Zero copies of Acid Moss is very interesting. And at the same time 3 Inferno Titans. I always thought Acid Moss into Titan was the reason for either card to be in there, like Bonnie and Clyde. From my POV it looks like Acid Moss made way for Pia and Kiran. I like that card too, apparently this list leans towards having to deal with weenies earlier rather than later.
what i found more odd was the complete lack of Stormbreath Dragon, it’s always done quite a lot of work for me.
testing a few things (just in case) and i have a question. if i cast Bloodbraid Elf and then cast Eldritch Evolution off the cascade trigger, can i sac the Bloodbraid Elf to pay the additional cost? the way i’m reading it is, no. cascade and the spell cast off it resolve before the Bloodbraid Elf, so the Elf would not be on the battlefield to sac.
Took Ponza to my first pptq yesterday. Suffered some bad mulligans and horrendous hands in the first two matches. I was able to recover and finished 4-2, 11th out of 36.
I finally got ahold of 2x Trinisphere for my sideboard. I've searched back through this thread for pointers on Trinisphere, it seems like you (obviously) bring it in against decks like Storm and Ad Nauseum but it's also good against nearly anything dense with < 3 CMC spells (e.g. Death's Shadow).
Does any experienced Trinisphere user here have a list of decks that they definitely do bring it in against, as well as possibly some "traps" that I might think to bring in Trinisphere against but I actually should not?
It's really good against Affinity, Burn and Storm. Also good for Ad Nauseum and Living End
Does anyone have a particular strategy against the Krark-Clan Ironworks deck? Im already running Trinisphere main deck and Ancient Grudge & Shatterstorm in the sideboard, they were just comboing off too quickly. I got one Trinisphere down but it got hit with a Nature's Claim.
I am now playing 2 exclusive lists of this deck. One dragon heavy and the other more traditional. The dragon version is slightly better against shadow decks but that deck is just hard to deal with
What's this dragon heavy list look like, if you don't mind.
Thanks for the feedback. BtE has been good to get a creature on the board turn two in addition to being able to cast Stone Rain or Blood Moon, however in order to do that I already have to have the necessary mana so I see your point. Any thoughts on Voyaging Satyr as an extra way to spam Utopia Sprawl, the two-cost is a drawback of course.
Like I said Oblivion Sower, is a "why not, let's see how it goes". Yeah it's not close to Inferno Titan and is really a coin toss on whether you get anything good out of the four whether a land or not.
I see what you're saying about Creeping Mold, I'm not a huge fan of Beast Within but I have been learning more of the tricks to playing it lately.
Chandra, Firebrand is good at eliminating opposing mana dorks and the -2 copy instant or sorcery is pretty handy and nice when you can use it with a Stone Rain.
Fulminator Mage I thought could be an additional threat and if it's targeted you can sac it to take out a land. But I don't know what I would take out for it.
Do you have any cards that are outside of the norm that you particularly like to play or find useful?
How do you play against fast aggro or the new death shadow deck?
Ive been playing ponza for a couple of months now and I'm starting to tinker with a few things. I wanted to get some thoughts and opinions on the list I will be trying out this week.
Sideboard:
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Kitchen Finks
1 Obstinate Baloth
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Beast Within
2 Crumble to Dust
1 Shatterstorm
1 Primal Command
First thing you'll notice is I took out the 2 birds and put in 2 burning-tree emissary. I just found myself not liking the bird a whole lot and it doesn't do much other than mana. Drawback of the Burning-Tree Emissary is it's not repeatable mana. My other thought here is Voyaging Satyr. The other glaring change is the Oblivion Sower. This was just kind of a why not, let's see what happens. The last obvious change is the Rishkar's Expertise and I think that's pretty self-explanatory.
I do have a question. Is there a reason not to play Fulminator Mage or something like Destructor Dragon?
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what i found more odd was the complete lack of Stormbreath Dragon, it’s always done quite a lot of work for me.
here’s the list
http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=119425
is that correct?
M1: BW Smallpox 0-2
M2: UR Kiln Fiend 0-2
M3: Grixis Death's Shadow 2-1
M4: Abzan 2-1
M5: Sultai Good Stuff 2-1
M6: Burn 2-1
Main:
4 Arbor Elf
2 Birds of Paradise
2 Inferno Titan
3 Stormbreath Dragon
2 Chameleon Colossus
2 Platinum Emperion
4 Utopia Sprawl
3 Stone Rain
4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
4 Blood Moon
1 Beast Within
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Abrade
3 Madcap Experiment
8 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Kessig Wolf Run
3 Stomping Ground
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Windswept Heath
SB:
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Pithing Needle
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Crumble to Dust
2 Trinisphere
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Primal Command
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Kitchen Finks
It's really good against Affinity, Burn and Storm. Also good for Ad Nauseum and Living End
What's this dragon heavy list look like, if you don't mind.
Like I said Oblivion Sower, is a "why not, let's see how it goes". Yeah it's not close to Inferno Titan and is really a coin toss on whether you get anything good out of the four whether a land or not.
I see what you're saying about Creeping Mold, I'm not a huge fan of Beast Within but I have been learning more of the tricks to playing it lately.
Chandra, Firebrand is good at eliminating opposing mana dorks and the -2 copy instant or sorcery is pretty handy and nice when you can use it with a Stone Rain.
Fulminator Mage I thought could be an additional threat and if it's targeted you can sac it to take out a land. But I don't know what I would take out for it.
Do you have any cards that are outside of the norm that you particularly like to play or find useful?
How do you play against fast aggro or the new death shadow deck?
4 Arbor Elf
2 Burning-Tree Emissary
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
3 Stormbreath Dragon
2 Inferno Titan
1 Oblivion Sower
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Banefire
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Utopia Sprawl
1 Beast Within
4 Blood Moon
4 Stone Rain
1 Chandra, the Firebrand
1 Creeping Mold
1 Garruk, Wildspeaker
3 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
1 Rishkar's Expertise
9 Forest
1 Mountain
3 Stomping Ground
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard:
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Kitchen Finks
1 Obstinate Baloth
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Beast Within
2 Crumble to Dust
1 Shatterstorm
1 Primal Command
First thing you'll notice is I took out the 2 birds and put in 2 burning-tree emissary. I just found myself not liking the bird a whole lot and it doesn't do much other than mana. Drawback of the Burning-Tree Emissary is it's not repeatable mana. My other thought here is Voyaging Satyr. The other glaring change is the Oblivion Sower. This was just kind of a why not, let's see what happens. The last obvious change is the Rishkar's Expertise and I think that's pretty self-explanatory.
I do have a question. Is there a reason not to play Fulminator Mage or something like Destructor Dragon?