I figured that not enough people from my meta would be reading this so i decided to go a little more in depth to give you guys exactly how i felt about specific decks and how to make them better, which is how a lot of writers DONT do it. Normally they explain the list and end it at that. I wanted to give you guys my opinion to make them better. You decide if its right or wrong.
thanks for commenting/reading and hope to see more in the future
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Young Pyromancer
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2 Gurmag Angler
3 Gitaxian Probe
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Serum Visions
1 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
4 Thought Scour
1 Deprive
2 Mana Leak
2 Terminate
1 Dismember
1 Electrolyze
1 Kolaghan's Command
1 Murderous Cut
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Darkslick Shores
2 Island
1 Mountain
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Swamp
1 Watery Grave
2 Engineered Explosives
3 Death's Shadow
2 Dispel
1 Vandalblast
1 Flashfreeze
1 Go for the Throat
1 Negate
2 Blood Moon
1 Hibernation
1 Kolaghan's Command
I'm still tweaking the board a bit, but I'm pretty happy where it is. More answers to Etched Champion while also keeping up the sweeper count, I wanna try Hibernation against Bloom to see how it is but its in there for the Company decks, and also Boggles if it starts to show up a bit.
Death's Shadow has actually proven insane in testing, I was surprised. I won games I had no right winning because of this card but not just against Burn. Also good against Affinity and the Mirror and even Zoo. Very good card.
I cut my Izzet Staticaster for another Engineered Explosives as it does the same thing except a bit worse in the mirror, but better vs. Affinity (marginally) and Abzan (much better).
I also cut a Young Pyromancer for the 19th land, and because of that I cut the 12th Cantrip (Gitaxian Probe) for another removal spell. Dismember might not be as good as terminate but I want a Spell Snare proof removal spell vs. Twin.
Whatever dude. Get lost
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I want good cards in the Mirror. Ancient Grudge > Wear // Tear against Affinity. This is just a fact.
I want cards that are good vs. Shatterstorm/Wraths. Spell Pierce > Wear // Tear, since Wear // Tear doesnt counter removal.
I DONT WANT WEAR // TEAR FOR THE MIRROR. I run Wear // Tear because its good against the mirror and other decks. I want Ancient grudge because its good vs AFfinity, and I didnt need sideboard slots for other matchups.
Like, when you build sideboards. Do you just pick matchups and just throw cards in? Because when I build them, I make sure I like my 60 first and once its "closed" I start looking at what I dont want in matchups and write down how many slots I can have for each deck. I dont want more cards vs Control that arent good vs Jund/Other grindy decks, hence why I run a Wear // Tear Spell Pierce mix.
With Tron winning 2 major events that will change this week.
My turn 4 mana, Tap, Strike, Tap, Shock, Tap, +? For a burn deck and 3 cards, you just did 10 damage
Thats a LOT.
Regardless, I think the fact it matches the side profile of the game is a large indicator that at the very least, the art is on the card. And since we cant find the source of the art, tahts a good indication WotC is hiding it, meaning this got extracted somehow.
If this isnt the printed version, I wouldnt be surprised if this is an older version and when she's spoiled, this arcana text is one of the things that pops up in their "older version notes" in that funky font they normally do.
I have to take out 6 cards in the matchup, as Etched champion might as well read grey ogre. So I have to compensate the fact that since I'm preboarded vs a lot of decks, I have to help fix the other matchups.
I read his post. My 2nd post wasnt meant for animosity about discussing RUG. It was more to clarify my 2nd post.
Pack Rat doesnt do anything for this deck, and if I wanted to play RUG you would be one of the first people I would talk to. However, I want to try and find answers for Grixis as I dont own Tarmogoyfs. I could get them quite easily, I choose not to meaning I'm restricted from green.
Wha...wh...what?
LOL Pack Rat? WHAT?
We dont have Treasure Cruise anymore. The whole point of Delver is to have cards in your hand for counterspells. We arent a Rock deck, and realistically right now we're a bad Grindy deck.
I just. Cant even right now.....
What do you get in RUG you dont get in Grixis? Tarmogoyf? With all the delve creatures Tarmogoys arent typically bigger than 4/5's anyway. I guess the only benefit is against Leyline's its still a 2/3 if you dont touch your yard for the rest of the game?
I dont know I'd rather have hard removal than Simic Charm and Tarmogoyf, and we still get everything else RUG does.