It is definitely a shame. I don't know how likely it is that Burn will get a piece of a mechanic they try in the future, since our deck is already pretty tight and such a card would have to unseat something we already play.
In other news, Lava Spike is getting reprinted with new art and accurate text.
Patrick Sullivan explained it, then I can also say : Satyr + Bolt = immediate value. This card competes slots from lavamancer or/and searing blood, so the question you should ask yourself is : does 2 damages is much more relevant ?
Actually, between Spirits, Humans, Affinity-like, Knight reliquary, infect (on top of the metagame), it is difficult for Searing blood to find a target. Those decks tend to have larger creatures and have many ways to disrupt this spell.
So if Searing blood struggles to work, then Satyr shines here :
1/ It allows to your burn spells to go always face while clearing the path, which is a huge advantage !
2/ Satyr has a great synergy with Searing blaze to kill two creatures in a row.
3/ Satyr goes over the game is not removed, but unlike lavamancer it does not requires a whole turn and do not taxe us.
4/ We are able to remove large creatures thanks to Boros charm or double bolts, and we use the stack at our advantage to counter some protection effects (like indestructible/regenerate...)
5/ Satyr is excellent against Infect and Humans' disruptions because it works through Spell pierce and protections.
On the cons side:
1/ Satyr is slow when you need to remove now a creature, like Devoted druid or a kill from infect incoming.
2/ Satyr is a creature so vulnerable. However you bring it against decks that have only Reflector mage or a few of Path.
3/ Satyr should take 3-4 slots to be efficient since turn two, instead of being a top deck. At two slots, we are probably better to have SBlood or Lavamancer.
Agree with most points. I also think it competes with Bridge if you're inclined to play it. The main reason I swapped to Firedancer is because I kept running into games where Blood wouldn't cut it, and as I talked about my Regionals report, it felt real good in those matchups, even the ones where I lost due to other factors, like flooding.
The card that I am intrigued on is Surgical extraction, but I have not tested it already. Someone can tell me how good is Surgical ?
I'm personally not a fan of Surgical. I understand the tempo loss of casting a Rest in Piece, but vs Dredge when I tried it out, I've ran into situations where they can overload a single surgical. Pick the chill and have to deal with the creatures. Or pick the ghast/narco/amalgm and have to deal with chill, while both options still leave you with looming conflags in the horizon.
Thznk you for your opinion aboit surgical and rest in peace. At GP Atlanta a Burn player did top 16 at playing 4 rest in peace. With 4 Nature'claim and the dangerosity of Dredge I understand this fact while I dislike the tempo lost. Anyway, are you on the opinion that 4 slots should be rip ? Two seems not enough.
4 is basically expecting to play at least 3-4 dredge players in swiss/top8. In that case, I think it can be fine. Don't forget, your searing effects can slow them enough. Also, if you do not see darkblast in game 1 or 2, you can bring in Firedancer to help clear the board, since typically darkblast is not a good card vs burn and that's one more thing they have to nature's claim since it is an enchantment.
How important would Rest in peace for us to have in sb? Devils could easily become 4th Helix and 3rd Volley (more spells for swiftspear at instant speed that can also deal with creatures). Debating on that bc most time devil has been 4 dmg for 1 mana in my experience. Is S. Blood worth sb slots anymore? Humans seem to grow out of range immediately and outside of that i feel it has limited uses now. Ill have to go back and look at the primer more carefully but should i be worried enough to run wear//tear or something of the like to deal with enchantments? And since i am 3 color... should i board some number of D. Claw or something similar to combat other burn decks? Also... ppl are saying eidolon may or may not be needed as much. Is this true? If it somewhat is, should i drop to 2-3 copies? Shard volley is the spell id probably add another of if dropping to 3 and if less than ill figure what i want to add.
As far as black options... collective brutality but i feel escalate is a huge disadvantage for us. Risk Factor seems better in mardu imo. Maybe even contaminated bond? Same idea as C. Ground. Also sinister possession? needlebite trap? dash hopes Seems a little too cute and as a punisher card we know our discussion on those. Sovereign's bite and alms of the vein Are the only other 2 reasonable burn spells in black and they are marginal. And then you have the suite of discard spells. N. Trap needs set up and same with alms. S. Bite isnt rly better than helix unless playing rakdos burn. Im not sure if theres a good reason to play any discard in the sb. But idk
Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. I'm just a dude who likes lightning bolts and lightning bolt accessories.
Also, I think black is interesting, but i haven't played it myself since theros days wheni was just playtesting burn and haun hasn't bought the cards yet.
Sorry about that,I must have missed it. Unfortunately, I don't have much of any experience with black in Burn since theros was in standard.
In regards to wear//tear, I don't like it. I play rw and play smash instead. I don't think it's a good card and I think that you should just play drev if you truly fear enchantments. I'll run my scripts updating everything for November soon and will have a list is enchantments.
Dash Hopes isn't worth it. You're better off playing spells that you know will deal damage. I
think the Contaminated X cards aren't worth it either, because they're decently likely to be "two mana: do nothing to further your game plan, but maybe slow your opponents' plan". Needlebite is too cute. Is life gain so prevalent that 4 Skullcrack isn't good enough?
Collective brutality is definitely not worth escalating, so it's really just a lightning helix that does 2 instead of 3. Burn doesn't care about the graveyard enough for escalate to be an upside.
I don't think that drain Dragons Claw is work a slot. Even if burn is super common, it wouldn't be over like 8% of the meta and I don't think it's good to spend sideboard slots on narrow single matchups.
I feel like 5 spot removal out of the side is a lot, and I think that Path would be my card of choice just by going through the top decks on mtggoldfish.
Blood can't kill Supreme Phantom, Reflector Mage, or Spell Queller from Spirits. From Humans, if can't kill Militia Bugler or Reflector Mage and it can't kill things that get big, but you're probably up a creek if things get big and Blood helps you do damage before you're up a creek. It kills everything but Prized Amalgam against Dredge, but I don't think I'd play it there. I do like it against Burn. It's stellar against Infect, but Burn is stellar against Infect.
I haven't run into Hardened Scales, but I feel like Blood would just fizzle when they sacrifice the target to Ravager or be irrelevant because it's a big Ballista/Walker.
It's bad against Tron, UW Control, Storm, Titanshift. Searing Blaze is ok-ish against BGx decks, but I wouldn't play Blood there. I wouldn't bring it against GDS, either. It's bad against Storm. I don't think Mardu has enough targets. I don't think it positively affects the Hollow One matchup.
I think you can ride 4 Blazes and 3 Paths and you're fine on spot removal.
