[Primer] Devotion Red
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I should really write something on red aggro mirrors, there are a lot of ways to get an edge:
- red divinations; Reckoner, Flames of the Firebrand
- red baneslayers; Thundermaw Hellkite
- playing less land (so you draw more spells than them = VCA)
- mana sinks
- difficult to interact with win-con (cursed scroll)
So many options, too many other articles. Player skill is the big one, I'd estimate I'm about 20-3 in red mirrors this week.
- red divinations; Reckoner, Flames of the Firebrand
- red baneslayers; Thundermaw Hellkite
- playing less land (so you draw more spells than them = VCA)
- mana sinks
- difficult to interact with win-con (cursed scroll)
So many options, too many other articles. Player skill is the big one, I'd estimate I'm about 20-3 in red mirrors this week.
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Well, if you actually put work into the matchup and yourYou were right when you picked the title condescentron. It also still is a coinflip if both players know what they are doing (my usual assumption since if only one player knows what they are doing that player is probably going to win regardless). It's not so much the die roll for who goes first, but more what they are packing main and side, and who has more tools to deal with the other.Aggro's only really a coinflip if neither player knows what they're doing and are just swinging out at each other.
deck, you'd find that you can easily make mirror matches advantageous. It's basically a rule that if you're gonna play a tier one deck that are prepared for the mirror and this site has content littered with resources for those willing to educate themselves.
Or you can just be content flipping your coins.
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I am operating under the assumption that my opponent has put in the same effort in prepping for matches that I did, otherwise I would have a significant advantage regardless of deck.
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So I think this is the list I've landed on for tomorrow at states:
[deck]
Creature (28)
4x Ash Zealot
4x Boros Reckoner
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Fanatic of Mogis
4x Firedrinker Satyr
4x Rakdos Cackler
4x Rakdos Shred-Freak
Instant (7)
2x Lightning Strike
3x Magma Jet
2x Shock
Land (22)
21x Mountain
1x Mutavault
Enchantment (1)
1x Hammer of Purphoros
Planeswalker (2)
2x Chandra, Pyromaster
Sideboard (15)
2x Act of Treason
3x Burning Earth
3x Flames of the Firebrand
3x Mizzium Mortars
4x Skullcrack
[/deck]
Although Magma Jet and Lightning Strike are technically each in the 2-slot, I was feeling a severe lack of aggression from this deck with only Ashley as a 2CMC creature. Enter Shred-Freak. As others have noted, he's underwhelming late but he helps tremendously when I'm trying to hit my curve and his devotion addition is nice. I've also upped Fanatic to the full playset from 3 since I
rarely if ever don't want to see him by turn 4. 8-8-8-4 seems like a decent curve to me, with some burn, 1 hammer as a MB hedge against flood and for longer game 1s, and 2 Chandra.
I've also really trimmed down the board to what I feel is necessary. I was debating a 2nd Mutavault in place of the 4th Skullcrack - and that change may happen. I'm also thinking of finding space for a 3rd Act of Treason.
I think in this deck I need Act over Instinct for the threaten effect. I'm only running 22 land unless I throw a 2nd Mutavault in the board.
To accomplish all of this I've cut down my burn package. It used to be 10 cards - 4 strikes, 4 jets, 2 shocks. Now it's 7 cards. This makes Phoenix a bit less effective, but I still have 9 burn and 2 Chandra. Flames from the side are great for recurring Phoenix also. But she's still great as just a 2/2 flying haste that gives 2 devotion.
[deck]
Creature (28)
4x Ash Zealot
4x Boros Reckoner
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Fanatic of Mogis
4x Firedrinker Satyr
4x Rakdos Cackler
4x Rakdos Shred-Freak
Instant (7)
2x Lightning Strike
3x Magma Jet
2x Shock
Land (22)
21x Mountain
1x Mutavault
Enchantment (1)
1x Hammer of Purphoros
Planeswalker (2)
2x Chandra, Pyromaster
Sideboard (15)
2x Act of Treason
3x Burning Earth
3x Flames of the Firebrand
3x Mizzium Mortars
4x Skullcrack
[/deck]
Although Magma Jet and Lightning Strike are technically each in the 2-slot, I was feeling a severe lack of aggression from this deck with only Ashley as a 2CMC creature. Enter Shred-Freak. As others have noted, he's underwhelming late but he helps tremendously when I'm trying to hit my curve and his devotion addition is nice. I've also upped Fanatic to the full playset from 3 since I
rarely if ever don't want to see him by turn 4. 8-8-8-4 seems like a decent curve to me, with some burn, 1 hammer as a MB hedge against flood and for longer game 1s, and 2 Chandra.
I've also really trimmed down the board to what I feel is necessary. I was debating a 2nd Mutavault in place of the 4th Skullcrack - and that change may happen. I'm also thinking of finding space for a 3rd Act of Treason.
I think in this deck I need Act over Instinct for the threaten effect. I'm only running 22 land unless I throw a 2nd Mutavault in the board.
To accomplish all of this I've cut down my burn package. It used to be 10 cards - 4 strikes, 4 jets, 2 shocks. Now it's 7 cards. This makes Phoenix a bit less effective, but I still have 9 burn and 2 Chandra. Flames from the side are great for recurring Phoenix also. But she's still great as just a 2/2 flying haste that gives 2 devotion.
Thanks to NerdBoyWonder for the amazing sig!
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Sup RedBros.
Back from FNM with a report. Went 3-0 tonight for second place (fucking tie-breakers )
List:
[deck]Creatures (30)
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
2 Goblin Shortcutter
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Fanatic of Mogis
Spells (8)
4 Lightning Strike
4 Magma Jet
Land (22)
22 Mountain
Sideboard (15)
2 Mutavault
3 Mizzium Mortars
2 Act of Treason
3 Flames of the Firebrand
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
3 Stormbreath Dragon[/deck]
Round 1 VS Esper Control (2-1)
G1: He throws down T3 Ashiok, The Nightmare Weaver. I chose to ignore it and go after his life total, since he was low. T4 2x [card]Azorius Charm[/card:
1rqwb814]s, then mill your Phoenixes ground me to a hault. He then Revs a couple times while beating me to death with my own reckoners. Felt bad man.
