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Postby Toddington » Mon May 19, 2014 5:37 pm

[deck]Creature (28)
4x Akroan Crusader
4x Eidolon of the Great Revel
4x Everflame Eidolon
4x Firedrinker Satyr
4x Mogis's Warhound
4x Nyxborn Rollicker
4x Satyr Hoplite

Instant (4)
4x Titan's Strength

Sorcery (3)
3x Blinding Flare

Enchantment (4)
4x Dragon Mantle

Artifact (1)
1x Hall of Triumph

Land (20)
20x Mountain[/deck]

I played this list for Block recently, but my choices and problems translate to standard. I'm obviously missing Rakdos Cackler and Madcap Skills because of the format.

Green matchups are really tough because of the Courser/Caryatid combo. Playing against black decks and Kiora has taught me to spread out the Buffs across 2/3 guys rather than all-in on 1. Once I get to 4-power/Firebreathing on a guy, I move to the next dude.

I recommend the one-of [card]
Hall of Triumph[/card], and would play fewer lands. You don't wanna go to 16 or anything drastic, but even with Firebreathing/Bestow 20 is too much.

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Postby Tyrael » Mon May 19, 2014 6:08 pm

I personally play 17 and that seems to be the sweet spot (or 17 + 1 vault)

Everflame Eidolon is really underwhelming imo

I'd rather run Arena Athlete along with Madcap Skills to make the green matchup bearable

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[deck] Heroic Sligh[/deck]

What I'd change: SB needs Seismic Stomp to deal with green. Crusader has been underperforming and I'm thinking of cutting him in favor of Nyxborn Rollicker. I'm still unsure if the deck really wants/needs BTE since the heroic version greatly reduces the 'swarm' potential of the deck.
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Postby Toddington » Mon May 19, 2014 6:29 pm

I personally play 17 and that seems to be the sweet spot (or 17 + 1 vault)
Agreed, 17/18 seems right.

Everflame Eidolon is really underwhelming imo
Really wanted this card to be good, this isn't the deck for it. Maybe play just a few?

I'd rather run Arena Athlete along with Madcap Skills to make the green matchup bearable
Yeah, seems solid.

My list:
What are the Firedrinkers in the board?

What I'd change: SB needs Seismic Stomp to deal with green. Crusader has been underperforming and I'm thinking of cutting him in favor of Nyxborn Rollicker. I'm still unsure if the deck really wants/needs BTE since the heroic
version greatly reduces the 'swarm' potential of the deck.
Have you tried Blinding Flare? Hits fliers, doesn't hit Caryatids. Crusader is the weakest 1-drop I guess, nuts with Hall of Triumph if that becomes a thing. I can go without BTE in this deck.
Tom Ross' most recent list: http://www.starcitygames.com/article/28 ... tates.html
[deck]
Creature (27)
4x Ash Zealot
4x Burning-Tree Emissary
4x Firedrinker Satyr
4x Foundry Street Denizen
4x Gore-House Chainwalker
3x Legion Loyalist
4x Rakdos Cackler

Instant (12)
4x Lightning Strike
4x Shock
4x Titan's Strength

Enchantment (4)
4x Madcap Skills

Land (17)
17x Mountain

Sideboard (15)
4x Eidolon of the Great Revel
2x Magma Spray
3x Searing Blood
2x Seismic
Stomp
4x Skullcrack[/deck]
Not Heroic, and with BTE, but seems a solid AIR list. That guy know's what he's doing.

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Postby Tyrael » Mon May 19, 2014 8:09 pm

Firedrinker Satyr is in the board cuz I was expecting a lot of aggressive decks (I faced Naya aggro, Mono Green Aggro, Naya Midrange and Jund Monsters) so I never really ended up needing them anyway but they are there for the control matchup, obviously

Blinding Flare seems good for sure

I just wanted heroic to work :)
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Postby Purp » Mon May 19, 2014 8:21 pm

1st place in a States

[deck]
Creatures (27)

4 Akroan Crusader
1 Ash Zealot
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Foundry Street Denizen
4 Legion Loyalist
4 Rakdos Cackler
3 Rubblebelt Maaka
3 Eidolon of the Great Revel

Lands (17)

17 Mountain

Spells (16)

4 Dragon Mantle
4 Madcap Skills
2 Shock
4 Titan's Strength
2 Seismic Stomp

Sideboard
1 Ash Zealot
4 Lightning Strike
3 Searing Blood
2 Shock
4 Skullcrack
1 Seismic Stomp

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Postby Tyrael » Mon May 19, 2014 8:29 pm

No BTE

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Postby Toddington » Mon May 19, 2014 9:00 pm

Firedrinker Satyr is in the board cuz I was expecting a lot of aggressive decks (I faced Naya aggro, Mono Green Aggro, Naya Midrange and Jund Monsters) so I never really ended up needing them anyway but they are there for the control matchup, obviously
But you have 4 in the main as well right?

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Postby Tyrael » Mon May 19, 2014 9:04 pm

That needs to be Rubblebelt Maaka, my bad
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Postby hoeiberg » Tue May 20, 2014 8:07 am

I'm currently testing this:

[DECK]
Creatures
4x Ash Zealot
4x Burning-Tree Emissary
2x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Firedrinker Satyr
4x Mogis's Warhound
4x Rakdos Cackler
4x Satyr Hoplite

Buffs
2x Dragon Mantle
4x Lightning Strike
4x Madcap Skills
4x Titan's Strength
1x Hall of Triumph

Lands
19x Mountain

Sideboard
2x Electrickery
3x Seismic Stomp
3x Shock
4x Skullcrack
[/DECK]

Yes, there are only 12 cards in the SB, i wanted EotGR but it's a tad expensive at the moment, so I'm waiting for it to hopefully drop. In the mean time I have been considering other cards but haven't landed on any. Maybe Goblin Shortcutter. I'm very surprised that i like Satyr Hoplite way better that Akroan Crusader, but getting the counter and becoming big enough to beat the blockers really helps him. Also the 2x Chandra's Phoenix seem really good, flying is really good for getting in the last few points of dmg, and
Titan's Strength on an unblocked bird just feels so good (almost like playing lightning bolt in standard) :)
I would not go without BTE, 1-drop into BTE+Madcap Skills on the play is very close to just being GG.

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Postby Tyrael » Tue May 20, 2014 1:50 pm

[deck]Heroic Sligh v.2[/deck]

Current build I'm testing out (naya and red aggro seems to be the next big thing at my meta, not much removal).

What do you guys think about Coordinated Assault? Maybe some Legion Loyalists?
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