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Good job! Was this the GPT in Manila? What's with all the Stompy/Chalice decks over there these days? :laugh:

If I were to take out Arbor, I wouldn't replace it with a land. It occupies a spell slot for me, so I would draw something better than a regular land in the midgame. But yes, I definitely agree that...

I've done the math for this. In a typical maverick build with 4 dorks, the chance that you have a GSZ in hand, no arbor in hand, AND a forest in hand is about 17.74%. This does not include the...

Barook:

I'll be testing this deck as well. How often do you go for the NO? What do you do if Prog is in hand?
I really want space for 4 Thoughtseize in the main because my meta is usually heavy...

Sure, but it still seems too slow and vulnerable. Go ahead and experiment with Yisan if you want to. I'd love to be proven wrong about that card in Maverick, but I'm not holding my breath.

Yisan really seems too slow in any build, and it actually stops tutoring after the third time (do people still run 4cc targets?). I'd just play Garruk Relentless if I wanted a reusable creature...

When I was playing Dark Maverick, Lingering Souls was pretty good against Miracles. Should still be a great card in the matchup.

Isn't 3 Wayfarer too much? I've been playing Vial Maverick recently and there are some matchups and situations where Wayfarer just does nothing.

ironclad:

oh man. I was thinking of exactly...

IMO they are Revoker and Thalia.

I've been trying to do the same thing to get Zealous Persecution in the board, but I haven't really ended up with a build I'm happy with. I hope the Vial Build players have ideas.

I also have...

In addition to what Klaus wrote, you'll probably have Mother of Runes or Safekeeper in play before the Depths combo shows up. Mother beats blockers, Safekeeper deals with Karakas and Maze, though you...

I agree with ivanpei. Depths is a rock solid addition to Maverick, especially now that we're a little worried that our knights are getting all skinny.

@Ironclad
Instant speed bounce and exile...

Is GSZ better than the Eladamri's Call that Door plays in the SB? Haven't played the Vial list much at this point, but it seems like a better fit. It fetches all creatures, not just the green ones,...

Congrats on the split! It's great to finally see someone go all the way in a huge tourney with Maverick with Depths.

That mana base looks fine. 4 Deathrites go a long way in color fixing, and youre only 4 cards into black. The only issue i can see is having 1 plains and only 1 fetch that can find it.

Just sleeved this up. I've been trying Depths/Stage in Junk and it's been pretty good so far. I thought I'd try it in the other obvious deck for the combo. I think the combo is a little better here...

I feel the "dead card" factor of the combo is being overstated around here. Drawing one half of the combo is absolutely fine. Casually tutoring for the other is extremely easy in a deck with 4...

Good job, Sunyveil! Congrats on the finish!

The first time I suggested it in this thread I was practically made fun of for running black. "It's not Maverick" "Thalia is the best", etc etc. Just...

Please do! It's always interesting to see splashes, especially those that did well.

Also, sweet avatar, dude. Haven't used any *buntus in a while, but Linux is Linux!

This. It's also quite good against the mirror and other creature decks especially with jitte. Playing some souls and pumping once can easily break a creature stalemate. It's a very good combat trick...

Very good point. Wave is only going to partially preserve the board state in the event of a Terminus without doing much else. I'm not sure if that's worth 4 mana.

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GREAT Job! That...

I love Lingering Souls. It's so good for stalling opponents until your Knight hits the table, or simply getting counters on Jitte.

Re: Miracles
Is Parallax Wave playable in the matchup? You can...

Well, GWB decks have been doing very well recently. Check out some results at TC. If I'm not mistaken, two Junk decks split the finals at NELC last week.

The deck still has those lines of play except Thalia, because the deck doesn't run Thalia. That's OK, though. You don't have to like it.

lavafrogg:

I'd test Confidants but I don't own them. I'd...

That's 17 creatures not counting 4 Lingering Souls. I've had quite a few matches where I just flashed souls and won off the little flying attackers, so it can definitely still go aggro.

I agree...