Hmmm yeah just having problems finding a replacement for Broodmate Dragon. I have a Misc. section of 5 cards where I put tri colors and Tolarian Academy/Gaea's Cradle in (The two lands, cause they can easily be used in any deck, not just green or blue decks). Right now I have Sphinx, and Nicol Bolas (A pet favourite of one of the cube members whose helped build the cube, and it's not the hardest to pull off with the super ramp package), but I don't know if I want to add in another 6+ CC card, considering I've been having problems with artifact ramp recently, and I need to go thru some adjustments (Or hope the new players I play with learn to draft better).
Since you play Contagion, I wanted to ask you what you think about Pyrokinesis and why you don't run it?
Pyrokinesis is a pretty good card, but there's a few reasons why I don't like it as much as Contagion. A) Black plays more control decks than red does, and those are the kinds of decks that want to shut down multiple aggressive beaters the most. B) Red has a great suite of dividable burn already; black has almost no cubeworthy removal spells that can target multiple creatures. And C) Contagion is a bomb combat trick. With multiple attackers and blockers, those two counters wreck combat math and usually kill 2 creatures, often saving your own, regardless of size. Straight burn loses that function.
Other than Wild Nacatl ;P. And what would you choose Rant?
Spinx, Bolas, and Lightning Angel or Broodmate Dragon (if they have to be truly 3-colored). I might've said Crime/Punishment, but with the printing of Abrupt Decay and Vraska that card isn't as desirable.
I'm considering testing Kalonian Hydra too, likely in place of Vorapede for a while. I like to dedicate one 5cc green slot to a big beater, and I might be willing to exchange the vigilance and undying for an easier casting cost, a much higher power ceiling, and some cute +1/+1 counter interactions.
It's the +1/+1 counter thing that really completes the hydra for me. Not only does it mean the card is more than just a one-dimensional beater but there are quite a lot of cards that are likely to benefit: Scavenging Ooze, Vinelasher Kudzu, Phantom Centaur, etc.
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Poor Pyrewild Shaman, only got one set's worth of time to play.
I know. It wasn't a long time, but it was enough to show me my group wasn't super interested. He was solid, but never great, and I guess he just lost some of his appeal.
No. Being forced to pay the mana immediately is a huge drawback. You can't reanimate it after discarding it or if it dies when you don't have 1B up right away. That's nowhere close to worth a 1 discount on cost.
I like all of those changes, although I would miss Vorapede. Still, Hydra needs to be tested and there is almost nothing else you could cut. I think I'm cutting Thornling ( :crying:) for it, but you don't have that option.
I like all of those changes, although I would miss Vorapede. Still, Hydra needs to be tested and there is almost nothing else you could cut. I think I'm cutting Thornling ( :crying:) for it, but you don't have that option.
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Since you play Contagion, I wanted to ask you what you think about Pyrokinesis and why you don't run it?
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Pyrokinesis is a pretty good card, but there's a few reasons why I don't like it as much as Contagion. A) Black plays more control decks than red does, and those are the kinds of decks that want to shut down multiple aggressive beaters the most. B) Red has a great suite of dividable burn already; black has almost no cubeworthy removal spells that can target multiple creatures. And C) Contagion is a bomb combat trick. With multiple attackers and blockers, those two counters wreck combat math and usually kill 2 creatures, often saving your own, regardless of size. Straight burn loses that function.
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Spinx, Bolas, and Lightning Angel or Broodmate Dragon (if they have to be truly 3-colored). I might've said Crime/Punishment, but with the printing of Abrupt Decay and Vraska that card isn't as desirable.
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Dude! Very cool. Hadn't considered those interactions yet. Thanks!
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Sounds like a very cool deck to me.
I know. It wasn't a long time, but it was enough to show me my group wasn't super interested. He was solid, but never great, and I guess he just lost some of his appeal.
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No. Being forced to pay the mana immediately is a huge drawback. You can't reanimate it after discarding it or if it dies when you don't have 1B up right away. That's nowhere close to worth a 1 discount on cost.
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I wish man, I wish!
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I hear ya. It was too tough finding cuts in black.
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