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I ran back the Petersen list along with the newest Nguyen build for about 6 hours on Sunday. Points of comparison MD land base not included: 1 Farseek + 1 Exploration vs. 2 Growth Spasm, and 2 Sweltering Suns vs 2 Slagstorm.
- Slagstorm felt good off of a BBE. In the event I'd send the damage upstairs, I felt like it shortened the clock. Often 6 from BBE + Slag could put op to ~12.Add a bolt to the dome (or not), and Valakut doesn't have much work to do.
- Exploration off a BBE without a land felt sorta meh. Although Farseek off a BBE isn't normally game breaking, getting a guaranteed land into play was satisfying.
- Growth Spasm felt like a Farseek, but with an added mana chump. I'm not sure if cutting turn 2 ramp in favor of more explosive turn 3 ramp is good.
Overall, I need to draw Spasm more. Turn 2 ramp, into turn 3 Spasm + another 2cc ramp was good during the couple times it happened. Anyone have any incite?
I played for 4 hours last night and BBE felt good, but was MU dependent. Was good against control, or midrange decks. In the aggro match-ups it wasn't bad (I think I cascaded into a pact once, and it was mid-late game), but I'd board BBE for OB.B + Anger of the Gods. I boarded 1 Summ. Pact out in a couple games, unsure how that affects this situation. I'll note more today.
I'll give it more play time, and take notes on when it's good and when it's bad. If I had to take it out, I'd maybe run 2 CoK, 1 Reclamation Sage, 1 Tracker,
The Petersen's list just felt really tight last night, but yeah, I'll keep running it back today with an open mind.
As someone that quit MTG for 10 years, and sold everything off, it was hard getting back in even a bit. Standard looked, and still does to an extent look not-fun. So I got into Modern on MTGO, and that wasn't cheap.
If standard looked cheaper and/or like a better time, I'd probably hit real-life events more, big or small, for standard or modern.
I'm sure there are other people that feel the same about standard being the key to our participation and spending.
- Slagstorm felt good off of a BBE. In the event I'd send the damage upstairs, I felt like it shortened the clock. Often 6 from BBE + Slag could put op to ~12.Add a bolt to the dome (or not), and Valakut doesn't have much work to do.
- Exploration off a BBE without a land felt sorta meh. Although Farseek off a BBE isn't normally game breaking, getting a guaranteed land into play was satisfying.
- Growth Spasm felt like a Farseek, but with an added mana chump. I'm not sure if cutting turn 2 ramp in favor of more explosive turn 3 ramp is good.
Overall, I need to draw Spasm more. Turn 2 ramp, into turn 3 Spasm + another 2cc ramp was good during the couple times it happened. Anyone have any incite?
I played for 4 hours last night and BBE felt good, but was MU dependent. Was good against control, or midrange decks. In the aggro match-ups it wasn't bad (I think I cascaded into a pact once, and it was mid-late game), but I'd board BBE for OB.B + Anger of the Gods. I boarded 1 Summ. Pact out in a couple games, unsure how that affects this situation. I'll note more today.
I'll give it more play time, and take notes on when it's good and when it's bad. If I had to take it out, I'd maybe run 2 CoK, 1 Reclamation Sage, 1 Tracker,
The Petersen's list just felt really tight last night, but yeah, I'll keep running it back today with an open mind.
Psychatog: Only with this one, I'm worried about "decks" AKA piles of good cards just winning.
If standard looked cheaper and/or like a better time, I'd probably hit real-life events more, big or small, for standard or modern.
I'm sure there are other people that feel the same about standard being the key to our participation and spending.