Don't forget, a lot of hogaak lists are running wispmare as well as trophy/claim, and force doesnt protect vs the evoke. I think some persistant hate mb is the answer, since surgical is no longer enough, and they fight through multiple pieces of one shot hate like tormods and relic.
Is it time to consider main decking wheel of sun and moon? Doesnt exile your yard so knot and snap still have use over a md RiP, can target yourself vs a mill strategy to shut them down, and makes dredge and Phoenix have a bad day. Just something I've been considering to go along with 2 md surgical with all of the explosive graveyard decks in the meta right now.
Blightsteel never hits the yard, it's ability is a replacement effect. Just had something similar to this get posted to the judge FB, and blightsteel wasn't a legal target for surgical in the posted scenario. So no welder shenannigans there.
Went 4-0 last week at FNM with UW, made from a slightly modified list off of MTGGoldfish. Me and a friend were looking over my list, and neither one of us could figure out what MU causes the 1 of Ancestral to come in from the side.
Any tips on when I should be boarding in the AV?
My MU were as follows, btw : Round 1- soulflayer surprise, went 1-0-1, sencond game went to time since g1 took so long, boarded in 3 RiP and 2 surgical, boarded out some counters and timely.
Round 2 - jank build of living end, went 2-0-0, same boarding plan as above, but left in timely and only brought in 2 RiP and 2 surgical.
Round 3 - UW mill, went 2-1-0, lost g2 due to mill, opp scooped g1 to t4 GoT emblem, boarded out some card draw and brought in more counters.
Round 4 - UR phoenix, 1-0-1, g1 got grindy and my card advantage plus seeing 2 or 3 terminus let me power through with CC beats. Game 2 went to turns, and had I had 1 more turn I would've won with CC again. Boarded in 2 RiP and 2 surgicals, boarded out GQ, negate, clique, and I think an opt. Probably should've left in the clique to have another clock, but I figured it doesn't trade well with their threats. I also had a RiP in hand most of g2, since I got his pheonixes on his t4 when he tapped out to flashback looting, and I had surgical at the ready.
In all the matches where I left it in, timely reinforcements was a powerhouse, usually giving me both effects.
In all, the deck performed exceedingly well for me, especially as it was my first outing with it, having gotten the final pieces on Thursday.
Just not sure when the AV comes in, but I put it in the side since a lot of lists have it as a 1 of, either main or side.
Any tips on when I should be boarding in the AV?
My MU were as follows, btw : Round 1- soulflayer surprise, went 1-0-1, sencond game went to time since g1 took so long, boarded in 3 RiP and 2 surgical, boarded out some counters and timely.
Round 2 - jank build of living end, went 2-0-0, same boarding plan as above, but left in timely and only brought in 2 RiP and 2 surgical.
Round 3 - UW mill, went 2-1-0, lost g2 due to mill, opp scooped g1 to t4 GoT emblem, boarded out some card draw and brought in more counters.
Round 4 - UR phoenix, 1-0-1, g1 got grindy and my card advantage plus seeing 2 or 3 terminus let me power through with CC beats. Game 2 went to turns, and had I had 1 more turn I would've won with CC again. Boarded in 2 RiP and 2 surgicals, boarded out GQ, negate, clique, and I think an opt. Probably should've left in the clique to have another clock, but I figured it doesn't trade well with their threats. I also had a RiP in hand most of g2, since I got his pheonixes on his t4 when he tapped out to flashback looting, and I had surgical at the ready.
In all the matches where I left it in, timely reinforcements was a powerhouse, usually giving me both effects.
In all, the deck performed exceedingly well for me, especially as it was my first outing with it, having gotten the final pieces on Thursday.
Just not sure when the AV comes in, but I put it in the side since a lot of lists have it as a 1 of, either main or side.