Is anybody else confused by Bernie Sanders essentially labeling himself anti-establishment? He is a socialist so if anything he would bring more establishment. More taxes, government programs, more control essentially.
Yeah, it's a possibility, but I'm going to try and not come back. What that probably translates to is I probably won't be back for a year or two.
I also quit magic (like a year ago), I have a lot more money now But I kept some of my favorite cards, sentimental ones, artwork that I like, etc. I might build a cube with them.
I don't think theres any card in grixis control that you could legitimately ban. Hopefully something will come to stifle it.There's no cards in modern right now worth banning, we need to start unbanning. I would probably start with Bloodbraid Elf, this card helps Jund but it will also help the
Zoo archetype get some longevity. Hopefully it wont just dissolve into 4 color Jund with elf into Lingering Souls, but I don't think it will.
An absurd hypothetical question that is utterly meaningless to debate about. Gender is, and it will always be. You can't just get rid of it. No point to this thread.
That's a good point about Emmy. Hadn't thought about that. In that case I actually prefer him to Elixir (by quite a bit)
The reason I suggested Gifts + Rites was mostly that it worked well together with the self mill plan. It might be difficult to mill both pieces when the grave is reset once in a while. Gifts is still a decent strategy regardless though...
Have you considered splashing black for Souls/Darkblast?
I think souls could be good as a sideboard cards and would definitely use a Dredger in case we don't have Orb out, maybe Life from the Loam could work
There's the old Elesh-Norn + Rites pile. Rites could also support a singleton Lab Maniac (as a back door win when Orb is online). Lab Maniac doesn't require you to jump through hoops to recure a milled artifact or run Emmy that sometimes prematuraly nukes your GY. It is vulnerable though, unless it's paired up with Angel of Glory's Rise (though that might be overkill).
Or Gifts might not even be needed, just Rites with one or two targets. Don't know, seems like the deck could mill the combo relatively fast.
I know it seems weird but Emrakul never nukes your graveyard until your have ORB online, which at that point you'll just fill it up again next turn.
Edit: Just found Gaea's Blessing, which is better than Emrakul, though not being able to discard it and shuffle your graveyard into your library kinda hurts.
-I think you really want Academy Ruins, it hits both your elixirs and orbs, and games can be awkward when your first one gets thoughtseized and you mill your second one. You also get to recurr ratchet bombs etc.
-Crucible of Wolrds main seems really bad in this metagame.
-I also think you need a way to deal with noncreature permanents, so i'm considering adding some Cryptics or maybe Repeals.
-Going deeper with artifacts and thirst for knowledge could be explored, but I think you need to find a decent mass of playable artifacts to do that.
-You probably scoop to Rest in Peace, Relic isn't that strong, you can usually force them to break it and it's cat and mice against your delve spells
Hmm I thought it had ruins. Yeah that seems like an oversight. I was also thinking about playing a trading post to recur milled artifacts.
I think the crucible is there to give you value. But I don't know if I like 4 tectonic edges. It doesn't do anything vs burn and affinity and UR delver. I'd rather play ghost quarter or different utility lands.
The deck also loses to stony silence, which more people play. You can't use elixir anymore and you can't blow it up with ratchet bomb. I'm not sure I like bouncing the permanents as you need the correct counter to stop them on the way back down. I think o-ring, d-sphere are better choices. There's also glare of heresy , if you want a spell based answer. Assuming you have an orb in play you can also play cards like totally lost or set adrift.
I think thirst is fine with 5 or so artifacts. DTT and Cruise work very well with it even if you don't discard an artifact.
Yeah, Thirst had been great for me when we don't have mesmeric orb out, the good thing is we don't need that many artifacts because most times we'd rather discard two. I play Emrakul so because Elixir just seems weak to me, in all my goldfishing, when emrakul triggers off Mesmeric Orb you can DTT in response or you can just let it happen because you'll mill yourself even more. I've started looking at Mesmeric Orb as more of a wincon as well as an enabler, get as many out as possible and make it so our opponent can't tap their lands at all.
I buy cards for decks and formats I don't ever play because I like the collection part of the game. Having expensive cards pretty much always go up in value is nice as well.
Instant
Gain control of up to three Eldrazi.
4x Flooded Strand
1x Godless Shrine
3x Hallowed Fountain
4x Island
3x Plains
4x Polluted Delta
1x Swamp
2x Tectonic Edge
2x Watery Grave
4x Mesmeric Orb
2x Gifts Ungiven
1x Goryo's Vengeance
3x Path to Exile
4x Surgical Extraction
4x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Thought Scour
1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4x Golgari Grave-Troll
1x Grave Titan
1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
2x Snapcaster Mage
2x Supreme Verdict
2x Unburial Rites
2x Disenchant
1x Grave Titan
1x Griselbrand
4x Leyline of Sanctity
2x Pithing Needle
2x Supreme Verdict
1x Unburial Rites
I also quit magic (like a year ago), I have a lot more money now But I kept some of my favorite cards, sentimental ones, artwork that I like, etc. I might build a cube with them.
Zoo archetype get some longevity. Hopefully it wont just dissolve into 4 color Jund with elf into Lingering Souls, but I don't think it will.
I think souls could be good as a sideboard cards and would definitely use a Dredger in case we don't have Orb out, maybe Life from the Loam could work
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/uw-tezzorb/
Something like this?
2x Celestial Colonnade
4x Flooded Strand
1x Godless Shrine
4x Hallowed Fountain
3x Island
3x Plains
4x Polluted Delta
2x Tectonic Edge
2x Watery Grave
1x Tezzeret the Seeker
4x Gifts Ungiven
4x Path to Exile
4x Remand
4x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
3x Snapcaster Mage
4x Supreme Verdict
1x Unburial Rites
4x Mesmeric Orb
1x Detention Sphere
2x Disenchant
1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
4x Leyline of Sanctity
1x Pithing Needle
4x Surgical Extraction
1x Terastodon
1x Torpor Orb
I know it seems weird but Emrakul never nukes your graveyard until your have ORB online, which at that point you'll just fill it up again next turn.
Edit: Just found Gaea's Blessing, which is better than Emrakul, though not being able to discard it and shuffle your graveyard into your library kinda hurts.
Yeah, Thirst had been great for me when we don't have mesmeric orb out, the good thing is we don't need that many artifacts because most times we'd rather discard two. I play Emrakul so because Elixir just seems weak to me, in all my goldfishing, when emrakul triggers off Mesmeric Orb you can DTT in response or you can just let it happen because you'll mill yourself even more. I've started looking at Mesmeric Orb as more of a wincon as well as an enabler, get as many out as possible and make it so our opponent can't tap their lands at all.