G2 -4 Firefist Striker, -2Goblin Shortcutter, -4 Boros Reckoner
+2 Mutavault, +3 Flames of the Firebrand, +2 Chandra, Pyromaster, +3 Stormbreath Dragon
T1 Cackler > T2 Cackler + Firecrotch > T3 CP > T4 FotF.
G3 No Changes
T2 BTE > BTE > MJ, T3 CP, T4 Chandra, T5 FotF + LS, T5 FotF x2. He shows me a grip of 3x Essence Scatter and land.
Round 2 VS GW Aggro (2-1)
G1 He's colour screwed and only shows forests and T3 [card]
Boon Satyr[/card] which I MJ (I curved FDS> BTE + FFS > CP) for the concession.
G2 I SB incorrectly, because I put him on mono green.
- 4 Rakdos Cackler, -4 Firedrinker Satyr
+1 Mutavault, +3 Mizzium Mortars, +2 Act of Treason, +2 Chandra, Pyromaster
He goes T2 Voice of Resurgence, I go T2 BTE > BTE > MJ (VoR). He plays T3 Smiter, passes. I play T3 CP, in for two pass. He plays T4 Trostani and makes a voice token / gains stupid amounts of life every turn. I get bored, triple falter him, steal his best guy, and knock him down to 15 with my alpha strike, then shuffle up for G3.
G3 -4 Firedrinker Satyr, -4 Rakdos Cackler, -4 [card]Magma Jet[/
card]
+2 Mutavault,+3 Mizzium Mortars, +2 Act of Treason, +2 Chandra, Pyromaster, +3 Stormbreath Dragon
My favourite game of the night. I keep a hand of Mountain, Mountain, BTE, BTE, CP, CP, MJ. I draw fanatic and play T2 BTE > BTE > MJ. I scry away Reckoner and Mogis #2. T3 I play hit a mountain, play CP and get it. His T3, he plays Smiter. My T4 I play CP #2 and draw a lightning strike. He casts Unflinching Courage on his smiter, attacks six and goes to 14. I top a mountain, cast mogis, dome him for nine, then swing 8 to put him to -3. He stares in disbelief, checks the math, then scowls, then signs the slip and leaves without a word.
Round 3 VS Junk Midrange (2-1)
G1 He nut draws, stone walls
me with hexproof plants, smiters etc. then brings the beats with advent token + Ghost Dad V 2.0
G2 -4 Firedrinker Satyr, -4 Rakdos Cackler, -2 Goblin Shortcutter, -4 Firefist Striker
+2 Mutavault,+3 Mizzium Mortars, +2 Chandra, Pyromaster, +3 Stormbreath Dragon, +2 Act of Treason, +2 Flames of the Firebrand
He color screws (no green), Chandra's 0 draws all the cards and I lay the smack down. Mogis on 10 devotion ends it.
G3 No changes. Hardest game of the evening (fitting enough). I keeps a hand of 4 Mountains, Chandra, MJ, MM. I draw more burn / Chandras while he durdles with 3x hexproof plants. I work Chandra's 0 until he [card]
hero's downfall[/card]s her. I cast the second one. We are both on top decks, but I'm getting double. I commit about 6 power to the board and start slugging. He finds a scavenging ooze, which quickly becomes a 10/10, but he is at 9 life and I have 6 power, so he can't attack. He EoT Advent of the Wurms, then tops a Whip of Erobos, attacks and goes to 23. I go to 5 or something (I had chumps to keep me alive for the rest of the game). I (finally) get to cast my first dragon. Dragon + Lightning Strike smack down the Wurm Token (pro-white bitch!), and reckoner trades with the 10/10 ooze. Then he tops Elspeth. This fucking luck sack. He +1's her and makes soldiers. I send Dragon + CP to dispatch Elspeth, the MJ a soldier token. I keep one land on top (so I can go monstrous on the next turn) and ship the other. I go monstrous and start taking chunks out of this 35 point life
total. He drops Obzedat, I overload Mizzium Mortars to kill his tokens, then swing into Ghost Dad, who he doesn't want to trade. He attacks with GD, I activate Mutavault and chump, then crack back for exactsies with CP / Monstrous Dragon (with FotFB in hand, just in case). He shows me a grip of 2 land. Fucking tight game.
Thoughts
I am not crazy about the 2 drops. They really under performed (except BTE). I think the Goblin Shortcutters should be changed out.
The one time I got to cast dragon, it was very good. Only one time though, hard to tell.
Magma Jet was the MVP of the night. Fucking great card.
Act of Treason under-performed.
Mutavault never conflicted, and won games.
Fanatic of Mogis hit for 1
damage against Esper. Probably correct to board them out. Hit for 9 and 10 elsewhere.
To complete what was already a very good night, I got the Ghor-Clan Rampager promo. I used my credit to get packs, and cracked Thrassa, Goddess of the Sea, Temple of Abandon, Hexproof plant, and Foil Soldier of the Pantheon. The the store owner told me he had some cards set aside for me. I was like Then he hands me a Japanese foil [card]Pyromancer's Gauntlet[/card], and 2x Japanese foil Hammer of Purphoros. He only wanted Y500. Fuckin' Eh!
