I am going to the SCG Open this weekend for Legacy and wanted to play burn. I see lists with no lavamancer, and lists with 3.. very interesting is the fact that someone top 8'ed with no fetches and no lavamancer.. I kinda like the no lavamancer build (not sure if I like playing with no fetches though).
I kind of like keeping 4 fetches to help with Searing Blaze
I went 4-1 (3rd place) out of 24 players. Chose Red as my color and got the red Soul in the seeded pack (win)! Went red/black and the packs pretty much built themselves. Such a sick sealed pool it was ridiculous! Deck is:
First round I got paired against a black white lifegain/token strategy with an enchantment that makes a token if the opponent lost life during each turn. I flooded out and sign in blood into 2 more lands.Next game he had Avacyn out with Divine Favor on it and I couldn't find the removal. I lost 0-2
Next rounds I got paired against U/W, G/W, R/B, and G/R and 2-0'ed each of those matches. Nothing to note except Accursed spirit was the stone cold nuts and especially with inferno fist attached. I did have a turn 5 Generator Servant sac into hasted Siege Dragon which cleared opponents board which was awesome as well. Cone of flame was a one-sided wrath every single time I played it.
Won 5 packs and mostly jank except one pack which had the white Soul and Foil Ob Nixilis!! Had a blast
1) I am not sure I should be splitting Crusader and Avenger.. I usually see one or the other.. Also, this deck list above is cutting Mangara..which I am also uneasy about..
2) why have I been seeing Sword of Fire and Ice mainboard?
3) I thought about playing a 1/2 Holy Light in the sideboard for TNN and Elves, Goblins, and Affinity matchups. Good?
he probably just did this so that he could impress Alex Bertoncheaty to not get caught. Bertoncini just got off of a 2 year ban for a similar style of play.
Although, truth be told.. I really think Matt Costa is a nice person and an honest player..so it was probably an accident.
helping a friend sell all of his magic collection to raise money for a new apartment. He presented me with 585 Zendikar full-art basic lands (80% in NM, 20% in NM- to EX)..also 78 D20 fat pack spindowns (fifth dawn being the oldest, but mostly newer sets from shadowmoor to M14)
the deck cuts lands for the addition of Serra Avenger. I playtested it last night with 21 lands, and I went back to my original 23 land build. I just felt like there were too many games where I was waiting 1-3 turns for my third land. Especially painful when I had multiple 3 drops in my hand and my vial was either not in play, or had been destroyed.
I am going to be playing at the SCG Legacy Open this weekend in Baltimore. I have been playing the deck for a while, but I am not an expert at it yet. I am intrigued by the 20 land list and thought about playing something in between the normal list and the 20 land list. I liked his use of maindeck Sword of Light and Shadow (I have been running Fire and Ice main in my testing), but I expect to see a lot of deathblade and combo (ANT and Show and Tell type decks). I welcome any suggestions!
I join some 4tix phantom events every once in a while, because I don't play a lot of paper anymore and it was a cheap way to play some limited without a huge investment. For me it wasn't about getting cards, or even winning packs..just the fun of playing. Making these changes just makes it useless for me.. Over and over they just keep messing with us. All they are really doing is allowing people to get into other games.. like SolForge
I have seen an amazing box of RTR opened (think $300 worth of cards when it first came out)..but it is very rare.
Just as many before me have stated.... NEVER buy boxes for singles. If you want to draft with friends, sure...otherwise if you are just looking for commons/uncommons and rares..buy them separate.
Also, I used to buy a playset of the commons/uncommons for each set on ebay..they used to be about $40 when the set came out for 4 of each card. not sure if they are still that low.