I have been working on different builds for a couple of months and need some sideboard help. This list is NOT meant to be a budget list and any card on the table within reason. The deck is purposely Mono-colored, and i really have enjoyed playing it, and my win% has went up quite a few points since i started playing it full time
If your running wizards... why not wizards lightning? 8 may not be enough but idt bomat isnt replaceable. Fallout may be uncounterable but youll rly want the 3 damage of some of the stronger sweepers i would think. Most control decks dont run enough creatures for it and fae is rly the only reason to need it to be uncounterable but i havent seen fae very much at all.
If your running wizards... why not wizards lightning? 8 may not be enough but idt bomat isnt replaceable. Fallout may be uncounterable but youll rly want the 3 damage of some of the stronger sweepers i would think. Most control decks dont run enough creatures for it and fae is rly the only reason to need it to be uncounterable but i havent seen fae very much at all.
Fallout is because I like to try and line it up with Swiftspears and Mages, so that I can retain part of my field
This build isnt super strong for Lavaman, and my notes and my gut say that Bomat is a better choice than Lavaman and Wizards lightning, maybe if we can get another truly decent red wizard It could come back in place of Skullcrack
I've been away from Burn for a while, what does the deck look like these days? Idk if I should pick up my old Naya list or go Boros, is there a concensus these days?
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November 2018 opposing hate analysis
The following is a lot of data that's tough to digest, but it might be helpful to you to know what kind of lifegain to expect at various times, what counterspells people are playing, and what discard spells people are playing. This analysis comes from MTGGoldfish data with some cleaning procedure applied to it to try to clean up any bad deck names. I then go through these deck lists and find instances of "counter target", "lifelink", and "gain N life"/"gains N life" in the card text. On top of that, I search for Leyline of Sanctity, Oketra's Last Mercy, Chalice of the Void, Phyrexian Unlife, and Spellskite. The deck population is 785 decks. Cards that show up less than 0.5% of the time are not printed, and I've also removed some cards that don't affect us like Disdainful Stroke and Ceremonious Rejection. Per card splits: Go here if you want to find a list of what decks play specific cards.
2.000 0.896 0.06115 Humans
2.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.034 0.879 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.750 0.01019 Jeskai
1.200 0.455 0.01401 WUR Control
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.250 0.005 0.00510 Other
1.000 0.429 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.571 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
1.500 0.003 0.00382 Other
1.667 0.429 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
2.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
1.571 0.009 0.01019 Other
1.143 0.583 0.01529 Vizier Company
2.000 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
2.000 0.004 0.00510 Other
3.833 0.857 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
3.000 1.000 0.00764 Grixis Whir
4.000 0.500 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 1.000 0.00510 Mono U Tron
4.000 0.125 0.01019 Merfolk
4.000 0.006 0.00637 Other
1.000 1.000 0.00764 Grixis Whir
2.500 0.286 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
2.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
1.000 0.071 0.01783 Amulet Titan
1.800 0.800 0.03185 BGx Midrange
2.429 0.824 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
1.750 0.320 0.03185 Hollow One
2.000 0.750 0.01019 Lantern Control
1.167 0.240 0.03185 KCI Combo
2.000 1.000 0.00637 Mill
1.000 0.080 0.03185 Jund
2.000 0.500 0.00510 Bridgevine
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
2.000 0.027 0.04713 Dredge
1.733 0.019 0.02166 Other
1.348 0.920 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.900 0.800 0.03185 Jund
1.500 0.162 0.04713 Dredge
2.200 0.217 0.02930 UBR Death's Shadow
1.800 0.200 0.03185 Hollow One
1.750 0.267 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
2.000 1.000 0.00510 UBRG Death's Shadow
2.000 1.000 0.00510 BRG Death's Shadow
2.000 0.600 0.00637 Mill
2.000 0.750 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
1.000 0.250 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.500 0.118 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
1.000 0.250 0.01019 Lantern Control
2.000 0.250 0.00510 WBRG Death's Shadow
2.000 0.250 0.00510 Bridgevine
1.364 0.014 0.01529 Other
4.000 1.000 0.00510 Mono U Tron
1.333 0.500 0.01529 Vizier Company
3.000 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.071 0.01783 Amulet Titan
1.500 0.015 0.01911 Other
1.000 0.003 0.00637 Other
4.000 0.973 0.04713 Dredge
2.000 1.000 0.00637 Mill
1.000 1.000 0.00637 Mill
3.152 1.000 0.04204 WU Control
3.273 1.000 0.01401 WUR Control
3.375 1.000 0.01019 Jeskai
3.667 1.000 0.00764 UR Control
3.800 1.000 0.00637 URG Control
1.000 0.750 0.00510 UR Delver
3.000 0.333 0.00764 Living End
3.280 0.032 0.03312 Other
4.000 0.917 0.01529 Bogles
4.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
3.750 1.000 0.01019 Merfolk
3.000 0.429 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
3.000 0.001 0.00382 Other
1.909 1.000 0.04204 WU Control
1.857 0.933 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
1.818 0.647 0.02166 UG Infect
1.750 1.000 0.01019 Jeskai
1.857 0.636 0.01401 WUR Control
2.000 1.000 0.00764 UR Control
2.250 1.000 0.00510 UR Delver
1.500 0.800 0.00637 URG Control
1.000 0.500 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
1.500 0.125 0.02038 UR Gifts Storm
1.500 0.333 0.00764 Living End
2.000 0.200 0.00637 Mill
1.000 0.040 0.03185 KCI Combo
1.000 0.022 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
2.087 0.029 0.03312 Other
2.750 0.667 0.01529 Runaway Red
2.000 0.200 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
2.000 0.080 0.03185 Hollow One
1.875 0.010 0.01401 Other
1.375 0.320 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.000 0.080 0.03185 Jund
1.000 0.200 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
1.667 0.004 0.00382 Other
1.667 0.004 0.00382 Other
1.000 0.500 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
1.000 0.005 0.00892 Other
3.882 0.680 0.03185 KCI Combo
3.250 0.667 0.00764 Living End
1.000 0.500 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
4.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 0.071 0.01783 Amulet Titan
1.000 0.004 0.00510 Other
1.500 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.120 0.03185 Jund
1.000 0.200 0.00637 URG Control
1.000 0.004 0.00382 Other
3.360 1.000 0.03185 BGx Midrange
3.640 1.000 0.03185 Jund
1.913 1.000 0.02930 UBR Death's Shadow
3.941 1.000 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
3.250 1.000 0.01019 Lantern Control
3.200 0.200 0.03185 KCI Combo
