MTG Salvation

seems super strong, I like it

monastery mentor is super spicy, I wanna try it now

having a legendary wall in a jeskai spells deck is an interesting choice for sure, seems out of place

This is going to be easy to abuse in commander

I feel there were multiple things that helped me decide to keep playing. the first one was that I hadn't played anything comp REL in a few months, so I didn't really want to just 0-2 drop after paying that much money. Even if I didn't recover so well, I would have gotten more reps in so I'd be better off next time.

I'm not sure if this is a factor but I feel I could have practiced more with this version of the deck

played at the Toronto MCQ on Saturday to a 5-3 finish. The changes I made were -3 kolaghan's command +3 unearth in the main. In the side the changes were -2 wear//tear, -1 molten rain , -1 bontu's last reckoning, +2 blood moon, +2 celestial purge. Here's my report

Round 1 I lost to BW tokens 1-2. Game 1 I mulled to 5 because I couldn't get lands and I feel too far behind. Game 2 I outraced him. Game3 I beleive I mulled to 6 and I fell behind quickly. There wasn't much to this match.

0-1

Round 2 I quickly lose to 5 colour Niv Mizzet reborn. Game 1 I basically didn't bolt the bird and he resolved an early Niv which I couldn't deal with. Game 2 he resolved a turn 2 Wrenn and Sixx, which he top decked and I couldn't deal with. He hit the mana he needed and I couldn't keep up.

0-2, basically dead for top 8 but I wanted to see how I could recover, it actually gets really good from here.

Round 3 I quickly 2-0 storm. Game 1 was a combination of me effectively removing his mana reducers and him not drawing lands to go off without the cost reducers. Game 2 he kept a hand with multiple copies of empty the warrens and he kept having to go off for low numbers just to not die.

1-2, still not in good shape but I tell myself to take it round by round and see what happens

Round 4 I beat Cheerios 2-1. He goes off game 1 and I lose. Game 2 I applied enough pressure to kill him before he could do much. Game 3 he kept a hand with double paradoxical outcome and I run him over

2-2, getting better.

Round 5 I 2-1 Bant infect. Games 1 and 3 I basically kill any creature he has and I win. Him going to 5 cards game 1 helps. Game 2 he gets me with what I can't kill

3-2, winning 3 in a row has me in a great mood so that helped me go further

Round 6 I 2-1 some kind of Dimir prison deck running both 3 mana Lilies, chalice and the Karn, the great creator package. Game 1 I took advantage of him stumbling on lands and I ran him over. Game 2 he has double plague engineer and I can never recover. Game 3 he had several board wipes and ensnaring bridge in hand after I thoughtseized something else important, I believe some kind of walker. Later on I took the bridge. The game plan that game for most of it was just bait the board wipe and not extend into it. I think he got confused and just played stuff that was easy for me to stop

4-2, I'm at a spot where I can prize if I keep winning

Round 7 I very easily crush humans. Game 1 we both mull and he keeps a slow 6 on the play that didn't do much other than a freebooter that he uses to take an unearth instead of discard or removal. Game 2 he mulls to 6 and probably takes more damage than he should before using the deputy of detention I already knew about. He died not long after dropping the deputy

5-2, 27th after 7, with prizing down to top 32. I felt like I could probably draw last round but didn't offer it because my opponent was 35th

Round 8 I got run over by Izzet Phoenix. Game 1 I was close to stabilizing but then he drops Aria of Flame and casts a lot of spells. Game 2 came down to him needing a way to deal the last 2 damage to me and he draws into a second Phoenix

5-3 finish, not bad after an 0-2 start. I finished 36th, so just missed top 32 prizing. an interesting note is that I avoided thopter sword and Hogaak all day, I'm assuming because of my 0-2 start causing me to play people with more losses throughout the day

I finally bought into pauper on MTGO and astrolab seems really good. Hopefully it gets a ban but I guess we'll see. Maybe I just don't know the format enough

finally picked up most of the parts for what I'd need to play the post Horizons versions of the list, so here's what I'm hoping to run something similar to at an MCQ this Saturday



I feel that the deck needs a lot of work before the MCQ on Saturday, sideboard feels awful. I'll probably cut the rabbles and some number of wear/tear for a few copies of celestial purge and a few other cards, probably blood moons. I feel like I have too many 3 cmc spells in the main and not sure what to cut down on.

any help is great

promo monastery mentor is super cool

I'm pretty happy to see multiple Jund decks in the Top 8 of teh MC, I'm looking forward to seeing how the format adjusts but I'm not getting my hopes up

I've always loved the grind of midrange mirrors and control mirrors, even if I'm not good at them

someone from my LGS got theirs the weekend of the prerelease for M20, it's really cool. I don't think he had issues with the condition

can anyone give me some feedback on our dredge matchup?