Dies to Removal

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^That one will see play, and will be annoying. I must say that black removal (Tragic Slip, Mutilate, Tribute to Hunger, Devour Flesh...) start to look better and better.

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I'm without words to say, photo, but you are in my thoughts.

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Platypus : why don't you try two Barbarian Rings out? Just take out two mountains. Excellent idea--I'm not a fan with the lavamancers, but without there's no reason not to. Yes, of course. I always forget that card. I don't have any, but they're cheap so I'll probably get a few. I think one of the ...

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@Platypus: Sorry to hear about 1-3. I think that a lot of testing would have made it 3-1. Yeah, I think that as well. I was surprised how well the deck survived longer grindy games. After the second match my opponent said that the third game made entering the tournament worth it. It really was grea...

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I think I'll try the fetches I got next time together with Searing Blazes instead of the Magma Jets, and a couple of Lavamancers. It's not optimal with just four fetches, but there's no harm in trying.

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About sideboards...I've always had a hard time knowing what to swap between games. It's because I hardly ever play tournament decks between tournaments, so I have to figure stuff out during the match. I thought about trying the Faeries against Goyfs etc, but decided it's not worth it. And you're pro...

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So, a small report on that Legacy tournament I went to today. I played a cheap burn deck, no fetches since I have access to only four relevant ones and I felt it wasn't enough for running them, Grim Lavamancers and/or Searing Blazes. I would've liked to have them in the deck, but what can you do? An...

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Happy Birthday, Windstrider!

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Also, I didn't realize you could build legacy burn for so cheap. If you don't play the Lavamancer one (which was apparently still good enough to win an SCG event) the entire deck is around $200 even, and I've already got most of it. Does anyone know if burn is any good in legacy right now? We'll se...

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That Bohemian Rhapsopy stuff just made my evening! Awesome stuff!

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Just saw this combo for Modern: Varloz + [card]Death's Shadow[/card].

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We're only like 1/3 of the way through the spoilers so don't worry - I'm sure we'll get some :symr: lovin'. Yeah, remember that Boros Reckoner was revealed late in the Gatecrash spoiler season. I'm waiting for some sweet mono-black stuff myself, like a good removal spell or Drain Life effect...won'...

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Platypus: The PM wouldn't let me send this through, so I'm posting here for everyone to critique. Alrighty, the Meta explanations. Jund: Should be a straightforward win. Most of the losses are when a questionable hand is kept, and then ripped by discard. Post-sideboard, it's still a good match-up. ...

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Being testing a lot of the mono black vampire deck. Realised that the bad cards were the vampires, and that the control shell was really good. This leads me to: [deck] 3 Obzedat, Ghost Council 3 Staff of Nin 2 Curse of Death's Hold 4 Lingering Souls 4 Mutilate 1 Oblivion Ring 1 Sever the Bloodline ...

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That Azorious champ is just silly. If you were tired of bant Resto-blink decks, Lavinia is coming in strong. I'm worried that she could totally shut down much creature aggro. Moreover, I'm just tired of things that play well with thragtusk. Oh crap! That one is not very nice. Oh well, guess I'll co...

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Yeah, I'm hoping for some good 1,2, or 3 drop Unleash dudes to really set her off.

Slitherhead becomes a haste enabler with her out.
Nice.

She gives haste to undead Wolfs and Hounds as well. Don't know how relevant that will be, but it's a nice bonus.

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@Platypus: Burn seems ok in the meta you have. If the meta swings slightly more controlish, it won't be favourable. I will explain via PM, or via a new post here. PM sent. Just to have something else in here...I'm planning to start writing a primer for Mono Black Control decks. They might not be Ti...

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That tilt article was a good read.

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Master of Cruelties + Fling?

How is this any different from Master of Cruelties + any burn?

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Some interesting cards. I wonder if there is a combo you can build around Master of Cruelties? I actually got thinking about him. I did a quick search...the only cards currently in Standard that have at least four power and first strike or double strike...thus, the only cards that can trade with hi...

