testing for my Flux Capacitor bullshit Simic combo deck, I've realized there's just no way to make this thing competitive. Sure, it's fun to go "Haha, infinite oozes, everything is 11/11s, suck a dick" but it just can't win enough to make it worth investing the money.
I did, however, play a pretty fun deck tonight that I'm thinking might be a bit better, competitively (and much cheaper overall, too):
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Nothing is happening... nothing is happening... oh great, bullshit Tragic Slip/Murder on my early game creatures... wait, what the
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is this enchantment? Demonic Rising? Whatever, at least he doesn't have any creatures--oh god, no. Goats. GOATS!? Oh god, that's a 5/5 flier... shit, now it's an 8/6 flier with lifelink? What the fuck!? And did Liliana just give it +8/+8?
This deck has so many fun interactions...I won a couple of games by sacrificing my own volatile rig with my trading post and laughing as it wiped my opponent's board or straight up killed them. I laughed as my Rakdos Keyrune stood up to Thragtusk after Thragtusk. Wiped boards with Mutilate, then put a puny little goat on the battlefield to give me 5/5 flying demons every turn. Had one game where my opponent blew 3 Planar Cleansings and 2 Supreme Verdicts on me, and I
still
had the reach to come back and win the game.
The deck is
really
fun, I'd encourage everyone to try it out. I was originally trying to find a deck that used Griselbrand, and in the end I'm not even using him! I'm a little iffy on Staff of Nin, but it deals with X/1s very well (fuck you very much, Sorin) and it gives me the extra card draw to get to my engine faster. And if it's a "draw-go" situation, then pinging them for a damage every turn at least puts them on a clock.
I have no idea how many cards I have, but a number like 30k would not surprise me at all considering that I have been playing for 11 years now, even if I only really draft. This shit adds up, 1 draft a week is 42 (45 if you count lands) new cards, do that for a year, which is probably my average and you get 2300 new cards a year minimum, as that does not include prereleases, prizes, or random drafts with friends that would increase the number.
I also completely disagree on the the splits being boring. For a limited point of view, they are all playable (even the R/W anti art/enchant is sideable) and present the interesting decisions of not only how high do you pick them (the guild ones force colors very fast) but in game, do you play them early or wait to get maximum advantage out of them and try to get a 2 for 1. Much more interesting in my mind than the very linear and typically overpowered champions. I mean, if Teysa hits its a 5 turn clock (7 mana is not impossible in draft) and its relatively hard to kill at 4 toughness and procreatures. That in my opinion is much more boring than Turn and Burn, which is all sorts of interesting decisions
Edit: In naming a card, you would name either turn or burn, reducing its cost of the half down to either U or R. The other half would still be full cost however.
Reck it is April and you still have a santa hat avvie what is the deal
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4 Delver of Secrets
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Brainstorm
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Ponder
3 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
4 Stifle
1 Sylvan Library
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
The one in Milwaukee? I think some friends from work may be going, but for the Standard portion. Good luck, I'll watch for you if I get a chance.
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Hey guys, let me pick your brains a bit. I'm trying to come up with something viable for the Standard FNM tournament at my LGS that isn't too expensive.
The thing about mill decks and Abberation/Phantasm is that it attacks from two angles: mill and damage.
I tried coming up with a good Dimir Control-Mill list and I just couldn't find anything to work. If I put in too much mill, I lacked removal/counters/creatures.
I've run cheap mono-Black control before (lots of targeted removal, Mutilates, Vamp Nighthawks, Bloodline Keepers and Bloodgift Demons) and I've heard of mono-Blue control being possible (Augur and Delver with lots of counterspells). Combing the two -could- work... you're probably better off going that route.
If you don't know how to lie, then how do you know when you're being lied to?
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
So I'm not recommending this as a strategy to beat anyone consistently, but Spark Trooper + Murder Investigation after dropping Cathars' Crusade on the table is really satisfying.
testing for my Flux Capacitor bullshit Simic combo deck, I've realized there's just no way to make this thing competitive. Sure, it's fun to go "Haha, infinite oozes, everything is 11/11s, suck a dick" but it just can't win enough to make it worth investing the money.
I did, however, play a pretty fun deck tonight that I'm thinking might be a bit better, competitively (and much cheaper overall, too):
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E
M
O
N
P
O
S
T
Nothing is happening... nothing is happening... oh great, bullshit Tragic Slip/Murder on my early game creatures... wait, what the
hell
is this enchantment? Demonic Rising? Whatever, at least he doesn't have any creatures--oh god, no. Goats. GOATS!? Oh god, that's a 5/5 flier... shit, now it's an 8/6 flier with lifelink? What the fuck!? And did Liliana just give it +8/+8?
This deck has so many fun interactions...I won a couple of games by sacrificing my own volatile rig with my trading post and laughing as it wiped my opponent's board or straight up killed them. I laughed as my Rakdos Keyrune stood up to Thragtusk after Thragtusk. Wiped boards with Mutilate, then put a puny little goat on the battlefield to give me 5/5 flying demons every turn. Had one game where my opponent blew 3 Planar Cleansings and 2 Supreme Verdicts on me, and I
still
had the reach to come back and win the game.
The deck is
really
fun, I'd encourage everyone to try it out. I was originally trying to find a deck that used Griselbrand, and in the end I'm not even using him! I'm a little iffy on Staff of Nin, but it deals with X/1s very well (fuck you very much, Sorin) and it gives me the extra card draw to get to my engine faster. And if it's a "draw-go" situation, then pinging them for a damage every turn at least puts them on a clock.
Holy crap, this list looks awesome. Trading Post and lifelinked Volatile Rig feels so good. I hadn't put goat summoning demons in the same deck though. That's fantastic.
In post 2390, Starbuck wrote:Hey guys, let me pick your brains a bit. I'm trying to come up with something viable for the Standard FNM tournament at my LGS that isn't too expensive.
Played a PTQ in Winnipeg this weekend. Took 5c Ramp-Control (formerly Omni-Door, but I cut Omni from the list in favour of more stuff to deal with my bad matchups). I prepared my main and side for a ton of Junk Rites and Esper Control matchups, based purely on all the competitive data I could find. I ended up losing a little bit of my speed in favour of resiliency, but I was comfortable doing so since it made everything but aggro a lot better. Played RG Aggro/Naya Blitz 4 out of 7 rounds. Won my other 3 rounds 2-0, lost all my Blitz matchups 1-2. I think if I'd had a bit more sleep, or not over-prepared for an archetype that wasn't even there, I could have won at least 2 more rounds. Either way, I'm happy I went, and 2 of our locals made top 8 (of 28 of us who drove the 8 hours. We made up 30% of the field)
In post 2389, Fate wrote:Pretty bold statement for a pretty diverse archetype
Naya Blitz continues to place. Big Gruul got 2nd at a SCG Invitational I think, and R/g still works well
Aggro was no where near top at invitational. I talked to multiple people who were playing Naya Blitz/Humans. 8/10, If they Kill your First two creatures you lose.
You only win against the other Decks if you get a nut draw and Kill them by Turn 5. If you go to Midgame as a Aggro Deck you will lose.
