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Jasper

Got some notes from today's testing. I'll spare everyone the notes from the Abzan Weenie's matchup, because that deck proved itself to be a steaming pile. Either that, or it has zero way to win against 2 mana burn spells in general. Searing Blood and Monastery Swiftspear means that he can never atta...

Jasper

I'm only maybe 3 cards away from having this completed in paper. Opened ANOTHER Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker at another pre-release, putting me at 3 top 4's, out of 4 total attended. Pretty damn sweet, all with the Jeskai pack. Quiet Contemplation is a goddamn HOUSE in limited. Anyways, back on topic....

Jasper

[quote=" BlakLanner » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:26 pm "]It can get awkward with all the CIPT lands but I feel they are a necessary evil given the strict color requirements the deck has. The turns that we really want untapped lands are 3 and 5 for the most part so you can play Temples or Monaster...

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Some testing notes: Winners Mindswipe: Been everything I wanted and then some. Might move to 3. Disdainful Stroke: So many CMC 4+ spells. So worth it. Mantis Rider: This thing is insane. It is a must-answer threat. Losers Swan Song: The ability to hit Courser is not worth losing the ability to hit ...

Jasper

Opened a Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker at the midnight pre-release. It's a sign.

Jasper

I think that's a mistake. This is a format that is light on removal. Rabblemaster is exactly the kind of card you want. It's just hard, trying to fit both. I suppose that I can cut some number of Magma Jet and Lightning Strike , but then it decreases the number of 2 mana burn spells that the Swifts...

Jasper

How has Goblin Rabblemaster been doing in everyones testing? The more games I play test, the less I seem to like him. Sure, it's a powerful card, but it doesn't really fare too well against a lot of things I expect to see(Ie, dies all the time). He also doesn't heavily impact the board when he comes...

Jasper

For day 1, after KTK release, I'm expecting to see a lot of small red aggro decks trying to run underneath everyone. Mainboard Searing Blood , as a 4-of seems like a good plan. My main concern is the huge amount of Midrange decks, mostly anything green. If I can't burn it out, there aren't a whole l...

Jasper

12 taplands, I feel like you'll have trouble casting things on curve, and lose tempo as a result.

Jasper

All things worth considering. Whenever this get's upgraded into a [Primer], whoever writes the actual primer can compile the lists of cards and all that jazz. Here is my current testing list: [deck] Creatures 14 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 4 Mantis Rider 2 Stormbreath Dragon Walkers...

Jasper

And when is the damn card image gatherer going to be updated for us?

Jasper

Let's break it all down, and come to some sort of consensus, as to which deck has the highest chance of success in a wide-open meta. I have been testing LP's list so far and enjoying it, so I'm pretty convinced I'll be playing some sort of Jeskai at the $5k the day after KTK release. Creatures: Fire...

Jasper

Disdainful Stroke seems pretty good in the Counterburn style lists. I say this because dealing with things over 4 CMC is generally difficult to do with burn spells. It covers a weakness, and I think I'd prefer it to Nullify. Erase might be solid in the sideboard. There are even more viable enchantm...

Jasper

Dragon Mantle was ran in Block Constructed Red Devotion, so I think it's worth looking at. The problem is the set, and how everything is low on the devotion count. The curve is currently all over the place if you are trying to make Red Devotion work. I think Big Red just has better tools, since Red...

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I do not appreciate the increasing amount of venom being thrown at me from khaospawn
Dafuq did I just read?

Change your avatar to a sneaky snake.

S0 VEN0M0US d00d.

Jasper

I mean, I do see this as a great threat alongside Goblin Guide in Modern Burn. They both accomplish much of the same things, which is getting the opponent down to 10 life at the end of turn 2, when on the play. For Standard, I see this as a generally powerful card alongside [card]Titan's Strength[/c...

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On the topic of Deflecting Palm... I'm just going to come out and say that I like it. Granted, it can only be used against a deck that runs a damage based win condition. It just kind of lets you win any sort of race scenario. Game 2 and 3 they may even be forced to play around it, and not want to at...

Jasper

Monastery Swiftspear [mana]R[/mana]
Creature - Human Monk
Uncommon
Haste, Prowess
1/2

So hyped.

Jasper

Monastery Swiftspear

Monastery Swiftspear [mana]r[/mana]
Creature - Human Monk
Uncommon
Haste, Prowess
1/2

Praise be to the gods.

Jasper

Indeed. The deck was fun to play, but has too many moving parts that need to come together. Of course, getting either a YP$ or a Rabble on board with a Purphoros out was pretty much game over, but it doesn't seem to happen that often. Circle of Flame + [card]Polymorphist's Jest[/card] = Pure fun at ...

Jasper

[deck] Creatures 8 4 Young Pyromancer 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 2 Purphoros, God of the Forge 1 Keranos, God of Storms 3 Military Intelligence 4 Stoke the Flames 4 Lightning Strike 3 Magma Jet 4 Shock 3 Turn // Burn 2 Izzet Charm 2 Rapid Hybridization 4 Steam Vents 4 Shivan Reef 4 Temple of Epiphany 12 ...

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[deck= Newest brew I'm testing] 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Frostburn Weird 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 2 Ash Zealot 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 4 Fanatic of Mogis 4 Stormbreath Dragon 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 4 Stoke the Flames 2 Magma Jet 2 Hammer of Purphoros 4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 20 Mountain [/deck] I'...

