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@MDU - With Bx Devo moving towards Lifebane Zombies, is Searing Blood a better MD choice?

It's not a totally dead card with Esper (as long as you don't win before Elspeth makes tokens).

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Q3: If you're playing against Monsters and they play Sylvan Caryatid on T2, do you think you can win? A3: I know I can win. See my rantings about Titan's Strength. TS on an AZ not only takes out Sylvan Caryatid, but everything 5 toughness and down and scry 1. You also can use it on your Phoenix to ...

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In the SBD slot, I am trying chandra.

I really like chandra. Pure card advantage (and the +1 ping can also be card advantage if it brings back a Phoenix).

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Hey, Montu, do you live in Tampa or something? Or do you just really love the Montu at Busch Gardens?

I'm a coaster fanatic . . . my best year I rode 86 different roller coasters.

Montu is my favorite.

I once flew to Tampa (from Cincinnati) just for the day to ride roller coasters.

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Ok, how do you look at your rating? I've tried viewing my own profile but it doesn't show there. Beta version.

I downloaded the normal client just to take a looksie at my rating. Wished I hadn't.

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Embarrassing question: what's our game plan against that stupid dredge deck that's poking around? It seems like such a good matchup, but the couple times I've faced it I've lost. I've personally only faced it 3x in the last 100 matches and have gone 2-1. (The first time I didn't have a strategy.) M...

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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 Triump Boros Guil...

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Also . . . "4 Duress in my sideboard is a reaction to the amount of burn decks being played on Magic Online. I love Duress against the Sphinx's Revelation decks as well and I am happy to play four, but with Burn also now a part of the metagame, four Duress sideboard is mandatory." That's e...

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It was Owen Turtlewald who suggested Staff vs. Burn a couple weeks ago in some mothership or CFB article. Article for reference: "Lastly there is quite a lot of Burn being played on Magic Online and that matchup is razor-close every time. I feel like my deck should have the advantage with crea...

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So we should play staff of the flame magus for mirrors following Yuuya? :P Btw if anyone starts playing this card, burn would be quite bad. My opp got 2 of these on the board against me this morning (first round of DE). Let's just say it was a losing battle . . . :( Next 2 matches (DE then SE) were...

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you could use the clan chat for communication

I'm entering event #6924045. Everyone else stay put.

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But the only way we can snipe/see if another clan member is queuing is if we play on the beta

I don't get why people don't use the beta. Works pretty well for me.

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2nd time today a Mono Red deck played triple BTE against me.

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Wouldn't it be better value to avoid playing in 8 mans together?
YES!! - if your trying to go inf. or your new too magic I highly recommend sticking with DEs and PE to earn your riches.

Nice thing about DEs is you can play all the games you pay for if you want.

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Wouldn't it be better value to avoid playing in 8 mans together? I've done the math. At current booster prices, you need the following match win rates to break even: 2-Man Queues: 73% 8-Man Queues: 61% Daily Event: 52% So, yeah, DE's are where it's at. It's just very hard for me to fit them in my s...

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I'm in Round 1 of a SE . . . mulliganed to 5 against Esper Control and won G1 in 9 turns, and crushed him G2 in 6. I completely refreshed my deck choice. Now MB is 4x YP$, 4x Phoenix, and 2x Chandra (the rest burn and Chained). SB is 2x BO, 2x FDS, 2x SFD, 2x Mortars, 3x Searing Blood, and 4x Cackle...

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I usually take break after one event loss, keeps me from tilting.

OMG I so need this.

Someone needs to slap me EVERY time I keep a high-land hand. Why can't I learn?

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Fun vids as ever MDU :) How are you finding the pre-boarded version compared to the straight Burn list? Looks as though it might be well poised right now? The list looks soild though I'm not sure that you need FDS with Cackler in the MD - I presume it only comes in against control? Skullcrack MD se...

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Come on man! I jump into a SE hoping to play Z and he gets knocked out first round!! I was even ready to record it to learn how to properly play the matchup. (I'm dreadful in the mirror.) Anyway, Round 1 I played against Junk Reanimator. Pretty easy win in 2. Not sure why he brought back a Sylvan Ca...

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I love SBD as a card, but I'm not sure he's what we want in this deck. I don't think we want to be tapping out that late in the game against control, and monsters always seems to have a fight or a mortars to deal with him. I agree on the one hand . . . on the other . . . how many times have you not...

