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Looks like Tsukihime by TYPE-MOON.

... Of course, just because I know where it's from doesn't mean I'm an avid gamer in that department.

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Since mirror runs them, is it a right move to burn it right away when a phoenix lands? It makes me cringe when my opponent has two of them and I have none.

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Speaking of Pokemon TCG, the only media I have played is the emulated game on Gameboy. It's fun and stuff, with Charizard a powerhouse as usual. (Of course, I got peer pressured into playing the latest installation.) MTGO-wise, I got a severe bad case of variance. When I'm not getting a 1-land hand,...

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@Raida: I haven't played a game where I don't want a recurrable Lightning Strike. It's great to remove that overconfident Jace/Caryatid/Polukranos.

Of course, you don't really want too much of him in your hand, so a 2-of is ideal.

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You certainly deserve the shout-out, Zem. Pyro variant is a fun deck to run.

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After I got a turnabout against me when my opponent survived the pain with a Whip of Erebos , I'm not too keen on having Burning Earth . The rest of the sideboard seems identical to the usual. Edit: The lone Flames of the Firebrand in the mainboard helped me once, but I don't think I want to cut any...

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If it was Pyroclasm , I'd consider a few in the board. You don't really want to smoke your phoenix along with everything else. I had the expectation that going back to Ashley from Emmy will make match-ups against MBC and control slightly unfavorable, but it turns out that all the satyr/cackler/muta ...

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Okay...have you ever seen a more blatant attempt to sell high $$ cards?! Seriously... may we all run into match after match against people attempting this mana base. [deck=Jund Aggro - Mark Nestico 11/05/2013] Creatures (27) 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Experiment One 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager 4 Rakdos Cac...

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Being a victim with a house being soaked badly before, I can surely understand how that feels. Just give me a message as well, warwizard, and I'll see what I can do.

On the other hand, variance kicks me in the butt by handling me hands with 1-land (Muta) keep in 2-mans.

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Helix shouldn't be even considered against control. You want to stop them from gaining life, not gaining life yourself (Except it's Lightning Helix , but it isn't.) Tried two Pyrewild Shaman , and they have been doing well in those 2-mans session. While I hardly bring him back from the graveyard, th...

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Anyone have tech for improving the G/R match up? - See an elf, kill an elf (Or a certain Voyaging Satyr as well). Only applies for the first few turns - Hope your opponent is a numbskull (Some actually blocked my satyr with a caryatid (And I have two untapped mana) - Get your air forces online as s...

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I suppose, but the bomb cannot do a thing to MoW. They can easily bounce one back with [card]Far // Away[/card].

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Vs Mono-B: -4 Satyr, -1 Shock , +3 AoT, +2 Skullcrack You don't really want to drop Satyr against Mono-B. He's one of your early source damages to keep them on their toes. Consider taking out the Shocks and a Magma Jet in their place. Vs Aggro: -4 Satyr, -4 Cackler, +2 Weird, +4 Reckoner, +2 AoT Vs...

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More on Magma Jet vs Chandra : Thing about MJ against mono-black is that it rarely hits anything other than the dome ( Lifebane Zombie is not a card). If Chandra's only problem is to die a hero (or heroine) death, those cacklers are more than happy to get more chances to connect more hits. As for si...

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Emmy gives us an edge against control and weenie aggro variants. Unless they have a Detention Sphere , they can only remove one creature per turn. This allows us to keep a consistent power of 4 (3 creatures, with one expected to be removed) on the table. While Ashley is the better creature in a vacu...

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You know that feeling when you lost a match, drew the next card to find that being the card that could win you the game? I think I will stop doing that to hurt my own feelings.

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What Zem said. While Walter White has more choices to go with, you have to get used to playing tapped lands and the risk of getting color-screwed as well.

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@photodyer - Mutavault is in high demand (Devo Red, Blue, Black and everything else want it) currently, so I don't suppose it will drop any soon.

Not too sure about Chandra, but I don't think Red Bull cuts it for anything other than standard.

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Protection covers DEBT. D - Damage (Prevents all damage from the source to the permanent) E - Enchant (Auras from the source cannot be enchanted on the permanent) B - Block (Permanent cannot be blocked by creatures of similar source) T - Target (Permanent cannot be target of spells/abilities of said...

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If given the time to accumulate at least two Mustards, Assemble just wrecks mono black and make them wish they are running something else instead of those DDs.

Other than that, it has not done anything notable to other match-ups.

