I'm playing BUG Control at the GP too. I side 3 Kitchen Finks in for aggro/burn matches. It has been good in testing. Also, Finks plays well with Pernicious Deed.
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I'm playing BUG Control at the GP too. I side 3 Kitchen Finks in for aggro/burn matches. It has been good in testing. Also, Finks plays well with Pernicious Deed.
I'd also consider testing 1-2 Scavenging Ooze if you have a 5th and 6th creature.
Concur. My wins against Deadguy come from Deeds hitting multiple permanents, and Jace.
Couple of things I've noticed about this match up:
Ghastly Demise is awkward with Dark Confidant. You...
@jdsnider
3x Finks on my SB have been really good against Burn/Aggro decks.
@sumbahdy
What was your sideboard? Also, why did you feel like you were losing matches? What was your record?
Nic Fit... a match up where having basics has value... :)
Have you tried using Surgical Extraction in this match up? I generally find that Nic Fit ends up in topdeck mode rather often. I'd hit...
@flounce
I'm probably the dissenting opinion on basic lands, but I run 1 swamp, 1 forest, 1 island. The 1 swamp lets you play into Hymn turn2 without having to worry about Wasteland. If you have...
Is that 1 Counterspell ever awkward? Also, are the Spell Pierces ever just worthless in some match ups?
I find the Dredge and Burn matches to not be bad. Dredge seems pretty good post-board...
Good point on the life gain. This is why I often consider playing Esper Control.. which has better removal (Swords + Path), and also picks up the life gain from Batterskull/Jitte. However, I don't...
Darkheart Sliver is pretty clever. Thanks for the suggestion.
Couple of questions:
1) What's the right combination of Jace and Liliana? I've seen everything from 3-3, 3-2, 3-1, and 2-2.
2) What's the right combination of Deeds between main and...
Has anyone tried bringing Kitchen Finks off the SB as an improvement to aggro matches?
@DKK
I would focus on winning through Jace, and ignore the relic.. use the Deed to keep the board...
@catmint
Why do you side out Tarmogoyfs in the UW match? Because of Sword of Feast and Famine?
Also, I think your assessment there about Liliana is pretty accurate.
@catmint
How would you sideboard with my list for Maverick and UW Stoneblade?
@catmint
I have really liked having the 1 Swamp and 1 Island. You can fetch for these early and still hit your normal mana requirements of BB, UU, or BG later. If I was seeing more UW Stoneblade...
@sumbahdy
I cut the 4th FOW for a number of reasons. Ultimately, I was trying to make room for Pernicious Deed--I wanted a board sweeper to improve match ups like Maverick and Goblins (meta...
@sumbahdy
4 Underground Sea
2 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Verdant Catacombs
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Forest
Didn't you self-invent that scenario? I think you have to consider the full hand and what deck you're playing against whenever deciding to keep/mulligan. You'll have that exact 5 you conjured up...
Waste - Fetch - Forest - Liliana - Hymn - x - y
What are X and Y? What are you playing against?
Have either of you actually tested a basic list, or are you just making theoretical assumptions? :)
I run 3 basics, and it works just fine. I've played the deck for 4-5 months.
@Phillip
My first thought is to cut the 4th Wasteland, the 4th FOW, or the 1 Counterspell for another mana producing land. With control decks, you don't really want to keep hands with less than 2...
Yo,
I definitely agree with this statement. I've been able to improve my Imperial and my Burn match up by switching up some non-basics for basic lands. Imperial seemed entirely unwinnable to me,...
In thinking about Ooze a little more, if you run multiple copies of him this will in some way effect the manabase, as you'll need more green sources. Does the deck really want to stretch for a 3rd...
This list popped up on TC Decks, taking 8th at an 84 person tournament. The Scavenging Ooze over the 4th Tarmogoyf is interesting. Tarmogoyf seems to be a nice "Moat" and Ooze may not be big enough...
Does anybody have thoughts on what the sideboarded 2x Tombstalker and 4x Dark Confidant come in against?