Dies to Removal

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Welldone - I'm looking forward to the report (was the non-existent deck soul sister?). P.S. I now have 450 Sub, it seem like I've been gaining 1 sub per week (which is great since I haven't been spamming Sally or other sites for last few weeks/months) most of them are European so I'm really not sure...

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So I'm running straight RW burn with 20 lands & Destructive Revelry in the board. Is it better to run 3 Mountain, 4 Sacred Foundry, 1 Stomping Ground, 12 Fetch or 3 Mountain, 3 Sacred Foundry, 1 Stomping Ground, 13 Fetch...or is there a more optimal configuration? I mainly play online so worryi...

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I never mulligan with burn unless I can't play a creature. This deck mulligans so fucking poorly, and the hand gets real good with another land or a 1 drop, so that's a keep. We're only running 8-15 creatures at most so you'll be mulliganing often with that rule, I do however agree that the deck mu...

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I wouldn't unless your other options are really really horrible (PtE + Snapcaster make firewalker less impressive).

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I'm just going to virtually sleeve up the RG pump list when I have time - I think the format is really lacking effective removal spells right now which the pump more effective.

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If URx Delver is a huge problem in your timezone I would recommend just running 2x Fallout in your sideboard (I don't think its worth shifting into 2c just for this MU though I have nothing against RW(g)). In regards with Kor vs Claw, Kor has won me many matches on his own against URx Twin, Delver a...

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Could you justify vise with the idea that if the game is going the distance that your in a bad position anyways?

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I'm still playing - just waiting for the next patch update since I already have tons of videos stocked up + 35 QP.

I also prefer Naya Burn over Nacatl Burn mainly because Jund/Junk (+company) is on the upscale.

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Oct. 9-12, 2015 is the BFZ prerelease, which means the cards are legal at that point - does that also mean we lose M15 and THS Block on the 9th?

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Against those decks you need help hitting your nutdraw and i think VD helps there. VD is decent vs decks with limited removals and sweepers, its just that if your going to play Naya you might as well run Wild Nacatl over VD since they're even better then just 4-damage vs those decks with limited re...

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I don't believe there's anything you can do to improve the bloom match up especially when the bloom player is good with his deck. You could try 3-4x PtE - PtE is decent against many other decks as well (like Folk, Griselshoul, Company and Robots) just don't bring them all in vs Jund, Junk, Grixis.d...

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1-2 PtE should be enough against Grixis, I don't like Stony Silence but Robots is a common enough MU to run a hoser. I'm surprised people are struggling against Tron with Burn. - - - - - Not concerned about Bloom, Auras, Folk and Griselshoul? I know Lee's burn dream was crushed during worlds by some...

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I was thinking about Zooicide but that deck just folds to removal, I figured I'll just copy Zooicide cept with burn which is slightly harder to deal with. - - - I played an interesting Abbot list a few days back - it was just RB with Lilly, discards and removal (including Bolt and Command) its main ...

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Nicely done GoblinWarchief, UWr is an oppressive MU. I've been playing this list for the time being with mixed results (1-1x2, 2-1x2 and 3-0x1) the main purpose for the cantrips is to try and get away with a lower land count: [deck=MDU's JundTrip Burn]Lands 17 4 Wooded Foothills 4 Bloodstained Mire ...

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Anyone own 4x Mishra's Bauble I can borrow?

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How has three Grim Lavamancer been? I've only ever tried two because they are so bad in multiples, but at least if the first one dies you have some insurance. Like Khaos said they're mainly for Bots and Folk but I'm running 4x Commands and 2x Shards to make them slightly more decent in multiples. M...

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Abbot is quite bad in modern (he really needed haste) - you'll find he just ends up being cantrip + ooze or goyf support, Living End is a good MU so like Khaospawn said just burn away. You could MD 1-2x Fallout over the hedge places where Shard or Helix or the 4th Blaze goes if you think your meta r...

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I board it out everytime due to my fear of vial ruining my day... not sure if that is correct though Merfolk is a rough MU (which is why I'm testing Bridge).

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I really like Charm vs Robots, Merfolk to punish Master (and vial + Spellkite) and vs Company to punish voice + Company spam but I couldn't find the space in the SB.

I would definitely run charm in Jund Burn though.

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Here is the list I'm testing which has netted me 2x 3-0 and 1x 2-1 so far: [deck=MDU's Delta Burn]Lands 19 2 Arid Mesa 2 Blood Crypt 2 Sacred Foundry 2 Scalding Tarn 3 Mountain 4 Bloodstained Mire 4 Wooded Foothills Creatures 14 4 Goblin Guide 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 2 Gr...

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I think Val's list looks quite solid - Modern is a 1-for-1 format so lots of tokens and command/bushwacker does seem like a good place to be.