Moving Forward
I think I want to try something like this (unless something sexy comes out of the pro-
tour):
[deck]Creatures (28)
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Ash Zealot
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Fanatic of Mogis
4 Stormbreath Dragon
Spells (7)
4 Lightning Strike
3 Mizzium Mortars
Land (25)
21 Mountain
3 Mutavault
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Sideboard (15)
3 Burning Earth
4 Skullcrack
4 Flames of the Firebrand
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Pyromancer's Gauntlet
1 Mizzium Mortars [/deck]
Back from FNM with a report. Went 3-0 tonight for second place (fucking tie-breakers )
List:
[deck]Creatures (30)
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
2 Goblin Shortcutter
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Fanatic of Mogis
Spells (8)
4 Lightning Strike
4 Magma Jet
Land (22)
22 Mountain
Sideboard (15)
2 Mutavault
3 Mizzium Mortars
2 Act of Treason
3 Flames of the Firebrand
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
3 Stormbreath Dragon[/deck]
Round 1 VS Esper Control (2-1)
G1: He throws down T3 Ashiok, The Nightmare Weaver. I chose to ignore it and go after his life total, since he was low. T4 2x [card]Azorius Charm[/card:
1rqwb814]s, then mill your Phoenixes ground me to a hault. He then Revs a couple times while beating me to death with my own reckoners. Felt bad man.
G2 -4 Firefist Striker, -2Goblin Shortcutter, -4 Boros Reckoner
+2 Mutavault, +3 Flames of the Firebrand, +2 Chandra, Pyromaster, +3 Stormbreath Dragon
T1 Cackler > T2 Cackler + Firecrotch > T3 CP > T4 FotF.
G3 No Changes
T2 BTE > BTE > MJ, T3 CP, T4 Chandra, T5 FotF + LS, T5 FotF x2. He shows me a grip of 3x Essence Scatter and land.
Round 2 VS GW Aggro (2-1)
G1 He's colour screwed and only shows forests and T3 [card]
Boon Satyr[/card] which I MJ (I curved FDS> BTE + FFS > CP) for the concession.
G2 I SB incorrectly, because I put him on mono green.
- 4 Rakdos Cackler, -4 Firedrinker Satyr
+1 Mutavault, +3 Mizzium Mortars, +2 Act of Treason, +2 Chandra, Pyromaster
He goes T2 Voice of Resurgence, I go T2 BTE > BTE > MJ (VoR). He plays T3 Smiter, passes. I play T3 CP, in for two pass. He plays T4 Trostani and makes a voice token / gains stupid amounts of life every turn. I get bored, triple falter him, steal his best guy, and knock him down to 15 with my alpha strike, then shuffle up for G3.
G3 -4 Firedrinker Satyr, -4 Rakdos Cackler, -4 [card]Magma Jet[/
card]
+2 Mutavault,+3 Mizzium Mortars, +2 Act of Treason, +2 Chandra, Pyromaster, +3 Stormbreath Dragon
My favourite game of the night. I keep a hand of Mountain, Mountain, BTE, BTE, CP, CP, MJ. I draw fanatic and play T2 BTE > BTE > MJ. I scry away Reckoner and Mogis #2. T3 I play hit a mountain, play CP and get it. His T3, he plays Smiter. My T4 I play CP #2 and draw a lightning strike. He casts Unflinching Courage on his smiter, attacks six and goes to 14. I top a mountain, cast mogis, dome him for nine, then swing 8 to put him to -3. He stares in disbelief, checks the math, then scowls, then signs the slip and leaves without a word.
Round 3 VS Junk Midrange (2-1)
G1 He nut draws, stone walls
me with hexproof plants, smiters etc. then brings the beats with advent token + Ghost Dad V 2.0
G2 -4 Firedrinker Satyr, -4 Rakdos Cackler, -2 Goblin Shortcutter, -4 Firefist Striker
+2 Mutavault,+3 Mizzium Mortars, +2 Chandra, Pyromaster, +3 Stormbreath Dragon, +2 Act of Treason, +2 Flames of the Firebrand
He color screws (no green), Chandra's 0 draws all the cards and I lay the smack down. Mogis on 10 devotion ends it.
G3 No changes. Hardest game of the evening (fitting enough). I keeps a hand of 4 Mountains, Chandra, MJ, MM. I draw more burn / Chandras while he durdles with 3x hexproof plants. I work Chandra's 0 until he [card]
hero's downfall[/card]s her. I cast the second one. We are both on top decks, but I'm getting double. I commit about 6 power to the board and start slugging. He finds a scavenging ooze, which quickly becomes a 10/10, but he is at 9 life and I have 6 power, so he can't attack. He EoT Advent of the Wurms, then tops a Whip of Erobos, attacks and goes to 23. I go to 5 or something (I had chumps to keep me alive for the rest of the game). I (finally) get to cast my first dragon. Dragon + Lightning Strike smack down the Wurm Token (pro-white bitch!), and reckoner trades with the 10/10 ooze. Then he tops Elspeth. This fucking luck sack. He +1's her and makes soldiers. I send Dragon + CP to dispatch Elspeth, the MJ a soldier token. I keep one land on top (so I can go monstrous on the next turn) and ship the other. I go monstrous and start taking chunks out of this 35 point life
total. He drops Obzedat, I overload Mizzium Mortars to kill his tokens, then swing into Ghost Dad, who he doesn't want to trade. He attacks with GD, I activate Mutavault and chump, then crack back for exactsies with CP / Monstrous Dragon (with FotFB in hand, just in case). He shows me a grip of 2 land. Fucking tight game.
Thoughts
I am not crazy about the 2 drops. They really under performed (except BTE). I think the Goblin Shortcutters should be changed out.
The one time I got to cast dragon, it was very good. Only one time though, hard to tell.
Magma Jet was the MVP of the night. Fucking great card.
Act of Treason under-performed.
Mutavault never conflicted, and won games.
Fanatic of Mogis hit for 1
damage against Esper. Probably correct to board them out. Hit for 9 and 10 elsewhere.
To complete what was already a very good night, I got the Ghor-Clan Rampager promo. I used my credit to get packs, and cracked Thrassa, Goddess of the Sea, Temple of Abandon, Hexproof plant, and Foil Soldier of the Pantheon. The the store owner told me he had some cards set aside for me. I was like Then he hands me a Japanese foil [card]Pyromancer's Gauntlet[/card], and 2x Japanese foil Hammer of Purphoros. He only wanted Y500. Fuckin' Eh!
