Seems like we have a lot of people testing a lot of a new options right now. Is there a list we can agree on to bring at a PPTQ? I was thinking about some kind of tweaked list from the GP Las Vegas looking like this :
I see. I was fed false information then, thanks for clearing it up!
@dopespot So you suggest getting rid of the Gisela and going two Mirran Crusader MB while also changing the ratio of Cage/Relic? Would something like this work betterm going down one land to 22 to open up a space for Serra Avenger, removing the BFT for Kitchen Finks and going up one Mirran Crusader?
A lot of PPTQ are coming near my area and here's the list I thought I would run. I don't have the Canopies but I believe I'd be able to borrow them so I want to focus on the main elements of the deck. Cavern of Souls naming Cat, Human or Angel is very good. Iterating on Merry's list I've cut one Mirran Crusader and one Serra Avenger to make room for a Brimaz, King of Oreskos and a Gisela, the Broken Blade. The latter is more of a meta call, since a lot of decks are now replacing Lightning Bolt in favor of Terminate. Once Gisela hits the battlefield it requires immediate action before she starts snowballing into a victory which in turn, leaves the main engine in place. In match-ups where Bolts are played (Blue Moon, Red, some variants of Jeskai Control) she can be easily boarded out for Dusk // Dawn (which I believe is a must verses control to out-value them and keep up tempo-wise).
The Brimaz on the other-end is just an all-around good creature. With vial on three, opponents will be playing around a Flickerwisp, not a Brimaz. It can quickly fill up your board to put even more pressure without capitalizing too much on board presence while also dodging Bolts on the few match-up where they are present.
All around I think the main deck list is quite good, I've been playing it for some days on MTGO and I think it does fine. My only problem right now is the sideboard. I feel like control match-ups are the worst against us. That's why Linvala and Dusk // Dawn are here. The former shots down man lands and planeswalker while the second one gets all our critters back once they've been countered. Sunlance is there for creatures that need-to-be-bolted-but-we're-stuck-in-white like Noble HierarchSignal Pest and a bunch of others. BFT is a must for the Burn and Storm MU. Overrall I think the sideboard covers a lot of the meta, but I'd like to hear you guys.
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Leonin Arbiter
2 Serra Avenger
4 Flickerwisp
4 Blade Splicer
2 Mirran Crusader
4 Restoration Angel
4 Path to Exile
4 Aether Vial
4 Ghost Quarter
3 Tectonic Edge
2 Sheffet Dunes
1 Cavern of Souls
12 Plains
1 Flagstones of Trokair
With something like this for the sideboard :
Would that cover most of the current metagame?
@dopespot So you suggest getting rid of the Gisela and going two Mirran Crusader MB while also changing the ratio of Cage/Relic? Would something like this work betterm going down one land to 22 to open up a space for Serra Avenger, removing the BFT for Kitchen Finks and going up one Mirran Crusader?
1x Eiganjo Castle
4x Ghost Quarter
12x Plains
4x Tectonic Edge
4x Path to Exile
4x Aether Vial
4x Thraben Inspector
1x Weathered Wayfarer
4x Leonin Arbiter
4x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1x Phyrexian Revoker
4x Blade Splicer
4x Flickerwisp
2x Mirran Crusader
1x Serra Avenger
4x Restoration Angel
1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2x Sunlance
2x Stony Silence
2x Mirran Crusader
2x Dusk // Dawn
2x Grafdigger's Cage
3x Relic of Progenitus
The Brimaz on the other-end is just an all-around good creature. With vial on three, opponents will be playing around a Flickerwisp, not a Brimaz. It can quickly fill up your board to put even more pressure without capitalizing too much on board presence while also dodging Bolts on the few match-up where they are present.
All around I think the main deck list is quite good, I've been playing it for some days on MTGO and I think it does fine. My only problem right now is the sideboard. I feel like control match-ups are the worst against us. That's why Linvala and Dusk // Dawn are here. The former shots down man lands and planeswalker while the second one gets all our critters back once they've been countered. Sunlance is there for creatures that need-to-be-bolted-but-we're-stuck-in-white like Noble HierarchSignal Pest and a bunch of others. BFT is a must for the Burn and Storm MU. Overrall I think the sideboard covers a lot of the meta, but I'd like to hear you guys.
(I've been thinking about trying out some Selfless Spirit, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar or Spellskite in the sideboard)
1x Eiganjo Castle
4x Ghost Quarter
13x Plains
4x Tectonic Edge
4x Path to Exile
4x Aether Vial
4x Thraben Inspector
1x Weathered Wayfarer
4x Leonin Arbiter
4x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1x Phyrexian Revoker
4x Blade Splicer
4x Flickerwisp
1x Mirran Crusader
4x Restoration Angel
1x Gisela, the Broken Blade
1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2x Sunlance
2x Stony Silence
1x Mirran Crusader
2x Dusk // Dawn
1x Grafdigger's Cage
4x Relic of Progenitus
1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence