Dies to Removal

BrainsickHater

For me it's: Detention sphere or Jace: Even if it only sticks for a turn or two, I'm happy Whip The usual fatties Master of waves I get the DtR argument but I like not having to clog my sideboard with situational answers. I get that you don't want situational answers in the board, but wear // tear ...

BrainsickHater

I think he found the synergy with Chandra's Phoenix way too cute and then he found a way to justify it.

Don't play Wild Guess.

BrainsickHater

Some people in this thread really like T/T, while others, including Z, do not. Personally, I hate Toil and Trouble. It's 3 mana, Sorcery speed, and not guaranteed to do a whole lot. The problem with FDS right now though is that there are more creatures clogging up the ground. That said, I ran FDS at...

BrainsickHater

I'm trying out Sideboarding Dictate and Eidolon of the Great Revel. Dictate is for MB and Eidolon is for control. I think Eidolon is fine because it's a dude that will almost always do 2 despite Blind Obedience, and he seems pretty stellar against the control decks boarding in ram, as they also tend...

BrainsickHater

I don't think I'll ever cut Chandra as long as I'm playing YP. The card is very good in a lot of matchups.

BrainsickHater

Actually, looking at the most recent control list on mtgtop8, it runs zero last breath and relies mostly on black removal. Their SB plan against burn seems to be around discard and playing creatures that cause us problems. I think Eidolon matches up pretty well against that plan.

BrainsickHater

It's interesting that we considered Eidolon against cheap aggro decks; I think he would really shine against control decks, despite the fact that he's most prone to removal in those matchups. I might try him out in the board against control as opposed to Trouble or FDS. I wish I could run FDS knowin...

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Just gonna post the list I'll be trying out and my thoughts behind it cuz why not [deck] 4 Young Pyromancer 4 Chandra's Phoenix 3 Chained to the Rocks 4 Shock 4 Magma Jet 4 Lightning Strike 4 Skullcrack 4 Boros Charm 4 Warleader's Helix 2 Searing Blood 4 Mutavault 4 Temple of Triumph 4 Sacred Foundr...

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@Rhyno: Would you be willing to trade any of them spicy dictate promos?

BrainsickHater

The ceiling on Eidolon is very high; it could be worth consideration. I just don't have the card and don't feel like it would be good enough to go pick them up and test them out. In other news, Harness by Force is the real deal. I was chumping a 10/10 and an 8/7 trample (playing vs dredge); Harness ...

BrainsickHater

How do people feel about Assemble the Legion nowadays? Against MB it was game over, but with BG more popular, has Assemble weakened enough to not warrant inclusion in the 75?

BrainsickHater

The junk matchup is winnable, we can grind them out pretty easily.
I actually think its really hard to grind them out.... discards, whips, vampires, enchantment hate and ghostdads means long drawn out games = death.

The last time I played the matchup was pre-Jou, so I might be out of date.

BrainsickHater

Yeah I played at a SCG IQ and I went on the Assemble/Chandra Plan. As soon as I dropped Assemble my opponent moaned.

BrainsickHater

The junk matchup is winnable, we can grind them out pretty easily.

BrainsickHater

@ Purp and Brainsick: My protege plays dredge, so I've actually played against it a lot (although he is a newer pilot). I also played against it between matches last week and didn't lose any. YP$ does a lot of work against them, and you have all your exile effects for problematic creatures. I don't...

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[quote=" Lightning_Dolt » Wed May 07, 2014 2:28 pm "]@ Purp and Brainsick: My protege plays dredge, so I've actually played against it a lot (although he is a newer pilot). I also played against it between matches last week and didn't lose any. YP$ does a lot of work against them, and you ...

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I find dredge to range from "That was easy" to "almost a bye" to be honest. I used to think the exact same thing. Then I played against a very updated dredge list that my friends were working on. It gets off the ground reasonably quickly, and overloads our reactive spells. They ...

BrainsickHater

I also am thinking flames of the firebrand are better than seering blood right now. Why you want to play wear//tear when you can just play additional basnishing light? Is our old favourite Viashino dead? Btw do you still go for no creatures plan vs black / bg? Or it isnt good when we dont have asse...

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Are people leaving 4 Chained to the Rocks between their main and SB while still playing Banishing Light? The way I've been treating BL is as a more expensive Chained with more flexibility. I can bring it in when I need another Chained or when I'm against control. I've been maintaining the numbers to...

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is deicide not an option?

I don't think Deicide is worth running unless the meta becomes very god-heavy. Wear//Tear costs less and is more flexible.

BrainsickHater

I think that if Wear // Tear becomes more prevalent in SBs (as seems to be the case), then Banishing Light ceases to become a consideration in the 75. I was considering swapping out my 1x CtR and 1x W/T for 2x Banishing Light; trading tempo for versatility. But if we play more enchantment removal, t...

