Dies to Removal

At least atarka red still looks decent!

No lightning strike reprint. I guess wotc really hates burn these days v_v

I'm not sure Im sold on magmatic insights being worth it, but I'd be willing to try it... if only I had a playset of mentors!

4 Jace, destroyer of wallets

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How is harbringer in any way comparable to stratus dancer? Countering a cruise or wrath or something is so far and away different than bouncing a single tapped creature? Am I missing something here

Got a list? Love to check it out

Definitely would have thrown that hand back

[deck]Creature (16)
4 Seeker of the Way
1 Soulfire Grand Master
4 Mantis Rider
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Stormbreath Dragon

Sorcery (3)
3 Treasure Cruise

Instant (16)
3 Wild Slash
4 Lightning Strike
4 Stoke the Flames
3 Valorous Stance
1 Abzan Advantage
1 Dig Through Time
Enchantment (1)
1 Outpost Siege

Land (24)
4 Mystic Monastery
4 Temple of Triumph
2 Temple of Epiphany
4 Shivan Reef
2 Battlefield Forge
4 Flooded Strand
2 Plains
2 Island

Sideboard (15)
1 Valorous Stance
1 Outpost Siege
2 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2 Negate
3 Disdainful Stroke
1 Glare of Heresy
[/deck]

This was the list from top 8 GP seville. Looks pretty fun.

Yeah I accidentally left out "double" mull



I think it was a temple of epiphany with a magma jet, so I just kinda snap kept that 5.

It was 5 cards though, would you really go to 4?

This is what I ran out to win gameday #2, taking a few notes from dpaine and stratsky. Beat green devotion, 1 abzan midrange, one abzan control, 3 mirrors, and lost to one of the abzan once during swiss.

Deck felt tight, my only loss came against abzan when I kept a shaky hand with only 1 land after a mull and hit both my digs and sbd off my first few draws instead of lands. The other game in that match I pretty much got stuck on 2/3 painlands and killed myself casting charms and strikes while he rhino'd me. Once I get my full set of flooded strands I'm hoping I can cut back on the painlands so that wont be as much of a problem. Hopefully.


[deck]Creatures 16
4 Seeker of the Way
4 Mantis Rider
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
2 Hushwing Gryff
2 Stormbreath Dragon

Instants 18
4 Magma Jet
4 Lightning Strike
4 Jeskai Charm
4 Stoke the Flames
2 Dig through Time

Enchantments 2
2 Banishing Light

Lands 24

1 Flooded Strand
1 Plains
2 Mountain
2 Island
2 Temple of Enlightenment
2 Temple of Epiphany
3 Temple of Triumph
3 Shivan Reef
4 Battlefield Forge
4 Mystic Monastery

Sideboard 15

2 Prognostic Sphinx
2 Negate
2 Disdainful Stroke
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Suspension Field
2 End Hostilities
3 Magma Spray
[/deck]

I still think my sideboard needs work - I pretty much never really wanted to bring in the end hostilities, so I might find something else for that slot, not sure what though.

I took down my sunday gameday as well, ran a last minute jeskai list tuned up from yesterday where I got destroyed. Went with 4 rabbles, 2 gryff. Rabble is just too strong - it always eats removal and leaves a token behind if you're smart about playing it, just like YP always did. And just like YP, if it goes unchecked it steals the game. Definitely keeping 4 in my lists going forward.

No card draw in your list huh?

Well my first foray into jeskai in todays tournament was abysmal. What the hell constitutes a good opening hand? Constantly found myself mana screwed and having a hand full of stuff I didnt need or couldnt use at the time... This was probably my worst showing in any event I've played in so far, maybe bad luck finally caught up to me? I dunno. It felt pretty awful though, I think Im gonna keep trying to make straight boros work.

So how necessary are flooded strands? I picked up most of the mana base yesterday, and I have most of the cards... Only 1 strand and 1 dig though. Can I make a workable deck outa that? Trying to play jeskai at my game day today...

Im kinda liking seeker of the way right now. I can't find a good shell for him yet but hes 2 power 2 drop with lifelinking prowess, seems like very powerful anti-agro tech. Maybe in a sideboard slot? IDK.