Dies to Removal

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Those who are not running Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, why aren't you running 04x Vaults? (21 red sources is enough for Mr Rec)

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I wanted to point out that Ash isn't bad, I'm actually running her again simply because AoG.deck seems to be a thing on modo. Deck which don't have quick sweepers fall prey to T2 BtE chain quite badly, but those which do can really make those chains hurt you...

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Going to competetive shop where I will face: Mono black Mono red Mono u GW/x Esper RB/x From top biggest field. Looking for type of deck right now. Playing walter white. What would be best to combat this field? BTE + striker or ash zealot walTer white? I think BTE is better in this field? That's a ...

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Current 75. [Deck=PyroRed Sligh v3.02] Creatures 4 Burning Tree Emissary 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Firefist Striker 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Young Pyromancer Planeswalkers 2 Chandra, Pyromaster Burn 1 Flames of the Firebrand 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 3 Shock Lands 18 Mountain 4 Mutav...

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[deck=MDU's PyroWhite]Lands 22 12x Mountain 04x Sacred Foundry 04x Temple of Triumph 02x Mutavault Creatures 21 04x Ash Zealot 04x Chandra's Phoenix 04x Firedrinker Satyr 04x Rakdos Cackler 03x Young Pyromancer 02x Pyrewild Shaman Planeswalkers 02 02x Chandra, Pyromaster Enchantments 02 02x Chained...

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Remember that the MTGO beta will eventually be the default, and it has a minimum resolution. I can't play on my netbook because the screen is too small.

I dread the day when they force that monstrosity on us

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I just wanted to note that Wood's Junk deck is nasty and its gaining popularity. I've encountered it three times now during the DEs winning two sets and losing one. What about Annihilating Fire over Flames? Didn't seen a game when Flames could show their power - while on the other hand, Fire could d...

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It's easy for grinders, mtgo saves your games for us.

Assuming your playing DEs or your Opp. or yourself don't concede early. (if you check your replay folder you'll notice its jerky like that)

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[deck=MDU's PyroWhite]Lands 22 12x Mountain 04x Sacred Foundry 04x Temple of Triumph 02x Mutavault Creatures 21 04x Ash Zealot 04x Chandra's Phoenix 04x Firedrinker Satyr 04x Rakdos Cackler 03x Young Pyromancer 02x Pyrewild Shaman Planeswalkers 02 02x Chandra, Pyromaster Enchantments 02 02x Chained...

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Hmm, if only there was a way to give our creatures haste without a drawback. :) On the topic of Hammer of Purphoros , since I can no longer cast Assemble the Legion (sad days) what do you guys think is better against Epser, G/x/x and MonoBlack the third Skull Crack or Hammer of Purphoros both cards...

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@Yarpus: When you post about every single halfway decent "rogue" card, yes, some of them will be good. Get over it. Someone has to do this job. Digging out the shitty cards and show them so other can reconsider them based on meta-changes. It also gives me my right to brag here and there f...

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MDU: I'm casting it on 23, so I don't really know :) I would be hesitant on 22, but depending on what you're playing against, it can be just fine that late. Against what deck? Big Boros? Naya? They have such a threat density that it probably is a weak play there. Against Mono B, they don't really h...

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What are your thoughts on this list by Owen: Spells 12 4 Thoughtseize 4 Ultimate Price 4 Hero’s Downfall Creatures 24 4 Pack Rat 4 Thrill-Kill Assassin 4 Lifebane Zombie 4 Desecration Demon 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Tormented Hero Lands 24 4 Mutavault 20 Swamp Sideboard 15 4 Nightveil Specter 4 Duress 4 Da...

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I played against this deck during the DE's, its a cake walk with YP$ online - the only issue is Fiendslayer Paladin when you don't have Boros Reckoner or Chandra, Pyromaster online.

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Helios, how comfortable are you with casting Assemble the Legions with 22 lands?

I went back down too 22 with my recent list, and it just seems that AtL is a weak play on T7+ esp. when your facing down Dragons.

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Went 0-3 in three different 8-mans tonight. Really feels bad. My opponents had all the answers and I dc'd one time to come back without being able to sideboard. Funny enough I got two of my dead cards in that matchup for the second game. Definitely feels like someone was out to get me tonight. I wa...

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i cant figure out what 'AoG' is :confused: oh and I finally have a standard deck on modo but its the AIR deck that brad nelson posted haha Trying to finish some dailies to try and build walter white or maybe just pyrored if shocklands are expensive anyways, im excited to get modo up and running so ...

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Honestly, I've started to look to other colors for options across the meta as well :( Blue has some really interesting interactions, heh. Also, with the Rakdos Aggro deck from GP...just has me thinking, heh. I may just be down in the dumps lately since Esper Control has been beating up on me ;\ Fre...

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I haven't gotten to test with pyrewild yet, but I'm disheartened that people seem to already be moving away from it due to sideoarding issues... If it's that big an issue, why not just let it help game 1, and then if you have problems leaving him in, just pull him out. Just use the same sideboard p...

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Okay, I actually got excited because I have found Smite. Walter White guys, try it out as your 5-6th Chained to the Rocks. And Firemane is mostly vulnerable in Red and control matchups. It wrecks our weak matchups on the other hand (midrange/mono blue). They won't block with MoW so Smite is fairly ...

