Dies to Removal

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Cheers for the report. 1) Fiery Temper <-- I tested the card and found it really lacking, 3cc is a lot to ask for and we don't want to sac Insolent Neonate unless we're desperate for lands or its gonna die. That said I also HATE Fiery Impulse and Roast MD so I'm not sure which I would prefer MD betw...

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Thanks for the report Lazer I didn't the get the chance to log on a test today. On paper these seem like the weakest cards: 4 Titan's Strength 3 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh 4 Village Messenger 2 Fiery Impulse 1 Roast - - - - If you were to change anything change any of these before the others (p.s. do...

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I like SaffronOlive he sounds like he is always having fun. His list looks like the states winning list but arguably worst and funnily enough more expensive. The original list did good things for MonoW and Crats MUs. - - - - Here is the list I'll be testing tomorrow: [deck=MDU's Dragon Redvantage] L...

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I would consider running a go big plan with Dark-Dwellers in the side... I view Dark-Dwellers the same way I view Thunderbreak, its either in the main or not used at all (since its never a bad card) - thus its more suited for midrange or control which I'm not extremely fond of. I was so happy to pl...

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That is main reason why I suggested Gibbering Fiend as a SB rather then MD, its best used in game where we're grinding out victories (its more viable for me though since I'm on Roast train). Thoughts on jamming Sanguinary Mage the card can even kill 3/4 lifelink vampires with impulse (Sanguinary Mag...

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Interesting creatures: Ire Shaman Sanguinary Mage Gibbering Fiend - - - - - Ire Shaman = does everything Prodder does except it safer (if used it would most likely go into the SB). Sanguinary Mage = A [mana]R[/mana] 2cc creature with */3 which fit into our spell heavy theme and allows for us block ...

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WELL DONE! The other guy is Larkblue (he is always in the top100 grinder list so he is solid) - I agree on your lessons (I think Chandra is better then Sin Prodder overall). In regards to Bant Company, I have yet to lose completely against them and I'm unsure why (on paper it looks like a horrible M...

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Mathematically 22 lands is a interesting spot to be in running 4-drops, 22 lands just barely gives you over 50% chance of curving out on T4 (which is good, you should never try to play 3+ 4-Drops with less then 22 lands). If you want to break into 60% chance of curving out on T4 you'll need 25 lands...

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I 5-0 with this: [deck=MDU's Red Dragons] Lands 23 21 Mountain 2 Haven of the Spirit Dragon Creatures 23 4 Abbot of Keral Keep 2 Avaricious Dragon 3 Thunderbreak Regent 4 Insolent Neonate 4 Village Messenger 3 Zurgo Bellstriker 3 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh Spells 14 4 Draconic Roar 3 Exquisite Firecr...

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Agreed! As it stand I feel like if we want to splash we should take the control or midrange routes (which I should note are already proven to work - looking at BR Dragons, RG Ramp and RW Googles).

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Tainted Remedy vs BG Control = GG (not even joking I had people concede when it resolves).

Black also provide additional answers for our poorer MUs.

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I really HATE the tournament practice room so even when testing I like to put some tokens/tickets on the line to improve the competition. I really wanted to like Sin Prodder (I have a foil playset), I'm a supporter of Vexing Devil (in Modern Burn) but Sin Prodder is just to fragile (as a creature) a...

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The main shell will be: 22 Lands (I think this is the ideal amount for running 4-drops assuming we're also using Insolent Neonate + Abbot of Keral Keep + Titan's Strength to help with variances) 4 Thunderbreak Regent 4 Abbot of Keral Keep 4 Draconic Roar 1 Avaricious Dragon 3 Zurgo Bellstriker - - -...

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After much testing I decided that splashing isn't worth it.

I'm going to go back into MonoR but place the focus on beating Aggro (with Lightning Berserker and Bell as my anti-control/ramp spells).

