yeah im playing the master combo, and run the 1 mana discard plus hymn too, but against narset is not very useful, they just need to slam the commander and attack.
i guess my only hope is to get disruption to delay narset and try to aggro him.
That's largely what we can do. Just a shame they have such a superior card pool on us.
I guess we could say its meta dependent. its super easy to tutor for land and its not hard at all to make something unblockable. in my meta there is a LOT of Black. Crusading Knight has OHKO an Oloro before who had 63 health.
point is Alesha's (one of I guess) biggest problem is she has a hard time pulling out beaters. Just because a card is situational is NO WAY means it isn't useful.
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I guess we could say its meta dependent. its super easy to tutor for land and its not hard at all to make something unblockable. in my meta there is a LOT of Black. Crusading Knight has OHKO an Oloro before who had 63 health.
point is Alesha's (one of I guess) biggest problem is she has a hard time pulling out beaters. Just because a card is situational is NO WAY means it isn't useful.
Right. But in these situations I'd rather just get the Master of Cruelties - that's a OHKO without any other cards. Just needs Alesha to attack.
oh for sure. I agree id always rather get MoC. Master of Cruelties is second to none....but if you just have ONE tool then all they have to do is break it. the more threats the more things they have to spend removal on.
I would say it CAN be justified for a slot in some metas. it however shouldnt just be outright dismissed ya know?
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oh for sure. I agree id always rather get MoC. Master of Cruelties is second to none....but if you just have ONE tool then all they have to do is break it. the more threats the more things they have to spend removal on.
I would say it CAN be justified for a slot in some metas. it however shouldnt just be outright dismissed ya know?
That's why God created sac outlets, lol. Protect what you have, so you can keep it around. ALso useful to keep pulling MoC out of the 'Yard to get around that pesky "exalted attack" requirement, lol.
I'd have to play Mirran Crusader well before the Knight though.
woot! a high honor! yea Ive lived in Portland pretty much all my life. there is a HUGE Commander community here. 1v1 however is not common 'round these parts
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woot! a high honor! yea Ive lived in Portland pretty much all my life. there is a HUGE Commander community here. 1v1 however is not common 'round these parts
That's what I've noticed (I follow the PortlandEDH account on FB). All the multiplayer lol. I play Duel at Bat Cave on Friday nights (when I'm not stuck a work -_-)
woot! a high honor! yea Ive lived in Portland pretty much all my life. there is a HUGE Commander community here. 1v1 however is not common 'round these parts
That's what I've noticed (I follow the PortlandEDH account on FB). All the multiplayer lol. I play Duel at Bat Cave on Friday nights (when I'm not stuck a work -_-)
The person who runs PortlandEDH is actually a good friend of mine named Robby. I play with him every week. We have 4 stores I believe in the Portland Area. every single one fills up on Tuesdays and sometimes on the weekend with EDHers.
Its a very healthy META for the most part. There are always those doing there own thing. But Portland in general frowns on Infinites, MLD and encourages you to limit extra turns. When everyone follows those rules you get some pretty powerful decks all dukin it out. I think the META here is superb.
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woot! a high honor! yea Ive lived in Portland pretty much all my life. there is a HUGE Commander community here. 1v1 however is not common 'round these parts
That's what I've noticed (I follow the PortlandEDH account on FB). All the multiplayer lol. I play Duel at Bat Cave on Friday nights (when I'm not stuck a work -_-)
The person who runs PortlandEDH is actually a good friend of mine named Robby. I play with him every week. We have 4 stores I believe in the Portland Area. every single one fills up on Tuesdays and sometimes on the weekend with EDHers
Hah. Then you've probably seen my posts on his stuff too (my FB account being "Darrell", though that is not my name).
Hah. Then you've probably seen my posts on his stuff too (my FB account being "Darrell", though that is not my name).
yea I recognize that name. I dont usually comment on the page. I prefer to sit back and watch the T3 and T2 players argue amongst themselves as the T1 players just write sarcastic replies.
