You would cut the gifts and past in flames post sideboard. 4 mana or even 3 for gifts when you are throwing two of the cards you probably needed to gy hate. 4 gifts and 2 past in flames is just right for 4 firebrand and 2 curiosity.
As an avid Control player I can tell you that it is all about timing. You can typically wait them out. A lot of control players will get antsy turn 5 or 6 when you havn't tried to burn them out, and try playing a payoff spell. use any chance they tap mana as an opening for damage. It gets there.
Thoughts on cremate for the sideboard to combat delve, snaps, jace, and dredge, without losing a card? Also shadow of a doubt seems like a good sb card seeing as every multicolored deck (almost) plays fetchez,and to combat titans, chords, and pacts?
Here is my grixis control list. Not sure about countersqual vs mana leak, and i will likely be adding Fatal push when Aether revolt releases As far as a sideboard goes i was thinking about a 1 or 2 of cremate for snaps, jaces, dredge, and storm, as well as 1 or 2 shadow of a doubt for chords, and titans. Im not sure what to use against afinity, or what else really would be good in the sideboard. Im on a budget and cannot really afford engeneered explosives right now. I will likely side another anger. Probablya dispel or two.
Hello Magic players! I'm running a pretty commonly seen deck right now. Abzan midrange. But I would like to do a little more with it. First, here's my decklist
I changed my Fleecemane lion for ajani's pridemate because i feel like with the different sources of lifegain he will get pretty big. Courser of kruphix giving one everytime i get a land. Siege Rhino gaining me 3 when he enters, wingmate roc gives me 1 per attakcing creature when it attacks. then Sorin, solemn visitor giving my creatures lifelink. But I am thinking with all of these newly popular green enchantress decks using whip of erebos I could include whip as well, and run a few hornet queen because that is 3 different creatures with ETB effects. also it is more lifelink for the pridemate, and general sustain. I just don't really know what to take out.
1 caves of koilos
2 forest
3 plains
2 llanowar wastes
2 mana confluence
4 sandsteppe citadel
2 temple of plenty
Creatures
3 ajani's pridemate
2 brimaz, king of oreskos
4 courser of kruphix
4 siege rhino
4 sylvan caryatid
2 wingmate roc
2 ajani, mentor of heroes
2 elspeth, suns champion
2 sorin, solemn visitor
Instants/sorceries
3 abzan charm
4 hero's downfall
2 utter end
3 thoughtsieze
I changed my Fleecemane lion for ajani's pridemate because i feel like with the different sources of lifegain he will get pretty big. Courser of kruphix giving one everytime i get a land. Siege Rhino gaining me 3 when he enters, wingmate roc gives me 1 per attakcing creature when it attacks. then Sorin, solemn visitor giving my creatures lifelink. But I am thinking with all of these newly popular green enchantress decks using whip of erebos I could include whip as well, and run a few hornet queen because that is 3 different creatures with ETB effects. also it is more lifelink for the pridemate, and general sustain. I just don't really know what to take out.
4 hinterland harbor
8 forest
7 island
2 breeding pool
Creatures
4 strangleroot giest
4 arbor elf
4 cloudfin raptor
4 young wolf
4 shambleshark
2 master biomancer
2 wolfir silverheart
3 champion of lambholt
4 elusive krasis
2 primordial hydra
4 Rancor
Any ideas as to how to make this deck run faster? I wanna run some sort of simic aggro
4 Vampire Nighthawk
2 Worldspine wurm
4 Vorapede
4 Arbor elf
4 Elvish archdruid
4 Silklash spider
2 Primordial hydra
4 caravan vigil
4 farseek
2 essence harvest
4 jarad's orders
4 increasing savagery
13 forest
5 swamp
how so? This isn't saying you're wrong, because i do in fact run doomsayer in my deck, but i haven't been playing long.