Moving Forward
I think I want to try something like this (unless something sexy comes out of the pro-
tour):
[deck]Creatures (28)
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Ash Zealot
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Fanatic of Mogis
4 Stormbreath Dragon
Spells (7)
4 Lightning Strike
3 Mizzium Mortars
Land (25)
21 Mountain
3 Mutavault
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Sideboard (15)
3 Burning Earth
4 Skullcrack
4 Flames of the Firebrand
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Pyromancer's Gauntlet
1 Mizzium Mortars [/deck]
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Fix that burn package... Lightning Strike > Magma Jet > Shock.So I think this is the list I've landed on for tomorrow at states:
[deck]
Creature (28)
4x Ash Zealot
4x Boros Reckoner
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Fanatic of Mogis
4x Firedrinker Satyr
4x Rakdos Cackler
4x Rakdos Shred-Freak
Instant (7)
2x Lightning Strike
3x Magma Jet
2x Shock
Land (22)
21x Mountain
1x Mutavault
Enchantment (1)
1x Hammer of Purphoros
Planeswalker (2)
2x Chandra, Pyromaster
Sideboard (15)
2x Act of Treason
3x Burning Earth
3x Flames of the Firebrand
3x Mizzium Mortars
4x Skullcrack
[/deck]
Although Magma Jet and Lightning Strike are technically each in the 2-slot, I was feeling a severe lack of aggression from this deck with only Ashley as a 2CMC creature. Enter Shred-Freak. As others have noted, he's
underwhelming late but he helps tremendously when I'm trying to hit my curve and his devotion addition is nice. I've also upped Fanatic to the full playset from 3 since I rarely if ever don't want to see him by turn 4. 8-8-8-4 seems like a decent curve to me, with some burn, 1 hammer as a MB hedge against flood and for longer game 1s, and 2 Chandra.
I've also really trimmed down the board to what I feel is necessary. I was debating a 2nd Mutavault in place of the 4th Skullcrack - and that change may happen. I'm also thinking of finding space for a 3rd Act of Treason.
I think in this deck I need Act over Instinct for the threaten effect. I'm only running 22 land unless I throw a 2nd Mutavault in the board.
To accomplish all of this I've cut down my burn package. It used to be 10 cards - 4 strikes, 4 jets, 2 shocks. Now it's 7 cards. This makes Phoenix a bit less effective, but I still have 9 burn and 2 Chandra. Flames from the side are great for recurring Phoenix also. But she's
still great as just a 2/2 flying haste that gives 2 devotion.
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You value strike over magma jet? Didn't you just get done saying magma jet was the MVP of your FNM 3-0? I could always put Chandra in the side and replace her 2 slots with burn. But I'd likely go 4 Jet, 3 Strike, 2 Shock. The other cut would be either 1 Fanatic or even 1 Shred-Freak if I wanted to go back up to 4-4-2 on Jet-Strike-Shock.Fix that burn package... Lightning Strike > Magma Jet > Shock.So I think this is the list I've landed on for tomorrow at states:
[deck]
Creature (28)
4x Ash Zealot
4x Boros Reckoner
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Fanatic of Mogis
4x Firedrinker Satyr
4x Rakdos Cackler
4x Rakdos Shred-Freak
Instant (7)
2x Lightning Strike
3x Magma Jet
2x Shock
Land (22)
21x Mountain
1x Mutavault
Enchantment (1)
1x Hammer of Purphoros
Planeswalker (2)
2x Chandra, Pyromaster
Sideboard (15)
2x Act of Treason
3x Burning Earth
3x Flames of the Firebrand
3x Mizzium Mortars
4x Skullcrack
[/deck]
Although Magma Jet and Lightning Strike are technically
each in the 2-slot, I was feeling a severe lack of aggression from this deck with only Ashley as a 2CMC creature. Enter Shred-Freak. As others have noted, he's underwhelming late but he helps tremendously when I'm trying to hit my curve and his devotion addition is nice. I've also upped Fanatic to the full playset from 3 since I rarely if ever don't want to see him by turn 4. 8-8-8-4 seems like a decent curve to me, with some burn, 1 hammer as a MB hedge against flood and for longer game 1s, and 2 Chandra.
I've also really trimmed down the board to what I feel is necessary. I was debating a 2nd Mutavault in place of the 4th Skullcrack - and that change may happen. I'm also thinking of finding space for a 3rd Act of Treason.
I think in this deck I need Act over Instinct for the threaten effect. I'm only running 22 land unless I throw a 2nd Mutavault in the board.
To accomplish all of this I've cut down my burn package. It used to be 10 cards - 4 strikes, 4 jets, 2 shocks. Now it's 7
cards. This makes Phoenix a bit less effective, but I still have 9 burn and 2 Chandra. Flames from the side are great for recurring Phoenix also. But she's still great as just a 2/2 flying haste that gives 2 devotion.
Thanks to NerdBoyWonder for the amazing sig!
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It's because you played 22 Mountain. The Mutavaults were the icing on the cake at that point.
Mutavault never conflicted, and won games.
I was playing last night with a 21xMountain and 2x Mutavault package, and swear to gods, I saw a Mutavault every frickin' time I need double Red (or triple Red). Changed over to 22x Mountain and 1x Mutavault and it never happened to me again. Mutavault even won me a game in that configuration.
I think for "going big," you've got it right: 22x Mountain 2x Mutavault. It's consistent for colors and can still cast those dragons.
In a pinch, Khaos' beard can help turn this around.
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That's a test deck. I haven't played it yet.Mine is pretty similar for your meta actually.
How was the shrine for you?
Also, how has Mizzium been in the main? Do you just have so many threats you don't need the reach?
I tested Nykthos, and found it was only really relevant against midrange.
Mizzium Mortars has been good when siding it in. I just want more mana dumps to work with Nykthos.
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Yea, I'm thinking that with the high curve of the deck, Magma Jet might be the right call to smooth out the draws and ensure land drops etc. Mizzium in the SB.
I wonder a little if 4 Dragon is too much without ramp in a deck. Maybe 3?
Definitly bringing something just like this tomorrow for States.
