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BrainsickHater

Neither does Reckoner. Reckoner wasn't great before because he wasn't an effective stumbling block to the large ground creatures from monsters decks on his own. Reckoner doesn't matter all that much when you're opponent just has 3 other beaters waiting in the wings. With Banishing Light and Reprisal...

BrainsickHater

Bringing Reckoner in against MU seems questionable since they run domestication, but it's unlikely they would board that card in unless they saw some significant creatures.

That said, if I board in Flamespeaker (which I plan on doing) I should board in Reckoner.

BrainsickHater

Question for those running Shota/Z's updated lists: Vs Monsters: Are you preferring the 4 Reckoner, 1 Reprisal, 2 Mortars plan as opposed to siding into a set of 4 mortars. Vs Mono U (I have not played this in a little while) Are you prefering the flamespeaker + banishing light plan, as opposed to ...

BrainsickHater

But most of the time I think it's still better.

EDIT: I think Eidolon is still better most of the time, that is.

BrainsickHater

What's the thinking between 2/2 eidolon t/t? Id think that eidolon is most of the time better in the matchups where you want those cards?

Yeah I basically cut Toil // Trouble for Eidolon in the side once I figured out they were good in the same places.

BrainsickHater

But I can recall some times when I 0'ed and I should have +1'ed. I think I'm way too adverse to risk of any kind, and 0'ing Chandra feels safer to me because if I lose her afterwards I feel like I got value. I do the same thing when deciding between plays that involving shocking myself or not; I'm m...

BrainsickHater

I think that it's oftentimes fine to 0 in the same situations that you would +1, although +1'ing certainly seems like the better option to me. However, I feel very uncomfortable ticking up Chandra unless it's my current plan for victory or I'm REALLY stabilized. If I'm low on cards, or my board is p...

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[quote="[url=http://diestoremoval.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=238693#p238693:64ssu919]Purp » Mon Jun 23, 2014 4:37 pm[/url:64ssu919]":64ssu919]Some brewing(IQ in 2 weeks): [deck]4 Chandra's Pheonix 4 YP$ 4 Shock 4 Skullcrack 4 Boros Charm 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 4 WLH 1 Mizzium Morta...

BrainsickHater

Sounds like the guy was just 0'ing chandra repeatedly instead of ticking her up? IDK about that... Like vs white weenies he said chandra drew him 3 lands in a row while his opponent rebuilt his board... why not go for the ultimate? I pretty much always go for the -7 unless I'm desperately digging f...

BrainsickHater

Holy crap the most recent /r/spikes thread about burn is full of insanity. Even more than usual.

O my lord it's painful. I can feel the cancer.

BrainsickHater

You'd also have 1-2 elemental tokens depending on how you played it. The key reason your line of play was bad was you denied yourself that wide open opportunity. I fully get that you were trying to waste cards in hand and a favorable board state just to force Chandra down. And what we're trying to ...

BrainsickHater

Really excited to try out Flamespeaker next week (borrowing them so I won't have them til Sunday). Just hope they don't die to removal(tm) every single time.

Lol, don't get your hopes up

BrainsickHater

Yeah that seems a lot better. It's odd how adverse to shocking I am in certain matchups. I should take that into consideration when I play in the future.

BrainsickHater

Since the guy has zero cards in hand I would just play scry and Phoenix to block. I can't think of anything he could draw that would kill you, and then you have Helix into Chandra.

BrainsickHater

Speaking of Ram, have most of you guys tested it and dropped it? I currently have between 2 and 3 in my board for Burn and RDW. It hasn't met my expectations but my expectations have been "Play on T2 and win automatically if it stays." I really would like 3-4 cards to sure up the mirror m...

BrainsickHater

@amcfvieira I think both are things to worry about when you drop to 11 mountains.

BrainsickHater

I was reading Zem's r/spikes AMA and I realized something about the way I've been building my sideboard. The Shouta list that Zem played to great success is a very grindy list. I think we're all familiar with adapting to play a grindier control game against creature decks, but it never dawned on me ...

BrainsickHater

Just to clarify, Zem, you played Shouta's list this past weekend? Also, you said you wish you had a 4th flamespeaker. Could you elaborate a little? Do you wish you had a fourth for the aggro matchups or for the MBC matchup, or both? Was flamespeaker eating removal just not really that bad, or did it...

BrainsickHater

It hurts, but it doesn't end the game. And that's even if they draw it. I think people get really scared of any lifegain, but some is beatable.

Sometimes the Philosophy of Fire isn't even the way we want to go during a game, so them gaining 4 life can sometimes just be irrelevant.

BrainsickHater

Nylea's Dsiciple isn't that awful. The most I've had it trigger for against me is 4, which yes, is a card, but I've won many of the games I've seen Disciple on the other side of the table and I had no skullcrack in hand.

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@Rhyno

I would probably board FDS in against MB on the play, but not on the draw. I would board T/T or EotGR in on both the play and the draw. The latter cards just seem more flexible to me, especially Eidolon, and flexibility is something I value greatly in my SB.

