Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted October 11, 2018 Subscriber Posted October 11, 2018 16 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said: I beat the steam kin thing the other day, very cool. but spends a remarable amount of time spinning its wheels. i'm not convinced it's faster and more consistent than just vanilla burn. I'm 6/8 with Abzan. Sultai is a trap I can definitely see that, just looking at the deck you can see it would have a wrong half problem, BUT faithless looting is a hell of a card. I think theres room for further tweaking. On average it definitely doesnt look as fast as plain ol burn but it does seem to have more interesting lines imo and definitely has some nut draws. Sultai has always been a trap but snapcaster ass trophy is too powerful to ignore, I know plenty of people will/have been trying it out but youre probably right in the long run. Whats your abzan list look like out of curiosity?
Devil-Dick Willie Posted October 11, 2018 Author Posted October 11, 2018 6 hours ago, Viva la FCB said: I can definitely see that, just looking at the deck you can see it would have a wrong half problem, BUT faithless looting is a hell of a card. I think theres room for further tweaking. On average it definitely doesnt look as fast as plain ol burn but it does seem to have more interesting lines imo and definitely has some nut draws. Sultai has always been a trap but snapcaster ass trophy is too powerful to ignore, I know plenty of people will/have been trying it out but youre probably right in the long run. Whats your abzan list look like out of curiosity? 1x Abrupt Decay 2x Assassin's Trophy 2x Blooming Marsh 1x Collective Brutality 2x Fatal Push 1x Field of Ruin 1x Forest 1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 1x Godless Shrine 3x Grim Flayer 1x Horizon Canopy 3x Inquisition of Kozilek 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 3x Liliana of the Veil 3x Lingering Souls 2x Marsh Flats 4x Mishra's Bauble 2x Overgrown Tomb 2x Path to Exile 1x Plains 2x Scavenging Ooze 2x Shambling Vent 1x Swamp 4x Tarmogoyf 1x Temple Garden 3x Thoughtseize 1x Tireless Tracker 3x Traverse the Ulvenwald 2x Verdant Catacombs 4x Windswept Heath
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted October 12, 2018 Subscriber Posted October 12, 2018 Honestly I love the list. How have the Grim boys been performing? Ive always loved the card but its always been kind of medium in the shells Ive worked with.
Devil-Dick Willie Posted October 12, 2018 Author Posted October 12, 2018 Still medium. but medium because it's either insane or terrible, rather than medium because it's medium.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted October 29, 2018 Subscriber Posted October 29, 2018 Have you been playing any of this standard yet? @Devil-Dick Willie
Devil-Dick Willie Posted October 29, 2018 Author Posted October 29, 2018 Hahahahaha fuck that Izzet, Golgari or don't bother. Brave opinion. Standard will never be 'great' again. Information is too freely available and there is no room for tier 2 decks at a high level.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted October 30, 2018 Subscriber Posted October 30, 2018 18 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said: Hahahahaha fuck that Izzet, Golgari or don't bother. Brave opinion. Standard will never be 'great' again. Information is too freely available and there is no room for tier 2 decks at a high level. Interesting take, I by no means play competitively (just store level events) but I do keep up with the meta game and whatnot and I see a fair majority of decks that are viable at the moment. I mean Mono blue just won against Mono red in the finals of GP Lille, meanwhile a Lich's mastery (5 colour control) won an SCG classic over the weekend. I just think how things are looking at the moment this could be the first truely good standard in a long while, At the very least I dont see it being dominated by one deck like the previous standard was for so long.
Devil-Dick Willie Posted November 9, 2018 Author Posted November 9, 2018 @Viva la FCB I ordered a case of ultimate masters.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted November 10, 2018 Subscriber Posted November 10, 2018 57 minutes ago, Devil-Dick Willie said: @Viva la FCB I ordered a case of ultimate masters. Nice theres definitely a ton of great reprints. I've been seeing a decent amount going for 250ish USD over the last fews days too. Personally I just got the mythic edition a month ago and that was my splurge, I am still however eagerly awaiting my box topper from wotc for that fiasco. Ill probably hang out a bit and hope to pick up a handful of singles, mainly goyfs and lili's and EE if they have a decent drop. Still need some fulminators, teegs and some others. If they continue to go for less then MSRP I think we might see some decent price drops.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted December 20, 2018 Subscriber Posted December 20, 2018 How about that Phoenix deck, seems really good in modern anyways.
Devil-Dick Willie Posted December 20, 2018 Author Posted December 20, 2018 Which one I've played against mono red, u/r and hollow phoenix. I think they're all fine, but honestly aren't blowing me away. You need to pack some hefty graveyard hate in modern these days because Dredge and ironworks are tier 1, there are phoenix's, hardened affinity and storm everywhere, and you never know when you're about to play a good ole snap deck or living end. Thus, the red birb strategy is less good, because the risk of hitting grave hate is high, but the pay off is low as compared to storm, ironworks or dredge. I really like Ad Nauseam in the meta. Not too much infect, lots of linear agro and control is geared towards non combo decks....
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted December 20, 2018 Subscriber Posted December 20, 2018 Fair point, I think the izzet version is the best shell probably 2-3 crackling drakes and TITI are excellent exactly for the reason your talking about incidental grave yard hate has little effect on the deck. All the cantrips give it pretty impressive consistency too. Yeah ad nauseum is Great call for the meta atm. Im still slinging spirits probably will for the gp here next week in some side events. I really like he Reflector mages.
