Currently I am running a 4 color CB Top list and this is what I have found:
Pre-board 3 and (if you can get it) 4 are the best things to float. The problematic creatures in this match are Matron,...
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Currently I am running a 4 color CB Top list and this is what I have found:
Pre-board 3 and (if you can get it) 4 are the best things to float. The problematic creatures in this match are Matron,...
I have found it very interesting that so many people are advocates of the Mystic/Equipment package. I have tested this and it is blatantly too slow. To get a dude with active equipment is usually at...
A couple things. I would mix your removal up to be 2 Pulse, 2 Putrefy, and 2 Smother. When I first started playing CB a played a BUG version and Putrefy was always awesome (gets rid of Tombstalker...
Why is this posted in a CounterTop thread if neither Counterbalance or Top is in this list? Can this be moved somewhere so this thread doesn't get derailed?
You can also win via Jace/Moat lock and EE/Academy Ruins. I think Glacial Chasm/Crucible lock is also an interesting option I'm going to experiment with in the SB. A smart opponent will concede 1st...
It's a Star City Games premium article so I don't know if I can just post the article or the list. I know he'll post his vintage articles on the Mana Drain but I don't know if he does the same here...
Menendian posted a great article on Monday discussing CounterTop Thopter. He argues that the deck actually has a good match against aggro. Goldfishing his list yesterday and playing against Zoo a...
Regarding the Stoneforge/Jitte package... Why not Sword of Fire and Ice instead? I haven't tried either of them, I am just curious if you have.
Merfolk is a tough match up, but I've found the best cards to deal with Merfolk are Firespout and EE. Jitte in this match up is too slow IMO. A well timed swords on a LoA can also completely wreck...
One thing I would ask is why are people even considering playing Trinket Magel It's one of those things I consider cute... You get your Dreadnought and hope nothing happens. Countertop is THE control...
Whit3:
1. I haven't had any true noticeable problems with my manabase. I never mulliganed to 5 during the tournament, and as far as I remember only mulliganed 2 or 3 times if I recall correctly...
This weekend I won a 40 man tournament in Dallas for a Mox with the following list, going 7-1-1:
Creatures (11):
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Rhox War Monk
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Qasali Pridemage
Spells...