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People starting to play Pyrewild Shaman? Better dig all of the posts saying "no yarpus, this card is unplayable shit" "uninstall, scrub". Haheueh. I'd actually say - playing him as 1-off is fine. He's not a kind of card that works well in multiples while he works amazingly when ...

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Anyone else been playing with Pyrewild Shaman? I'm curious about others thoughts, if any. Yeah, I tried him out tonight to hate on the new R/x/x DE's meta. I was pleased... very pleased.... went 4-0 stomping MonoU 2-0, R FoM 2-1 and Naya 2-0 (round four I split for the win) I won't post the replays...

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Yeah the Boros matchup is very bad; basically they're just a pike of cards that are well positioned against us. If it becomes more popular you can sideboard serious hate for them though; until then they're built to best is and we're really not built to beat them. Move is finished, just waiting on I...

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As we saw in recent gp it is still possible to play 2 colors with onlyn4 dual lands. Question: is walter white better than br version? Only as a small splash for removal etc. Shouild we discuss Br versions tha took recent gp here? I don't really want to repeat myself so here: I watched it go 4-0 pi...

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Anyone know how I can get some THS sealed practice online outside of DEs? For some reason 8 mans are phantom only and you get no packs for those events.

You can play 4-Booster Sealed, which is what I do sometimes for fun and random QPs (you can find them in the limited tab).

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There isn't a Blood Baron deck where you bring in Mortars; it's in the list for mono red and GW where you do need it. Fairly sure BW midrange is a deck and Esper tends to have a few in the boards, so running 02x Mortars in those game are fine since its not like we want an active Blood Baron in play.

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I watched it go 4-0 piloted by sadman, its solid meta game deck which is great vs G/x/x (ramp), MonoB, MonoU and Control.

Not sure its the correct deck to take to a R/x/x meta though, can't see it beating BG/x either.

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It amuses me to no end that you won't run Last Breath, but you will play Rod of Ruin. (I totally get your reasoning, it's just so counterintuitive when you look at the cards). I find my Chains being R.B way too often now, I figured Rod of Ruin kills at least 12 creatures in their deck so I might as...

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There was a high profile tournament here last week (which I wasn't able to attend due to schedule conflicts). Top 8 looked like this:

RG Mihara vs RDW
MBD vs MBD
MUD vs MUD
MUD vs Esper

Finals was RDW and MUD/g. Guess who won.

SO much monoU

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tl;dr for me on Assemble is that it's only worth the effort if it is a free win. Against esper it isn't a free win, so I don't bother. Agreed 100% Here is my 2nd last video report running this list: [deck=MDU's Australian Winter ]Lands 22 12x Mountain 04x Sacred Foundry 04x Temple of Triumph 02x Mu...

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Your friends don't know what they're talking about. XD Ye for the better part of an hour I was defending a point of rounding out the curve perfectly as an aggro deck and the loss of life from firedrinker is negligible. I definitely felt not having firdrinker against caryatid. I did however cracke u...

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problem I have with BE is it doesn't feel liek a free win unless you were already ahead. then it basically seals the day. So instead of "win more" its more like "win defintiely" if ahead. but you can get behind on board state against the shard decks.... can you push damage throu...

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The only deck I want BE against is Esper and we already destroy them. Hammer has a much broader range of applications ranging from the mirror to control matchups.

Junk and Dega says hi, wood's Junk list esp. needs answers against so I predict that is what BE is for.

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I just like the idea of hitting for 5 in the air with Phoenix, that's a quick clock. Always fun :D, I've been using him as my T3 play more often these days mainly due to R/x/x running rampant - its nice dealing damage with out over committing the board. P.S. I like how our deck ideas seems to be go...

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This will be my test list, I like what it's doing A LOT: [deck=PyroPyre Red v1.0] Creatures 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Firedrinker Satyr 2 Pyrewild Shaman 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Young Pyromancer Planeswalkers 2 Chandra, Pyromaster Burn 1 Flames of the Firebrand 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 4 ...

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Scrubbed the fuck out. Lost to a Guy playing Walter White who new all of our names and apparently stalks the boards lol. So...are we getting famous now? I mean, everyone knows our names, but what we don't know theirs. That's being famous, right? That was vundo XD - but I guess your right you older ...

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hmm a few times, i had trouble casting BTE on turn 2, but i dont recall ever being unable to cast reckoner. mutavault is really good but we already know that. I think i like having 3. I'd happily go to 4 but I'm worried that those mana issues might become more frequent. i was mana screwed more than...

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@MDU No love for Hammer or it is just bad right now and not needed? Your losing against MonoU and GBW right? Does Hammer help you in those MUs? I'm taking Legion now (despite my hate for the card a few pages back) because I'm also having trouble dealing with the likes of GBW - decay on Chains is ju...

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Standard Tournament: Daily Event 6210728 (3-1) Video Report running (still have two more sets remaining with this list): [deck=MDU's Australian Winter]Lands 22 12x Mountain 04x Sacred Foundry 04x Temple of Triumph 02x Mutavault Creatures 22 04x Firedrinker Satyr 04x Rakdos Cackler 04x Burning-Tree E...

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I find Mono U really not that hard to play against. Just play the control match while applying pressure. Rule of thumb I use for anything devotion, kill the devotion! Also, most Mono U players aren't very educated, most of them are players that jumped on the band wagon, so you can always attack in,...

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