In the open I caught one living end player I had one moat in play and another in the yard.
He had to kill the one in play or remove from game the one in the yard. Never did.
In the open I caught one living end player I had one moat in play and another in the yard.
He had to kill the one in play or remove from game the one in the yard. Never did.
With out wraith, I feel, you can not normally get enough self damage to turn on death shadow. Also I like it as a giant growth effect for the shadow. Wraith also has solid synergy with visions, allowing us to scry stack the deck and draw the top card.
I could see cutting one or 2 but not all 4.
Yep, the crusaders ended up being unneeded.
I was still in the positive win rates vs gds if i drew them or not.
I ended up last night testing vs eldrazi tron and gds.
Found myself at -1 anguished unmaking-1 plains -2 crusaders
+1 collective brutality +1 engineered explosives +1 lingering souls +1 path to exile.
I really hated cutting the unmaking since it can potentially be a catch all, but I was finding it a little unwieldy. The life loss was awkward at times and when I needed to kill.a chalice it felt a bit clunky. It was nice to have the versatility, but it just felt awkward.
I can see the unmakings not making the cut. At 3cmc they're high on the curve, and the life loss is non-negligible when the deck is already hurting itself so much.
I agree with -1 Hallowed Fountain +1 Godless Shrine. The deck is mostly black, and I've had cases where I've thought scoured away the godless shrine and felt constrained on my turn.
I'm not sure about the mirran crusaders in the board. WW is tough to play, and I get that's what the boarded plains is, but what else does it help against besides other GDS lists? I'll probably run this board but with +1 Anguished Unmaking and +2 Collective Brutality/Surgical Extraction over the crusader/plains package.
Yep, the crusaders ended up being unneeded.
I was still in the positive win rates vs gds if i drew them or not.
I ended up last night testing vs eldrazi tron and gds.
Found myself at -1 anguished unmaking-1 plains -2 crusaders
+1 collective brutality +1 engineered explosives +1 lingering souls +1 path to exile.
I really hated cutting the unmaking since it can potentially be a catch all, but I was finding it a little unwieldy. The life loss was awkward at times and when I needed to kill.a chalice it felt a bit clunky. It was nice to have the versatility, but it just felt awkward.
I'm interested in playing this deck, partly because I always liked path to exile, and secondly because I had most of the main deck cards lying around. The list I'll probably try and test is,
Currently I'm only on 3 thoughtseize and 3 lingering souls for goldfishing/playing against other decks I have, but if I can find a fourth thoughtseize before the next local event that's what I'll try. Sideboard I'm not entirely sure what I'll run. Anguished Unmaking seems like a nice esper death's shadow sideboard tech to hate on decks running planeswalkers we otherwise can't really just power through, Collective Brutality, Stony Silence, Surgical, Nihil Spellbomb, Flaying Tendrils, and Disenchant will probably make up a lot of my initial sideboard based around what I have.
I started thinking after the gp about this color combo for the invitational.
I landed on this exact 60.
Working on the proper sideboard.
Well the shrines and fountains numbers are flipped for me tbh
With as much grixis shadow running around, been thinking of testing deathmark against it.
Sure it is not a very personal card. But easier to cast then dispatch and kills angler and tasiquer unlike push.
Eldrazi Tron is an extremely skill-intensive matchup. You need to really figure out what the strengths and weaknesses of their opening hand are, and attack them at their weakest point.
I wish I could offer you more specific advice, but there's not much that I can think of. Just practice a lot against the deck, and you'll start seeing all sorts of new and unusual paths to victory open up to you.
I do have a couple deckbuilding suggestion for you though:
Main: -1 Leyline, +1 Needle. Honestly, I'd suggest to cut all the leylines as I outline in my Noxious Revival post above, but that's neither here nor there. Needle helps out a ton in this matchup, since it shuts down their scarier cards like Endbringer and Karn.
Side: +1 Mechanized Production. I'm serious. EldraziTron goes bigger than you, so you need some extra oomph to make yourself bigger than them. Also, Production on Needle is GG (and also hilarious to behold).
I actually had the productions in at one time. Have a foil prerelease stamped one.
It just felt clunky a lot of the time.
Often it would get stranded in my hand of I would be forced to kill it because I needed a top deck specific card.
I'm not sure about cutting the leyline entirely. The amount of deaths shadow decks I expect is pretty high. Not to mention the splash damage it gives to burn and storm.
Maybe move them back to side. But I really like them right now.
Certainly, should of done that in the first place but brain is fried from a 16 hour shift plus 3 hours of playtesting a day, hopeing to pick that up to 5 a couple weeks before the event. Been focusing mostly on standard atm because tbh, I have no clue wtf I'm doing there haha.
I been just getting my ass handed to me by eldrazu tron.
Every other match up feels good.i either feel favoured or 50/50.
Just can not seem to get the hang of the eldrazu tron match up.
Gearing up for the starcitygames invitational.
I qualified for it with lantern at regionals (5th place at columbus)
But now I'm starting to get worried.
The amount of death shadow and tron variants I have been seeing is giving me pause.
I have been having a really bad time with eldrazu tron. The combo of chalice, tks, and karn has been rather hard to overcome.
