Have you just seen the Javier Dominguez (Izzet Phoenix) against Devoted Vizier game in the RedBull Qualifier? Javier casted Aria 5 times, because it was bounced. And he won playing 1cmc spells with a Chalice in 1 counter in the battlefield and activating Aria. Are you still saying Aria is not good?
I've played my BlueMoon version this weekend in GP Bilbao. My record has been 9-6, winning 2 Hardened Scales, 2 Affinity, GTron, RB Hollow One, RG Valakut, Burn and UW Control and losing against 2 GDS, Izzet Phoenix, Humans, BG Rock and a mirror with Breach/Emrakul.
But... I want to know the Gorka Lopez list, who finished 39th playing a version with Cracling Drake over TiTi (Gorka, si lees esto pasame la lista completa, please). I will use the islandpaint's list as a new beginning, and I will accept any advaice about it. Thanks
Hi Alex! It was really nice to meet you in the GP.
I did a 11-3-1 for 39th place with this decklist in this past GP Bilbao. I won against Rock, Hardened, Burn (it was a miracle), R Prison, GDS,...
I love Drakes. They are just what you need to finish the game. I don't like TiTi. We invest too much resources in them: protecting them and fliping them. I prefer to use those resources to deal with their threats and then play a Drake (mostly with 6 mana, logic knot back up), and win.
RAL is the real King here. In this metagame is the best thing we have. Also the SB Keranos won a lot of matches for me against BGx midrange, control and prison decks. I lost 1 round and draw another round against Phoenix but it was my fault. We are really strong against them. I killed TiTi like 8 times in these two rounds. With 2 spell snare, 2 harvest pyre, 1 flame slash, and SB Rending Volley and Roast we are really good against this matchup. Not to mencionate the Surgicals.
After a couple of months playing UR TiTi, I'm back to droping TiTis. Why? I knew that UR Control was not the shell for TiTi (UR Phoenix is the shell), but there is something more: now everyone is prepared against TiTi. Every deck has a way to get rid of him. We invest too much fliping the creature and then it gets killed everytime. So I'm back to Drake-Thought Scour-Logic Knot-Harvest Pyre sinergy. I played this deck before and it felt smooth.
Hi Alex! It was really nice to meet you in the GP.
I did a 11-3-1 for 39th place with this decklist in this past GP Bilbao. I won against Rock, Hardened, Burn (it was a miracle), R Prison, GDS,...
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Crackling Drake
2 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
3 Ancestral Vision
1 Flame Slash
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Serum Visions
2 Spell Snare
4 Thought Scour
2 Harvest Pyre
3 Logic Knot
1 Negate
1 Anger of the gods
3 Cryptic Command
1 Flooded Strand
7 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
2 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
2 Sulfur Falls
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Ceremonious Rejection
2 Dispel
1 Rending Volley
1 Abrade
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Negate
1 Roast
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Blood Moon
1 Keranos, God of Storms
1 Hurkyl's Recal
I love Drakes. They are just what you need to finish the game. I don't like TiTi. We invest too much resources in them: protecting them and fliping them. I prefer to use those resources to deal with their threats and then play a Drake (mostly with 6 mana, logic knot back up), and win.
RAL is the real King here. In this metagame is the best thing we have. Also the SB Keranos won a lot of matches for me against BGx midrange, control and prison decks. I lost 1 round and draw another round against Phoenix but it was my fault. We are really strong against them. I killed TiTi like 8 times in these two rounds. With 2 spell snare, 2 harvest pyre, 1 flame slash, and SB Rending Volley and Roast we are really good against this matchup. Not to mencionate the Surgicals.
What do you think about the decklist?
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Vendilion Clique
3 Crackling Drake
1 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
2 Ancestral Vision
1 Flame Slash
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Serum Visions
2 Spell Snare
4 Thought Scour
2 Harvest Pyre
3 Logic Knot
1 Negate
1 Electrolyze
3 Cryptic Command
1 Flooded Strand
7 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
2 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
2 Sulfur Falls
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Ceremonious Rejection
2 Dispel
1 Rending Volley
1 Abrade
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Negate
1 Roast
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Blood Moon
1 Keranos, God of Storms
Is someone else trying this version? I'll tell how it feels after some leagues. By the way, maybe the SB Keranos should be another RAL.