BrainsickHater

Is the matchup against hexproof a time when Eidolon of the Great Revel might be good? Early Eidolon plus some instant-speed enchantment removal seems not bad.

BrainsickHater

So I'm god-awful at the control matchup. I have never won a single match against a UWx control deck. How do people play against control? What things specifically do you watch out for (besides leaving up skullcrack mana)?

BrainsickHater

Hey guys, I figured I'd make an account here because I've been playing Burn since about mid Theros and the most discussion seems to take place here. Recently I've made Top 8 in a Win a Case tournament and 2 1Ks, one of which was an SCG IQ and the other was a Super IQ. This is the list I ran most re...

BrainsickHater

Yeah when I board against MB I only board in one piece of removal. It feels much worse to be playing reactively against a deck that boards in discard against us than to be executing a game plan. My mandatory MB cards are +2 Chandra, +2 Assemble, +1 Mutavault, +1 Chained

BrainsickHater

I'm thinking about this SB actually: [deck] 2 Assemble the Legion 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 1 Mutavault 1 Chained to the Rocks 4 Mizzium Mortars 2 Blind Obedience 3 Ash Zealot [/deck] I prefer Ash Zealot against control because FSP. I could play 3 FDS instead, but I would need Boros Charm or 2 more toug...

BrainsickHater

I was thinking my plan against control would be to bring in 2x Assemble, 2x Chandra, 1x Mutavault, and 3x Creatures. Chandra and Assemble can grind out a game, and the creatures would just let me steal wins. As I type this, I realize that this is not a cohesive plan; the creatures conflict directly ...

BrainsickHater

So you bring in MM against UW Control? Just to hit Archangel/FSP? That's very interesting and I hadn't thought of that. However I have definitely considered playing a grindier game against control, as I feel that trying to rush them down plays to the strength of their cards.

BrainsickHater

We really don't need more than 8 cards sideboard vs any deck. There's generally not enough low impact cards to remove. That said, you already have 6 vs control. You could play glare but that strikes me as rather narrow if you know your meta game. Wear // Tear is not a card you want against control....

BrainsickHater

I think it's stupid to tell me not to worry about my Control SB package when I definitely am going to run some number of control cards and will definitely play against control. It is possible to worry about more than one thing at the same time.

BrainsickHater

I still definitely expect to play against control and MB.

BrainsickHater

I'm working on my SB for an IQ in Syracuse, whose meta is apparently 3/4 GR monsters. I'm running a pretty stock YP list, and here's my SB so far: [deck] 2 Assemble the Legion 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 1 Mutavault 1 Chained to the Rocks 4 Mizzium Mortars 2 Blind Obedience 3 Toil // Trouble [/deck] I can...

BrainsickHater

I'm working on my SB for an IQ in Syracuse, whose meta is apparently 3/4 GR monsters. I'm running a pretty stock YP list, and here's my SB so far: [deck] 2 Assemble the Legion 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 1 Mutavault 1 Chained to the Rocks 4 Mizzium Mortars 2 Blind Obedience 3 Toil // Trouble [/deck] I can...

BrainsickHater

I'm working on my SB for an IQ in Syracuse, whose meta is apparently 3/4 GR monsters. I'm running a pretty stock YP list, and here's my SB so far: [deck] 2 Assemble the Legion 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 1 Mutavault 1 Chained to the Rocks 4 Mizzium Mortars 2 Blind Obedience 3 Toil // Trouble [/deck] I can...

BrainsickHater

I don't have much of a clue what the paper meta is like and I'm trying to decide whether Peak Eruption is worth it in the SB at an event like a SCG IQ. I'm in NA if that matters.

BrainsickHater

All this talk about RR in the Jund matchup seems pretty silly. The Jund matchup is very good for us, as their manabase kills them half the time and they generally just get off the ground far too slowly. By the time they RR us we should only have a few cards in hand and so should they. They topdeck m...

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@Brianandstuff

Are you going to the Open Trial in Liverpool near Syracuse, NY?

BrainsickHater

Also, about SB in the MB matchup: My experience has always been with the green splash version, so keep that in mind when I suggest my approach to the matchup. Against MB I try and run them out of resources while making cards worth as much damage as possible. Hammer of Purphoros is obviously your bes...

BrainsickHater

So Prophetic Flamespeaker's been spoiled; I think it might be good out of the SB against control decks. Boros Reckoner is pretty lackluster in control matchups, but Flamespeaker is kill on sight or it takes over the game. We have Nykthos for mana to play all the cards exiled, and Hammer for haste to...

BrainsickHater

But, some powerful black cards are: Rakdos's Return, Rakdos Charm, Duress, Thoughtseize, Dreadbore, Erebos, God of the Dead, Mogis, God of Slaughter, Sin Collector, Blood Baron of Vizkopa, Dark Betrayal, Spike Jester. Not sure which are splashable or worthy of the splash, but like I said there are ...

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