@Doomfall19 - I'll try stream some more for you! As a tip, twitch.tv/fpawluzs streams a lot of amulet and is a better player than me!
Discord link here for you guys... it's extremely active (after the weekend, there were a good 400+ messages for me to catch up on)! https://discord.gg/bpgJyDm
@MrMudcat - I think Zacama is really a response to Humans, and most creature-based MUs. It has never been stock, just 1-2 people got a result with it and people started testing with mixed results. There's 2 schools of thought with Zacama:
1. When it's in your opener, or drawn against a combo deck, it sucks. It's 9 mana, so it's only ever good when you have already played a titan.
2. When it's in your deck, you can pact it up after landing your first titan and it will win you the game, usually on the spot. It's a power-house when you need it.
And my opinion, for what it's worth, is somewhere in the middle. It does suck when you naturally draw it, but occasionally you'll keep a mana-hungry hand and draw Zacama instead of a titan, and it still goes to town. When the board stalls, or if meddling mage names titan, then having access to Zacama can be really powerful.
Followed! Thanks a lot, Davius.
I agree with you on Zacama. He's really good after a Titan but not so hot otherwise. I almost never tutor for Zacama, Titan is almost always enough. Zacama has been good but I like Amulet to have more consistency or better flex cards that don't cost so much mana, such as the aforementioned Relic and Baloth against Dredge and aggressive matchups.
I'm interested in how much more consistent the 3 Adventurous Impulse has made the deck. It seems to me to make things a little more smooth just looking at a lisy but I'm interested in trying it out!
By the way, does anyone have an Amulet discord that I might be able to join? Would like to talk more about the deck and learn as much as possible. Aside from @daviusminimus' awesome stream!
Has an considered running 2-3 copies of Conflagarate & 1-2 Experimental Frenzy? I feel like 18-19 land, some number of 4-6 rituals with this strategy can really bury and opponent.
Conflagrate is best with loads of cards in hand, and this deck struggles to keep cards in hand a lot of the time. Sure, it draws cards a lot, but the reason Conflagrate is good in Dredge is because of Life from the Loam to fill the hand with lands to discard for a big Conflagrate. Maybe in the Life from the Loam versions of the deck it can be good, but in the mono red version it's not as good.
Would Needle Drop be an option? Or possibly Gut Shot? One thing I'm curious about trying is The Flame of Keld instead of Risk Factor as a finisher. It seems a bit of a liability but really strong when it gets to the third chapter, especially with a board full of creatures.
Any chance to use it as a transformer deck? It has just enough in common with Free Win Red that it seems like you could side from hyper aggro to control and so blank their removal.
That seems reasonable. The deck already has a reasonable post board plan in Shrine of Burning Rage to deal with post graveyard hate since the deck uses it so well. Insult//Injury + Shrine is a really really potent combination also. I advise checking out h0lydiva's videos on Twitch to see it in action. Also, test if a prison strategy post board would be good enough! It could work!
Yeah it's really impressive how consistent and resilient the deck is for a modern deck. I'm really really impressed with it so far and I think it'll have a pretty good future in modern as a solid budget deck that is powerful enough to steal some wins consistently.
This deck is legit. There is a lot of excitement behind it. H0lydiva has regularly streamed the deck on twitch, and the deck has made some paper appearances with strong finishes. I know of 2 that made top 8 in an SCG IQ. Check out diva's twitch and Twitter where she updates the deck regularly!
So is the plains pretty stock nowadays? I personally hated it, as I never wanted to see it in an opener or be stuck without a second red source, but it seems every list is running it. Is it only for the Ensnaring Bridge post-board plan or?
Followed! Thanks a lot, Davius.
I agree with you on Zacama. He's really good after a Titan but not so hot otherwise. I almost never tutor for Zacama, Titan is almost always enough. Zacama has been good but I like Amulet to have more consistency or better flex cards that don't cost so much mana, such as the aforementioned Relic and Baloth against Dredge and aggressive matchups.
By the way, does anyone have an Amulet discord that I might be able to join? Would like to talk more about the deck and learn as much as possible. Aside from @daviusminimus' awesome stream!