Dies to Removal

I know MJ is I just found it funny.

And waiting for the collective "Oh yeah, BE is terribad"

Sigh. Should've been here an hour ago Zem. Would've saved me the time

I still think you should cut Chandra/the 4 drop for the 2nd Blind Obedience, as the mirror is increasing and it is still a good card in the mirror, and its also good vs. monsters still. I dunno, I still like it.

and I also think that Cackler should be Firedrinker Satyr, and here's why I believe the 2nd one.

Esper is going to start playing Nightveil Specter. We already proved that the hivemind is a beautiful thing and the esper winner, Kyle, said he loved Nightveil Specter vs. Burn.

on top of
that, sometimes you can bring in Satyr vs. Mono-Black (i dont like it vs. BW) and a lot of lists are still running Nightveil Specter.

I also dont like Glare, because the problem cards that are white for us are enchantments anyway. Elspeth we fly over, and once she gets to a high enough Loyalty your probably losing that game anyway, right? So might as well run Wear // Tear

rest of the sideboard is fine, not so much 1 ofs as much as "finishing my 4 ofs"

See, it's "the people like you" comment that I can't step away from. Nigga, you do not know me.

FUCK. OFF.

I'd appreciate if you didnt use that language, thank you

You can't shit talk me then expect me to give a fuck about your feelings.

Nigga.

This brings up something I was thinking about. In Ari Lax's article about the dredge deck he played, he called burn basically unplayable, which while an exaggeration, helped me figure out my hang up with the deck. While playing underpowered red cards isn't something new to me, unless your draws lined up right, you generally had to work much harder then your opponents to win which while not bad, isn't something I'm looking for in my tier 1 deck.

With YP in the mix, you're still playing mental gymnastics(more in fact) but your cards start functioning by themselves as opposed to waiting for your searing blood to come online, or staring at your opponents caryatid with your ash zealot in play along with a shock and a skullcrack against the guy sitting on
16 life or whatever. We've moved more into the realm of "cohesive strategy" because with YP in play our cards work together a lot better making our "combo" plan stronger.

Chandra is fine vs. Control but actively good vs. Little aggro, bw midrange and the mirror. Just getting more out of that last slot basically.

Chandra is fine vs. Control but actively good vs. Little aggro, bw midrange and the mirror. Just getting more out of that last slot basically.

Going to be honest. Faltering [insert 5 drop control creature] is about the only reason I want to play the card which is a shame because I love her in theory.

How is it good in the mirror? I don't think I've ever seen a mirror game where both players are on topdeck mode and it only hits YP which they may not play. Otherwise, the card is:

[mana]RR2[/mana]

Sorcery
Opponent takes 1 damage.
Your opponent chooses: You gain
5 life or draw a card at the beginning of your next turn. If there is a next turn.

See, it's "the people like you" comment that I can't step away from. Nigga, you do not know me.

FUCK. OFF.

I'd appreciate if you didnt use that language, thank you

You can't shit talk me then expect
me to give a fuck about your feelings.

Nigga.

You dont have to care about my feelings, have some goddamn respect and dont use that word please

FYI Josh and I run our articles past each other.

Chandra is fine vs. Control but actively good vs. Little aggro, bw midrange and the mirror. Just getting more out of that last slot basically.

Mirror match is going to be about warleaders helix, or CA. Going creature heavy, lets us dictate the pace of play and emphasis CA, virtual or otherwise. Playing chandra lets you gain cards in 1 of several ways. +1 till ultimate(every 3 damage is worth~card), 0-ing
to "draw" cards or your opponent throws burn spells at her which will usually net you 2-3 cards worth of value.

Just watched through MDU's videos where the guy resolved two fiendslayers. He couldn't really attack into because of Ash Zealot and MDU was content to let it sit back and bash him to death with a phoenix. Fiendslayer is bad for us only if we have no zealots, boros charms, or 4 toughness of blockers.

Dispel, duress, thoughtsieze, and sin collector though? That's no bueno.

If he kills you when you tap out for Chandra you were losing anyway.

Chandra is fine vs. Control but actively good vs. Little aggro, bw midrange and the mirror. Just getting more out of that last slot basically.

Mirror match is going to be about warleaders helix, or CA. Going creature heavy, lets us dictate the
pace of play and emphasis CA, virtual or otherwise. Playing chandra lets you gain cards in 1 of several ways. +1 till ultimate(every 3 damage is worth~card), 0-ing to "draw" cards or your opponent throws burn spells at her which will usually net you 2-3 cards worth of value.

Or...he kills you because you tapped out, ala blood baron, Thune, etc. Virtual card advantage is still a thing.

Edit: Also, what else do you board out or not board in? It was already 1 YP, 4 cackler, 1 BO, 1 chain, 1 vault.

See, it's "the people like you" comment that I can't step away from. Nigga,
you do not know me.

FUCK. OFF.

I'd appreciate if you didnt use that language, thank you

You can't shit talk me then expect me to give a fuck about your feelings.

Nigga.

You dont have to care about my feelings, have some goddamn respect and dont use that word please

Nigga please.

Respect is earned. Wether or not you had it before is irrelevant because you lost it. So again, kindly fuck off sir

Nigga please.

Respect is earned. Wether or not you had it before is irrelevant because you lost it. So again, kindly fuck off sir

Finding out you're just another Zemmite made me lose respect for you.

Chandra is fine vs. Control but actively good vs. Little aggro, bw midrange and the mirror. Just getting more out
of that last slot basically.

Mirror match is going to be about warleaders helix, or CA. Going creature heavy, lets us dictate the pace of play and emphasis CA, virtual or otherwise. Playing chandra lets you gain cards in 1 of several ways. +1 till ultimate(every 3 damage is worth~card), 0-ing to "draw" cards or your opponent throws burn spells at her which will usually net you 2-3 cards worth of value.

Or...he kills you because you tapped out, ala blood baron, Thune, etc. Virtual card advantage is still a thing.

Edit: Also, what else do you board out or not board in? It was already 1 YP, 4 cackler, 1 BO, 1 chain, 1 vault.

If you're on the creature plan, you generally force them to use burn spells on your guys because rakdos cackler+friends race burn spells in hand. Repeatable sources of damage vs. finite and all that. This is where you get your window to resolve your walker. If they aren't killing your guys and are
sending everything at the face, either they're hand is insane, or you should win easily becuase there burn plan requires about 7/8 cards(depending on if they drew phoenix's) while your plan only requires that you get in 2/3 times with a cackler an ash zealot swing in, and a token from YP while doing it faster then the opponent.

Legion's initiative wipes your own tokens.

Legion's initiative wipes your own tokens.

You'd play it for the +1 attack power.

If he kills you when you tap out for Chandra you were losing anyway.

Disagree. Your own helix or removal for attackers changes it from "I just won!" to "Oh shit, my stuff is gone and/or life totals just swung so that now he's killing me!"

Obviously if your hand is just face burn, then yeah, sure but then you're also not telegraphing that to him by tapping out.

Legion's initiative wipes your own tokens.

You'd play it for the +1 attack power.

Not enough creatures, YP or no for that to be worth it.

Nigga please.

Respect is earned. Wether or not you had it before is irrelevant because you lost it. So again, kindly fuck off sir

Finding out you're just another Zemmite made me lose respect for you.

I've personally operated on the assumption that your a Kait gimmick.

Picture this:
- you have helix in hand
- I have chandra

Board is empty, we each have 4 mana

Who's favoured?