UUU Merfolk UUU "Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR "The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
@theDeivore I use a 2/2 split of manlands to help smooth out the mana and I like that Fumarole is resistant to bolt. Fumarole also kills in 3-4 turns.
@TheCommunistManatee the counters are light due to the local metagame. Lots of Eldrazi tron, bant eldrazi and lantern/affinity decks.
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UUU Merfolk UUU "Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR "The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
Besides that, I've been playing exclusively Grixis control lately, the Corey version, generally stomping everything besides Eldrazi variants. Weirdly enough I find that GB Tron is the best MU among all eldrazi decks (colorless, bant, taxes). Looking at your list, I feel you should have a better game against the decks in the parenthesis, is that correct?
That is correct. I have played against bant eldrazi and the bw taxes version and I felt comfortable with those matchups.
I am reviewing the results of GP Brisbane and waiting to start watching GP vancouver. I am thinking of playing some planewalker removal and bringing in more graveyard hate.
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UUU Merfolk UUU "Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR "The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
That is correct. I have played against bant eldrazi and the bw taxes version and I felt comfortable with those matchups.
I am reviewing the results of GP Brisbane and waiting to start watching GP vancouver. I am thinking of playing some planewalker removal and bringing in more graveyard hate.
Yeah, I am now building a list for next week and I am debating on a MD dreadbore over a Fatal Push. Definitely going for Surgicals and Fulminators in the SB
It is likely that I cut a Kommand and a push for dreadbores. Fulminators are coming back in for me as well.
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UUU Merfolk UUU "Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR "The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
UUU Merfolk UUU "Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR "The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
So, I've mentioned my Tokens infested meta before and I've been having a think about it. This is probably an awful idea (hence asking you guys for thoughts) but what does anyone think of the idea of main-decking one Izzet Staticaster and a copy of Mystical Teachings? I appreciate Teachings is approximately the slowest card ever, and there is a reason Cruel Control has moved away from it as an engine, but it almost seems like a reasonable idea to me. Am I crazy?
UUU Merfolk UUU "Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR "The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
Hey all. So I'm running lil bolas and the other guys list and I have to say as a full on grixis player I'm really having problems with this deck. Resolving a cruel can be ok. But it's turn 7 at best assuming no tap lands ect... its sorcery speed. It isn't necessarily gane ending especially if they have dumped there hands ect... I don't know I do well with delver and other control but maybe yall could give me pointers. Alot of times they clog my hand also I play with one bolas because I ain't playing this deck without one
Depending on the deck configuration you can play Jace, Vryn's Prodigy or Desolate Lighthouse to help unclog hands.
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UBR Cruel Control UBR "The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
But then what's the point if running the list. Why is it better than the delver and the control variations. I love the idea of casting cruel and of using bolas but it just seemed very hard to do most games and some games even when you do it's not a lock.
Magic is a card game that we play for FUN. That is the point of playing this game.
The modern format allows you to choose a deck you love and continue playing it. I love all things bolas so I play this deck.
Magic, like life, has no guarantees and does not have an "easy" mode.
Dark Intimations does not really do enough for me. Maybe if it had drain/gain 3 it might have been good.
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-Nicol Bolas
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You know, where I can run a mono counterspell deck and thing in the ice and win.
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/legacy-type-1-5/developing-legacy/770827-primer-legacy-pili-pala
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Creeping Tar Pit
2 Wandering Fumarole
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Sunken Ruins
3 Island
2 Swamp
1 Mountain
2 Steam Vents
1 Blood Crypt
1 Watery Grave
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Fatal Push
3 Terminate
2 Damnation
Card Advantage
4 Kolaghan's Command
3 Ancestral Vision
3 Serum Visions
2 Cruel Ultimatum
Counters
4 Cryptic Command
2 Spell Snare
Creatures
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Torrential Gearhulk
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Izzet Staticaster
2 Rakdos Charm
2 Dispel
2 Anger of the Gods
3 Collective Brutality
2 Countersquall
I also got some new toys.
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UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
Personally I'm quite interested in the counter suite, thats really light touch, why only cryptics and spell snares? Also, a full 4 Kommand! Wow!
@TheCommunistManatee the counters are light due to the local metagame. Lots of Eldrazi tron, bant eldrazi and lantern/affinity decks.
Level 2 in progress...
UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
Besides that, I've been playing exclusively Grixis control lately, the Corey version, generally stomping everything besides Eldrazi variants. Weirdly enough I find that GB Tron is the best MU among all eldrazi decks (colorless, bant, taxes). Looking at your list, I feel you should have a better game against the decks in the parenthesis, is that correct?
UB Faeries (15-6-0)
UWR Control (10-5-1)/Kiki Control/Midrange/Harbinger
UBR Cruel Control (6-4-0)/Grixis Control/Delver/Blue Jund
UWB Control/Mentor
UW Miracles/Control (currently active, 14-2-0)
BW Eldrazi & Taxes
RW Burn (9-1-0)
I do (academic) research on video games and archaeology! You can check out my open access book here: https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-interactive-past
I am reviewing the results of GP Brisbane and waiting to start watching GP vancouver. I am thinking of playing some planewalker removal and bringing in more graveyard hate.
Level 2 in progress...
UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
UB Faeries (15-6-0)
UWR Control (10-5-1)/Kiki Control/Midrange/Harbinger
UBR Cruel Control (6-4-0)/Grixis Control/Delver/Blue Jund
UWB Control/Mentor
UW Miracles/Control (currently active, 14-2-0)
BW Eldrazi & Taxes
RW Burn (9-1-0)
I do (academic) research on video games and archaeology! You can check out my open access book here: https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-interactive-past
Level 2 in progress...
UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
UB Faeries (15-6-0)
UWR Control (10-5-1)/Kiki Control/Midrange/Harbinger
UBR Cruel Control (6-4-0)/Grixis Control/Delver/Blue Jund
UWB Control/Mentor
UW Miracles/Control (currently active, 14-2-0)
BW Eldrazi & Taxes
RW Burn (9-1-0)
I do (academic) research on video games and archaeology! You can check out my open access book here: https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-interactive-past
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/legacy-type-1-5/developing-legacy/770827-primer-legacy-pili-pala
Level 2 in progress...
UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
Also: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/modern-masters-2017-edition-and-amonkhet-packaging-2017-02-20
I NEED FOILS OF THOSE BASICS ASAP!!!
Level 2 in progress...
UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/legacy-type-1-5/developing-legacy/770827-primer-legacy-pili-pala
Level 2 in progress...
UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
The modern format allows you to choose a deck you love and continue playing it. I love all things bolas so I play this deck.
Magic, like life, has no guarantees and does not have an "easy" mode.
Dark Intimations does not really do enough for me. Maybe if it had drain/gain 3 it might have been good.
Level 2 in progress...
UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas