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Feb 20, 20185
Tiemuuu posted a message on Grixis ControlHere's the 5-0 list btw, basically I can now die as a happy man: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/951930#onlinePosted in: Control -
Feb 18, 20181
micah1 posted a message on [Primer] RUG ScapeshiftPosted in: ComboQuote from YWQMD »Quote from micah1 »Did you all see Hooglands list on Gathering Magic today for BtL? Not impressive, but I like the manabase (because it's identical to mine
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Saw the same article and his list had me intrigued, since I'm looking for a few URx decks to jam Jace into. What's the list that you're running, and why exactly is Hoogland's list bad? I don't know enough about BTL Scapeshift to know what's optimal and what isn't.
The first thing is running Cultivate and Hunting Wilds with 2 Farseek. Generally there are 2 copies between all of those cards, and no more than 1 Cultivate and Hunting Wilds total, since they fill the same role. I like Farseek better with Jace in the mix though, so I'd consider swapping from my 1 Fareek 1 Wilds to 2 Farseek. I would not however, run 4 of those altogether.
The second thing is that as good as Jace is, Cryptic Command is more important. I would never sign up a blue Scapeshift deck with less than 4 ever. At that point I might as well play another deck.
The third thing is running 2 Snapcaster Mage. It's defendable, but like we've mentioned that we're a bad Jace deck, we're a terrible Snapcaster deck. It's there for a reason, but two isn't a good idea, and it's an even worse idea in a list that's running 12 ramp spells instead of 10.
Beyond that, preliminary testing with Jace exceeded my expectations. The Brainstorm feels much more relevant with the deck than I had anticipated. Whether or not it dies then, that Brainstorm feels really good.
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Feb 18, 2018
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Tiemuuu posted a message on Grixis ControlCorey Burkhart dictates what's hot and what's not when it comes to Grixis Control.Posted in: Control
EDIT: I just managed to 5-0 a comp. league (decklist is the same as in my sig.), hopefully it gets published!
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May 6, 20148
destroyermaker posted a message on StompyPosted in: Modern Archives - Established
Introduction
Stompy is a long-running archetype which features efficient green creatures and pump spells. Its goal is always the same: deal as much damage as possible as quickly as possible. In Modern, we have lots of great, cheap options to facilitate this, many of which are inherently strong meta choices. These often make for explosive games which consistently end on turn 4-5 (in line with other decks in the format).
One of the advantages of Stompy in Modern is it's an inherently cheap deck that doesn't require any truly expensive cards. It's also fairly straightforward to play (although there is definitely a learning curve, and skill is required for optimal results). As such, if you're brand new to Modern and are looking for a starting point, this is a great one.
The Modern version of this deck was created in part by Hans Christian Ljungquist (who posts here as user_369654). You can see his original list below, and also newer lists by him if you explore the thread. The list I have created is based in part on his and partly on my earlier list from 2013. It has been tweaked extensively by myself, with help from others in this thread, including Hans.
The List
Stompy 2015ish by destroyermakerMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards Lands: 22
17 Forest
2 Horizon Canopy
3 Treetop Village
Creatures: 24
4 Dryad Militant
4 Experiment One
4 Kalonian Tusker
4 Leatherback Baloth
4 Strangleroot Geist
4 Avatar of the Resolute
Other spells: 13
3 Aspect of Hydra
3 Dismember
4 Rancor
4 Vines of Vastwood1 Bow of Nylea
1 Choke
1 Damping Matrix
1 Eyes of the Wisent
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Loaming Shaman
3 Prey Upon
3 Unravel the Aether
This is my highly refined list that's been tested and tweaked quite a bit and is quite strong.
Please note the creatures were very carefully chosen, and that when you are suggesting or testing creatures, they must be 3 toughness or higher, be able to get to 3 toughness or higher and stay there (Experiment One), or otherwise have a very relevant ability stapled onto them (Dryad Militant). This is because we need our creatures to dodge as much popular removal as possible (Electrolyze, Forked Bolt, Pillar of Flame, etc), and also be able to profitably block or trade with as many popular creatures as possible (Young Pyromancer, Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, Voice of Resurgence, etc). If we can't do that, we need to hurt popular decks hard enough that we don't mind so much that our creature dies easily. This is a strict approach, but it will get you the most competitive version of the deck possible.
Please do not suggest 5 drops; we're an aggro deck with 22 land and can't consistently cast them, nor do we want to. 4-drops are stretching it, but could be worth it. We also don't want more than 21-22 land, lest we turn into a midrange deck.
