I understand and agree with your point. If the deck didn´t need the Tarns, ppl wouldn´t use them and they wouldn´t cost the price of a little house ^^
But, i´m not an hardcore player. I try to attend a FNM twice a month tops. I´m gonna have another kid soon, so i´ll be skipping a lot of FNMs next year or 2.
So with this is mind, which fetch should do the job better? I have, besides de Mires and Deltas, 2 Flats and 1 Mesa. I was thinking about buying 1 or 2 Strands to get by. Or can i use the Flats also? We crave blue, right?
Meanwhile i´ll try to save up some money to buy them, or maybe they´ll get reprinted.
Finally it´s my turn to say my piece about this deck, as i took it for a spin yesterday on a fairly larged tournament - 16 players (for me it was a lot).There were 4 rounds of swiss and a top 8 cut.
Game 1: Played against the Blue Scapeshift deck and went 0-2. I wasn´t fast enough and even though i disrupted him a little,it wasn´t enough. I didn´t any card big mana deck counters in the SB, so i payed the price. Game 2 i had a Moon on the board for a lot of time, but he found a way to destroy it.
Game 2: Played against Mono Black Devotion and went 2-0. I drew like a pro and he didn´t. Clean 2-0.
Game 3: Played agaisnt Burn and went 2-1. Game 1 i got shredded as i opened the game with a shock and a Seize lol Learned my lesson and game 2 my Timely Reinforcements in the SB really shinned. Also, Kambal.
Game 4: Didn´t happen as we decided to draw and cut straight to the Top 8.
Quarters: Played against Abzan Druid and it was a removal and distruptive fest. I had a very good draw both game and the deck lined perfectl against his. Easy 2-0.
Semis: Tron. Yup, managed to dodge Tron till the semis, but well, it´s still our bane. My SB wasn´t tunned agaisnt Tron because i´ve been following the philosophy of "we don´t have a chance, so why bother?" Game 1 got a Moon and 2 lands plus a Seize and a Looting and kept. 4 turns and a Looting later, no land so i scooped. Game 2, the same. Started with a Moon in my hand but got nothing else going on for a long time... The game lasted till he had about 8 land in play when he played All is Dust, then casted Ulaboy and i scooped.
So, got lucky to dodge the 2 Tron decks till the semis.
Deck: Budgety Mana base: 1 Cliffs, 1 Summit, 1 Sulfurous Springs and 3 Swamps. A Nahiri and a Lili Last Hope, 2 Brutalities and a Forked Bolt.
Should i also get a Strand? (instead of the Mesa)
But, i´m not an hardcore player. I try to attend a FNM twice a month tops. I´m gonna have another kid soon, so i´ll be skipping a lot of FNMs next year or 2.
So with this is mind, which fetch should do the job better? I have, besides de Mires and Deltas, 2 Flats and 1 Mesa. I was thinking about buying 1 or 2 Strands to get by. Or can i use the Flats also? We crave blue, right?
Meanwhile i´ll try to save up some money to buy them, or maybe they´ll get reprinted.
Thanks.
Can i replace them with Strands and Mesas?
Game 1: Played against the Blue Scapeshift deck and went 0-2. I wasn´t fast enough and even though i disrupted him a little,it wasn´t enough. I didn´t any card big mana deck counters in the SB, so i payed the price. Game 2 i had a Moon on the board for a lot of time, but he found a way to destroy it.
Game 2: Played against Mono Black Devotion and went 2-0. I drew like a pro and he didn´t. Clean 2-0.
Game 3: Played agaisnt Burn and went 2-1. Game 1 i got shredded as i opened the game with a shock and a Seize lol Learned my lesson and game 2 my Timely Reinforcements in the SB really shinned. Also, Kambal.
Game 4: Didn´t happen as we decided to draw and cut straight to the Top 8.
Quarters: Played against Abzan Druid and it was a removal and distruptive fest. I had a very good draw both game and the deck lined perfectl against his. Easy 2-0.
Semis: Tron. Yup, managed to dodge Tron till the semis, but well, it´s still our bane. My SB wasn´t tunned agaisnt Tron because i´ve been following the philosophy of "we don´t have a chance, so why bother?" Game 1 got a Moon and 2 lands plus a Seize and a Looting and kept. 4 turns and a Looting later, no land so i scooped. Game 2, the same. Started with a Moon in my hand but got nothing else going on for a long time... The game lasted till he had about 8 land in play when he played All is Dust, then casted Ulaboy and i scooped.
So, got lucky to dodge the 2 Tron decks till the semis.
Deck: Budgety Mana base: 1 Cliffs, 1 Summit, 1 Sulfurous Springs and 3 Swamps. A Nahiri and a Lili Last Hope, 2 Brutalities and a Forked Bolt.