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SSG posted a Brad Nelson vs Tod Anderson video matchup today (premium content) where Brad plays the following deck. There's so many fun variants R/W! [deck=R/W Burn - Brad Nelson] Creatures (8) 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix Spells (29) 2 Chained to the Rocks 4 Boros Charm 4 Lightning Strike 4 Mag...

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4 Dragons feels too top heavy. There's enough burn to control the board until you draw into him. And drawing 2 too early in the game can be awkward.

I'm planning on sticking with 3.

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I think Sully's list is actually better without Mutavault. Not because it would screw up your colored mana requirements, but because it doesn't seem to go well with your plan of attack. Both sides get gassed out more often then you think, also great against devour flesh and preventing all in attack...

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anyway to fit in a pair of mutavaults in sullivans version? I hate playing without them. I definitely like his list though, even though I also love satyr firedancer. You might be able to get away with 2 mutavaults if you're only running 3 Reckoners MD. Probably best to goldfish 20-30 times and see ...

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@montu:

I'm under the impression that 2x Satyr Firedancer is bad in a list with only 14 burns

Kinda related to this . . . on G2 of my R/G Monsters match, I activated Chandra's ultimate. It took me 8 cards before I hit a burn spell. Fortunately it was a Warleader's Helix.

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@montu: I was reviewing PSully build and your tweaks, I'm under the impression that 2x Satyr Firedancer is bad in a list with only 14 burns - I feel like you need to hit Dancer early to get value and with the lack of high impacted burns (charms and Helix) it doesn't seem as strong. That said after ...

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Obvious enough that I went "why'd he do that" when you chained Courser. There may have been a reason to make that play (like the life gain prevents you from getting lethal next turn), but I could't see it. It was probably instinctive to you to play your burn in the combat step, and in doi...

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I went 5-0 tonight at FNM, winning 2-0 every match. It was almost too easy. :) Here's what I played - I decided to begin with PSully's build , and modify it to my tastes - I added two Satyr Firedancer s (removing a Boros Reckoner and a [card]Warleader's Helix[/card]), and I swapped in two Mutavault...

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I went 5-0 tonight at FNM, winning 2-0 every match. It was almost too easy. :) Here's what I played - I decided to begin with PSully's build , and modify it to my tastes - I added two Satyr Firedancer s (removing a Boros Reckoner and a [card]Warleader's Helix[/card]), and I swapped in two Mutavault ...

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Glad the deck worked for you Montu :) You're a brave man going to 24 land :) Out of the 11 games I played, I only had to mulligan once, I never got mana screwed ( :jam: ), and I flooded twice ( :cry: ). Now, with that said, there were a couple of times mana could have been tight, but it ended up wo...

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I've been traveling a lot this month (Boston, Las Vegas, Atlanta) so haven't had much time for MTG. I decided to try something a bit different and thought LaZerBurn's deck looked fun. The only changes I made MD were +1 Mizzium Mortars , -1 Mountain . For the SB, I swapped out the 2 Skullcrack for 2 ...

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After checking the most current rules (Nov 1st update) it appears that I and the judge were wrong. 504.3. Third, the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities Carry on. What's potentially confusing about this is "drawing a card" doesn't use the stack, so ...

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@Montu: How are you boarding vs Ux? Your list already looks quite strong (though the 4th Dragon would help the Ux MU). My SB for Ux: -4 Rakdos Cackler -4 Firedrinker Satyr +1 Chained to the Rocks +2 Last Breath +2 Mizzium Mortars +2 Shock +1 Skullcrack [Maybe this should be Boros Charm instead?] Se...

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My 12-daughter is a pretty good player for her age. Last night she went 2-2-1, and has gone 3-2 before. One of the reasons, I think, is because I won't let her use cards she wants unless she remembers all her triggers, etc. (e.g., "You want another Ajani in your deck? Stop forgetting to activat...

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I played the same deck as last week. [deck=Montu's Boros Build]Lands 24 2 Boros Guildgate 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Temple of Triumph 4 Mutavault 10 Mountains Creatures 21 2 Boros Reckoner 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 3 Stormbreath Dragon Spells 10 2 Mizzium Mortars...

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Apparently not content with being a poor player my It skills are also lacking as I couldn't figure out how to make cute links like MDU either. On the bright side at least I'm aware of my shortcomings and 2014 can only get better :) Just "quote" his post, and you can see the markup he used...

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Made 2nd place at FNM tonight, winning the first 4 rounds and ID the last. [deck=Montu's Boros Build]Lands 24 2 Boros Guildgate 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Temple of Triumph 4 Mutavault 10 Mountains Creatures 21 2 Boros Reckoner 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 3 Stormbre...

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@ MDU - No love for Assemble?

If I understand MDU correctly, he expects to be playing against more midrange, where Assemble is less than relevant.

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Oh, one more thing I wanted to post about FNM. I mostly play MTGO, and every once in a while I get surprised by a [card]Chandra's Phoenix[/card] tigger I had forgotten ("Oh, right!"). I figured if I can "forget" about it online, I'm surely going to miss it now and then IRL. So I ...

