Dies to Removal

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Maybe Keening Apparition is a possible side? You still have a creature and can sac it if you need to get rid of BlOb or whatever. Against any deck that can remove it, we are just going to hold it until we need something dead. Better off going with the card that is either cheaper or can hit multiple...

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My meta says that I need Firedancers in at least 3 of those slots. Decks like GW and Naya have taken off here. Against control, we may want to move back to Pyromaster to have something more durable. Wear/Tear can get us past BlOb and DSphere. I can't really think of anything else that would have the...

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@Kait: you mention your going too play Elder Scrolls - would you recommend that MMO to anyone? I haven't played an MMO since EVE. A fellow victim of Spreadsheets in Space! Nice. ESO is nice and I am considering it myself. I just worry about all the unresolved bugs that have been in all the beta tes...

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-3 Lavamancers, +3 Pyroblast for Invi... Thoughts? That is going rather deep, giving up some staying power to have a possible advantage in game 1. It is true that Brainstorm will be everywhere at the invitational but I don't think that is a direction we want to go. How many decks would you really p...

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Clifftop is R/W and probably need both colors. I have dropped down to 19 from 20 because of all the flooding I have had as of late.

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Exactly. It stops him from doing what he really wants to do with Jace, which is dig deeper into his deck.

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You are missing the fact that all your opponent can afford to do with Jace is +1 it if you are making tokens. The moment he -2s, it, or possibly your opponent, will die next turn.

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I like to have 1-2 of the buddy lands so we don't have to pay life for each land we drop.

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Straight RG, maybe. Jund, no. They will just kill it on sight.

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Soul Sisters is a nearly impossible fight for us. Rain of Gore works very well but that is about the only deck I would bring it in against (maybe Pod) and that makes it not really worth the slots.

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It is my preferred variant, so no.

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Tarns are indeed going that high. Thankfully, Wooded Foothills and Bloodstained Mire are Legacy legal and less than half that price. Those foreign bridges are worth a good bit.

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My fetchless has a retail of about $300 with sideboard. Ensnaring Bridges aren't cheap.

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The first 2-3 turns, I tend to play fast, going through my spell progression. Once I have him lower, I start playing on his turn as much as I can to bottleneck, especially if I have creatures doing a bit of the lifting. If you don't put any pressure on your opponent, he has no reason to tap out and ...

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This is true. When they T1 you it is pretty much have a Leyline of the Void or die.

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Actually, creatures are essential to the Dredge fight. Killing off your own is the only way to get Bridge out of their graveyard if you haven't found your graveyard hate. Losing T1 is just something that happens from time to time though.

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The no-creature plan was attempted but ended up being a generally worse option due to a lack of repeating damage sources.

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Viashino is still one of our best options against decks like MonoB and control. Against black, best options are just the rest of the chains, BlOb, and Firstblade. I used to like Firedancer against them but my local opponents have wised up to that plan and kill it on sight.

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Apparition is very clunky. Being a creature is sometimes useful to get out early but most decks that have enchantments we need to kill can simply throw a removal spell at it before they drop said enchantment. Revoke kills gods but otherwise, I think Wear/Tear is our best option since it kills enchan...

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Modern Sideboarding 101 is up in the thread. Any further ideas are most welcome.

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At the request of a few people, I will go over some common sideboard options for various decks. I will make edits as suggestions are made or other ideas come to mind. Pod: Our best weapons here are Rakdos Charm (all three modes have value), Torpor Orb (deals with Finks, Resto, Redcap, and Witness tr...

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I don't think green is where we want to be. It does give us a weapon against a difficult fringe matchup (bogles) and an option for enchantment/artifact removal. I don't think we want to move toward Abrupt Decay since, goyf aside, we can easily deal with any creature that Decay hits with our current ...

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BlakLanner, Ham and/or Z post some SB'ing wisdom in the Modern Burn thread please (I feel like I'm just bouncing ideas at the wall or Mirror which isn't very productive).

I will see what I can do if I get a few free moments while at work.

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Is this not our normal "Plan A"?

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Blood? Not really, too many 3 toughness creatures. Searing Blaze, however, is excellent. As far as a deck list goes, do you want Rb or Rbw? There are differing schools of thought on which is better in various circumstances. I am in the Rbw camp with this: 4 Scalding Tarn 4 Arid Mesa 4 Mountain 2 Sac...

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Great against Elves and probably High Tide. Reasonable against just about any "fair" blue deck since they all play ponder/brainstorm/etc.

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I think Pyrostatic Pillar is your best option for that slot. Shusher will help against Miracles but I don't know if it really is going to be enough because Terminus.

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Purp: Go to your past broadcast and click the gear icon and choose "Save Forever" In OBS or Twitch? I closed everything last night after I was done, so it might not be possible to go back and save it? I did go ahead and check for it to archive my future ones though. On Twitch. You should ...

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Highlights are up to cut down on the clicking past nothing happening between rounds. Found it humorous that Purp had 20 viewers, I had just one for half of the DE, none for the rest. His advisement has more exposure (he posted his event earlier and it more areas) exposure really matter when it come...

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Highlights are up to cut down on the clicking past nothing happening between rounds.

Found it humorous that Purp had 20 viewers, I had just one for half of the DE, none for the rest.

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And a 2-2 finish. Losing the two rounds right after MDU leaves. Lost to a jank Dega deck with Lightning Helix, Blood Artist, Lingering/Looting, Bloodghast. Have opponent at 2. Cast Sulfuric Vortex, he has a Wear/Tear. Round 4, I got blasted quickly twice by Omni-tell. Even my best format can't save ...

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I will be streaming that daily as well.

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The dailies do tend to fire. They just do it with 8-16 people. I am a big Legacy player but I am also on burn (have the primer up and everything) so I can't just give him my deck. Maybe I will stream a few tomorrow.

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The scry is nice but I worry that our colored mana requirements are too high to risk using off-color lands.

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I wouldn't. We are pretty well set up to win game 1 vs the fair(er) decks, Miracles is always going to suck, and our only defense to an early Sneak and Show is Ensnaring Bridge which we don't want main.

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I would say that looks pretty solid. I still think that 21 land is too much but I bow to those who play versions with fetchlands and to tournament results. My only suggestion may be drop one land, go to 10/10 and add the 4th vortex, but test before committing.

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When a card is such a beating against most of your meta, it is hard to say you can get "too reliant" on it. You can win without it but the matches get much easier when you resolve one. I would consider a 4th if you really face that many decks where it is that good.

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So THAT is where I am going wrong. I am trying to think my way through things rather than facerolling the keyboard.

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What would you use in place of the guildgates that would give us the colored mana that we require?

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