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I kind of like keeping 4 fetches to help with Searing Blaze
like this:
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Chain Lightning
2 Sulfuric Vortex
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Price of Progress
3 Searing Blaze
3 Flame Rift
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Arid Mesa
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Shattering Spree
1 Sulfuric Vortex
I also like this:
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Chain Lightning
3 Sulfuric Vortex
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Price of Progress
3 Searing Blaze
2 Flame Rift
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Arid Mesa
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Shattering Spree
and this is the build I usually run:
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
3 Grim Lavamancer
4 Chain Lightning
2 Sulfuric Vortex
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Price of Progress
3 Searing Blaze
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Arid Mesa
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Wooded Foothills
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Shattering Spree
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Zof Shade
1 Sign in Blood
1 Ulcerate
1 Paragon of Open Graves
1 Child of Night
1 Carrion Crow
2 Accursed Spirit (MVP)
2 Flesh to Dust
1 Forge Devil
1 Crowd's Favor
1 Cone of Flame
1 Inferno Fist
1 Miner's Bane
2 Goblin Roughrider
2 Lightning Strike
1 Generator Servant
1 Soul of Shandalar
1 Siege Dragon
9 Mountain
7 Swamp
1 Evolving Wilds
First round I got paired against a black white lifegain/token strategy with an enchantment that makes a token if the opponent lost life during each turn. I flooded out and sign in blood into 2 more lands.Next game he had Avacyn out with Divine Favor on it and I couldn't find the removal. I lost 0-2
Next rounds I got paired against U/W, G/W, R/B, and G/R and 2-0'ed each of those matches. Nothing to note except Accursed spirit was the stone cold nuts and especially with inferno fist attached. I did have a turn 5 Generator Servant sac into hasted Siege Dragon which cleared opponents board which was awesome as well. Cone of flame was a one-sided wrath every single time I played it.
Won 5 packs and mostly jank except one pack which had the white Soul and Foil Ob Nixilis!! Had a blast
lands vs. rug delver
rooting for the lands player!
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Aven Mindcensor
1 Fiend Hunter
3 Flickerwisp
2 Mirran Crusader
4 Mother of Runes
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Serra Avenger
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
8 Plains
1 Cavern of Souls
2 Horizon Canopy
4 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland
1 Eiganjo Castle
3 Karakas
4 Aether Vial
1 Batterskull
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1) I am not sure I should be splitting Crusader and Avenger.. I usually see one or the other.. Also, this deck list above is cutting Mangara..which I am also uneasy about..
2) why have I been seeing Sword of Fire and Ice mainboard?
3) I thought about playing a 1/2 Holy Light in the sideboard for TNN and Elves, Goblins, and Affinity matchups. Good?
Although, truth be told.. I really think Matt Costa is a nice person and an honest player..so it was probably an accident.
helping a friend sell all of his magic collection to raise money for a new apartment. He presented me with 585 Zendikar full-art basic lands (80% in NM, 20% in NM- to EX)..also 78 D20 fat pack spindowns (fifth dawn being the oldest, but mostly newer sets from shadowmoor to M14)
can someone guess on the value of these items?
I am going back to my near Enevoldsen build of:
4 Aether Vial
1 Batterskull
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Aven Mindcensor
3 Flickerwisp
2 Mangara of Corondor
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Mirran Crusader
4 Mother of Runes
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Horizon Canopy
4 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland
3 Karakas
2 Disenchant
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Wilt-Leaf Liege
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Rest in Peace
1 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Cataclysm
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
only cards I am not sure on is the castle land and cutting Fiend Hunter for the 4th Crusader...
2 Aven Mindcensor
2 Mangara of Corondor
3 Flickerwisp
3 Mirran Crusader
2 Serra Avenger
4 Mother of Runes
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Swords to Plowshares
Artifacts [7]
1 Batterskull
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Aether Vial
Lands [21]
3 Karakas
4 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland
1 Eiganjo Castle
9 Plains
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Cataclysm
2 Disenchant
3 Rest in Peace
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Path to Exile (this could be pithing needle or sometimes I run Manriki-Gusari)
Just as many before me have stated.... NEVER buy boxes for singles. If you want to draft with friends, sure...otherwise if you are just looking for commons/uncommons and rares..buy them separate.
Also, I used to buy a playset of the commons/uncommons for each set on ebay..they used to be about $40 when the set came out for 4 of each card. not sure if they are still that low.