Curious about what decks can thrash Amulet, as there are an annoying number of them, Tron, and other big mana decks lately at my LGS. I don't have Ad Nauseam or Grixis Shadow, curious about whether there are other bad matchups. I do own Ponza/GR Land Destruction and Red Prison.
Current Modern Decks BG Elves // "He's back. And he brought his friends. And their friends." BG The Rock // "Dwayne Johnson approved." RU Izzet Phoenix // "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." UGW Bant Spirits // "Super Ghost Bros." BUG Sultai Wildnerness Teachings // "How many turns did I just take again?" C Colorless Eldrazi // "Smash you."
Curious about what decks can thrash Amulet, as there are an annoying number of them, Tron, and other big mana decks lately. I don't have Ad Nauseam or Grixis Shadow, curious about whether there are other bad matchups. I do own Ponza/GR Land Destruction and Red Prison.
You have the right idea. Mainboard Blood Moons are tough, although I haven't run the new version with 3 Coalition Relic. I will name some decks that are rough matchups for Amulet, even if they are not played much. I hope this is received well because honestly someone could just say, "outside of Phoenix and Dredge, I'm not going to see other matchups," which can be fairly true.
Knightfall, Bant Spirits, most decks with Company like Druid/Vizier and Elves. Grishoalbrand. There are more decks, but since I just woke up from a nap (and haven't played Amulet for quite a while), I'll leave it at that.
Big mana decks are a positive matchup in my experience, if only by a little bit. With Summer Bloom, I know for sure that Tron was super easy. I think I was 13-1 or something like that vs. Tron during that time. The banning put the matchup closer to 50/50. I think I was 4-2 since. Titanshift and Breach are slightly slower, but make up for it with ultra consistency.
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Legacy - Sneak Show, BR Reanimator, Miracles, UW Stoneblade
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
Makes sense. I've never played against D and T with Amulet. Scratch that, I think I did with Summer Bloom just once, but just drew the nuts. As players who play this deck know, sometimes you just draw a hand that your opponent can do literally nothing about.
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Legacy - Sneak Show, BR Reanimator, Miracles, UW Stoneblade
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
Living End plays 2-4 maindeck Fulminator Mages, and Beast Within, plus have additional hate in the sideboard. Probably the single greatest game of Magic I have ever played was piloting Living End against a very good Bloom Titan pilot in a win and in at an SCG tournament. He made some amazing plays like discarding a Prime Time to handsize on Turn 1 instead of playing a land. I was able to squeak out a close win, but to this day I don’t think I’ve ever played a more intense game.
Infect craps on most decks that spend turns 1-3 not playing blockers or removal.
How could I forget Infect? I think this is singlehandedly Amulet's worst matchup. At least it was before; I haven't played it since Summer Bloom. Blockers don't matter much against Blighted Agent.
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Legacy - Sneak Show, BR Reanimator, Miracles, UW Stoneblade
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
Griselbrand is also a bad one, Infect is the worst one, Storm is iffy (but more manageable if you are playing Balistas to get rid of the dorks) and basically any deck with a clock and interaction (Delver and GDS e.g.).
Greetings,
Kathal
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What I play or have:
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
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BG Elves // "He's back. And he brought his friends. And their friends."
BG The Rock // "Dwayne Johnson approved."
RU Izzet Phoenix // "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
UGW Bant Spirits // "Super Ghost Bros."
BUG Sultai Wildnerness Teachings // "How many turns did I just take again?"
C Colorless Eldrazi // "Smash you."
You have the right idea. Mainboard Blood Moons are tough, although I haven't run the new version with 3 Coalition Relic. I will name some decks that are rough matchups for Amulet, even if they are not played much. I hope this is received well because honestly someone could just say, "outside of Phoenix and Dredge, I'm not going to see other matchups," which can be fairly true.
Knightfall, Bant Spirits, most decks with Company like Druid/Vizier and Elves. Grishoalbrand. There are more decks, but since I just woke up from a nap (and haven't played Amulet for quite a while), I'll leave it at that.
Big mana decks are a positive matchup in my experience, if only by a little bit. With Summer Bloom, I know for sure that Tron was super easy. I think I was 13-1 or something like that vs. Tron during that time. The banning put the matchup closer to 50/50. I think I was 4-2 since. Titanshift and Breach are slightly slower, but make up for it with ultra consistency.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
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Big Johnny.
How could I forget Infect? I think this is singlehandedly Amulet's worst matchup. At least it was before; I haven't played it since Summer Bloom. Blockers don't matter much against Blighted Agent.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)