I love both Gurmag and Stalker, but I guess Gurmy is better for heavy tempo strategies (it lands earlier), while Tomby is better for grindy strategies (it can fly over blockers and close out games):...
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I love both Gurmag and Stalker, but I guess Gurmy is better for heavy tempo strategies (it lands earlier), while Tomby is better for grindy strategies (it can fly over blockers and close out games):...
Sure it is great and can win games by itself, and I too played it in the Stifle/Bob version where it is undoubtedly superior to Stalker, but maybe you should ask yourself why did you cast it only...
Why don't you try 2x Tombstalker or a 1/1 split Stalker/Gurmag angler in place of the 2 Nemesis?
Granted Nemesis is better than Stalker in certain matchups (Miracles comes to mind), but Stalker is...
@ mosaic
Yes, I agree: Nemesis is better in certain metas, but it also fits better certain TA builds.
When I was playing Stifle/Bob version, my creature of choice was Nemesis and not Stalker....
I find Tombstalker to be really underrated.
Most people say it's bad against white because of StP and RIP, but I never side it out vs D&T (which plays both) and, even if sometimes they land turn-2...
About the Eldrazi matchup...
I recently played a local tournament where I faced Eldrazi 3 times: 2 in the Swiss (2-1 win) and 1 in semifinal (1-2 lose).
I play 12 creatures + 2 Stalkers, Hymn...
Hi guys, I recently tested the Eldrazi Stompy matchup: preboard games seems orrible (all countermagic is bad: both FoW and Daze suck hard, Pierce is even worse), while postboard games are better...
I agree Library can be great, but since it's meh in about 50% of the matchups I prefer to have it in the sideboard and playing the 3rd Liliana (which is good in almost any matchup) in its place.
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Yep: I always thought Library doesn't belong to this deck, as to any tempo deck around. It's just too slow for a "tempo" plan. It's better here in BUG than in RUG and it rocks against control, sure,...