Decided to have some fun this week and go back to old school shenanigans build. A lot of blink effects Mangara of corondorAkroma, Angel of Fury. Just been grinding out more recently with stock taxes lists and burn recently so wanted to run a for fun variant this week. running shefet dunes on sole basis it provides colorless and white.
@jake: Aven mindcensor helps versus titan shift if you expect it to be there in force and isn't bad against the rest of the meta. finks can be good if you expect a lot of aggressive builds, thalia, heretic can be good as just a vanilla tax that is good in almost all matches. Dryad militant is great versus storm and nerfs snapcaster and goyf to some extent. Beefing up some of your 2 and 3 ofs can also be considered.
Update: Went 3-1 lost a close match to grixis death's shadow, won a close match against humans than beat ponza pretty handidly and beat affinty ( mull to 5 g1 and t2 stony silence followed by t4 Linvala)
In a control and titan meta I like mono white tectonic edge can hold oid valakut (our kill mountain with trigger on stack) and not as week to ghost quarter or spreading seas. Don't forget mindcensor in 75
@kitty. It closes the game out very fast. In This list I like it more than resto angel in many situations. I started with one and wanted it so much i went to the second same with Brimaz (although o have ran Brimaz in the past). Pay of the reason i like Brimaz currently is with a lot of bolt helix decks inn overall and especially local meta. This week in going to try -1 avenger (the seems excessive) +1 honor of the pure son've I gp a bit wider than most builds.. but aosp keeps other avenger out of bolt range. This may be wrong or very awkward and may ultimately be a utility creature like spellskite (with infect slowly coming back) but figure than honor is worth a shot. In typical thraben inspector builds I recommend sucking with 4 angel since toy hey a bit of extra utility outside of splicer and wisp but if you're not running inspector I would say that bladehold is worth trying.
This is s list I wanted to try and have had good luck with past few weeks through 8 rounds over 2 tournaments and only lost to lantern control. I rant Luke dryad militant in the current meta and with less etb triggers I switched 2 resto for 2 hero and used Brimaz in the flex to close out games quicker and the list has felt very strong.
Looking at running something close to the following. any thoughts from more seasoned people would be great. Running more birds than most to try and ensure the t1 ramp. the creature package is just trying to close out game quick as possible at each cmc slot. My only thoughts is if i still want inferno titan at 6 cmc slot or carnage tyrant anyone who has tried the latter I would appreciate the feedback.
The alternate cost just modifies how the existing activated ability's cost can be paid. Since that activated ability can't be activated in the first place, the alt-cost does not get around this.
Can you activate heart of Kiran's alternate crew cost with a stony silence on the battlefield? I looked in gatherer but did not find a definitive answer to this.
Played in another 4 round tournament with my mono-white "vanilla" death and taxes list went 3-0-1 (intentional draw)(9-1-1 overall). beating esper control, 8 rack and burn. I played the same main deck as usual, but cut the relics and leylines from the board since they weren't pulling their weight and replaced them with mark of asylum, lone missionary and a single linvala, keeper of silence. I am very happy with the 75 and will run most likely the following 75 in regionals. the main and board are set up to be well positioned against a wide variety of decks which rather than honed against a certain deck or type. dryad miltant has been solid for me in a wide variety of matches over the past few weeks, exiling lingering souls, nerfing unburial rights, exiling raven's crime, nerfing snapcaster and saving early damage from goblin guides and swift spears, as well as pushing damage through and forcing control opponents to deal with as to not over-commit to a board. and finks seems much better positioned than crusader with the rise of jeskai.
Played the following list last Sunday. not big turn-out so only three rounds I went 3-0 versus burn, mono-blue tempo turns (with thing in the ice), and gifts tron. Then played the same list (+1 Mindcensor -1 restoration angel) yesterday and went 3-1 beating wg humans, esper control and goblins, losing to a different goblins deck. I have been very happy with militant being an early attacker and disrupting opponent in the early game. My side board plan was different packages to bring in. 3 card leyline package. 3 card grave package, 3 card planeswalker package. 2 card artifact package, 2 card big creature package and 2 card small creature package. the main card I am not sure about is leyline which would turn into cards like mark of asylum, selfless spirit burrenton etc... if removed. The main deck seems really solid though. I have gone to kitchen finks over crusader due to red based removal in jeskai control and tempo and uw control decks seem to make up much more of the meta than the recently waning death's shadow. I also like the second mindcensor over 4th restoration angel with the 2 main deck field of ruin and the fact multiple restoration angles in opening hand is usually bad. just making final tweaks in preparation for regionals in a couple weeks.
My usual meta is really varied, with many tier 1 decks and almost never a deck lower than tier 2, and we're expecting a strong turn-out at the events. With that in mind, is there any match-up you think I may be ignoring with my 75?
