Dies to Removal

DerWille

Great article Zman, but I want to double check something. Let's say you lose game 1 and go onto game 2. Do you still take out your 1 drops and let your opponent go first? Likewise, when you go to game 3 and you have the option, do you let them go first?

DerWille

Sure no problem. I basically copied and pasted from my thread in the clan forum. So I think I forgot to include that bit. Also, I just realized my sideboard against G/R included 2 more Traitorous Instincts. I think I took my shocks out for it. Creatures (20) 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 As...

DerWille

I went to Thrusday night magic at a comic book store in another town. It feels like I'm rusty because I've been focusing on stuff lately. I went 2-2 piloting my PyroWhite deck with a few changes in the sideboard because I don't have all the cards. Creatures (20) 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler ...

DerWille

... Instead of packs, I took store credit and then traded in the cards I pulled from the 2 gamedays I second'd, and then used a 10% coupon, and bought myself an anime pvc figure as my trophy for said gamedays and fnm. ... Edit: http://img.goodsmile.info/cgm/ecommerce/goodsmile/images/large/f035bc7a...

DerWille

So my buddy and I were talking and this is where we're thinking about going with Ghetto Green with Bling. Creatures (34) 4 Elvish Mystic 4 Experiment One 4 Kalonian Tusker 4 Gyre Sage 2 Scavenging Ooze 4 Witchstalker 4 Boon Satyr 2 Deadbridge Goliath 2 Polukranos, World Eater 2 Nylea, God of the Hun...

DerWille

If I want to do game day tomorrow, I'm thinking I need to acquire 3 more Temples of Triumph and a playset of Chained to the Rocks. I've got everything else for PyRos (<---- needs a better name). My mind loves the idea. My wallet not so much. Edit: fixed spelling error caused by the iPad's touchscre...

DerWille

Also, could I ask just one thing of everyone here? For your tournament reports, include your opponents' names. Not only does it help you to remember the games a bit better because you have a name to make a connection to rather than just a deck; it also shows me that you view your opponent as more t...

DerWille

Jace is at 5 loyalty, Ashley and Bird only do 1 damage each because of Jace's +1. If I have shock, I need 3 creatures. If I have strike or fire, I need 2.

DerWille

Just for the sake of it: I went 3-1 on FNM with a PyroRed and that lone 1-2 vs UW control has teached me that I don't really handle Jace properly. Do you guys, attack him, burn him, ignore him? Let's suppose you've got Ash Zealot, Phoenix, 2 mountains, Mutavault and he taps out on T4 to play Jace, ...

DerWille

I call Burning-Tree Emissary, "Emily".

At the LGS I frequent, Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, is called by everyone but me, "whore". I loved hearing their cries of, "THALIA IS A WHORE!" As she single handily shut down their deck long enough for me to kill them.

DerWille

Since rotation has hit, I want to port over my Boros Humans White deck from last season into modern and make some upgrades to it. I'm also a complete newbie at modern. All last season I just played my standard deck and got some halfway decent results. I'm looking to build something that will give me...

DerWille

Working on my 'How to Magma Jet like a Pro' article. Here are some illustrative examples to consider that will get you thinking about the value of information. BASIC: - you're on the draw in a mono red mirror; - you're opponent played a turn 1 Cackler, unleashed; and - your play was mountain, with ...

DerWille

I do, but I thought that was a selling point of the deck. It requires much more out of us, but we almost always have a line of play that can let us win. I rarely, if ever, feel like the game was completely out of my reach. I can usually think back and say, "If I had done Y instead of X, I would...

DerWille

It creates value at 2 burn in hand as it's effectively 2 free shocks but you could argue it could just be warleader's helix. It just runs counter to the one drop plan. Play tested, 2 burn spells is not enough. I think there's a deceptive amount of life gain in the format between Scavenging Ooze , B...

DerWille

YP's value varies with the amount of spells you see over a game, which is why he gets so much better post board. Even when he's not so good, he's still a decent 2/1 beater. He's very much a context dependent creature. Conscripts would be insane right now. Steal anything? Yes, please. In PyroRed, I ...

DerWille

@JS - Isn't that because white has the fewest devotion cards in the format? Its main shtick is heroic. Test put me at Neutral Good, which seems about right. I thought I would get Chaotic Good for a bit because I kept answering, "fuck the authorities", but then the contract/promises bit cam...

DerWille

I plan on switching over to PyroWhite (I love my R/W) and I was thinking about using Assemble the Legion in the slot my 4th Reckoner (I only have 3). Would Assemble come in against aggro decks as a finisher or would I be better off with another card from the sideboard?

DerWille

Ah gotcha. How has Temple of Triumph been working for you? Has there been any hands that have been too slow or does the scry 1 make up for that slowness?

DerWille

OK 13-2. Chained to the Rocks makes such a difference against GW/Naya. They were slightly unfavourable as mono red, now they're like 55-60%. Ridiculous. Even got to ultimate a Chandra for triple lightning strike (my opponent's entire board). [deck] Creatures 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Fired...

DerWille

I just dislike the whole idea of playing Brave the Elements. This card sucks. While Weenie lacks of burn for removal and reach -> splash red, profit. Sorry man, I gotta disagree here. Last standard, Brave the Elements is the card that pushed my deck Boros Humans deck into semi-viability. I went wit...

