People tend to insist that the current version of a deck is the best until someone, usually a pro comes along and wins a tournament with something new and flashy and then everyone jumps on that ship....
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People tend to insist that the current version of a deck is the best until someone, usually a pro comes along and wins a tournament with something new and flashy and then everyone jumps on that ship....
While I don't think 4 Mental Misstep is "clearly incorrect", this post is putting an entirely unhealthy emphasis on what is. It's important to look at what's winning, but the best deck at a...
You ought to be running Repeal, so no, 4 Mental Misstep is not necessary or, in my opinion, optimal. I think a 4 Force/3 Misstep/3 Counterspell split on the countersuite is a reasonable starting...
It seems barely correct not to maindeck Wrath in Knightstill. It certainly doesn't make sense in U/w. Phyrexian Metamorph is an infinitely weaker and less versatile answer to Metamorph than Wrath....
Clique is a terrible blocker. Tarmogoyf is an amazing blocker. He's also about the best defensive Repeal target.
Why wouldn't I be serious?
Batterskull already turns on their creature removal. If one is to run creatures in Landstill, green for Goyf and Knight is definitely the way to go. Also, Repeal is great at saving Goyfs and to a...
StP their factories. Look, infinite chump blocking solved.
I mean it's been a while since the Landstill mirror was relevant but Gigapede pretty much used to run roughshod over it.
Also you...
Knightstill is pretty sweet. Getting the best cheap creatures in the game is nice, especially when you can Repeal/Jace them to your hand prior to dropping a Wrath. Also LfTL and Stirring Wildwood are...
From a different thread, different deck, different forum, but still applicable;
I'm not a fan of Tarmogoyf either, since it has zero resiliency, zero utility (doesn't have, say, Vigilance at...