#51 - Grixis Delver w/Stifle
Type: Posts; User: testing32
#51 - Grixis Delver w/Stifle
Yeah, it's not a good match up. I don't think a few extra board cards will help it too much either.
I also played the Eldrazi match up this weekend. It didn't feel good and the board felt very insufficient.
Or you could cap the event
I have a problem with a "best deck" when there is no way to fight it effectively. There are good ways to fight Miracles: choke, pithing needle, v. clique, null rod, punishing fire, abrupt decay, etc....
They had to change something. The EV for the legacy side events was insane.
Is wanting to win a good enough reason?
It didn't sound like Phillip was looking for anyone new to do the editing.
The guy who edited the show went to med school.
No changes.
What effect did banning TC have on the meta? As far as I can tell, banning TC did absolutely nothing. I would expect a DTT ban to change nothing as well.
I would like to point out that Ancestral Recall only got 8/16 of Vintage Champs.
The decks that are currently doing well run 16+ of the same blue cards or prison decks (7 thorn, port/waste, chalice, or some combination of those). We already have one format like this.
I don't see the problem with DRS in 7/8 as long as it's run in control, combo and aggro decks. Then DRS would be promoting "format diversity".
I think you are pretty safe this time. Every choice on that list is defend-able.
AggroLoam has had two good showing in large tournaments (GP, Prague). I would want to see more consistent finishes...
17th at SCG Richmond with the stock list and 4 hatebears over thoughtseize. Weird tournament:
Dredge L 1-2
Burn L 0-2
Loam Pox W 2-1
ANT W 2-1
ZombieBardment W 2-0
Dredge W 2-1
Reanimator...
Since we are talking about the board, lets discuss thoughtseize.
Thoughtseize doesn't synergize well with chalice. Combo has started to slow down to combat all of the blue: Belcher is gone, Storm...
Rag and Boom Bots disagree
http://malialitman.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/ricky-bobby-if-you-aint-first.jpg
I agree with your assessment. Banning DTT won't do anything. Banning Top would shake things up quite a bit though.
Most skill-intensive card of the format: Doomsday
You guys aren't going to convince each other at this point. I would like to suggest changing the topic back to "B/R Update Speculation".
I think WotC will ban Dig Through Time next week and unban...
This is the line that I take. I don't think you want to expose relic to discard. If the relic gets forced I would play CotV on turn 2.
I don't think it will matter if they ban DTT. It won't be enough to change anything. It will be just like banning TC.
You will go from 77% blue to 75% blue and nothing will really change....
There are some other bad match ups. Shardless doesn't feel good. I doubt burn is great either.
It's fine, this format is skill testing. Everyone plays the same cards and they reduce variance. It's like chess with pictures and words you don't have to read.