Splash Lists
Monogreen has its benefits (consistency, no life loss from lands or spells if we run Prey Upon instead of Dismember, the broken Aspect of Hydra), but splashing certainly has its benefits, too, so with that in mind, below are some user-made splash lists you may wish to try / use as a starting point for your own splash list.
This list trades the power of Aspect of Hydra and some higher creature stats for more game against blue and BGx decks. If these decks are heavy in your meta, this could be a great way to go. It also benefits from Path to Exile (great against Wurmcoil which we hate, and in general), as well as some reach from Horizon Canopy.
G/W Stompy by tsinkkoriitta 08/10/2014Magic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards Lands: 22
6 Forest
4 Razorverge Thicket
4 Horizon Canopy
4 Temple Garden
4 Verdant Catacombs
Creatures: 25
4 Dryad Militant
4 Experiment One
4 Voice of Resurgence
2 Qasali Pridemage
2 Leatherback Baloth
4 Strangleroot Geist
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Loxodon SmiterOther spells: 13
2 Giant Growth
2 Path to Exile
4 Vines of VastwoodSideboard: 15
3 Choke
2 Creeping Corrosion
2 Obstinate Baloth
3 Unravel the Æther
3 Gut Shot
2 Hunt the Hunter
This version also ditches Aspect, and then attempts to abuse Tasigur while benefiting from some great removal in the form of Decay and Dismember. I'm not sure Tasigur is reliably cheap here, but I do like the reach he gives. I'm also not a fan of the anti-synergy of Matrix and Orb. But other than that, it's a great list, and a fine starting point regardless.
B/G Stompy by fernandorichter 02/10/2015Magic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards Lands: 22
4 Overgrown Tomb
3 Windswept Heath
3 Wooded Foothills
1 Horizon Canopy
8 Forest
3 Woodland Cemetery
Creatures: 25
3 Kalonian Tusker
4 Leatherback Baloth
4 Experiment One
4 Young Wolf
4 Strangleroot Geist
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2 Thrun, the Last TrollOther spells: 13
3 Abrupt Decay
2 Dismember
4 Rancor
4 Vines of VastwoodSideboard: 15
3 Deglamer
2 Choke
1 Torpor Orb
1 Obstinate Baloth
2 Creeping Corrosion
1 Pithing Needle
2 Back to Nature
1 Bow of Nylea
1 Beast Within
1 Damping Matrix
Casual Lists
Below are some mostly or entirely untested lists intended for casual play/the kitchen table, although they could potentially put up a decent showing at FNM. If you want a sideboard for them, use the sideboard above as a starting point, but adjust it to reflect what you'll be taking in and out.
Classic Stompy by destroyermakerMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards 4x Aspect of Hydra
4x Charging Badger
20x Forest
2x Treetop Village
4x Garruk's Companion
4x Giant Growth
4x Groundbreaker
4x Rancor
4x Silhana Ledgewalker
4x Spire Tracer
2x Talara's Battalion
4x Vines of Vastwood
Vial Stompy by destroyermakerMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards 4x Kalonian Tusker
4x Mutagenic Growth
4x Garruk's Companion
2x Talara's Battalion
2x Scavenging Ooze
4x Strangleroot Geist
4x Rancor
4x Giant Growth
4x Slaughterhorn
4x Æther Vial
4x Vines of Vastwood
20x Forest
Hyper Stompy by destroyermakerMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards 4x Experiment One
4x Dryad Militant
4x Nettle Sentinel
4x Garruk's Companion
4x Strangleroot Geist
4x Rancor
4x Giant Growth
4x Slaughterhorn
4x Mutagenic Growth
4x Vines of Vastwood
20x Forest
Persist Stompy by destroyermakerMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards 4x Experiment One
4x Young Wolf
4x Strangleroot Geist
4x Safehold Elite
4x Kitchen Finks
2x Aspect of Hydra
2x Prey Upon
4x Rancor
4x Vines of Vastwood
4x Life's Legacy
2x Dismember
20x Forest
2x Treetop Village
Counters Stompy by elli122Magic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards 4x Young Wolf
4x Experiment One
2x Scavenging Ooze
4x Strangleroot Geist
4x Vinelasher Kudzu
4x Predator Ooze
4x Hardened Scales
4x Rancor
2x Aspect of Hydra
4x Vines of Vastwood
2x Mutant's Prey
2x Treetop Village
20x Forest
Card choices
Below you can find an in-depth look at the cards in Stompy, including reasons why they're chosen and how they're best used.
