Looking at those videos, I noticed that you kinda missed a win in game 1 of your 5th match against Grixis Delver. You realized yourself that you had the win through doube Force if you put the Duress...
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Looking at those videos, I noticed that you kinda missed a win in game 1 of your 5th match against Grixis Delver. You realized yourself that you had the win through doube Force if you put the Duress...
I don't think it does literally nothing, but you're right in that it doesn't hurt us as much as all the 2 drop hatebears they have. Having our nonbasics etb tapped is pretty annoying though, and...
So I guess with the new Thalia we'll likely see a spike in DnT after Moon comes out. Whether that lasts or not I'm not sure, but being careful and not holding any fetches in hand once they reach 3...
Did that coverage team seriously just switch to turn 1 of a Delver Mirror when Togores was in the middle of going off and depending on his Top to find the kill in the top 3 cards?
I've been running 1 Swamp, 1 Island, 2 Usea, 1 Volc, 1 Badlands + 8 Fetches ever since I picked up the deck.
In my opinion people are way too conditioned in Legacy and think that every blue deck...
The Eldazi matchup will stay really bad for Storm no matter what we do, but imo it helps to be aware of what counts in the matchup, and it's important to look at play/draw and pre-/postboard...
To be honest, the list from the article is just about the worst configuration possible against Eldrazi. I also kinda stopped reading after the 16 land thing.
Against BUG decks I generally try to...
@mana base:
I never liked Preordains, no matter how often I tested them, and I think they're especially bad in Chalice matchups and combo mirrors, which are quite common in my local meta. That's...
Fair enough, it's always interesting to see how different people deal with problems differently.
My personal approach against Chalice/Sphere.dec on the draw is saying alright, if they land a turn...
I've been running 1 Chrome Mox for almost a year now and I haven't looked back. I only run 14 lands, though.
I like that you're onyl running one Island too, so many lists I see nowadays run 2. I...
That's true, I guess decks like Miracles can't realistically get to Delirium.. The most likely suspects would probably be decks with Liliana or red based Delver decks, especially Grixis Delver, which...
Mostly pre-board, and I often go back to discard when I'm back on the play game 3. Discard is horrible on the draw most of the time, but on the play it's often good. Snagging their turn 1 lock piece...
I don't know how realistic it is to think that we can ever beat turn 1 Chalice into turn 2 TKS on the play in any circumstances.
So far in my testing I've been able to keep a positive win record...
I'm not as worried about 2 mana lock pieces as most people here (that icludes Chalice, Thalia, Teeg, Revoker, whatever). Those matchups are often a coinflip pre board and actually get slightly better...
I usually board 4 Decays and nothing else. Most of my wins against miracles come from Ad Nauseam. I'm often able to win if I have a turn 1 discard spell plus turn 2 win against them. If that doesn't...
The previous post already sums things up nicely. It does depend on the fetches you have available, but when running only one green source in a 10 U-cantrip build I agree that a mana base with...
The above sideboard looks pretty standard, I'd say it's probably a good point to start and fine-tune once you got in some more testing.
The Tropical vs Bayou debate is nowadays mostly resolved due...
resurgence of Death and Taxes, resurgence of discad spells, resurgence of Deathrite Shaman. Three very good reasons to play Ad Nauseam main.
I'm expecting Deathblade to make a comeback in my local...
It's certainly not correct to never Ponder on turn 1 by default, it always depends. One of the most common scenarios where you should Ponder turn 1 is when you're currently missing 2 mana to go off...
He's been having some impressive results over the past few weeks/months with his ANT list. I still don't really get the maindeck AN plus 2 Petitions, but it seems to work for him. I'm assuming he's...
This.
This was one of the reasons why I brought it up on the last page. Grixis Delver, which is quickly becoming the number 1 deck in the format, totally rips Grinding Station apart, because you...
This is a totally fair point and I think you're right about new Storm players in general, though even though I only picked up the deck less than a year ago, I wouldn't put myself into that category....
Thanks for the replies, guys. They gave me some insights into the reasoning behind going Grinding Station, though I still prefer the other approach.
Also I respect everyone's opinions, but it is...
I am aware of that, but even disregarding the fact that my opponent did happen to have a Zealous Persecution in his hand, my question was less about finding a way to win with Grinding Station with...
Thanks for the updates in the opening post. Very helpful!
I'm still having issues with the Grinding Station approach. I've been playing everything between full-TES to classic ANT, but I just can't...