round 2 vs UBzombies, 0-2.
SB: +3 leyline of the void, +3 auriok champion (carrion feeder, ghostcrawler, 3/3 UB zombie), +1 damnation, +1 wrath of god. -4 inquisition, -4 collective brutality.
game 1, i mulled to 5 and kept a 2x fetid heath, 2 intangible virtue, bitterblossom hand. i topdecked a vault of the archangel before colored mana! he milled himself and beat me down fast.
game 2, i revealed 2 leyline of the void from the start. he started milling me instead of himself. i was thinking, "oh he's just desperate now!" i fatal pushed a 3/3 UB zombie but kept another fatal push and path to exile in hand to remove blockers. turned out my clock was slow enough that he actually assembled enough mill to kill me for exacties during my draw step! i had him dead on board next turn!
in retrospect, i should've killed hedron crab ASAP. if i had today's experience beforehand, i would've won game 2 and likely game 3 as well (mull into leylines.)
round 3 vs URbreach, 2-0.
SB: +3 stony silence (fear of engineered explosives.) -3 fatal push (saw no creatures besides Emrakul.)
game 1, i resolved an early Liliana and kept discarding his hand. by the time he topdecked Jace - TMS, my Lily was on 7 counters. i discarded once more the following turn until he had no hand. then i -6'd Lily, separating the piles into A) Jace - TMS and a snow-covered island and B) 2 UR duals and a mystic sanctuary. he got greedy and kept the Jace/Island pile. my tokens eventually killed Jace and he scooped.
game 2, he resolved a turn 3 blood moon! luckily for me, i already had 1 plains and 1 swamp while he kept drawing duals w/a single basic island in play. blood moon + red mana flood really hurt him here.
round 4 vs GBelves, 0-2.
SB: +1 damnation, +1 wrath of god. -2 inquisition of kozilek.
game 1, i stumbled on mana while he beat me w/a pair of 5/4's that my creatures 2 power or less can't block. i scooped.
game 2, he built up an impressive board. i was bringing out blockers to hope he'd overextend for my Damnation. unfortunately for me, he emptied his hand... casting 2 GBelves that dealt direct damage to me for overkill.
summary: i replaced smallpox w/collective brutality, since brutalities are easier to control. i also made my 'board more consistent. my loss to UBzombies was a fluke imo but i absolutely had no game vs GBelves. that elf player shows up every week so i'm retiring this deck. can't risk losing to the same guy every week!
summary: i replaced smallpox w/collective brutality, since brutalities are easier to control. i also made my 'board more consistent. my loss to UBzombies was a fluke imo but i absolutely had no game vs GBelves. that elf player shows up every week so i'm retiring this deck. can't risk losing to the same guy every week!
Four Collective Brutalities seems about two too many main-deck; it's rather clunky and none of it's modes are really worth 1B. There are a few match-ups where it's worth playing, especially if one has anything that isn't just wasted when pitched - BW tokens has very little in this category, but in general, it's just not a four-of kind of card.
Even with Liliana of the Veil, four Fetid Heaths is at least one too many. Four Swamps is too many as well. The Flagstones probably don't hurt much; add a Ghost Quarter or two and they even serve a purpose. Urborg? Two Vaults? A few more W fetches would be nice, Concealed Courtyard is an auto-include.
Sorin LoI is not the Sorin for tokens, I tried and he just doesn't cut it. Solemn guy is just better and four is too many even of him.
There is some pontification in this post but it's early and I'm not going to edit it to sound more reasonable.
My BW tokens don't get often anymore mostly because they just can't beat any type of combo or big-mana reliably. Fast aggro is also a problem. So, I've been mostly playing Affinity. Winning on turn three will work against many archtypes.
19 players, 4 rounds, 2-2 matches.
4 fatal push
4 inquisition of kozilek
4 path to exile
(12) 2cc
4 bitterblossom
4 collective brutality (replaced smallpox)
4 intangible virtue
(8) 3cc
4 liliana of the veil
4 lingering souls
4 sorin, lord of innistrad
(24) lands (kept the smallpox mana base)
4 fetid heath
4 flagstones of trokair
4 godless shrine
4 marsh flats
4 swamp
2 vault of the archangel
1 plains
1 urborg, tomb of yawgmoth
4 auriok champion
3 damping sphere
3 leyline of the void
3 stony silence
1 damnation
1 wrath of god
test vs AmuletTitan, 0-1.
no SB.
i inquisitioned an amulet early but he eventually topdecked PrimeTime and that was that.
round 1 vs URdelver, 2-0.
