I hvae been playing Lighthouse for a while now, its a nice card and its been doing very well. Recently I started to monastery siege MB (my meta is full of burn) so the lighthouse became less useful. Im playing also 4 tar pits and 5basic (3-1-1). I dont know how much fetch you guys use, before khan was released I use to play 4(tarn), after release I started to play 8(4tarn and 4delta). For the last month, Im playing 6(4delta and 2tarn) and it seems the good balance.
I personally think that Rakdos Charm is one of our best SB card cath all cards. As it been said above it does alot of think and I always bring at least 1 of these. One big downside of this card, its does not get a map turn one if they are on the play but I can live with that.
Yea, he dont look to be playable at all in this deck.
Sometimes you may be able to only have him exile a counterspell, or even if you get a bolt, he would only be a 1/1 and he would still be worst then keranos.
If you are Lucky enough to get a copy of your single or two ofs cruel then he seems amazing, but he need to survive through next turn.
I dont see where Young Pyro could be usefull to us. We are probably the more heavy control deck of the format, and pyro belongs more in a tempo/aggro shell.
Im playing 4 and I think that everyone should. I find that he is the main engine of my deck, the best beater (he doesnt require 1UB every turn)and Im always happy to see him. Even with my two tasigur its never a problem. He his terminate, leak, damanation, cruel, ect on a stick. I play allot against Junk, and game 2-3 they will side decay anyway, its ony it snap and clique. For path if they use them of my snap, good enough clique, batterskull and tasigur will be more difficult to handle.
If I was to play a discard creature I would probably go with Hynoptic Specter, the random aspect seem better then the unearth. But at 3mana is there in the curve we want to use our counter magic to not let them play their crucial spell. For Ugin, at 8 mana dont seem to Worth the investissment. We can play a 7 mana sorcery just because its litterally an ultimate from a planeswalker. Also I would play NIcol Bolas before Ugin just for the flavor. Master, well in a meta full for lingering souls token he seems weak. Also for on more mana we have acces to more powerhouse creature card (wurmcoil, grave titan consecrated sphinx ect).
Personnaly I just cut Keranos from MB and switch it to SB. Depends on the meta I guess, but I find him to be awsome against Junk and midrange deck, against combo deck you cant actually cast it cause you have to keep your mana up for counterspell. This is why I think that clique(at least 1) and snapcaster are our best beater since they have flash. For grave titan, i think that he is better MB then Keranos since he his a real clock and provide blocker against midrange and aggro deck. Also he his an all-star against Lily.
You are right, in fact getting to five mana is nearly impossible if they have an explosing hand. But the good side you can use it for 1mana. This bring back the point, shattering spree at 1 do the same as vandalblst. The way I see it the best shattering spree would be 2 red mana on trun 2. Assuming you lost 4 life (one fetch and one fecth into untapped shock) Your tapping out yourself and he still got his manland. My point here is that as someone else already said, with all the instant removal we got I just think that our sorcery hate card must have a you lose the game write on it.
Good thing about affinity, its not a terrible matchups at least. MB we have snare electrolyze bolt ternimate damnation snap and clique to low them down.
I feel thats our worst matchup would be tron. Its not very popular in my meta, but I feel like game one we have alot of dead card against them. Also the only matchups were terminate is worst then path (and by far). Any of you guys did try dreadbore recently, with lili come back it might be interesting aginst them.
This is a comment I post on this subject around a week ago.
I have always prefer using vandal instead of shatterstorm. So many game I have shatterstorm and I want to deal whit that early plating. Also vandlablast is better against tron so you hit an early map. For shattering spree, when its better then vandal its way better and when its weaker its way weaker. I personnaly find shattering to be a better magic card but I play only 4 land that give red (2 vents,1 crypt and 1mountain). Fetching in untapped shock against affinyty dont seem the good way to do it. Also with the tar pit, sunken ruins( wich can be cascade bluff if shattering spree would be play I suppose) desolate lighthouse and urborg, you might have hand we shattering and the possibility two having acess to only one red mana. But has I said with the correct mana base i do think Its a better card.
You bring something interesting with snapcaster mage interaction. But as I said I dont think that our mana base can support this card, if yours can play it, as I said I do think its a better card. ALso with the new B/R command we will be able to 2 for 1 at instant speed against them. If the new command is good as I hope it will be, i think that vandalblast will become better because we will have both, a 2-1 instand speed (not mana heavy) and a card that get get rid of champion.
Went 2-1-1 on a local tournement today with my deck.
Round 1 0-2 Junk
Game 1: He Drew really good, I was able to kill 3 tarmo and 2 rhino but the third and the second lily got me.