Treetop Village
An efficient manland, Village provides us with a much-needed extra body (with evasion no less) that gives us reach, especially against decks with wrath. Coming into play tapped can be a hindrance, but as a 2-of it helps a lot more than it hurts. Some prefer it as a 1-of, but I've never had any real trouble with it as a 2-of.
Dryad Militant
A 2/1 for 1 that hurts Storm, blue decks, and graveyard decks, and evolves Experiment One. Solid card.
Experiment One
One of the best green one drops in the format, Experiment starts off small but consistently grows bigger, often to the point where it can dodge popular removal, or just regenerate through it. It's a bad topdeck and can come at awkward times, but it's well worth it overall. Young Wolf may be better than this in extremely removal heavy metas.
Kalonian Tusker
It's not particularly exciting, but Tusker is undercosted, provides two devotion for Aspect, and dodges popular removal and fares well against most popular Modern creatures, and that makes it the best 2-drop for us, apart from Geist.
Leatherback Baloth
A bigger, better Tusker, Baloth is even more undercosted, dodges even more removal, makes Aspect even better, and fares even better against even more popular Modern creatures. For a lot of decks, this card is a nightmare. To be sure, it's the biggest reason the deck works as well as it does; if it wasn't for Baloth, we'd likely be better off splashing.
Strangleroot Geist
Fast, efficient, has a good devotion count, and typically forces your opponent to 2 for 1 themselves to get rid of it. Excellent card, and one of the other main reasons the deck works as well as it does.
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Scavenging Ooze
A key card to keeping this deck competitive, Ooze shrinks Goyfs and gives us serious game against Burn/RDW, Pod, UWR, and Cruise/Dig decks (mainly Delver).
Aspect of Hydra
Almost always at least a Giant Growth, Aspect often gets up to 4, 5, 6, and even 7 and steals games that couldn't be won otherwise. It's an unfair card, which this deck needs to compete. The first time, opponents never see it coming and after that you'll still likely be able to punish them hard regardless of what they do. You'll encounter a lot of situations where it's late game and the board is full on both sides; you go for the alpha strike and put Aspect on the one unblocked guy or the guy with trample and win. But also sometimes just the raw damage will get you the win a turn earlier than they go off with Splinter Twin or Scapeshift, for example.
Prey Upon
Green's Path to Exile. Some really hate this card for the sorcery speed and creature requirement, but I've done well with it and advocate it. It ensures you stay ahead or at parity in a lot of games where you wouldn't otherwise; the creature clause is very rarely an issue; 1cmc is very relevant because our manabase is tight and we want as much mana as possible to cast threats/pump. Dismember is likely better in metas light on aggressive decks.
Rancor
A very powerful enchantment, Rancor offers a lot for a little, including the ever-important evasion. Yes, you can get 2 for 1'd by it, but as mentioned, almost all of our creatures dodge popular removal, and we have Aspect and Vines, so between that and smart play, you'll be doing the 2 for 1'ing or even 3 for 1'ing most of the time (be sure to bait removal with Rancor then cast Vines or Aspect in response to really piss off your opponent).
Vines of Vastwood
Protection, pump, and hate for Twin and Infect all in one. Solid card.
Choke
Can be nasty against UWR and Twin (and various other blue decks) if dropped at the right time. Not extremely reliable, but when it's good it's really good, and works often enough to be a worthy inclusion.
Unravel the Aether
Critical to deal with Wurmcoil Engine, which is otherwise usually unbeatable for us. Also doubles as Affinity and Ascendancy hate.