DerWille

PyroRakdos & PyroBoros both have their pros & cons. PyroRakdos gives you more spells that let retain value out of YP$, kill problem creatures flat out & deal with Planeswalkers. Bad thing is the removal suite brought in with black doesn't give you the Phoenix recursion. PyroBoros allows...

DerWille

First of all , being from Eastern Europe as myself , you should be aware of the GP Warsaw results of 2009, and that even osyp tested GW and got moderate results. I'm not talking about shitty combos like Souldbond Doublestrike guy had. I'm asking for actual synergies and ensurance that you can gener...

DerWille

PyroRed is incredibly skill intensive so if you're not used to it you may lose some games due to misplays. That said I think the meta is developing in a way that makes PyroRed suboptimal. Everyone seems to be forcing midrange and those decks aren't being punished by control. Black-based decks in pa...

DerWille

sucks your LGS is like that, however if you ask me you gave the best response to their efforts to fix the tournament. Cant beat 1 man with 4-5 people. Even with all their cheating. The Pyrored wins the day. Dont look at it as the least fun. Look at it as you walked down a dark alley and a gang of g...

DerWille

It's not usually this bad, but a lot of people are strapped for cash and this was their one chance at getting a box. People were prepping for this tournament for a long time.

DerWille

I went to a win a box tournament tonight. I won the event 4-1. I posted up the full report in the PyroRed thread, but for now, this event felt dirty. 4 people were attempting to split the box and my buddy and I share all of our cards. It felt like I had win my matches and fight an information war to...

DerWille

I went to a win a box tournament today that was postponed 2 weeks ago. I won the tournament, going 4-1. Round 1 vs Boros Aggro (All in variant?) 2-0 - This wasn't a well put together variant, but it had logic. I was able to win this by burning out his creatures. Round 2 vs U/W Control (Trading Post/...

DerWille

Yeah after playing with it for two days I'm sold on Annihilating Fire. As always, LP with the brilliant insights. I think those matches will be a good learning experience for you; you're seeing how complex a lot of the decision trees are and you'll be better equipped in the future. Magic is a tough...

DerWille

Time to live up to shame, I went to Wednesday night Magic last night. I went 2-2 for the night. Round 1 vs Simic Counters (Win, 2-0) - This is that one deck with the Master Biomancer and counter shifting and whatever. The dude was stoned as fuck and didn't believe me when I told him that Mizzium Mor...

DerWille

tl;dr: I love sealed. If anyone is interested in it, I am a wealth of knowledge on the subject. Don't be scurr'd to ask. I'll bite because prereleases are a good chance to win packs around here. I've been to 3 so far and went, 1-3 for Dragon's Maze, 2nd place for M14 (6-2), and 1st for Theros (7-1)...

DerWille

But... but... I thought our Disney prince bats for the other team.

He'll probably go over to do each others' other hair or something.

DerWille

I'm only running two muta main and don't want a third. In the first few turns everything you are casting is better than the vault and I don't want to disrupt that even one game in four. I don't see how satyr is a two for one unless you are referencing flames or just shocking self when they burn him...

DerWille

@Haiiro-san - Usually in red mirror both sides side in all the burn they have. So the Firedrinkers end up being a free 2 for 1. I'd rather keep shock mana up for their Cackler/Ash Zealot than the Satyr. @Draksil - I think it depends on how comfortable you are with it. Using a hypergeometric distribu...

DerWille

I think you're taking a fairly big risk. From the games I've played, the problem cards of the match up is Boros Reckoner and Frostburn Weird (if they side him). Fanatic is only dangerous if he has groupies. So the trick would be to keep your opponent off 3 land. Are you confident that you can draw P...

DerWille

I took PyroRed to FNM, didn't do so hot this time. I went 2-2 for the night. I learned that green decks are hard. Round 1 vs Mono-Green Something 2-1 Something of a janky deck, I mull to 4 the first game and still win by burning everything he has to the ground. Second game, he plays big stuff and I ...

DerWille

I'm back to thinking out loud about how to integrate the Murder King into the deck. First the deck [deck] Creatures (22) Rakdos Cackler x4 Firedrinker Satyr x4 Ash Zealot x4 Young Pyromancer x4 [card]Chandra's Phoenix[/card] x4 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch x2 Spells (14) Shock x2 Magma Jet x4 Lightning...

DerWille

@Alex - I saw Nuwen's deck as a black aggro deck with a splash of red. I was aiming to keep it a red aggro deck with a splash of black to shore up a few weak match ups while keeping the VCA engine of Zman's list and throw a solid curve topper creature which mono-red is lacking at the moment. @Zman -...

DerWille

Zman, any opinions on the draft list of the Pyromacner deck with a black splash?

DerWille

Nuwen's list and my experiences with a weaker red mirror match up got me thinking about a possible variant on Zman's Ashley the Pyromancer list with a black splash. [deck] Creatures (23) Rakdos Cackler x4 Firedrinker Satyr x4 Ash Zealot x4 Young Pyromancer x4 [card]Chandra's Phoenix[/card] x4 Exava,...

DerWille

To everyone on PyroRed; I assume you we're running 2 Flames of the Firebrand? We could switch those to Annihilating Fire to help with the Devotion Red semi-mirror; and the card isn't horrific: - kills x/3s instantly; there's a few relevant ones - exiles Phoenix, Reckoner, Voice of Resurgence - go u...

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