3.000 1.000 0.00510 UBRG Death's Shadow
2.000 0.600 0.00637 Mill
4.000 0.750 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
4.000 0.750 0.00510 BRG Death's Shadow
3.500 0.250 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
3.588 0.022 0.02293 Other
1.000 0.600 0.00637 Mill
2.000 0.500 0.00510 WBRG Death's Shadow
3.000 0.003 0.00382 Other
2.211 0.760 0.03185 KCI Combo
1.750 1.000 0.01019 Lantern Control
1.000 1.000 0.00764 Grixis Whir
3.000 0.600 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
1.000 0.043 0.02930 UBR Death's Shadow
2.667 0.004 0.00510 Other
1.000 0.133 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
1.000 0.360 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.000 0.080 0.03185 Jund
1.000 0.500 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 0.680 0.03185 Jund
1.083 0.480 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.250 0.005 0.00510 Other
1.176 0.354 0.06115 Humans
2.000 0.706 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
1.000 0.500 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.727 0.014 0.01529 Other
3.400 0.417 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.000 0.080 0.03185 Jund
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.938 0.640 0.03185 Jund
2.000 0.440 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.000 0.417 0.01529 Vizier Company
2.200 0.006 0.00764 Other
3.935 0.958 0.06115 Humans
2.000 0.250 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
4.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.500 0.167 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.000 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Elves
2.000 0.006 0.00892 Other
2.159 0.917 0.06115 Humans
2.023 0.935 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
1.444 0.750 0.01529 Vizier Company
2.500 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Elves
3.000 0.250 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
1.412 0.022 0.02548 Other
2.062 0.516 0.03949 Burn
1.000 0.333 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.500 0.286 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
4.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
3.800 0.833 0.01529 Bogles
4.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
3.500 1.000 0.01019 Lantern Control
4.000 1.000 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
3.500 1.000 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
3.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
2.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
3.600 0.006 0.00892 Other
3.857 0.903 0.03949 Burn
3.000 1.000 0.01401 WUR Control
2.750 1.000 0.01019 Jeskai
1.800 0.294 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
4.000 0.005 0.00510 Other
2.333 0.004 0.00510 Other
1.462 0.788 0.04204 WU Control
2.667 0.818 0.01401 WUR Control
2.625 1.000 0.01019 Jeskai
1.400 0.833 0.00764 UR Control
2.250 0.800 0.00637 URG Control
2.400 0.006 0.00764 Other
1.000 0.091 0.01401 WUR Control
2.000 0.200 0.00637 URG Control
1.000 0.636 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.625 0.01019 Jeskai
1.000 0.273 0.01401 WUR Control
1.167 0.008 0.01146 Other
1.227 0.667 0.04204 WU Control
2.000 0.273 0.01401 WUR Control
3.000 0.750 0.00510 UR Delver
1.000 0.250 0.01019 Jeskai
3.000 0.200 0.00637 URG Control
1.500 0.005 0.00764 Other
1.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
4.000 1.000 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
4.000 1.000 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
4.000 0.010 0.01019 Other
2.000 0.200 0.03185 KCI Combo
3.412 0.919 0.04713 Dredge
3.357 0.966 0.03694 G Tron
3.913 1.000 0.02930 Hardened Scales
4.000 0.760 0.03185 KCI Combo
2.000 1.000 0.02166 UG Infect
1.500 0.273 0.02803 RG Titanshift
4.000 1.000 0.00637 Hardened Modular
3.000 1.000 0.00510 WG Tron
3.667 0.300 0.01274 Affinity
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Lantern Control
1.000 0.250 0.00510 Bridgevine
2.000 0.008 0.00892 Other
1.414 0.879 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.455 0.01401 WUR Control
1.000 0.500 0.01019 Jeskai
1.000 0.200 0.00637 URG Control
1.500 0.005 0.00510 Other
1.192 0.788 0.04204 WU Control
2.067 0.600 0.03185 KCI Combo
1.333 0.818 0.01401 WUR Control
1.167 0.750 0.01019 Jeskai
1.400 0.833 0.00764 UR Control
1.250 1.000 0.00510 UR Delver
1.333 0.065 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
2.500 0.333 0.00764 Living End
1.000 0.400 0.00637 URG Control
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Merfolk
2.000 0.067 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.474 0.024 0.03057 Other
4.000 1.000 0.00510 UR Delver
2.000 0.333 0.00764 Living End
3.000 0.003 0.00382 Other
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Jeskai
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
2.238 0.955 0.02803 RG Titanshift
1.583 0.857 0.01783 Amulet Titan
1.333 0.240 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.000 0.040 0.03185 Jund
1.889 0.023 0.02548 Other
1.000 0.515 0.04204 WU Control
1.500 0.003 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.001 0.00382 Other
1.000 0.929 0.01783 Amulet Titan
2.800 1.000 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
1.000 0.800 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
1.000 0.143 0.01783 Amulet Titan
2.333 0.004 0.00382 Other
1.100 0.435 0.02930 Hardened Scales
1.000 0.400 0.00637 Hardened Modular
1.000 0.200 0.01274 Affinity
3.800 1.000 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
3.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.250 0.00510 WBRG Death's Shadow
1.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
1.500 0.008 0.00892 Other
1.000 0.045 0.02803 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.045 0.02803 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.045 0.02803 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.059 0.02166 UG Infect
2.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 0.929 0.01783 Amulet Titan
2.125 1.000 0.02038 UR Gifts Storm
3.167 1.000 0.00764 UR Control
3.250 1.000 0.00510 UR Delver
3.000 1.000 0.00510 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.091 0.04204 WU Control
3.000 0.333 0.00764 Living End
2.500 0.400 0.00637 URG Control
2.000 0.091 0.01401 WUR Control
3.500 0.025 0.02675 Other
1.500 0.182 0.01401 WUR Control
3.000 1.000 0.03185 BGx Midrange
2.920 1.000 0.03185 Jund
1.000 0.667 0.01529 Vizier Company
2.250 1.000 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
2.000 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Elves
2.267 0.019 0.02293 Other
1.000 0.833 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.333 0.750 0.01019 Elves
1.000 0.500 0.00510 UBRG Death's Shadow
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.375 0.010 0.01529 Other
1.167 0.500 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.333 0.004 0.00510 Other
1.000 0.250 0.01019 Elves
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.500 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.333 0.750 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
2.333 0.015 0.01656 Other
