I would guess that his artifacts are 5/5 since the AoW made its effect "last", but I dont know. I heard something about rulings about Timestamps, which had something to do with playing Humility and Opalescence.
1. How does Energy Field interact with infect? If I have Energy Field on the battlefield do I still get poison counters if attacked by, lets say, Inkmoth Nexus?
I have a question. If my opponent plays a Show and Tell and it resolves. What happens if I choose Humility and he chooses Griselbrand? Do they enter at the same time, thus making my opponent unable to draw cards of Griselbrand?
I would imagine that would be the case, but I have to ask.
1. Lets say I have Lion's Eye Diamond on the battlefield. I am about to play Yawgmoth's Will. Can I play Yawgmoth's Will, keep priority, use Lion's Eye Diamond? That way Lion's Eye Diamond wouldn't get removed from the game and I would be able to play it from the graveyard again. Is that possible?
2. How does Maelstrom Wanderer work exactly? If he is cast, he cascades twice. But how is the order? I know Maelstrom Wanderer is on the stack while the cascades goes through but lets say I play Maelstrom Wanderer and cascade into Lightning Bolt do I have to decide now if I wanna cast Lightning Bolt, or can I wait for the next cascade to decide? And if I have to decide whether or not to cast Lightning Bolt, do I have to choose targets at that point also?
I dont know if my second question makes sense, I hope it does
If I control Kess, Dissident Mage and there is a Force of Will in my graveyard, is it possible for me to cast the FoW for its alternate cost(pitching a blue card from my hand)?
My primary question with this deck is this: Is the red splash worth it? Sure we can Blood Moon people. but wouldn't we get more value being WU instead?
Personally I wouldn't go for the red splash. Blood Moon is good, but Back to Basics can be just as good in many match-ups. I do know the serve different purposes. For instance, Blood Moon is much better vs. Lands, but for me that doesnt justify the splash. The Lightning Bolts doesn't really do much either. For me the biggest reason to splash red would be the Pyroblasts in the side board.
I would take in black over red to get Thoughtsieze, Hymn to Tourach and Liliana of the Veil. I do know that UWR-Stoneblade and Esper-Stoneblade are very different in their playstyle and gameplan.
Pithing Needle is a good idea. I would imagine Containtment Priest help vs. sneak attack decks too.
I cant deal with the tokens from storm unless I have a Supreme Verdict. However, the matchup is quite good for me because of all the counters. Still considering playing 2 Flusterstorm mainboard and 2 Flusterstorms sideboard.
I might swap either Rest in Peace or Unexpectedly Absent for a Pithing Needle.
I started playing the Bant-Deathblade version, but I didn't really see the upside of the Noble Hierarchs. In most cases, they were irrelevant for my game plan. I decided that I was either going to switch to Esper-Deathblade og UW-Stoneblade.
In my meta there are a lot of combo decks (Monored Sneak, Show and Tell, Storm, Reanimator and so on) so either choice would prove good I think. I landed on UW-stoneblade because I feel it offers a bit more in the grindy matchups. The 4 x Snapcaster Mage + the 3 x Jace, the Mind Sculptor gives me some card advantage against control decks, and the sideboard locks down most combo decks.
Last time at my LGS it went okay for me (3-1-1). But there is still some bridges to cross before I will be able to master this deck. So here are some questions that I would love if someone would be so kind and answer.
1. Can someone tell me the pros and cons on playing Esper-Deathblade vs. UW-Stoneblade.
2. I am strugling a bit with my sideboard. I am sure about these:
The rest is up for discussion. ANY input is welcome. I just cut Gideon, Ally of Zendikar for Rest in Peace.
3. I see some lists run 2 Flusterstorm main over the 2 Spell Pierce. I feel that that improves the Storm matchup, but I am not that keen on not being able to Flusterstorm a Liliana of the Veil (Spell Pierce would be better here).
Lets say I got a Overwhelming Splendor in play, I pass the turn to my opponent. He got a The Antiquities War for the third turn. What happens now?
I would guess that his artifacts are 5/5 since the AoW made its effect "last", but I dont know. I heard something about rulings about Timestamps, which had something to do with playing Humility and Opalescence.
I have two questions that I hope to get answered.
1. How does Energy Field interact with infect? If I have Energy Field on the battlefield do I still get poison counters if attacked by, lets say, Inkmoth Nexus?
2. Lets say my opponent has a True-Name Nemesis on the battlefield and I have a Jace, the Mind Sculptor and an Energy Field. If he attacks my JtMS with his TNN, does it still damage my JtMS?
Thanks in advance.
