), however if I miss a better sb card for certain matchups, please mention that. Thanks



SB Plan
GW Boggles-
-2 Path to Exile
-1 Chandra
+1 Tribute to Hunger
+2 Wear/Tear

UR(x) Twin
-1 Chandra
-1 Elspeth
-2 Ajani V
+2 Rakdos Charm
+2 Wear/Tear

Storm
-4 Path to Exile
-3 Dismember
+2 Rakdos Charm (gy removal and wincon vs Empty the Warrens)
+2 Rest in Peace
+2 Ethersworn Canonist
+1 Wear/Tear

Zoo:
-3 Thoughtseize
-1 Chandra
-1 Liliana of the Veil
+2 Anger of the Gods
+3 Blood Moon

Affinity:
-2 Liliana
-3 Thoughtseize
-1 Chandra
+2 Anger of the Gods
+2 Wear/Tear
+2 Rakdos Charm

Tron:
-1 IoK
-3 Dismember
-1 Path to Exile
+3 Blood Moon
+2 Wear/Tear

UWR / UW Control
-4 Path to Exile
-2 Devour Flesh
+2 Rest in Peace
+1 Chandra
+3 Blood Moon (shuts off their Man Lands)
Possibly: -1 Helix and -1 Rest in Peace for +2 Wear/Tear (pends on their O Ring/D Sphere count)

Jund:
-1 Sorin
-2 Ajani
-1 Helix
+3 Blood Moon
+1 Chandra

Thoughts?

His new attitude of "everything/one has to come through me". He's no longer that top face in the company anymore. I don't know if he's even a Top 2 face right now. And a heel turn joining "The Authority" would be something fresh for him.

I'm kinda disappointed on how the Shield split started (if this is the beginning of the split). I figured Dean would be the first to be kicked out/walk out.

Last night's show was pretty good. Usos winning the titles was sweet, however, they (not sure if on purpose or not) botched the ending pretty badly. When Jimmy pinned Billy, he lifted Billy's right shoulder off the mat and the ref kept counting. I was fully expecting HHH to come out and say something. Cena's promo was decent, leading to eventual heal change. DB's promo was blah (which suprised me). Best portion hands down was Heyman coming out to Punk's music...classic Heyman...lol.

Yeah I went from 4 D Sphere to 2/2 Split. O Ring, will be the answer, but yeah I'm cutting some of the UW lands to get to 10 Plains.

Hey guys, here's the list I'm most likely running at GP Richmond (maybe with on-site tweaks)

Yeah Lita was announced last night, great inductee. She revolutionized divas in pro wrestling.

Well looks like my ideas on how to get fans to forget about CM might come true. The idea is IF they decide to do a Triple Threat Match at WM (Orton/Batista/Bryan), then the original plan of Shield dismembering at WM will be on hold and have a storyline devlop of Roman tired of doing HHH's dirty work and leading up to an eventual WM match between the 2. Now, as long as HHH doesn't bury Roman, this will cause Roman to explode. I hope Roman is the one to take the US Title from Ambrose. Speaking of that, I was kind of hoping Mark Henry would win last night, and him and Big E would go after the tag titles and have 4 titles. Even if only short, it would have been sweet.

Yeah in today's tv world, any show making it past 5 seasons is a victory!

I've been playing with Advent in my Bant Control deck, and have 0 complaints. Do I sometimes have to verdict away a 5/5? sure. But I've won more games w/ Advent than Elspeth. My current list is:



Notes about Advent the Wurm:
1. Against control, having a 5/5 flash into play can kill a Walker, bait a counter,
2. Against control, having a threat that can't be D-Sphere'd is amazing. Yes the tokens can be D-Sphered, but having the actual spell shuffle back w/ Elixir will win a game eventually.
3. Against midrange, flashing in a suprise blocker to take out their 3/3s, 4/2s, 2/4's, etc is invaluable.
4. Against aggro, following up a verdict w/ an Advent will win more games than not.

I for one will be sad. I absolutely love this show. This show has the same formula that Scrubs had. Have 1-2 Tier 1 Characters (Shawn and Gus), some good Tier 2 characters (Jules, Henry, Lassiter), and outrageous Tier 3 characters (Woody). Great show overall!!!

If there's something Vince is good at is how to write wrestlers off and they are generally soon forgotten after they leave. He did it to Hulk, Randy, Flair, etc. So brainstorming ideas on how to get people to forget CM Punk left the fastest:

1. Replace CM Punk with Roman Reigns in CM Punk's storyline. Have something come up Monday between Roman and Kane. Have a slow build until the night before EC about Reigns turning on Shield/Authority. Hell have him spear HHH. Lead this up to HHH vs Roman at WM.
2. Have an existing mid-card face jump to main eventer. I'm looking at Cody Rhodes, Big E, or Ziggler. Make it about them, not Batista, not Sheamus, not Cena, not Orton.

Also: from pwi-online:
- A petition that had reached almost 100,000 signatures to get Daniel Bryan into the main event of WrestleMania XXX has been pulled from the WhiteHouse.gov website under their Moderation Policy because it was in violation of their Terms of Participation.

roflmao smh at wrestling fans

So I'm liquidating my irl collection due to getting stationed overseas and have a few cards I'm having a hard time valueing. I'm selling the collection as a whole, so I'm taking individual card prices off SCG and "valueing" them at 75% their sell price at SP.

Korean Foil Hallowed Fountain (RTR) - They don't have one on the site (and I couldn't find one on ebay). However, they have a Korean Foil Breeding Pool marked at $100. Now my idea is to compare the values of the two English Foils (HF is $35 and BP is $25). So HF is worth 1.4 times that of a BP. That would mean that the Korean Foil HF is "valued" at $140, but that seems really high.

Japanese / Chinese Foil RtR/GtC Shocklands - I have a good amount of these lands and am having a hard time finding a solid baseline.

Chinese Foil Phage the Untouchable - no clue how to value this.

If CM Punks decides to retire, I think WWE will push the button on Roman. He is ready for the next step and the fans want to cheer him. He will be the next big thing once Batista/Brock are done.

Looks like Sting signed with WWE. Merchandise being made with moniker "Man Called Sting"

I don't know, I think it's kind of disrespectful to the "entertainers" in the ring to boo and chant Daniel Bryan's name. To me the best part of the Royal Rumble was


The rest was just meh.

Oh man, Sting in the rafters circa 94 would mark me out hard. Especially if he points his bat at HHH and Orton...oh god!!!!!!

if they did some workup matches where Sting wins at some ppvs then the big wm match, i'm ok with Sting losing at WM. Sting has lost a lot of his move set from age and weight, but definitely deserves some big shine moments in WWE.