Dies to Removal

Purp

Sanctimony vs Kor Firewalker?

Purp

Playing in a pptq next Saturday, finally bought guides. Is the green splash worth it? Should I play nacatl? Or just play rw to combat an aggro heavy/groxis meta

Purp

Atarka. Deck was fine, I never regretted the splash and command won me multiple games. Can't win em all.

Purp

Decided to drop because I value 4 hours of my time worth more than $60 profit. Deck was great thoiugh, just some bad beats

Purp

3-2 losing to a dragon lord dromoka, playing for top 16.

Purp

Sitting 3-1 as well, best two abzan and gb devotion. Lost to this crazy abzan return the ranks deck running hangar back walker, grave strength and that two drop from origins that gains life for each creature named the sam.

We have 9 rounds total

Purp

Good luck red bros

Purp

helps put g1s when you are on the draw a bit in your favor if you can drop it. i wanted another card for control decks as well. rabble just felt slow, i felt like i nevefr wanted to cast one on turn 3. outpost siege got replaced because i no longer liked it vs abzan, and i never felt comfortable cas...

Purp

List for Regionals [deck] 3 Zurgo 2 Lightning Berserker 4 Swiftspear 4 Abbot 3 Eidolon 3 Wild Slash 4 Searing Blood 4 Lightning Strike 4 Firecraft 4 Stoke 4 Command 1 Forest 2 Mana Confluence 3 Temple of Abandon 4 Wooded Foothills 11 Mountain SB 2 Arc Lightning 1 Twin Bolt 2 Hornet's Nest 4 Roast 2 ...

Purp

3-0 beating jeskai tokens

Purp

Must be looking at a different deck? Ultrapro is playing glory chaser and not tokens/fsd

Sitting 2-0 at fnm, beat ub Ali antrazi control and uw thopter control

Purp

Straight monk red, didn't see tokens or 3 drops. Abbot and eidolons + 1 drops + burn spells

Purp

My line of thinking was to stall as long as I could until I could clear his board. The idea of getting a spell out of his hand seemed right at the time. I'd rather him trigger towards on my end step than on a huge swing

Purp

Id cut an outpost siege for the 3rd roast. Looks good otherwise!

Purp

I wild slashed the mentor because my play was to draw protection spells out of his hands. I was on the stall with green hornets tokens so I didn't want him to be able to set up a lethal attack giving a mentor or seeker pro green. The announcers messed up a bit, there was a dice on the mentor tokens ...

Purp

I have a sneaking suspicion Mantis Rider might be popular this weekend, so idk if I'd want to cut a lightning strike. Although lightning strike is pretty poor vs gr devotion and the 4th wild slash would be better there as well as against mono red.

Purp

after watching the vod, i see how i misplay at the end vs control. oh well! gotta learn somehow

Purp

what do you think twin bolt, vs arc lightning, vs anger?

Purp

2-2 tonight beating gb elves and bant heroic (feature match - ill post VoD later) lost to UB Thopter Control (feature ill post VoD later) and atarka red Deck feels good. hornets nest was great vs heroic. UB control seems good, i lost late in game 3 due to some crazy mana confluence draws. Destructiv...

Purp

Good tips josh. Hopefully I can get some games against rally tonight at my store. Haven't seen you on here in a while, you going to be at the PT this year?

Purp

Did you ever have a turn 1 where your only 1 drop was a berserker? I could see it being a 2 zurgo /1 berserker split. How were the two dragon fodders? What was your SB strategies for the matchups? Looks like you don't even need to SB for jeskai (assuming you had what I posted) Nice job on the finish

Purp

How would you guys sb vs abzan rally?

Purp

I find that often if I am forced to cast a berserker on turn 1, chances are I will be able to kill their 2 drop

Purp

We have randomly tested it, it sure make mulling better. I think it will go into effect as well. However it doesn't influence my decision to mull 7 card hands. I pretty much mull every 1 land hand I don't care how many 1 drops it has.

