This may sound Janky but what about Blazing Torch out of the board? It kills both problem creatures for the low price of 2 mana. And you can equip it to a Khalni Garden Plant or a Overflowing Battlement... As a bonus, your guy is not blockable by Zombies and Vampires!!!
so who's going where for the prere? I can't decide between gray matter and marks. shorter commute plus dealers for edh cards or LI for you playing you dudes...
I have the woot...looking for a jace the mindsculptor......well boys, seems like colored metalcraft cards are unplayable, wow, nothin like using cards that rely on 3 other cards to do anything, wow what a junk mechanic. Infect/proliferate however seem pretty good. Also presale 35 a set for ratchet bombs? They aren't that good. They're good but it aint no powder keg. Also complete rod melter on the duals, they're crappish IMO, not really needed for deckbuilds, 2 bux each after a month of this set's release. Alot of the mythics swing and a miss in this set too besides the walkers and maybe scthryx and wurmcoil engine......mox opal is unplayable in standard.
I fully endorse this message. though ratchet bomb is pretty good.
I have a few spare Jaces if you need DMX - just gotta meet up to trade!
Mox Opal is total meh. The best thing to do with it is to trade it for other cards you want. That's the tech.
seconded. there's no inherent abuse for it, as it only fit in deck already arti-heavy and een then at legendary is neutered already. plus it's almost strictly worse than a mana dork, excepting that it's colorless buy still them the cons outweigh the pros. considerably.
my advice is rip them and trade for planeswalkers asap. that's the pro play.
So I 3-1'd JHU's standard for 3rd place with Turbodrazi. I like it. Hardcasted emrakul twice. U/W hates dubs Ulamog in the main. good times. shuffle effect take me to time every round though...
Lost to Naya/vengeant/shaman in close third game. Beat polymorph. Beat UW. Beat valakut ramp. 4 prize packs contained jank. Next week, more EDH though me thinks.
um UR combo is a bye w/ the correct board. Considering the dominance of Fauna Shaman, I have SB Leyline of the Void, Suffer the Past, and Thought Hemorrhage. (Thought Hemo is great on ramp, call Prim Tit). These cards all affect the UR combo deck heavily. I also SB Vampire Hexmage, for UW and Ascension. With MD Duress, I can often win game 1. I don't know what your 75 is, but mine is a bye. I've played at both Mark's and Royal with at, and am 14-0. I've played titan ramp as well, and am 7-1 with that, losing to Gw Elfdrazi.
i had leylines SB and hexmage main; but I guess you drew all your SB and i didn't. had my sign in bloods leaked, hexmages bolted, and sarkhan roil'ed - so it was hard to land my hate. I did not own thought hemmorage at the time and didn't feel it was worth it. Instead I ran haunting echoes to inconclusive results (it smashed decks I brought it in against when I was already winning, so I'm not sure it mattered anyway).
Maybe I should mention the UR player that beat me at ptq t8'ed the event.
I'm over it - maybe just soured on my performance and not the deck's.
Anywho...so anyone coming to JHU thursday? I'll be playing standard but will have vintage to test, as well as possibly legacy AND extended - if I have the time to sleeve them up.
Flingacuter is actually very consistent for me. I think Ive lost like 4 games in 14 matches, and am 14-0 with it.
could be your meta (how do you beat UR combo? I got whooped at the last PTQ, couldnt do a damn thing but race them and still lose).
I just never felt fully capable to win a lot of matches with it. I would have to find a way an eek it out. With turbodrazi (or whatever) I feel the opposite - that the games are mine to win or lose. I also cut two cars though for crystal balls in 'drazi for consistency's sake to not lose in topdeck mode.
If Flingsecuter any good? I hate playing anything with black in it these days, it just makes me sad. Personally, I'm currently in love with turboland, but then, if MWS is any indication, so is most of the world.
depends on the build. I personally found it to be wildly inconsistent. the best build needs to be overly suicidal to get the job done. but that's just my experience playing it/against it.
to recap marks FNM: Dylan reveals himself to be a huge theif (admits and surrenders MARK'S deck when asked about cards missing from my binder). WTF right? no surpass after being caught cheatin previously. no my cards were not found. among the missing are jace belerens and abyssal persecutors. power duals etc? untouched in binder. ok seems fine I guess, all things considered. Jessie makes it up w/ sun titans. solid guy, him and a few others are the only reasons I still sojourn all the way out to LI (costing me between $20-30 per FNM just in commute).