2.070 0.896 0.06115 Humans
1.800 0.833 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.500 0.003 0.00382 Other
1.833 0.706 0.02166 UG Infect
3.400 0.625 0.01019 Merfolk
1.500 0.400 0.00637 URG Control
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Jeskai
1.167 0.008 0.00764 Other
2.500 0.857 0.01783 Amulet Titan
2.091 0.647 0.02166 UG Infect
1.000 1.000 0.00510 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.125 0.02038 UR Gifts Storm
2.000 0.250 0.01019 Merfolk
2.000 0.091 0.01401 WUR Control
2.000 0.067 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
2.000 0.100 0.01274 Affinity
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.182 0.014 0.01656 Other
1.238 0.636 0.04204 WU Control
1.333 1.000 0.00764 UR Control
1.500 0.800 0.00637 URG Control
1.000 0.500 0.01019 Jeskai
1.333 0.273 0.01401 WUR Control
2.000 0.250 0.00510 UR Delver
2.000 0.250 0.00510 Mono U Tron
1.444 0.011 0.01274 Other
1.200 0.006 0.00764 Other
1.154 0.765 0.02166 UG Infect
1.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
1.000 0.001 0.00382 Other
1.643 0.824 0.02166 UG Infect
1.444 0.391 0.02930 Hardened Scales
1.143 0.241 0.03694 G Tron
4.000 1.000 0.00764 Grixis Whir
1.000 0.750 0.01019 Lantern Control
2.000 0.400 0.01274 Affinity
2.000 0.045 0.02803 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.000 0.043 0.02930 UBR Death's Shadow
1.000 0.040 0.03185 KCI Combo
2.000 0.200 0.00637 Hardened Modular
2.000 0.250 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
1.500 0.005 0.00892 Other
2.000 0.006 0.00764 Other
3.000 0.957 0.02930 UBR Death's Shadow
3.000 1.000 0.00510 UBRG Death's Shadow
1.000 0.087 0.02930 Hardened Scales
4.000 0.003 0.00382 Other
1.000 0.913 0.02930 UBR Death's Shadow
2.000 0.400 0.01274 Affinity
1.000 0.750 0.00510 UBRG Death's Shadow
3.000 0.087 0.02930 Hardened Scales
1.000 0.001 0.00382 Other
1.000 0.500 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.200 0.400 0.03185 KCI Combo
1.000 0.500 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
1.000 0.200 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
4.000 0.280 0.03185 KCI Combo
4.000 1.000 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
4.000 1.000 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
2.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
4.000 0.005 0.00510 Other
2.875 0.828 0.03694 G Tron
2.500 1.000 0.00510 WG Tron
2.000 0.250 0.00510 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
2.920 1.000 0.03185 BGx Midrange
2.120 1.000 0.03185 Jund
4.000 1.000 0.02930 UBR Death's Shadow
2.765 1.000 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
2.250 1.000 0.01019 Lantern Control
3.750 1.000 0.00510 WBRG Death's Shadow
4.000 1.000 0.00510 UBRG Death's Shadow
4.000 1.000 0.00510 BRG Death's Shadow
2.000 0.750 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
2.000 0.250 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
3.286 0.018 0.02038 Other
1.960 0.676 0.04713 Dredge
2.875 0.640 0.03185 Hollow One
2.000 0.500 0.01019 Elves
1.750 0.800 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
2.250 1.000 0.00510 Bridgevine
1.000 0.176 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
3.000 0.083 0.01529 Vizier Company
2.000 0.040 0.03185 KCI Combo
1.000 0.040 0.03185 Jund
2.000 0.100 0.01274 Affinity
2.667 0.004 0.00510 Other
2.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
1.000 0.004 0.00510 Other
2.962 0.897 0.03694 G Tron
1.000 0.318 0.02803 RG Titanshift
2.750 1.000 0.00510 WG Tron
3.000 0.167 0.00764 Living End
2.000 0.005 0.00510 Other
4.000 0.250 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
4.000 0.250 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
4.000 0.008 0.01019 Other
1.000 0.879 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.091 0.01401 WUR Control
1.000 0.004 0.00510 Other
1.129 0.939 0.04204 WU Control
1.200 0.455 0.01401 WUR Control
1.000 0.625 0.01019 Jeskai
3.000 0.333 0.00764 Living End
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 0.059 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
3.000 0.250 0.00510 WG Tron
2.000 0.009 0.01274 Other
2.000 1.000 0.03694 G Tron
1.000 1.000 0.00510 Mono U Tron
2.000 1.000 0.00510 WG Tron
1.000 0.286 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
2.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
1.600 0.417 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.368 0.826 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
2.000 0.429 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.625 0.010 0.01401 Other
3.714 0.700 0.01274 Affinity
1.000 0.250 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.500 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.750 0.571 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
2.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
1.556 0.310 0.03694 G Tron
1.333 0.429 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
1.667 0.375 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 0.250 0.00510 WG Tron
2.897 1.000 0.03694 G Tron
2.000 1.000 0.00510 Mono U Tron
3.000 1.000 0.00510 WG Tron
1.000 0.286 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
3.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.080 0.03185 KCI Combo
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
1.000 0.003 0.00382 Other
1.000 0.357 0.01783 Amulet Titan
Card fractions: This is averaged over the whole meta and is the fraction of decks that play the card in the maindeck/sideboard without taking into account how many copies they play. These give a general idea of what cards to expect from a randomly chosen deck. Maindeck: The top cards are Inquisition of Kozilek (17.20%), Thoughtseize (16.43%), Cryptic Command (11.85%), Collective Brutality (10.19%), Scavenging Ooze (10.19%), Mausoleum Wanderer (7.77%), Remand (7.39%).
Compare to the top cards from last month Inquisition of Kozilek (14.50%), Thoughtseize (14.35%), Cryptic Command (11.96%), Scavenging Ooze (11.81%), Logic Knot (9.72%), Lightning Helix (8.67%), Remand (7.77%).
Sideboard: The top cards are Nature's Claim (18.85%), Dispel (15.29%), Knight of Autumn (14.90%), Collective Brutality (12.23%), Negate (11.97%), Thoughtseize (8.03%), Obstinate Baloth (7.39%).
Compare to the top cards from last month Nature's Claim (19.13%), Dispel (16.14%), Negate (13.90%), Collective Brutality (13.15%), Thoughtseize (11.51%), Knight of Autumn (10.91%), Sin Collector (7.62%).
Hate cards by meta decks: Go here if you want to see what kind of hate cards specific decks play.
The first column is the average copies per deck of this archetype if the deck plays this card, so that this number is not affected by a deck that doesn't play the card. The second column is the fraction of decks of this archetype playing this card, and this number is affected by decks that don't play the card.
Meta composition: This is just a core dump of the fraction of decks out of the total for this month with each name. Some of these deck names might be fuzzy, so the results are approximate.
This is just a core dump of the fraction of decks out of the total for this month with each name.
