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I hear the frog monster triggers twice if you feed it Beta duals.

This is a good discussion. Not that the same points haven't been made before, but it's good to revisit this stuff as years pass and metagames change.

With Chalices in the main, I think it's fine...

@Antonius: Slaughter Games is very strong vs. Miracles. It's also generally decent against combo decks. You have enough acceleration for it to be threatening to them when they're on a hand that's...

Seems like they should counter your Bobs, Goyfs, Oozes and possible Grudges unless you're light on land and they're tempoing you to death. Matt, I want your opponents.

Against RUG, Chalice is...

The only times DD isn't great against Enchantress are when the player has a huge head start (permanents all over the table, maxed-out hand, etc.) and is sandbagging land and enchantresses to...

I play both decks and spend time in both threads. A lot of Enchantress players don't agree with me that Mirri's Guile is really good, so don't take it as a given that it will be in every list. You...

If you DD away their land, they can't play enchantments, which means they can't draw cards, which means Solitary Confinement goes away. The fact it hits the Enchantresses is a bonus. Groves on...

You'll want Krosan Grips and maybe also Engineered Explosives for the CounterTop matchup. Since Burn will be there, you should have some answers for it or just plan to race it and Plow a big dude...

Given that list, I would have boarded in more Devastating Dreams. Burn can't do much without land, and if he's running Goblin Guide or Grim Lavamancer, it wipes out his dudes. Ideally, you want to...

I would attribute this to people who shun or mistrust innovation. I would like to see some more curiosity toward lists that deviate from the accepted/stock list, especially if a player posts...

This is important to remember. I recognize that Chalice can be good, but usually for it to be most effective, you need it Turn 1 on the play, and the odds of that are not great.

Alrightgame, if...

Yep. Our first two games were drawn-out affairs. In the third game, he got a Wheel out on me, and I wasn't drawing an answer to it, which curtailed my development enough that it was looking like we...

I played Aggro Loam in a 42-man event yesterday and missed Top 8 on tiebreakers. Against BUG Control in the last round, I was Surgically Extracted four times in one game, but I still won it. It...

You don't think we'll see more Reanimator there? Several people around here run the deck, and I find the matchup to be grossly unfavorable even with Extirpate out of the board. I also tested a...

Burning Wish is superior to Entomb, being easier on your color requirement, being Misstep-proof, and allowing you to beat Extirpate and Surgical Extraction (but obviously not the rare double...

It was. Ninety percent of the entry fees goes toward prizes (store credit). Quality store.

Man, you need to come down and spend some time in Seattle. Last Monday, the weekly I went to had $50 in credit for first, the same for second (they split), and, like, $25 and $15 for third and...

@ Richard Cheese: Thanks for the research. I had forgotten that Tombfire existed (although I think its days of usefulness are probably beyond it). The only Wishable yard hate target I had seen was...

Hive Mind sometimes gets poor draws, just like any deck. If you play Naya colors, the matchup improves because you pretty much make them combo you rather than Showing out an Emrakul, meaning they...

Worm Harvest is a strong answer. It doesn't care about Pernicious Deed.

I played my Fires-heavy Wish build at SCG Seattle. I fared better on the day than Matt, but, at 56th place out of 189 players, still finished far below what I was expecting. I would have liked to...

@ Richard Cheese: The extra draw is good. You don't always start with Loam, and post-board your Loam can be Extirpated, which is bad times. I don't have Dark Confidant in my list, but if I was...

@ Richard Cheese: The extra draw is good. You don't always start with Loam, and post-board you're Loam can be Extirpated, which is bad times. I don't have Dark Confidant in my list, but if I was...

It's been some time since I tested Bolt. I would be open to testing it again. (I still see more Goyfs on average than Stoneforge Mystics, though.) There was a period where I was seeing a number of...

I meant that some Merfolk decks are running Dismember (and thus could answer a quick Confidant if they lacked a FOW). I'm not aware of Aggro Loam builds running Dismember, but I generally feel it to...