SB: +4 auriok champion, -4 collective brutality.
game 1, i kept a 5 land, inquisition, bitterblossom hand. turn 1 inquisition. turn 2 bitterblossom. the game dragged on as i drew even more lands but i already won on turn 2.
game 2, auriok champion held off his monastery swiftspear, young pyromancer and YP tokens. i gained a bunch of life, snuck in some tokens past his counters and he scooped.
round 2 vs UBzombies, 0-2.
SB: +3 leyline of the void, +3 auriok champion (carrion feeder, ghostcrawler, 3/3 UB zombie), +1 damnation, +1 wrath of god. -4 inquisition, -4 collective brutality.
game 1, i mulled to 5 and kept a 2x fetid heath, 2 intangible virtue, bitterblossom hand. i topdecked a vault of the archangel before colored mana! he milled himself and beat me down fast.
game 2, i revealed 2 leyline of the void from the start. he started milling me instead of himself. i was thinking, "oh he's just desperate now!" i fatal pushed a 3/3 UB zombie but kept another fatal push and path to exile in hand to remove blockers. turned out my clock was slow enough that he actually assembled enough mill to kill me for exacties during my draw step! i had him dead on board next turn!
in retrospect, i should've killed hedron crab ASAP. if i had today's experience beforehand, i would've won game 2 and likely game 3 as well (mull into leylines.)
round 3 vs URbreach, 2-0.
SB: +3 stony silence (fear of engineered explosives.) -3 fatal push (saw no creatures besides Emrakul.)
game 1, i resolved an early Liliana and kept discarding his hand. by the time he topdecked Jace - TMS, my Lily was on 7 counters. i discarded once more the following turn until he had no hand. then i -6'd Lily, separating the piles into A) Jace - TMS and a snow-covered island and B) 2 UR duals and a mystic sanctuary. he got greedy and kept the Jace/Island pile. my tokens eventually killed Jace and he scooped.
game 2, he resolved a turn 3 blood moon! luckily for me, i already had 1 plains and 1 swamp while he kept drawing duals w/a single basic island in play. blood moon + red mana flood really hurt him here.
round 4 vs GBelves, 0-2.
SB: +1 damnation, +1 wrath of god. -2 inquisition of kozilek.
game 1, i stumbled on mana while he beat me w/a pair of 5/4's that my creatures 2 power or less can't block. i scooped.
game 2, he built up an impressive board. i was bringing out blockers to hope he'd overextend for my Damnation. unfortunately for me, he emptied his hand... casting 2 GBelves that dealt direct damage to me for overkill.
summary: i replaced smallpox w/collective brutality, since brutalities are easier to control. i also made my 'board more consistent. my loss to UBzombies was a fluke imo but i absolutely had no game vs GBelves. that elf player shows up every week so i'm retiring this deck. can't risk losing to the same guy every week!
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
Some tech for elves includes:
Frenzy-Affinity-Ghost Quarter-Rock-Tokens- RGWPhyrexian Zoo- WVial KnightsStandard:
BW Knights(Rotated)Pioneer: RW Knights - BW Rally Zombies - UW Heroes
Commander:WUG
Jenara, Asura of War- WGSigarda, Host of HeronsCasualties of economicsLegacy: Good-night, sweet prince. Mono-R Burn
Even with Liliana of the Veil, four Fetid Heaths is at least one too many. Four Swamps is too many as well. The Flagstones probably don't hurt much; add a Ghost Quarter or two and they even serve a purpose. Urborg? Two Vaults? A few more W fetches would be nice, Concealed Courtyard is an auto-include.
Sorin LoI is not the Sorin for tokens, I tried and he just doesn't cut it. Solemn guy is just better and four is too many even of him.
There is some pontification in this post but it's early and I'm not going to edit it to sound more reasonable.
My BW tokens don't get often anymore mostly because they just can't beat any type of combo or big-mana reliably. Fast aggro is also a problem. So, I've been mostly playing Affinity. Winning on turn three will work against many archtypes.
Frenzy-Affinity-Ghost Quarter-Rock-Tokens- RGWPhyrexian Zoo- WVial KnightsStandard:
BW Knights(Rotated)Pioneer: RW Knights - BW Rally Zombies - UW Heroes
Commander:WUG
Jenara, Asura of War- WGSigarda, Host of HeronsCasualties of economicsLegacy: Good-night, sweet prince. Mono-R Burn