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4 Deceiver Exarch
4 Grim Lavamancer (vs Death & Taxes)
4 Spellskite (protect Exarch, vs Infect)
(28) Spells:
4 Brainstorm
4 Consider
4 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Splinter Twin
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Volcanic Island
3 Island
1 Mountain (credit to Ben)
4 Submerge
4 Surgical Extraction
3 Blood Moon
3 Null Rod
1 Swan Song
Ben helped out my mana base by Wastelanding me.
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
4 Deceiver Exarch
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Spellskite
(28) Spells:
4 Brainstorm
4 Consider
4 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Splinter Twin
5 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Volcanic Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Mire
1 Mountain
4 Submerge
4 Surgical Extraction
3 Blood Moon
3 Null Rod
1 Swan Song
Round 1 vs Mono-Blue Tempo, 0-2.
SB: +1 Swan Song, -1 Spellskite.
He out-tempo'd me by using a fast clock, backed up by counter spells.
Round 2 vs Green-White Depths, 2-1.
SB: +4 Submerge, +3 Blood Moon, +1 Swan Song. -4 Force of Negation, -4 Grim Lavamancer.
Game 1: I didn't play around Wasteland and that cost me.
Game 2: I secured 2 Blood Moon +2 Spellskite to protect them.
Game 3: I resolved early Deceiver Exarch + Splinter Twin.
Round 3 vs Lands, 1-2.
SB: +3 Blood Moon, +3 Null Rod. -4 Spellskite, -2 Grim Lavamancer.
Game 1: His 2 Urza's Saga constructs killed me.
Game 2: Twin combo did it's thing. Earlier, he added a charge counter to his Blast Zone in response to Blood Moon. That was unintuitive to me b/c Blood Moon removes all counters off Dark Depths but apparently, it's different for Blast Zone?
Game 3: He Force of Vigor'd my Blood Moon w/Dark Depths in play, Moon removing all Depth counters and me dying to a 20/20.
Afterwords, he gave me SB advice:
-Submerge would've been good vs his Dark Depths tokens.
-Surgical Extraction would've been good vs his Life from the Loam. Tbf, I never saw his Life from the Loam.
-Blood Moon is the right call in most situations.
-Null Rod didn't help me much.
New SB:
3 Blood Moon
3 Null Rod
3 Surgical Extraction
2 Swan Song (synergy w/Grim Lavamancer)
Odds and Ends:
-When questioned about Crucible of Worlds, he explained he prefers Life from the Loam to further his game plan (unless you can recur Wasteland.)
-My new SB plan would be: +3 Blood Moon, +3 Submerge, +3 Surgical Extraction. -4 Grim Lavamancer, -4 Spellskite, -1 Force of Negation.
-Going 1-2, I don't think this deck has much potential. I'm just stoked I finally got around to playing it (I first posted this list Jul 29, 2022, almost 2 years ago!)
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo