Khalni Heart has won me more games than it's lost me, so I'm keeping it in. It's definitely a 1-or-10 card; there have been somae games I've won due to Khalni Heart's ability to ramp us so quickly, and some games I've lost because it's not very good if you can't hit land drops.
I really like Courser of Kruphix - it can gain us a lot of life during a game and keep us alive. I cut my Farseeks for them because I felt that Farseek was the "worst" ramp spell in the deck.
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Well, I can saw a woman in two, but you won't wanna look in the box when I'm through.
The 2 chalices came out of my sideboard because of the new meta in my store. (no more Infect/Delver). Same for the 2 engineered explosives.
2 Thragtusk took the place of chalices.
The deck can live without KHE, but you lose some explosiveness. There is more than a bit of discussion on KHE like a page or two page back, so I would suggest reading that to determine if you want to keep the card and what to replace it with.
Tried out Walking Ballista as a SB card again last night, this time going up to three in the SB. Still haven't had an opportunity to test it where I think it would be good (Infect, Affinity), as I played against 3 Tarmogoyf decks instead. Shockingly it did get large enough in a game or two to Take out some 5/6 Goyfs or just win on its own. I think if I were to go back to a setup that included Relic of Progenitus, it would probably be really good in my shop.
Really, I'm just wanting reach with my bolts and Valakut triggers on 4 toughness creatures (*cough*TKS*cough). I'll probably stick with this for a bit, so if anyone tests it out let me know.
How do we sideboard versus a Tron/Bant Eldrazi/Eldrazi Tron meta? Every matchup against them feels like a race and if I stumble slightly or they get T2 TKS or T3 Tron online I flat out lose.
2-1 against Living dead
We are quicker than them, even without graveyard hate.
1-2 against Skred Koth of the Hammer destroyed me and I wasn't able to put pressure on him.
2-0 against some weird mill deck
My oppenent forced me to draw a lot and I liked it.
2-1 against Pili-Pala & Grand Architect comobo
I found enough blast to kill his combo. I loose 2nd round because I forged to shutdown his combo with sudden shock...
Thoughts :
I'm not a big fan of KHE but it's mostly due to bad luck. I played it once in 11 games...
Having pithing needle name windswept heath is so narrow I doubt anyone's even encountered it. Up until recently I was running 3 bloodstained instead of the heaths and still don't recall a lock out to blood moon happening. The decks just to resislent for a pithing needle on windswept to even matter 99% of the time
Hey guys. I was at GP Brisbane; I made Day 2 and went 9-5 before dropping due to injuring myself earlier in the day and wanting to pack it in. If you're interested I can write up what I can remember in a tournament report including my decklist. Right now I'll say that Courser of Kruphix did an incredible amount of work this weekend; if you're not running some, give them a go.
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Hey guys. I was at GP Brisbane; I made Day 2 and went 9-5 before dropping due to injuring myself earlier in the day and wanting to pack it in. If you're interested I can write up what I can remember in a tournament report including my decklist. Right now I'll say that Courser of Kruphix did an incredible amount of work this weekend; if you're not running some, give them a go.
Looking forward to it. From your reply to me in the GP Vancouver/Brisbane thread you said that there were tron decks aplenty - would packing 4 Crumble to Dusts / mvonvuli acid moss be a good idea?
I'll write it up tomorrow - I'm having a bit of difficulty remembering my matchups or at least the ones that I won. I can remember every bloody one I lost.
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I run that split (lacking the Catacombs). Pithing Needle is a little narrow, but Surgical Extraction comes up a lot. I agree, its free for us to do and there is essentially no downside.
So I'm currently debating between 2x EE and 2x Chalice of the Void for sideboard. Haven't played with either in this deck and I'm curious which one you guys think is better.
I run that split (lacking the Catacombs). Pithing Needle is a little narrow, but Surgical Extraction comes up a lot. I agree, its free for us to do and there is essentially no downside.
Like you said, gameplan-wise it does cost nothing, I agree with that. I guess most people don't do it due to budget reasons, but Infect also does it, and its probably worth noting.
I really like Courser of Kruphix - it can gain us a lot of life during a game and keep us alive. I cut my Farseeks for them because I felt that Farseek was the "worst" ramp spell in the deck.
2 Thragtusk took the place of chalices.
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Tried out Walking Ballista as a SB card again last night, this time going up to three in the SB. Still haven't had an opportunity to test it where I think it would be good (Infect, Affinity), as I played against 3 Tarmogoyf decks instead. Shockingly it did get large enough in a game or two to Take out some 5/6 Goyfs or just win on its own. I think if I were to go back to a setup that included Relic of Progenitus, it would probably be really good in my shop.
Really, I'm just wanting reach with my bolts and Valakut triggers on 4 toughness creatures (*cough*TKS*cough). I'll probably stick with this for a bit, so if anyone tests it out let me know.
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3 Forest
7 Mountain
2 Stomping Ground
4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
3 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Cinder Glade
// Creatures (8)
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Primeval Titan
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Explore
3 Farseek
2 Anger of the Gods
4 Search for Tomorrow
4 Scapeshift
2 Primal Command
2 Summoner's Pact
// Enchantments (3)
3 Khalni Heart Expedition
3 Obstinate Baloth
2 Nature's Claim
2 Sudden Shock
1 Anger of the Gods
2 Crumble to Dust
2 Spellskite
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Gaea's Revenge
2-1 against Living dead
We are quicker than them, even without graveyard hate.
1-2 against Skred
Koth of the Hammer destroyed me and I wasn't able to put pressure on him.
2-0 against some weird mill deck
My oppenent forced me to draw a lot and I liked it.
2-1 against Pili-Pala & Grand Architect comobo
I found enough blast to kill his combo. I loose 2nd round because I forged to shutdown his combo with sudden shock...
Thoughts :
I supose budget reasons most likely. At least that's my reason.
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Looking forward to it. From your reply to me in the GP Vancouver/Brisbane thread you said that there were tron decks aplenty - would packing 4 Crumble to Dusts / mvonvuli acid moss be a good idea?
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I run that split (lacking the Catacombs). Pithing Needle is a little narrow, but Surgical Extraction comes up a lot. I agree, its free for us to do and there is essentially no downside.
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Like you said, gameplan-wise it does cost nothing, I agree with that. I guess most people don't do it due to budget reasons, but Infect also does it, and its probably worth noting.