Dies to Removal

Attention clan Super Gay.

Lets test modern on trice.

I can't right now, I'm legit posting from my phone because I'm trying to sleep. Tomorrow evening? I need to build up the rest of the gauntlet still anyway, I only have Brobots, Merfolk, and Ajundi built on Trice.

im down for a game

Add me, Lauphiette made me get up and watch him lose to some bad mono white deck. My name is Gweivyth.

TRIBAL KNIGHTSSSSSSsssssssssss

Concerning the mono one-drop deck, I think I'd run:

[deck]
16 2/x's
4 BTE
4 GHC
4 FFS
3 Wojek Halverdiers

4 charm
4 spear

16 shocks
5 mountain[/deck]

Litterally lost to Mirran crusader both games. Because Elspeth says it deals 10 damage.

So...testing this brew with Isaac Egan tonight:

3 anger of the gods
2 devour flesh
2 doom blade
2 dreadbore
4 magma jet
2 rakdos's return
4 thoughtseize
3 underworld connections

1 haunted platemail
1 pithing needle
3 prophetic prism
3 rakdos keyrune
2 ratchet bomb
3 trading post

4 blood crypt
4 rakdos guildgate
10 swamp
7 mountain

Yeah.

You seem to really know your shit, LP. I really agree with all your main points in your last post.

I'm kind of a big deal.

Or as Kibler would say, "Also, it helps support the argument that I'm a goddamn genius."

Gump...

...you're a goddamn genius!

ZOMG HASTY HYDRA

That's a really good card. But underwhelming early, sure, but nice late when you just want to spend all your mana. Probably a 2-of?

That hydra is insane. Easily splashable, great top deck, hates blue. It feels more like a mythic than a rare.

So...testing this brew with Isaac Egan tonight:

3 anger of the gods
2 devour flesh
2 doom blade
2 dreadbore
4 magma jet
2 rakdos's return
4 thoughtseize
3 underworld connections

1 haunted platemail
1 pithing needle
3 prophetic prism
3 rakdos keyrune
2 ratchet bomb
3 trading post

4 blood crypt
4 rakdos guildgate
10 swamp
7 mountain

Yeah.

Let me know how it goes. I've been playing around with a RB shell without the spoiled cards just to get a feel for the playstyle. I'd love to play Trading Post again, and I'd LOVE it if it were competitive.

Only thing I've noticed is that I am very weak to Desecration Demon across the table, and that is very frustrating considering how much I've seen it in the past couple of days.
I'm sure the Thoughtseize help with this.

Do any of you guys actively play legacy?

I'm trying to figure out if a fast mana Chandra deck could be a thing. It really does beg the question though, why not just Painted Stone.

Chandra is hella sweet in Legacy. She makes me want to play red in my blade deck instead of green.

Yea that's pretty reasonable. What list are you playing? If you don't mind sharing your tech.

I think a deck won a legacy open with Chandra and servant in the same deck

Anyone else see Brad Nelson's big red deck? Looks sweet!

JS: Link me shuga.

I think a deck won a legacy open with Chandra and servant in the same deck

Yea, that was what I was getting at. I'd like to brew something in that vein, but I keep ending up at the same deck.

http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdat ... ckID=58814 This deck. It is soooo sweet.

Details of all these decks please.

Chandra + Painters Servant seems gross.

That's a really good card. But underwhelming early, sure, but nice late when you just want to spend all your mana. Probably a 2-of?

i had a version of G/R ramp with 2x savageborn hydra so its a perfect swap

So...testing this brew with Isaac Egan tonight:

3 anger of the gods
2 devour flesh
2 doom blade
2 dreadbore
4 magma jet
2 rakdos's return
4 thoughtseize
3 underworld connections

1 haunted platemail
1 pithing needle
3 prophetic prism
3 rakdos keyrune
2 ratchet bomb
3 trading post

4 blood crypt
4 rakdos guildgate
10 swamp
7 mountain

Yeah.

Let me know how it goes. I've been playing around with a RB shell without the spoiled cards just to get a feel for the playstyle. I'd love to play Trading Post again, and I'd LOVE it if it were competitive.

Only
thing I've noticed is that I am very weak to Desecration Demon across the table, and that is very frustrating considering how much I've seen it in the past couple of days. I'm sure the Thoughtseize help with this.

