MTG Salvation

the senseis are awesome. play them in any control decks ftw, or invest in a few goyfs and counterbalances to annoy everyone. crucible of worlds sees mild play and should be easy to trade. yawgmoth's will and balance are awesome pulls. primalcrux is only played in All In Green, which is a tier 2 deck in T2. Holy day, terror and dark ritual are key commons. your playset of dark rits are cool to have. I bought the Demonic VS Angelic and traded two ice
age edition ones to get mine. other than that, I see timmy and bad cards. I don,t know a few of the cards, me being an inexperienced player(started with shadowmoor). nice pull!

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Etherwrought Page

this is the tech you need to gain life

the page sucks reaaaaally bad. and it isn't worth splashing.

I've found that maindecking 2 circles and 3 runed halos are pretty good, even if you have to cut a wrath for it. However, if this becomes a viable archetype, the sideboard hate will kill it. that, and if an opponent runs misveil plains, it's gg for him. Gaddock teeg is also a very annoying critter, so keep some paths handy.

for the budget players, Dream Fracture works wonders as a cancel with turbo.

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Or in multi-player, sac as many as needed and attack each opponent in turn. It's a sure wincon against a whole board.

but then again, every O-ring and other hate will be directed at you when you do have the combo out, before you can lay down the sieve. I'm putting duress in there as well as counterspell.

also, I was thinking of transmute(the mechanic) or fabricate(the card) for tutoring option. I have a Demonic tutor because I bought the duel decks, but that's it, so I need a tutor anyhoo. Thoughtcast is also getting in there and I might borrow a Sol Ring from a friend to test it out.

strolled down the the shop this morning and cracked open a Conflux booster for the hell of it.

i got a foil path to exile, a banefire and a volcanic fallout.

that, and I remember opening a tarmogoyf in a FS booster. I sold it for like 45 bucks.

I'm betting my money on treasure hunting. MaRo will go all indiann jones on us and Snake tribal will be the new Faeries, because they'll definitely find a way to abuse Lorescale Coatl.

I can dream, right?

you most certainly did not come back from that. I came out all guns blazing, with a perfect curve and easy attackers, following every known alara draft strategy known to man, and then you just HAD to ruin it. you really did. I remember your smug face as you slapped down the card on the table, as you FOILED(no, not the card, but it was if you know what i mean) my fnisher and attacked me for 7 on the next turn, ending my reign of terror as a scion of Bolas.

here i was at the local hobbyshop, drafting with some buddies. two of them ar casual mtg players, one of them is a competitive player and one is a complete timmy(or a noob, for lack of better words.).

So, I just drafted triple shards, because the shop was out of conflux and didn,t have enough reborn remaining(busy week, small shop, sickly owner, y'know...). My deck was a pure grixis control deck. I managed to snag the land, the charm and a nifty cruel ultimatum along with some burn and useful creatures. It's game 1 of match 1 and i'm up against nooby who drafted esper with some help from a bystander(we all agreed he needed some tips). the game starts and I open with Crumbling Necropolis, followed by a few good creatures. apparently, he was drafting Esper, because he had a lot of bounce and removal and lots of good fliers. here's the situation.

Me:
Seven lands.Necropolis, mountain, island, island, swamp, swamp, swamp

board: Empty(untimely infest+O-ring)
Hand: Cruel Ultimatum, Courier's capsule
Life: 6

Him:
Board: Tower Gargoyle, Master of etherium, puppet conjurer.
Life: 5
three mana open.

I smirk as i tap myself out, ready to cruel him into oblivion. then i drop the 7 mana bomb and asl for game two.

No reaction.

Still No reaction.

Then, a smile. a big wide cheshire smile. a freaking psycatog smile- you get the idea. So he just says «in response», taps his three mana and lays down one of the most innocuous, unplayable monstrosities i have EVER seen in a draft deck.

Spell snip

Spell ****ing snip. and guess what? it was foil*.
I just sat there dumbfounded, unaware of what had just happened, and oblivious to my noobish friends voice saying ''Attack for seven''. I still managed to win the match 2-1 and finally 5-0ed the draft. however, I still had the feeling of humiliation from losing to Spell Snip.

So after first-picking a tezzeret at the split, I walked straght to him and put it into his hands, making him swear that his next deck would be an esper artifact deck and that we'd face off again. I still haven't gotten over it. I mean come on!

anyway. Have you guys got some cool draft stories to share?

but still hetero. Name's Hyugafan, because i was once the worst of narutards and even though this dark period of my existence is behind me, none shoukd forget the sins of the past. that, and i'm too much of a lazyass to change the pseudonym, since i've been using it since naruto was about ninjas, and not mages throwing Fireballs and ki spears at each other.

which is a long time. but anyways.

I will not post often. I will post only when a thread interests me or if there are trolls to be trolled, or with the promise of bounty in cookie form(Hmmm... cookie...)

looking forward to netdecking your decks(not really) and stealing your girlfr- cookies. yeah. (damn freudian slip). See you on the boards, fellow planeswalkers, and may your hand always topdeck.

(I'm a flavor-sucker, never mentionned that?)

Hey guys. I don't normally partake in deck discussions, but i've come across this deck and I've fallen in love with it. It's dirt-cheap, it's fun, it's Johnny and Spike and the combo seems solid. I have a few card suggestions.

Tainted Isle from torment is a great mana fixer, and it isn't that hard to come by. sure, you need a swamp in playm, but hey, it isn't like we'll have a lot of nonswamp nonbasic lands, now, does it?

Also, i've seen Esper panorama in a lot of builds on this thread already. why not replace them with Arcane Sanctum ?

lastly, do you guys think the sieve fits in the deck? or should I just focus on going infinite with the life and tokens?