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[deck=larkblue PTQ #9613043 04/23/2016]Creatures (24) 4 Abbot of Keral Keep 1 Avaricious Dragon 2 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh 2 Goblin Glory Chaser 4 Village Messenger 3 Zurgo Bellstriker 4 Sin Prodder 4 Thunderbreak Regent Spells (14) 4 Draconic Roar 4 Exquisite Firecraft 3 Fiery Impulse 3 Titan's St...

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Its the only splashable removal in black which hits everything (including devoid creatures, RG and WG giant dragons).

The only other choice would be splashing [mana]W[/mana] for Declaration in Stone.

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@sirzevo: I was refining the list so I deleted the post @Pedrobear: Agreed Insolent Neonate is AMAZING! Once you get Screamreach Brawler 's your going to find RG Goggles as cake walk, Aristocrats is a nightmare (as well as GW Token) and Darkpast (aka BG Control) to be dependent on if your opp. gets ...

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Hmm, do we really want to splash and lose consistency? I personally love mono colors for the fact that we don't have to worry about balancing mana, just how many mountains we need. :P If anything, I think black would be the best. For white, the only thing that I think the splash would be worthy for...

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Respect for holding up the (red) fort, MDU. Cheers ;-) why exactly has RB turned out to be terrible? RB isn't terrible, its excellent as a midrange deck. As a aggro deck however it can be really good when it works but more often then not it runs into consistency issues like: Citp land Missing colou...

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[mana]W[/mana] Declaration in Stone (deals with tokens and fatties). Nahiri, the Harbinger [mana]B[/mana] Sinister Concoction <-- the only cheap instant speed removal which HITS everything. Ultimate Price <-- its ok but everything which this can kill roast can do the same (beside the huge flying dem...

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I very like this list, I watched your videos on it. There was some plays that could be discussed but overall I enjoyed seeing you like a real red mage. Aaaaa! I'm always a red mage - even my pauper list is Red Heavy. In regards to my many misplay, I blame it on the ever changing nature of an early ...

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So many BG Control and RG Googles T_T How I see it: sadly Rx can't compare with Wx in terms of creature swarm aggro, thus I decided to build a list focusing on Red's current strengths aka reach (burn and haste), low board commitment while remaining aggressive(dash) and aggressive CA/fixing (Insolent...

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Pia and Kiran When I look at Pia and Kiran and I think about Aggro I usually think about cards like Dragon Folder, Engineers, Bushwhackers and Commands for that going wide and pump approach. The only problem is that this is meta where the Lord Aggro exist and Sweepers are abundant for almost every ...

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Hmmm... I would argue that I rather be the Rx Aggro deck against control and rock (at least on paper, I never actually experienced it on the Wx Aggro end but I imagine the MUs to be rather rough). Where Wx Aggro would lose to back-to-back sweepers Rx Aggro can come back via dash, haste and burn and ...

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Its mainly a Raging Goblin - which is surprising good enough against everything which isn't Wx Humans, Abby Ramp or Coco because every other deck is just packed full of sweepers and removals. Against the non-sweepers decks just holding back on your turn and burning away threats gives you a solid 2/2...

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Friday Videos: LE (4-1) - M1 (2-0), M2 (2-0), M3 (1-2), M4 (2-0) and M5 (2-1) [deck=MDU's Red ]Lands 21 21 Mountain Spells 16 2 Twin Bolt 2 Exquisite Firecraft 4 Fiery Impulse 4 Titan's Strength 4 Draconic Roar Creatures 23 4 Insolent Neonate 4 Lightning Berserker 3 Zurgo Bellstriker 4 Village Mess...

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Monday Videos : LE (4-1) - G1 (2-0), G2 (2-0), G3 (2-1), G4 (2-1) and G5 (1-2) [deck=MDU's Red Aggro ]Creatures 25 4 Insolent Neonate 4 Lightning Berserker 3 Zurgo Bellstriker 4 Village Messenger 4 Abbot of Keral Keep 4 Reckless Bushwhacker 2 Goldnight Castigator Lands 21 21 Mountain Spells 14 3 Tw...

