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Againt Leyline Show and Tell is good, I just don't face Leyline often enough. However SnT package eats half of your sideboard, it hurts if you aren't excited about it in popular matchups like...

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Good point about reanimating Children costing only 1 hp, now I see some upside of running Tendrils combo. However for me it still looks a bit weird to run both this combo and Tyrant whose...

Hey all, another guy who sometimes makes 5-0's with this deck online here (medvedev). Thanks for a great primer, just some notes I'd like to add.

First, in ~200 matches I've never missed the...

If somebody still plays Angel of Despair over Flayer here (check page 44 if you wonder what's the reason to do so) then this Theros card is strictly better:

Ashen Rider
Creature - Archon
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How is it possible to have a tough time against DRS and dislike Chancellor at the same time? Chancellor is not a combo hate card, in the first place it's your best answer to DRS and discard.

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Well, Contagions require more slots than Elesh. And don't get me wrong - Elesh should only be considered if you cut Flayer.

Double Flayer allows you to win without Trolls (e.g. after Extirpating them).

Running less than four Griselbrands seems to be a mistake, you always need one as soon as possible and additional...

Cage if you win next turn, Emrakul if you don't. But a good SnT player would never make such play unless time is over.


Check page 44 to see what happens when you speak about cutting Flayer and...

Can you explain your desire to play Leviathan over Angel against Show and Tell decks? I don't get it at all.



What are red Chancellors for?
Also have you tested Surgical Extractions? That's...

Single Angel can deal with up to three permanents, just chain your Therapies and Dread Returns correctly.



Misdirection does nothing against Angel.



Filling your hand with a bunch of...

What matchups are Chancellors for? And why Leviathan over Angel of Despair? She seems to be strictly better in every aspect.

Btw probability of getting one of 5 Arbors and one of 4 Silences...

It isn't that obvious because Chancellor of the Forge is the only free creature (apart from Pact of the Titan, lol) that doesn't work with Bridge from Below.



Adding maindeck fetchlands is an...

Running Arbor over Shield also somehow decreases a chance of turn 2 Dread Return because you can only play one per turn. On the other hand, Arbor makes it possible to cast stuff under Thalia or...

Aforementioned plus Chancellor of the Annex.



But is it better than Shield Sphere? And do you feel that four is the exact number of cmc0 creatures this deck needs?

I'm still not sure about Arbors. I understand they are really mediocre without green sb but cutting them completely means cutting 1/4 of all our creatures while early Dread Return is important in a...

I don't really see any reason not to run maindeck Chancellor over removal. Chancellor's upsides are innumerable:

a) unlike Shoal/Contagion, Chancellor is pretty useful in absolutely every matchup...

This deck loses to Entreat the Angels and Slaughter Games is the only real answer jund has access to.

Manascrew him, it's probably the only real way to win. Stifle, Wasteland, Life from the Loam.

Sorry for shocking you but cycling actually uses the stack and even can be Stifled because it's a non-mana activated ability just like Phantasmagorian's one. Replacement effects are something...

Belcher never has enough tokens to race Griselbrand, and Storm never has enough mana to cast Time Spiral/Ad Nauseam/Past in Flames after losing three lands and the whole hand.


Against Burn you...

What's the difference between winning right now and winning next turn? It's usually fine to add some bad cards in order to pay for a deck's speed increase, but here such increase is kinda imaginary...

In competitive magic winning is what is paramount in any deck.


No offence, but it really sounds like "we already have Troll to dredge, why to run other dredgers?". Increasing probability of...

Just top4'ed annual Moscow legacy open (90 players) with Manaless. Here's my list:

4 Dryad Arbor
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Thug
4 Street Wraith
4 Nether Shadow
3...

I recommend testing Abrupt Decays. It's two rainbow mana but it's worth it even if you have to cut Coliseums or add some lands to sb to make it work. It deals with everything but Leyline, but what...

Actually, Mindbreak Trap is pretty good. It doesn't time walk you like Chalice, it always works unlike Spike, and it's really great against Belcher. As for TES/ANT, they often have a choice between...