Game 2: Same as game one, he drew everything he need, and I dint get any clock.
Round 2 2-0 Junk
Game 1: This time my opppenent was not that Lucky and I was able to manage everything he play until cruel into snap cruel.
Game 2: He Mulligan at 4and he got stuck to 1 land for while, not much to say.
Round 3: 2-0 Tribal illusion
Game 1 and 2: Not much to say, a homebrew deck that play lord of unreal and card like it, he was not able to do alot.
Round 4: 1-1 Balance and greater Gargantuan
Game 1: I play clique on turn 3 (was a mistake) and he did have the cascade instant, went into balance i lost everythng and sccop.
Game 2: Both of us were alot conservative but I was able to win with snap beatdown. We decide to not play a game 3 because time was almost over.
Im pretty happy with my deck especially against Junk, one of the best deck of the format. I think that we have a good game one against them and a 50/50 post SB.
I recently made a few changes to my list. Moved Keranos to the SB, cut 2 scalding tarn for 1 lighthouse and one drowned catacomb. I do miss a second cruel so ill try to put it back because at one even whit the 3 telling time i dont see it often.
We dont run alot of creatures for sure but if this card make our list it probably will as a singleton. Its give you something against both affinity and tron mb, wich i think is huge and at the worst it will be a bad blightnig at instant speed. Dont get me wrong this is for sure not overpowered but I think that it worth some testing.
Sometimes you may be able to only have him exile a counterspell, or even if you get a bolt, he would only be a 1/1 and he would still be worst then keranos.
If you are Lucky enough to get a copy of your single or two ofs cruel then he seems amazing, but he need to survive through next turn.
Too bad we dont have another amazing card like Tasigur in Fate reforged
I dont see where Young Pyro could be usefull to us. We are probably the more heavy control deck of the format, and pyro belongs more in a tempo/aggro shell.
Good thing about affinity, its not a terrible matchups at least. MB we have snare electrolyze bolt ternimate damnation snap and clique to low them down.
I feel thats our worst matchup would be tron. Its not very popular in my meta, but I feel like game one we have alot of dead card against them. Also the only matchups were terminate is worst then path (and by far). Any of you guys did try dreadbore recently, with lili come back it might be interesting aginst them.
I have always prefer using vandal instead of shatterstorm. So many game I have shatterstorm and I want to deal whit that early plating. Also vandlablast is better against tron so you hit an early map. For shattering spree, when its better then vandal its way better and when its weaker its way weaker. I personnaly find shattering to be a better magic card but I play only 4 land that give red (2 vents,1 crypt and 1mountain). Fetching in untapped shock against affinyty dont seem the good way to do it. Also with the tar pit, sunken ruins( wich can be cascade bluff if shattering spree would be play I suppose) desolate lighthouse and urborg, you might have hand we shattering and the possibility two having acess to only one red mana. But has I said with the correct mana base i do think Its a better card.
You bring something interesting with snapcaster mage interaction. But as I said I dont think that our mana base can support this card, if yours can play it, as I said I do think its a better card. ALso with the new B/R command we will be able to 2 for 1 at instant speed against them. If the new command is good as I hope it will be, i think that vandalblast will become better because we will have both, a 2-1 instand speed (not mana heavy) and a card that get get rid of champion.
Round 1 0-2 Junk
Game 1: He Drew really good, I was able to kill 3 tarmo and 2 rhino but the third and the second lily got me.
Game 2: Same as game one, he drew everything he need, and I dint get any clock.
Round 2 2-0 Junk
Game 1: This time my opppenent was not that Lucky and I was able to manage everything he play until cruel into snap cruel.
Game 2: He Mulligan at 4and he got stuck to 1 land for while, not much to say.
Round 3: 2-0 Tribal illusion
Game 1 and 2: Not much to say, a homebrew deck that play lord of unreal and card like it, he was not able to do alot.
Round 4: 1-1 Balance and greater Gargantuan
Game 1: I play clique on turn 3 (was a mistake) and he did have the cascade instant, went into balance i lost everythng and sccop.
Game 2: Both of us were alot conservative but I was able to win with snap beatdown. We decide to not play a game 3 because time was almost over.
Im pretty happy with my deck especially against Junk, one of the best deck of the format. I think that we have a good game one against them and a 50/50 post SB.
I recently made a few changes to my list. Moved Keranos to the SB, cut 2 scalding tarn for 1 lighthouse and one drowned catacomb. I do miss a second cruel so ill try to put it back because at one even whit the 3 telling time i dont see it often.