Given I see more and more valakut decks around I like too have some number of aven mindcensor in the 75 since they can ramp past the arbiter tax fairly quick especially on the draw.
Going to try this value-centric build this week. Glint-sleeve has been handy for me in other decks maybe it should be bob, but the menace is surprisingly useful especially in conjunction with ruin raider which is the main card i want to test. This is nothing more that a testing point for me and not a tuned list, rather it is a list of convenience for testing purposes to see if the concept should be tuned more or discarded.
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Flickerwisp
4 Blade Splicer
4 Eldrazi Displacer
3 Restoration Angel
3 Kitchen finks
2 Mangara of Corondor
1 Akroma, angel of Fury
4 Path to Exile
4 Aether Vial
Lands 23
4 Ghost Quarter
4 Tectonic Edge
3 Shefet Dunes
12 plains
2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2 Aven mindcensor
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Lone Missionary
2 Stony Silence
2 Ghostly Prison
2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
@jake: Aven mindcensor helps versus titan shift if you expect it to be there in force and isn't bad against the rest of the meta. finks can be good if you expect a lot of aggressive builds, thalia, heretic can be good as just a vanilla tax that is good in almost all matches. Dryad militant is great versus storm and nerfs snapcaster and goyf to some extent. Beefing up some of your 2 and 3 ofs can also be considered.
Update: Went 3-1 lost a close match to grixis death's shadow, won a close match against humans than beat ponza pretty handidly and beat affinty ( mull to 5 g1 and t2 stony silence followed by t4 Linvala)
4 dryad militant
4 Leonin arbiter
4 Thalia, guardian of thraben
3 serra avenger
4 flickerwisp
4 blade splicer
2 Brimaz, king of oreskos
2 restoration angel
2 hero of bladehold
4 aether vial
4 path tip exile
Lands 23
4 ghost quarter
4 tectonic edge
4 horizon canopy
1 eiganjo castle
10 plains
2 dismember
3 burrenton forge-tender
2 rest in peace
2 linvala, keeper of silence
2 stony silence
2 aven mindcensor
2 Gideon, ally of Zendikar
4 arbor elf
4 birds of paradise
4 goblin rabblemaster
4 huntmaster of the fells
3 stormbreath dragon
1 thragtusk
3 inferno titan
spells 17
4 utopia sprawl
4 blood moon
4 stone rain
4 mwonvuli acid-moss
1 primal command
4 wooded foothils
4 windswept heath
3 stomping ground
1 mountain
8 forest
2 ancient grudge
3 anger of the gods
3 kitchen finks
2 lightning bolt
1 primal command
1 thragtusk
3 trinisphere
4 dryad militant
4 Thalia, guardian of thraben
4 leonin arbiter
2 serra avenger
4 flickerwisp
4 blade splicer
2 kitchen finks
2 aven mindcensor
3 restoration angel
4 aether vial
4 path to exile
Lands 23
4 ghost quarter
3 tectonic edge
2 field of ruin
14 plains
3 lone missionary
2 Gideon, ally of Zendikar
1 Elspeth, knight-errant
2 mark of asylum
2 stony silence
2 journey to nowhere
1 linvala, keeper of silence
1 wrath of God
1 worship
4 Dryad Militant
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 Serra Avenger
4 Flickerwisp
4 Blade Splicer
2 Kitchen Finks
2 Aven Mindcensor
3 Restoration Angel
4 Path to Exile
4 Aether Vial
Lands 23
4 Ghost Quarter
3 Tectonic Edge
2 Field of Ruin
14 Plains
3 Lone Missionary
2 Mark of Asylum
2 Stony Silence
2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Sunlance
1 Dismember
1 Wrath of God
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
- mono white first feature match versus 5c humans
4 dryad militant
4 thalia, guardian of thraben
4 leonin arbiter
2 serra avenger
4 flicekrwisp
4 blade splicer
2 aven mindcensor
2 kitchen finks
3 restorationa angel
4 aether vial
4 path to exile
Lands 23
4 ghost quarter
3 tectonic edge
2 field of ruin
14 plains
3 leyline of sanctity
3 relic of progenitus
2 gideon, ally of zendikar
1 elspeth, knight-errant
2 stony silence
2 sunlance
1 wrath of god
1 dismember
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
4 Blade Splicer
4 Flickerwisp
4 Ruin Raider
2 Aven Mindcensor
Spells 8
4 Fatal Push
4 Aether Vial
4 Concealed Courtyard
4 Marsh Flats
3 Godless Shrine
2 Shambling Vent
4 Ghost Quarter
3 Tectonic Edge
2 Plains
1 Swamp
3 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
3 Thoughtseie
3 zealous persecution
2 stony silence
2 Rest in peace
2 path to exile