Dies to Removal

I think Caleb Durwald has been reading here:
http://www.channelfireball.com/articles ... cry-games/

His RW midrange deck is interesting

Ahaha, he used that deck. He was testing it against me on Cockatrice the other night.

Which I find funny since I was playing James' mono red list and smashing him pretty handily.

I noticed the list is 10 cards short. I can figure out Lightning Strike + [card]Magma Jet[/
card]. What were the last two? Shock?

Drafting from Theros impressions:

This set is pretty interesting to draft. Rares are very bomby, but drafting a synergistic deck is very important. A few of the archetypes that did well were G/U goodness (feat. unblockable aura, flying bestow guy, flash +2/+2, and dat Asp), W/R Heroic (with the cards you'd expect), and green stompy (seriously. Mono green. It happened to be open). I didn't drop a game except by mulling to oblivion with W/R heroic for 2 drafts in a row. Don't expect that archetype to be open often, but folks at the table were trying to be cute so I just went with consistency.

Testing of Kuroda Boros a la SCG list:

Too much Elspeth. I don't know that I'd play her main deck in this list. Wanted more mortars, because I like drawing Plague Wind. Other than that, it felt pretty much the same.

Re: Assemble the Legion vs Mono Red - seems like a good opportunity to bring in my Ratchet Bombs. Of course, they'll probably be bringing in artifact hate for my Pyromancer's Gauntlet, so that could reduce its effectiveness.

Well, today's my last day at my job. They don't have the budget for me anymore. Hello unemployment, goodbye any cards from Theros.

Time to move down south Suga.

There's plenty of places in Clemson...

Ha.

Sorry to hear that

That sucks, Suga. Any prospects?

Not at the moment. Kind of caught me off guard.

Didn't mean to make light of your situation Suga, that certainly does suck. I imagine workers in your field are in fairly high demand though, right?

On another note, I think we can safely say that civilwargoat has usurped someone's "fucking wad" title:

I think Caleb Durwald has been reading here:
http://www.channelfireball.com/articles ... cry-games/

His RW midrange deck is interesting

Ahaha, he used that deck. He was testing it against me on Cockatrice the other night.

Which I find funny since I was playing James' mono red list and smashing him
pretty handily.

I noticed the list is 10 cards short. I can figure out Lightning Strike + Magma Jet. What were the last two? Shock?

It was some number of Burning Earths if I recall.

I heard of trimming the hedges, but you done Burnt da Earf!

Suga, that sucks. I'm sorry to hear that.

Suga:

What's your profession?

I'm sorry to hear that, Suga. Here's hoping you find something quickly.

Suga:

What's your profession?

I work at an autobody shop.

I was hoping you had a tech job, I could probably help track something down. #nerdalert

That's certainly a bad news. Hopefully something good comes up soon for you, suga.

Dat sucks. You're to sexy to stay unemployed for long though!

I'm sure red needs a fluffer. The pay sucks, but it's a job. Giggity.

Sorry to hear that suga

I still think my Redthirst signature was better.

Ouch, sorry bout that Suga. Hope you find something new soon.

Well. in my college english, I misread a due date and thought it was due at midnight tonight, when it was actually due at noon today (its 2:00 right now)

God what a fuck up....

Sorry to hear about your unemployment, Suga. Hopefully you can collect dem checks now?

Theros cannot get here fast enough so I can replace Path to Exile with Chained to the Rocks. No more non-bo with my Blood Moons would make me happy.

Sweet interaction.

I have a couple of concerns about Chained to the Rocks. Abrupt Decay, Tectonic Edge, and Ghost Quarter are all cards. I'd be willing to give up a basic if it meant I never had to see that Wurmcoil Engine again.

Of course, once you land Blood Moon as well it's GG anyway for Tec and Quarter.

Is there a Wurmcoil deck that runs abrupt decay??

The only thing worse than losing your first round at FNM to double mulligan to 4 from horrendous mana screw is dropped your six pack of Heineken on the sidewalk.

On the plus, I now own a beautiful foiled Hammer.

I've only seen Ghost Quarter from Death and Taxes, which is rare. Paths and Chained are dead in that matchup anyway.

The Wurmcoil deck (Tron) runs Oblivion Stone to remove my Chained or Blood Moon, but it's ridiculously slow (and Stony Silence is a thing). If they're on RG, I don't want to Path him into the forest so he can Krosan Grip or Naturalize my Blood Moon.

I'd never cast Chained to a shockland, especially when I run so many basic Mountains. Tec Edge is also a slow answer against a red deck that operates fine on 3 mana. Peak Eruption might become the hot new tech in Boros mirrors, but I doubt it. I want them trying to destroy my enchantments and ignoring my creatures.

I'm down on PtE because I rarely need the instant speed and there are so many decks that would love the 1 mana ramp. There are very few decks with no basics, so PtE is never a strip mine + terminate.

The only thing worse than losing your first round at FNM to double mulligan to 4 from horrendous mana screw is dropped your six pack of Heineken on the sidewalk.

On the plus, I now own a beautiful foiled Hammer.

[mana]2R[/mana], , sacrifice target brewed permanent: Put a foil Hammer artifact onto the battlefield.

On the sidelines tonight as we have to get up at 5 in the morning to drive 150 miles for another band competition. Dammit...I love my boy and I love those band kids to death, but I want my Friday nights back!

Oh Khaos...I have a surprise for you...

I was out looking for an evidently now nonexistent bottle of Southern Tier Pumpking when I ran across something that simply must go to you...

@ham - I love the Mortars detail...you have quite the eye for composition.

Thanks Jerry I was brewing on STD Boros and noticed how much the perspective was tilted to fit the card frame. Since 600x150 is the max sig art size, I was on the hunt for red cards that would look great when sliced up narrowly.

Holy shit, Jerry! It want that!

Also, making a monstrous Stormbreath against Big Boros is legit.

And, Jerry, is that really pumpkin? Cuz, that's one of my real weaknesses. Pumpkin stuff and mead.

From a thread on Sally:
"I'm currently running WBr in Standard with this [infinite life combo with Charm, Reckoner, Whip] combo in the deck with 4 Reckoners, 3 Whip of Erebos, 4 Boros Charm, and various burn spells and have never had mana issues. Sure, most of the lands come into play tapped, but as a midrange/control deck I don't mind, and the scry lands are a lot better than I initially thought they were. We have WR and WB scry lands already and will eventually have BR as well. My current manabase is: 12 shocks, 8 scrylands, 4 guildgates, but I'll probably cut the guildgates for basics or something because they are really bad."

Me
"I hear Burning Earth is a good card."

Him
"I doubt it's maindeck material and I hear there is instant-speed enchantment removal in my colors. Also why do you care about burning earth when you have a trillion life?"

Act of Treason is my MVP tonight. Card is so house.