Less important, but they also want to draw a very limited number of lands, for most decks 1 life is going to matter more than the small % difference of drawing a land. Burn is the one deck where that may not be true.
also fuels Grim Lavamancer and can fetch Sacred Foundry/Steam Vents if the deck is splashing white/blue (Lightning Helix/lol Treasure Cruise)
also gonna suggest shoktroopa's various lists, he's the most popular monoU Tron player and I tested a few of his lists when I was considering buying monoU Tron myself. usually runs Solemn Simulacrums over multiple Treasure Mage, Talisman of Dominance, and a second Wurmcoil over Batterskull. adjust accordingly to your metagame obviously.
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.
Yeah, there's actually a couple of reasons, as the thread has pointed out.
People always want to jam fetches in mono colored decks for "thinning" but in general I think if you don't have extra reasons to run fetches (grim lavamancer, searing blaze, et al.) the point of life lost is going to be more likely to be relevant than the deck thinning you get off of one fetch.
In post 5113, bv310 wrote:I feel like that would just have the True-Name Nemesis issue again with the blue deck being sold out everywhere and the rest sitting on shelves.
They have made it perfectly clear that they are willing to print the shit out of commander products. Everyone who bought out that deck to sit on is pretty sad about it.
Some people will make the same mistake, but I wager not as many.
I finally got a hold of the True-Name commander deck(2013) from Walmart for normal price, instead of the jacked up prices people wanted.
53% of every deck 3-1 or better. I'm honestly considering Rest in Peace out of the sideboard in Angel Pod and/or switching it up to Naya to fit in Kiki-Jiki combo alongside Archangel.
I know it's made me notice players shuffling oddly at FNM a lot more. Not to a "yo, I want a judge to shuffle instead of you" level obviously, but to the point where I've pointed out to people how they could be interpreted as looking at extra cards and what sort of problems they could see if they ever went to Comp REL events.
In a way it kinda annoys me, because I've always had trouble shuffling decks of any cards and I'm always tripping over myself when shuffling. I swear it's not intended, but it just happens!
Fairly enough due to last year, black got kinda hosed. Sad no full command cycle reprint. Containment Priest is okay and probably going to see some measure of play.
I'm buying the Nahiri one. The fact that it comes with a Skullclamp (meaning her +2 can also just read "Draw 2 cards") is a big sell for me. I'm planning to go Cat-tribal with it.
In post 5144, PeregrineV wrote:We have a Grand Prix coming to town, and I'm thinking of entering it, but haven't been keeping up with standard lately.
Anyone going to it, or have any ideas for standard decks I should play? Not a big blue fan, but can do it if needed.
Already plan on looking at recent events, but it seems this group has some above average players, so would like to hear opinions.
If you're new to the format, I think your best bet is to either try to just have a deck with a solid matchup against everything (Abzan midrange) or a deck that if you win the no hate in sideboards lottery will just take it down (Jeskai combo)
I think jeskai burn is a bad deck for someone who is not very well versed in the format, since its a deck that is very much tuned for specific metagames.
I think you'd be giving up a lot of percentage points if you played it without knowing the expected field beforehand.
That entire time I lived in Texas, and never once mentioned you lived in the area, PV! I am disappointed
Given it's Texas, expect RG monsters and Abzan to be the decks to beat. I know the DFW crowd really loves Stormbreath and Siege Rhino decks, although there will be some Jeskai players.
I actually think the tier 2 decks are strong right now, Sultai/4c Reanimator, Ascendency combo and especially UB control would be the 'meta' decks IMO. Mono Red is a bad idea, I think. I've been wrong before though.
I'm still a noob at Magic but it seems like Mono-red should be pretty strong against the typical Abzan midrange decks. It can consistently win before a Sorin or Rhino is in the picture with enough burn based on some testing I've done.
List of cards that are tough for mono red to beat:
Silvan Caryatid
Courser of Kruphix
Rhino (comes down on turn three)
Sorin (10 point life swing)
Fleecemane lion
Deathdealer
Its a really bad matchup unless the deck gets a below average draw