6.11% Humans
5.86% Goodstuff 3c
4.71% Dredge
4.20% WU Control
3.95% Burn
3.69% G Tron
3.18% BGx Midrange
3.18% KCI Combo
3.18% Jund
3.18% Hollow One
2.93% Hardened Scales
2.93% UBR Death's Shadow
2.80% RG Titanshift
2.17% Mardu Pyromancer
2.17% UG Infect
2.04% UR Gifts Storm
1.91% Izzet Phoenix
1.78% Amulet Titan
1.53% Vizier Company
1.53% Runaway Red
1.53% Bogles
1.40% WUR Control
1.27% Affinity
1.02% Elves
1.02% Eldrazi Aggro
1.02% Merfolk
1.02% Lantern Control
1.02% Jeskai
0.89% Eldrazi Tron
0.89% Azorius Spirits
0.76% Grixis Whir
0.76% Living End
0.76% UR Control
0.64% Mill
0.64% Ad Nauseam
0.64% Hardened Modular
0.64% URG Control
0.51% Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
0.51% WBRG Death's Shadow
0.51% UR Delver
0.51% WRG Hatebears
0.51% Bridgevine
0.51% Mono U Tron
0.51% Junk Hatebears
0.51% UBRG Death's Shadow
0.51% WG Tron
0.51% BRG Death's Shadow
0.38% UBRG Scapeshift
0.38% Orzhov Eldrazi
0.38% Grishoalbrand
0.38% Uw Spirits
0.38% Gruul Land Destruction
0.38% Dimir Faeries
0.38% 8-Whack
0.38% Bant Spirits
0.38% Kiki Chord
0.25% Temur Tooth and Nail
0.25% Grixis Phoenix
0.25% Black Devotion
0.25% Titan Breach
0.25% Ponza
0.25% URG Delver
0.25% Free-Win Red
0.25% Blue Moon
0.25% Abzan Midrange
0.25% Ponza Land Destruction
0.25% WUBR Storm
0.25% WRG Titanshift
0.25% Abzan
0.25% BG Tron
0.25% WURG Scapeshift
0.25% Soul Sisters
0.25% Taking Turns
0.25% Enduring Ideal
0.25% Martyr Proc
0.25% Bant Spirit
0.25% Gifts 3c
0.25% UW Miracles
0.25% UR Ascension
0.13% Naya Value
0.13% WUB Control
0.13% Domain Zoo
0.13% Four-Color Midrange
0.13% Boros Burn
0.13% Bant Time Warp
0.13% Jeskai Control
0.13% UBR Ascension
0.13% WUG Knightfall
0.13% WUG Infect
0.13% Zoo
0.13% Death and Taxes
0.13% UB Control
0.13% 8-Rack
0.13% Blue-Red Spells
0.13% Gruul Zoo
0.13% Kiki-Jiki Combo
0.13% Temur Zoo
0.13% Rakdos Recurr
0.13% Smallpox
0.13% UW Control
0.13% Izzet Kiln Fiend
0.13% Gruul Landloss
0.13% WUR Ascension
0.13% Ur Aggro
0.13% White-Black Tokens
0.13% URG Gifts Storm
0.13% Devoted Evolution
0.13% UR Storm
0.13% Aura Hexproof
0.13% U Delver
0.13% White-Black Denial
0.13% Mono-Red Phoenix
0.13% 8 Whack
0.13% WURG Humans Company
0.13% Mono Red Prison
0.13% Gw Valuetown
0.13% Through the Breach
0.13% Naya Zoo
0.13% WBG Death's Shadow
0.13% Goryo's Vengeance
0.13% Snow Dragons
0.13% White-Blue Midrange
0.13% Valakut
0.13% Cragganwick Cremator Toolbox
0.13% Temur Midrange
0.13% Selesnya Taxes
0.13% Rakdos Phoenix Burn
0.13% Selesnya Aggro
0.13% 4c Jeskai Ascendancy
0.13% Gideon Tribal
0.13% Through The Moon
Total decks 785
2.000 1.000 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
2.000 0.333 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
2.000 1.000 0.00510 UR Delver
2.000 0.250 0.01529 Runaway Red
2.000 0.045 0.02803 RG Titanshift
3.000 0.059 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
2.000 0.027 0.04713 Dredge
2.000 0.040 0.03185 Jund
1.625 0.010 0.01019 Other
1.000 1.000 0.00764 Grixis Whir
4.000 0.333 0.00764 Living End
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Vizier Company
2.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
3.667 0.008 0.00764 Other
1.000 0.080 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.000 0.001 0.00382 Other
2.000 0.882 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
2.000 0.667 0.00764 UR Control
2.500 0.400 0.00637 URG Control
3.000 0.040 0.03185 Hollow One
3.143 0.027 0.02930 Other
2.250 0.667 0.01529 Runaway Red
1.333 0.353 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
1.750 0.160 0.03185 Hollow One
1.500 0.133 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
1.500 0.333 0.00764 UR Control
1.000 0.200 0.01274 Affinity
1.786 0.018 0.02548 Other
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Lantern Control
4.000 1.000 0.00510 Bridgevine
4.000 0.027 0.04713 Dredge
1.000 0.417 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
2.000 0.032 0.03949 Burn
1.500 0.500 0.01019 Elves
1.750 0.160 0.03185 Jund
1.000 0.069 0.03694 G Tron
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
2.000 0.040 0.03185 BGx Midrange
2.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
1.333 0.004 0.00382 Other
1.333 0.500 0.01529 Vizier Company
3.000 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.071 0.01783 Amulet Titan
1.500 0.015 0.01911 Other
1.000 0.003 0.00637 Other
2.000 0.143 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
4.000 0.917 0.01529 Bogles
4.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.344 0.970 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.333 0.00764 Living End
1.250 0.005 0.00764 Other
2.000 0.429 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.000 0.043 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
1.000 0.250 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
1.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Jeskai
1.000 0.001 0.00382 Other
4.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.000 0.750 0.01529 Vizier Company
2.000 0.286 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Elves
1.250 0.015 0.01783 Other
3.933 0.968 0.03949 Burn
4.000 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
2.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
2.600 0.200 0.03185 Hollow One
2.500 0.065 0.03949 Burn
3.000 0.083 0.01529 Runaway Red
4.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
4.000 1.000 0.01529 Bogles
4.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 0.522 0.02930 Hardened Scales
1.000 0.600 0.00637 Hardened Modular
1.000 0.100 0.01274 Affinity
1.000 0.261 0.02930 Hardened Scales
1.000 0.400 0.00637 Hardened Modular
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.500 0.167 0.01529 Runaway Red
2.000 0.200 0.01274 Affinity
1.000 0.059 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
1.500 0.003 0.00510 Other
2.500 0.133 0.01911 Izzet Phoenix
2.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.667 1.000 0.00764 Grixis Whir
1.000 0.750 0.01019 Lantern Control
2.000 0.500 0.01274 Affinity
2.000 0.120 0.03185 KCI Combo
2.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
4.000 0.004 0.00510 Other
2.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
2.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
3.000 0.125 0.01019 Elves
1.667 1.000 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
4.000 1.000 0.02930 Hardened Scales
4.000 1.000 0.00637 Hardened Modular
4.000 0.300 0.01274 Affinity
4.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
2.250 1.000 0.01529 Bogles
2.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
4.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
