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How few Blood Crypt do you think we can get away with? I think easily -1 Blood Crypt. It showed up more than I needed it, fairly consistency. (Only 7 matches total though, so small sample). I was never at a lack for black. 24 lands meant I was scrying a lot of lands to the bottom, and ended a numbe...

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How's the manabase feel? I am pretty proud of it. I also thinking going down to only 2 Chained is justified, given how uninteractive our creature base is. Surprisingly, I haven't found any issues that aren't in the RW-only build. No complaints. I've thought about the 2x Chained. On the one hand, it...

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Ended up 3-1 in the DE Match 4: UW Aggro G1: He had Espeth and Brimaz on board. I had him to 2 life, then top decked a land. G2: My opening hand was suboptimal . . . 4 lands (including 1 mutavault) 2x Phoenix, and WLH. In hindsight, I should have mulliganed. I got blind-sided when he countered my ve...

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Now 3-0 in the DE. Match 3: UW Control G1: I kept a sub-optimal opening hand (only Crypt / Mutavault with a Charm and Chained), because I was on the draw. Game went smoothly and I easily won. +4 Firedrinker +2 Chandra -3 Searing Blood -2 Chained -1 Shock G2: I lost early tempo because of 2 Azorius C...

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Now 2-0 in the DE. Match 2: Jund Monsters G1: I mull to 6. I chain his Courser early but he gets a great draw and puts Reaper, Zenagos, Domri on board by T5. -3 T/T +1 W/T +2 Chained G2: He mulls to 6 and gets flooded. I hammer him quickly. G3: I keep a 2 land hand (2x Temple) because it's chock-ful...

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Playing the DE . . . using Zem's latest RWb. M1: BG Dredge G1 - Shocked his Mystic T1, and had an easy win in 7 turns. +4 Satyr Firedancer -4 [card]Toil // Trouble[/card] G2 - Shocked his Mystic T1. He didn't hit second land until T4. He Toughtseized me on T7 when he had 7 life and I had a Boros Cha...

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Match 3 was RW Burn. Game 3 came down to single digits on both sides and my drawing 4 lands in a row sealed the deal. You definitely need to pay attention to land drops more this deck . . . colors and making sure you have a Mountain if you think you're playing chained. And, yup, Zem, that's the SB I...

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Match 2 of the SE just STOMPED Jund Monsters in 2 games. The TT hit him for 6 in game 1 and got me a Boros Charm G2 for the win.

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Win at all costs. Find every millimeter of value and advantage. Also the damn thread and don't ask me questions when the answer is clearly stated. Just won a tight game against B Devo in a SE with your deck. He had Staff up on game 2. Totally ignored it and just kept hammering him for the win. Kept...

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Better sideboard after chatting with better players than I: 2 Assemble 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 2 Chained to the Rocks 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Satyr Firedancer 1 Wear // Tear Looks solid vs everything except burn, burn is currently ranked 3rd in finishes but its def. 2nd place in terms of most played de...

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For those of you who have been around the block, what should I bring/do/not-do for my first large MTG event? tia

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I do like the idea of having no creatures and playing Toil... Guarantees they will always have cards in hand.

And then they swap out removal and you bring in Firedrinker.

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Remember that post where I said don't play it online? It's for paper meta? Ahh~ gotcha I thought this was your new SB plan rather then that Dega burn list. Z was just helping me out for this Saturday's SCG Open in Milwaukee. Anyway, starting in June I will be able to get in 1 DE every day. So I can...

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Want to test: [deck] Creatures 4 Chandra's Phoenix Enchantments 2 Chained to the Rocks Instants 4 Boros Charm 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 3 Searing Blood 3 Shock 4 Skullcrack 4 Toil // Trouble 4 Warleader's Helix Lands 4 Blood Crypt 1 Boros Guildgate 5 Mountain 4 Mutavault 1 Temple of Malice 1 T...

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Oh I thought he typed YP incorrectly.

Yeah, I'm just messing with you.

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PY?

[card]Pyromancer's Gauntlet[/card]

It's the new hot tech.

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@Elricity Regarding Nighthowler, it can get out of hand VERY fast. They usually drop Sylvan Caryatid on 2 and then by turn 4 or 5 they drop Nighthowler on their little 1/1 Satyr and it becomes an 11/11. You Chain the Satyr and now they have a 10/10 Nighthowler. One of my play test partners runs tha...

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I play 4x Temple of Silence and don't think I'll change that. At first, there were a couple of "oops" moments, but I quickly learned how to play around them and the scry is awesome.

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Here's a list of the more interesting targets (of varying value): Artifacts: • Bow of Nylea • Elixer of Immortality • Hammer of Purphoros • Pithing Needle • Ratchet Bomb • Spear of Heliod • Staff of the Death Magus • Whip of Erebos Enchantments • Assemble the Legion • Blind Obedience • Bow of Nylea ...

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Thanks for sharing those. I got up at 4:30 am this morning thinking I'd hit the 5 am (my time) DE. DOH! Wednesday maintenance and no DEs! argh . . . It's hard for me to get in a DE during the week. I'll see if I can't post my deck and strategy, with perhaps some videos from a couple of SE at least T...

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Top deck sex does happen in Magic.

