When I played EnT, I jammed 3 LotV in my 75 and loved it for our grindy MUs - UWx can’t handle your aether vial threats + LotV threatening to ultimate at the same time.
On that note, I think LotV is better now than it was 9 months ago when I played EnT, but I’m sure it’s also meta dependent
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Because of Storm and other nut draws that I play Dec in Stone in sideboard as my path number 5 and 6. You need to get rid of the storm enablers or the tokens. Gifts Ungiven is annoying, but not unbeatable. You need to pile properly to not lose. RiP/Cage does the job alongside Thalia/Leonin (that taxes their magic/search respectively). Other Disruptions is necessary to win fast, like one or more of these: Selfless Spirit/BFT, Spell Queller/Negate in Blue, Hand Disruption in TKS/Tidehollow/Kitesail/Inquisition/Thoughtseize, Ethersworn Canonist/Eidolon of Rhetoric/Rule of Law and Double Flickerwisp at their lands or Baral/G.Eletromancer to buy you a turn.
Dec in Stone also is nice (just nice) against Lingering Souls and Double Tarmogoyf/Dark Confidant in Junk, Champion of the Parish or Meddling Mage (naming Path) in Humans, great agains Affinity (and its a nut when you have stony silence).
You’ve either not played against competent storm pilots or you’ve not played against storm often - because there is very little chance they put a bear into play when you’ll EVER be able to interact with it at sorcery speed.
The plan against DnT from the Storm perspective is simple: sculpt your hand as strongly as possible, if there is a piece of hate in play (Bear, Cage, RiP) then find your answer and kill the opponent. DnT doesn’t normally have an extremely fast game, this is one of the MUs you need to try getting them to zero ASAP with some disruption on the way.
Monowhite taxes (for storm) feels much easier than BW Taxes, because there’s less hand disruption. Thalia is great if she sticks, they will typically bring in 3 bolt 1 dismember 2 wipe away anticipating your sideboard moves. Empty the Warrens is possible also, but not *super* scary. DnT is slow enough that grapeshot wins are still likely.
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As a Living End pilot, I feign horror every time my opponent casts a Grafdigger’s Cage, then explain the interaction to them while I Proceed to place 20+ power into play anyway.
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Against Affinity you take the Control role. Side out Vials and slam your T2 Stony Silence and ride it. Kataki is also an absolute house, I sided 2 Stony/1 Kataki for a long time.
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Seems like the MB wraths + 7 spot removal just gets there against you guys, when I played EnT it felt unfair in my favor but on the other side now, I feel like the games aren't even close without a nut draw.
Any thoughts to pass on to a teammate?
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Just 3-1, cut to top 8 second week in a row, 36 players with well-represented meta at my shop, I feel like the power level of the Eldrazi let's you go bigger than the small guys and the tax elements let you crush the big guys.
Thoughts on why people are shifted away??
Edit: just realized only a few people are anti-EnT. Glad to note 😁
Any thoughts on beating Grix shadow?? I lost G3 to my own next level thoughts. Should've just pushed lethal and forced him to have the out
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On that note, I think LotV is better now than it was 9 months ago when I played EnT, but I’m sure it’s also meta dependent
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I’d test her over Bob for sure
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The only time storm jams out t2 bear is in a drag race - Dredge, Affinity, counters company, mirror, etc
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You’ve either not played against competent storm pilots or you’ve not played against storm often - because there is very little chance they put a bear into play when you’ll EVER be able to interact with it at sorcery speed.
The plan against DnT from the Storm perspective is simple: sculpt your hand as strongly as possible, if there is a piece of hate in play (Bear, Cage, RiP) then find your answer and kill the opponent. DnT doesn’t normally have an extremely fast game, this is one of the MUs you need to try getting them to zero ASAP with some disruption on the way.
Monowhite taxes (for storm) feels much easier than BW Taxes, because there’s less hand disruption. Thalia is great if she sticks, they will typically bring in 3 bolt 1 dismember 2 wipe away anticipating your sideboard moves. Empty the Warrens is possible also, but not *super* scary. DnT is slow enough that grapeshot wins are still likely.
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What's the strategy against draw-go?
Seems like the MB wraths + 7 spot removal just gets there against you guys, when I played EnT it felt unfair in my favor but on the other side now, I feel like the games aren't even close without a nut draw.
Any thoughts to pass on to a teammate?
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Just 3-1, cut to top 8 second week in a row, 36 players with well-represented meta at my shop, I feel like the power level of the Eldrazi let's you go bigger than the small guys and the tax elements let you crush the big guys.
Thoughts on why people are shifted away??
Edit: just realized only a few people are anti-EnT. Glad to note 😁
Any thoughts on beating Grix shadow?? I lost G3 to my own next level thoughts. Should've just pushed lethal and forced him to have the out
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I played six games preboard and didn't win a single one.
I tested against Jund, 5-5 after 10 preboard games
3-2 after 5 preboard games against Affinity
But deaths shadow is just brutal
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