3.000 1.000 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
3.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 1.000 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
3.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.333 0.00764 UR Control
1.000 0.400 0.00637 URG Control
1.000 0.091 0.01401 WUR Control
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Jeskai
1.333 0.004 0.00382 Other
1.750 0.364 0.02803 RG Titanshift
2.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
3.800 0.833 0.01529 Bogles
4.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
3.500 1.000 0.01019 Lantern Control
4.000 1.000 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
3.500 1.000 0.00510 Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
3.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
2.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
3.600 0.006 0.00892 Other
3.000 0.167 0.00764 Living End
3.136 0.595 0.04713 Dredge
3.286 0.840 0.03185 Hollow One
3.722 0.783 0.02930 UBR Death's Shadow
3.800 0.400 0.03185 BGx Midrange
3.778 0.529 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
3.750 0.160 0.03185 Jund
4.000 0.750 0.00510 Bridgevine
4.000 0.300 0.01274 Affinity
4.000 0.286 0.00892 Eldrazi Tron
4.000 0.333 0.00764 Living End
4.000 0.034 0.03694 G Tron
4.000 0.032 0.03949 Burn
4.000 0.250 0.00510 BRG Death's Shadow
3.500 0.005 0.00892 Other
1.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 1.000 0.00637 Mill
4.000 0.003 0.00382 Other
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
4.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.080 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.000 0.040 0.03185 Jund
3.800 1.000 0.00637 Ad Nauseam
3.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.250 0.00510 WBRG Death's Shadow
1.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.500 0.121 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.004 0.00382 Other
1.067 0.682 0.02803 RG Titanshift
1.667 0.004 0.00637 Other
1.000 0.059 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
3.500 0.005 0.00510 Other
2.000 0.032 0.03949 Burn
3.917 1.000 0.01529 Bogles
1.857 0.412 0.02166 UG Infect
3.500 0.003 0.00255 Other
1.000 0.059 0.02166 UG Infect
3.000 0.121 0.04204 WU Control
3.000 0.091 0.01401 WUR Control
2.935 1.000 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
2.714 0.848 0.04204 WU Control
2.923 0.839 0.03949 Burn
2.909 0.917 0.01529 Bogles
2.714 0.636 0.01401 WUR Control
2.571 1.000 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
2.500 0.750 0.01019 Jeskai
1.667 0.062 0.06115 Humans
1.333 0.300 0.01274 Affinity
2.500 0.250 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Elves
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Lantern Control
3.000 0.167 0.00764 Living End
3.000 0.250 0.00510 WG Tron
2.605 0.055 0.06115 Other
3.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 0.100 0.01274 Affinity
3.000 0.004 0.00510 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.032 0.03949 Burn
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.040 0.03185 Jund
2.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
2.556 0.750 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 0.027 0.04713 Dredge
1.000 0.040 0.03185 Jund
1.000 0.059 0.02166 UG Infect
2.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
1.621 0.879 0.04204 WU Control
1.714 0.636 0.01401 WUR Control
1.857 0.875 0.01019 Jeskai
1.500 0.800 0.00637 Mill
1.000 0.200 0.00637 URG Control
1.429 0.009 0.00892 Other
1.000 0.030 0.04204 WU Control
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Lantern Control
2.000 0.167 0.00764 Living End
2.154 0.765 0.02166 UG Infect
2.000 0.375 0.01019 Elves
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Merfolk
2.000 0.043 0.02930 Hardened Scales
1.000 0.200 0.00637 Hardened Modular
4.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
3.917 1.000 0.01529 Bogles
3.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 0.417 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.400 0.417 0.01529 Bogles
1.667 1.000 0.01529 Bogles
3.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
4.000 1.000 0.01019 Merfolk
2.667 0.091 0.04204 WU Control
2.000 1.000 0.00510 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.143 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
2.283 1.000 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
2.000 0.970 0.04204 WU Control
2.800 0.833 0.01529 Bogles
2.143 1.000 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.800 0.625 0.01019 Jeskai
1.500 0.364 0.01401 WUR Control
2.000 0.235 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
2.000 1.000 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
2.000 0.375 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
2.333 0.750 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
2.000 0.042 0.06115 Humans
1.000 0.125 0.01019 Elves
2.000 0.083 0.01529 Vizier Company
3.000 0.250 0.00510 WBRG Death's Shadow
2.000 0.167 0.00764 Living End
1.000 0.032 0.03949 Burn
2.000 0.250 0.00510 Bridgevine
2.208 0.068 0.07134 Other
3.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
2.000 0.167 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.001 0.00255 Other
3.000 0.200 0.01274 Affinity
1.000 0.040 0.03185 KCI Combo
1.000 0.040 0.03185 KCI Combo
1.600 0.417 0.01529 Bogles
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
4.000 0.015 0.01529 Other
1.000 0.080 0.03185 BGx Midrange
1.667 0.176 0.02166 UG Infect
1.333 0.353 0.02166 UG Infect
1.000 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.001 0.00127 Other
1.161 0.674 0.05860 Goodstuff 3c
1.333 0.429 0.00892 Azorius Spirits
1.500 0.167 0.01529 Vizier Company
1.000 0.500 0.00510 WRG Hatebears
2.000 0.125 0.01019 Eldrazi Aggro
1.000 0.059 0.02166 Mardu Pyromancer
1.000 0.250 0.00510 Junk Hatebears
1.000 0.083 0.01529 Bogles
1.222 0.011 0.01783 Other
1.000 0.003 0.00255 Other
Maindeck: The top cards are Search for Azcanta (7.01%), Blood Moon (5.48%), Detention Sphere (4.84%), Eidolon of the Great Revel (4.20%), Hardened Scales (3.95%), Courser of Kruphix (2.68%), Rancor (2.68%).
Sideboard: The top cards are Rest in Peace (23.69%), Stony Silence (22.80%), Leyline of the Void (12.87%), Worship (6.50%), Blood Moon (4.84%), Leyline of Sanctity (3.18%), Alpine Moon (3.06%).
The first column is the average copies per deck of this archetype if the deck plays this card, so that this number is not affected by a deck that doesn't play the card. The second column is the fraction of decks of this archetype playing this card, and this number is affected by decks that don't play the card.
