MTG Salvation

EWWWW... worst art ever for the DD-Planeswalkers series.

Quote from Hammer

You misunderstand the concept of card advantage. Card draw implies drawing more than one card. Drawing only 1 card is just replacing the thought scour with a card from the top and therefore you get no card advantage, just some digging.. Nothing wrong with spells like this or ponder, but my point was that standard is missing good spells to refill one's hand.

I understand card advantage, you just said this wasnt card draw, not card advantage.

Now if you said, Thought Scour isnt card advantage here are my reasons.... then I wouldnt have misunderstood your post.

Anyways, I do agree with you about the lack of standard good spells to refill hands. We probably wont get anything amazing till Theros (not holding my breath for M14).

I think Jace, Architect of Thought may have a place in the deck.

Id be willing to help with a banner being made if you guys dont have anyone to do it. Shoot me a PM with what you want (images and wording) and how you want it to look. ill try to put something together in a couple of days.

So I guys been trolling for a while now trying to figure out what kind of midrange style I like. I was just playing 4 color Frites last week and it just frustrated me to no end with the mana base. So it was REALLY REALLY nice to play this deck and not get mana screwed.

Anyways I just finished FNM and went 3-1 with this build....



Side board was kind of thrown together last minute. The Planeswalker ratio is what I have in my collection. Garruk Relentless was a star and so was Vraska. Never really played Liliana or GPH.

Deadbridge Goliath- STAR PLAYER. Nobody see's this guy coming turn 4 followed by Thragtusk turn 5.

Golgari Charm- Mini Star PLAYER


**Fair warning Im REALLY terrible at sideboarding and I honestly dont remember what I switched out for during the games other than the obvious choices.

Matchups
Round 1- B/U Zombies
Game 1
This deck is still alive!? Anyways, game one was pretty smooth. Turns 1-3 was me killing zombies and blood artists. Turn 4 dropped a Garruk Relentless flipped him and took over with the deathtouch wolf tokens and searching for threats.

Game 2
Same thing, was able to play Vraska but at that point it was a win more. Rode Garruk and Deadbridge Goliath + Rogue's Passage all the way home.

Round 2- 4 color Junk/Good stuff Control????
Game 1
This game went a little longer than expected. He turn 3 played Dread Mangler and got his beats in for about 3 turns. I Severed it so he wasnt able to scavenge and followed with a Thragtusk, stabilized, then played Garruk. Game ended a couple of turns after that.

Game 2
He never got a real good start he evolving wild twice. I on the other hand T1-Shaman, T2- nothing, T3- Ate a E-wild from Shaman to cast Goliath, then T4- Shaman ate wild and I played Thragtusk. He couldnt recover with 10 Power on the board.

Round 3- U/W Control
Game 1
This game went pretty quick I started to lay down threats in the form of Vampire Nighthawk followed by a Garruk making wolf tokens. He Detention Sphere Garruk. I played Vraska next turn. I was able to pop her two turns later and he scooped the next turn.

Game 2
This game was a little longer than the first game. Turn 1 Shaman, really put a monkey wrench in his life. Every threat I tried to play he counter and Shaman ate it. We did this for about 3-5 turns till I played Vraska and upped her in two turns being able to pop her for the kill tokens. He thought he had the trump card with Supreme Verdict and I said no with Golgari Charm. He scooped accordingly.

Round 4- U/W Heavy Control
Game 1
I was trying to lay threats down through the whole game. He dissipates, Essence Scatters, and syncopates a lot of creatures. If I managed to stick a creature he would unsummon it or Azorious charm it. I did manage to sneak in a Deathrite Shaman getting him down to single digits but Runechanter's Pike with Restoration Angel was too much. Didnt see a single sever or ultimate price.

Game 2
See above.

So that was it. Like i mentioned before I have a hard time Sideboarding in, but its not rocket science. If I needed more control I would side in AoB if against creatures, then the creature kill cards.

Quick update about my videos:

As some may know I recently lost all my data (including 1.5 weeks worth of footage) so all those DEs I ran with HK (4 of them 3-1, 4-0x3 are gone) and my Modern games (it maybe a hidden blessing since I just ran the same list in every MU).

Anyhow since these next three weeks are rather busy I'll be only running 8-Mans with standard whenever I have time.

