Quote from Dimmez »@deaddrift - how did you beat ub mill? im having trouble with that matchup and i even play leyline of sanctity in the side (maybe ive just drawn poorly or select the wrong cards to discard from them)
Quote from Rakuto »The thing id like to know the most is how you sideboard. When you are bringring lots of cards in I have no idea what to take out.
Well alrighty then! From Friday:Quote from herfs »I would like to hear the under and over performers during your night and what types of deck you played against. If everybody had a similar format it would be easy to compile a list to determine the best 60 cards for the deck and how to fine tune the deck for specific metas. Something of the form:
Deck name (type of deck: aggro, midrange, brew, etc.)
Record
Over performers (OP) :: Thought-knot
Under performers (UP) ::
Notes :: A one or two sentence summary explaining the matchup. Something along the lines of if anybody had any bad draws, somebody mulled down to 3, I couldn't find the right removal or sideboard cards, etc.
Then have the deck list within spoiler tags.
Affinity (creature-aggro)
2-1 [1-0]
SIDE IN: Stony Silence x2, Ratchet Bomb x2, Pithing Needle x2, Anguished Unmaking x1 / SIDE OUT: Go for the Throat x1, Relic x4, Thoughtseize x2
OP: Lingering Souls, Blight Herder, Ratchet Bomb
UP: Go for the Throat, Strangler
Notes: I was on the draw G1. Ratchet Bomb is a good sweeper but nonbos with Stony Silence; since I drew Bomb but not Stony it worked out OK. Lingering Souls is always good against Affinity but Herder saved the day after an unexpected Blood Moon; it processed two Pathed creatures and gave for my Seers and Smasher in game three.
UB Mill (spell-aggro/brew)
2-0 [2-0]
SIDE IN: Surgical Extraction x3, Stony Silence x2, Ratchet Bomb x2, Pithing Needle x2, Anguished Unmaking x1 / SIDE OUT: n/a
OP: Lingering Souls, Sorin
UP: Path, Strangler
Notes: I was on the draw G1. When I side against Mill I don't remove cards, I simply add the ones that might be useful. This guy was running a sub-optimized budget brew with no Ensnaring Bridge, and he was an easy beat. In general the match is a race where we want the fastest possible damage output. A tuned Mill deck needs one or both of two specific cards to beat us: Crypt Incursion and Ensnaring Bridge. Both should be top targets for Thoughtseize/IoK/TKS. Ratchet Bomb and Unmaking can hit Bridge, and leaving Relic plus one mana active is mandatory to protect against Incursion.
Jeskai Control (control)
2-0 [3-0]
SIDE IN: Unmaking x1, Pithing Needle x2, Ratchet Bomb x2 / SIDE OUT: Go for the Throat x1, Sorin x1, Strangler x2
OP: Relic of Progenitus, Blight Herder, Lingering Souls, Reality Smasher, Thoughtseize, Ghost Quarter
UP: Go for the Throat, Surgical Extraction
Notes: I was on the draw G1. The above is an example of a post-SB 61 from me, which I do pretty regularly. I was siding for Nahiri but it turns out he didn't use her. Relic on my T1 both games was brutal for him. Strangler hit an Ancestral Vision, killing itself, in G1; and Herder hit two Ancestral Visions in game 2. Resolved Smashers were able to swing through to close both games. Thoughtseize on his Elspeth, Sun's Champion was huge--that card is a huge beating once it lands. I was also able to see and then play around his in-hand Izzet Staticaster when I took his Elspeth, which was also crucial. Staticaster is very, very bad for decks that play as many tokens as we do. Watch out for one (rarely two) from the side in every G2/3 against any URx build.
Blue Moon (control)
1-1-1 [3-0-1]
SIDE IN: Extraction x3, Unmaking x1, Pithing Needle x2 / SIDE OUT: Sorin, Go for the Throat, Strangler x2, Smasher x1
OP: Mind Stone, Blight Herder, his Jace, Architect of Thought
UP: Lingering Souls (see notes), Surgical Extraction
Notes: I was on the draw G1. I easily won G1 with Herder plus tokens; despite being locked to three lands until T8, my Mind Stone allowed me mana to cast my fatties. I am a huge believer in Mind Stone by now. In G2--which I lost after Thoughtseizing him on T1, taking one of his 3 in-hand Remands and then Extracting the other two--I had seven lands on board but no source for . Frustrating. In both G2 and G3, his one-of Jace was able to +1 every turn and shut down my otherwise-awesome-in-this-kind-of-match Lingering Souls. That one planeswalker was able to win him the one game, and then draw the match for him. If I play this guy again I will bring in Ratchet Bomb for his planeswalkers for sure. I could have sided and played better in this match.
Grixis Delver (creature-aggro/control)
2-1 [4-0-1]
SIDE IN: Extraction x3, Unmaking x1 / SIDE OUT: Sorin x1, Smasher x2
OP: Relic, Thoughtseize
UP: his Snapcaster
Notes: I was on the play G1 for once! T1 Relic in all three games was really bad for him. I don't have much in the way of notes for this match.
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Land (24) 1x Cavern of Souls 4x Caves of Koilos 4x Eldrazi Temple 3x Ghost Quarter 2x Godless Shrine 3x Marsh Flats 1x Plains 3x Shambling Vent 2x Swamp 1x Vault of the Archangel Planeswalker (1) 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor | Creature (15) 3x Blight Herder 1x Matter Reshaper 4x Reality Smasher 4x Thought-Knot Seer 3x Wasteland Strangler Instant (6) 1x Anguished Unmaking 1x Go for the Throat 4x Path to Exile Sorcery (8) 4x Lingering Souls 4x Thoughtseize Artifact (6) 2x Mind Stone 4x Relic of Progenitus | Sideboard (15) 1x Anguished Unmaking 2x Damnation 2x Pithing Needle 2x Ratchet Bomb 2x Rest for the Weary 2x Stony Silence 3x Surgical Extraction 1x Timely Reinforcements |
Thoughts: I recently decided to go back to Anguished Unmaking over Oblivion Ring because instant speed is so good and O-Ring is vulnerable to removal. I also took out my experimental Zealous Persecution from the side, replacing it with a second Pithing Needle for Tron, Affinity, and manlands/planeswalkers in general. Sometimes if you're lucky against a newer player you can name a fetch land with it, which is always good fun. The sideboard of my deck is always in a state of mild flux as I swap one or two cards around for something else to try each week or so.
I over-sided in Extraction vs. the blue Snapcaster decks tonight. It is pretty good in these matches but was dead a couple times for me tonight. I was frustrated in the Blue Moon match because it was eminently winnable but I didn't side correctly or play as well as I could have.
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