Mindbreak Trap (and Containment Priest) are both meta calls. Obliterate, Boseiju and infinite combos involving
casting and bouncing palinchron are too common for my tastes in my meta.
What are your thoughts about Crawlspace? Also, what are your experiences with Mobilization?
My friend tried to convince me that it's a bad card that requires too much mana to be useful ever, but I've
seen it on the other side of table quite often and it always seems to be really good if it sticks...
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Mar 14, 2015
Bur posted a message on EDH: Ertai the CorruptedI'd probably cut Prison/Propaganda first, since I'd prefer to have an option to protect my PW's.Posted in: Bur
Also, what are your thoughts about Oblivion Ring etc.?
And are 15 Scepter-able instants enough?
... I'm really having trouble with cutting stuff. I still kinda want to add few more counters and removals... -
Mar 14, 2015
Bur posted a message on EDH: Ertai the CorruptedMore changes:Posted in: Bur
- Wall of Kelp
- Luminarch Ascension
- Jitte -
Mar 3, 2015
Bur posted a message on EDH: Ertai the CorruptedFew changes:Posted in: Bur
- Norn's Annex. It was a artifact and not enchantment.
+ Ophiomancer. Since I'm an idiot.
+ Hero's Downfall. Removal for PW's (and that removal is needed in my meta.)
+ Return to Dust. Since 2-for-1 exile is good.
+ Torpor Orb. Since I don't like EtB-creatures.
Also, the thing that worries me a lot is that I have contamination but no way to play around it myself. I would need to have few more mana rocks that produce coloured mana.
EDIT: Removed Contamination.
Also, not cutting Crawlspace or Containment Priest anytime soon. Crawlspace only states about attacking me while Containment Priest is a meta-call.
Also, I don't like Seals since they let my opponents know that the removal is coming miles ahead... -
Feb 7, 2015
Bur posted a message on EDH: Ertai the CorruptedI still left Containment Priest, since reanimation and stuff like Tooth and Nail, GSZ and Chord of Calling are quite common in my meta...Posted in: Bur
But, more suggestions what to cut and what to add? I think I'm little bit over 100 at the moment... -
Feb 7, 2015
Bur posted a message on EDH: Ertai the CorruptedThanks.Posted in: Bur
What counterspells would you suggest besides those?
Also, what do you suggest I should cut? I need to cut still quite a few things, any suggestions? -
Oct 20, 2014
Bur posted a message on EDH: Toshiro UmezawaPosted in: BurQuote from ISBPathfinder »Personally I went away from Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief a while back because she was just so mana intensive to really utilize. I think she is still decent but you might also test Sheoldred, Whispering One in her place. I was originally against utilizing her but she does some decent work especially when paired with some recursion. Against hexproof voltron is where she really shines but I think she is still a fairly good value engine all around.
Disciple of Bolas goes back and forth for me as well. I ended up cutting him from my list because I rarely had disposable creatures that would give me a good number of cards. Low creature counts + utility based creatures makes him a bit awkward.
Rescue from the Underworld was always awkward for me as well. It exiles itself so you can only use it once and it has a delay which can be incredibly awkward if someone does something on your turn to a creature you want to keep. I ended up cutting it myself due to just odd timing in general with it as well as needing two targets and it exiles itself when it resolves.
Rescue from the Underworld and Bone Dancer are the things I probably won't end up cutting, since they are in the decks just because I like them mechanically (and have a pretty foil of Rescue).
I'll keep Disciple and Drana in mind while I keep on testing. -
Oct 20, 2014
Bur posted a message on EDH: Toshiro UmezawaPosted in: BurQuote from ISBPathfinder »It looks like it isn't isolated for me.... I am going to bring that one to Feyd.
Both of those options would be solid picks. Picking up another tutor could also be an option for you such as Diabolic Intent or Beseech the Queen. I don't see anything that looks like it has to make the list that is differing between our lists.
Yeah. I have hard time trying to figure out what to cut, since I haven't had enough chances to properly play test everything (there are some cards I haven't still seen a single time, like Oversold Cemetary and Withering Boon).
But, if you think of something that might not be a good idea (or something that makes you think "why?"), let me know. -
Oct 20, 2014
Bur posted a message on EDH: Toshiro UmezawaOkay, that's weird. I see normal deck list with no problems.Posted in: Bur
Also, I've been thinking of cutting Boon of Erebos and something else, but have hard times choosing what. (I'm planning to try Jet Medallion and Word of Command.) -
Oct 20, 2014
Bur posted a message on EDH: Toshiro UmezawaWhat do you mean? I don't see anything weird here...Posted in: Bur
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Mar 6, 2014
Bur posted a message on EDH: Toshiro UmezawaFirstly, the ISB's list can be found via the the link at the top of the page...Posted in: Bur
Argentum Armor: Even though it is expansive, it is one of the few ways to remove enchantments and artifacts in mono-B.