I go an un spectacular 2-2 w/ greendrazi, due to facing rogue home-brews but being tuned for competitive decks (that's what I get for going to marks...).
draft however... my pool is eh but ultimately griffins and burn plus inferno Titan gets there. I also rare/hate draft fauna shaman - you would too so shut up. then draw with Brady in finals, we roll off for the odd pack brady wins it and pulls jank. only card worth note in my packs? foil primeval Titan. seems fine. though Jesse is upset I wouldn't let him rip it up.
interesting night overall. par for the course in LI you could suppose.
for those interested - JHU in the city (33rd/5thave) is now running mini EDH tourneys on Thursday alongside drafts and t2 - $5 each puts three men together in a free for all - winner gets two packs m11. it's not horrendous...
I'll be heading to marks for FNM tomorrow (and staying for any drafts/edh). does anyone have 2x eldrazi temple and 1x eye ugin I can trade/borrow? I promise to try and not go to time this week - pretty sure I'm not playing UW like everyone expects... or am I?!?
on side note I have extra prime titans, and foil mana leaks if anyones interested. oh and an extra mox sapphire - totally up for trades.
also in need of playsets of these from m11:
mana leak
autumn's veil
back to nature
combust
jace's ingenuity
What do people think about Ankh of Mishra for decks like 43 lands? We don't really rely on using too many lands. The only way it'd really hurt us is fetchlands. I think it'd work well with our LD strategy - they play lands, take 2 damage. We blow their lands up, they're forced to play more land, taking more damage. The only drawback I can potentially see is it'd be a bad topdeck lategame. Thoughts?
Not true, see:
or
acidic slime
or even mold shambler, terrastadon, relic crush.
We have plenty of options.
I fully endorse this message. though ratchet bomb is pretty good.
I have a few spare Jaces if you need DMX - just gotta meet up to trade!
seconded. there's no inherent abuse for it, as it only fit in deck already arti-heavy and een then at legendary is neutered already. plus it's almost strictly worse than a mana dork, excepting that it's colorless buy still them the cons outweigh the pros. considerably.
my advice is rip them and trade for planeswalkers asap. that's the pro play.
Lost to Naya/vengeant/shaman in close third game. Beat polymorph. Beat UW. Beat valakut ramp. 4 prize packs contained jank. Next week, more EDH though me thinks.
i had leylines SB and hexmage main; but I guess you drew all your SB and i didn't. had my sign in bloods leaked, hexmages bolted, and sarkhan roil'ed - so it was hard to land my hate. I did not own thought hemmorage at the time and didn't feel it was worth it. Instead I ran haunting echoes to inconclusive results (it smashed decks I brought it in against when I was already winning, so I'm not sure it mattered anyway).
Maybe I should mention the UR player that beat me at ptq t8'ed the event.
I'm over it - maybe just soured on my performance and not the deck's.
Anywho...so anyone coming to JHU thursday? I'll be playing standard but will have vintage to test, as well as possibly legacy AND extended - if I have the time to sleeve them up.
could be your meta (how do you beat UR combo? I got whooped at the last PTQ, couldnt do a damn thing but race them and still lose).
I just never felt fully capable to win a lot of matches with it. I would have to find a way an eek it out. With turbodrazi (or whatever) I feel the opposite - that the games are mine to win or lose. I also cut two cars though for crystal balls in 'drazi for consistency's sake to not lose in topdeck mode.
Just my opinion/experience though.
depends on the build. I personally found it to be wildly inconsistent. the best build needs to be overly suicidal to get the job done. but that's just my experience playing it/against it.
I go an un spectacular 2-2 w/ greendrazi, due to facing rogue home-brews but being tuned for competitive decks (that's what I get for going to marks...).
draft however... my pool is eh but ultimately griffins and burn plus inferno Titan gets there. I also rare/hate draft fauna shaman - you would too so shut up. then draw with Brady in finals, we roll off for the odd pack brady wins it and pulls jank. only card worth note in my packs? foil primeval Titan. seems fine. though Jesse is upset I wouldn't let him rip it up.
interesting night overall. par for the course in LI you could suppose.
Song: Another Morning Stoner.
You're welcome.
on side note I have extra prime titans, and foil mana leaks if anyones interested. oh and an extra mox sapphire - totally up for trades.
also in need of playsets of these from m11:
mana leak
autumn's veil
back to nature
combust
jace's ingenuity
Thanks in advance!
SB some Tsabo's Web and you've won G2 and G3.