I'm really surprised no one's noticed the awesome interaction with Masako the Humorless this chica has.
R/W samurai would be great, with that in the curve, in block. That way you can also use the Legendary Wall that's in there, and Kentaro helps get past the double red requirement. Throw in Nagao, and you have a winning team.
2x Intuition
3x Deep Analysis
4x Careful Study
4x Circular Logic
2x Roar of the Wurm
3x Unsummon
2x Daze
9 Island
5 Forest
2 Treetop Village
4 Yavimaya Coast
SB:
4x Energy Flux
2x Submerge
2x Waterfront Bouncer
3x Chalice of the Void
3x Seal of Removal
1x Aquamoeba
Really, I would've much preferred to have chills, but I didn't have access to them. This build seems very solid, and I didn't miss Chrome Mox at all. I lost to Red Deck Wins in the quarterfinals because Chalice of the Void is worthless against pillage-packing builds of RDW. I would've much rather had 3x Naturalize in the side, truth be told, to rid myself of Bridge and Cursed Scrolls.
That's just my take on the deck.
Oh, and the Bouncers and the Aquamoeba seem to be solid in the side, you can bring them in versus rogue decks that take a LITTLE longer to stabilize than most, as extra aggro.
Aura Barbs 2R
Instant - Arcane
Each enchantment deals 2 damage to its controller, then each enchantment enchanting a permanent becomes a 3/1 Barb token creature with Haste and sacrifice ~ at end of turn.
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I dunno if this is gonna fix things, but it's an interesting step. No, I'm not advertising 'News, but this is something most people here will likely be interested in.
As a lurker on 'News for about a year, I was pretty upset to see that one of my favorite people (rancored_elf) had been mistreated so badly.
I was also very happy to see that he'd gone somewhere as friendly as Salvation, and I'm very pleased to be here, lurking along after the Rumor-fu Mastah himself.
Most of the fake scans we've been seeing are missing the black border on the right hand side of the text box and art though the black border on the left hand side is present. This seems to be a common occurance, especially with that one guy with a bunch of fake cards.
Wizards prints some really strange crap sometimes, so just a card being overpowered or what have you isn't really evidence that the card is fake. However, another thing to check for is card number. We've got known cards and card numbers in (I think) every single color, and so you can at least reference it alphabetically against the 'Number Crunching' area in order to determine whether that is a valid card name for that particular card number.
Also, just look at the card. A lot of times, the font, font size, font boldness will be off, or the spacing incorrect. Look at a Champions card and compare.
R/W samurai would be great, with that in the curve, in block. That way you can also use the Legendary Wall that's in there, and Kentaro helps get past the double red requirement. Throw in Nagao, and you have a winning team.
This creature is essentially evasion by default.
It also screws over Kabuto Moths.
I love it in limited, maybe in block.
Turn 1 Land, mox, Pale Curtain
Turn 2 Ghostly Prison
Turn 3 Wrath or Horoki
Turn 4 Eon Hub, Silent Arbiter, or Horoki
Or something like that. Note: with Eon Hub in play, no lands untap ever.
4x Mongrel
3x Aquamoeba
4x Arrogant Wurm
4x Basking Rootwalla
3x Wonder
2x Intuition
3x Deep Analysis
4x Careful Study
4x Circular Logic
2x Roar of the Wurm
3x Unsummon
2x Daze
9 Island
5 Forest
2 Treetop Village
4 Yavimaya Coast
SB:
4x Energy Flux
2x Submerge
2x Waterfront Bouncer
3x Chalice of the Void
3x Seal of Removal
1x Aquamoeba
Really, I would've much preferred to have chills, but I didn't have access to them. This build seems very solid, and I didn't miss Chrome Mox at all. I lost to Red Deck Wins in the quarterfinals because Chalice of the Void is worthless against pillage-packing builds of RDW. I would've much rather had 3x Naturalize in the side, truth be told, to rid myself of Bridge and Cursed Scrolls.
That's just my take on the deck.
Oh, and the Bouncers and the Aquamoeba seem to be solid in the side, you can bring them in versus rogue decks that take a LITTLE longer to stabilize than most, as extra aggro.
Just my .02.
</unable to think of anything else>
:badger::badger::badger:
Oh, and nice of them to kill the nonexistent Honden deck right outta the gates.
Aura Barbs 2R
Instant - Arcane
Each enchantment deals 2 damage to its controller, then each enchantment enchanting a permanent becomes a 3/1 Barb token creature with Haste and sacrifice ~ at end of turn.
Great in Block, crap in Standard except sideboard, absolutely great removal in Limited but wish it was an Uncommon.
Red Enchantment 2R
Whenever an activated ability of an artifact or enchantment is played, its controller takes 1 damage.
Red Instant 1R
Destroy target artifact or enchantment, take damage equal to CMC.
Green Instant G
Destroy target artifact or enchantment, take damage equal to CMC.
Green Enchantment 2G
Whenever you play a creature spell, destroy target artifact or enchantment.
All of these sort of play off of either Mana Barbs or Aura Shards.
Author Raa
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Not that I think this will fix anything, and not that I'm endorsing 'News, just thought it was interesting to this forum.
Author Raa
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includes R_E who doesn't mind his info being printed so long
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Will be around as much as they can to help with the unbanning
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that has a new little magic player in his care.
____________________________________________________
I dunno if this is gonna fix things, but it's an interesting step. No, I'm not advertising 'News, but this is something most people here will likely be interested in.
I was also very happy to see that he'd gone somewhere as friendly as Salvation, and I'm very pleased to be here, lurking along after the Rumor-fu Mastah himself.
You people don't suck. That's good.
Oh, and welcome.
Consistency throughout the card.
Most of the fake scans we've been seeing are missing the black border on the right hand side of the text box and art though the black border on the left hand side is present. This seems to be a common occurance, especially with that one guy with a bunch of fake cards.
Wizards prints some really strange crap sometimes, so just a card being overpowered or what have you isn't really evidence that the card is fake. However, another thing to check for is card number. We've got known cards and card numbers in (I think) every single color, and so you can at least reference it alphabetically against the 'Number Crunching' area in order to determine whether that is a valid card name for that particular card number.
Also, just look at the card. A lot of times, the font, font size, font boldness will be off, or the spacing incorrect. Look at a Champions card and compare.