So I have a dilemma here and I’m hoping that you dine folk here will be able to help me out. On Tuesday I will be going to a Legacy tournament at the LGS but this isn’t just any old legacy tournament, the prizes at this tournament are dual lands for people who top 8.
Now normally I go there with my Afinity deck (see below for list) which will on the regular top 8, but since there are big prizes there next week I’m expecting a bunch of new people to come and I’m not sure if it’s going to do as well. A Friend of mine is currently living in China and I am borrowing his collection, he also has two decks that I like the looks off. I’m not exactly sure what to call them but one is kinda like Bant tempo and the other one is kinda like Bug midrange (see below for respective deck lists). Now I know that both of his decks have more expensive and powerful cards in them but I have next to no experience playing them and I have plenty of experience playing my affinity deck.
So which one do I play? Or do you think I should play something else (he has a decent collection and I could tweak current lists or create a new one) I gave a small sentence denoting my opinion of each deck.
This deck I know the most and have the most experience with but I don't know if it would be able to compete to with caliber of deck that this type of event will attract.
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I will be typing up deck lists as soon as I an be bothered, I really only play EDH:
Experience matters a lot, and no one will be prepared to face Affinity.
You're right to be somewhat concerned about the power level of the deck, but ultimately, in this format I take the position that skill with a deck counts for a lot.
On the other hand, you might not have access to this collection for all that long. There's a lot of Magic in China, depending on which city he's in. There's a lot of sanctioned Legacy in Beijing.
Experience matters a lot, and no one will be prepared to face Affinity.
You're right to be somewhat concerned about the power level of the deck, but ultimately, in this format I take the position that skill with a deck counts for a lot.
On the other hand, you might not have access to this collection for all that long. There's a lot of Magic in China, depending on which city he's in. There's a lot of sanctioned Legacy in Beijing.
he lives in Shenzhen, Guangdong. to stay on topic I'm worried about not having access to counter magic if I run Affinity. what would be the best counter spell to put in the sideboard for it?
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I will be typing up deck lists as soon as I an be bothered, I really only play EDH:
Dude, if you normally play Affinity, that's what you should play. Plus, as Lormador said, no one will expect Affinity because it is very rare. Just remember to keep good hands and mull bad ones.
Dude, if you normally play Affinity, that's what you should play. Plus, as Lormador said, no one will expect Affinity because it is very rare. Just remember to keep good hands and mull bad ones.
Yea I'm leaning towards Affinity right now and thinking if I do I will take out the Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas's for 2 Spell Pierce just to have access to counter magic. Can you guys think of any better cards to take out for the spell Pierce. I wanna squeeze in another Ancient Tomb as well,of which I will probably take out a Vault of Whispers.
Also thinking that since I may be cutting the highest CMC card in the deck (Thoughtcast doesn't count since 99% of the time it costs a to cast) I could afford to cut a land replace it with another Spell Pierce or something maybe mainboard a Jitte?
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I will be typing up deck lists as soon as I an be bothered, I really only play EDH:
Now normally I go there with my Afinity deck (see below for list) which will on the regular top 8, but since there are big prizes there next week I’m expecting a bunch of new people to come and I’m not sure if it’s going to do as well. A Friend of mine is currently living in China and I am borrowing his collection, he also has two decks that I like the looks off. I’m not exactly sure what to call them but one is kinda like Bant tempo and the other one is kinda like Bug midrange (see below for respective deck lists). Now I know that both of his decks have more expensive and powerful cards in them but I have next to no experience playing them and I have plenty of experience playing my affinity deck.
So which one do I play? Or do you think I should play something else (he has a decent collection and I could tweak current lists or create a new one) I gave a small sentence denoting my opinion of each deck.
Decks:
Bant Tempo:
2x Geist of Saint Traft
4x Knight of the Reliquary
4x Mother of Runes
4x Noble Hierarch
1x Qasali Pridemage
1x Scavenging Ooze
1x Scryb Ranger
4x Stoneforge Mystic
1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1x Batterskull
1x Sword of Feast and Famine
1x Umezawa’s Jitte
4x Green Sun’s Zenith
4x Brainstorm
4x Swords to Plowshares
1x Flooded Strand
1x Forest
1x Horizon Canopy
1x Karakas
1x Maze of Ith
2x Misty Rainforest
1x Plains
2x Savannah
1x Tower of the Magistrate
2x Tropical Island
2x Tundra
3x Wasteland
4x Windswept Heath
1x Ethersworn Canonist
1x Loaming Shaman
1x Sylvan Safekeeper
2x Enlightened Tutor
2x Spell Pierce
1x Tormod’s Crypt
1x Stony Silence
1x Bojuka Bog
3x Natural Order
1x Progenitus
This deck seems like it could be cool to play but with out access to counter magic I feel like I will be very vulnerable to any sort of combo.
Bug
4x Delver of Secrets
4x Tarmogoyf
2x Tombstalker
3x Jace, The Mind Sculptor
3x Hymn to Tourach
4x Ponder
4x Abrupt Decay
4x Brainstorm
4x Daze
4x Force of Will
2x Bayou
4x Misty Rainforest
1x Polluted Delta
1x Tropical Island
4x Underground Sea
4x Verdant Catacombs
4x Wasteland
2x Engineered Plague
1x Krosan Grip
1x Life from the Loam
1x Liliana of the Veil
2x Nihil Spellbomb
1x Scavenging Ooze
2x Spell Pierce
3x Submerge
I have played with this deck once, I really liked it and I feel like its probably the most powerful just because of the access to counter magic.
Affinity
3x Etched Champion
3x Ethersworn Canonist
2x Master of Etherium
3x Memnite
4x Onithopter
4x Signal Pest
2x Stoneforge Mystic
4x Vault Skirge
4x Mox Opal
3x Springleaf Drum
4x Cranial Plating
2x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
2x Ancient Den
1x Ancient Tomb
4x Blinkmoth Nexus
2x Glimmervoid
3x Seat of the synod
3x Vault of Whispers
1x Etched Champion
3x Pithing Needle
3x Ravenous Trap
4x Thoughtseize
This deck I know the most and have the most experience with but I don't know if it would be able to compete to with caliber of deck that this type of event will attract.
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You're right to be somewhat concerned about the power level of the deck, but ultimately, in this format I take the position that skill with a deck counts for a lot.
On the other hand, you might not have access to this collection for all that long. There's a lot of Magic in China, depending on which city he's in. There's a lot of sanctioned Legacy in Beijing.
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he lives in Shenzhen, Guangdong. to stay on topic I'm worried about not having access to counter magic if I run Affinity. what would be the best counter spell to put in the sideboard for it?
Thraximundar Control voltron
Darien, King of Dudes The swarm
Karador, Ghost ChieftainJunk graveyard
Erebos, God of the DeadMy BIG BLACK.......deck
Zedruu the kindhearted My take on Pristaxcontrombmodruu!
Roon of the Hidden Realm Bounce house
Yea I'm leaning towards Affinity right now and thinking if I do I will take out the Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas's for 2 Spell Pierce just to have access to counter magic. Can you guys think of any better cards to take out for the spell Pierce. I wanna squeeze in another Ancient Tomb as well,of which I will probably take out a Vault of Whispers.
Also thinking that since I may be cutting the highest CMC card in the deck (Thoughtcast doesn't count since 99% of the time it costs a
Thraximundar Control voltron
Darien, King of Dudes The swarm
Karador, Ghost ChieftainJunk graveyard
Erebos, God of the DeadMy BIG BLACK.......deck
Zedruu the kindhearted My take on Pristaxcontrombmodruu!
Roon of the Hidden Realm Bounce house
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