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  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 21, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on [Primer] Jeskai Twin (5/2014 - 1/2016)
    Added David Bruno's list to the primer.
    Posted in: Modern Archives - Established
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 20, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on Modern Esper Draw-Go
    http://www.reddit.com/r/spikes/comments/2wgdux/modern_esper_control_a_primer_with_150_matches_of/

    Pretty lengthy post by a guy who has obviously put in a lot of work on this deck. I like his list.
    Posted in: Control
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 17, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on [FTV] From the Vault: Angels
    I actually like the FTV foils. They looked ugly to me at first when I opened my first FTV box (Exiled), then got used to them and like them a lot. I like how you can tell straightaway that it's from an FTV set and not just another pack foil.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
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    Feb 17, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on [[Official]] SCG Modern Discussions
    Quote from Looooooooo »
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    Quote from FoodChainGoblins »

    Sorry. It's just I can imagine the impending Ban Announcement if the archetype, Combo took up 6 of the top 8 spots. The next ban announcement would be a sad day for Magic (or a happy day for those who want Combo eliminated completely from Magic).


    Fair enough. I quite like the current modern metagame as it stands. More bannings would be quite sad.


    What do you like in particular about this meta?
    It's sad that people likes to lose from a dumb infect deck with almost none interaction instead to a real deck like pod or to a infinite combo like twin instead of a well played storm deck or to a all in burn deck instead to a tempo deck like delver.

    - L


    I just enjoy the format with optimism in general. Smile
    Posted in: Modern Archives
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 16, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on [[Official]] SCG Modern Discussions
    Quote from FoodChainGoblins »

    Sorry. It's just I can imagine the impending Ban Announcement if the archetype, Combo took up 6 of the top 8 spots. The next ban announcement would be a sad day for Magic (or a happy day for those who want Combo eliminated completely from Magic).


    Fair enough. I quite like the current modern metagame as it stands. More bannings would be quite sad.
    Posted in: Modern Archives
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 16, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on Legendary advantage deck? (Hero's Blade + company)
    You could do a UWR tempo shell with Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest and GoST.

    Bant is also very powerful. Kodama of the North Tree comes to mind.
    Posted in: Modern
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 16, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on [[Official]] SCG Modern Discussions
    The metagame looks a lot better when you call the decks by their name instead of lumping stuff into catchall categories.

    You might as well go "The meta is made of 75-card deck, 75-card deck, 75-card deck, 75-card deck, 75-card deck, 75-card deck, 75-card deck, 75-card deck."

    Just because a burn deck is aggressive doesn't mean it plays the same as say a zoo deck. Or two kinds of twin decks etc.
    Posted in: Modern Archives
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 16, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on Budget replacements for Modern staples
    You could try Isochron Scepter.
    Posted in: Budget (Modern)
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 12, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on deck with the most staples
    Won't go wrong with one the the blue-based stoneblade variants (UWR, Deathblade, Esper).
    Posted in: Legacy (Type 1.5)
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    Feb 10, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on App that can store decklists?
    Decked Builder is the best.

    You can save the decklists on iCloud and freely edit between your IOS device or your Mac.
    Posted in: Mobile Apps
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 10, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on [Primer] Burn (1/2011 - 11/2015)
    I have a question for the burn players: When do you board in Destructive Revelry in anticipation of Leyline of Sanctity? What are the matchups where you will board it in blindly in anticipation of leyline and spellskite?
    Posted in: Modern Archives - Proven
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 9, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on [Primer] Zoo [Video Primer]
    Quote from NixonMask »

    Does any know why theres 2 Phyrexian Unlife in Rubin's Sideboard? Seems so much worse than Timely Reinforcements or even Feed the Clan. And Boros Swiftblade is just the cutest. I am 100% doing an MTG search for double strike creatures


    Gaining 10 life against burn is very good (and being immune to skullcrack).
    Posted in: Aggro & Tempo
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 6, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on [Primer] UR and RUG Twin (8/2012 - 2/2015)
    When playing UWR against RUG Twin, I can tell you that Surrak is pretty scary to stare down if I don't have a path in hand.
    Posted in: Modern Archives - Proven
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 3, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on Tasigur, the Golden Fang
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    I think if you had a goyf variant in green and black people would rather play black any day. The only reason for splashing green in modern now, other than decks like infect and bloom, is for goyf and possibly ancient grudge. Black offers much more.


    Abrupt Decay and many others would like to have a word with you.


    Which clearly costs black mana as well. Which is often used to do other things like thoughtseize while the green is just used as a secondary color for stuff like pulse and for goyf.
    Posted in: Modern
  • Sasky's avatar
    Feb 3, 2015
    Sasky posted a message on Tasigur, the Golden Fang
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    Quote from Bearscape »
    I've played with both Tasigur and the monkies (nice band name) quite a bit since I really hoped WotC managed to print at least one good delve spell, Tasigur is definitely better but not to a point where it would validate all this hype, especially since noone cared (and still doesn't) about Mandrills. The ability definitely isn't irrelevant, probably even good in some situations, but paying four mana for one card off the bad end of a fact or fiction doesn't have me jumping in my seat.

    As the final nail in the coffin I don't think I'd even want goyf 5-6. We've had plenty of those for a long time, Putrid Leech, Skinshifter, that guy who gets +1/+1 counters for nongreen spells... And for UB decks without green, with esper I'd go bigger, with grixis I'd go bigger, with UB I'd splash green for goyf.
    Hey man, I care about Mandrills.

    Tasigur's main downside is that the deck that wants Tarmogoyf doesn't necessarily want Black. Delver variants, for instance, will have a harder time picking him up successfully. Mandrills lets you run the full set of Lhurgoyfs before you do anything else.


    I think if you had a goyf variant in green and black people would rather play black any day. The only reason for splashing green in modern now, other than decks like infect and bloom, is for goyf and possibly ancient grudge. Black offers much more.
    Posted in: Modern
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