Ok so going back to dega/mardu burn:
How important would Rest in peace for us to have in sb? Devils could easily become 4th Helix and 3rd Volley (more spells for swiftspear at instant speed that can also deal with creatures). Debating on that bc most time devil has been 4 dmg for 1 mana in my experience. Is S. Blood worth sb slots anymore? Humans seem to grow out of range immediately and outside of that i feel it has limited uses now. Ill have to go back and look at the primer more carefully but should i be worried enough to run wear//tear or something of the like to deal with enchantments? And since i am 3 color... should i board some number of D. Claw or something similar to combat other burn decks? Also... ppl are saying eidolon may or may not be needed as much. Is this true? If it somewhat is, should i drop to 2-3 copies? Shard volley is the spell id probably add another of if dropping to 3 and if less than ill figure what i want to add.
As far as black options... collective brutality but i feel escalate is a huge disadvantage for us. Risk Factor seems better in mardu imo. Maybe even contaminated bond? Same idea as C. Ground. Also sinister possession? needlebite trap? dash hopes Seems a little too cute and as a punisher card we know our discussion on those. Sovereign's bite and alms of the vein Are the only other 2 reasonable burn spells in black and they are marginal. And then you have the suite of discard spells. N. Trap needs set up and same with alms. S. Bite isnt rly better than helix unless playing rakdos burn. Im not sure if theres a good reason to play any discard in the sb. But idk
In other news, Lava Spike is getting reprinted with new art and accurate text.
Agree with most points. I also think it competes with Bridge if you're inclined to play it. The main reason I swapped to Firedancer is because I kept running into games where Blood wouldn't cut it, and as I talked about my Regionals report, it felt real good in those matchups, even the ones where I lost due to other factors, like flooding.
I'm personally not a fan of Surgical. I understand the tempo loss of casting a Rest in Piece, but vs Dredge when I tried it out, I've ran into situations where they can overload a single surgical. Pick the chill and have to deal with the creatures. Or pick the ghast/narco/amalgm and have to deal with chill, while both options still leave you with looming conflags in the horizon.
Yeah. I think Satyr has to be 3-4 slots in my opinion.
4 is basically expecting to play at least 3-4 dredge players in swiss/top8. In that case, I think it can be fine. Don't forget, your searing effects can slow them enough. Also, if you do not see darkblast in game 1 or 2, you can bring in Firedancer to help clear the board, since typically darkblast is not a good card vs burn and that's one more thing they have to nature's claim since it is an enchantment.
If you think you can dodge Leyline of Sanctity/Worship, you can cut green. Otherwise Green splash if you think you may see either card.
4 Arid Mesa
2 Blood Crypt
1 Sacred Foundry
2 Inspiring Vantage
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
5 Mountain
4 Goblin Guide
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Vexing Devil
4 Rift Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Bump in the Night
2 Shard Volley
4 Searing Blaze
3 Lightning Helix
3 Path to Exile
3 Smash to Smithereens
2 Rakdos Charm
2 Rain of Gore
2 Skullcrack
2 Searing Blood
1 Deflecting Palm
How important would Rest in peace for us to have in sb? Devils could easily become 4th Helix and 3rd Volley (more spells for swiftspear at instant speed that can also deal with creatures). Debating on that bc most time devil has been 4 dmg for 1 mana in my experience. Is S. Blood worth sb slots anymore? Humans seem to grow out of range immediately and outside of that i feel it has limited uses now. Ill have to go back and look at the primer more carefully but should i be worried enough to run wear//tear or something of the like to deal with enchantments? And since i am 3 color... should i board some number of D. Claw or something similar to combat other burn decks? Also... ppl are saying eidolon may or may not be needed as much. Is this true? If it somewhat is, should i drop to 2-3 copies? Shard volley is the spell id probably add another of if dropping to 3 and if less than ill figure what i want to add.
As far as black options... collective brutality but i feel escalate is a huge disadvantage for us. Risk Factor seems better in mardu imo. Maybe even contaminated bond? Same idea as C. Ground. Also sinister possession? needlebite trap? dash hopes Seems a little too cute and as a punisher card we know our discussion on those. Sovereign's bite and alms of the vein Are the only other 2 reasonable burn spells in black and they are marginal. And then you have the suite of discard spells. N. Trap needs set up and same with alms. S. Bite isnt rly better than helix unless playing rakdos burn. Im not sure if theres a good reason to play any discard in the sb. But idk
Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. I'm just a dude who likes lightning bolts and lightning bolt accessories.
Also, I think black is interesting, but i haven't played it myself since theros days wheni was just playtesting burn and haun hasn't bought the cards yet.
In regards to wear//tear, I don't like it. I play rw and play smash instead. I don't think it's a good card and I think that you should just play drev if you truly fear enchantments. I'll run my scripts updating everything for November soon and will have a list is enchantments.
Dash Hopes isn't worth it. You're better off playing spells that you know will deal damage. I
think the Contaminated X cards aren't worth it either, because they're decently likely to be "two mana: do nothing to further your game plan, but maybe slow your opponents' plan". Needlebite is too cute. Is life gain so prevalent that 4 Skullcrack isn't good enough?
Collective brutality is definitely not worth escalating, so it's really just a lightning helix that does 2 instead of 3. Burn doesn't care about the graveyard enough for escalate to be an upside.
I don't think that drain Dragons Claw is work a slot. Even if burn is super common, it wouldn't be over like 8% of the meta and I don't think it's good to spend sideboard slots on narrow single matchups.
Also, I definitely wouldn't cut any eidolons.
Blood can't kill Supreme Phantom, Reflector Mage, or Spell Queller from Spirits. From Humans, if can't kill Militia Bugler or Reflector Mage and it can't kill things that get big, but you're probably up a creek if things get big and Blood helps you do damage before you're up a creek. It kills everything but Prized Amalgam against Dredge, but I don't think I'd play it there. I do like it against Burn. It's stellar against Infect, but Burn is stellar against Infect.
I haven't run into Hardened Scales, but I feel like Blood would just fizzle when they sacrifice the target to Ravager or be irrelevant because it's a big Ballista/Walker.
It's bad against Tron, UW Control, Storm, Titanshift. Searing Blaze is ok-ish against BGx decks, but I wouldn't play Blood there. I wouldn't bring it against GDS, either. It's bad against Storm. I don't think Mardu has enough targets. I don't think it positively affects the Hollow One matchup.
I think you can ride 4 Blazes and 3 Paths and you're fine on spot removal.
I have been working on different builds for a couple of months and need some sideboard help. This list is NOT meant to be a budget list and any card on the table within reason. The deck is purposely Mono-colored, and i really have enjoyed playing it, and my win% has went up quite a few points since i started playing it full time
4 Bomat Courrier
4 Goblin Guide
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Soul Scar Mage
4 Ghitu Lavamancer
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
3 Skullcrack
3 Searing Blood
3 Risk Factor
My current SB is:
3 Tormods Crypt
1 Skullcrack
1 Searing Blood
3 Alpine Moon
4 Smash to Smithereens
3 Volcanic Fallout
Any ideas for making it better?
