Dies to Removal

Oh, so I never drew my flex slot when I boarded it in. I think I just want another Mortars for now. Mostly because it hits Blood Baron, so I'd rather make something a 3-of than have a one-of I might never draw.

I didn't bother taking notes last night, but: Round 1: UB Control, 2-0 (game 2 his Ashiok absorbed 10 points of damage. looking back, I maybe could have ignored it) Round 2: Maze's End 2-1 (he gained 35 life total game 1, I lost. drew a Skullcrack games 2 and 3 to negate his Saruli Gatekeepers. so g...

Wait I have a really dumb or really good idea. ... Blind Obedience. Obzedat can't blink (well he can, but...), helps against Mono-Blue a bit, even comes in handy in fringe cases with the artifact part ([edit] nvm Whip is useless anyway!, UW Trading Post, etc.). Can be sided in against the aggro/midr...

In other news, I want to run with Instincts but it messes with my usual SB plan for midrange (-4 Satyr +2 Chained/Mortars, -4 Shock +4 Reckoner) since I don't know what other two cards to cut. Control wouldn't mind two extra cards though (-2 Chained -2 Shock +2 Hammer +2 Charm). I might run Skullcra...

Nope, 1W.

It also hits Cackler and Reckoner though (the latter of which I do side in against some GW/BGW midrange decks).

Oh fuck me it's a sorcery. Well never mind that then. I'm dumb.

I kind of want to try out -1 Chained +2 Instinct and open up another flex slot. Especially if I'm not expecting much midrange (also if most of the midrange decks are running Obzedat and such anyway). I really like Instinct. Maybe a Wear/Tear and another Charm (or a one-of Skullcrack). Crack works be...

We have 4 slots for control (Charm/Hammer), 6-8 against the already favorable aggro matchup (Reckoner, Mortars, Chained against Eruption-less decks), and 8 for midrange (Reckoner, Mortars, Chained). I feel like this deck can almost always win against control if played right, usually wins the aggro m...

Thanks for the great report inflatablepie. Reading that reinforces to me how difficult a lot of the decisions are with this deck; in the three weeks I've been playing I swear my win % has improved every week as I've got more comfortable. So keep up the good work! Looks like you had a pretty good gr...

I saw the dumbest goddamn thing at my LGS last night. Walked by in the middle of a match between a BUG Midrange deck I beat last week, and a UG deck. Player 1 (BUG) had a Reaper of the Wilds. And a Progenitor Mimic copying it. And another Mimic copying the first one (so, it spawns two tokens). Playe...

Went to Wednesday Night Magic yesterday. Was going to make a last-minute decision to run PyroBoros and forgot I left my shocks at home. Whoops. I actually took notes this time too, so yay. Here's a quick tourney report: MD: 21 Mountain/2 Muta, 3 Chandra, 2 A-Fires, plus the usual SB: 4 Reckoner, 4 M...

I never considered playing Magma Jet on my upkeep to hit a land drop. Value thread is valuable. I actually didn't think of doing this until I watched a SCG deck tech/match with RDW vs Naya Midrange. It nabbed me a few wins last Friday (usually Jetting at 3 lands to hit my fourth and either dropping...

For those of us unable to switch to PyroBoros, but want some number of Peak Eruption in the SB, what would you recommend dropping?

Current SB: 4x Reckoner, 4x Mortars, 2x Traitorous Instinct, 2x Skullcrack, 2x Hammer, 1x Flex (currently foil Stomp)

Maybe drop the flex slot, one Mortars, one Hammer?

I think vs MoW, Skullcrack+Hammer is a nice package to bring in. I'd drop Satyrs for sure for Mortars, then maybe some number of burn? 2 A-Fire/1 Shock/1 Strike maybe? Probably drop Fires for Hammer for sure. I'd need to look at the common decklists for the archetype (since I'm betting some versions...

Oh, I might remove my precious foil Seismic Stomp for a Smelt or maybe another 'crack. Lifegain seems annoying, especially Whip. And I saw a ton of those tonight. I drew both Instinct in the Jund matchup, never drew my Stomp. :( I also saw a ton of MoW decks, so maybe just another 'crack is fine. Du...

Went 3-2, sadly. Was able to trade a Thassa for a 'vault (bought some of her at 10, she's at 16ish now, didn't mind losing a few bucks) and a Murderbore+BG-shock for the phoenixes (bought the shock, so really I paid $10 for the phoenixes). So I got everything expensive sans Chandras through trades a...

Speaking of Master, how does this deck deal with him? I assume just keep them off devotion and trade tokens-for-tokens + fly over with Phoenix. Should Mortars be sided in against the deck if we're expecting Weirds or is that a trap? It kills things like Specter but doesn't go to the dome so Jace mig...

I'm on the 2 traitourous instinct, 1 foil seismic stomp plan. On his cell phone, out of boredom, t'was a real slow night at work Thinking about Magic, "That new Chandra's such a jerk. One week she was 10.50, now she's tripled up in price! Z got his set for 36, heh, wouldn't that be nice?"...

Claustrophobia could work better than Agoraphobia if you're worried about them having a blocker.

@ Jurrik; running a hammer in place of the third Chandra is fine. Quick questions since I'm too lazy to skim the thread and judge for myself: if you were to run a Hammer over a Chandra, should you only run one in the SB or still two? And what should the one-of in the board be if you choose the form...

I was considering switching to Devotion Red for Game Day if my current UR deck plans don't work out. And then Chandra jumped by $10 overnight. Dargons are cheaper but not by much. ;_; The budget version still looks good, though. I'll run that if my store hasn't run out of Phoenixes (or I can order o...

oh, two more things: - 3x Mutavault - no no no. Go down to 2. You do not want to keep or mull into a hand that looks like: Mutavault, Mutavault, Basic, Weird, Phoenix, non-land or something. 2 should still be decent. - 4x Izzet Guildgate - for a deck that wants to run out threats on turns 2/3 and pr...

To me it reads "draw 4 discard 3" so its 5mana to get 1 ca? Yeah the filter is nice but I think izzet charm is just so much better izzet charm's filter-mode is draw 2 discard 3 then, y'know. I really like V's list, actually. not sure how viable it is, but it looks fun. I do have a few twe...

I think quicken is better than steam augury here. Besides the utility of quicken anger of the gods, its an early cantrip to start hitting your land draws in a way that steam augury doesnt. I dont think you ever want to cast steam augury over Jace, AoT, for example. also -3 lightning strike +2 magma...

went 2:2:drop tonight. made some last minute changes: since I was at $17.50 for singles and if you buy $20 they waive the $5 entry, I figured I'd grab a Swan Song and another Jet ($2/$1) and try it like that. dropped the Rapid Hybridization for a Swan Song, boarded the RH over the Ratchet Bomb, and ...

Going to FNM and running UR control. My FNM's usually fairly competetive, or so I thought before rotation. Saw a lot of simple, cheap mono-red aggro last week, hopefully with mono red having a good showing at last weekend's SCG Open, there'll still be plenty this week. I think this deck is poised pr...

might have a potential new member whos always been a solid brewer and magic player there's no way you mean me. so I've tossed together a white weenie deck for the time being (it's fun to play for 2-3 rounds before drafts start), but I'm wanting to test out a few more decks in the upcoming weeks and...