In certain metas it certainly is correct to trim or even cut lightning bolt entirely. However, at this time I'm not sure I'd recommend it. My own meta is super aggressive; with zoo, infect, fish, and other aggro creature decks being the top players. When I sleeve up RUGshift I often play 2 Courser of Kruphix in the main. Also, if you are running tarmogoyf and trying to play a more tempo oriented gameplan bolt seems too crucial for closing out the game.
At this moment I don't play prismatic omen or goyf, however I have been seriously considering biting the bullet and buying a set of omen in order to play various titanshift varieties, (Naya/Jund) don't currently have a RUG list but it's certainly something I would try. My only concern with rug titanshift is that maxing out on valakuts alongside cryptic command (one of the main reasons to play blue) would make for some awkward mana.
The grixis delver matchup is tricky for sure (along with RUG), in them we suffer from the classic scapeshift problem of being unable to remove a resolved large creature, (Tarmogoyf, Gurmag angler, Tasigur) some cards to consider for your sb.
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It's definitely a tricky matchup but they usually don't put too fast of a clock on you T5/6 at earliest, so while g1 your hand will probably be picked apart by discard you still have time to get there eventually, and have plenty of time to win games you have no business winning with a hive mind pact. post-board games i tend to mull a 7 card hand that doesn't have either resiliency whether it be leyline or just multiples, or any hand that can make a t2 titan or hive mind I tend to keep as well. If I don't find a leyline by 5 cards I just resign myself to playing that hand if at all possible. The games where you find it you can just do your own thing basically uncontested and usually ride titan/mind to victory.
Leyline gets sided in primarily against B/G/x, and Burn, but is also nice against Faeries, Rack, and any Gifts decks that may be running around your meta.
I agree that U/R twin is a much worse matchup for us than my record shows. A lot of the time there's just nothing you can do to stop a t4 combo so don't bother playing around it unless you can somehow contest it. The fact that they also bring out blood moon from board is also nasty.
Hey guys, I've been testing this deck on and off on cockatrice the last few weeks or so as I am trying to decide whether or not I want to invest on it in paper. The answer is a resounding yes. I've been having great success and have been keeping a list of my games, opposing decks ("Real" decks only for the sake of space), and overall record. Cockatrice being Cockatrice there have been a few major players in the meta that I have barely encountered (Pod, Affinity, U/W/R) but for anyone interested this is what I have at this point. I am using Lord commander snow's main deck with my own sideboard consisting of
3x Leyline of sanct
3x Seal of primordium
2x Creeping corrosion
2x Chalice of the void
2x Firespout
1x Pyroclasm
1x Bojuka Bog
1x Ghost Quarter
B/G/Jund/Junk Match Record 6-0. Games 12-2.
Tron(Both) Match Record 4-0. Games 8-0
U/R Delver Match Record 3-1. Games 7-3
Burn Match Record 2-1. Games 5-3
U/R Twin Match Record 2-0. Games 4-1
U/B Faeries Match Record 1-1. Games 3-2
Boggles Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
Melira Pod Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
Kiki Pod Match Record 0-1. Games 1-2
Goryo's Veng Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
B/W Tokens Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
Mono G Nykthos Match Record 1-0. Games 2-1
8-Rack Match Record 1-0. Games 2-1
U/W/R Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
At this moment I don't play prismatic omen or goyf, however I have been seriously considering biting the bullet and buying a set of omen in order to play various titanshift varieties, (Naya/Jund) don't currently have a RUG list but it's certainly something I would try. My only concern with rug titanshift is that maxing out on valakuts alongside cryptic command (one of the main reasons to play blue) would make for some awkward mana.
The grixis delver matchup is tricky for sure (along with RUG), in them we suffer from the classic scapeshift problem of being unable to remove a resolved large creature, (Tarmogoyf, Gurmag angler, Tasigur) some cards to consider for your sb.
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It's definitely a tricky matchup but they usually don't put too fast of a clock on you T5/6 at earliest, so while g1 your hand will probably be picked apart by discard you still have time to get there eventually, and have plenty of time to win games you have no business winning with a hive mind pact. post-board games i tend to mull a 7 card hand that doesn't have either resiliency whether it be leyline or just multiples, or any hand that can make a t2 titan or hive mind I tend to keep as well. If I don't find a leyline by 5 cards I just resign myself to playing that hand if at all possible. The games where you find it you can just do your own thing basically uncontested and usually ride titan/mind to victory.
Leyline gets sided in primarily against B/G/x, and Burn, but is also nice against Faeries, Rack, and any Gifts decks that may be running around your meta.
I agree that U/R twin is a much worse matchup for us than my record shows. A lot of the time there's just nothing you can do to stop a t4 combo so don't bother playing around it unless you can somehow contest it. The fact that they also bring out blood moon from board is also nasty.
3x Leyline of sanct
3x Seal of primordium
2x Creeping corrosion
2x Chalice of the void
2x Firespout
1x Pyroclasm
1x Bojuka Bog
1x Ghost Quarter
B/G/Jund/Junk Match Record 6-0. Games 12-2.
Tron(Both) Match Record 4-0. Games 8-0
U/R Delver Match Record 3-1. Games 7-3
Burn Match Record 2-1. Games 5-3
U/R Twin Match Record 2-0. Games 4-1
U/B Faeries Match Record 1-1. Games 3-2
Boggles Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
Melira Pod Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
Kiki Pod Match Record 0-1. Games 1-2
Goryo's Veng Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
B/W Tokens Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0
Mono G Nykthos Match Record 1-0. Games 2-1
8-Rack Match Record 1-0. Games 2-1
U/W/R Match Record 1-0. Games 2-0