I've been playing Storm for a while, but I was always using the Transformational sideboard to Splinter Twin Combo.
But, I have a GPT coming up, and I know affinity is going to be there. For that matchup, should I run Shattering Sprees or Shatterstorms?
I can see how both can be nice, since if you have one problem, Spree is better, but against the affinity match, Storm could be better, since it wipes the board.
I'm willing to go away from Splinter-Combo, but I'd like some input. I like the idea of it to trick people up, but not sure if it is the best way to go, or whether or not I should have a bit more control aspects in the board.
I've been testing a list with Epic Experiment (basically the typical PiF-Storm, with 2x Pyromancer Ascension), and it is -awesome-.
You have a hand full of rits, as long as you have a manamorphose, you can start to storm, then dig with EE, and you should be hitting more rits and cantrips. and since the only cards to cost more than 2 in the deck are Empty the Warrens and Past in Flames, you can play nearly everything. And if for some reason you don't have enough for PiF,you should afterwords, and flash it back.
It seems nuts without Ascension being online.
Now, the downside is if it gets countered, and you didn't leave/have Remand online, you may as well scoop, unless it's a control heavy deck, and you can regain your hand.
I own more, so I could do that.
Just curious, I know there are targeting differences between Pyroblast and REB, but could someone give me an actual game example where that becomes relevant?
flayer is considered better than zealot yes, because both can finish the game but flayer doesn't require a horde of zombies to do so. Although flayer has a drawback: you need 3 dread returns in your deck to maximize the chances of having 2 dr's in your grave.
the strategy with him is indeed shoot 4, sac him, shoot 5, DR a troll and shoot lethal.However pulling this off without at least 1 bridge is impossible because you need enough creatures to sacrifice to dread return.
There's no fixed list currently. But it seems to balance betweenthe more combo oriented lists with DR targets and the more stable "quadlazer" list that doesn't use DR or DR targets.
i'll post some lists later, i have to go now
haha, alright. The help is appreciated.
Just when you think you got a solid list...it goes and flips on you XD.
Any of you red splash guys ever tried Scald? Would definitely change their math. Raking Canopy would stop delvers and cliques cold, as well as ornithopters and other such little nuisances. Not sure if it is worth a card though...? Depends on local meta I guess. I think I will be testing Scald out at our local proxy tournament, just to see how it plays out.
The problem I see is that a not-insignificant number of decks run Emrakul, which renders them randomly immune to this sort of milling attack. Why take the chance that one of your wincons will be completely useless, especially when it involves splashing yet another color?
What about running it in the SB, along with 1x or 2x Tormod's Crypt? We can tutor up the crypt. Say they hit emrakul, we Crypt in response to Emrakul hitting the GY.
But then the problem becomes, what do we get rid of in the SB...
Once Ponder/Preordain were banned, it made it hard to be able to find Ascension & Swath, and get Ascension online to be able to abuse it.
Or at least that was the argument, if I remember right.
I'll post the deck up later...though I wouldn't recommend it.
But, I have a GPT coming up, and I know affinity is going to be there. For that matchup, should I run Shattering Sprees or Shatterstorms?
I can see how both can be nice, since if you have one problem, Spree is better, but against the affinity match, Storm could be better, since it wipes the board.
For reference, this is my SB:
2x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
3x Pestermite
4x Splinter Twin
2x Echoing Truth
2x Shattering Spree
I'm willing to go away from Splinter-Combo, but I'd like some input. I like the idea of it to trick people up, but not sure if it is the best way to go, or whether or not I should have a bit more control aspects in the board.
Thanks!
I've been testing a list with Epic Experiment (basically the typical PiF-Storm, with 2x Pyromancer Ascension), and it is -awesome-.
You have a hand full of rits, as long as you have a manamorphose, you can start to storm, then dig with EE, and you should be hitting more rits and cantrips. and since the only cards to cost more than 2 in the deck are Empty the Warrens and Past in Flames, you can play nearly everything. And if for some reason you don't have enough for PiF,you should afterwords, and flash it back.
It seems nuts without Ascension being online.
Now, the downside is if it gets countered, and you didn't leave/have Remand online, you may as well scoop, unless it's a control heavy deck, and you can regain your hand.
My first 2 packs of New Phyrexia had Karns in them, from Wal-Mart, but pretty much everything after was crap.
Surgical Extraction and like cards.
With having both REB and Pyroblast, if they extract one, you still have the other card.
haha, alright. The help is appreciated.
Just when you think you got a solid list...it goes and flips on you XD.
Is the general consensus that Flayer of the Hatebound Is better than Flame-Kin Zealot Now? Also, MD or SB?
Whats the strategy with him? DR Flayer, deal dmg, then Therapy so it's, what, 11? Then hope to land a GGT?
Is this simply to that you have another way to win incase our Bridges get blown?
Also, what is a current LED list, since it seems that's the way to go nowadays?
Thanks!
I could see using it in a situational way. Going up against a deck with *** or DoJ.
But it could be Win More. But I figure it's worth bringing up.
In regards to Raking Canopy, we already have Elephant Grass and Solitary Confinement. Solitary is the same CMC, and is generally better.
But I can see the point in running it. It's extra protection, but unnecessary I think.
What about running it in the SB, along with 1x or 2x Tormod's Crypt? We can tutor up the crypt. Say they hit emrakul, we Crypt in response to Emrakul hitting the GY.
But then the problem becomes, what do we get rid of in the SB...
Hmm, that is interesting. Have a light splash of blue...or just set Utopia Sprawl on blue....
Hell, in a pinch, you could mill yourself, then Replenish all the enchantments back.
The only real downside I see is the Blue. But even that is minor.