This probably seems like the right place to post about this deck.
Went 4-0 at my FNM with this list, it felt way better than I expected. Had some bad moments with Rotting Regisaur getting removed after it's first upkeep trigger, but otherwise he felt pretty okay.
R1: Storm: 2-0
Mostly always had Discard + Removal so the 2 games were pretty easy.
R2: Ponza: 2-0
G1: Sandbagged my nonbasics after seeing the first Utopia Sprawl, in the hopes he would board out Bloodmoon. Killed their threat and smashed face with 2 Dinos.
G2: That game was pretty close, he had Bloodbraid Elf and a Stormbreath Dragon and I had a Dark Confidant and a Rotting Regisaur, I was at seven after attacking with 2 Mutavaults and a Swamp in play and a Defile in hand, but for some reason I went for the most unreasonable play of just making the BBE smaller with Defile. And ended up at one, luckily I flipped a land from Bob and swung for lethal.
R3: Eldrazi and Taxes: 2-1
G1: Was a bit grindy, but with the tons of removal in the deck, I won.
G2: He managed to assemble Flickerwisp and Eldrazi Displacer and dominated the game with this.
G3: Seemed like he didn't draw that well. Disruption and a clock won.
R4: Jund: 2-1
G1: Lost because I didn't draw lands for my second and third landdrop, so I couldn't cast the Phyrexian Obliterator in my hand.
G2: T1 Needled Wrenn and Six we traded back and forth. He played a BBE and flipped into a W&6 so I got pretty lucky. Won with Obliterator beats.
G3: The Elderspell was the MVP in this game, killing a LotV and a Liliana, the Last Hope.
The Manabase I stole from 8-Rack probably is a bit too greedy with 6 Colourless Lands. It seemed to work out most of the time, but playing more Swamps probably seems better with Defile.
Is splashing for Lavinia in normal Mono W list possible or even a good idea?
I wanna try to play 3-4 of her but just CoS probably isn't going to cut it for the blue to cast her, I think.
I recently built this deck and had a blast, and i took it to a PPTQ and went 3-3 which was alright.
The thing is though that two of my losses were to UW Control (the third was to Jund who just had the nuts) and more specifically Search for Azcanta I think. The game felt pretty much in my favour until that thing hits the battlefield.
How can I better deal with Search for Azcanta or UW Control in general? Should I play Pithing Needle or land destruction in the sideboard for Azcanta?
I've been playing the list below for a long time, I've posted it before, but I'll post it again. I don't think it needs any changes, except for slight sideboard meta adjustments.
I have tried Hokori, Dust Drinker in this, but I really don't get what he is in for or how you are supposed to play him. Same thing with when i tried Winter Orb. Is there anything I don't know about correctly playing Hokori?
Also can I be fine without City of Traitors? And if I it is ok, can I play Crystal Vein instead or should I just stick with Plains?
What do you guys think about Lotus Petal in this deck?
I have been playing this deck, the list that was in Top 8 of MKM Barcelona, and maybe it's my poor mulligan decisions, but I have been feeling like my starting hands rarely worked, because I can't seem to get to 2 Mana T1.
Last friday I talked to a guy about this deck, and we thought that this deck might have too little mana sources with 18 Lands and 4 Chrome Mox, compared to something like Dragon Stompy which has 26-27 manasources.
Went 4-0 at my FNM with this list, it felt way better than I expected. Had some bad moments with Rotting Regisaur getting removed after it's first upkeep trigger, but otherwise he felt pretty okay.
2x Gatekeeper of Malakir
4x Gifted Aetherborn
2x Phyrexian Obliterator
4x Rotting Regisaur
2x Defile
4x Fatal Push
2x Collective Brutality
3x Thoughtseize
4x Inquisition of Kozilek
4x Liliana of the Veil
2x Liliana, the Last Hope
1x Ifnir Deadlands
2x Silent Clearing
10x Swamp
2x Field of Ruin
4x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Damping Sphere
1x Drown in Sorrow
2x Fulminator Mage
3x Leyline of the Void
1x Pithing Needle
2x Plague Engineer
2x Ratchet Bomb
1x Surgical Extraction
2x The Elderspell
R1: Storm: 2-0
Mostly always had Discard + Removal so the 2 games were pretty easy.
