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Being testing a lot of the mono black vampire deck. Realised that the bad cards were the vampires, and that the control shell was really good. This leads me to: [deck] 3 Obzedat, Ghost Council 3 Staff of Nin 2 Curse of Death's Hold 4 Lingering Souls 4 Mutilate 1 Oblivion Ring 1 Sever the Bloodline ...

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One other thing that deck made me realize is that I left out an analysis of Huntmaster of the Fells. I can't believe I did that! He's actually worthy of maindeck consideration in my deck, but I think that is dependent on how much aggro you see in your meta.

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It's a decent list, but it's a completely different approach to what I'm trying to do with this variant. I'm trying to build something more resistant to removal, sweepers, and control. The above deck is still mostly aggro and would not perform well against a deck like UWr flash which is exactly the ...

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I prefer Cremate in my deck for the cantrip. I want to be cycling through my deck as much as possible to get more answers. Your deck is more dedicated control than mine, but most of the time I end up playing control anyway if I don't have a Delver start. I like Undying Evil in your deck. That's grea...

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Random thought of the day:

I want to play hatebears, so that every time my opponent does something, I can say "Hatebear don't care."

If you're going to pick that line up you might as well rename the deck the Honey Badger.

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In all seriousnes I am an editor at Starcity and an "extreme couponer." Redthirst is almost right though, I had a lot of money saved up from being Prince Eric so I am mostly just taking it easy right now. My mom had really severe rheumatoid arthritis and is wheelchair bound, so I kind of ...

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It's not mandatory, but it helps to have something to do with the extra time and testosterone. I guess that's true. I didn't realize how involved this thing was, I just thought we weren't jerking it. Granted I am both in shape and not jerking it, but then again I work from home so all I do all day ...

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Week 2 of weightlifting begins for me today. I did my first day on Wednesday, March 27th to see where I was since I hadn't lifted in three years. I was in pain for the next four days! So I'm really counting the following Monday as my first day. My body has already reacclimated itself to the rigors o...

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Brimstone Volley just doesn't fit though. You only pack that in red decks that need the reach. This deck already has plenty of that. It'd be superfluous.

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At first I was trying to avoid Rancor and simply concede the early game as this deck doesn't have the kind of speed that most Rancor-based decks have. That said, it does have some potentially speedy openings so Rancor might be a consideration. I would not drop Deadbridge to less than three though. D...

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I wrote a temporary primer on a green-heavy Gruul list I've been working on. I'd appreciate any critique:

http://community.ist.utl.pt/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=696

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With the rise in popularity of midrange and control strategies, Red-based sligh decks have become less effective in the meta than they were pre-GTC. UWr flash, Esper control, Bant and Naya midrange, and other popular decks are packing many maindeck answers to the strategies red aggro decks employ, n...

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If you're running Resto Angel I see no reason why Wolfir Silverheart shouldn't be Thragtusk instead.

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@Kaze: If you want the ability to build any given color deck at any given time, the best thing to do is buy new lands as soon as they come out. If you'll notice, the prices for every dual land in recent years have risen over time rather than falling (With the exception of the core lands, which were...

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What about this? [deck] Creatures (29) 4 Experiment One 4 Young Wolf 4 Strangleroot Geist 4 Flinthoof Boar 3 Borderland Ranger 3 Pyreheart Wolf 3 Hound of Griselbrand 4 Deadbridge Goliath Spells (7) 4 Searing Spear 3 Mizzium Mortars Lands (24) 3 Kessig Wolf Run 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Crag 3 ...

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What about this? [deck] Creatures (29) 4 Experiment One 4 Young Wolf 4 Strangleroot Geist 4 Flinthoof Boar 3 Borderland Ranger 3 Pyreheart Wolf 3 Hound of Griselbrand 4 Deadbridge Goliath Spells (7) 4 Searing Spear 3 Mizzium Mortars Lands (24) 3 Kessig Wolf Run 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Crag 3 M...

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Re: Mono Black Vampires. It is a VERY good list. I played it in the Standard Premier on Saturday and I won the match by the skin of my teeth. It does some pretty nasty things. I tested All-In Red last night and did not like it one bit. I played six matches and won one. It could have been bad luck b...

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Re: Mono Black Vampires. It is a VERY good list. I played it in the Standard Premier on Saturday and I won the match by the skin of my teeth. It does some pretty nasty things. I tested All-In Red last night and did not like it one bit. I played six matches and won one. It could have been bad luck bu...

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It scares me that this deck STILL has problems against UWR flash. Is there any red deck we can play that ISN'T weak to this brainless deck? Are there any improvements we can make here to beat this deck silly?