Especially when backed by a solid clock like walking balista and reality smasher.
Bridge hasn't been as effective due to the tks, maybe I'm just having super bad luck vs it but I am 0-4 vs it at the last 4 fnm, most of the time my only loss.
Also my fnm has started preparing for me a great deal, most people have 5 to 8 side slots ment for me and the one affinity player.
A little over the top but I normally can maneuver through the hate.
I just been having serious issues with tron.
Been thinking of trying out a few cerimonius rejections and try to catch the tks or karns.
Took the week off lantern to play some sulti deaths shadow.
Local shop has gotten HOSTILE to lantern lol.
To the point of everyone is on 5 plus lantern hate cards side lol.
Suppose i top 8 fnm to much.
Any way not mucb new to add,
Pardeem has been great, and picked up a foil leyline this weekm
Coolness, the price of foils will drop some.
He had to kill the one in play or remove from game the one in the yard. Never did.
He had to kill the one in play or remove from game the one in the yard. Never did.
I could see cutting one or 2 but not all 4.
The 18 lands seems wrong.
I am rely liking the 3 3 split push vs path. Would like to go up to 4 souls main, but don't think I'd cut a land to do so.
Yep, the crusaders ended up being unneeded.
I was still in the positive win rates vs gds if i drew them or not.
I ended up last night testing vs eldrazi tron and gds.
Found myself at -1 anguished unmaking-1 plains -2 crusaders
+1 collective brutality +1 engineered explosives +1 lingering souls +1 path to exile.
I really hated cutting the unmaking since it can potentially be a catch all, but I was finding it a little unwieldy. The life loss was awkward at times and when I needed to kill.a chalice it felt a bit clunky. It was nice to have the versatility, but it just felt awkward.
I started thinking after the gp about this color combo for the invitational.
I landed on this exact 60.
Working on the proper sideboard.
Well the shrines and fountains numbers are flipped for me tbh
My current sideboard I'm looking at is
2 flaying tendrils
2 nihil spellbomb
2 disinchant
2 stoney silence
2 mirran crusader
1 plains
1 stubborn denial
1 anguished Unmaking
Sure it is not a very personal card. But easier to cast then dispatch and kills angler and tasiquer unlike push.
I actually had the productions in at one time. Have a foil prerelease stamped one.
It just felt clunky a lot of the time.
Often it would get stranded in my hand of I would be forced to kill it because I needed a top deck specific card.
I'm not sure about cutting the leyline entirely. The amount of deaths shadow decks I expect is pretty high. Not to mention the splash damage it gives to burn and storm.
Maybe move them back to side. But I really like them right now.
Any way
2 Academy Ruins
4 Blooming Marsh
1 Forest
3 Ghost Quarter
4 Glimmervoid
2 Inventors' Fair
1 Spire of Industry
1 Swamp
// Spells
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Codex Shredder
2 Collective Brutality
4 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Ghoulcaller's Bell
1 Infernal Tutor
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Lantern of Insight
4 Leyline of Sanctity
4 Mox Opal
2 Pithing Needle
1 Pyxis of Pandemonium
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Thoughtseize
1 Collective Brutality
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Lost Legacy
1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
2 Pithing Needle
1 Quiet Disrepair
1 Seal of Primordium
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Welding Jar
I been just getting my ass handed to me by eldrazu tron.
Every other match up feels good.i either feel favoured or 50/50.
Just can not seem to get the hang of the eldrazu tron match up.
I qualified for it with lantern at regionals (5th place at columbus)
But now I'm starting to get worried.
The amount of death shadow and tron variants I have been seeing is giving me pause.
I have been having a really bad time with eldrazu tron. The combo of chalice, tks, and karn has been rather hard to overcome.
Especially when backed by a solid clock like walking balista and reality smasher.
Bridge hasn't been as effective due to the tks, maybe I'm just having super bad luck vs it but I am 0-4 vs it at the last 4 fnm, most of the time my only loss.
Also my fnm has started preparing for me a great deal, most people have 5 to 8 side slots ment for me and the one affinity player.
A little over the top but I normally can maneuver through the hate.
I just been having serious issues with tron.
Been thinking of trying out a few cerimonius rejections and try to catch the tks or karns.
Local shop has gotten HOSTILE to lantern lol.
To the point of everyone is on 5 plus lantern hate cards side lol.
Suppose i top 8 fnm to much.
Any way not mucb new to add,
Pardeem has been great, and picked up a foil leyline this weekm
Omg
(Unintentional rhyming lol)
2 Academy Ruins
4 Blooming Marsh
1 Forest
3 Ghost Quarter
4 Glimmervoid
2 Inventors' Fair
1 Spire of Industry
1 Swamp
// Creatures
1 Spellskite
// Spells
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Codex Shredder
3 Collective Brutality
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Duress
4 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Ghoulcaller's Bell
1 Infernal Tutor
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Lantern of Insight
4 Mox Opal
3 Pithing Needle
1 Pyxis of Pandemonium
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Lost Legacy
1 Mechanized Production
1 Pithing Needle
1 Quiet Disrepair
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Thoughtseize
2 Welding Jar