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Note: said player also had Sentinel of the Eternal Watch and Archangel of Tithes which he of course cast both games.

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That moment when you lose to the guy playing Akroan Jailer and two Bonded Constructs in his BW deck.

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Yeah, when the deck has it, it has it. Bloom needs a ban. If you're on the draw there's nothing you can really do except lead with Ghost Quarter or a one-mana artifact kill spell.

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I am considering going down to two Kiki also. Three is nice sometimes but having two in your opener is really awkward. This would allow me to cut Bell-Ringer altogether and fit in a fourth Finks which I have been most impressed with. The last slot could be the fourth Humble Defector again.

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I've played with Mardu Ascendancy. Hordeling Outburst was much better.

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Regarding the black splash:

There are a lot more reasons to splash black than Thoughtseize and Inquisition. Terminate, Kolaghan's Command, Sin Collector, Tidehollow Sculler, Pack Rat, etc are all fantastic. Just don't splash black only for the discard.

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Went 2-2 in the daily. 2-1 vs Jund 2-1 vs Grixis Twin 0-2 vs Jund 0-2 vs Grixis Twin Worth was VERY unkind to me in the last two matches, forcing me to mull to five in two of the games with me failing to find a second land the entire game. The other two games saw me extremely flooded. I've never act...

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Bad cards.

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I may just leave in the Stony Silences for Tron and Affinity. I'll probably need them more for the former, so having them for the latter will just be a bonus. Two Pyroclasm alongside two Forked Bolt may be overkill. I know I'm close when I'm doing trade studies between just a couple of sideboard car...

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I also side out one Kiki sometimes so that hurts the average a little.

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I'd say one out of every three of my game wins are from the combo.

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I was mainly replying to your "strictly" statement, which was clearly incorrect usage. I guess it's my MTG trigger word.

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2-0 vs Affinity
2-1 vs Mono Green Beatdown

This is probably the most fun I've ever had playing a deck.

I may not even need Stony Silence for Affinity. Forked Bolt and Pyroclasm are already such a beating. I could probably get away with running a second Spellskite.

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Harbringer is a strict upgrade to stratusD. No it isn't. The two cards serve two completely different purposes. It may very well end up being better than Stratus Dancer though, especially in a deck with Ojutai's Command. "Strict" is a word that gets thrown around far too often with incorr...

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You're going to need to make a much more compelling argument for splashing black than only playing those cards.

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Only drawback to Javelineer is no haste. Feels bad on the draw vs Bird or Heirarch.

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Okay, I read your comment wrong (replaced THAT with THE in my mind while reading). Nevertheless, my comment stands. Against Jund I've enjoyed Forked Bolt on Confidant. I prefer saving my Lightning Bolts when I can for Scavenging Ooze or Olivia, and Forked Bolt also deals with the good half of Huntma...

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I've found the opposite to be true. Forked Bolt has been MONEY for me. I've been playing a lot of CoCo decks that run 8 mana dorks and having 7 spells to deal with them on turn one has been winning me games.

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Why is no one playing Blade Splicer?

Would rather play Kitchen Finks.

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Whore.

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[deck] Creatures (25) 4 wall of omens 3 humble defector 3 thalia, guardian of thraben 4 flickerwisp 1 village bell-ringer 3 kitchen finks 4 restoration angel 3 kiki-jiki, mirror breaker Spells (11) 3 forked bolt 4 lightning bolt 4 path to exile Lands (24) 2 sunhome, fortress of the legion 2 ghost qu...

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Unfortunately I think Kor Firewalker may be a necessity in the board. The Burn matchup would have been very tough without it. I don't think Rending Volley is necessary. Path is probably enough. Two Wear / Tear is probably too many. Considering cutting one for Vandalblast. Can't think of many enchant...

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2-1 vs Burn
2-1 vs CoCo Twin (http://www.starcitygames.com/article/31 ... -Twin.html)

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We're only nine posts away from 60k.

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I don't understand Goblin Rabblemaster in these list since you don't have many removals to clear a path and you don't have many cheap creatures to eat up opposing removals so wouldn't that slot be best served with additional fliers, burns, counters or removals? Stoke, Lightning Strike, Valorous Sta...

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I can honestly say I've never lost to it playing Burn, but maybe all my opponents are really bad or my 75 is always better than everyone elses. I tend to run a lot more Searing effects than everyone else.

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I tried a combo focused version of boros with 4 twin and 4 village bell ringer plus the usual cards (angels, walls, splicers, kiki). I don't know if the more midrange oriented approach with just kiki combo is better, but what i know is that two copies of heliod's pilgrim were all stars in my deck. ...

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Two Swiftspear easily.

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Soul Sisters is actually favorable for burn if you've built your 75 correctly. I don't know why you'd need fancy tech for it.

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Some things I have to consider when constructing the sideboard: 1) Do I need dedicated Burn hate beyond the Finks in the 75? Kor Firewalker is very narrow. I need to think of a board plan for this matchup. Defector definitely comes out here. Everything else is decent. Bring in fourth Finks and three...

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I'm not sure about Pithing Needle. What are you naming with it? It seems most relevant vs Griselshoal and Affinity but beyond that I don't see many matchups where I want the effect. I'm trying to decide between running Relic of Progenitus or Rest in Peace in my board. I'd be boarding these in vs Gri...

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I've been convicted of being too sexy. Is that a sex crime?

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It's not the worst if you miss your land drops for a couple of turns either. Fetch, cast Lavaman. Spike or suspend Rift Bolt and attack, then you have food for Lavaman next turn.

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I think playing Burn prices you into keeping hands like that in game one.

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Another interesting interaction I didn't think about: if you male a copy of Humble Defector with Kiki and donate it, your opponent doesn't sac the copy EOT. I had three Defectors and a Kiki on the field in one game against Bloom Titan facing lethal next turn. Hadn't seen Resto or Bell-ringer all gam...

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My record since v2.0: 2-0 vs Jund 2-0 vs Jund 2-0 vs Mardu aggro (not tier 1 :D) 2-0 vs Merfolk 2-0 vs Soul Sisters 2-0 vs Bloom Titan 2-0 vs Bloom Titan 2-1 vs Bloom Titan 2-1 vs WG Taxes feat. Wilt-Leaf Liege Need to test vs Grixis, Twin, Burn, Tron, and Affinity before I can call the deck a succe...

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Mull to 6 all three games against Bloom Titan, forget to flicker bouncelands with Flickerwisp, win anyway.

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So I'm an idiot and didn't even think about using Flickerwisp to flicker the bouncelands.

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Interesting tidbit: Leyline of Sanctity shuts down Humble Defector.

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Just made Bloom Titan my bitch. Thanks Thalia!

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