Maybe too much, I know the burn is pretty good at closing out the game, and path is sometimes needed(wurmcoil) in order to get through blockers)
I could see cutting 1 electrolyze and moving it to the board for melira pod type matchups and play another path or lightning helix mainboard.
Discard:
3 Thoughtseize
This card is ****ing good. Dont think we can cut it.
Possible cards to go in:
Inquistion of Kozilek
Lilliana of the Veil
Abrupt Decay
Putrefy
Dreadbore/Terminate
Cryptic Command
This looks very interesting. I am always in the zone when we get so much efficiency. I feel that the deck might need a bit of focus though, but I will try and put something like this together tonight. Thanks for a fun direction.
No Problem
And I agree the spells need focusing and maybe a little tweaking on the manabase.
Since we are running 4 colors our spell library is quite vast so it can be a little hard to focus. So far I have really liked the thoughtseizes and the burn and remands. Mana Leaks and electrolyzes I havent been that much of a fan of.
Thats the revision of the deck after the tournament that Im writing about. I was going to switch it to esper and then my friend reminded me about Tribal flames. And my god is that card some good.
I played in a cash payout tourney this weekend and ended going 3-2 and getting 9th.
Round 1: UWR 2-1
This matchup feels a LOT like deathblade vs stoneblade(which is what the deck was made to feel like), where we have the advantage thanks to bob, deathrite, thoughtseize.
Round 2: Infect 2-0
Infect is an amazing matchup, I didnt really sideboard anything especially for it, just brought in some things for remands since they are pretty bad here.
Round 3: GR tron 0-2
Game 1 he pops an egg for red and peels a pyroclasm off the top right after I play a geist.
Game 2 went pretty similar which is what lead me to play eiganjo castle in the mainboard
Round 4: Twin 0-2
Game 1 he peels the dispel after I put one on the bottom to counter my removal spell on his disciever
Game 2 I had the wrong removal for the exarch, if it was a pestermite then I wouldve won it
Round 5: infect 2-0
same as round 2. The matchup is really easy
so after the tournament I was very pleased with the deck, the matches that I lost I didnt feel behind or i lost baddly, I had game they just peeled the cards they needed to answer my cards, that happens. With very little actual testing the deck showed that it was very powerful. I will be bring this to Kansas City for the Grand Prix this weekend.
If anyone wants to get on board let me know and we can talk sideboard tech or possible mainboard changes.
1 Blood Crypt
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Celestial Colonnade
3 Hallowed Fountain
3 Watery Grave
2 Steam Vents
1 Breeding Pool
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Marsh Flats
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Vendilion Clique
4 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Mana Leak
3 Thoughtseize
2 Lightning Helix
3 Path to Exile
3 Serum Visions
4 Remand
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Electrolyze
Could see some basics being in the deck. Ether Swamp or Island or both. Thoughts?
The creatures looks solid as well. Mostly just the spell base need to work on
Counters:
2 Mana Leak
4 Remand
I feel like we need some hard counterspells in here. Maybe no mana leaks and 2 cryptics instead
Removal:
2 Lightning Helix
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Path to Exile
2 Electrolyze
Maybe too much, I know the burn is pretty good at closing out the game, and path is sometimes needed(wurmcoil) in order to get through blockers)
I could see cutting 1 electrolyze and moving it to the board for melira pod type matchups and play another path or lightning helix mainboard.
Discard:
3 Thoughtseize
This card is ****ing good. Dont think we can cut it.
Possible cards to go in:
Inquistion of Kozilek
Lilliana of the Veil
Abrupt Decay
Putrefy
Dreadbore/Terminate
Cryptic Command
Standard:RWUJeskai WinsRWU
Modern:GWBMelira PodGWB
Legacy:WDeath & TaxesW
No Problem
And I agree the spells need focusing and maybe a little tweaking on the manabase.
Since we are running 4 colors our spell library is quite vast so it can be a little hard to focus. So far I have really liked the thoughtseizes and the burn and remands. Mana Leaks and electrolyzes I havent been that much of a fan of.
Standard:RWUJeskai WinsRWU
Modern:GWBMelira PodGWB
Legacy:WDeath & TaxesW
1 Blood Crypt
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Eiganjo Castle
3 Hallowed Fountain
3 Watery Grave
2 Steam Vents
1 Breeding Pool
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Marsh Flats
1 Arid Mesa
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Vendilion Clique
4 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Mana Leak
2 Thoughtseize
4 Path to Exile
4 Serum Visions
4 Remand
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Tribal Flames
Thats the revision of the deck after the tournament that Im writing about. I was going to switch it to esper and then my friend reminded me about Tribal flames. And my god is that card some good.
I played in a cash payout tourney this weekend and ended going 3-2 and getting 9th.
Round 1: UWR 2-1
This matchup feels a LOT like deathblade vs stoneblade(which is what the deck was made to feel like), where we have the advantage thanks to bob, deathrite, thoughtseize.
Round 2: Infect 2-0
Infect is an amazing matchup, I didnt really sideboard anything especially for it, just brought in some things for remands since they are pretty bad here.
Round 3: GR tron 0-2
Game 1 he pops an egg for red and peels a pyroclasm off the top right after I play a geist.
Game 2 went pretty similar which is what lead me to play eiganjo castle in the mainboard
Round 4: Twin 0-2
Game 1 he peels the dispel after I put one on the bottom to counter my removal spell on his disciever
Game 2 I had the wrong removal for the exarch, if it was a pestermite then I wouldve won it
Round 5: infect 2-0
same as round 2. The matchup is really easy
so after the tournament I was very pleased with the deck, the matches that I lost I didnt feel behind or i lost baddly, I had game they just peeled the cards they needed to answer my cards, that happens. With very little actual testing the deck showed that it was very powerful. I will be bring this to Kansas City for the Grand Prix this weekend.
If anyone wants to get on board let me know and we can talk sideboard tech or possible mainboard changes.
Standard:RWUJeskai WinsRWU
Modern:GWBMelira PodGWB
Legacy:WDeath & TaxesW