I've been playing this deck a lot on Xmage and having a lot of fun and success with it, using Mr. Safety's list:
4x Ruby Medallion
1x Helm of Awakening
4x Rite of Flame
4x Seething Song
4x...
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I've been playing this deck a lot on Xmage and having a lot of fun and success with it, using Mr. Safety's list:
4x Ruby Medallion
1x Helm of Awakening
4x Rite of Flame
4x Seething Song
4x...
Isn't Stax and Lands both "hard control" decks though? And both are at least tournament playable, lands is even tier 1 if I'm not mistaken.
Yeah, I guess. Especially if Elves becomes big again.
If the biggest problem is that we never assume permanent control of the game, then I think the solution may be simple: Let's add a lock. What if we bring in something like Smokestack + Nether Spirit...
On Ankh Pox: I've tried a blue-black list with Stifle and Brainstorm, and while Ankh of Mishra is awful against burn and Eldrazi, I have found it winning me games against Miracles and especially...
Yeah, but if they find Iona and reanimate her turn 1 anyway, all of our black cards becomes useless. Might as well have something that kills their other creatures.
Innocent Blood has been good in the Sneak and Show match up. Being able to kill a fatty off of a Show and Tell seems great, don't you think? Or would you rather not side them in? They have also been...
Yeah, it seems like Fatal Push is almost always strictly better than Innocent Blood, especially in two-color lists with fetches. Maybe run Fatal Push main and Innocent Blood in the sideboard for...
Also what do you guys think of the new card Fatal Push?
So I've playtested your deck sppabin and it plays very well. The brainstorms have been absolutely fantastic, and Jace has helped out a lot as well.
I agree with most of your input, but I still think Daze is great in this deck. A free counterspell can be so helpful in the earlygame, especially backed up by discard. I also think having Chains in...
I totally agree that U/B Pox is the way forward. With the splashing of blue and cards such as Brainstorm and Baby Jace, it provides the card filtering and diverse angles of denial that Pox has needed...