I wonder a little if 4 Dragon is too much without ramp in a deck. Maybe 3?
Definitly bringing something just like this tomorrow for States.
Burn baby burn!
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We used to do it with the sledgehammer decks. 25 lands right?Yea, I'm thinking that with the high curve of the deck, Magma Jet might be the right call to smooth out the draws and ensure land drops etc. Mizzium in the SB.
I wonder a little if 4 Dragon is too much without ramp in a deck. Maybe 3?
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@ Johnny - what are you bringing in the Burning Earth's against please? I love the card but simply can't justify running it over Mortars based on what decks I'm seeing overall.
That said I'm running a different build - viewtopic.php?p=123114#p123114 - and I suspect this is why - I need to clear their blockers to attack, you can stall the ground and let Earth nip away until you cast Fanatic for lots
That said I'm running a different build - viewtopic.php?p=123114#p123114 - and I suspect this is why - I need to clear their blockers to attack, you can stall the ground and let Earth nip away until you cast Fanatic for lots
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I'm running 21 Mountain and 4 Mutavault's with 4 Dragons, 4 Ashley, 4 Phoenix and 3 Chandra main deck and Reckoner post board and the mana is working fine. I just rely on the maths; thanks to hamfactorial for making them so clear viewtopic.php?f=92&t=845
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Ran this list last night with the slight addition of 2 Mutavaults to the MB and 3 Burning Earths to the SB, ending in a very disappointing 0-3, losing to G/R ramp, B/W Midrange and a G/U aggro. I knew for a fact a lot of people were going to be running three color control decks but I did not get matched up against any of them, which was really disappointing.I honestly believe this is the best deck available to anybody on aErggh, I'm quickly realizing just how hopeless the situation looks for any sort of placings with this deck if I don't have chandra and/or stormbreath >.>
Looks like ashiok and elspeth will have to say good bye from my edh, and then maybe some other stuff to try and get a chandra or 2 e.e Ergh. I hate it when that's the case... I don't even know if I can get the 2 chandras, let alone the stormbreaths for handling g/w e.e
Any ideas o great titans of red? I am in need of your wise words of wisdom
budget:
[deck]
Creatures 28
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Rakdos Shred-Freak
4 Ash Zealot
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Fanatic of Mogis
Burn 10
2 Shock
4 Magma Jet
4 Lightning Strike
Land 22
22 Mountain
Sideboard
4 Skullcrack
3 Mizzium Mortars
4 Frostburn Weird
2 Hammer of Purphoros
2 Act of Treason[/deck]
And yes, it is perfectly capable of beating some of the top decks right now.
Money and brains are what drive Pyro Red. This deck, however, wins with a hook to the gut. Very little thinking, not a lot of money, and a huge jolt of force to the opponent.
Few notes:
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know how you guys are winning all your matches but I never got a good curve all night, I had to mulligan several times, being forced to keep hands with no 1 or 2 drops and never drawing into them until it was too late.
- Boros Reckoner is awesome!
- Scavenging Ooze is a massive pain in the ass, it's the only reason the G/U aggro guy could do anything.
- Mana seemed to be a big problem for me, as I was either mana screwed or flooded in 4 of the 6 games I played.
- Fanatic is good, but I never seemed to draw him when I needed to.
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Kamiel Cornelissen Monored Devotion
Standard – Top 8 Pro Tour Theros
[deck]
Land
21 Mountain
1 Mutavault
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Creatures
4 Ash Zealot
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
3 Ember Swallower
4 Frostburn Weird
3 Purphoros, God of the Forge
4 Stormbreath Dragon
Spells
2 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Magma Jet
1 Mizzium Mortars
Thighs
1 Chandra, Best Card In Standard
Sideboard
3 Anger of the Gods
2 Burning Earth
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
2 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Hammer of Purphoros
3 Mizzium Mortars
3 Peak Eruption
[/deck]
Interesting choices here - 3 Purphoros and 4 Nykthos being the most surprising. Made T8 though...
Standard – Top 8 Pro Tour Theros
[deck]
Land
21 Mountain
1 Mutavault
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Creatures
4 Ash Zealot
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
3 Ember Swallower
4 Frostburn Weird
3 Purphoros, God of the Forge
4 Stormbreath Dragon
Spells
2 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Magma Jet
1 Mizzium Mortars
Thighs
1 Chandra, Best Card In Standard
Sideboard
3 Anger of the Gods
2 Burning Earth
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
2 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Hammer of Purphoros
3 Mizzium Mortars
3 Peak Eruption
[/deck]
Interesting choices here - 3 Purphoros and 4 Nykthos being the most surprising. Made T8 though...
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The 3 Purphoros does not surprise me but the 4 Nykthos does. Also having 4 BTE with no chainable targets beyond Magma Jet is a bit surprising. Going to assume he saves chains for after Purphoros hits the board to get devotion up on top of burning them to the face.Kamiel Cornelissen Monored Devotion
Standard – Top 8 Pro Tour Theros
[deck]
Land
21 Mountain
1 Mutavault
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Creatures
4 Ash Zealot
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
3 Ember Swallower
4 Frostburn Weird
3 Purphoros, God of the Forge
4 Stormbreath Dragon
Spells
2 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Magma Jet
1 Mizzium Mortars
Thighs
1 Chandra, Best Card In Standard
Sideboard
3 Anger of the Gods
2 Burning Earth
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
2 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Hammer of Purphoros
3 Mizzium Mortars
3 Peak Eruption
[/deck]
Interesting choices here - 3 Purphoros and 4 Nykthos
being the most surprising. Made T8 though...
