Whether or not it worked does not validate the play. That's hindsight probability. Let's say I offered you a bet -- I'm going to flip a coin and if it's heads, I'll give you 1 dollar but if it's tails, you'll give me 2 dollars. This is obviously a terrible bet for you. Accepting it is a bad decision. You can't justify it afterwards by arguing that you won the flip, therefore you made the right decision.
I don't want to vote for Keyrune right away. Sometimes I feel that if there's a streak of same-votes early in the thread it can tunnel vision other posters into agreement because everyone wants to make the "right choice." I might be making the wrong choice, but I'll vote for Trostani's Judgment just to spark discussion. If we had gone maximum greed and chosen Isperia I agree that Keyrune would be the absolute clear choice. Instead I'm comfortable taking the expensive removal.
Trostani's Judgment might be expensive removal...but it makes sure that whatever you target stays gone. Populating a token along the way would be nice too. I'm thinking that we have a fair enough amount of fixing to let the Keyrune go now.
Whether or not it worked does not validate the play. That's hindsight probability. Let's say I offered you a bet -- I'm going to flip a coin and if it's heads, I'll give you 1 dollar but if it's tails, you'll give me 2 dollars. This is obviously a terrible bet for you. Accepting it is a bad decision. You can't justify it afterwards by arguing that you won the flip, therefore you made the right decision.
Keyrune and I don't think it's close. Sloppy manabases are the #1 weakness of three color decks in this format. At best it's our only W source and ramps us into Gorger, Evolution, etc., at worst it's a 2/2 flier that's immune to Supreme Verdict (meaning if we don't need the W source.)
Yeah, Dispel...our 3-drop spot is already bursting at the seams.
I don't see it like this... we have four cards we want to play on t3 (unless we follow a Sprite with Unflinching Courage) that will surely make our decks... to me our deck looks topheavy.
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My Decks: EDH: Sygg, River Cutthroat , Road to Scion Grimgrin, Corpseborn Modern: Polytokes IRL: Progenitus Polymorph , Goblins
Keyrune. The key insight into this format for me is that you always end up playing bad cards if you don't pay close attention to your playable count. Before this pick we have 21 nonland playables not counting crap like zarichi tiger and maze sentinel, which isn't sufficient for me to want to take the sideboard card here. I'm not scared of flooding with the extra mana, as most of our deck's gameplan revolves around either giant expensive idiots or mana-intensive smaller creatures. Finally, we don't actually have many ways to stop a medium sized flier so I'm happy with the 2/2 here.
Imposter, more or less as a sideboard card vs One Thousand Lashes.
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My Decks: EDH: Sygg, River Cutthroat , Road to Scion Grimgrin, Corpseborn Modern: Polytokes IRL: Progenitus Polymorph , Goblins
1 Trostani's Summoner
1 Haazda Snare Squad
2 Beetleform Mage
1 Unflinching Courage
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Species Gorger
1 Mending Touch
1 Maze Sentinel
1 Plasm Capture
1 Sunspire Gatekeepers
1 Maze Behemoth
1 Lyev Decree
1 Hidden Strings
1 Restore the Peace
1 Shambleshark
1 Slaughterhorn
1 Disciple of the Old Ways
1 Scab-Clan Charger
1 Pit Fight
1 Urban Evolution
1 Simic Guildgate
1 Zarichi Tiger
1 Metropolis Sprite
1 Vizkopa Confessor
1 Adaptive Snapjaw
1 Last Thoughts
2 Azorius Guildgate
1 Azorius Charm
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Syncopate
Mark your pick by either bolding it or putting it in Quote tags.
Next pick will be tomorrow (unless there is clear consensus, in which case I might post the next pick earlier). Have fun!
Ramp and a body (witch our pool lacks of so far), plus it can avoid our verdict.
- L
"The problem isn't when Scissors says Rock is overpowered, it's when Paper says it is."
-Mark Rosewater
1 Trostani's Summoner
1 Haazda Snare Squad
2 Beetleform Mage
1 Unflinching Courage
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Species Gorger
1 Mending Touch
1 Maze Sentinel
1 Plasm Capture
1 Sunspire Gatekeepers
1 Maze Behemoth
1 Lyev Decree
1 Hidden Strings
1 Restore the Peace
1 Shambleshark
1 Slaughterhorn
1 Disciple of the Old Ways
1 Scab-Clan Charger
1 Pit Fight
1 Urban Evolution
1 Simic Guildgate
1 Zarichi Tiger
1 Metropolis Sprite
1 Vizkopa Confessor
1 Adaptive Snapjaw
1 Last Thoughts
2 Azorius Guildgate
1 Azorius Charm
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Syncopate
1 Azorius Keyrune
Mark your pick by either bolding it or putting it in Quote tags.
Next pick will be tomorrow (unless there is clear consensus, in which case I might post the next pick earlier). Have fun!
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(finished 8-8, but beat Alexander Hayne and Ben Stark)
I don't see it like this... we have four cards we want to play on t3 (unless we follow a Sprite with Unflinching Courage) that will surely make our decks... to me our deck looks topheavy.
My Decks:
EDH:
Modern:
IRL:
Just a friendly reminder that I will drive this car off a bridge
1 Trostani's Summoner
1 Haazda Snare Squad
2 Beetleform Mage
1 Unflinching Courage
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Species Gorger
1 Mending Touch
1 Maze Sentinel
1 Plasm Capture
1 Sunspire Gatekeepers
1 Maze Behemoth
1 Lyev Decree
1 Hidden Strings
1 Restore the Peace
1 Shambleshark
1 Slaughterhorn
1 Disciple of the Old Ways
1 Scab-Clan Charger
1 Pit Fight
1 Urban Evolution
1 Simic Guildgate
1 Zarichi Tiger
1 Metropolis Sprite
1 Vizkopa Confessor
1 Adaptive Snapjaw
1 Last Thoughts
2 Azorius Guildgate
1 Azorius Charm
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Syncopate
2 Azorius Keyrune
Mark your pick by either bolding it or putting it in Quote tags.
Next pick will be tomorrow (unless there is clear consensus, in which case I might post the next pick earlier). Have fun!
My Decks:
EDH:
Modern:
IRL:
Just a friendly reminder that I will drive this car off a bridge
1 Trostani's Summoner
1 Haazda Snare Squad
2 Beetleform Mage
1 Unflinching Courage
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Species Gorger
1 Mending Touch
1 Maze Sentinel
1 Plasm Capture
1 Sunspire Gatekeepers
1 Maze Behemoth
1 Lyev Decree
1 Hidden Strings
1 Restore the Peace
1 Shambleshark
1 Slaughterhorn
1 Disciple of the Old Ways
1 Scab-Clan Charger
1 Pit Fight
1 Urban Evolution
1 Simic Guildgate
1 Zarichi Tiger
1 Metropolis Sprite
1 Vizkopa Confessor
1 Adaptive Snapjaw
1 Last Thoughts
2 Azorius Guildgate
1 Azorius Charm
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Syncopate
2 Azorius Keyrune
1 Faerie Impostor
Mark your pick by either bolding it or putting it in Quote tags.
Next pick will be tomorrow (unless there is clear consensus, in which case I might post the next pick earlier). Have fun!