Here is the first set running a slightly edited version of William Yowell list

SE Report 7343716
G1 Mirror SE 7343716
G2 Bg Devo vs YOLO SE 7343716
G3 Mirror SE 7343716 <-- DtR Lurker

I didn't run the list for long since I really dislike Eidolon of the Great Revel in this metagame and not running Shock just feels so very wrong.

Rw Burn SE Report 7347431
G1 Jund Walkers vs Rw Burn SE 7347431
G2 Ensoul Blue vs Rw Burn SE 7347431
G3 BW Midrange vs Rw Burn SE 7347431

Playing:



The cards which I count as flex are:
4 Firedrinker Satyr
1 Wear // Tear

The deck itself is just being greedy via Scry, with the Dancer + Blood plan in the SB for the annoying G and U heavy online metagame.

Standard SE Report 7348004
G1 AiR vs Rw Burn SE 7348004
G2 Jund Walkers vs Rw Burn SE 7348004
G3 BW Control vs Rw Burn SE 7348004



Metagame shifted back into small aggro so I shifted my SB back into spells (so I don't get blown out via Drown or maybe Anger) - I picked Temple of Malice over Mutavault because the draws can get rather awkward postboard when I take on the control role so knowing my options really helps (also provide protection from PE :D).

Standard SE Report 7355357
G1 GW vs Rw Burn Standard SE 7355357
G2 Rabble Red vs Rw Burn Standard SE 7355357
G3 Rabble Red vs Rw Burn Standard SE 7355357

Standard SE Report 7357755
G1 Naya Tokens vs Rw Burn Standard SE 7357755
G2 BW Control vs Rw Burn Standard SE 7357755
G3 BW Control vs Rw Burn Standard SE 7357755

Small update
1) Currently ranked No.13 in the player of the year race (yaaay :crazy:) I believe my ceiling would be rank no.5 though I'll most likely drop back down toward top30 again once things pickup :p.

2) I built a more tradition burn deck (23 lands and no dancer) which will be used in next weeks videos - the first set may be a nice watch for some because G1 was Jund Walker and G2 was Planar Cleansing UW control

Quote from Topitop

I really like the list, a good variant of some of the other top4 GPT's out there. Just was curious about ur SB, and wondering if you could explain it a bit, and when you sided in certain cards, esp stuff like duress, and rhox, i'm always bad with siding, thanks, appreciate it.

2 Centaur Healer, 2 Rhox Faithmender
These always come in against any type of aggro.

2 Deathrite Shaman, 2 Rest in Peace
These come in against graveyard based decks, i.e. Reanimators and UW/x Flash (with Runechanter's Pike).

1 Ultimate Price
This for Angel of Serenity, Restoration Angel and Thundermaw Hellkite. Also useful against Knight of Infamy and Hellrider. This is also my only solution for Thalia.

2 Sundering Growth
This always comes in against mirror/Esper tokens. If you see Curse of Death's Hold, Detention Sphere or Staff of Nin game 1 you could also side these in.

2 Duress
This is invaluable against any type of control. If you expect a lot of control in your meta, up its count to 3. Also usable against mirror.

1 Rootborn Defenses
This is for Supreme Verdict and Bonfire of the Damned. If you expect a lot of decks running these cards, you may up its count to 2, but I won't suggest it as the deck has built-in resilience against sweepers.

1 Sever the Bloodline
Extra removal for returning-from-graveyard shenanigans, aka Angel of Serenity, Geralf’s Messenger, Gravecrawler. I usually side it in against Rakdos Aggro and Bant or Naya Midrange.

Siding out:
Garruk, Primal Hunter is suited for midrange/control matchups while Garruk Relentless is suited for aggro matchups.
Tweak the number of removals according to what do you read from opponent's deck.
If you're on the draw against aggro, side 1 Midnight Haunting/Lingering Souls out for additional removals. But if you're on the play, pack less removals for more aggressive start. Your ideal play should be Turn1 dork into Turn2 Lingering Souls/Midnight Haunting into Turn3 Intangible Virtue/Sorin/Garruk Relentless.
If you're not sure what to take out, take out Borderland Ranger. It's important game1 to smooth your curve, but it's certainly not more important than to improve your matchup.

Tweaking Sideboard:
If you expect a lot of Bant control/Planeswalkers, pack 1-2 Vraska the Unseen in your sideboard. The reason I avoid running Oblivion Ring is that your opponent must be packing enchantment hate against you.
I'm trying to replace 2 Rest in Peace with 1 Duress and 1 Deathrite Shaman. Not sure if it's good enough.