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With Chained to the Rocks , Walter White shouldn't have much problem against MoWs. Something I wish PyroRed could have. After a few fights against those rogue enchant decks (Turn 1 Gladecover Scout you) and the ever-present roadblock Sylvan Caryatid , I'm thinking about Glaring Spot . Your Cackler g...

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Weird, it seems like I still have difficulty getting into certain thread (Unauthorised) even after promotion. Speaking of mountains, what about your favorite non-basic that has something to do with red? Mine will be this. http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=234737&type=c...

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Though I consider myself a mountain guy. I don't really pick one as my favorite. If there is one, it'll be this because of Shandalar.

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Speaking of Satyr, my opponent might think he lived the dream when he Mortar'd my Satyr on turn 2 (He was on play). Then I played double Emmys into Striker. On the other hand... http://magiccards.info/scans/en/fnmp/161.jpg This sure stirs the Gruul in me (They are my favorite color combo. Deepwood M...

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Nothing like making a Specter join your side and stuff a demon's mouth with its living flesh to allow you to get through.

@ Satyr Vs Cackler : Given how Cackler is so boss against black removals, I think both of them are at equal ground.

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What was that? A planeswalker that killed three others (Two Jaces and Elspeth) while gaining me card advantage? Who could it be?

This is why you shouldn't play Esper and forgo [card]Hero's Downfall[/card].

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Okay, now I get why something was wrong. I was under the assumption that Pack Rat gave all rats +1/+1.

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Right, before I forget it, I would like to tell this strange happenings on modo. My opponent had a lone Pack Rat and a Mutavault . I activated Chandra +1 on the rat, he pumped it by discarding and making a token (2/2). I swung in with two of my 2/*s, then he activated the vault (3/3 to all rats), an...

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Nah, if it shouldn't be timezone problem here, since we should be really close in that regard.

Granted, I played the afternoon session yesterday. Actually met some chap with an interesting deck (UR control running Steam Augury)and we complimented each others' decks and stuff.

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If Black is really cutting on the Cure, it's also a score for us, since that's one way a Rakdos Cackler can die at (Not to mention they get a heal out of the deal).

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There might also be an occasional rogue hexproof enchant deck as well with everyone focusing on creatures and creature removals.

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@tube: Sounds like those rogue enchant variants. I've fought a deck whose strategy is to play a Gladecover Scout , Madcap Skills next turn and slap any ordeals he draws. @Kazekirmaru: Turning dude sideways is green's turf, though. Red relies more on getting rid of the oppositions. There's not much n...

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Congrats on hitting 500th page and 20,000 posts. It's good to be a member of this cool clan.

Now to do something about that sig of mine.

Edit: Fixed. Now, if I can do something about the avatar...

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How does the latest Walter White look like? The last time I ran one, I have two Chain mained and two sideboarded, so it wasn't an issue against MoWs (Sometimes they outdrew you, true).

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@Zem: It's Devo Red. Edited that one out. I have been playing a carbon copy of your latest deck that goes like [deck]4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Firefist Striker 4 Young Pyromancer 4 Chandra's Phoenix 2 Chandra, Best Card in Standard 4 Shock 4 Magma Jet 4 Lightning...

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Any chance I can get some feedback/critique on my deck idea? [deck] Creatures: 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Ash Zealot 4 Young Pyromancer 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Chandra's Phoenix Burn: 4 Magma Jet 4 Lightning Strike 4 Shock Thighs: 2 Chandra, Pyromaster Land: 21 Mountain 1 Mutavault [/deck] C...

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I missed the bus to join the DE by a few minutes (Dang program bugged out at the last 2 minutes. Restarting it took me 3 minutes), so I decided to go with a gauntlet instead on 2-mans. Here's the result within two days: Devo Black - 73% winrate (15 battles) Devo Red - 100% winrate (2 battles) Devo B...

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DE time. Another that I'm not proud of. (1-2) [deck]4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Burning-tree Emmisary 4 Firefist Striker 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Young Pyromancer 2 Chandra, Best Card in Standard 4 Shock 4 Magma Jet 4 Lightning Strike Sideboard 3 Act of Treason 2 Frostburn Weird 3 Skullcrack...

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But zem, why no Nykthos if you are playing permanents? An overloaded mortar is always devastating.

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Does that mean wolf girl have Undying, and force your opponents to make bad blocking decisions?

Ran off with a torrent of stuff thrown at him

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