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[Kaitscralt]

beat uw devotion in the finals

up to 17 rupees

[LP, of the Fires]

All you really have for options are whip and edicts, in this case, devour flesh, which feels narrow and bad, but might work since this is modo.

@Kait: Phenax is comparable to Jace memory adept as far as oppressively powerful bombs go. It's just not a fair card. As far as the limited environment in general goes, red seems like the best color by far in BNG. I wouldn't force it, but when it comes to close picks early in the draft, I'd lean towards red and try to draft the aggressive boros and rakdos decks.

[LP, of the Fires]

How much better is UW devotion vs. UW control. I know it was monoblue, the matchup was easy as shit.

[Kaitscralt]

uw devotion is pretty damned annoying. after sideboard i'm not sure who is favored. ephara gives the deck a lot of reach against control.

[LP, of the Fires]

That's what I thought. Post board, I can see how it would be a problem with them running Bident/Jace/Ephara as draw engines, plus thassa to get ahead on card quality. Ephara, remedies a lot of problems with the deck.

[Kaitscralt]

their detention spheres are also very problematic as it is no longer safe to tap out for jace and elspeth

[Kaitscralt]

but revoke existence now has like 10 targets in their deck

[LP, of the Fires]

I'm waffling on the idea of maindecking revoke in UW. Lord knows I've maindecked ancient grudge before.

[Kaitscralt]

I'm going to hold out on the one maindeck until absolutely necessary.

[Pedros]

Won another 8 man so 11 QPS, luckyly destroyed burn with good draw. Noticed key is to throw guys under burn, just play as many BTE as you can turn 2 even without followup, and try to blow their hand with return. Be as fast as possible so I only played 2 doom blades - sometimes 1 or 2 mortars. However whip might be needed.

My current sb: 1 dreadbore, 2 doomblade, 1 ultimate price, 1 fated conflagration, 2 dark betrayals, 2 thoughtseize, 1 slaughter games, 1 chandra, 1 erebos, 1 hammer, 1 rakdos return, 1 sire of insanity.

Need to cut 1 card for whip as imo it is needed, however dont know what to cut. probably 1 removal spell, question is which one?

[imopen2]

What does the conflagration come in against?

Also, can you post the UW prison list you plan to run? I've been running white prison but a blue splash sounds nice

[Pedros]

That list did 4-0 or 3-1 in daily:

4 Glacial Fortress
4 Hallowed Fountain
2 Island
2 Mystic Gate
3 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5 Plains
4 Temple of Enlightenment
1 Blind Obedience
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Detention Sphere
4 Ghostly Prison
3 Idyllic Tutor
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Runed Halo
2 Sigil of the Empty Throne
2 Sphinx's Revelation
4 Suppression Field
4 Supreme Verdict
2 White Sun's Zenith

2 Greater Auramancy
2 Nevermore
3 Rest in Peace
1 Sphere of Safety
3 Stony Silence
4 Timely Reinforcements

Like WSZ, revelations as mana sinks, idyllic tutor for tutorin (probably would play more important 1 ofs in md such as 1 rest in peace as it is quite good in md. Detention sphere is solid upgrade over o-ring, dunno about chalice but looks powerful.

As for fated conflagration it is another way to kill obzedat or reaper of the wild, hits also dragons and polukranoses, slot over mortars.

[imopen2]

Maybe the dreadbore? It's hard to decide without your full list...
I would say hammer but you said you thought it should be a removal spell and idk much about the deck

[Kaitscralt]

just beat rw burn in the first round of another 8 man

zem is lucky i was not at that gp

[magicdownunder]

I wonder when people will notice that SBD is the UWx Controls natural enemy . . .

@LP: Depending on the event and your ranking MODO's skill level can be really high - though I agree if you want to beat Hexproof with RB Devotion, Boros Reckoner and Sac effects are your best bets.

[magicdownunder]

Sorry guys, I just asked the ORC - we will only get one non-foil for hitting 15 D: You have too play and win to get extras.

[LP, of the Fires]

I wonder when people will notice that SBD is the UWx Controls natural enemy . . .

@LP: Depending on the event and your ranking MODO's skill level can be really high - though I agree if you want to beat Hexproof with RB Devotion, Boros Reckoner and Sac effects are your best bets.

I have no idea. The have 6>8 cards that answer it being there verdicts, Elspeth and maybe celestial flare. Dragon is a house.

[Kaitscralt]

i ended a 5 tourny slump with a fresh 2 cute q'pers

up to 19 rupees in my satchel

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[Kaitscralt]

though technically those are worth 20 each

[Kaitscralt]

i ended a 5 tourny slump with a fresh 2 cute q'pers

up to 19 rupees in my satchel

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there we go, fixed

now you see how much time i have on my hands, welly and truly, laid out before you all

[Kaitscralt]

chances that i post my earnings in rupee form from henceforth is very great. for those who haven't played much zelda, green = 1, blue = 5, red = 20, purple = 50

rupee rhymes with qp

if this is the first time you've noticed i am easily amused then you haven't been paying attention

[Kaitscralt]

in fact I have found icons for all 4 rupees that would matter for counting to 35-50 and have requested they be added to the smilie repository since apparently my admin powers can't reach that far

[imopen2]

i'll join your rupee wagon if I ever win another qp

[Pedros]

Deck posted in devo red. IF any one wants to help will be glad

[Kaitscralt]

i'll join your rupee wagon if I ever win another qp

if you don't you can always try hacking at grass

[Kaitscralt]

K the tags are in, let me try again

rupee count

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[Pedros]

I have 15QPs after winning 2 8 mans this evening. LED IS MINE HAHAHA (probably ~100 tixes)

[Kaitscralt]

Nice work

[Kaitscralt]

I am facing old MTGS friend CorpT in finals of 8 man

[Kaitscralt]

he beat me game one with blood baron and obzedat. bw is a shitty deck but it beats uw.

[Kaitscralt]

he got me. dead to pithing needle.

[Kaitscralt]

that makes

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for me

[LP, of the Fires]

I remember CorpT. The snark is strong in that one.

[Kaitscralt]

he's a twit

[Kaitscralt]

he liked mtgs way too much

[magicdownunder]

Corpt is ok, he was the most aggressive mod on sally until he got demoted. He is def. better then the avg player though I wouldn't count him as a top tier grinder (that said he is ranked 66).

btw nice stuff Jedi and Pedro you both almost hit top150 (if you can maintain they we can all play in the finals) though I wonder how many places I'll drop from now till the end of the week from not playing @_@ still 44 though.

[Kaitscralt]

what about me i have 20

[magicdownunder]

what about me i have 20

As far as I can tell your not a grinder, just a great player which regularly beats Z and has a freaken crazy online record (sers. have people seen your online record? I have no idea why you don't have the same fandom as Z on this forum).

[Kaitscralt]

because i lurk in the quiet, waiting to make my move

[Kaitscralt]

my madding account might have better or same record, not sure.