im sure this has been discussed somewhere and i missed it, but the complete lack of mention of the card in the primer surprised me.
why does bitterblossom not have a place in a deck like this? i would think a t1 thoughtsieze t2 bitterblossom would be extremely strong.
as far as kalitas, i feel that any creature matchup without cheap removal for her crumbles once she resolves. solves a fair number of problematic aggro matchups
this is definitly something that has to be mitigated to some extent. IOK is such a flexible card that i cant see cutting copies, but between AV and TiTi you end up with a lot of bad topdecks lategame. im probably going 3 AV and 2 TiTi for the invitational.
we would get to see how smart your opponent is (multiple replacement effects, they as the controller of the effected object gets to choose which one to apply.
personally i like radiant flames more anyway
my personal opinion is that TiTi invalidates the need for non 2 drop creatures. im going to be testing 4 vryn, 4 TiTi, 3 snapcaster moving towards the invitational.
in short, she is powerful in a few matchups, but so useless in others i fear the benefits dont outweigh the costs
you are not going to run out of instant and sorcery spells to cast in the first 8 turns of the game.
@gkouru last i checked kalitis can get pathed as well. and costs twice as much.
also thing in the ice has felt broken in the hands ive goldfished so far, im startin gout with a more generic list to hammer out as specific deficiencies / overkill are discovered
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Polluted Delta
2 Watery Grave
2 Steam Vents
1 Blood Crypt
3 Island
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
2 Creeping Tar Pit
2 Sulfur Falls
1 Darkslick Shores
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Thing in the Ice
4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
3 Snapcaster Mage
spells
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Serum Visions
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Mana Leak
3 Terminate
3 Kolaghan's Command
2 Cryptic Command
2 Murderous Cut
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im not a huge fan of staticcaster because A) it costs 3. B) it cant deal 2 damage to a single creature (guide, eidolon, fish lord, ScOoze, etc) and C) it cant go to the face to end games. i think staticaster is only better if more then 10% of the field is lingering souls. currently i expect most BG/x players to build jund.