Dies to Removal

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So tell us how your day was, Khaos. I won a 5K playing Mono Red Scrumper. Drunk. All 11 rounds. I'm glad I won because the beer at the hotel there was fucking expensive. And then I proceeded to get more drunk and howl Bohemian Rhapsody during the hotel bar karoake, where I told a bunch of old peopl...

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LD: I'm glad you had success and fun playing with my favorite color combination :yes: Val: Affinity and green? Talk about degenerate! People love their robots and coco down here. Standard is usually the same way with people clinging to green ramp strategies. It really skews what's playable at FNM, ...

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This is precisely why they are such a good idea from a design perspective. There will be almost zero demand for these outside of Standard and EDH, much like the Temples from Theros block, which will keep the price of the regular art editions down.

The alternate art ones, on the other hand...

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Holy moly, new dual lands.

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So tell us how your day was, Khaos.

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Played the deck today to a second place finish at a local tournament. Lost to Twin in the finals. Lost game 1 to a main deck Dispell. Lost game 2 to drawing four answers to the combo and no action. For Lava-man'd to death lol. Deck is really fun to play. Glad you liked playing it. It's a blast when...

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Hey, I told you to play blue. Then again, I've been Jeskai all year so obviously I'm biased.

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But honestly, I think the missing piece is ramp. Deck should be green for Heirarch and Birds. Then at that point you wonder why you aren't playing Kiki Chord.

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It's the teardrops.

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0-2 drop. Lost to affinity and tooth and nail with some horrendous luck. Think I'll stick to my normal stuff.

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I've been playing a ton of Grixis Control lately, so I wanted to switch it up and play something fun at FNM and let loose. Guess what Valdarith is playing... [deck] Creatures (27) 2 Grim Lavamancer 4 Wall of Omens 3 Humble Defector 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 4 Flickerwisp 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Villag...

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The one with blue in it.

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Watching coverage from last week makes me rage from how bad these red players are.

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Well, some bad matchups get a LOT better and almost favorable. Affinity feels stronger to me, but I don't have a large enough sample size to say definitively that it's better. You're also less susceptible to the typical Burn hate cards, and I'd bet the percentage you gain from that is roughly equiva...

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Maybe it's because I've had to carry a bag of life-saving medication for my entire life, but I just can't imagine having my deck stolen in any way that doesn't involve physical robbery. Some people (like me) are just a lot more paranoid about losing stuff than others so they're naturally more atten...

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#blacksquaresmatter

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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 Mutageni...

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There is no better feeling than watching someone go all in on Inkmoth Nexus with Ravager only to get blown out by Atarka's Command with reach mode.

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Alex got his deck stolen at SCG Charlotte.

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I assume all Kait posts are copypastas at this point.

Purp: Grixis. Control. Modern.

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Bitch you better get back on MODO. The changes are actually working out well minus the bad DE value.

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PM sent.

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Yeah, the new changes have pushed everyone out of the DEs and into the 8 mans, along with the fact that boosters are a lot more scarce currently given that fewer are being passed out as prizes.

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Yeah, you have to take your lumps as a Burn player and just concede that some matchups will be borderline hopeless. It's still a great deck.

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I like the meta analysis they did, but I wouldn't take it as gospel. For instance, Grixis Control is actually highly favored against Affinity, and high level pilots of both decks would agree with that statement. Some of the data gets a little shaky because Twin and Delver sometimes get thrown into t...

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Back in my day, Counterspell was an Interrupt and Mogg Fanatic was the best one drop.

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Looks decent.

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I'm just salty I have all these foil Burn cards but can't bring myself to play them.

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scrubbed because bloom is unwinnable This is precisely why I didn't play Burn at my PPTQ and don't like it in general right now. I've gotten a lot more risk averse over the past year regarding my deck choices and I prefer piloting something that can interact with the unfair decks in a meaningful wa...

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It looks a lot better than MTGO.

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Might be too cute. I'd stick with what you have.

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With the 75 you posted, probably not. Definitely not on the draw.

Just curious: what is your postboard plan on the play and draw?

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Depends on play vs draw and board state. If I've played a one drop, I'm definitely jamming Eidolon after attacks. If I have two in hand, I'm jamming. If I have two more one drop creatures to play, I'm doing that instead because swarming the board is more effective against them. This forces them to m...

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If those are the big four, you really don't need six maindeck Skullcrack effects. Affinity, Grixis, and Twin won't be gaining life on you, and Jund will be the only deck doing it postboard with Feed the Clan. If you are worried about that, run a couple of Skullcrack in the board. The key to beating ...

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I'm coming around on maindeck Lightning Helix over Flame Javelin. Probably need to go to 12 fetches too.

All that said, I'll likely be on Grixis Control since I feel it gives me the best game against both fair and unfair decks.

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I've just been so unimpressed with Ojutai when I've played with him. I've had a lot more success with Ashcloud Phoenix. Ojutai has always seemed to come down a turn too late for me.

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Your sb seems really geared towards beating affinity? If I had to guess a meta, I would say grixis control, delver and twin decks, affinity will be popular. I'll get more details tomorrow about what else I think I'll face. I like no molten rains. Have you seen tech from modo sashing 1 blood crypt f...

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