Devil-Dick Willie Posted December 22, 2018 Author Posted December 22, 2018 Good luck and god speed my lad. Spirits can beat anything on its day.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted December 31, 2018 Subscriber Posted December 31, 2018 So I ended up cleaning house on with the constructed package over the weekend. I did 3 modern 3 standard events and went 2-0 split in all three double ups (2 standard 1 modern) I went 2-1 in standard reg and 2-1, 1-2 in the other two modern. Ended up with a box of guilds, box of dominaria and 2 box toppers - which ended up creeping tar pit and fulminator mage, and couple lose packs to finish of my tix. Overall was a fun weekend, saw alot of jank decks in modern and struggled against the new menace phoenix. The thalias didnt seem like enough Im leaning towards eidolon of rhetoric if I keep seeing this thing more I think.
Devil-Dick Willie Posted January 2, 2019 Author Posted January 2, 2019 Thalia is prone to getting gutshot in that match. I like Bishop of fuck your graveyard/RIP in that match. Also Titi is rough against spirits. Good results boi. Much ticks. I have been playing living end in my last 2 FNMs. 2-0 vs tron 2-0 vs U/R wizards 2-0 vs Goblins 2-0 vs tron 2-0 vs Iron works 0-2 vs bottled cloister prison. (turn 1 chalice and welding jar in game 1 and turn 1 chalice turn 3 Padeem game 2)
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted January 2, 2019 Subscriber Posted January 2, 2019 I think I just lose to Titi no matter what, I had RIP but even through it just swiftspears and hard casting phoenix's was still a struggle to deal with. I think eidolon is nearly impossible for them to get rid of and really slows them down, also fills the thalia role in combo matchups - still not sure if thats a straight swap for the board or not yet. I did see alot of phoenix in the side events in modern and in standard I saw alot of jeskai control. I ended up on jeskai angels in standard and it felt fantastic - I only played it in the two double ups the last event I played some naya bugler to finish it out to a 2-1 finish - lost a close 3 game set to golgari mulled to 5 game 3 on the draw still rounded out a great hand but he had back to back carny t's to put me out of my misery. Living end I've been hearing alot of people higher on right now, one of our store regs just took it to a top 8 pptq finish and raved about it too. Good stuff those are some pretty convincing results. Is that mainly what you've jamming these days?
Devil-Dick Willie Posted January 3, 2019 Author Posted January 3, 2019 Yeah, I'm always a meta man and with the down tick in humans Living end goes straight back into that underrated powerhouse role. Spirits is still a slightly rough match, but no where near as bad as humans. You can't spell quell an evoked shriekmaw, selfless spirit and the hexproof bois do nothing either, and you can never cast company for fear I will just go off in response. Mausoleum wanderer is the best card in the match for spirits and anger of the gods after SB for me is gas.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted January 3, 2019 Subscriber Posted January 3, 2019 15 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said: Yeah, I'm always a meta man and with the down tick in humans Living end goes straight back into that underrated powerhouse role. Spirits is still a slightly rough match, but no where near as bad as humans. You can't spell quell an evoked shriekmaw, selfless spirit and the hexproof bois do nothing either, and you can never cast company for fear I will just go off in response. Mausoleum wanderer is the best card in the match for spirits and anger of the gods after SB for me is gas. Thats fair, I mean I've lost to living end just hard casting their draft chaf before too not plan A but it can work if theres nothing going on haha
Devil-Dick Willie Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 I lost to that deck a few times last PPTQ season. Honestly all the bullshit about it being uninteractive, not fun to watch or play against and its game 1 win rate are bullshit excuses. Fact of the matter is when I was on Skred dragons I lost game 2. Through a blood moon, a ratchet bomb, a chalice on 0 and 1 and a shattering spree the fucking deck just ploughed on. That is fucking absurd.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted January 23, 2019 Subscriber Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said: I lost to that deck a few times last PPTQ season. Honestly all the bullshit about it being uninteractive, not fun to watch or play against and its game 1 win rate are bullshit excuses. Fact of the matter is when I was on Skred dragons I lost game 2. Through a blood moon, a ratchet bomb, a chalice on 0 and 1 and a shattering spree the fucking deck just ploughed on. That is fucking absurd. I think thats basically it the deck was digustingly resilient and consistent. If you stumble at all or fail to put up a good clock disrupting just wasnt enough. I dont think it was that boring to play against or uninteractive, how is it any different then storm if thats their criteria.
Devil-Dick Willie Posted January 27, 2019 Author Posted January 27, 2019 Got gp Sydney next weekend. Playing the modern PPTQ. Probs gonna play izzet electrodominance.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted January 28, 2019 Subscriber Posted January 28, 2019 On 26/01/2019 at 17:38, Devil-Dick Willie said: Got gp Sydney next weekend. Playing the modern PPTQ. Probs gonna play izzet electrodominance. Oh my lord show me a list.
Devil-Dick Willie Posted January 28, 2019 Author Posted January 28, 2019 https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1597851?fbclid=IwAR1H8bBZm_9qiqMUAuAiPawD0xroPzKEIHqc1mg4e0cgwKluVnZOBRcjjPw#paper However I'm keen to have 2 blood moons in SB.
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ Posted January 28, 2019 Subscriber Posted January 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1597851?fbclid=IwAR1H8bBZm_9qiqMUAuAiPawD0xroPzKEIHqc1mg4e0cgwKluVnZOBRcjjPw#paper However I'm keen to have 2 blood moons in SB. Man thats a spicy meatball. I was really on the edge of picking up a playset of as foretolds for 7$ cad each at the gp here. I want to watch this work of art in action.
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