Dies to Removal

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Is it now?

It's about mid 70's here - what I would consider lower end (but still very nice) Julep weather.

67 here in LA (lower Alabama).

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I already did that. ...and yet my deck is vastly different. Any comments? They aim to do exactly the same thing. I'm not being condescending at all; my intention was "Hey look I did that already, here is a place for some ideas!" I will say that your deck was running in my head as I built ...

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Whiskey and coke, please. The weather is a bit nippy for Mint Julep after this cold front.

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Yeah, it's one of those things you have to take your joy from when it's directed at people you don't like and take with a grain of salt when it's - inevitably - directed back at you.

Indeed. It's the Southern way.

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Well, you know Alex can't not be contradictory and condescending - it's his nature.

I recognized that and filed it under the "bless his little heart" portion of my brain and responded accordingly.

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I already did that.

...and yet my deck is vastly different.

Any comments?

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Anything to report? This is what I'd go with: [deck]Creatures (11) 3 Deathrite Shaman 4 Spike Jester 4 Ash Zealot Spells (27) 2 Devil's Play 4 Bump in the Night 4 Searing Spear 4 Thunderbolt 4 Skullcrack 4 Boros Charm 3 Flames of the Firebrand 2 Warleader's Helix Lands (22) 4 Blood Crypt 4 Sacred Fo...

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Started thinking about a Boros Sledgehammer list last night. Am I crazy? [deck]Creatures (27) 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Stonewright 4 Ash Zealot 3 Gore-House Chainwalker 2 Pyreheart Wolf 4 Restoration Angel 3 Hound of Griselbrand 3 Zealous Conscripts Spells (9) 4 Searing Spear 3 Mizzium Mortars 2 Boros Cha...

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I've always felt like Sire was a good card, especially in this meta. If he resolves against Sphinx's Revalation.dec, consider the game over. A 6/4 body AND everyone discards to 0? Really good.

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Here's an Esper tempo list I've been working on. [deck]Creatures (11) 4 Augur of Bolas 4 Snapcaster Mage 3 Restoration Angel Spells (27) 2 Unsummon 1 Saving Grasp 2 Cremate 2 Tragic Slip 4 Azorius Charm 1 Warped Physique 2 Devour Flesh 2 Runechanter's Pike 2 Far / Away 2 Dissipate 4 Lingering Souls ...

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Yeah, I've been meaning to add Bojuka Bog to my want list. Nihil Spellbomb and Tormod's Crypt are both good choices as well.

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I'm going to make some changes based on cards I know I can get pretty easily: OUT: Phyrexian Defiler, Doomgape, Flesh Allergy, Sisay's Ring IN: Sylvan Primordial, Fleshbag Marauder, Mimic Vat, Putrefy Also, how do you all feel about Deathrite Shaman? I don't have a lot of EDH experience, but I'm tol...

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Is [card]Legion's Initiative[/card] viable in Standard? I've looked at it from a number of different angles relative to aggro decks--which stand to gain the most from it--but everything about it slows a swarm deck down. True, if you have a red 1-drop on the field it does impact damage similar to Ko...

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Those are some sweet synergies/combo's you got there! *runs off to find himself some Triskelions to go with Mikaeuses, Mikaeusi? Thanks! I've only played the list a few times, but it always excites me as to how many different interactions I can pull off when I pilot the deck. That's one of the grea...

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Well now that's just mean.

"Mean" as in "I now must find room for Triskelion."

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I usually skip breakfast and truck straight through to lunch, so the current discussion could be big trouble for me. I'm going to make a big pot of photodyer coffee and lay about my apartment, confirming that life is good. @Calamity what kind? I'm a mechanical engineer, 5 years out of school. The f...

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Added a combo section to the second post. Will add single card discussion and strategy discussion when time permits.

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I usually skip breakfast and truck straight through to lunch, so the current discussion could be big trouble for me. I'm going to make a big pot of photodyer coffee and lay about my apartment, confirming that life is good. @Calamity what kind? I'm a mechanical engineer, 5 years out of school. The f...

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I usually skip breakfast and truck straight through to lunch, so the current discussion could be big trouble for me. I'm going to make a big pot of photodyer coffee and lay about my apartment, confirming that life is good. @Calamity what kind? I'm a mechanical engineer, 5 years out of school. The f...

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I usually skip breakfast and truck straight through to lunch, so the current discussion could be big trouble for me. I'm going to make a big pot of photodyer coffee and lay about my apartment, confirming that life is good. @Calamity what kind? I'm a mechanical engineer, 5 years out of school. The f...

