Sir Aureus's deck doesn't win. It only draws because if the other deck does nothing it can't play its only threat. If the other deck doesn't play a land, he can't drop his plotter without being outraced.
... Good point. Hadn't thought of that. Let's go with the obvious solution then. (Keep in mind that this is still in response to Bazaar / Puncture Blast / Squee.)
Doesn't work; he can kill Fungusaur with Puncture Blast and then you can't win; the best you can do is draw. Fungusaur's ability will trigger during the resolution of Puncture Blast, but it won't resolve until it has already been a 0/0 long enough to die.
Sir Aureas, your deck actually doesn't beat his. Using peat bog means you can only activate Nezumi Shortfang once. So if he keeps both his seekers in hand until after you activate it, his seekers outraces your unflipped shortfang. The best your deck can do is force a tie.
If he plays the first seekers, I can then flip the Shortfang and win the race. If he doesn't play any seekers, I can just plink away for 1 a turn; the key point you missed is that I don't have to activate his ability to win. If he saves up for both seekers and plays them at the same time, here's how it goes if he's on the play:
- Icatian Store
Peat Bog
- Store 1
Swarmyard, Shortfang
- Store 2
Swing (19)
- Store 3
Swing (18)
- Store 4
Swing (17)
- Store 5
Swing (16)
- Store 6
Swing (15)
- Seekers x2
Activate Shortfang (flip)
- Lose 3 life (12), swing with both seekers (16)
Swing (9)
- Lose 3 life (6), swing with both seekers (12)
Swing (3)
- Lose 3 life (0)
Leaving one or both seekers back to block won't help win the race.
I added them on the right column myself. As I understand it, anything in the left column is final; stuff on the right column is for recent additions. It doesn't always get updated immediately, but that's up to the posters mostly.
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This isn't W-W; it's D-D. If you start attacking with Phytohydra, Cystbearer will swing back and win the race by a large margin. If you don't attack with Phytohydra, Cystbearer won't attack either and the game will end in a draw.
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Wicked Akuba
Grasp of Darkness
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
... Good point. Hadn't thought of that. Let's go with the obvious solution then. (Keep in mind that this is still in response to Bazaar / Puncture Blast / Squee.)
Remote Farm
Glory Seeker
Glory Seeker
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Doesn't work; he can kill Fungusaur with Puncture Blast and then you can't win; the best you can do is draw. Fungusaur's ability will trigger during the resolution of Puncture Blast, but it won't resolve until it has already been a 0/0 long enough to die.
Saprazzan Skerry
Forsaken City
Vedalken Plotter
Does Forsaken City count as a land that just produces mana, or should it go onto the banlist?
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Wrong.
If he plays the first seekers, I can then flip the Shortfang and win the race. If he doesn't play any seekers, I can just plink away for 1 a turn; the key point you missed is that I don't have to activate his ability to win. If he saves up for both seekers and plays them at the same time, here's how it goes if he's on the play:
- Icatian Store
Peat Bog
- Store 1
Swarmyard, Shortfang
- Store 2
Swing (19)
- Store 3
Swing (18)
- Store 4
Swing (17)
- Store 5
Swing (16)
- Store 6
Swing (15)
- Seekers x2
Activate Shortfang (flip)
- Lose 3 life (12), swing with both seekers (16)
Swing (9)
- Lose 3 life (6), swing with both seekers (12)
Swing (3)
- Lose 3 life (0)
Leaving one or both seekers back to block won't help win the race.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Swarmyard
Nezumi Shortfang
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Lavaclaw Reaches
Molten Slagheap
Suffering goes off before you can cast Eesha even if you're on the play.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
This isn't W-W; it's D-D. If you start attacking with Phytohydra, Cystbearer will swing back and win the race by a large margin. If you don't attack with Phytohydra, Cystbearer won't attack either and the game will end in a draw.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Duskrider Falcon
Temporal Isolation
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Fume Spitter
Stop That
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
City of Traitors
Windborn Muse
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
I don't think they have. They weren't on the spreadsheet when I posted the cards; I added them myself.
Anyway, in response to Remote Farm / Fountain of Cho / Elspeth Tirel:
Rishadan Port
Island
Slippery Bogle
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Maze of Ith
Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
Saltcrusted Steppe
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Plains
Sejiri Refuge
Benalish Cavalry
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.