Quote from CTonyJab »I'm looking for an up-to-date SB guide. Can anyone help me out?
This was written by one of the best Humans players on the SCG Tour and just came out yesterday.
http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/38380_Updating-Humans-For-SCG-Regionals.html
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Turn 2 Thalia 2.0 is nuts! I played her in bant midrange decks when EldraziTron was tier1 and she was too good!
I often thought about her in the "two flexslots" we've got but sometimes she does nothing game one. The other question is what to cut from the sideboard? I think you want at least two copies... one copy is not enough. Maybe in favor of the RiP because she's easier to cast. Definitely a strong card to try out.
One of my favorite SB cards! At first I didn't like her but she is good in a lot of matchups. I board her in in the mirror and vs spirits to deal with opposing Phantasmal Image or to break boardstalls. Also she comes handy in grindy matchups leaving three bodies.
It's a bit old but still a good overview to a lot of matchups - Ondrej Strasky made this up.
http://arnbl.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-ultimate-humans-primer.html
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I will try Dylan Hand's list for the weekend.
4x Noble Hierarch
4x Champion of the Parish
4x Thalia's Lieutenant
4x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3x Kitesail Freebooter
4x Meddling Mage
4x Phantasmal Image
2x Tajic, Legion's Edge
4x Reflector Mage
4x Mantis Rider
Lands:
4x Unclaimed Territory
4x Cavern of Souls
4x Horizon Canopy
4x Ancient Ziggurat
1x Seachrome Coast
1x Island
1x Plains
2x Dismember
2x Damping Sphere
1x Deputy of Detention
1x Whirler Rogue
2x Knight of Autumn
3x Auriok Champion
1x Hostage Taker
1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
2x Sin Collector
I really like the list and I think Deputy of Detention is an upgrade to Izzet Staticaster - to bad it's no human
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Solid list! The addition of RiP is spicey. I tried it but I used a fetch/shock manabase. Did you had issues casting it?
Are you happy with 3x Phantasmal Image and 3x Reflector Mage?
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Elves made a top 8 finish at GP Portland!
4x Elvish Mystic
4x Llanowar Elves
3x Elves of Deep Shadow
4x Heritage Druid
4x Dwynen's Elite
2x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
3x Elvish Clancaller
4x Elvish Archdruid
4x Shaman of the Pack
2x Beast Whisperer
4x Lead the Stampede
Lands:
3x Blooming Marsh
4x Gilt-Leaf Palace
4x Cavern of Souls
4x Forest
2x Horizon Canopy
1x Westvale Abbey
2x Damping Sphere
2x Scavenging Ooze
2x Reclamation Sage
2x Thoughtseize
2x Surgical Extraction
2x Phyrexian Revoker
2x Assassin's Trophy
1x Fracturing Gust
List looks really cool with the 2x Beast Whisperer. What do you think?
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another 5-0 ... maybe it's time to sleeve the deck up again.
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4x Birds of Paradise
4x Noble Hierarch
2x Voice of Resrugence
2x Scavenging Ooze
1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer
1x Reflector Mage
3x Knight of the Reliquary
2x Courser of Kruphix
1x Tireless Tracker
3x Spell Queller
1x Eternal Witness
1x Vendilion Clique
Planeswalker:
2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Spells:
4x Path to Exile
1x Dromoka's Command
2x Settle the Wreckage
4x Windswept Heath
3x Misty Rainforest
1x Razorverge Thicket
2x Breeding Pool
1x Hallowed Fountain
2x Temple Garden
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Celestial Colonnade
1x Field of Ruin
1x Gavony Township
1x Horizon Canopy
4x Forest
1x Island
1x Plains
1x Reflector Mage
1x Lyra Dawnbringer
1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
3x Surgical Extraction
1x Worship
2x Engineered Explosives
2x Negate
2x Unified Will
2x Stony Silence
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I'm still pro-Coralhelm. I think it's a flexible card and also a "oops, i win"-button. Against all those uninteractive decks it's ok to play 3x copies!
For now I play GW Valuetown but thought about giving Bant a chance again. My all-time allstar is and will be Reflector Mage. Don't know how many games I won thanks to him!
For the deck I would try a more "oldschool" list but add 3-4 copies of Reflector Mage.
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I don't think it's a good replacement. Sure, the casting is easier but in the worst case you hit her in a Company and your opponent has no tapped creautre/you have no Revolt-trigger. Imo Fiend Hunter is even better than Deadeye Harpooner. Also I'm a huge fan of Reflector Mage.
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I'm moving from Human Knightfall to classic Knightfall and need some help - here is my current list:
3x Noble Hierarch
4x Birds of Paradise
1x Voice of Resurgence
2x Qasali Pridemage
2x Selfess Spirit
3x Scavenging Ooze
4x Knight of the Reliquary
4x Spell Queller
1x Courser of Kruphix
2x Tireless Tracker
1x Reflector Mage
1x Vendilion Clique
Spells:
4x Path to Exile
4x Collected Company
2x Retreat to Coralhelm
1x Breeding Pool
1x Stomping Ground
1x Hallowed Fountain
2x Temple Garden
1x Botanical Sanctum
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Kessig Wolf Run
1x Gavony Township
3x Forest
1x Plains
4x Windswept Heath
4x Wooded Foothills
1x Flooded Strand
2x Stony Silence
2x Unified Will
2x Blessed Alliance
1x Eldritch Evolution
1x Aven Mindcensor
2x Reflector Mage
2x Izzet Staticaster
1x Rhox War Monk
1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
1x Mirran Crusader
First of all some choice I have to explain:
Wooded Foothills over Misty Rainforest - obvious budget cut
2nd Temple Garden - no Canopys at my LGS... so it's budget.
3x Noble Hierarch - I didn't manage to get a 4th Hierarch... What's your opinion on the amount of manadorks? In the Humanbuild 7 was right because the curve was a little bit lower and I could play more aggro with a Champion of the Parsih. Intuitively I would play 7 dorks.
Voice of Resurgence - never played with the card. What is the right number to play here? Some posts earlier somebody stated that Voice is good is almost every matchup. I share that opinion.
Reflector Mage - MVP in the humanbuild! Some classic lists play 0 other play up to 4 (split main and side). What's the forums opinion?
The sideboard is just an idea for now. In the humanbuild I had 1x Bojuka Bog but I think with ScOoze I have enough graveyardhate.
My "Maybeboard" consists of:
2nd Courser of Kruphix (main)
Eternal Witness (also in the main)
Burrenton Forge-Tender
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Any tips you have? As an longtime aggro-player it's a new world playing the midrangestuff.
Thank you in advance