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BTE adds devotion and when played, you dump the mana into nykthos.The 3 Purphoros does not surprise me but the 4 Nykthos does. Also having 4 BTE with no chainable targets beyond Magma Jet is a bit surprising. Going to assume he saves chains for after Purphoros hits the board to get devotion up on top of burning them to the face.Kamiel Cornelissen Monored Devotion
Standard – Top 8 Pro Tour Theros
[deck]
Land
21 Mountain
1 Mutavault
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Creatures
4 Ash Zealot
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
3 Ember Swallower
4 Frostburn Weird
3 Purphoros, God of the Forge
4 Stormbreath Dragon
Spells
2 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Magma Jet
1 Mizzium Mortars
Thighs
1 Chandra, Best Card In Standard
Sideboard
3 Anger of the Gods
2 Burning Earth
1 Chandra,
Pyromaster
2 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Hammer of Purphoros
3 Mizzium Mortars
3 Peak Eruption
[/deck]
Interesting choices here - 3 Purphoros and 4 Nykthos being the most surprising. Made T8 though...
It's also worth noting that Kamiel is playing a "sketch" of the actual deck CFB is playing. His playtesting was literally 2 prereleases for limited and his first match of the day was basically his first match with his untested sketch of the deck. Guess he's a hall of famer for a reason.
You gotta understand, I love the beatdown. I really do. I always have.
Beatdown is hard, though.
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Beatdown is hard, though.
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^ To compliment dpaine's comment, here's Larkin's list:
John Larkin
Pro Tour Theros
[deck]
Lands (22)
18 Mountain
4 Mutavault
Creatures (30)
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Ash Zealot
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Boros Reckoner
3 Fanatic of Mogis
Spells (8)
4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike
Sideboard (15)
4 Mizzium Mortars
2 Hammer of Purphoros
3 Act of Treason
3 Skullcrack
3 Frostburn Weird
[/deck]
I like this deck, but hitting 3 mana for the reckoner might be tricky, let alone drawing the 4th for fanatic...
By the way, what setup were you running in states dpaine?
John Larkin
Pro Tour Theros
[deck]
Lands (22)
18 Mountain
4 Mutavault
Creatures (30)
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Ash Zealot
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Boros Reckoner
3 Fanatic of Mogis
Spells (8)
4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike
Sideboard (15)
4 Mizzium Mortars
2 Hammer of Purphoros
3 Act of Treason
3 Skullcrack
3 Frostburn Weird
[/deck]
I like this deck, but hitting 3 mana for the reckoner might be tricky, let alone drawing the 4th for fanatic...
By the way, what setup were you running in states dpaine?
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4 Nykthos seems to work. It's all about going one turn Nykthos, then activate it, play another Nykthos and using the floating mana generate even more mana.
Add that to sick amount of mana sinks - and here goes the top 8 decklist.
I like this deck for playing lots of lands. Still, would probably cut BTE.
Add that to sick amount of mana sinks - and here goes the top 8 decklist.
I like this deck for playing lots of lands. Still, would probably cut BTE.
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Sounds like you just had a batch of bad luck. I had exactly the same problem this friday .I ran a Devotion list with 3 Stormbreath. THey barely mattered as I barely saw them. Ran 24 lands but god damn, couldn't buy a 3rd land most games =\
I will try running Larkin's list this friday as I have all the required cards except for the mutavaults, I only have 2 atm. Will report back after .
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6-2 at States for 19TH place put of 169 players. Places 9-20 were a tie at 18 win points.
List and report to be posted after the celebration. Or probably just tomorrow.
List and report to be posted after the celebration. Or probably just tomorrow.
In a pinch, Khaos' beard can help turn this around.
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@ lazerburn Greedy three colour decks seem to be making a come back at my LGS. Esper and Junk would have been much easier if I ad burning earth.
@ Tyreal just variance man. Try to shrug it off and move on.
@ The devotion deck That thing just looks awful. It is the polar opposite of everything our testing tells us lol.
@ DPaine Sorry about your luck man. Sounds like tough breaks.
@ KS congrats!
@ Tyreal just variance man. Try to shrug it off and move on.
@ The devotion deck That thing just looks awful. It is the polar opposite of everything our testing tells us lol.
@ DPaine Sorry about your luck man. Sounds like tough breaks.
@ KS congrats!
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Also, I neglected to mention that I think going forward, Flames of the Firebrand will probably need to be considered maindeck for the current blue Devotion lists.
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Hi Folks,
I brought Devotion Red to Massachusetts States yesterday. So did half the other players, it seemed. My first 3 rounds were all the mirror, with the caveat being that the third round was DPaine and he had Stormbreath Dragons to go over the top. Here's what I brought:
[deck]
Creatures - 30
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Ash Zealot
4 Burning Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Boros Reckoner
3 Fanatic of Mogis
Spells - 8
4 Lightning Strike
4 Shock
Land - 22
20 Mountain
2 Mutavault
Sideboard - 15
4 Skullcrack
3 Mizzium Mortars
3 Flames of the Firebrand
1 Hammer of Purphoros
2 Act of Treason
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
[/deck]
Magma Jet was a last minute cut because I wanted to move back to the Emissary+Firefist plan. I also dropped to 20 Mountains to bring in a 2nd Mutvault because of its synergy with Firefist. I feel for the most part the decision was a
good one. The only 2 times land were an issue for me will be highlighted in the report. Once in the first game of the day, and once in the last game of the day.
68 people attended, which made for 7 rounds of swiss with a cut to top 8. They gave prizes through top 16.
Round 1: Devotion Red. 2-1
Game 1, on the play, mull to 6: I make the first of 2 stupid land-based mistakes of the day. I kept a hand of 6 that was Mountain, Mutavault, BTE, Ash Zealot, and 2 other non-Reckoner cards. I was on the play. My turn 1 land drop I decided to play Mutavault, thinking I could activate it T2 for an attack due to bad odds of drawing into a Mountain. I also didn't know what my opponent was on. Well, turn 2 I ripped a Mountain off the top that could have set up either a BTE chain or Ash Zealot on curve. Instead, my opponent out-races me, but barely.
Game 2, on the play, keep 7. I don't have many notes here other than life tallies. Mine stops at 17. His goes from 20 to 16
(so I had one-drop into Ash Zealot apparently) to 9 to 4 to dead.
Game 2, on the play, keep 7. This was more of a race. He got me to 7, but he had mulled to 6 and I won.