Burnished Hart: Since ramp is good and it counts as a creature, why not. I like this card more than many other cards that have been released in recent years.
Stinkweed Imp: He's a dredge-enabler (and a good one), but he's no way necessary.
Your suggestions:
Jet Medallion: I thought about it, but ended up cutting it, when I still had few too many cards...
Boseiju: I doubt he'd be that useful in this deck, since at my meta counter-based controls are quite rare (= there is exactly one + few decks with few counters).
Gauntlet/Caged Sun: I don't like Gauntlet, but Caged Sun is actually good... I wonder how that slipped my mind, considering that I run it almost every EDH I have...
Dark Ritual: Since I just don't like mana rituals in EDH. I like them in Legacy, but not in EDH.
Damnation: I considered it, but since the deck has already quite a lot removal, and mutilate usually removes indestructible things, I picked it over Damnation this time.
Grave Pact: I should actually play it in this... But firstly, I need to find 8th version of that, since I dislike the other arts.
Oh, and just so that you know, this deck is not exactly stax. It's more like... UB-control disguised as mono-B deck. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Have you any artist in your mind? Otherwise, good luck trying to find one that will do it for cheap.
That aforementioned friend of mine had promised to do it for me for a Pepsi, much to my chagrin. I hate it when I can't return the service, it makes me feel I'm indebted to her...
Also, I should be holding a speech in my English lesson Wednesday, any topic will do, and I have no idea what I should be talking about...
I lack any kind of artistic skills, so I don't alter/draw/do anything like that. I prefer to write
smut.Though I've managed to persuade a friend of mine to alter Revised Bayou for me.
Russians learned to be afraid of Finns that have been denied of their daily alcohol (economical depression, barely any food in Finland). Winter War was a good proof of that: Russian expected them to win the war within a week. 3 months later, they had to do a compromise and "won enough land to bury the dead".
That is exactly the reason to go there. To scare the living *snip* out of them, to became a legend amongst their children's bed-time stories. All I am afraid is that I'd run into a drunken Finn, because drunken Finn is much more scarier and dangerous.
Warning for censor evasion. -Weebo
Does anyone else take walks in your neighbourhood/local forest during cold, dark winter nights? I love taking them.
Or maybe they get silly ideas to split the format to competitive and casual. And have this to apply ALL formats, not just EDH. Casual Legacy ban list, casual Vintage ban list...
Geth, Lord of the Vault
Codex Shredder (Mill + regrowth)
Keening Stone
Nephalia Drownyard (Gives mana, is a mana sink to excessive mana)
Duskmantle, House of Shadow (Same as above)
Still much more interesting than most of my ramblings about stuff like how I've made first impressions to my neighbours naked or something else as un-interesting as that.
On another topic, I got an invitation to my friends baptism in Easter night, as she decided to join the (Evangelical Lutheran) church. I've never been in a church service during night, but I guess it will be quite interesting to see, even though I'm not religious at all.
And there are no Nazis on the dark side of the moon.
EDIT:
I've planned to start studying japanese autumn. (I have some knowledge about the grammar and so, but not much.)
What do you mean by "blurry"? As much as I know about the language and its grammar, it seems quite logical and... interesting.
Not exactly. Each noun has different case for the different personal pronoun (the word house is different if it's "my house" or "your house"), then there are plurals, nominatives, genetives, different cases for questions, different cases for "places" (same as above for things like "to house" compared to for example "from house")... It just a big horrible mess.
...And I haven't even mentioned the verbs. (Anyone who has studied japanese knows how terrible verbs can be.)
Thank god I'm not the only one using it. I'm not alone, there are apparently others who suck in English besides me.
Fun fact: Finnish has 2253 different cases for nouns, while english has two (or three?)... Good luck trying to learn them all, when some of them are unique for each word.
I'm not really sure, but I doubt that applies to German (that ghost = fish -thing. And yes, I know what you are referring to.) since German is actually quite different from english compared to other languages like swedish or dutch(?).
At times I have trouble telling if the people is native english speaker or not because of the grammatic errors and typos. It is so bad that it just can't be written by anyone who has studied the language.
Also, after 11½ years studying english, I still have the feeling I haven't learned anything and that my english really sucks.
Though I've studied swedish (another obligatory language besides english for me) for over 8 years, and I have this feeling that "I can do this" while I really can't speak it much at all.