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I think he is implying no maindeck win condition. However, despite the rampage of -1/-1 sweepers being played, a singleton Empty the Warrens is still great against the non Team American tempo decks....

I would say that the Miracle player probably should(not necessarily would) fire off the brainstorm in their mainphase. The hand is land light and in order to have the best chance for a second land...

Do you feel like having Hull Breach or whatever in your sideboard would have made a difference in either of those matches?

I don't like having artifact hate in the SB against MUD because I can...

Does this mean TES is a DTB now?

Sometimes they have the perfect combination of discard, countermagic, with Stoneforge Mystic.

I think Esper is a good matchup.. I lose when I keep a weak 6 card hand and they have T1 Discard, T2...

It depends on how the Esperblade deck is built. One time I played against an Esperblade deck that was packing Meddling Mages and Ethersworn Canonists in it's sideboard.

Sometimes they have the...

Bryant cast that Cabal Therapy game 2 when he shouldn't have.

Still congrats to Bryant.

U/r/w Delver versus TES!

This is going to be good.

In drawn out games, your resources may become exhausted from counter magic and/discard. Against discard PiF is good, as Jin pointed out. Imagine if you have five lands in play and only one card in...

Didn't you mention that Hull Breach was a dead card for you lately?
Should that spot be a Karakas or third Xantid Swarm?

Turn three could have also went like this:land drop, Brainstorm(put ad Nauseum, then b wish on top)>Probe paying two life and drawing b wish>Dark Ritual>Infernal Tutor(find LED)>Chrome Mox(imprint...

Assuming he took your Infernal Tutor, you could have gone Dark Rit>LED>B Wish>Iggy>Dark Rit>LED>Infernal Tutor>Empty the Warrens(or tendrils if you sided it in) for 16 tokens. With him at 18 from...

I disagree. Letting the opponent only see Burning Wish causes that card's importance to sky rocket. Had there been two tutors the Thoughtseize may have taken a important mana spell instead.
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Fixed that for you.

Having a wishable answer to artifacts and/or enchantments is a good 'Oh Shit' button to have.

I would pick Hull Breach for it's flexibility. The only time I want to kill multiple artifacts is against something like MUD or Stax, but it seems whenever I need spree against those types of decks...

Batting new ideas around is how TES keeps evolving, albeit some ideas are over top ridiculous. People here( mtgthesource) don't seem to like new stuff much. There is a Spike player mindset for most...

I guess if it worked for Koby....

I throughly enjoyed this article. Better than the last.

I appreciated all the good and creative uses of the more controversial cards: Probe, Iggy, PiF, and Returns. Particularly liked the use of...

Guys. Doomsday decks have been going without a maindeck win condition for a while now. It isn't that unheard of. It makes your Ad Nauseum even better too. Not saying it is right or not, but...

I have been thinking that maybe it should be some sort or split like two Cabals and one Duress.

When Burning Wishing for protection I sometimes want something more certain like a Duress.

Cabal...

I enjoyed the article.

Only one nitpick, hand three is overly fictional. Two reasons why. Firstly, you wouldn't ever go that low with an Ad Nauseum in a real game. Secondly, there would have...

Probe is amazing.

One game my opponent went first, laying an Island and passing the turn. I had a turn one kill that folded to pretty much any kind of permission. I cast probe to see what I...

*Scratches head*

I guess since Bryant is suggesting something new this time then you are playing the role of "Bryant Cook" by shooting it down. Is that right?

Good job. Next time try to throw...

The one extra mana is what is backbreaking with Reforge.
Look at this way, would you rather BW Reforge and perhaps do something cute with Past in Flames or would you rather BW Diminishing Returns...

Abrupt Decay looks like a good fit.
It would probably replace Echoing Truth. Kills Chalice, Trinisphere, Counterbalance, Pyrostatic Pillar, and anything in Maverick.

I don't know if the mana...