Dies to Removal

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Maybe in a shell with Young Pyromancer, Krenko's Command, and Molten Birth?

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How about Kruin Stiker in AIR? Not joking. Looks like a potential card, but what would you drop? Firefist Striker/Goblin Shortcutter? Surely not BTE or Lightning Mauler? The one-drops you can't cut, and the Dynacharges stays as well. So that leaves: Firefist Striker, Goblin Shortcutter, and Krenko'...

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Yeah, I'm getting some when possible. I'm just not dropping 15€ for a card with the current amount of playing I do. The two I have access to are copies I'm borrowing from a friend.

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What's your suggestions for Mutavault replacements in the above deck? I have access to only two atm. Just add mountains? Or Hellion Crucibles? Or just keep the lower land count and add more creatures (Shortcutters or Ash Zealots). I'm leaning towards Crucibles myself, for some added late game boost,...

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I'd bet on some of the Future Sight duals before contraptions.

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Commander 2?

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Admiral Akbar does sound like Dr. Zoidberg...

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I really like the look on that red deck. However, Mutavaults will be in short supply for me (I can probably borrow 1-2). So I'm debating what to do about that. - Substitute missing Mutavaults with Hellion Crucibles while they're legal. I lose the early battalion bonus of Mutavault, but I keep some l...

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It's a trap. If it would untap the land it enchants then I'd consider it. Or if it had an ability that gets damage through, like Trample. Theros might change things, but for now it's pretty bad.

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Happy Birthday, Christen!

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My local shop has Modern FNM once a month, and I don't see them stopping to do that. So Modern cards are still interesting to me. Legacy events are few and far between, so I wouldn't invest in Legacy cards. I have my burn deck, and some other stuff, and that enough for me.

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Looking forward to see those games. Anyway, just for the sake of asking, do you guys feel like we're getting anything cool from M14? I'm thinking of the Mindsparker (I didn't manage to get any -_-), Burning Earth, MAYBE Chandra. Witchstalker is double G, the Ooze is probably too green intensive as ...

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Here's what I'm running at at a tcg bronze event: [deck] Lands: 10 Mountain 4 Rootbound Crag 4 Stomping Ground 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Temple Garden Creatures: 4 Rackdos Cackler 4 Stormkirk Noble 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager 4 Hellrider Spells: 4 Pillar...

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It's a bad idea because: 1) It strains the mana base. 2) It's a less powerful card in combat. 3) It gets blown out by Electrickery and Flames of the Firebrand. Well, yeah, true on all accounts. I'm just looking at the Dos Rakis thread and the Jesters in those decks and started thinking. Cutting BTE...

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One power more (although no FS is bad) and immune to both Ultimate Price and Doom Blade. Not sure it's worth it myself, so I'm just posting it so you can convince me it's a bad idea...

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Any thoughts on adding a tiny amount of black for Spike Jester, instead of Ash Zealots (put them in the SB instead)? [deck]Lands 4 Blood Crypt 4 Dragonskull Summit 10 Mountain Creatures 4 Stromkirk Noble 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Foundry Street Denizen 4 Legion Loyalist 4 Spike Jester 4 Burning-Tree Emissa...

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Sorry to hear about the car troubles, Fate. Stuff like that is why I go to an official service place for my car brand (Volkswagen). They might be a bit more expensive, but I know they do a good job and I know up front what they'll do to the car. None of those "Oh, and we changed this and that a...

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Happy birthday, Kaze!

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They resolve simultaneously?

No, but it doesn't matter. It's only the activation that checks for creatures. So, if you put all activations on stack before resolving any of them, you're getting 4 creatures.

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Btw, the Gruul deck I lost to in round 4, that went 5-0 but lost in the semifinals was pretty close to Christoffer Larsen's Top 8 deck from GP Miami. He had Firefist Strikers instead of Madcap Skills. I think the sideboard was nearly the same, at least it was very similar. So, something like this: [...

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So, I'd like to be on par with you guys but I really lack your experience with the deck.

Let me tell you a secret: I only pretend to know what I'm doing...

