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Tried it in the last challenge, every time I saw Opal I was happy to see it. 2 seems to be the sweet spot, since it was very smooth for me as far as not drawing multiples and being able to manage...

IIRC, it was something close to this with -1 Chrome Mox and discard spell for 1-2 Cabal Rituals, didn't dig around too much but the variants of this list came about around Q4'2014 before Cruise was...

Alright, so there's a lot in this post, I guess I'll take it point by point.

Turn 1 Discard Vs. Cantrips

Generally speaking, I don't try to play the most protectionist route when I'm playing, I...

Calm down, it's clearly a pick-your-poison type of scenario. The 1st Volc and Badlands are easily defensible choices, but then you want a third mountain for Pulverize, so you have to choose between...

Hi everyone,

Recently, Bryant posted a run of a couple leagues playing a four color build with 3 red duals for Pulverize, you can check it out here:...

https://i.imgur.com/d3mfvgX.jpg?1

Queued into a High Tide player and had to pull out the Grapeshot. Game 1, I played an early Empty the Warrens that got Flusterstorm'd, and later on Ad Nauseam'd...

You're kinda striking at the issue I was getting at with the idea of multiple EtW; I don't think the problem is that 12 threats is too many, it's that we have to play worse cards to get to 12 so our...

Yeah, that's what came to mind, because I remember that 10 count coming up there before. I don't really think that's the sort of thing we'd want to be relying on for discussion, though. I recall...

Just wondering, what is the math you're referencing here?

I think a pair of Cabal Ritual in your flex slot and taking the place of 4th Chrome Mox may be worth a look. Better PiF loops and not drawing multiple Chromes as often could be pretty good. IDK that...

I guess, since Probe was always around when I've been playing, I'll submit to being gainsaid by the more experienced players, but I think this isn't that bad. Also, I'm gonna talk about ANT a bit...

Idk that I'd want Day's Undoing, I can't think of a single deck I'd feel comfortable passing the turn to. The particular issues I'm hoping Diminishing Returns can solve are issues where I'm trying to...

I'm currently thinking in about the same way, I've been rotating out Grapeshot and Petition and testing to see which combination of 2 from Telemin/Dim Ret/Bribery might serve the deck better. I think...

Yeah, you can kinda think of it like Remand in Modern storm; it's a good, mana-efficient way to manage a threat, but then you can also sneak in a win with it now and again.

In other topics, I'm...

In the second scenario, can't you win guaranteed with the following line?
Lotus Petal (S1)
Lotus Petal (S2)
Tap Lands (S2, UB)
Chain Petal, Sac Land (S3, B)
Chain Petal, Sac Land (S3, B)
Chain...

Hey Everybody,

I just had a pretty interesting game on MTGO that I wanted to discuss, and I'm curious what thoughts people have on the hand I encountered. I'm going in blind on the draw, looking...

Ya know, back when this deck was three-and-a-half-and-a-half colors, between Decays and Silence, one of the neat features of Gemstone Mine was that you could "bait" a Wasteland and have a functional...

I think you shouldnt be running Bayou and Tarn...

First, I think it's weird that you cite the ease of Wishing for PiF as evidence of late game strength and then follow by saying grave hate does nothing to TES. You can't have your cake and then say...

I have an article that discusses this coming soon

I was playing a 3 color build a few months back, and it wasn't "giving up" to countertop lock. EE, Pithing Needle, and Pyroblast gives you a lot of chances to aggress against Miracles and fight the...

Earlier in the ANT thread, Jona and I have started recording sessions with Grinding Station, since it's sort of an off-beat variant of ANT. Since TES doesn't have a lot of MTGO presence, and a dearth...

I get what you're saying about the shuffle of cards between Tutor over Mox, but what I think is significant is that once Island isn't in the board we're no longer in the position of having 14 lands...

Well, overall you do free up a slot, the Island leaving makes room for Chrome Mox. Effectively, I guess I'm arguing that I'd rather have a Mox to facilitate/accelerate my colors, blue included, than...

FWIW, I think I'll be back on 2 U. Sea, and I will be trying to go on with just Grapeshot, Clasm and Massacre, alongside the "generic" Chain of Vapor.

Re: Spirit Guide, I tested it last summer and...