I like the card for pod, and as a pod player i can see how it can be good as a 2 of to replace vengevine. However the 19.99 price tag confuses me.. Its not playable outside of pod imo, the additional cost is very steep and harder to play then people think. \
it reminds me of avatar of discord when it was first released, People were going crazy and saying it was the next best thing, while pre-ordering the card for 10+ dollars a piece until they realized that the additional cost was more then they bargained for.
either way cool card for pod, not very good imo for anything else.
Why Don't u Just play hypershow, Its basically the same thing exept it runs hypergenesis, and all the cascade cards + show and tell as backup, Its basically a much faster version of this deck. As u basically have 12 ways to tutor up hypergenesis.
a list also did well in the recent legacy gp if i remember correctly.
Just played a 35 player tournament at Dueling grounds in toronto, and came in 2nd with a w/g list. Just missing out on a mox sapphire losing game 3 to new horizons.
I played
round 1 - ichorid - Win
round 2 - Dreadstill w/ countertop - win
round 3- New Horizon's - Win
round 4 - U/G vengevine survival, basically the gp version - Lost
round 5 - Saito merfolk - Lost
Round 6 - Ichorid - win
top 8
Rematch between U/G vengevine - won
top 4
Countertop thopter - win
Final
New Horizons - Lost in 3 =(
Non of the games i felt i had no chance, its very resilliant, and can win without survival, Actually i didn't really draw survival very oftern (bad luck) but i won on the back of goyf and wild mongrel droppin the occasional vengevine/mongrel trick.
If i drew better in some of the matches , For example drawing 1 of my 7 removal spells in game 3 vs new horizons to deal w/ a huge kotr instead of land and more land, things might have been different, other then that he played very well.
But this deck is really good, both u/g, u/g splash w, or the w/g
i still don't know why people arn't abusing eldrazi temple and all is dust more.
conely woods's decklist had a good idea just a poor list imo.
i have been using the eldrazi cards to give blue something its never had, strong counters, stable manabase and the most powerful sweeper in the game. You can also play 1 kozilek or 1 ulamog as a wincon that basically has huge board presence I prefer Ulamog because he can only be killed by path. and the vindicate is more useful in mono blue then the draw 4.
this is the list i have been playing since m11 release.. its been performing very well..
So i did some more testing, switched up the list a bit, i think that aether adept is an all-star, unless you are playing the control mirror, but u just side em out for something else, i prefer to play them main deck instead of into the roil.
Got 3rd out of 34 at DG in toronto, Kida bad luck tho was undefeated the whole tourney, only matches i lost was in the final, and got 3rd instead of 2nd,
Went white/blue control.. w/ 2 mana leaks, 1 cancel, a couple of aether adepts(great card) and a couple of excommunicates + 1 condemn, Conundrum sphinx is fantastic as it tends to bury some cards u don't want to see that your opponents reveals.
Pulls wern't great, but decent.. so i can't complain. Got my 25 dollars worth.
Ended up trading traumatize, mass polymorph + that jank rare for a day of judgement.. so it wasn't so bad.
3 baneslayers got pulled, Beat a guy who had DoJ and baneslayer in his pool. By mana leaking the DoJ and then mind controlling his baneslayer.
Also beat a guy who had foil grave titan and a gaia's revenge in his pool. Flyers Just get there.
MVP in my deck where, Air servant! ( this guy is fantastic, taps down baneslayer and other blockers and is 4 power) Conundrum sphinx, and mind control.
Don't know why people are saying this...most T2 Vamp decks run Malakir Bloodwitch at 5cc, could easily put her in the SB for this. Maybe 2/3 Malakir MD, rest in SB, and 1/2 of this guy could work nicely.
Urge to feed is awesome...I'd replace Disfigure with this in a heartbeat.
well bloodwitch is 4/4 flier, has immediate board impact when u control vampires (deals damage) and is pro white which is very relevant in today's meta as she dodges 90% of all standard removal. Only dies to terminate, Pulse, and Day of judgement.
anowan however is 5 mana, has no immediate board impact. Dies to everything under the sun and doesn't really pose much of a threat as it doesn't have evasion. The ability is cute tho, maybe combo it w/ that new demon thing in mono black control.
its still cool to have baron sengir in standard =)
ive been running 3 trinket mages in my build and one academy ruins... lets me run 1x EE, and 1x Chalice main. it also lets me run 1x pithing needle aswell as some other tricks maindeck...
