So I just played against uw control with main deck Rest in Peace, probably a remnant of an old list before the banning's. I ended up losing in three but the games were down to the wire and came down to time. Which my opponent had less than a 40 seconds on me, I was really impressed by all of the blue splash Dovin's Veto, Detention Sphere, and Teferi, Time Raveler were all huge in the match. I ended up flooding hard in the second match and lost but in the third if we had been in paper I'm pretty sure I would have won. I had dealt with his Rest in Peace with Blast Zone, which unlocked Emeria, the Sky Ruin.His planesalkers had been neutralized with Detention Sphere and Sorcerous Spyglass, I had utility lands on lockdown with Ghost Quarter. The board state was my Sun Titan and Teferi, Time Raveler and a clue versus his clique and TTR, he was at 5 life and I was at 17.
Long story short, I think that we have a real chance in this matchup and the blue splash gives us a lot of needed cards. If I had played a little faster or conceded a little earlier game two I may have won.
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Ever since I went 5 - 0 in my league, I've started seeing more and more emeria lists pop up online. I just finished playing against a mono white emeria list, It's kinda awesome playing the mirror. In that particular game I was favored b/c I had more card advantage and utility lands than my opponent. That said, they put up a good fight and their Brought Back drew them a lot of cards post wrath.
I'm actually not sure which variant is favoured in the mirror, it's an interesting question to ask. If both players are on the Thraben Inspector and Wall of Omens card advantage plan it's probably the mono white player b/c they aren't playing counter-magic and therefore have a higher density of action cards to hit. However, if the UW player is on the Court Hussar, Spreading Seas plan I think they'd be favored instead.
Yeah, that sounds about right. Although, I will mention that I have beaten burn before without seeing lifegain. You either have to generate a clock and hope your opponent stumbles. Or lock them out with FoR plus GQ. That said, those scenarios are very fringe and combined only amount to maybe 2% - 3% of your total match win record.
D&T is tricky to navigate and I have to agree with you. However, I believe we're favoured once you understand the play patterns. Play smart and drag them kicking and screaming into the late game were our wrath effects, sun titan, or emeria will close the door.
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I think I'm going to try a small splash in the Mono White shell for D-Sphere, Teferi, and Dovin's Veto. I'll probably replace all the Flickerwisp and Brought Back. Have a total of 3 D-Sphere, 3 Teferi, and 4 Dovin's Veto across the 75.
This build has been doing well so far, I've played against stompy, ad naus, and merfolk and won each. Teferi, Time Raveler has been awesome so far. It has a lot of hidden synergy with Kami of False Hope too, not having kami killed at eot has been great.
So I played the first league match in a while on magic online last week and ended up going 5 - 0 with mono white emeria! I got lucky with my matchups, and played tight but did get paired against mostly creature based with decks. I had a lot of fun, I'd recommend the decklist to test if you want a change of pace. I'd also recommend cutting Mistveil Plains from the mana base if you play this as it's very clunky.
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Long story short, I think that we have a real chance in this matchup and the blue splash gives us a lot of needed cards. If I had played a little faster or conceded a little earlier game two I may have won.
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Ever since I went 5 - 0 in my league, I've started seeing more and more emeria lists pop up online. I just finished playing against a mono white emeria list, It's kinda awesome playing the mirror. In that particular game I was favored b/c I had more card advantage and utility lands than my opponent. That said, they put up a good fight and their Brought Back drew them a lot of cards post wrath.
I'm actually not sure which variant is favoured in the mirror, it's an interesting question to ask. If both players are on the Thraben Inspector and Wall of Omens card advantage plan it's probably the mono white player b/c they aren't playing counter-magic and therefore have a higher density of action cards to hit. However, if the UW player is on the Court Hussar, Spreading Seas plan I think they'd be favored instead.
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D&T is tricky to navigate and I have to agree with you. However, I believe we're favoured once you understand the play patterns. Play smart and drag them kicking and screaming into the late game were our wrath effects, sun titan, or emeria will close the door.
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I think I'm going to try a small splash in the Mono White shell for D-Sphere, Teferi, and Dovin's Veto. I'll probably replace all the Flickerwisp and Brought Back. Have a total of 3 D-Sphere, 3 Teferi, and 4 Dovin's Veto across the 75.
Here's the list
Maindeck: 60
Creature: 20
1 Kami of False Hope
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Charming Prince
4 Wall of Omens
4 Ranger-Captain of Eos
3 Sun Titan
Instant // Sorcery: 10
4 Path to Exile
2 Winds of Abandon
2 Dovin's Veto
2 Supreme Verdict
Artifact: 1
1 Crucible of Worlds
Enchantment: 2
2 Detention Sphere
Planeswalker: 3
3 Teferi, Time Raveler
Manabase: 24
1 Blast Zone
3 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
4 Field of Ruin
4 Flooded Strand
2 Hallowed Fountain
1 Prairie Stream
1 Prismatic Vista
1 Snow-Covered Island
6 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard: 15
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
4 Remorseful Cleric
2 Stony Silence
2 Dovin's Veto
2 Damping Sphere
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Detention Sphere
1 Wrath of God
This build has been doing well so far, I've played against stompy, ad naus, and merfolk and won each. Teferi, Time Raveler has been awesome so far. It has a lot of hidden synergy with Kami of False Hope too, not having kami killed at eot has been great.
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