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Hah. Then you've probably seen my posts on his stuff too (my FB account being "Darrell", though that is not my name).
yea I recognize that name. I dont usually comment on the page. I prefer to sit back and watch the T3 and T2 players argue amongst themselves as the T1 players just write sarcastic replies.
probably. Robby will sometimes purposefully talk about cards that different tiers of players have COMPLETELY different opinions of, just to watch the world burn
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So amidst my better judgment, I think I'll take this down to the LGS for some free-for-all. Mainly, b/c I need a paper Magic fix (get away from the trolls on MODO lol).
*Sees the irony, being the LD guy whom trolls your manabase.* >_<
Bought some SOI cards for Zurgo/Alesha/Drana/Thalia and stuff. Some great, some with appeal, some (Corrupted Grafstone) being obligatory to check out as "another Coldsteel Heart" but probably will wind up in the bad pile.
Also played a few games with Alesha, one of which I used the phrase "So I needed to tutour for AEther Snap..." (clearing Avenger of Zendikar tokens).
Been playing this, what I like to call "Silverblack'd" Alesha list, which means the commander plus the other 99 cards are common and uncommon only, which was originally made to even the playing field with my brother's Thalia build but it's actually holding it's own pretty well. Seems a good starting point for anyone interested in the deck to look into without dumping a lot of money into an [alleged] unproven deck (the same reason as I built the Silverblack'd version of Kaalia).
I'll post it in a day or two, most likely, if anyone is interested.
I'm going to rewrite this Primer over the next few weeks (taking in some questions the guys at the Primer committee had) as well as promote the more refined lists and variants (including the "SilverBlack'd" [common/uncommon] list, for the financially-challenged...which ironically still clocked in between the $200 & $300 mark, as according to tappedout O_o).
That's largely what we can do. Just a shame they have such a superior card pool on us.
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Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Crusading Knight............................................why not?
Too cute. You're never going to be tutouring for this, and it's only good when the other is on the battlefield.
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well and can be chumped for life if your opponent isnt playing monoblack
point is Alesha's (one of I guess) biggest problem is she has a hard time pulling out beaters. Just because a card is situational is NO WAY means it isn't useful.
Right. But in these situations I'd rather just get the Master of Cruelties - that's a OHKO without any other cards. Just needs Alesha to attack.
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I would say it CAN be justified for a slot in some metas. it however shouldnt just be outright dismissed ya know?
That's why God created sac outlets, lol. Protect what you have, so you can keep it around. ALso useful to keep pulling MoC out of the 'Yard to get around that pesky "exalted attack" requirement, lol.
I'd have to play Mirran Crusader well before the Knight though.
This reminds me I want to add Benevolent Bodyguard at some point, lol.
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I blame google
It's okay lol. My threads tend to get a lot of discussion! It's why I write Primers lol. So stick around, maybe I can be of service anyway.
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Congrats. That just got sig'd.
EDIT: Wait you're in Portland? O_o I'm just right across the river...
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That's what I've noticed (I follow the PortlandEDH account on FB). All the multiplayer lol. I play Duel at Bat Cave on Friday nights (when I'm not stuck a work -_-)
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The person who runs PortlandEDH is actually a good friend of mine named Robby. I play with him every week. We have 4 stores I believe in the Portland Area. every single one fills up on Tuesdays and sometimes on the weekend with EDHers.
Its a very healthy META for the most part. There are always those doing there own thing. But Portland in general frowns on Infinites, MLD and encourages you to limit extra turns. When everyone follows those rules you get some pretty powerful decks all dukin it out. I think the META here is superb.
Hah. Then you've probably seen my posts on his stuff too (my FB account being "Darrell", though that is not my name).
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yea I recognize that name. I dont usually comment on the page. I prefer to sit back and watch the T3 and T2 players argue amongst themselves as the T1 players just write sarcastic replies.
Ah. So you watch my sarcastic replies then.
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probably. Robby will sometimes purposefully talk about cards that different tiers of players have COMPLETELY different opinions of, just to watch the world burn
*Sees the irony, being the LD guy whom trolls your manabase.* >_<
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Also played a few games with Alesha, one of which I used the phrase "So I needed to tutour for AEther Snap..." (clearing Avenger of Zendikar tokens).
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(Trying something here. Mods please don't shoot me.)
Game 1 uploaded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8-w0GiAZIQ
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I'll post it in a day or two, most likely, if anyone is interested.
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Future Alesha project...?
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