Ok, I'll let my opponent throw a hissy fit and start yelling because of a simple error. Like I said, I know he made the right call, so you don't need to reiterate that.
As to the Jund at FNM thing. FNM is a casual environment. If I want to play the best decks in the format I'll go to a major tournament with something more than a shiny common on the line.
ive played people who get pissed when i tell them they missed a may trigger, its like they think u should cut them some slack.
for example i try to be fair, and treat people like i would want to be treated, there was a guy who missed his landfall trigger early game, said he forgot about it, would i mind if he added it. i said no, go ahead... the same guy misses another trigger for me to lose 1 life when i played 3 creatures. This would influence me winning the game or possibly losing it. I passed the turn and he drew and was like oh yea u lose 3.. i was like unfortunatly it was a may so i dont, u missed the trigger.. he like wtf man, why you being so gay.. etc. See you can't be nice to alot of players b/c they never appreciate it.
and about fnm being casual, i dunno where u play but my fnm's are fairly competitve, people want to test decks against strong tier 1 decks. Infact it kinda sux when i play the weaker players b/c i like a challenge and hate playing jank.dec
But what about that claw thing from the first picture, right under Sorin's arm, I don't see that in the second picture. What if the certain lines of the Eldrazi have certain features, like eyes all over the place, and another would have masks like the one on the right of Nissa?
i dunno the 2nd pic there is a huge talon thing behind his back, it could just be in a different position then the 1st pic..
however they could all be different avatars or whatever and have different features. All im saying is the 2 eldrazi are the same.
it reminds me of avatar of discord when it was first released, People were going crazy and saying it was the next best thing, while pre-ordering the card for 10+ dollars a piece until they realized that the additional cost was more then they bargained for.
either way cool card for pod, not very good imo for anything else.
a list also did well in the recent legacy gp if i remember correctly.
Just played a 35 player tournament at Dueling grounds in toronto, and came in 2nd with a w/g list. Just missing out on a mox sapphire losing game 3 to new horizons.
I played
round 1 - ichorid - Win
round 2 - Dreadstill w/ countertop - win
round 3- New Horizon's - Win
round 4 - U/G vengevine survival, basically the gp version - Lost
round 5 - Saito merfolk - Lost
Round 6 - Ichorid - win
top 8
Rematch between U/G vengevine - won
top 4
Countertop thopter - win
Final
New Horizons - Lost in 3 =(
Non of the games i felt i had no chance, its very resilliant, and can win without survival, Actually i didn't really draw survival very oftern (bad luck) but i won on the back of goyf and wild mongrel droppin the occasional vengevine/mongrel trick.
If i drew better in some of the matches , For example drawing 1 of my 7 removal spells in game 3 vs new horizons to deal w/ a huge kotr instead of land and more land, things might have been different, other then that he played very well.
But this deck is really good, both u/g, u/g splash w, or the w/g
conely woods's decklist had a good idea just a poor list imo.
i have been using the eldrazi cards to give blue something its never had, strong counters, stable manabase and the most powerful sweeper in the game. You can also play 1 kozilek or 1 ulamog as a wincon that basically has huge board presence I prefer Ulamog because he can only be killed by path. and the vindicate is more useful in mono blue then the draw 4.
this is the list i have been playing since m11 release.. its been performing very well..