R2: Ponza: 2-0
G1: Sandbagged my nonbasics after seeing the first Utopia Sprawl, in the hopes he would board out Bloodmoon. Killed their threat and smashed face with 2 Dinos.
G2: That game was pretty close, he had Bloodbraid Elf and a Stormbreath Dragon and I had a Dark Confidant and a Rotting Regisaur, I was at seven after attacking with 2 Mutavaults and a Swamp in play and a Defile in hand, but for some reason I went for the most unreasonable play of just making the BBE smaller with Defile. And ended up at one, luckily I flipped a land from Bob and swung for lethal.
R3: Eldrazi and Taxes: 2-1
G1: Was a bit grindy, but with the tons of removal in the deck, I won.
G2: He managed to assemble Flickerwisp and Eldrazi Displacer and dominated the game with this.
G3: Seemed like he didn't draw that well. Disruption and a clock won.
R4: Jund: 2-1
G1: Lost because I didn't draw lands for my second and third landdrop, so I couldn't cast the Phyrexian Obliterator in my hand.
G2: T1 Needled Wrenn and Six we traded back and forth. He played a BBE and flipped into a W&6 so I got pretty lucky. Won with Obliterator beats.
G3: The Elderspell was the MVP in this game, killing a LotV and a Liliana, the Last Hope.
The Manabase I stole from 8-Rack probably is a bit too greedy with 6 Colourless Lands. It seemed to work out most of the time, but playing more Swamps probably seems better with Defile.
I wanna try to play 3-4 of her but just CoS probably isn't going to cut it for the blue to cast her, I think.
Could you explain why you think that way? I'm just curious, to why you think that Preeminent Captain is bad.
The thing is though that two of my losses were to UW Control (the third was to Jund who just had the nuts) and more specifically Search for Azcanta I think. The game felt pretty much in my favour until that thing hits the battlefield.
How can I better deal with Search for Azcanta or UW Control in general? Should I play Pithing Needle or land destruction in the sideboard for Azcanta?
EDIT:
Here's the list I played:
2 Collective Brutality
1 Dismember
2 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Fatal Push
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Liliana of the Veil
4 Raven's Crime
4 Shrieking Affliction
4 Smallpox
4 The Rack
3 Thoughtseize
2 Wrench Mind
14 Swamp
4 Mutavault
1 Bloodstained Mire
4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Asylum Visitor
2 Bontu's Last Reckoning
3 Delirium Skeins
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Nezumi Shortfang
2 Ratchet Bomb
Matches:
0-2 Jeskai Control
2-1 Counter Cat (WURG Nacatl Delver)
2-0 Affinity
2-0 Hollow One
0-2 UW Control
0-2 Jund
I boarded like this against Control:
+3 Delirium Skeins
+3 Asylum Visitor
+1 Nezumi Shortfang
-4 Smallpox
-1 Fatal Push
-2 Ensnaring Bridge
Should I bring in Leyline of the Void against Control?
I have tried Hokori, Dust Drinker in this, but I really don't get what he is in for or how you are supposed to play him. Same thing with when i tried Winter Orb. Is there anything I don't know about correctly playing Hokori?
Also can I be fine without City of Traitors? And if I it is ok, can I play Crystal Vein instead or should I just stick with Plains?
I have been playing this deck, the list that was in Top 8 of MKM Barcelona, and maybe it's my poor mulligan decisions, but I have been feeling like my starting hands rarely worked, because I can't seem to get to 2 Mana T1.
Last friday I talked to a guy about this deck, and we thought that this deck might have too little mana sources with 18 Lands and 4 Chrome Mox, compared to something like Dragon Stompy which has 26-27 manasources.
This is a list i want to try with Lotus Petal
3x Aerial Responder
1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
4x Daru Warchief
4x Enlistment Officer
1x Hero of Bladehold
2x Palace Jailer
4x Preeminent Captain
1x Recruiter of the Guard
4x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
4x Chalice of the Void
4x Suppression Field
4x Chrome Mox
4x Lotus Petal
Lands:
4x Ancient Tomb
4x Cavern of Souls
2x Karakas
8x Plains
This is basically the MKM Barcelona MD
-1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
-1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
-1 Aerial Responder
-2 Palace Jailer
+1 Hero of Bladehold
+4 Lotus Petal