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I played the deck I played last week , swapping the MB Civic Saber out for an additional [card]Legion's Initiative[/card], and the SB [card]Elspeth, Sun's Champion[/card] out for a Chained to the Rocks . Match 1 - Rewarding win against UW Control (outplayed him in the decisive game) Let me start by ...

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Thus I'll be going back to my DE Edition List with one small change, I'll be trialing Temple of Silence as a 1x over the 1x guildgate I'm not sure if I'm willing to push it any further then 1x since I also running 4x vaults. In the 12 matches I've played in the last 2 days, flooding was a far bigge...

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@ Montu: Why on Earth are you running Civic Sabre ? It is strictly worse than a second Initiative. I didn't have [card]Legion's Initiative[/card] going into FNM, so I threw in 2 Civic Sabre . I picked up 2 LI when I got the the card shop, and decided to play 1 CS and 1 LI. So, it's not like there w...

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I went 4-1 at FNM tonight with the following: [deck=MDU's Boros Legions DE Edition - Montu Tweaks]Lands 24 2 Boros Guildgate 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Temple of Triumph 4 Mutavault 10 Mountains Creatures 19 2 Boros Reckoner 2 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 3 Stormbreath...

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in regards to Elspeth, she is good... really good... the only issue is the casting cost and colour requirements if you don't mind not being able to cast her for half the game (or more) then she is great. I'm toying with adding my single Elspeth to my SB. Curious if you've found a particular match-u...

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Two things: 1) I just had a first - my opp played [card]Sphinx's Revelation[/card] for 5 (upping cards in hand to 9) when I had 7 mana open . Man did it feel good to activate Monstrosity on my Stormbreath Dragon . (I bet he never does THAT again lol). 2) I've been toying with replacing Firedrinker S...

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Big Boros = 3+ dragons, no YP$

Pyro Dragons = some number of YP$, less than 3 dragons.
No shit, I was asking vundo to think through why he was adding a card to Pyrored instead of just playing Big Boros.

haha . . . well, FWIW, I caught that you were doing some Socratic Jedi Questioning.

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Sounds like some are having difficulty in white based midrange matches. Glare of Heresy ? The meta would have to be packed with W/x aggro/midrange variants to to really make Glare worth it and even then our burn package suites that role fairly well. That's my point. Some people are reporting their ...

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I'm officially on MTGO baby!!

Are you guys using the Beta Client or Regular? I think it gave me Beta by default.

I like the Beta client MUCH better. (Sure, there are a few annoyances, but it's far more intuitive than the Regular client.)

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Ash is also hard on the curve with so many Mutavaults and Temples.

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@MDU
Abandoned Rod of Ruins? To slow vs mono U?

I've only gotten Rod of Ruin on the board once, and I really liked it. In particular, I was able to use it 2 times to "top off" a Shock to take out my opps Nightveil Specter.

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LP, I've always wondered how you're so good at calling their hand. Does it just come from playing for a long time, or was there some breakthrough lesson that you learned? Or is it possibly because you seem to play almost every deck, so you know how they work? I'd love it if you wrote an article abo...

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... kinda unmotivated due to poor EV, lack of Youtube traffic and the rapid decline in the value of THS boosters (now worth less then $3.3) Yeah, with THS Boosters at $3.30, the EV for 8-player single elimination is break-even at a 57% win-rate. You'll get more Youtube traffic if you have a larger ...

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4 Firedrinker Satyr (very tempted to drop them for Zealot... I know turn 1 plays are important, but still...) With the Temples and the Mutavaults, Ash is frequently a turn three creature. At that point, your opp could have already played Sylvan Caryatid s, Frostburn Weird s, Dreg Mangler s, can eas...

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I don't really have anytime left today, so I'll be happy if anyone wants to help me collect data on the lists effectiveness against field - but I theories that MonoU G1 (the critical game) is going to be MUCH smoother. Can someone remind me . . . what's the best format to test a deck's effectivenes...

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The last two decks posted are interesting. The last 2 weeks at FNM, I've found myself boarding in Chained to the Rocks and more burn for most of the matches, so, I was planning on making that my MB plan. Now I've got more choices.

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It's safe to assume that every comment I make is sarcastic.

I'm stuck in an infinite recursion with that statement.

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He was being sarcastic.

Oh, NOW you tell us . . . after I ripped up my cards. (Stupid people who don't use the sarcasm emoticons.)

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Spark Jolt doesn't help you kill bigger creatures like Loxodon Smiter, and that's a very big consideration. One damage is also much worse than two damage to the opponent, especially when recurring a Phoenix in the same turn to hit them for four total. Yeah, I don't plan on playing Spark Jolt . It w...

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If shock stops becoming decent removal in this meta and there isn't a 1 mana burn to replace it, this deck will fall apart. It's that important to the curve of the deck. Someone feel free to disagree. Interesting question. A LOT of what I hit with Shock is a x/1. (There are obvious exceptions.) It ...

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So I feel like shocks are terrible what could I play instead of shock? Shocks are 1 mana instants for combat tricks with Young Pyromancer and they rebuy chandra's phoenix, both of which are key synergies that make the deck function. Shock also lets Ash Zealot eat 4/4 blockers for breakfast. EDIT: Y...

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