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[xRECKONERx]

Holy fuck SkullcrackmismSearing Spear with Thragtusk hate. Yesssss.

RW human AGGRO here we go

[Sudo_Nym]

That'll be nice for dealing with the TurboFog player.

[Catlord]

I have magic the gathering on my Xbox.
My gamertag is Sidways8.

[Thestatusquo]

Is thragtusk even that big of a deal in the format right now? I mean, its still obviously a good card, but the best decks in the format right now all seem to be some kind of red aggro, and the card that they scoop to more than thragtusk is sphinx's. (which this also helps against.)

I see very little reason not to be playing red right now.

[bv310]

Red is exceptionally good right now, and not likely getting any worse with GTC.

[Sudo_Nym]

Is thragtusk even that big of a deal in the format right now? I mean, its still obviously a good card, but the best decks in the format right now all seem to be some kind of red aggro, and the card that they scoop to more than thragtusk is sphinx's. (which this also helps against.)

I see very little reason not to be playing red right now.

Thragtusk is still a big deal, in that it's the only way that big control decks are still workable, and even there, Sphinx is still the business card. Red has been the key to the format ever since Thundermaw Hellkite started beating Thragtusk and Resto.

[Thestatusquo]

Thats what I mean. I mean, at the last invitational I think there were only like 12 copies in the top 8, and 4 of those were in SBs. There were, however, something like 22 copies of SR, all main.

[Sudo_Nym]

Red is just the business right now, since it's got all the cards that beat the rest of the metagame. Between Pillar, Thundermaw, and Ash Zealot, they can hit just about everything.

[xRECKONERx]

So my RDW was a good idea. Probably should've invested in Hellkites when they were cheap though.

[Sudo_Nym]

Rakdos Aggro can still be fast enough, with all that unleash and burn. This new burn card may even obviate the need for Hellkites in your 60. And there'a always Pyreheart Wolf for alpha strikes, if you need to.

[Thestatusquo]

Mostly finished with omni door. Just need a few things. Probably gunna grab them next week and sleeve it up at FNM.

[xRECKONERx]

I pulled two Vraskas (one foil) and a Jace in my RTR drafts this week.

So...what can I do with Vraska? She seems fairly useless in most decks. I got some decent money cards, so I figure now's the time to trade and get some bang for my buck and start working on some kind of workable backbone for a standard deck that can actually compete. I have a lot of UW lands already, maybe I'll go that way.

[Sudo_Nym]

Vraska is nice in Golgari rock decks, but not really fantastic. I would trade for cards, myself.

[bv310]

Vraska's a good 2-of in Rock-style decks, usually in GBW.

[xRECKONERx]

Wanna build budget Bant, but also kinda wanna wait to see what new Standard looks like.

[Sudo_Nym]

What do people think of the Electromancer Storm deck?

[kdowns]

So I went 5-1 to win the standard tournament at my shop last night with my GW Midgro deck

[xRECKONERx]

what are you running?

[kdowns]

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/gw-midgro/

[xRECKONERx]

Hate hate hate that GW basically has to run Thragtusk and Angel

[kdowns]

Hate hate hate that GW basically has to run Thragtusk and Angel

Yeah. It really sucks but it works. Especially flickering Thragtusk to gain lulz worthy health

[xRECKONERx]

No I hate it because I'd like to play GW in standard sometime but NOPE because I'm not dropping $100+ on just those two cards

[kdowns]

I'm kinda surprised my deck is actually that much... I only bought one Sigarda the rest, I traded for every single card.

[xRECKONERx]

the fuck.

just did a draft on MTGO, won game 1, lost game 2, went to play game 3 and it said I had been eliminated.

what the fuck.

[bv310]

What do people think of the Electromancer Storm deck?

The Modern version or the Standard Epic Experiment list?