I conceded against Bx Devo . . . he hit me to 8 life with a Demon and then played another. I had nothing so said screw it. Next two top decks were Chained.

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If its any condolences your set-up is many time better then mine, Ash + Cack is better then just Ash and YP$. Some points: 1) I think Titan's Strength is a tad weak with only 12 creatures (Pyrewild Shaman would be the better choice), along with 1x Toil // Trouble being oddly placed in an creature t...

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[deck=Crazy Man's Rw Aggro]Lands 23 9 Mountain 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Temple of Triumph 3 Mutavault 3 Temple of Silence Creatures 12 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix Enchantment 3 3 Chained to the Rocks Spells 22 3 Shock 2 Titan's Strength 4 Lightning Strike 2 Magma Jet 3 Skullcrack 2 S...

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OMG . . . I just destroyed Jund Monsters in Match 1 of a DE. G1 - I lost but it was close (each had 4 life, and I top-decked a Mountain but the next card was a WLH). G2 - Blind Obedience really shined. I actually got 2 on the board, which shut down his Dragon (until I drew into a Mortars), and allow...

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Of note, I would consider packing more wear/tear now that the stupid staff of death magus tech is out there.

Yup. And killing their Underworld Connections slows down their card advantage AND decreases their devotion.

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I'm leaning towards something like your PBZ build for the SCG Open in Milwaukee this weekend. I've got to figure out the SB still. One thing is I'm leaning towards Temple of Silence instead of Guildgates . . . they work well with Cacklers and BO, and I think scry is really important. (I'm not sure t...

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6x - Mono-Black Devotion 2x - U/W Devotion 2x - B/W Midrange 1x - Esper Control 1x - Mono-White Aggro 1x - Mono-Red Aggro 1x - Bant Control 1x - Five-Color Ramp 1x - Jund Monsters 1x - G/W Hexproof And since Patrick Chapin just called Staff of the Death Magus "The Most Underrated Card In Standa...

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Its a fringe deck, but how are you guys dealing with G Devotion? It looks like a uphill battle, it doesn't help that its dead cheap to build and has placed well in two PE (6-1). . .

Seems like Anger of the Gods would smack it down hard if it gains popularity.

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Only issue is Bile Blight . . .

And with Assemble, all they can do is clear the board for 1 turn.

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This Mocs showed really interesting decklist that arent popular yet. GB Agro/Midrange (Troll, varolz, polukranos, gift of orzhova + efficient B and BG removal, naya hexproof, UW control with archangel of thune (went 2nd). Of course, we've all probably seen a lot of Naya Hexproof. (Too much . . .) I...

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That's awesome. I once rode the Kumba (my favorite) 8 times in a row without even getting off of it. It was a really slow day that day so they just let me stay on. Of course I barfed afterwards and I couldn't walk straight for about a half hour, but I'd do it again in a second if I could. Nice! I d...

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Had this hand come up in a local tournament yesterday, and before saying whether I kept or mulled I'd like to hear what you all would do and why. EDIT: Sorry, context: It was game 1 against unknown opponent and I was on the draw. Mutavault Ash Zealot Warleader's Helix 2x Temple of Triumph Boros Gui...

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Fuuuuck, just got knocked out of the daily by Staff of the Death Magus... Next turn, he untaps, duress's my warleaders helix (gains 5), downfalls my Chandra (gains 1 + infinity pings), turn after plays swamp underworld removal spell into swamp gray merchant. Literally cannot beat that card, should ...

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Will now commence testing with Temple of Silence and report data on that selection. I will be especially interested to see how many, if any, games it costs me when I am on the 1-drop plan.

Temple of Silence plays really nice with Blind Obedience and is less risky when playing Cacklers.

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Darn, now I can't trick myself into keeping 1-landers (thanks for wake-up call) ....I still keep the one lander if I have at least 2 1cc spells... because I'm greedy like that....

When it works, it's awesome. Course, better hope Z doesn't board in Peak Eruption. lol

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While I do agree mulling to avoid discard is a logic fail however keeping a 5 lander is just wrong (unless you have phoenix or something and even then its risky). With 4x Thoughtseize and 4x Duress, there's a 70% chance they'll have at least 1 in their first 8 cards, and a 47% chance they'll draw a...

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http://stattrek.com/online-calculator/hypergeometric.aspx I've bookmark marked that link (thanks), I'm a cup half full type of guy so I always try to get a positive spin on low hand gambles which is I why I would have preferred to look at that hand and think to myself "hell, I have a >89% chan...

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That's not even close to accurate...on the play I have 22 lands in the deck out of 53 cards, that's a 41.5% chance to hit my second land drop. The chance to hit in two turns is somewhat higher, but if I miss my second land drop, the chance to hit the third is very low. My losses in that match can b...

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Several times I've gotten into situations where my opponent is ticking up Jace and has Mutavault in play and I just can't attack or draw relevant burn before they ultimate. Is there a solution to this quandary?

Chandra

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I don't know if Peak Eruption is the best SB hate, but I pretty much refuse to run Staff of the Flame Magus and it has carry over to GR. With only 10 white sources, I like it more than Blind Obedience. Thinking it through (not tested): There's a very small window of opportunity when Peak Eruption c...

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