I would keep it probably since you have many creature based decks in your meta. If you feel you don't need it, you can also cut it for something else (like the 4th CB, additional hate against control etc)
Hey there, looking to give this deck a shot. Was wondering why there's such a love for Leyline of the Void in the sideboard? Every other midrange deck seems to run other graveyard hate like Nihil Spellbomb or Surgical Extraction. Is Leyline that good?
Hey there, looking to give this deck a shot. Was wondering why there's such a love for Leyline of the Void in the sideboard? Every other midrange deck seems to run other graveyard hate like Nihil Spellbomb or Surgical Extraction. Is Leyline that good?
One big reason is that no other midrange deck has access to Faithless Looting. A typical midrange deck like Jund or Abzan wants goodstuff cards or cards which are good topdecks. Leyline is basically impactless when drawn later in the game. Mardu can potentially make use of Leylines later with Looting. So in that sense, running leylines here is less polarizing in results than they are in other midrange decks. That being said I would also run Leylines in Jund or Abzan if the metagame really demands it.
Nahiri is fine as we often have more than 4 lands in play. It was mentioned before that Selfeisek plays Helix since the beginning and never switched to CB. His 5-0 doesn't mean that Helix is better, than CB. It means that Selfeisek is a good magic player.
Interstingly enough, Selfeisek also keeps playing Pithing Needle as a 2 of in the SB. That particularly amazes me, since I think Pithing Needle is in general okay, but just not impactful enough to really have a slot in my SB. It always remains in the maybeboard for me though.
Yes of course. I agree on the aspect of him being a good player, and I wonder if he might have the same results playing for example maindeck CB, the modern sometimes comes down to the pairing of decks, whether you pick a difficult match or not. I also do not know the intensity he plays, and how his win rates are. But in the specific case of the CB does not enter my head, I currently joco with 3 MD, she is very versatile, has a lot of synergy with the deck, and is good in several matchs, from Burn to control for example.
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Mardu Pyromancer
Grixis Shadow
Traverse Shadow
Jund
Abzan
The Rock
That's an interesting board plan as he seem to not care about the slow clock at all. He also brings in wear//tear, 4th thoughtseize and I assume 3rd moon. I wonder what he takes out for these 8 cards? 1x Terminate, 2x Fatal Push, 1x Forked Bolt, 2x Lightning Helix are easy cuts, but what about other 2? Trim some number of bolts/lingering souls, maybe 1/1?
@Nahiri the Harbinger Where do you get this information about how he boards? Did you contact him of any sort?
As for your GY hate slots, I would go with either 2 Spellbombs and 1 Surgical or 3 Spellbombs and 1 Surgical. Spellbomb is the most flexible GY interaction we have, its applicable in a lot of matchups, wheras Leylines and Surgicals are more specific. So Spellbomb is a safe bet if you don't know what to expect. I would still play 1 Surgical since Tron is more or less a guaranteed enemy now and Surgical is good against Tron.
Very interesting discussion there at reddit, thx for sharing that!
Hm, seems that if you want to contact Selfeisek you need to get lucky and face him/her at the Modo Leagues. Kind of a pity. At the very least he/she seems to be a hard grinder and therefore the chance of facing him/her is rather high I guess?
Dudes, sorry my english. But the Selfeisek history sounds me like our hero history, Nowbody knows who is are, is he or shee? And He continuos using cards nowbody using, and winiing, he have super powers, looks like Batman! hahahahahhahah, We needs to know your secret identit.
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One big reason is that no other midrange deck has access to Faithless Looting. A typical midrange deck like Jund or Abzan wants goodstuff cards or cards which are good topdecks. Leyline is basically impactless when drawn later in the game. Mardu can potentially make use of Leylines later with Looting. So in that sense, running leylines here is less polarizing in results than they are in other midrange decks. That being said I would also run Leylines in Jund or Abzan if the metagame really demands it.
Mardu Pyromancer
Grixis Shadow
Traverse Shadow
Jund
Abzan
The Rock
Mardu Pyromancer
Grixis Shadow
Traverse Shadow
Jund
Abzan
The Rock
Not that I know of.
As for your GY hate slots, I would go with either 2 Spellbombs and 1 Surgical or 3 Spellbombs and 1 Surgical. Spellbomb is the most flexible GY interaction we have, its applicable in a lot of matchups, wheras Leylines and Surgicals are more specific. So Spellbomb is a safe bet if you don't know what to expect. I would still play 1 Surgical since Tron is more or less a guaranteed enemy now and Surgical is good against Tron.
Hm, seems that if you want to contact Selfeisek you need to get lucky and face him/her at the Modo Leagues. Kind of a pity. At the very least he/she seems to be a hard grinder and therefore the chance of facing him/her is rather high I guess?
Mardu Pyromancer
Grixis Shadow
Traverse Shadow
Jund
Abzan
The Rock
Mardu Pyromancer
Grixis Shadow
Traverse Shadow
Jund
Abzan
The Rock
Having been striking out at my FNM recently with decks like Ponza, Hardened Scales, etc.
Lots of helpful information to help me get back into the swing of Pyromancer, thanks!
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