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Wescoe's take on 4 Mutavaults: "The biggest decision I had to make with the lands was whether to run the tenth mountain or the fourth Mutavault. I chose Mutavault because it helps more when flooding and will help us cast Warleader's Helix and Stormbreath Dragon just as easily as Mountain would....

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So I have to ask, What do my fellow burn players think of Craig Wescoe's Article today about tuning a burn list? For reference: http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=11718 Wow, I love what he did there. Some good thoughts. Also relevant was one of the comments, speaking about MTGO: "I t...

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Something I've always wondered. Are you guys just keeping track of stats in a notepad or is there a easy way to reference in mtgo? Spreadsheet for me, just started a new one for this Season yesterday. I use google docs. Originally, I tried to capture all sorts of stats (date, opp name, on play/draw...

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What's everyone else facing on MTGO? Here's my last 41 Matches (SE or DE) 6 Bx Devo 4 GR Monsters 4 Esper Control 3 RW Burn 3 GWx Hexproof 3 BR Midrange 3 R Devo 2 BW Control 2 RW Aggro 2 UW Control 2 Bant Midrange 2 Ux Devo 2 Jund Monsters 1 UBG 1 UW Midrange 1 BG Dredge That's tracking fairly wel...

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20 minutes work for 4 packs and 2QPs. Yeah, still the best.

Got my first 2 QPs this morning. I tried running 2 queues at once. I have to say, I didn't enjoy it one bit. (did 2-0, 1-0, but felt stressed out of my mind). Went another solo for 2-0. Still trying to fit in a DE.

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Fuck me, maybe Awaken for GR Monsters? Just going WAYYYYY over the top of them?

On average, on what turn do you have 5 land on the board? (4 to play Awaken and 1 to swing with.) Maybe turn 6 or 7 at best?

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Let's definitively answer the question of YP$ v Ashley before we trek off into even more unknown territory.

There's no way I'm cutting Ashley. Gets in damage so quickly. So many combat tricks.

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Johnny, what's the sideboard look like? The maindeck only has 11 creatures and generally is only boarding up to 16-18 max. It's a shock with scry so there's that and can do cute combat tricks. However, I can see that one rotting too. I certainly wouldn't consider it game 1. Strikes me way more as a...

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He decided to just not worry about it. Also, mending touch or boros charm can both mean that you may only be smoking an enchantment or two. It's also probably a bit too reactive and slow which generally dilutes the game plan. We're mostly on the plan of adjusting our threats to the shaping meta so ...

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I was not kidding about 2x Glaring Spotlight for mtgo either, hexproof can get fucked.

Wouldn't Ratchet Bomb be a decent 1-2 in the SB for Hexproof? The upside is there are other uses for the card (rats, tokens, blind obedience(!), etc.)

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Montu, you might want to look into sliding something into the boros reckoner slot. As good as he can be, this just isn't the right time for him. Even GR monsters can largely ignore him. You just might be right. I swapped them out for +1 Satyr Firedancer (when he shine, he really shines!) and +2 Bli...

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These are most pleasing

http://i.imgur.com/G9lf3u6.png
http://i.imgur.com/WpvP3Zk.jpg

That's how I feel when losing to Hexproof. Really, that's how I feel.

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Oh my, did I feel bad. My daughter was playing White Weenie against Mono U Devo. On Game 3, her opp had 1 life, she had 20. Opp plays MoW for 12(!) in first main phase, and my daughter was going on and on about whether she should just fold. (She had a Brimaz on board and Ajani with 1 counter). Just ...

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Went 4-1 for 3rd place out of 28 people. My strategy was to lower my curve (hence no SBD in SB, and replacing VFB with Shocks in MB), hit them with early aggro damage, and finish them off with burn. I'm going to take this build to SCG Milwaukee, but I'd LOVE suggestions/considerations. Land 22 10 Mo...

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Card is insane with Firedancer.

And don't forget, Firedancer redirect kills Fiendslayer Paladin.

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use the mtgo screenshot thread though

Ooh, did not know about that. I've got some fun shots (e.g., opp has 4x Blind Obedience on the board).

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The best thing about Searing Blood is that I can suicide my dudes into fatties and not feel bad about it. With Searing Blood dealing damage upstairs it's no longer a 2 for 1. And it's even better with Firedancer. Speaking of Firedancer, attacking into and killing a Polukranos with a Firedancer and ...

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Indeed

Is your MTGO handle the same? I haven't come across any DTR guys in the queues yet, but I'll keep an eye out.

I ended up falling to the UW player.

Yup . . . it's also "montu" online.

Last time I jumped in with a DTR guy it was Z, and lost to him.

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