Purp

[deck] Creatures (14) 1 Zurgo Bellstriker 2 Lightning Berserker 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Abbot of Keral Keep 3 Goblin Rabblemaster Spells (25) 3 Wild Slash 2 Dragon Fodder 4 Atarka's Command 4 Lightning Strike 4 Searing Blood 4 Exquisite Firecraft 4 Stoke the Flames Lands (21) 1 Forest 2 Mana Conflu...

Purp

You guys are crazy for running more than 2 confluences I think you shod keep 4 abbot. It's honestLy such a powerful turn two play that most of the time I don't care what gets exiled. I find myself jamming it on three a lot in hopes to hit a land, if I do I can dash in a berserker which feels so good...

Purp

looking forward to hearing your testing results dpaine.

Purp

Can't imagine Dasher is A better 2 drop than Eidolon

Purp

My list from the old thread. Been testing fine. [deck] 4 swiftspear 3 lightning berserker 2 zurgo 4 abbot 2 flamewake 2 dragon fodder 4 stoke 4 firecraft 4 command 4 lightning strike 3 searing blood 3 wild slash 12 mountain 4 foothills 2 mana confluence 2 temple 1 forst [/deck] Command is the nuts, ...

Purp

MDU, I have played close to 150 games with Abbot now, and the reward is often worth the risk. I have no issues running him out on t2 just to setup a big t3 atarks command attack, Granted I am playing a less token oriented build and one with more 1-drops. If you play him on t5, you can cast stoke off...

Purp

Really glad to be discussing burn with you again. This is not a burn deck, this is atarka red from the past two seasons that cut a 1 drop and become immense and added a burn spell. Control is on the rise, and this deck gets pushed out due to the tokens, then a bigger red deck comes along. Cycle con...

Purp

something like

[deck]
4 swiftspear
3 berserker
2 zurgo
4 abbot
2 dragon fodder
2 pia and kiran

4 stoke
4 firecraft
4 command
4 lightning strike
3 searing blood
3 wild slash

12 mountain
4 foothills
2 mana confluence
2 temple
1 forst
[/deck]

maybe the 2 pias could flamewake

Purp

Played the red green list above to a 2-2 finish tonight. Deck was great in a lot of spots. Some thoughts: Chandra (like real bad) and hordeling outburst are bad right now. Ok well outburst isn't "bad" it just doesn't do much vs the popular decks. Atarkas command was just great. Pia was als...

Purp

Control decks arn't fading, they are typically less prevalent in the beginning of the format. It took a month for esper Dragons to come about and then it literally dominated.

Purp

fyi - standard gods out of japan got posted: http://www.hareruyamtg.com/article/category/detail/1414 http://www.hareruyamtg.com/article/category/detail/1417 it was won by goblins i believe. interesting red/green burn deck (top 16) [deck] 12 mountain 1 forest 4 wooded foot hills 4 temple of abandon 4...

Purp

finished 2-2. Beat Esper and GW elves. Lost to UB (he sides in 10 cards, murklurker is tough) and Mono Red, hall of triupmh is good with all his tokens. Played LPs list with this SB [deck] 3 Eidolon 3 Firedancer 4 Roast 3 Outpost Siege 2 Scouring Sands [/deck] Deck runs fine. Titan's Str wasn't terr...

Purp

Sitting 2-0, I really want the 22nd land. Seen to many 1 landers, and not hitting a turn 3 land as much as I'd like.

Purp

What don't you like about the SB purp?

I dislike having 6 weak cards vs control, and only 3 cards to bring in. UB players at my store have 8-10 cards for the matchup.

Purp

I think we all agree rabble master is the best 3 drop, but I don't think he's best for the burn heavy build we are looking to brew here. It's possible We put him in just because he is the nuts. I have not tested new Chandra because I just can't think of a matchup where her presence increases my win %

Purp

I don't put much stock in His lists, they are certainly untuned. Sometimes he just jams four-ofs into the deck. Granted that list is pretty stock... Scab clan is bad in the current meta imo.

I really want new Chandra to be good, but I really can't think of a match up she would excel in

Search found 1876 matches