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If it weren't for Burning-Tree Emissary decks being in the format, Junk reanimator would stop being so god damned strong. As it stands right now, you have to try and board super sporadically because of the "stupid fast" deck and the "slow and steady" deck both being abundant. Th...

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That being said, I'm all for BTE getting shit on. I'm tired of playing games where looped Angel of Serenity is the win condition. SO much this. Ah, so, what's Thundermaw Hellkite going for nowadays? I was thinking of picking up a pair. Is it still worth it? If anyone has a pair they'd like to let g...

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Happy to hear of your recent happenings, Z. I'm streaming again tonight. Standard Premier Event. Come watch me be bad at this game. http://www.twitch.tv/valdarith I've tried to, but twitch just kept freezing on me : I'll watch the video tomorrow, for now I'm gonna get some sleep. Thanks. I could us...

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Ever have one of those nights where everyone nut draws on you and you flood out all the time and mulligan over half your games?

Yeah, that's me tonight. 2-3 drop.

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Happy to hear of your recent happenings, Z. I'm streaming again tonight. Standard Premier Event. Come watch me be bad at this game. http://www.twitch.tv/valdarith I've tried to, but twitch just kept freezing on me : I'll watch the video tomorrow, for now I'm gonna get some sleep. Thanks. I could us...

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if he blood rushed a GCR over a reckoner he should have only taken 3 damage...

Yep. Oooooooooh you cheated!!!

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Happy to hear of your recent happenings, Z.

I'm streaming again tonight. Standard Premier Event. Come watch me be bad at this game.

http://www.twitch.tv/valdarith

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Hay guise I'm streaming. Come watch me be bad at this game: http://www.twitch.tv/valdarith "Oh... I win... WTF am I thinking?" I love it when things like this happen XD Yeah, I was literally facepalming myself after that. I blame tiredness and a tendency to overthink at times. It's like t...

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2-0 after going 2-0 against UWR midrange. Hooray!

Why is my stream not showing up under MTGO on Twitch?

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Hay guise I'm streaming. Come watch me be bad at this game:

http://www.twitch.tv/valdarith

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Since I couldn't go to FNM tonight (both LGSs hosting Modern) I am on MTGO. Valdarith is the name, winning is my game. Just joined my first ever 8-man and won the first match with ease. Wish me luck!

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Yes, that is what I mean. You typically bloodrush the blocked creature to kill the blocker and get damage through while keeping your creature in the process.

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I'm fully on the Stonewright train in RDW mono-red. Especially lists with 20+ land. I'm on the fence leaning away from Stonewright in Gruul sligh. Argument being that a bloodrushed Ghor-Clan Rampager offers 4/4 and trample for RG while Stonewright would cost RRRR for 4/0 and no trample. Sure, but b...

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I countered an opponent's Farseek with Dimir Charm on turn two yesterday just because I could. FEELSGOODMAN. On another note, there are two LGSs in my area. Both are hosting Modern tonight. This is the one night I'm actually able to attend FNM and I can't even play because I don't have a Modern deck...

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So I played eight games between Bant midrange and Dimir mill, neither of which I would call indicative of the meta, but the Bant deck was certainly FNM top 4 quality. Some observations: 1) I found Tragic Slip to be pretty awkward. Usually I'm a fan of this card but in the case of this deck it really...

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If you don't find Loyalist to be especially useful, try out Foundry Street Denizen - if you're looking to kill the opponent by turn 4, it's basically a 2.5/1 for :symr:. I'm going to try running him over cackler, legion loyalist seems like he's another important card for the deck. I wouldn't feel c...

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Yeah, I don't know how I feel about Stonewright on a 19-land build. Seems counterproductive, and I'm a huge Stonewright proponent. Maybe at 20 I'd throw in a couple. I agree that Reckoner may not be where this deck wants to be, especially with all the removal being played to work around him now. Wor...

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I had a thought last night, clansmen (I know, run for your lives!). Zeman mentioned the Dega Midrange deck he had proposed a while back, and I found myself digging through the clan thread looking for the decklist. What do you guys think of having a clearinghouse thread for proposed decks, along the...

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Dodger, did you ever consider that you might just be really really

really really really

really really

really gay?

Checkmate.

...aaaaaand boom goes the dynamite.

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I forgot to post this story from last Friday. Someone was teasing me about playing red and my retort was that red "was the thinking man's color." They snickered and explained that the best way to introduce someone to Magic is to let them play red because it's so easy. I had to explain that...

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