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Yeah, I had many Boars killed by flashed in Resto Angels yesterday. The +1 power from War Chant would have been nice to have.

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Modern FNM: played goblin, won against burn, lost against burn, lost against burn, won agains martyr -> 2-2 How did you like the Goblin deck in general? I'm thinking of trying a similar one myself at some point, since got my fourth Legion Loyalist in a trade today. I want to play it again before sa...

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This is the slightly transformational list I'll be testing now, with the numbers cleaned up a bit: [deck]11 Mountain 4 Rootbound Crag 4 Stomping Ground 4 Stromkirk Noble 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager 4 Boros Reckoner 2 Temple Garden 4 Searing Spear 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Hellrider 4 Lightning M...

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Modern FNM: played goblin, won against burn, lost against burn, lost against burn, won agains martyr -> 2-2

How did you like the Goblin deck in general? I'm thinking of trying a similar one myself at some point, since got my fourth Legion Loyalist in a trade today.

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Well, my GPT started out great, but ended badly. I ran this: [deck]Lands (21) 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Crag 2 Temple Garden 11 Mountain Creatures (35) 4 Stromkirk Noble 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Lightning Mauler 4 Ash Zealot 4 Boros Reckoner 3 Hellrider 4 Ghor-...

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2-0 so far at my GPT. 3x BTE + Lightning Mauler on second turn, followed by Flinthoof Boar on third is quite sweet...

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Is it the one with Desecration Demon and lots of removal? If so, I'd try to be as fast as possible. I've played against a similar deck (one of my mono-black experiments, not as good as the current Bg decks), and the game were I had a fast start I usually won easily. When they stabilize and get Desec...

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Can the haunter plate attack? If the spirit don't have haste? Works like mishra's with a first turn summon illness only?

Works like Mishra's Factory, yes.

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Don't make me reconsider my deck choice for tomorrow's GPT...

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Well, in that case, just go for it. The maindeck looks ok to me.

Edit: Ok, I agree with LP about the land amount. And yeah, Bushwhackers instead of Kings, that's good advice as well. But with only 20 lands, the Siege-Gang Commander is probably unplayable, and possibly even Krenko, Mob Boss.

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So, I've got to run to the office after trying to desperately put together a random wannabe FNM-level modern goblin deck, but it does seem like I'm missing lots of pieces. Obviously I discovered half a hour ago that today's FNM was modern, so I'm rushing thrhough my cards but I'm missing lots of th...

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I started wondering why it's so quiet here...then it dawned on me. Have a great 4th of July, guys and girls!

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Yet another one. The first card I considered siding out last time I played was always the Firefist Strikers, so I thought about dropping two of them completely in order to free up some SB space. And I threw out the Volcanic Strengths for some FotFs. [deck]Lands (21) 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Cra...

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I count GCRs as Bloodrush-cards only, since it's the preferred way to cast them. 21 lands worked well for me with 3 Hellriders, but I wanted to see if I could run 4/4 of Lightning Maulers and Firefist Strikers, and keep the two Pillars maindeck. So I cut one Mountain and a Reckoner. Putting those ba...

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Is going down to 20 lands with 3 Hellriders a good idea? I'm thinking about this for Saturday's GPT: [deck]Lands (20) 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Crag 2 Temple Garden 10 Mountain Creatures (34) 4 Stromkirk Noble 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Lightning Mauler 4 Firefis...

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Oh, and Happy birthday, RedNihilist!

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With Chandra's 0 ability, if you exile a land, would you be able to play that land even if you already played one that turn? With the rules clarification to land drops coming in M14 I want to say I don't think so, but I honestly have no idea. I'd say 'no' with or without the M14 land drop change. N...

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No. You copy the spell, and the copies go on the stack. Happy birthday Rednihilist! I know the spell goes on the stack. I'm checking my understanding of the difference in wording between Chandra's 0 and -7; the 0 says "may play it this turn", which I believe means that you can choose to c...

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We managed to see Biffy Clyro earlier this year at a place that take about 900 people. Man, that was probably the nearest a religious experience possible for me. It was just awesome.

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