I'm OK with only 2 chalices because multiples aren't good for the deck, with palace jailers you usually draw a lot of cards and the beauty of the deck is stacking (1) more to cast every time, or locking a land more with rishada/waste.
There is a problem too that many decks are avoiding 1cc, it is a bad card versus vial decks (D&T, goblins, merfolk etc) and other chalice decks obviously, witch increased a portion of the field with the print of Chandra.
I can't say if 27 mana is better, it is very hard to test it... but some lock pieces taxes you too, so you need to always be playing lands, because you may need to pay 6cc for a palace jailer.
Playing more with the deck made me think a lot about the 3rd equipment, maybe one more batterskull or fire&ice, because there are many times that i draw a stoneforge and already have access to the 2 equips, but it is when you are already winning with the monarch standing...
Hey guys, first post here!
With inclusions of Thalia, Heretic Cathar and Palace Jailer, we have seen some Soldiers decklists 5-0's.
So I tried a version of aggressive stax using this pieces, in my first local tournament, with 18 players battling for a FoW I GOT IT!
Here is my decklist, it is like a mashup with the Charlie-in-a-mox's monobrown stax with Soldiers:
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Palace Jailer
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Mox Diamond
4 Ancient Tomb
3 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
4 Rishada's Port
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Karakas
8 Plains
SB:
2 Containment Priest
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Holy Light
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Batterskull
Any suggestions please? I don't know if there are enough W sources to play Palace Jailer and Swords to Plowshares on the board, maybe cut some Caverns, City of Traitors or Rishada's?
Hey guys, first post here!
With inclusions of Thalia, Heretic Cathar and Palace Jailer, we have seen some Soldiers decklists 5-0's.
So I tried a version of aggressive stax using this pieces, in my first local tournament, with 18 players battling for a FoW I GOT IT!
Here is my decklist, it is like a mashup with the Charlie-in-a-mox's monobrown stax with Soldiers:
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Palace Jailer
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Mox Diamond
4 Ancient Tomb
3 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
4 Rishada's Port
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Karakas
8 Plains
SB:
2 Containment Priest
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Holy Light
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Batterskull
Any suggestions please? I don't know if there are enough W sources to play Palace Jailer and Swords to Plowshares on the board, maybe cut some Caverns, City of Traitors or Rishada's?
There is a problem too that many decks are avoiding 1cc, it is a bad card versus vial decks (D&T, goblins, merfolk etc) and other chalice decks obviously, witch increased a portion of the field with the print of Chandra.
I can't say if 27 mana is better, it is very hard to test it... but some lock pieces taxes you too, so you need to always be playing lands, because you may need to pay 6cc for a palace jailer.
Playing more with the deck made me think a lot about the 3rd equipment, maybe one more batterskull or fire&ice, because there are many times that i draw a stoneforge and already have access to the 2 equips, but it is when you are already winning with the monarch standing...
With inclusions of Thalia, Heretic Cathar and Palace Jailer, we have seen some Soldiers decklists 5-0's.
So I tried a version of aggressive stax using this pieces, in my first local tournament, with 18 players battling for a FoW I GOT IT!
Here is my decklist, it is like a mashup with the Charlie-in-a-mox's monobrown stax with Soldiers:
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Palace Jailer
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Mox Diamond
4 Ancient Tomb
3 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
4 Rishada's Port
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Karakas
8 Plains
SB:
2 Containment Priest
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Holy Light
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Batterskull
Any suggestions please? I don't know if there are enough W sources to play Palace Jailer and Swords to Plowshares on the board, maybe cut some Caverns, City of Traitors or Rishada's?
With inclusions of Thalia, Heretic Cathar and Palace Jailer, we have seen some Soldiers decklists 5-0's.
So I tried a version of aggressive stax using this pieces, in my first local tournament, with 18 players battling for a FoW I GOT IT!
Here is my decklist, it is like a mashup with the Charlie-in-a-mox's monobrown stax with Soldiers:
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Palace Jailer
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Mox Diamond
4 Ancient Tomb
3 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
4 Rishada's Port
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Karakas
8 Plains
SB:
2 Containment Priest
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Holy Light
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Batterskull
Any suggestions please? I don't know if there are enough W sources to play Palace Jailer and Swords to Plowshares on the board, maybe cut some Caverns, City of Traitors or Rishada's?