Dies to Removal

Jedi_Knight

I don't know about the LBZ... but sure, why not try it. Also the 4Jet/4LS is there simply because of Phoenix. Pointless to run that many burn spells if ya not taking advantage of it as Phoenix is essentially the most powerful thing in the deck when the game goes long. I am currently testing YP but h...

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@ fooMtg: Deck looks solid, but be warned: with your manabase your starts won't exactly be explosive. Variance is a bitch and I for one am uncomfortable with anything more than 2 gates since we want to start chewing as quickly as possibly. Also 2 Vaults and 3 LBZ means you're either gonna play LBZ o...

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Well, UP hits paladin.
If by Paladin you mean fiendslayer paladin, then no it doesn't.

Fok me. You're right, my bad. Totally forgot that little Arthas has pseudo pro-black too.

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Why you sb in UP and sb out dreadbores? Dreadbores are one of the better cards vs UW as they answer both their planeswalker AND creatures. Well, UP hits paladin. Questino then is, whether we want a single card that takes care of that guy since he essentially blanks us on the ground or whether we wa...

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I do think we need to keep HDF in against UW. They tend to bring in rather annoying stuff like Paladin and Archangel.

So UW: +4 Duress, +1 UP, +2 Cracks, +1 Ricochet, +1 LBZ / -3 Shock, -4 Dreadbore, -2 Jet? Or -1 Jet and don't bring in Ricochet... it's rather situational against them.

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Basically the same thing as last time. main changes are the SB and for main deck it would be: -3 Zealot/Cackler/whatever -1 HDF => +4 Young Pyromancer -1 Stormbreath Dragon => +1 Tymaret, the Murder King (the interaction with Phoenix or YP is just peachy) -1 Mutavault => +1 Rakdos Guildgate (tired o...

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Ok, Duress ed Chains and BlOb and then casually "countered" and copied Helix via Wild Ricochet against Burn. These cards certainly have more application against Burn than Whip... at least they do something when you play them. Trying this SB now (with 2 LBZ, 1 HDF, 1 Tymaret - that guy is a...

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The amount of "lols", "fuckyous" and "yourdecksucks" I got while toying with it yesterday definitely convinced me to hop on this train.

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Yep we definitely want both DD and RTB in that list. It's more of a control list: if I remember correctly, some of the Czech guys played that in PT Theros. I am on tablet now, will try to find Lukáš Jaklovsky decklist when I get to the PC. /edit Ignore the guy as he is pretty full of himself as the ...

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I plan on playing block constructed with either UW or RW heroic, since I just <3 the heroic mechanic. But you're right I just single queue for now.

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I'll be switching in dailies between Burn and variations of this. Currently at 3-0 with Burn due to some miraculous fuckups from my opps but you take what you can get. :D I am really interested in the Br version as what was said about Rb is kinda true. I unfortunately don't have the black cards to t...

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Bile Blight is a real thing: if you manage to make it 1-1 it's basically a much worse Pharika's Cure. Even though I am speaking from a more top heavy perspective of Rb, I don't see multiple Garys being a problem: you are after all supposed to make them lose their creatures since you have basically a...

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What MDU said. We present a powerful suit of threat and answers, but we don't have the consistency of the "curve out and kill them" decks. I for one am inclined to start over from scratch: in current meta we cannot expect to succeed without at least a near even match with burn (I would be ...

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@Lazer - yep, currently have about 50 Qp give or take a few. I grinded a lot before the ptq at the beginning of March.

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@Lazer: I was planning on dropping to you either way, but was seriously outmatched especially witht the triple helix second game. :D With the seize first game I should have played it turn sooner to get rid of the Blod if you had it. What would you take from your hand? My reasoning was to deny you th...

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Yeah, I always forget about the rampagers, know the feeling. Current brew: [deck]Lands (24) 4 Temple of Malice 4 Blood Crypt 2 Rakdos Guildgate 1 Mutavault 7 Mountain 6 Swamp Creatures (17) 4 Spike Jester 4 Chandra's Phoenix 3 Hellhole Flailer 3 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch 3 Stormbreath Dragon Spells ...

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Having a terrible streak today... even managed to fuck up a Maze's End game. I started doing statistics and my %winrate dropped 6% today. Lovely. Had two opps timeout in a daily too so at least there's that (one just right now). Burn matchup is depressing to be honest. With everyone and their mother...

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In a sealed daily with a solid WG pool with polukranos. Won round 1 in about 5 mins. Jedi knight is here too first theros daily ever. played limited after half a year so I just slapped what seemed good and ended with weird WG build. switched to rg in second games - Akroan Conscriptor is a house! we...