Tournament results
Ranaldo Abrego, 5th-8th place at 2015 Modern State Championships - Oregon, 04/09/2015
destricted (3-1) Modern Daily #8124922 4/7/2015
Nick Newman, 1st place at 2015 Modern State Championships - South Carolina, 04/07/2015
Michael Oakes, 2nd place at 2015 Modern State Championships - South Carolina, 04/07/2015
Ferrari Luca, 6th place PPTQ Caos A.D., Savona, Italy, 08/02/2015 (34 players)
Chronoz (4-0) Modern Daily #7815980 on December 29, 2014
Leonardo Getuli, Top 4 PPTQ - Roma - 25/Gen/2015 (40 players)
kevdou, (3-1) Modern Daily 370844282 on December 24, 2014 (In-game screenshot, event screenshot)
Sekiguchi Tetsuya, Top8 in 晴れる屋モダン杯 (30 players) on November 22, 2014
Sekiguchi Tetsuya, Top8 in 晴れる屋モダン杯 (33 players) on November 15, 2014
Sekiguchi Tetsuya, 8th place at Hareruya Modern Cup, Japan (40 players) on November 11, 2014
Sekiguchi Tetsuya, Top8 in 晴れる屋モダン杯 (41 players) on November 9, 2014
Boris Bailloux, 8th place at GPT Madrid - MCB Toulouse (31 players) on October 26, 2014
Jose Alberto Rivera, Top16 in IV Arcanis Deluxe Modern Main Event (136 players) on September 28, 2014
bloodybill420 (3-1) Modern Daily #7466695 on September 15, 2014
Lorenzo Cerchecci, 7th place at GPT: Go To Madrid, Civitavecchia (30 players) on September 11, 2014
Grigelkotten (3-1) Modern Daily #7424668 on September 3, 2014
Benjamin Van Koekenbeek 1st place - PTQ Khans of Tarkir Lille, France (138 players) - August 24, 2014
byper (3-1) / Modern Daily #7401839 on August 24, 2014
2014 Modern State Championships - Montana #5/8 Mono Green Aggro - Kyle Miller - August 3, 2014
Alexander Kerr 5th place - Khans of Tarkir PTQ Bountiful - July 31, 2014
challinan (4-0) / Modern Daily #7283195 on July 16, 2014
William Reiber / HugeElfBoy - 5th place (out of ~55) at Star City Games IQ San Diego, May 24, 2014
HugeElfBoy (3 - 1) / Modern Daily #7074878 on May 10, 2014
Bazaar of Moxen tournament - Hans Christian Ljungquist - 5th place (307 players) - May 3, 2014
Videos
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Sep 2, 20161
Ludafish posted a message on Kiki Chord / Kiki Company / Kiki EvolutionPosted in: ComboQuote from restorical1111 »There's abrupt decay and maelstrom pulse if you want to invest in black a bit more
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Ludafish posted a message on Kiki Chord / Kiki Company / Kiki EvolutionIt's a 0 or 3 type of card not worth the space as a singleton target. This is probably why most players that have tested it haven't had success.Posted in: Combo -
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JeffHoogland posted a message on Kiki Chord / Kiki Company / Kiki EvolutionReading other people's thoughts on Chord is wild. I almost feel like I must be playing a different deck than many posting here. For instance - someone said Eldrazi and Hatebears are bad matchups for this deck - I think they are some of the best possible. You could keep up with Eldrazi when they had Eye and now that they don't you are just a better midrange deck than they are.Posted in: Combo
Fully believe this is a midrange deck first and a combo deck second. If you are playing it because you think it is a combo deck there are a LOT better choices for comboing in modern that are less clunky than a 4 cost + 5 cost combo that dies to lightning bolt.
The best logic I've seen for Kitchen Finks is "it evolves twice". Which means it is good when you've drawn two copies of evolution. If you draw two copies of evolution - ANY - of your creatures are going to be great. Don't play less than ideal cards to maximize for ideal situations. You want to construct your decks to maximize your ability to gain edges in average situations and even bad ones. Finks just doesn't do this. -
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artvi posted a message on Kiki Chord / Kiki Company / Kiki Evolutionhttp://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=12897&d=275024&f=MOPosted in: Combo
I went to BOM Strasbourg (178 players) last Sunday and finished at the 6th place. I lost to jund in quarter (1-2). I made quite a few bad plays during the quarter (tired I guess) and never saw removal, chord, reveillark or my second red source (with p&k and fulmi in hand) on game 3 (which does not really help I guess).
During the swiss rounds, I made a 6-1-1, starting with 2 byes, win against RG tron (2-1), win against merfolk (2-0), win against nahiri kiki chord (2-0), loss against jeskai nahiri (0-2), win against burn (2-1) and ID against infect.
I will try to post a more detailed report later this week.
All in all, happy about the results but disappointed that my two losses were on camera (and that people could not see how the deck really runs but *** happens I guess).
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Mar 4, 2016
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Ludafish posted a message on Kiki Chord / Kiki Company / Kiki EvolutionI'm still up in the air on playing Superion tomorrow or not.. I did make some trades today though.Posted in: Combo
http://imgur.com/xS8Gq3Z
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Feb 28, 2016
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Burgleburgle posted a message on Kiki Chord / Kiki Company / Kiki EvolutionHey, Artvi, going to try to give my advice in this thread in such a way as it can be copied/pasted as a matchup primer.Posted in: Combo
SCAPESHIFT
Overview: Scapeshift is a damage-based combo deck that aims to get 7 lands into play and cast Scapeshift, searching up 6 mountains and Valakut, and doing 18 damage to you. All 6 mountains see eachother, thus they satisfy the "5 other mountains" clause in Valakut, so Valakut deals 18 damage. With 8 lands in play, they can fetch for 2 Valakuts and 6 mountains, doing 36 damage. Variants of this deck also play Bring to Light to find Scapeshift and big beaters like Primevil Titan.