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Not in the video title but somewhere on your post ? I could but again I don't think that its ideal for stealing views (that said, I'll try and do it for future videos at least on this site). - - - - - - I've decided that all future Rx list will always have 4x Insolent Neonate and 4x Abbot of Keral ...

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Could you add your results for each match =° That would be a spoiler and discourages views (which leads to lower add revenues) that said both those list need LOTS of work and due to my inexperience with the format the games can be hard to watch since I make TONS of misplays (though I guess some peo...

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[deck=MDU's Red]Lands 23 23 Mountain Creatures 23 4 Village Messenger 4 Lightning Berserker 3 Zurgo Bellstriker 4 Falkenrath Gorger 4 Reckless Bushwhacker 4 Thunderbreak Regent Spells 14 4 Dragon Fodder 4 Fiery Impulse 4 Draconic Roar 2 Exquisite Firecraft Sideboard 15 3 Goldnight Castigator 4 Rendi...

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[deck=MDU's Rb Madness]Lands 23 10 Mountain 4 Foreboding Ruins 4 Smoldering Marsh 3 Evolving Wilds 2 Swamp Spells 13 4 Lightning Axe 4 Fiery Temper 2 Exquisite Firecraft 3 Avacyn's Judgment Creatures 24 4 Incorrigible Youths 4 Heir of Falkenrath 4 Olivia's Bloodsworn 3 Zurgo Bellstriker 4 Falkenrath...

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I 3-2 - the deck is horrible, I won't be playing it again

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Others 14 4 Atarka's Command 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Rancor 2 Become Immense Creatures 28 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Experiment One 4 Goblin Guide 4 Kird Ape 4 Loam Lion 4 Wild Nacatl 4 Reckless Bushwhacker Lands 18 1 Forest 1 Sacred Foundry 2 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 4 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Fo...

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[deck=MDU's Rg Gobots]Lands 18 4 Copperline Gorge 4 Stomping Ground 4 Mountain 4 Wooded Foothills 2 Scalding Tarn Other Spells 14 4 Goblin Grenade 3 Atarka's Command 4 Mishra's Bauble 3 Kuldotha Rebirth Creatures 28 4 Memnite 4 Signal Pest 4 Foundry Street Denizen 4 Goblin Bushwhacker 4 Reckless Bus...

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I've given up on Modern - so I think it might be a great time to play standard again - only issue is that pedros has my 4x Abbot and I'm not willing to rebuy them. I like this all or nothing approach: list mainly because the lack of burn = no reach or hope against many list during the late game.

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Bloodhand over command so that I don't need to fetch green against jund, blood was for the mirror and chord MUs. Not sure if that matter anymore though since Jund can't compete with Eldrazi so running bloodhand isn't as effective - I think this had become a meta game where your either Eldrazi or ant...

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Anyone else noticing lots of Jeskai Tempo/Control/Kiki? I went through two of them to get my 4-1 during the league (I lost to hatebears because I scared myself into keeping 5 lander... I was on the draw to be fair), I also faced them a number of times during SE events.... Anyhow here is my current l...

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Not a problem - I'll type something up by 2morrow (keep in mind I'm not 100% on my plan so I'll love to debate the choices). With the raise of Eldrazi (which isn't a bye like some people assume) the ideal manabase should try and minimize the amount of Bloodstained Mire, Windswept Heath and Arid Mesa...

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If his metagame is Robots and Chord/Company heavy then the Pyrite Spellbomb could be rather good (sometime Robots just steal wins via etch while Chord/Company love extra lands...). Whole thoughts on VF vs Bridge? VF is decent against folk as well but its better for URx Tempo, Eldrazi and Chord lists...

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BREWING TIME!! Here is an idea to target the more aggressive metascape: [deck=MDU's Rg Burn]Lands 20 10 Mountain 4 Wooded Foothills 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Stomping Ground Creatures 15 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 4 Goblin Guide 4 Monastery Swiftspear 3 Spark Elemental Spells 25 4 Searing Blaze 4 Skullcra...

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