I have a question. If my opponent plays a Show and Tell and it resolves. What happens if I choose Humility and he chooses Griselbrand? Do they enter at the same time, thus making my opponent unable to draw cards of Griselbrand?
I would imagine that would be the case, but I have to ask.
Thanks in advance.
Where do I find these storylines? Is there some greater story, like from A-Z or is it all bits and pieces?
1. Lets say I have Lion's Eye Diamond on the battlefield. I am about to play Yawgmoth's Will. Can I play Yawgmoth's Will, keep priority, use Lion's Eye Diamond? That way Lion's Eye Diamond wouldn't get removed from the game and I would be able to play it from the graveyard again. Is that possible?
2. How does Maelstrom Wanderer work exactly? If he is cast, he cascades twice. But how is the order? I know Maelstrom Wanderer is on the stack while the cascades goes through but lets say I play Maelstrom Wanderer and cascade into Lightning Bolt do I have to decide now if I wanna cast Lightning Bolt, or can I wait for the next cascade to decide? And if I have to decide whether or not to cast Lightning Bolt, do I have to choose targets at that point also?
I dont know if my second question makes sense, I hope it does
If I control Kess, Dissident Mage and there is a Force of Will in my graveyard, is it possible for me to cast the FoW for its alternate cost(pitching a blue card from my hand)?
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Stoneforge Mystic
3 True-Name Nemesis
1 Vendilion Clique
Spells(23):
4 Brainstorm
2 Council's Judgment
3 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Ponder
2 Spell Pierce
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Batterskull
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Umezawa's Jitte
Lands(21):
1 Arid Mesa
4 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Karakas
1 Mountain
2 Plains
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Tundra
2 Volcanic Island
2 Blood Moon
2 Containment Priest
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Flusterstorm
1 Izzet Staticaster
2 Pyroblast
1 Supreme Verdict
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Wear/Tear
Personally I wouldn't go for the red splash. Blood Moon is good, but Back to Basics can be just as good in many match-ups. I do know the serve different purposes. For instance, Blood Moon is much better vs. Lands, but for me that doesnt justify the splash. The Lightning Bolts doesn't really do much either. For me the biggest reason to splash red would be the Pyroblasts in the side board.
I would take in black over red to get Thoughtsieze, Hymn to Tourach and Liliana of the Veil. I do know that UWR-Stoneblade and Esper-Stoneblade are very different in their playstyle and gameplan.
I cant deal with the tokens from storm unless I have a Supreme Verdict. However, the matchup is quite good for me because of all the counters. Still considering playing 2 Flusterstorm mainboard and 2 Flusterstorms sideboard.
I might swap either Rest in Peace or Unexpectedly Absent for a Pithing Needle.
I thought I might try to bring the thread back to life by posting a my UW-stoneblade decklist.
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 True-Name Nemesis
Spells:
4 Force of Will
3 Counterspell
2 Spell Pierce
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Council's Judgment
3 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
Lands:
4 Flooded Strand
1 Arid Mesa
4 Polluted Delta
1 Karakas
3 Tundra
5 Island
3 Plains
2 Flusterstorm
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Containment Priest
2 Back to Basics
2 Supreme Verdict
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Rest in Peace
1 Unexpectedly Absent
I started playing the Bant-Deathblade version, but I didn't really see the upside of the Noble Hierarchs. In most cases, they were irrelevant for my game plan. I decided that I was either going to switch to Esper-Deathblade og UW-Stoneblade.
In my meta there are a lot of combo decks (Monored Sneak, Show and Tell, Storm, Reanimator and so on) so either choice would prove good I think. I landed on UW-stoneblade because I feel it offers a bit more in the grindy matchups. The 4 x Snapcaster Mage + the 3 x Jace, the Mind Sculptor gives me some card advantage against control decks, and the sideboard locks down most combo decks.
Last time at my LGS it went okay for me (3-1-1). But there is still some bridges to cross before I will be able to master this deck. So here are some questions that I would love if someone would be so kind and answer.
1. Can someone tell me the pros and cons on playing Esper-Deathblade vs. UW-Stoneblade.
2. I am strugling a bit with my sideboard. I am sure about these:
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Containtment Priest
2 Flusterstorm
2 Surgical Extraction
The rest is up for discussion. ANY input is welcome. I just cut Gideon, Ally of Zendikar for Rest in Peace.
3. I see some lists run 2 Flusterstorm main over the 2 Spell Pierce. I feel that that improves the Storm matchup, but I am not that keen on not being able to Flusterstorm a Liliana of the Veil (Spell Pierce would be better here).
Hope someone will answer.