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I think it's daily. Have it open on my Firefox tab and refresh it once a day : voilà, it updates. Have no idea why zem isn't there y yet. Maybe even WotC are afraid of him Boros charming them? :) Crushed lsv in 8man today. lost round two to triple mow. Whatever, another scalp! Also had one opp in da...

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I don't think we can fit 2 vaults in as long as we play LBZ and HDF main. Too risky. You WILL die to variance.

Also: Peak Eruption against burn? I am tired of losing.

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Lost an Esper game during the night with the new Specter tech... thought he would attack with it so I scryed badly. Should have known that bitch is not here for attacking.

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Will you guys be playing in the prelims? If Modern is new to you, what deck are you going to run? Burn. Since i don't play modern (yet), that's all I have. I like'em crispy. One of the local guys (Dominik Prosek) did pretty well with the burn at the last PT (ended 19th). He may smell of pot everyti...

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Proposing this deck: Looks similar to Big Boros end of last season [deck]Creatures (14) 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 2 Stormbreath Dragon Planeswalkers (2) 2 Chandra, Pyromaster Lands (24) 11 Mountain 2 Boros Guildgate 3 Mutavault 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Temple of Triumph Spells ...

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I'm actually running Glaring Spotlight instead now. It was only for Hexproof. I'm in the DE currently. Just lost 1-2 to Esper after some bad luck. Opponent throws down Fiendslayer Paladin g2 and I simply cannot deal with that card. Zem can say all he wants about how bad it is but he has the right t...

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Had an Esper guy write me after I RR'd his hand with 2 Revs that he wants to try next daily with my RB aggro. "Bored of Esper".

If ya can't beat them, join them!

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dpaine88: About LBZ: I do think it depends maindeck but that is mostly due to current meta (at least online). If BW and GRx will stop bothering me (which for now seems to happen with BW) we can relegate it to SB fully since it solves the BW matchup while the GRx we're already favorized. He (it?) is ...

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Story of last three days: losing matches with burn by 1 life. Need to learn to count to 20 better. Also need to win die rolls!

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Burn matchup usually comes down to single digits... I played against the streamer DarkestMage (the US champion or something) and both games I had him on 1 life... So if I played one burn spell to him instead of his creature, I would have won. The point is, it's a race. And as any race, sometimes you...

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The problem with Incursion is that Burn plays almost no creatures... well, the DTR burn that is, the SCG stuff plays shit like Reckoners, so there's that. Hoses Reanimator pretty bad though, but I don't think that is a match we should SB for. I"ll be moving in a few weeks to a place with better...

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I don't consider myself anywhere near important enough to think "manipulation" is at play. I just have noticed a pretty steep increase in these kinds of draws since moving back to the beta client. It makes me wonder if something actually is broken. If I ever get back to the regular client...

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Well I think the main reason MDU put them there in the start was Ux Devo and finding a card that's not dead in other matchups. To quote: "doom blades and ultimate price gives me headache" I've been toying with the idea for a long time. Ultimate Price is the best substitute in MD or at leas...

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Yep, I fully agree on RR not being a threat, rather a kind of an answer. But then again, what relevant SB cards do we have against Burn and Control since the other matches are usually in our favor (except some grindy shit with MBC sometimes)?

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Whip is a concession to Burn as far as I am concerned. What Guttler said applies to the letter here but Whip can turn games against them on it's own. BO shuts us down horribly but having Whip main means we are sort of preboarded G1 which is something I prefer given how much FUBAR this matchup can ge...

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I retreated when I saw zem in 8man. Will take a shower instead.

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They fire automatically, at least in standard. about 90 people usually.

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Fuck them hamsters-run servers, was 4-0 in PE when it crashed. This is like overcrowded WoW servers all over again.

Feed your goddamn hamsters WotC!

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Can't connect, can't SB. I do hope we get our tickets back. And here I was on the road to 5-0 at PE. Crap.

Orc? What orc?

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poppa_f - I understand the budget constraints, started the same way. I fully agree with what MDU said about PS and Cure with one more thing - I'll either cut the Cure completely and relegate it to SB. It still is a powerful card against aggro, but given the online meta I don't really think it's bett...

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Anyone watching SCG Open Seattle -- the Timothy Chavez guy doing the deck tech for Rakdos Midrange plays at the local store I go, his main deck is (was?) similar to the standard MDU list but without Phoenix (D Demon instead), sideboard is VERY different though, sounds like he's doing pretty well at...

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And he won... pressure did it's thing on both of the guys, but he managed pretty well.

Time to start training with it too!

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