Round 2: Devotion Red. 2-1. This was a battle of who had a BTE chain first.
Game 1, on the play, keep 7. Raced, and hit BTE-BTE-Firefist on T2, domed him with a big Fanatic on T4, won on T5.
Game 2, we both keep. He had a shock for my Zealot and he had the first BTE chain.
Game 3, we both keep. I'm not sure what he kept but my life total stopped at 18 and his went 20-16-11-5-dead.
Round 3: Devotion Red: 0-2. DPAINE!!!!!!!
Both games were somewhat of a race, but DPaine is much better at the turn maths than I am apparently. He also saw his Stormbreaths for the first time in the day against me, and I couldn't deal with them. DPaine won the die roll.
Round 4: Dega Midrange: 2-0
Game 1, on the play, keep. Ripping action off the top
just out-swarmed his removal. He had blood baron and stormbreath, but firefist makes blood baron useless and phoenix+shock deals with a blocking stormbreath well enough. Especially when you have another shock to bring the phoenix back
Game 2, keep. Opponent mulls to 6. He kept all red cards and 2 non-red lands. I won with 20 life and didn't lose a creature.
Round 5: Esper Control. 1-2.
Game 1, on the draw, keep. I beat him down incredibly easily. All I saw were some Azo Charms, his land-base, and a Doom Blade.
Game 2 I mulliganed to 5. I just barely didn't have enough gas to put him away before he started chaining revelations, then brought out Aetherling and Blood Baron to put me away.
Game 3 I kept the full 7. Again, I barely didn't have enough gas for him. My Skullcracks were ripped out of hand by Sin Collectors. I would have cast them in response, but didn't hold up
the mana that early in the game. He stabilized the board and ended up getting me with that new Sphinx that has Scry3 whenever it attacks. It's janky, but this guy made it into top 8 and that card won a game against me and at least one other round later in the day.
Round 6: Mono-Black. Devotion? Control? 2-0. I don't have much experience playing against female magic players. She wasn't attractive, but she was definitely playing up the "I'm a girl, be kind to me" line. I mean, she was nice and all, but it was there. I didn't hold back...
Game 1, on the draw. We both mulliganed to 6. I saw a couple doom blades and a Desecration Demon, but who needs to sacrifice when you can activate Battalion with Firefist? I don't know why people love Doom Blade-ing Mutavault when you activate it. That seems like a horrible play for them. I'll only ever activate it if I don't care about it or if I'm forced to. Since she died with me still at 20 life, I obviously
wasn't forced to.
Game 2, keep 7. This game was over even faster than the first. The last turn consisted of attacking her down to 4 and then double shock to the dome.
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Round 7 was the last round. Before it, they put up the standings. I was 4-2 and #16, with good breakers. I had a shot at being the only X-2 in the top 8 if I won cleanly.
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Round 7: Domri Naya: 1-2 I had seen this guy playing against a G/W Aggro deck and knew what he was on. I knew he leaned heavily on Unflinching Courage.
Game 1, on the draw. We both mull to 6. Domri+Reckoner+Unflinching Courage was too much for me that game. I blocked his Reckoner with mine. I redirected the damage to his Reckoner, and his Reckoner redirected damage to my Firedrinker Satyr. I was tempted to Shock my Satyr with that redirect on the stack to avoid 3 damage, but didn't. I saved it for his face EOT to bring back a Phoenix, but he had some well-
timed Rootborn Defenses for his ground crew and Phoenix wasn't enough.
Game 2, keep full 7, opponent mulls to 6. Beatdown. He was at 2 life and attacked me with his Loxodon Smiter that had an Unflinching Courage on it. He went up to 8 and dropped me to 14. Fanatic off the top for the win.
Game 3, he kept his full 7. I mulliganed to 6. My 6 was Mountain, BTE, BTE, Firefist Striker, Lightning Strike, Lightning Strike. I thought about it for a while, but convinced myself that I had 2 draw steps to be able to hit a Mountain for the BTE chain on-curve. If it was a Mutvault, I could still Lightning Strike his plays. I kept that 6 and never saw a 2nd land. He beat me down with a Scavenging Ooze with Unflinching Courage on it.
I was disappointed that I punted a potential top 8 and a guaranteed pay-out like that. I ended the day at 22nd overall. I felt I did fairly well, other than those 2 egregious land-based mistakes (game 1 round 1 mutavault first turn, and the 1-land keep in the last game of
the day).
Ironically, I was just watching the finals for the SCG Open in Milwaukee this morning. The Devotion player in the finals had the EXACT same 6 as me in that last game. He mulliganed to 5. What he drew with that 5 could have likely won me the game against the Naya player. He lost to the G/R Monsters opponent, and Riki Hayashi, who was commentating, said he would have kept the 6. I honestly don't know what's right with that kind of hand. I think it proves the bad decisions you make because of BTE.
I brought Devotion Red to Massachusetts States yesterday. So did half the other players, it seemed. My first 3 rounds were all the mirror, with the caveat being that the third round was DPaine and he had Stormbreath Dragons to go over the top. Here's what I brought:
[deck]
Creatures - 30
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Ash Zealot
4 Burning Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Boros Reckoner
3 Fanatic of Mogis
Spells - 8
4 Lightning Strike
4 Shock
Land - 22
20 Mountain
2 Mutavault
Sideboard - 15
4 Skullcrack
3 Mizzium Mortars
3 Flames of the Firebrand
1 Hammer of Purphoros
2 Act of Treason
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
[/deck]
Magma Jet was a last minute cut because I wanted to move back to the Emissary+Firefist plan. I also dropped to 20 Mountains to bring in a 2nd Mutvault because of its synergy with Firefist. I feel for the most part the decision was a
good one. The only 2 times land were an issue for me will be highlighted in the report. Once in the first game of the day, and once in the last game of the day.
68 people attended, which made for 7 rounds of swiss with a cut to top 8. They gave prizes through top 16.