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
4 Calcite Snapper
1 Ulamog, the infinite gyre
1 Sphinx of Lost truths
1 Brittle Effige
4 Mana Leak
4 Deprive
4 Cancel
4 All is dust
4 Jace's Ingenuity
3 Everflowing Chalice
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Halimar Depths
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Tectonic Edge
1 Mystifying Maze
14 Island
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
3 Calcite Snapper
1 Ulamog, the infinite gyre
3 aether adept
4 Mana Leak
4 Deprive
4 Cancel
3 All is dust
4 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Everflowing Chalice
3 [CARD]Jace, the Mind Sculptor
[/CARD]
3 Halimar Depths
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Tectonic Edge
1 Mystifying Maze
14 Island
2Sphinx of Jwar Isle
4Calcite Snapper
1Ulamog, the infinite gyre
4aether adept
4Mana Leak
4Deprive
4Cancel
2All is dust
4 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Everflowing Chalice
2Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Halimar Depths
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Tectonic Edge
2 Mystifying Maze
12 Island
what do u guys think?
won 9 packs.
in the sealed i opened
Dark tutalage
Conundrum sphinx
traumatize
mass polymorph
platinum angel
and some other jank card, Don't remember
Went white/blue control.. w/ 2 mana leaks, 1 cancel, a couple of aether adepts(great card) and a couple of excommunicates + 1 condemn, Conundrum sphinx is fantastic as it tends to bury some cards u don't want to see that your opponents reveals.
my 9 packs where
Triskelion
Captivating Vampire
mystifying maze
time reversal
knight exemplar
phylactery lich
wild evocation
clone
overwhelming stampede
Pulls wern't great, but decent.. so i can't complain. Got my 25 dollars worth.
Ended up trading traumatize, mass polymorph + that jank rare for a day of judgement.. so it wasn't so bad.
3 baneslayers got pulled, Beat a guy who had DoJ and baneslayer in his pool. By mana leaking the DoJ and then mind controlling his baneslayer.
Also beat a guy who had foil grave titan and a gaia's revenge in his pool. Flyers Just get there.
MVP in my deck where, Air servant! ( this guy is fantastic, taps down baneslayer and other blockers and is 4 power) Conundrum sphinx, and mind control.
watch out!!!, anyways no joke they look pretty damn simillar ..
would be pretty cool if he was a new alias for the baron, maybe the barons real name is Anowan Sengir, but only goes by baron in urgotha.
i can't believe some ppl are actually considering this jank. is remand to hard to reprint or something?
well bloodwitch is 4/4 flier, has immediate board impact when u control vampires (deals damage) and is pro white which is very relevant in today's meta as she dodges 90% of all standard removal. Only dies to terminate, Pulse, and Day of judgement.
anowan however is 5 mana, has no immediate board impact. Dies to everything under the sun and doesn't really pose much of a threat as it doesn't have evasion. The ability is cute tho, maybe combo it w/ that new demon thing in mono black control.
its still cool to have baron sengir in standard =)
the removal spell is awesome and will be able to 2 for 1 on the defence.
by the way, Anowan is just baron sengir they look identical
Anawon looks very similar to baron sengir me thinks, like almost identical.
baron sengir
the removal is nice, especially since u can pump guys after blockers are declared to get a 2 for one or maybe 3 for one.
ive been running 3 trinket mages in my build and one academy ruins... lets me run 1x EE, and 1x Chalice main. it also lets me run 1x pithing needle aswell as some other tricks maindeck...
gives u a better matchup vs tezz game 1.
ive played people who get pissed when i tell them they missed a may trigger, its like they think u should cut them some slack.
for example i try to be fair, and treat people like i would want to be treated, there was a guy who missed his landfall trigger early game, said he forgot about it, would i mind if he added it. i said no, go ahead... the same guy misses another trigger for me to lose 1 life when i played 3 creatures. This would influence me winning the game or possibly losing it. I passed the turn and he drew and was like oh yea u lose 3.. i was like unfortunatly it was a may so i dont, u missed the trigger.. he like wtf man, why you being so gay.. etc. See you can't be nice to alot of players b/c they never appreciate it.
and about fnm being casual, i dunno where u play but my fnm's are fairly competitve, people want to test decks against strong tier 1 decks. Infact it kinda sux when i play the weaker players b/c i like a challenge and hate playing jank.dec
i dunno the 2nd pic there is a huge talon thing behind his back, it could just be in a different position then the 1st pic..
however they could all be different avatars or whatever and have different features. All im saying is the 2 eldrazi are the same.