Dies to Removal

So I knew my buddy won Nats in the philipines in 08. I did not know he won it with demigod red. Now he's my new best friend.

The best cure for the double shift blues?

Fucking Jager Bombs and Bourbon.

The best cure for the double shift blues?

Fucking Jager Bombs and Bourbon.

Doesn't sound fun. No friction, and not what I typically want to do with alcohol anyway.

Do you know who I am?

I'm Elroy Jetson!

Take me to Astro's grave.

You must like it dry, raspy. Like a desert.

The best cure for the double shift blues?

Fucking Jager Bombs and Bourbon.

Doesn't sound fun. No friction, and not what I typically want to do with alcohol anyway.

Do you prescribe to the butt chugging philosophy of drinking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpLRS0RzKoY

Any man named raspy must like it dry

You must like it dry, raspy. Like a desert.

I'm going to make it sooo dry for you. I'm going to make my tongue like sandpaper!

DYEL?

Ham got it.

How're you doing, Gary Busey!?

GREAT!!!!

You must like it dry, raspy. Like a desert.

I'm going to make it sooo dry for you. I'm going to make my tongue like sandpaper!

don't stop ... you're getting me sooo flaccid...

@aodh, you are way too hung up on trying to get "maximum value" out of fanatic. Even getting 3 out of him is a pretty good deal when considering that he's still a 4 power body. I've laid him down on an empty board and still been happy with him. Control is our best matchup, and while reckoner is not a good tool for that match, fanatic won't miss the 1 devotion that reckoner has over phoenix.

Exactly.

@aodh, you are way too hung up on trying to get "maximum value" out of fanatic. Even getting 3 out of him is a pretty good deal when considering that he's still a 4 power body. I've laid him down on an empty board and still been happy with him. Control is our best matchup, and while reckoner is not a good tool for that match, fanatic won't miss the 1 devotion that reckoner has over phoenix.

Fantatic at worst will be a Lightning Bolt and at best a Lava Axe against Esper. Either way that's exactly where we want to be against them. Putting pressure every play. Esper builds I have been playing against have been creatureless and focus on closing out the games with Planeswalker package (Ashiok, Jace: AoT, and Elspeth) while
staying alive via heavy removal and Sphinx. Even with the removal package they lose to not being able to Sphinx big or multiple times to do what control does.

Heeeelios! My Jaya deck is now posted for your masturbating pleasure!

Haha great sig Nerdboy.

[deck]
Lands
23 Swamp
4 Encroaching Wastes

Spells
4 Corrupt
2 Devour Flesh
4 Diabolic Tutor
4 Doom Blade
4 Hero's Downfall
4 Thoughtseize
4 Underworld Connections

Planeswalkers
1 Liliana of the Dark Realms

Artifacts
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Haunted Platemail
1 Pithing Needle
3 Trading Post
[/deck]

I actually think this is good now. Some notes:
- mono colour is just inherently good; we all know the colour problems decks run into in this standard.
- wastes answers Mutavault primarily, but I envision using two to colour screw an opponent or remove a Nykthos.
- the deck is 'front-loaded' with removal because I dont want to play [card]Read the Bones[/b]; Underworld Connections is just much more powerful in a game going long, so I'd rather draw 'dead' removal then
discard it to Trading Post to draw more cards.
- you've got doom blade for days against any midrange deck
- you've got Thoughtseize and Underworld Connections for control. If you didn't know, that murks Revelation.
- there are a few engines in the deck; Lilana, Connections, Trading Post.
- you get to run a Tutor package, that's SWEET, especially after sideboard.
- elixir of immortality is super important for letting you 'loop' your deck; you might need to go pretty deep to kill a control deck, but eventually you're going to tutor for Thoughtseize then Corrupt for 20...
- imagine rebutting encroaching wastes over and over to wasteland your opponent, because trolling is fun.

Not sure on the sideboard, but definitely two more devour flesh and some number of duress.

I want this to work so badly. Really I do.

I think it looks good. Tutoring up Needle is sick. Trading Post + Needle means they can't DSphere it which is nice, and you can shuffle it back with Elixir and or retrieve it with another Post for lulz.

Has anyone else desperately missed painlands since their disappearance in m10? I finally finished my full set in 10th edition thinking that they'd always be there (like they always had), and then "new world order" comes along and suddenly newb's aversion to playing good cards dicks us out of them in standard. I was honestly kinda surprised to see firedrinker satyr given their attitude against non-black cards harming you for profit.

I made a thread for pyro red, just because there wasn't one already and devotion red has its own thread. If you're familiar with the deck, stop by and share what you know so we can get this thing tweaked for states.

One of my friends from work came in the other day and handed me some old Magic cards they've been holding onto. Just one ultra pro page back and front. She said she kept them for the art. They're mostly from Legends, and included an old school Nicol Bolas which was kinda cool.

No Moat, though. D:

There were blitz decks before burning tree emissary, and they'll exist when (s)he's rotated out. Is there any agreement on BTE's gender, because I can't tell if it's a she or just a little effeminate looking. The burning-tree clan's shaman was unambiguously manly (and damn was a badass)

Definately a girl... If she's a guy...



Seriously though, a search for MTG blitz deck yields Naya Blitz, Gruul Blitz, Boros Blitz and Izzet Blitz.

One of these
things is not like the other... I blame Travis Woo, the king of the dicks.

Just spent 40$ on grabbing everything I need to use on MODO to grind out some Chandra's.

[deck]
4 Akroan Crusader
4 Arena Athlete
4 Burning Tree Emissary
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Firefist Striker
4 Foundry Street Denizen
4 Rakdos Cackler

4 Coordinated Assault
4 Dynacharge
4 Titan's Strength
2 Lightning Strike

18 Mountain
[/deck]

So I hear you like turning guys sideways?

Props on actually using in a post.

Z, Titan's Strength reminds me of Rubblebelt Maaka.

He was a drinker. And a fiend.

And cool that it helps heroic shit. Unlike gay ole Rubblemelt Maaka.


Mmm...Rubblemelt. It's a grilled cheese from the Stone Age!

For the record, I've been drinking whiskey for hours and on an hour and a half of sleep since Sunday morning.

Yeah it sucks but it triggers heroic!

Rubblebelt maaka is a solid dude, were he not sharing standard with a keyword that specifically cares about spells targetting your stuff he'd be head and shoulders above titan's strength. The problem with using pump as "burn" in aggressive red variants is that an empty board blanks the card, where as maaka can still come down as a 3/3.

I don't think the humour of the deck is getting through.

I, for one, almost fell out of my chair when I saw it.

I don't think the humour of the deck is getting through.

From Purphoros to a mere mortal:

"You must do this..."

Yes, my master..

Z...I just realized I can now challenge you to a duel.


OMFG....

Not that I'm doing that at the moment.But if you want to...

My deck is so cheap:

[deck]
Creatures 28
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Rakdos Shred-Freak
4 Ash Zealot
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Fanatic of Mogis

Burn 10
2 Shock
4 Magma Jet
4 Lightning Strike

Land 22
22 Mountain

Sideboard
2 Mizzium Mortars
3 Skullcrack
4 Frostburn Weird
2 Hammer of Purphoros
2 Act of Treason
2 Flames of the Firebrand
[/deck]

Like, does this deck even exceed $60?

The Reckdaddies aren't cheap, everything else is common/uncommon or dollar rare.

Looks like a good way to win some Chandras.

The Reckdaddies aren't cheap, everything else is common/uncommon or dollar rare.

$9x4=36.

So maybe even cheaper than $60?

This is the train to get on if you're starting out, in my opinion.

Can't argue, it plays good cards.