PtE is fine when your up against company, zoo and the like - persist and ooze is a thing sadly.

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What don't you understand about the sideboard? Serious question. It sounds like I'm being a sarcastic asshole but I'm not. It seems pretty cut and dry to me. :shrug: Just the card numbers, burn doesn't have any card draw so running many 1x and 2x seems unfocused to me. The cards themselves seem fin...

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Right, I'm having serious doubts about running Grixis Delver at next weekend's WMCQ. Which means, I'm looking at Burn again. What lists would you run against a wide metagame (I can expect all the tier 1 decks in greater quantities, and the rest in lower). I like Lee Shi Tian's 2015 World Championsh...

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Eidolon's are much better then Nactl (in burn) so I'll run both if I plan on running them at all.

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Not Modern or Legacy playable (do people still play vintage?) the citpt clause for 2x basic lands is to much of a requirement for most decks.

Which is good news for standard players since the cost won't be insane for these new fetch-able lands.

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Cheers, I'll PM you my account details

You can't sell Play Points, but I like to think of 10 Play Point as 1 Ticket (which you can only use in events) which isn't bad at all imo.

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I count Grixis Control in the Good MU piles, which Small Zoo and Nacatl Burn just further improves. The MUs which aren't great for burn which creatures don't help in are builds like Merfolk, Zoo, Company and it ilk (I personally wouldn't prefer more creatures vs Robots and would rather have more tar...

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I've been playing this with a bit of success on MTGO. I think if you're wanting to play Atarka's Command, this is the kind of shell you want to play it in. [deck] Creatures (21) 4 Goblin Guide 4 Wild Nacatl 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Kird Ape 2 Grim Lavamancer 3 Young Pyromancer Spells (19) 2 Mutagen...

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It's a lot better when you're facing aggressive decks like Merfolk and Affinity. And pretty much in games where your life total matters (which is LOT more than you would think).

+Dromoka's Command is a card

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Dunno about Alex, but their are some remarkably ambitious people at magic tournaments and will go out of their way to jack your shit Sucks tho, disappointing that it's still happening Is it magic players robbing other magic players or is people from outside the game finding easy marks? I'm wonderin...

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when is the legacy cube? id like to do it if im free I have 50+ QP for MOCS9, which is enough for 1 Practice Preliem and the Finals. The times are: PDT (UTC -7 hours) Preliems: Sep 2, 8:30 p.m. Sep 3, 8:30 a.m. Sep 3, 4:30 p.m. Sep 4, 8:30 a.m. Sep 4, 12:30 p.m. Sep 4, 4:30 p.m. Length 5-6 Hours Fi...

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I would toss in the 4th Chain Lightning over the 21st land, most of your spells are 1cc - I wish you the best of luck.

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Seems like we're all on the same page, avoid non-damaging spells if possible. My SB sadly aren't as flexible as your GoblinWarchief, so unless I want cards like Fork and Grim I have to toss in some PtE (though like Whole I won't run them all since multiple draws won't be doing me any favors). - - - ...

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Had another rough SE tonight G1: Jund G2: Martyr Life <-- not as bad as soul sister but still very painful, the matches went the horrible distance G3: Ad Nauseam I still manage to pull a 3-0 of the back of Eidolon of the Great Revel , but these last two night have been rough compared with the awesom...

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Seems fine to me Kait - your usually really informative but snarky and aggressive on this forum (at least in the threads which I read, except during that time when you were hacked) so its emotional enough.

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Gah~

Its kinda frustrating, I shifted my MD and SD to help deal with Aggressive MUs but I end up facing extincted (Scapeshift) - ended up going 2-1.

Getting this balance is quite hard.

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Not sure how I feel about Fork Bolt, in theory it seemed great - but even in the MUs where I like it in - it usually ends up being a bad Shock.

Also thoughts on MD Blaze and Helix is 3/3 or 4/2 better? I think with 19 lands 4 Blazes may just be pushing it too far.

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I haven't been finding the time to play MTGO though (and I'm not a big fan of the changes either), and consequently, no writing, but Brooke and I do play a lot of Standard together now, and I just introduced her to Modern. She loves it, but she only knows Red Aggro because....well, look at who she'...

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Burn isn't that good in Legacy, it was decent for a time but I think Dig Through Time was the last straw on that camel.

P.S. Does anyone here enjoy Legacy Cube and play MTGO? I have a bunch QP but I hate the format.... pm me.

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2 WEEKS IN I can say I actually like the changes, it turned 8M/SE into positive EV, it raised the price of boosters (supply and demand) and DE are doable though 12 tickets is a hefty sum to lose. 2M are not dead either as originally expected (20 points for the winner and 5 points for a loss) - so th...

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