One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.
White borders, Shea? You got a problem with a strong, black border? You don't think black borders deserves spaces in our decks? I bet you think all decks should be white borders only.
One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.
Yeah, it's annoying, but I'll try and find someone to trade for either 1 English or 2 Spanish. Get the matching set at least.
That said, they actually had 4 Entomb when I went to check out, so it's all on the way. 8 Fetches, 4 Watery Grave, 4 Entomb, 3 Force of Will, and everything else on my list and it cost me personally about $50, the rest was on credit from cashing out a large portion of my MTGO account
I am think of picking a favourite art for each basic land type and ordering 25 of each. This is in the wake of falling in love with a foil swamp I opened recently that goes from boring to absolute amazeballs when in foil.
In post 6209, Espeonage wrote:I am think of picking a favourite art for each basic land type and ordering 25 of each. This is in the wake of falling in love with a foil swamp I opened recently that goes from boring to absolute amazeballs when in foil.
This is a good idea, but 25 seems like an excessive number. 17 should get you through even the most color heavy draft deck, and you rarely if ever want that many basics in a constructed deck.
In case anyone's curious, this is what my Reanimator deck is going to look like:
2 Griselbrand
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Grave Titan
3 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Careful Study
4 Entomb
4 Reanimate
2 Animate Dead
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Lotus Petal
3 Exhume
3 Thoughtseize
4 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
3 Watery Grave
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Empyrial Archangel
SB: 1 Ashen Rider
SB: 3 Abrupt Decay
SB: 3 Pithing Needle
SB: 2 Massacre
SB: 2 Spell Pierce
SB: 1 Thoughtseize
SB: 2 Echoing Truth
SB: 1 Sire of Insanity
I want to switch out Flooded Strands for Misty Rainforest/Verdant Catacombs when they get reprinted, but other than that I'd be comfortable taking this list to a GP/SCG IQ. I'm also wondering if Breeding Pool would be better than Overgrown Tomb for the same reason. It's fetchable Green for Abrupt Decay off of all 8 of my fetchlands, is Blue for Brainstorm/Careful Study, and is a bit more affordable to me than a Tropical Island would be.
I'm hoping to hedge my bets against other decks with the maindeck Iona/Empyrial for Burn and Inkwell against anything Blue. I'm worried about my Burn matchup with the Shocklands over Fetches, and I think being able to maindeck against the most popular cheap deck is worth having 1 less Griselbrand. The 3rd one being Grave Titan is just me loving Titan. It should probably be a third Griselbrand or a Tidespout Tyrant.
switch Grave titan to tidespout or grisel, yeah. grave titan actually doesnt do that much in legacy.
Iona is basically superior to empreyal vs basically everything. I actually run Iona maindeck as my primary DR target in dredge, and she wrecks most of the decks she lands aganist. I'd say -1 grave, -1 empryal, +1 grisel, +1 tidespout
but its your deck, so whatever youre most comfortable with
I like Grave Titan against Liliana of the Veil/Karakas though, which is a big part of why I wanted it in the first place. I suppose it's probably better SB material for that matchup instead of MB. I did a bit of Cockatrice testing and I found that +1 Ashen Rider MB, +1 Tidespout, -1 Grave Titan (to SB), -1 Empyrial Archangel was pretty good. Still want to find a spot for Empyrial in the 75, possibly instead of Sire of Insanity. I'm a big fan of a 5/8 Flying Shroud creature that basically shuts down Burn
I have to admit, a big appeal for me is the fact that the deck can reasonably run any big game-breaking fatty as long as it has a useful ability. Ashen Rider is a great example of a card that wouldn't see play anywhere else, but is a fantastic Reanimator target (especially against Show and Tell)