How to play the matchup: This is a spell-based combo deck that doesn't play that many creatures - our interaction is not ideal. Not a terrific matchup. Our game 1 plan is to try to kill them or combo out faster than they can. If it doesn't slow you down, try to stay above 18 life, or have a way to get above 18 life, so they have to have 8 lands in play to kill you. Fulminator Mage buys you a turn, and Eidolon of Rhetoric effectively turns off Bring to Light - these, plus your beatdown pieces, are the key cards in the matchup.
Good chord targets:
Spellskite can redirect all the triggers from Valakut, thus making Valakut only do 12 damage. Lone missionary will usually gain you less life than skite saves, so it's not a good target.
Fulminator Mage can surprise-disrupt the combo. If 6 mountains enter, and 6 valakut triggers get placed on the stack, if you kill a mountain by chording for fulminator mage and sacrificing it, only 1 trigger happens, and you take 3 damage.
Eidolon of Rhetoric can be chorded for, in response to bring to light, to fizzle the spell that would be cast with bring to light.
Good post-board options:
Land Hate: Fulminator Mage and Crumble to Dust. With Crumble to Dust, it becomes possible to prevent the scapeshift player from winning the game. Scapeshift players play 10 mountains, generally (2 mountains, 4 steam vents, 4 stomping grounds). If you can crumble to dust Valakut, terrific, you probably win. But if you can crumble to dust steam vents or stomping grounds, there will only be 6 mountains left in their hand and deck. This means that if you can stick a fulminator mage, they can't actually kill you, because you can fizzle the combo at will. Keep good track of how many mountains you've gotten rid of, and how much damage they can do.
Spell Hate: Sin Collector and Slaughter Games, searching for Scapeshift. If you can get rid of it, you're really only vulnerable to a big green beatdown.
I also personally like to board in lightning helixes, because they both aid my mediocre beatdown plan, and allow me to stay above 18 life. Board out anti-creature and anti-artifact/enchantment options if they're not playing Khalni-Heart Expedition.
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I doubt I'm the only person staying away from MTGO dailies/leagues until the next B&R announcement.
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If you were going to a tournament tomorrow with Green Stompy, what specific changes would you make to the stock Ljungquist list?
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I mean, you make your land destruction clunky, which is terrible. And losing Vial tricks really undoes the deck completely.
One of my fondest memories is Vialing in Flickerwisp to blink my opponent's Iona, Shield of Emeria and swinging for lethal. Being able to play white spells is overrated.
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Three triggers for 1 life each, as Procession produces three individual/distinct creatures, and Pridemate ends up becoming a 5/5 monster.
The stories of swinging in with a 9/9 Pridemate are real.
I regret trading away my Soul Sisters cards. I should probably go pick them back up . . .
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1 AEtherling
What I learned at Hogwartz
1 Quicken
1 Syncopate
2 Azorius Charm
1 Essence Scatter
3 Izzet Charm
1 Turn // Burn
3 Dissolve
1 Divination
3 Sphinx's Revelation
4 Supreme Verdict
3 Warleader's Helix
4 Detention Sphere
1 Assemble the Legion
NO FUN ALLOWED
3 Jace, Architect of Thought
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Manas
2 Azorius Guildgate
4 Hallowed Fountain
5 Island
1 Izzet Guildgate
2 Plains
4 Sacred Foundry
4 Steam Vents
4 Temple of Triumph
2 Pithing Needle
1 Wear // Tear
1 Blind Obedience
1 Magma Jet
1 Mizzium Mortars
2 Negate
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Counterflux
2 Jace, Memory Adept
1 AEtherling
A have a few questions/comments
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Yeah, I had two Canopies and was looking to get a third this morning. I was pretty surprised/upset.
Will this card drop at all? Because I don't feel like the jump in price is justified. G/W Auras isn't exactly top-tier right now, and the only other decks you see Canopy in are . . . Modern Hatebears and Legacy Death & Taxes? Which are also pretty off the radar.
I thought I was safe from Modern prices since I'm playing a more budget G/W Hatebears. Now I know what it means to play Modern.
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/singlethugtear