I'm switching over from Eldrazi & Taxes to mono-white. I find the manabase for EnT to be way too unreliable and that's often what kills me. Since Horizon Canopy is way over my budget, I'm going with a playset of Blinkmoth Nexus instead; any opinions on that? Also, I've been questioning the usefulness of Leonin Arbiter recently. He hasn't really been helpful and I've been thinking about playing 2 of him instead of 4, would that be a mistake?
@xotug Big Thalia has been helpful for me in some matches, but I've more often than not found myself siding her out. It has helped me against Titanfall deck especially.
having the same problem with B/W Taxes too. I wont give up just yet but after 10 fnm if i still suck ill revert to copter and taxes
Edit: Cutting Leonin arbiter to 2 is not the best idea. Though you may not tax deck that does not use fetches, remember that you still have PTE and GQ. I once locked a merfolk player from playing magic by having arbiter in play (G1) and GQ his colored lands and flickerwisp + restoangel his vial.
Monowhite top again in the recent MTGO Competitive Modern League
Dusk/Dawn is the real deal now right?
Also btw horizon canopy sky rocketed by $16 to those who have and planning to buy (paper)
Dusk//Dawn? Huh? 2WW, taxed by Thalia, and 3WW, again taxed by Thalia seems like it'd hurt, and feels like you'd mainly want the second part in a control-ly MU, where the first feels bad. Good against Rock/Junk/Jund etc., I guess? Particularly in a mono-white deck, which these days, with copters, struggles to get the 3W for Resto staying open, I'm unconvinced on these due to the costs. Seems like the only thing of ours it hits is Thalia 2.0 and the Serras, as well as any splicer golems if you're running those. Not seeing the usefulness, personally.
Got one canopy, got no intention of getting any more until they drop. Which I hope they will, but been expecting port reprints for years, so...
My sideout whenever bringing in dusk/dawn would be thalia so I wouldn't worry about the tax much. think about the decks you want a board wipe effect that targets creatures over 3. The majority of them Thalia isn't good against such as any eldrazi deck (except b/w processors). Just my 2 cents but I think dusk/dawn is a great sideboard card right now against certain decks/metas.
That's what I'm asking - when is this effect useful? Are we primarily looking at the boardwipe side? As I've seen no Eldrazi for ages, I do forget about that MU. Where else is it realistically useful? Affinity rarely has much above that threshold, in my experience, unless it's equipped in which case they move the plating. Plus, 2WW is rough to get. 3WW is just hilarious, IMHO, in a mono-white build - or do we ignore that side?
Well the top 2 most played deck is Deathshadow and eldratron. Could be useful to at least grind DS out
Monowhite top again in the recent MTGO Competitive Modern League
Dusk/Dawn is the real deal now right?
Also btw horizon canopy sky rocketed by $16 to those who have and planning to buy (paper)
Dusk//Dawn? Huh? 2WW, taxed by Thalia, and 3WW, again taxed by Thalia seems like it'd hurt, and feels like you'd mainly want the second part in a control-ly MU, where the first feels bad. Good against Rock/Junk/Jund etc., I guess? Particularly in a mono-white deck, which these days, with copters, struggles to get the 3W for Resto staying open, I'm unconvinced on these due to the costs. Seems like the only thing of ours it hits is Thalia 2.0 and the Serras, as well as any splicer golems if you're running those. Not seeing the usefulness, personally.
Got one canopy, got no intention of getting any more until they drop. Which I hope they will, but been expecting port reprints for years, so...
Well the 2nd place monowhite DnT during GP vegas has dusk dawn. Also the recent MTGO Competitive Modern League report has 2 dusk dawn on SB so we cant really say it's not useful
I've been seeing more and more dark confidant in the EnT. How good is he? Is he really vital? Been deciding if i really need to buy dark confidant. Thanks for the help.
New to EnT
Hi Rothgar. Can you give a quick explanation of how you side with your current build? For example, in what MU's do you side in the Negates and what do you side out?
1) Is SSG good in DnT? Was thinking t1 thalia or arbiter will lock most people out of the game
2) What instances do you play thalia over arbiter T2 and vice versa?
3) Is it profitable to play 2 Horizon canopy in place of 2 Plains in Eldrazi and taxes? (22 lands with 2 Canopy + 1 plains and 1 swamp)
Hello guys I have some pieces lying around (mutavault, tecqedge GQ, Vial, etc) and decided to go play DnT because it's the closest the I can build
How's this deck looking
Sorry for asking too much im just new to Merfolk. Is Fatal push/iok/thoughtseize/collective brutality worth it for the black splash. My meta has a lot of Deathshadow and i just dont know how to deal with their creature
having the same problem with B/W Taxes too. I wont give up just yet but after 10 fnm if i still suck ill revert to copter and taxes
Edit: Cutting Leonin arbiter to 2 is not the best idea. Though you may not tax deck that does not use fetches, remember that you still have PTE and GQ. I once locked a merfolk player from playing magic by having arbiter in play (G1) and GQ his colored lands and flickerwisp + restoangel his vial.
Well the top 2 most played deck is Deathshadow and eldratron. Could be useful to at least grind DS out
Well the 2nd place monowhite DnT during GP vegas has dusk dawn. Also the recent MTGO Competitive Modern League report has 2 dusk dawn on SB so we cant really say it's not useful
Dusk/Dawn is the real deal now right?
Also btw horizon canopy sky rocketed by $16 to those who have and planning to buy (paper)
New to EnT
I need this too.
1) Is SSG good in DnT? Was thinking t1 thalia or arbiter will lock most people out of the game
2) What instances do you play thalia over arbiter T2 and vice versa?
3) Is it profitable to play 2 Horizon canopy in place of 2 Plains in Eldrazi and taxes? (22 lands with 2 Canopy + 1 plains and 1 swamp)
Edit: added third question lol
How's this deck looking
4 Blade Splicer
4 Flickerwisp
4 Restoration Angel
2 Serra Avenger
1 Kor Skyfisher
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Ghost Quarter
2 Horizon Canopy
1 Eiganjo Castle
10 Plains
4 Tectonic Edge
4 Path to Exile
Playtested it with printouts and it's fun. What can you guys suggest to improve the deck.
Yes I will. I really like this deck. At first it looks linear, jam all lords and hope for the best, but it's not. Far from it