Round 1: Devotion Red. 2-1
Game 1, on the play, mull to 6: I make the first of 2 stupid land-based mistakes of the day. I kept a hand of 6 that was Mountain, Mutavault, BTE, Ash Zealot, and 2 other non-Reckoner cards. I was on the play. My turn 1 land drop I decided to play Mutavault, thinking I could activate it T2 for an attack due to bad odds of drawing into a Mountain. I also didn't know what my opponent was on. Well, turn 2 I ripped a Mountain off the top that could have set up either a BTE chain or Ash Zealot on curve. Instead, my opponent out-races me, but barely.
Game 2, on the play, keep 7. I don't have many notes here other than life tallies. Mine stops at 17. His goes from 20 to 16
(so I had one-drop into Ash Zealot apparently) to 9 to 4 to dead.
Game 2, on the play, keep 7. This was more of a race. He got me to 7, but he had mulled to 6 and I won.
Round 2: Devotion Red. 2-1. This was a battle of who had a BTE chain first.
Game 1, on the play, keep 7. Raced, and hit BTE-BTE-Firefist on T2, domed him with a big Fanatic on T4, won on T5.
Game 2, we both keep. He had a shock for my Zealot and he had the first BTE chain.
Game 3, we both keep. I'm not sure what he kept but my life total stopped at 18 and his went 20-16-11-5-dead.
Round 3: Devotion Red: 0-2. DPAINE!!!!!!!
Both games were somewhat of a race, but DPaine is much better at the turn maths than I am apparently. He also saw his Stormbreaths for the first time in the day against me, and I couldn't deal with them. DPaine won the die roll.
Round 4: Dega Midrange: 2-0
Game 1, on the play, keep. Ripping action off the top
just out-swarmed his removal. He had blood baron and stormbreath, but firefist makes blood baron useless and phoenix+shock deals with a blocking stormbreath well enough. Especially when you have another shock to bring the phoenix back
Game 2, keep. Opponent mulls to 6. He kept all red cards and 2 non-red lands. I won with 20 life and didn't lose a creature.
Round 5: Esper Control. 1-2.
Game 1, on the draw, keep. I beat him down incredibly easily. All I saw were some Azo Charms, his land-base, and a Doom Blade.
Game 2 I mulliganed to 5. I just barely didn't have enough gas to put him away before he started chaining revelations, then brought out Aetherling and Blood Baron to put me away.
Game 3 I kept the full 7. Again, I barely didn't have enough gas for him. My Skullcracks were ripped out of hand by Sin Collectors. I would have cast them in response, but didn't hold up
the mana that early in the game. He stabilized the board and ended up getting me with that new Sphinx that has Scry3 whenever it attacks. It's janky, but this guy made it into top 8 and that card won a game against me and at least one other round later in the day.
Round 6: Mono-Black. Devotion? Control? 2-0. I don't have much experience playing against female magic players. She wasn't attractive, but she was definitely playing up the "I'm a girl, be kind to me" line. I mean, she was nice and all, but it was there. I didn't hold back...
Game 1, on the draw. We both mulliganed to 6. I saw a couple doom blades and a Desecration Demon, but who needs to sacrifice when you can activate Battalion with Firefist? I don't know why people love Doom Blade-ing Mutavault when you activate it. That seems like a horrible play for them. I'll only ever activate it if I don't care about it or if I'm forced to. Since she died with me still at 20 life, I obviously
wasn't forced to.
Game 2, keep 7. This game was over even faster than the first. The last turn consisted of attacking her down to 4 and then double shock to the dome.
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Round 7 was the last round. Before it, they put up the standings. I was 4-2 and #16, with good breakers. I had a shot at being the only X-2 in the top 8 if I won cleanly.
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Round 7: Domri Naya: 1-2 I had seen this guy playing against a G/W Aggro deck and knew what he was on. I knew he leaned heavily on Unflinching Courage.
Game 1, on the draw. We both mull to 6. Domri+Reckoner+Unflinching Courage was too much for me that game. I blocked his Reckoner with mine. I redirected the damage to his Reckoner, and his Reckoner redirected damage to my Firedrinker Satyr. I was tempted to Shock my Satyr with that redirect on the stack to avoid 3 damage, but didn't. I saved it for his face EOT to bring back a Phoenix, but he had some well-
timed Rootborn Defenses for his ground crew and Phoenix wasn't enough.
Game 2, keep full 7, opponent mulls to 6. Beatdown. He was at 2 life and attacked me with his Loxodon Smiter that had an Unflinching Courage on it. He went up to 8 and dropped me to 14. Fanatic off the top for the win.
Game 3, he kept his full 7. I mulliganed to 6. My 6 was Mountain, BTE, BTE, Firefist Striker, Lightning Strike, Lightning Strike. I thought about it for a while, but convinced myself that I had 2 draw steps to be able to hit a Mountain for the BTE chain on-curve. If it was a Mutvault, I could still Lightning Strike his plays. I kept that 6 and never saw a 2nd land. He beat me down with a Scavenging Ooze with Unflinching Courage on it.
I was disappointed that I punted a potential top 8 and a guaranteed pay-out like that. I ended the day at 22nd overall. I felt I did fairly well, other than those 2 egregious land-based mistakes (game 1 round 1 mutavault first turn, and the 1-land keep in the last game of
the day).
Ironically, I was just watching the finals for the SCG Open in Milwaukee this morning. The Devotion player in the finals had the EXACT same 6 as me in that last game. He mulliganed to 5. What he drew with that 5 could have likely won me the game against the Naya player. He lost to the G/R Monsters opponent, and Riki Hayashi, who was commentating, said he would have kept the 6. I honestly don't know what's right with that kind of hand. I think it proves the bad decisions you make because of BTE.
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Also, I didn't resolve Chandra once all day. I brought her in against the midrange and control decks. The only time I tried to cast her was against Esper, and she was countered. In our list, I think that becomes Burning Earth honestly.
Thanks to NerdBoyWonder for the amazing sig!
Son, I want you to know that no matter what happens between your mother and me, it's all your fault.
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