BrainsickHater

Yeah MDU pretty much hit the nail on the head as far as how things on this forum go. Typically people respect questions when someone makes a clear effort to answer them on their own first. You also learn much better this way.

BrainsickHater

FDS is probably the best SB card against control decks, but you can't really bring it in against anything else, so I try to avoid running it when I can play T/T or EotGR. Both of them I don't mind bringing in against Bx decks. Chandra is definitely poor at adding the extra damage before she dies, bu...

BrainsickHater

Once again, I seriously appreciate the replies, guys. Probably gonna get the cards for this deck on MTGO so I can get more practice with it. I love this deck/archetype. Alright, new EotGR list: [deck] Creatures (8) 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel Instant (26) 4 Boros Charm 4 Lightn...

BrainsickHater

When playing YP$ lists, matches where I've brought her in: - Bx Devotion - UWx control - GRx Monsters - Ux Devotion - Small Aggro Matches up I don't bring her in for: - Dredge - Junk Constellation In all the matchups I board Chandra in for, she pretty much does the same thing: Generate card advantag...

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@dauntless: I suppose it's because of Eidolon. I don't have a great answer for that question other than that I'd rather get more bang out of a card than what Shock gives me. You make a good point about using it early against aggro - I was playing it wrong (saving it for later). I forgot to add Chai...

BrainsickHater

@Josahty 1) Some people like Eidolon, some like YP. I prefer Eidolon when I'm going into a known meta and I know the card is well-positioned; in those situations the card gives a lot of free wins. YP$ might not directly burn your opponent down, but it does add damage, and it gives you all the board ...

BrainsickHater

Yeah Keening was solid; not amazing, but solid.

I'm currently running a 1/1 split of Keening and Wear // Tear so that I'm less reactive against control but still have the actual disenchant for the situations I need it.

BrainsickHater

Yeah disenchant effects are really good against control. Sometimes they'll DSphere your Phoenix and you'll just Wear it end of their turn. Other times you'll just take out a Ram immediately. They almost always have something you can hit.

BrainsickHater

I played a one-of Blind Obedience at SCG Prov and I liked it a lot. It's a great tool in the mirror that isn't as narrow as Peak Eruption. It's also good against the BW Midrange deck, which has gotten more polular

BrainsickHater

This deck is SUPER grindy, so Chandra is probably pretty good. She draws a card every turn, which is good when the game is going long, but because of the nature of the draw, it also ends the game quickly if the opponent has little action. Her +1 also synergizes with a lot of your spells (Ral Zarek a...

BrainsickHater

Thanks a lot for all the posts guys, they've been really helpful and helped me regain focus on what really matters in the deck. Sometimes I think I get so caught up in having exactly the right cards and trying different strategies that I lose sight of what I'm really trying to do when I play burn. M...

BrainsickHater

I guess it's reasonable to say that Burn matches up well against Bx's plan, but the raw power of Bx decks makes it tough to beat them if we don't have the answer immediately, and their discard makes having that especially tough. All too often it feels like I'm just praying to my deck. Also, I don't ...

BrainsickHater

How does Burn consistently beat Bx decks? I don't think there is a pat answer to this. I actually think - given competent play - both matchups are fairly even and draw dependent. I think there are a few people who who say, CRUSH Bx but I think they are just better players. I am not that good but I ...

BrainsickHater

Also, I think I realized why Wild Guess was being run in the SCG Top 8 burn lists. Shock is not at its best in an Eidolon list, especially against Mono-Black, and Wild Guess provides some resiliency against discard and is a reasonable topdeck in the late game. It makes sense when playing against Mon...

BrainsickHater

Also am considering one Chandra in the maindeck of a YP$ list. I find that I want the card in almost every matchup.

BrainsickHater

New list that I'm going to be trying out: [deck] Creatures 4 Young Pyromancer 4 Chandra's Phoenix Other Spells 4 Chained to the Rocks 1 Chandra, Pyromaster 4 Boros Charm 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 4 Skullcrack 4 Warleader's Helix 4 Shock Lands 2 Boros Guildgate 4 Temple of Triumph 4 Sacred Found...

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Went 6-4 at SCG Open Providence this past weekend. I'm kind of disappointed, but it's the first reasonably large event I've ever attended, it was a great time, and I feel like I learned a lot over the weekend. Here's the list I ran: [deck] Creatures 4 Young Pyromancer 4 Chandra's Phoenix Other Spell...

BrainsickHater

Damn ended up 6-4 at SCG Open, was 6-3 but mulled to a bad 5 against MBD/ 2 duress game 3 round 10.... :( Maindeck felt AWESOME with 4 Chains/1 Mortors. Beat these decks: B/g Devotion Mirror Mirror Junk Hexproof Jund Monsters 4-color control Lost to: R/G monsters Esper Mono Black Devotion Naya Hexp...

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