Post board it's very easy to handle at least.

Whether this shell is any good cones down to how powerful the Trading Post + Connections engine is. It's imitating Necropotence + Corrupt, so we'll see. I like the ultra compact win-cons.

[deck]
Artifacts
4 Grindstone
3 Sensei's Divining Top

Artifact Creatures
4 Painter's Servant
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Spellskite

Creatures
1 Goblin Welder
4 Imperial Recruiter
2 Magus of the Moon
4 Simian Spirit Guide

Enchantments
4 Blood Moon

Instants
3 Lightning Bolt
3 Pyroblast
3 Red Elemental Blast

Legendary Creatures
1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Planeswalkers
2 Chandra, Pyromaster

Basic Lands
9 Mountain

Lands
4 Ancient Tomb
3 Arid Mesa
4 City of Traitors

Sideboard:
4 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Ratchet Bomb
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Manic Vandal
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
[/deck]

Dumb question, why spirit guide and not a ritual? Because of Recruiter?

Because the deck revolves around red elemental blast and pyroblast, and the spirit guide makes mana on your opp's turn even after you're tapped out of your sol land.

Thanks!

So...testing this brew with Isaac Egan tonight:

3 anger of the gods
2 devour flesh
2 doom blade
2 dreadbore
4 magma jet
2 rakdos's return
4 thoughtseize
3 underworld connections

1 haunted platemail
1 pithing needle
3 prophetic prism
3 rakdos keyrune
2 ratchet bomb
3 trading post

4 blood crypt
4 rakdos guildgate
10 swamp
7 mountain

Yeah.

I'd want to play heroic demise/downfall whatever somewhere in there, but that's more of a "shinny new card" factor. ratchet bomb also seems tricky since it blows up a lot of your own permanents. I imagine turns where you sac post to post, recur post, then crack bomb on 4 coming up a non insignificant number of times and that's a lot of work for durdling.

I just have this
thing where I like clear paths to winning the game besides haunted platemail. It exacerbates the control deck weakness of not being able to close games quickly.

You can literally counter Show & Tell on your turn 0.

This write up is a gorram mess, but here it is: http://www.starcitygames.com/article/26 ... ening.html

He brings up some interesting interactions. I'd be playing the shit out of this deck if a) I didn't hate winning with combos b) Imperial Recruiter is still expensive

@ LP; when you're in control you can typically win in 2-3 turns by activating 2 keyrune or keyrune + platemail; plus burn or a return etc. it's not TOO bad.

Ratchet bomb might be bad and I'm not even sure if I need it. Dies it even do anything other than kill enchantments? Are there any enchantments I MUST answer right now? I don't know.

What's Brad Nelson's deck look like?

@Z: Assemble the Legion?

Edit: Ratchet bombs a bad answer, but from the looks of it your deck would just fold to an assemble

JS: Link me shuga.

I think a deck won a legacy open with Chandra and servant in the same deck

Yea, that was what I was getting at. I'd like to brew something in that vein, but I keep ending up at the same deck.

http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdat ... ckID=58814 This deck. It is soooo sweet.

Is it ok to repost premium content here?

What's Brad Nelson's deck look like?

Devotion land to make the ember guy monterous and destroy your opponents lands on T5.

Im pretty sure an FoS member posted that deck when ember was first spoiled

What's Brad Nelson's deck look like?

Devotion land to make the ember guy monterous and destroy your opponents lands on T5.

How does it work? You will need at least a devotion of 5 to Red for that to work.

Yeah Yarpus' deck is probably similar and SWEET.

reckoner+Ember swallower is 5 devotion

@Z: Assemble the Legion?

Edit: Ratchet bombs a bad answer, but from the looks of it your deck would just fold to an assemble

Yeah I'm pretty dead to it. SB illness in the ranks I suppose?

Lets be honest I'm probably not beating Wear/Tear.

Sideboard
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Devour Flesh
1 Dreadbore
1 Illness in the Ranks
3 Master of Cruelties
1 Pithing Needle
2 Rakdos Charm
1 Rakdos's Return
2 Shock
2 Slaughter Games

Ill try and write some notes from testing with Isaac and Dan tomorrow. All night play testing go go go.