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I dislike splashing white for the reasons DeTora said in her article today (which is the best thing about Rabble that I have seen yet). It does not necessarily improve your hardest matchup vs Mono U, but it makes your mirror, burn and GW strictly worse simply from taking damage from your lands. I s...

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Rough draft for something I've been thinking about ever since Altac Bloodseeker was revealed. Creatures 8 4 Altac Bloodseeker 4 Stormbreath Dragon Spells 25 2 Shock 4 Magma Jet 4 Lightning Strike 4 Searing Blood 3 Stoke the Flames 2 Doom Blade 2 Ultimate Price 4 Dreadbore Walkers 3 3 Chandra, Pyroma...

Jasper

Care to post that list?

Sorry, haven't really been messing with Trading Post lately. I honestly haven't had any time, between all the IQ's, the SCG Open, and local Modern tournaments.

Jasper

I love Magical Christmasland! Yeah, 12 cards to play off of a turn 3 Servant, leaving 2 lands untapped sure is Christmasland. :rolleyes: And by playing Servant on 2, you absolutely have to sac it and 2-for-1 yourself into removal/counters, because you simply have no choice but to sac it. Easy there...

Jasper

I love Magical Christmasland!

Yeah, 12 cards to play off of a turn 3 Servant, leaving 2 lands untapped sure is Christmasland.

And by playing Servant on 2, you absolutely have to sac it and 2-for-1 yourself into removal/counters, because you simply have no choice but to sac it.

Jasper

I feel like you really want to be running Generator Servant in there somewhere. Land, 1-drop on turn 1. Swing 2, land, play Gen Servant. Sac Gen Servant, land, hasted Rabblemaster + Firefist. Trigger, trigger, attack for 8. If Foundry Street was your 1-drop, you're swinging 10 on turn 3. I've been t...

Jasper

Testing Circle of Flame now.

Jasper

[deck] Creatures 8 4 Young Pyromancer 4 Chandra's Phoenix Thighs 2 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 4 Circle of Flame Spells 23 4 Shock 2 Searing Blood 1 Izzet Charm 4 Magma Jet 4 Lightning Strike 4 Polymorphist's Jest 4 Stoke the Flames Lands 23 4 Shivan Reef 4 Steam Vents 4 Temple of Epiphany 5 Island 4 Moun...

Jasper

4th place in the SCG Super Invitational Qualifier today. Not going to be a very good report, since I'm tired, don't take notes during or after games, and have a generally poor memory of how matches go unless it's significant. R1: Junk. Won in 2. Game 1 was Archangel vs Stormbreath Dragon, and we all...

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Need opinions of people that specialized in this deck (Looking at you LP and Jasper :P) [deck] Creatures (34) 1 Scuttling Doom Engine 1 Soul of New Phyrexia 4 Ash Zealot 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Fanatic of Mogis 4 Frostburn Weird 4 Generator Servant 3 Hoarding Dragon 4 Soul of Shandalar 4 Stormbreath Dra...

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I personally think you have too many Haunted Plate Mail on the main. If you find Demon to be an issue, try out some [card]Turn // Burn[/card] in the main. Other than that, you just kind of have to tap it down every turn with Trading Post goats. I'll post an updated list for this soon, since it's sti...

Jasper

The following list got me to 6-3 at my last $5k, and 4-0 at yesterday mornings FNM, and got me to top 8 at yesterday nights FNM. I feel like this is very solid right now. My sideboard was different at the $5k, and I feel like I could have top 8'ed there if I used the sideboard I have now. [deck] Cre...

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Correct on the Fated Conflagration, good catch. Notes on Chandra makes sense. I've been doing a little testing with this on Cockatrice, and it seems to have a pretty solid matchup vs other Control decks. This deck seems to have more inevitability, and also funny situations where you can just use a C...

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[deck] Creatures 1 1 Keranos, God of Storms Planeswalkers 6 3 Jace, Architect of Thought 3 Ral Zarek Spells 27 2 Anger of the Gods 2 Codex Shredder 2 Dissolve 1 Elixir of Immortality 1 Fated Conflagration 2 Haunted Plate Mail 1 Izzet Charm 4 Mizzium Mortars 2 Pithing Needle 4 Ratchet Bomb 4 Trading ...

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Jasper are you the same Jasper thAt posts on salvation and was recently trolled about bte? If yes then good job at explaining obv facts ;) I however found one mistake in that post - you can respond to bte mana trigger to stop you from using nykthos, but it is only technical point. Which version of ...

Jasper

I played a couple games recently that had me feeling a lot better about Red Devotions matchup vs Mono Blue. I used to hate it, but now that I've gotten better as a player it doesn't seem too bad. Maybe not favored, but not too bad either. Unless you're trying to play around sorcery-speed removal, th...

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1. No 2. Definitely no The entire purpose of BTE is to get a free Nykthos activation. Playing it turn 2 is terrible, no matter how many you have. You are basically just looking to cast them on turn 3, when you have 2 lands and a Nykthos out, ideally. You'll also already have a 2-drop out from the pr...

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BBD's Br list, from a newer SCG Premium article: [deck] B/R Devotion Brian Braun-Duin 0th Place at Test deck on 5/29/2014 Standard Creatures (26) 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Fanatic of Mogis 4 Frostburn Weird 4 Stormbreath Dragon 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 2 Purphoros, God of the Fo...

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[KTK] Monastery Swiftspear - THE red one drop

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