Fallout is because I like to try and line it up with Swiftspears and Mages, so that I can retain part of my field
This build isnt super strong for Lavaman, and my notes and my gut say that Bomat is a better choice than Lavaman and Wizards lightning, maybe if we can get another truly decent red wizard It could come back in place of Skullcrack
The following is a lot of data that's tough to digest, but it might be helpful to you to know what kind of lifegain to expect at various times, what counterspells people are playing, and what discard spells people are playing. This analysis comes from MTGGoldfish data with some cleaning procedure applied to it to try to clean up any bad deck names. I then go through these deck lists and find instances of "counter target", "lifelink", and "gain N life"/"gains N life" in the card text. On top of that, I search for Leyline of Sanctity, Oketra's Last Mercy, Chalice of the Void, Phyrexian Unlife, and Spellskite. The deck population is 785 decks. Cards that show up less than 0.5% of the time are not printed, and I've also removed some cards that don't affect us like Disdainful Stroke and Ceremonious Rejection.
Per card splits: Go here if you want to find a list of what decks play specific cards.
Maindeck: The top cards are Inquisition of Kozilek (17.20%), Thoughtseize (16.43%), Cryptic Command (11.85%), Collective Brutality (10.19%), Scavenging Ooze (10.19%), Mausoleum Wanderer (7.77%), Remand (7.39%).
Compare to the top cards from last month Inquisition of Kozilek (14.50%), Thoughtseize (14.35%), Cryptic Command (11.96%), Scavenging Ooze (11.81%), Logic Knot (9.72%), Lightning Helix (8.67%), Remand (7.77%).
Compare to the top cards from last month Nature's Claim (19.13%), Dispel (16.14%), Negate (13.90%), Collective Brutality (13.15%), Thoughtseize (11.51%), Knight of Autumn (10.91%), Sin Collector (7.62%).
The first column is the average copies per deck of this archetype if the deck plays this card, so that this number is not affected by a deck that doesn't play the card. The second column is the fraction of decks of this archetype playing this card, and this number is affected by decks that don't play the card.
This is just a core dump of the fraction of decks out of the total for this month with each name.
6.11% Humans
5.86% Goodstuff 3c
4.71% Dredge
4.20% WU Control
3.95% Burn
3.69% G Tron
3.18% BGx Midrange
3.18% KCI Combo
3.18% Jund
3.18% Hollow One
2.93% Hardened Scales
2.93% UBR Death's Shadow
2.80% RG Titanshift
2.17% Mardu Pyromancer
2.17% UG Infect
2.04% UR Gifts Storm
1.91% Izzet Phoenix
1.78% Amulet Titan
1.53% Vizier Company
1.53% Runaway Red
1.53% Bogles
1.40% WUR Control
1.27% Affinity
1.02% Elves
1.02% Eldrazi Aggro
1.02% Merfolk
1.02% Lantern Control
1.02% Jeskai
0.89% Eldrazi Tron
0.89% Azorius Spirits
0.76% Grixis Whir
0.76% Living End
0.76% UR Control
0.64% Mill
0.64% Ad Nauseam
0.64% Hardened Modular
0.64% URG Control
0.51% Jeskai Ascendancy Combo
0.51% WBRG Death's Shadow
0.51% UR Delver
0.51% WRG Hatebears
0.51% Bridgevine
0.51% Mono U Tron
0.51% Junk Hatebears
0.51% UBRG Death's Shadow
0.51% WG Tron
0.51% BRG Death's Shadow
0.38% UBRG Scapeshift
0.38% Orzhov Eldrazi
0.38% Grishoalbrand
0.38% Uw Spirits
0.38% Gruul Land Destruction
0.38% Dimir Faeries
0.38% 8-Whack
0.38% Bant Spirits
0.38% Kiki Chord
0.25% Temur Tooth and Nail
0.25% Grixis Phoenix
0.25% Black Devotion
0.25% Titan Breach
0.25% Ponza
0.25% URG Delver
0.25% Free-Win Red
0.25% Blue Moon
0.25% Abzan Midrange
0.25% Ponza Land Destruction
0.25% WUBR Storm
0.25% WRG Titanshift
0.25% Abzan
0.25% BG Tron
0.25% WURG Scapeshift
0.25% Soul Sisters
0.25% Taking Turns
0.25% Enduring Ideal
0.25% Martyr Proc
0.25% Bant Spirit
0.25% Gifts 3c
0.25% UW Miracles
0.25% UR Ascension
0.13% Naya Value
0.13% WUB Control
0.13% Domain Zoo
0.13% Four-Color Midrange
0.13% Boros Burn
0.13% Bant Time Warp
0.13% Jeskai Control
0.13% UBR Ascension
0.13% WUG Knightfall
0.13% WUG Infect
0.13% Zoo
0.13% Death and Taxes
0.13% UB Control
0.13% 8-Rack
0.13% Blue-Red Spells
0.13% Gruul Zoo
0.13% Kiki-Jiki Combo
0.13% Temur Zoo
0.13% Rakdos Recurr
0.13% Smallpox
0.13% UW Control
0.13% Izzet Kiln Fiend
0.13% Gruul Landloss
0.13% WUR Ascension
0.13% Ur Aggro
0.13% White-Black Tokens
0.13% URG Gifts Storm
0.13% Devoted Evolution
0.13% UR Storm
0.13% Aura Hexproof
0.13% U Delver
0.13% White-Black Denial
0.13% Mono-Red Phoenix
0.13% 8 Whack
0.13% WURG Humans Company
0.13% Mono Red Prison
0.13% Gw Valuetown
0.13% Through the Breach
0.13% Naya Zoo
0.13% WBG Death's Shadow
0.13% Goryo's Vengeance
0.13% Snow Dragons
0.13% White-Blue Midrange
0.13% Valakut
0.13% Cragganwick Cremator Toolbox
0.13% Temur Midrange
0.13% Selesnya Taxes
0.13% Rakdos Phoenix Burn
0.13% Selesnya Aggro
0.13% 4c Jeskai Ascendancy
0.13% Gideon Tribal
0.13% Through The Moon
Total decks 785
The first column is the average copies per deck of this archetype if the deck plays this card, so that this number is not affected by a deck that doesn't play the card. The second column is the fraction of decks of this archetype playing this card, and this number is affected by decks that don't play the card.
Link to previous month: October 2018 (apologies if it goes to the wrong spot on the page, it's post 1717).
I've put up the most recent enchantment numbers. It looks like Affinity and Dredge are the boogeymen right now, with Rest in Peace, Stony Silence, and Leyline of the Void at the top of sideboards. Worship kind of catches us as collateral, and Leyline of Sanctity isn't played all that much. I wouldn't be upset about playing Smash to Smithereens over Wear//Tear right now.