No, I meant, do we want to use up sideboard space at all for it? My sideboard's a bit tight right now.
Probably not, the only matchup you really would want it for is against RDW. And even then we have better options (Celestial Purge for example). We have good enough game against other aggro decks that it isn't necessary for them.
Probably not, the only matchup you really would want it for is against RDW. And even then we have better options (Celestial Purge for example). We have good enough game against other aggro decks that it isn't necessary for them.
gutshot is so good right now. Stromkirk Noble, Birds of Paradise, Phantasmal Bear, Delver of Secrets, Snapcaster Mage, Vault Skirge, Signal Pest, Porcelaine Legionaire.... The list keeps going, imo this is a maindeck card for a lot of decks. Last night i found gutshot being phenominal all night, even against solar flare as i could kill there p images or blow up lilliana after an edict. manaless removal is always a powerful thing and if this blocks continues to be dominated by tempo and early threats then this card will become a staple in most decks.
gutshot is so good right now. Stromkirk Noble, Birds of Paradise, Phantasmal Bear, Delver of Secrets, Snapcaster Mage, Vault Skirge, Signal Pest, Porcelaine Legionaire.... The list keeps going, imo this is a maindeck card for a lot of decks. Last night i found gutshot being phenominal all night, even against solar flare as i could kill there p images or blow up lilliana after an edict. manaless removal is always a powerful thing and if this blocks continues to be dominated by tempo and early threats then this card will become a staple in most decks.
When do you ever care about Gut Shotting a Snapcaster Mage or a Phantasmal Bear? We just fly over both and neither are particularly hard for us to race. Using Gut Shot for the mirror is pretty dumb as well since if they play a Tempered Steel and you draw it after then it does nothing for you. You'd much rather have Divine Offering or Revoke Existence in the mirror since they always do something. I guess it's okay against Delver but only if you draw it before he flips.
You have to keep in mind as well that if you're maindecking Gut Shot then you're taking something out and Tempered Steel lists are already extremely tight as is. If you're taking out creatures for Gut Shots you're badly hurting your game plan since we're supposed to be a swarm aggro deck, not a control deck. 4 Dispatches and possibly a miser's 5th removal spell are about all you want to be maindecking - any more and you slow yourself down too much. The only time you really want to sideboard into more removal is against RDW since we have to play the role of the control deck in that matchup.
@Nabby - 4 Revokes seems pretty excessive to me unless there's a lot of artifact decks in your local meta. If you really want 2 Gut Shot I could see cutting 2 Revokes as fine.
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Do we want this in the side for the matchup against Illusions, RDW, Wolf Run, etc? If so, do we want 2, or 4?
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Wolf Run maybe two as the only thing it hits is inkmoth
Any aggro doesn't like it so I think 2-4 for those.
None versus control
Probably not, the only matchup you really would want it for is against RDW. And even then we have better options (Celestial Purge for example). We have good enough game against other aggro decks that it isn't necessary for them.
gutshot is so good right now. Stromkirk Noble, Birds of Paradise, Phantasmal Bear, Delver of Secrets, Snapcaster Mage, Vault Skirge, Signal Pest, Porcelaine Legionaire.... The list keeps going, imo this is a maindeck card for a lot of decks. Last night i found gutshot being phenominal all night, even against solar flare as i could kill there p images or blow up lilliana after an edict. manaless removal is always a powerful thing and if this blocks continues to be dominated by tempo and early threats then this card will become a staple in most decks.
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4x Revoke Existence
3x Celestial Purge
2x Timely Reinforcements
2x Oblivion Ring
I'm thinking I could get rid of 2 Revokes (they are only useful in the mirror really) for 2 Gut Shots.
When do you ever care about Gut Shotting a Snapcaster Mage or a Phantasmal Bear? We just fly over both and neither are particularly hard for us to race. Using Gut Shot for the mirror is pretty dumb as well since if they play a Tempered Steel and you draw it after then it does nothing for you. You'd much rather have Divine Offering or Revoke Existence in the mirror since they always do something. I guess it's okay against Delver but only if you draw it before he flips.
You have to keep in mind as well that if you're maindecking Gut Shot then you're taking something out and Tempered Steel lists are already extremely tight as is. If you're taking out creatures for Gut Shots you're badly hurting your game plan since we're supposed to be a swarm aggro deck, not a control deck. 4 Dispatches and possibly a miser's 5th removal spell are about all you want to be maindecking - any more and you slow yourself down too much. The only time you really want to sideboard into more removal is against RDW since we have to play the role of the control deck in that matchup.
@Nabby - 4 Revokes seems pretty excessive to me unless there's a lot of artifact decks in your local meta. If you really want 2 Gut Shot I could see cutting 2 Revokes as fine.