MTG Salvation

Quote from Haiiro Sedai

Neither Favored Hoplite nor Phalanx Leader are good enough.

You're probably right about Heroic. Daunting Onslaught is pretty awful outside of limited when I could be exiling a creature, dropping spear, or ajani.
Here's how it's looking now.



I'm liking the full human army, too bad Dryad is the oddball here, but he is definitely worth it anyway. Going to proxy town tonight.

this is a deck i might go for in standard. have not played standard in some time so this should be quite fun to test out and play with



I really think Dauntless Onslaught is going to shine with heroic, but it would probably be one of my first picks to drop if I want to sideboard out.

definitely still in the early stages

Quote from Cheshire Cat (D.O.M.)

You should add Bolas himself.

you're right. playing i landed cruel ultimatum and found it helped but didnt do well enough. if i can land the 7 drop cruel ult easily then throwing in bolas would be a great curve topper. taking out 1 duress.

Quote from Narvuntien

what do you do if they kill the young pyromancer

cruel ultimatum returns it from the graveyard. nothing else i guess, i tend to swing with a 8/2 manland if that's something

this is a deck based off a modern theme with a nice flair of legacy cards.
my initial idea and my friend gave me some good advice for it.



will give feedback after playing it out 1v1 and 1v1v1
any opinions welcomed

lattice doesnt affect cards outside the game so glittering wish can have a target.

Quote from Exsam

This bit bothers me, you seem to indicate that you are aware of the trigger but chose not to act on it.

Keep in mind that this trigger is not optional, you have as much responsibility to pay for it as he has to remind you to pay for it.

While he cannot go, "Oops you forgot, gotcha!"
You can also not let him forget.

I realize this and I intended to pay the cost the entire time, but I was not given an option to.

Quote from Grim Lavamancer Joe

quote him this:

ah, found it. http://mtgsalvation.com/1230-cranial-insertion-test-of-endurance.html



If he tries to pull that stunt in anything more than a casual game the penalty for doing so is failure to maintain game state and I'd argue that the intent behind it would merit fraud.

I did, he said its not a 'may' ability.

I'm still in debate over this.

In my original post i said it was a 5 player casual game, this was not the case. (in the same day we did play the casual game but this was not where the issue occurred.) This was 1v1.

The vitals of the situation are as follows:
Opponent controls Frost Titan with 0 untapped lands
It is my pre-combat mainphase.
I have 7 untapped lands, 5 Plains and 2 Swamps
In hand I have Arrest and Journey to Nowhere
I declare casting of Arrest, targeting Frost Titan.
I wait for him to declare the Frost Titan's counter shield ability, but he never does.
Arrest trys to resolve, and he says it's countered by Frost Titan.
(I had to deal with this, and shrugged it off, then paid 4 mana for my Journey right after. Losing a card and 3 mana for nothing.)

I just dont think this is right.

Here are his arguments:

Quote from »

- 2 things, u have to pay the 2 before it(Arrest) resolves (which u didnt pay any) and i dont have to remind u till it (Arrest) resolves.
- If u dont give the person (titan controller) time to call the abilitie, ur card is countered if he does call it. because u have let ur spell resolve

Please, I need something solid to say to him that will get this over with.

Quote from bimmerbot

EDIT: With Megrim, two Jar activations can result in your opponent discarding as many as 14 cards in one turn (7 for each delayed trigger), assuming that player doesn't cast any of the drawn cards at instant speed.

which is exactly what happens in the video i linked.

the only way i can see this happening is with something like Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Quote from bactgudz

Depending on how they are ordered, you will end up with C discarded and either Hand A or Hand B (the other one being discarded) at the end.

so you end up keeping one hand and discarding the rest?

i heard of a combo with this and megrim so i would assume it works this way.

edit: DotP memory jar/megrim: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8HKqnbqoMI

Quote from reydien

Edit: ah, looks like I got beaten to the punch already. Oh well.

nath'd, as they say.


thanks for the help, all cleared up now.

edit: situation changed

Quote from ShadowD347H

I'm still in debate over this.

In my original post i said it was a 5 player casual game, this was not the case. (in the same day we did play the casual game but this was not where the issue occurred.) This was 1v1.

The vitals of the situation are as follows:
Opponent controls Frost Titan with 0 untapped lands
It is my pre-combat mainphase.
I have 7 untapped lands, 5 Plains and 2 Swamps
In hand I have Arrest and Journey to Nowhere
I declare casting of Arrest, targeting Frost Titan.
I wait for him to declare the Frost Titan's counter shield ability, but he never does.
Arrest trys to resolve, and he says it's countered by Frost Titan.
(I had to deal with this, and shrugged it off, then paid 4 mana for my Journey right after. Losing a card and 3 mana for nothing.)

I just dont think this is right.

Here are his arguments:

Quote from »

- 2 things, u have to pay the 2 before it(Arrest) resolves (which u didnt pay any) and i dont have to remind u till it (Arrest) resolves.
- If u dont give the person (titan controller) time to call the abilitie, ur card is countered if he does call it. because u have let ur spell resolve

Please, I need something solid to say to him that will get this over with.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/ubg-tezzefect/

3rd place in an 8 player standard tournament and think i could've done alot better.

was playing against these decks:
w/u control feat. jace beleren and gideon jura (1st place)
mono white aggro equipment (2nd place)
"leveler" deck (last place)
WUR allies feat. venser, the sojourner (5th place)
UR pyromancer ascension burn/draw (4th place)
eldrazi tokens/summoning trap (7th place)
MBS only burn feat red sun's zenith (6th place)

deck suggestions within reasonable price range (ie. not "more tezzerets") would be appreciated

Blazing Archon

If your willing to splash green..
Angelic Arbiter + Arboria

Quote from jacktheinvisible

Coalition Victory. Scrapbasket if you don't have the required creatures.

This and Door to Nothingness are out of the question for casual.