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Jul 20, 2013Mastodon posted a message on Why Scavenging Ooze is better than Deathrite ShamanI think scavenging ooze is definitely better as graveyard hate than shaman is in most cases since his ability is a lot more flexible for that purpose. However, I don't really think you can say either is better than the other because they both play two completely different roles.Posted in: DOLZero Blog
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Jul 19, 2013Mastodon posted a message on My thoughts on the direction of the game.It is actually a very interesting implementation, one that I think the game desperately needed, but maybe now it's time to try and make the other parts of the game a little more balanced. As you can see, many people are kind of sick of wizards pushing creatures so hard. Even new players begin to wonder why don't we have better spells?Posted in: Greatness at any cost
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Jul 4, 2013Mastodon posted a message on My thoughts on the direction of the game.Haha, thanks. I don't normally get positive feedback for ranting, but I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.Posted in: Greatness at any cost
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Jul 4, 2013Mastodon posted a message on My thoughts on the direction of the game.Absolutely. HahaPosted in: Greatness at any cost
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Sep 24, 2012Mastodon posted a message on Worldgorger DragonBrainstorm is restricted in vintage, btw.Posted in: Heresy19 Blog
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Jun 18, 2012Mastodon posted a message on What it's like to put a Jace, the Mind Sculptor through the washing machineDidnt plan on trading it anyway. It's a trophy of accomplishment for my friend and I (my buddy pulled it in a pack he won). Thats why I want to get a full-art extension.Posted in: Greatness at any cost
Its definitely playable in a sleeve. Like I said, it was in hard plastic sleeve which saved it from being crumpled. -
May 19, 2012Mastodon posted a message on Magic for Hipsters, pt. 1: The Speed of SoundEvery time I see that card guile's theme immediately starts playing in my head.Posted in: Rocko's Modern Blog
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Apr 20, 2012Mastodon posted a message on Jund box warning labelhaha, thanks.Posted in: Greatness at any cost
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Feb 17, 2012Mastodon posted a message on Esper Teachings Primer DraftThank you.Posted in: Greatness at any cost
As I said, the thread and sub-section for esper teachings has been taken down. I asked feathers about it, but I haven't gotten a reply yet.
I've only heard about grim harvest and have yet to give it a try. When I do, I'll add it if it seems viable.
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Feb 16, 2012Mastodon posted a message on Why I hate GideonThough I definitely agree he's probably the lamest with his abilities and ability to control your opponents creatures so well, but I feel a lot of people have come to hate karn a lot more just because karn generally takes all of your opponent's stuff lol.Posted in: Zelderex Blog
Either way, having elspeth make a flying 5/5 mirran crusader that beats for 10 is just down right ****ty. And having your opponent look at the top card of your library with his JTMS, laugh, and then put it on the bottom of your library is also pretty ****ty. -
Feb 16, 2012Mastodon posted a message on Esper Teachings Primer DraftThanks. I was still trying to pull some deck lists together, but it looks like the esper teachings part of the established section under the modern forum has been removed for whatever reason (I guess because it's not a tier 1 deck? I dunno). I had some other decklists in mind, but they were under that section and now they're gone lol.Posted in: Greatness at any cost
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Jan 9, 2012Mastodon posted a message on A tribute to the single seachrome coast I have in my deck@ killerkongoPosted in: Greatness at any cost
Though I'm sure I have stuff to get a playset of seachrome coast, I'm not even going to bother. They don't really even help out my deck that much considering it curves out at 5, 6, and 7 lol. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Did you mean against?
currently at %3 percent of the meta, definitely still one of the top combo decks. Currently, many combo players are on the B/R reanimator deck though. That deck is pretty gross. No reason to not play ANT right now, though.
-grim flayer?
-collected brutality?
-liliana, the last hope?
Its good in the matchups where the other liliana is generally bad, but that said I would never do more than a 3(LoTV)/1(LtLH) split. In midrange mirrors, both are pretty much just as good...but the veil is so much stronger against decks that don't want to discard cards, and can even shore up the tron match up if you're lucky. You have a ton of spot removal in this deck, and therefore the last hope doesn't really change those interactions too much. Not saying she's bad, but the veil serves a critical role for this deck against a wide range of other decks in the meta.
So, honestly, I'd give reanimator a try if possible. But if I were to choose between storm and dredge, I would pick storm. Dredge is just a little soft these days, and I think storm is overall better right now. Plus, storm has a bit more interaction with opposing combo kills with its hand disruption, and many storm players these days are more than content to play counter magic in the board, namely flusterstorm. Storm doesn't just lose to rest in peace. Lastly, storm is better in a race where as dredge may be a turn or 2 too slow against a deck like show and tell or reanimator.
Lion's Eye Diamond is such a peculiar card.
However, in your example you can just cast your rituals with the lotus petal (dark rit, then cabal rit), then the infernal tutor, then crack the LED. The end result is effectively the same. But cracking the LED first would result in having nothing else to cast...so don't do that.
As far as your list goes, it looks mostly fine. The sideboard is a little strange with 4 copies of echoing truth and some singleton stuff, but if you have a reason for it I assume its probably fine.
Although I wouldn't say the matchup is abysmal, its certainly got game against us now compared to MUD variants from before Oath of the gatewatch. Honestly, Delver is still the most threatening aggro deck to us since they have actual interaction, but eldrazi is certainly a close second now thanks to thought-knot seer and some really disgusting potential beats. Formerly, we were a little more worried about dnt or maverick (...sort of), but again now that there's a chalice deck that will kill you on turn 4, those definitely take a back seat to threat of chalice.
For the record, I think its worth pointing out that most creatures we actually care about are white, and therefore I really like dread of night over things like disfigure.
As far as nihil spellbomb goes, you really don't need it. You should be combating decks like tinfins and reanimator with hand disruption, or simply racing them. I suppose if you know you're going to play against it, it might be okay, but I'm still skeptical. Even dredge, you're likely just going to beat them in the race anyway. Also, its definitely not worth it to stifle a DRS activation. It would be nice to have that capability, but its just not impactful enough for us to try and hit on DRS.
I don't know about mentor. 3 mana is a lot in our deck and many players may go on to sweepers for the already anticipated empty the warrens. Might be worth a try; mentor is certainly a good card that would likely be a 1 turn clock for us, but killing on the spot is of course preferred.
thank you. Eh, I might just take down jitte. Obviously the only relevant ability is gaining life...or if they somehow have an active jitte and play and you've cast empty the warrens.
I'll probably be trying him out in a few different BG/x shells. Admittedly, red seems the best since we have access to seal of fire...but it wouldn't surprise me if I was forgetting some stuff in either white or blue. We'll see.