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Updated UG list with board: [deck] 4 Breeding Pool 3 Cavern if Souls 3 Forest 5 Island 4 Hinterland Harbour 4 Augur of Bolas 4 Delver of Secrets 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Quirion Dryad 1 Runechanter's Pike 2 Rapid Hybridization 4 Simic Charm 3 Spell Rupture 3 Syncopate 4 Think Twice 4 Thought Scour 4 Uns...

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RE: Russian Alara AKA Exxarion Universe (or however the fuck it's spelled) He followed our conversation on Sunday when all the crazy shit on Sally was going down in the R/x Forum and decided he would do his best to report us (as in Alex and whoever else was posting in the new RDW Discussion Thread)...

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My only complaint about Firefist Striker is that he feels like Mogg Flunkies, but I guess this deck is running so many creatures that we ought to have him and two others out most of the time.

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Yeah, until the metagame changes, I am done with Boros Reckoner as well. It just doesn't match up well against so many decks now ~ the meta has warped to the point that everyone is maindecking multiple ways to engage effectively with it. You know what they're not well positioned against? Pyreheart ...

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I've been bouncing around between mono red and R/g and wanted to drop some of my observations here to get some comments from the crowd: 1) It seems like a lot more decks are integrating ways around Boros Reckoner in their maindeck, particularly nonred removal. He's been a big tempo loss for me in de...

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Good post. I think the best way to summarize is that she's basically a Time Walk, and that's especially good in an aggro deck. She gives you a lot of options for sure.

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Added a Gilded Lotus and Butcher of Malakir. Removed Launch Party and Prophetic Prism. Felt like I wanted even more ramp and Gilded Lotus allows me to drop some bombs or perform multiple actions the next turn. Looking to add a Fleshbag Marauder and remove Phyrexian Defiler once I find one. Will also...

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Hey, at least you have an exciting story to tell. The poor bloke who went 2-2 with average games throughout is probably crying from being all alone and having no one to listen to how he excitingly top-decked a vanilla dude to cast onto a balanced board. Cheer up :toot: Yeah, at least I pulled a Dea...

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Well the prerelease went absolutely terrible for me. 1-3 with my win being a bye. I had reserved Rakdos/Gruul but I was 10 minutes late because I had to watch the boys until mommy got home. She was taking care of some things for her parents while her mother is in the hospital (more on that later tod...

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I traded a pile of junk for a geist if st. Traft. Should I sell it now or willing retain its value when it rotates. I dunno how how much play it sees in the non rotating formats. GoST sees modern play, so it won't ever be a worthless card. You could make a few bucks by selling and rebuying after ro...

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Added my two cents.
Make sure you report the thread, too. Preferably using the exact same wording as mine for extra lulz.
and says a ban in my book , so I am reporting you guys sorry nothing personal...

What did I say that deserves reporting? Inquiring minds want to know...

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Added my two cents.

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I'm missing FNM because I have a gig in camarillo today, but I'll be back to spectate the midnight pre-release and I'll probably just do lines of blow at the point to stay awake through the night for my 10am Saturday release.

My dad is from Camarillo. Nice place.

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Looks like I'm playing Rakdos/Gruul at the prerelease Sunday. Yay.

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It's a great deck for sure. All I can really say is GET THOSE SNAPCASTERS! I know that's easy for me to say and it can be hard for someone dedicated to a budget, but it really makes all the difference in this archetype. Of course you already knew that, so the question is, how do you make something a...

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Placeholder list for testing and playing post-DGM: [deck] 30 Creatures 4 Ash Zealot 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager 4 Stromkirk Noble 3 Boros Reckoner 3 Hellrider 9 Support: 3 Rancor 2 Gruul War Chant 2 Searing Spear 2 Pillar of Flame 21 Land 4 Stompin...

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AdventuresON is a great store, very fast shipping and the prices are pretty competitive. They're my LGS and the owner set up an online wing to cash in on the web sales. He's making a killing, which means he can hold more paper events for me to jump into. I've ordered a few times from tcgplayer.com ...

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Do people on Sally just not remember what they write in the very same thread? On Spike Jester: "It can't match the value of BTE, so ... it doesn't get to save dos rakis." (Stupid comparisons aside) redthirst responds. Same guy: "'Saving grace' not my actual point." Then why the ...

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Yeah it was in Return to Ravinica....hold on... Ah, Slum Reaper . It's not bad if you need a second creature with that type of effect... Slum Reaper is already in the deck! :tongue: I actually had a neat play with him one game. With Savra on the board, I played Mikaeus, then Slum Reaper, then sacce...

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Actually, going Esper completely costs you a viable beatdown plan, which likely just makes your deck a worse version of Esper Control. Think before you type James! This isn't MTGS where that is encouraged! Well, you're playing a reverse Revelation in Rakdos's Return. And I actually think it's a coo...

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