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1) playable Lili obviously :D 2) I think BR is a lot better with the other cards in the deck than UB. Only Thragtusk is an annoyance of the cards of the cards listed ~ the deck is already put together to beat the others pretty easily. 3) Yeah, I like Curse of Death's Hold a lot. 1.) I assumed LotV,...

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Also, Mumford & Sons' Babel is an excellent album, too.

It's good, but personally I think their first album is a lot better than the second one (Babel).

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I have to look into that mono-black vampire deck a bit more. Bloodline Keeper is a card I wanted for my MBC deck, but I didn't get them since I quit developing it. That there's a somewhat successful mono-black deck out there gives me hope that there's some potential in my demon-based as well.

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^I like the look of that deck!

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So, Legacy Burn... I might participate in a Legacy tournament next weekend, and I have basically two options: Legacy Burn and my counter-sliver deck. The sliver deck isn't really competitive, so that leaves me with one real option. So, I have this burn deck: [deck]19 Mountain 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Cha...

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Any twitter users out there? Follow Paddy Considine (twitter://user?screen_name=PaddyConsidine). I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying at the pictures he's posting.

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So, Legacy Burn... I might participate in a Legacy tournament next weekend, and I have basically two options: Legacy Burn and my counter-sliver deck. The sliver deck isn't really competitive, so that leaves me with one real option. So, I have this burn deck: [deck]Lands 19 Mountain Creatures 4 Gobli...

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@zemanjaski: Congrats on your birthday!

@Kazekirimaru: Congrats on your upcoming marriage!

And while am at it...

@redthirst: Congrats on just being awesome!

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Okay, so I lied. The FoS brewing thread is now in place in the restricted section. NOW it is time for sleep!

When you wake up you can probably edit or delete your post with my deck in it. We posted it at the same time...

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So what is this book that I'm apparently the only person to have never heard of?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_% ... s_novel%29

I haven't read it either. Been meaning to for many years, though.

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I've always wanted to create a standard Battle of Wits deck, just to mess with people. Not sure what to put in though.

Battle of Wits?

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Helios, your new sig picture is perfect, just perfect!

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^Ok! I never read much of the first clan thread so I probably missed the photos.

Man, writing posts on a Lumia 800 while sitting in a slightly bumpy car sucks big time...

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You know one of those dudes is me right? That's where she got the hat from.

Yeah, I know one of them was you, couldn't figure out who though. Didn't know the cap was yours either.

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It's a great photo! But what about that one with the two dudes who borrowed the cap?

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Yeah, Lingering Souls would be great. But I don't have neither them, nor the mana base for it. I could potentially go for a Br deck, but no other color combinations right now. Windstrider, if you try it, please report your thoughts because I have limited testing opportunities myself right now. I'd ...

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I tried my Gruul deck (the one in the Gruul Ragehammer thread) earlier this week against an earlier version of this deck: [deck]23 Swamp 4 Knight of Infamy 2 Bloodgift Demon 4 Desecration Demon 4 Vampire Nighthawk 2 Tribute to Hunger 4 Tragic Slip 4 Victim of Night 3 Mutilate 2 Duress 2 Appetite fo...

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So, "Stop worrying about things you cannot control" seems to be the remedy here. But it's far easier said than done, I suppose. I think I'm less afraid of death itself than eternal oblivion. I don't know how Atheists deal with the thought. I sure can't. I've been an atheist my whole adult...

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I tried my Gruul deck (the one in the Gruul Ragehammer thread) earlier this week against an earlier version of this deck: [deck]23 Swamp 4 Knight of Infamy 2 Bloodgift Demon 4 Desecration Demon 4 Vampire Nighthawk 2 Tribute to Hunger 4 Tragic Slip 4 Victim of Night 3 Mutilate 2 Duress 2 Appetite for...

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I jumped ship as well. Looking forward to turning this place into a great MtG community. I'm on Easter holiday right now, so I won't be posting much the following days though.

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