This guy is bonkers. He works under Teeg. He's a monster in the mirror. He's just a house, period. Maverick will adjust to run this guy.
Originally Posted by majikal
Elspeth is better in so much ways, exept its not playable with Teeg
(+1)+1+1 counter vs (+1) 1/1 token
swarming helps much more than 1 big guy, it chumps and defends the walker on his own
(-3)Doublestrike and Flying vs (+1)+3+3 and Flying
Pay that much Loyalty for that effect is bad. How often do you have a creature with power >3 anyway?
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Both are fine, Elspeth usually won the game before getting it off.
Elspeth has been shaved in recent lists because she's too slow. This falls in a good spot on the curve and provides the most relevant portions that Elspeth provided - evasion. It gives an insane boost at that. I would play Ajani more like Liliana of the Veil is played - burst advantage, rather than grindy card advantage.
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Yeah, you pop Ajani on a 5/5 Knight holding a SoFI and you're talking lethal damage that turn.
While I'm not certain Maverick would be the most optimal deck to use Ajani in (I think he'd be better in something more aggressive), even here we can see the potential applications.
Dope list, M@verick; incredibly fun to play, and Wayfarer is an absolute house now that Cavern of Souls has seen print. To all of the dissenters, I can vouch for M@verick's level of skill— he is one talented ass motherfucker. I can't remember just how many awesome matches I had with him back in 2010 on MWS playing NLT vs. his early Maverick lists, but there were a lot. So yeah, some things about it are certainly questionable, and I'm sure his list isn't 100% optimal, but have an open mind and realize that certain cards don't necessarily coincide with the goals that that list in particular wants to achieve. He knows what he's doing for the most part.
Actually, feel free to not have an open mind concerning some random dude's shitty Maverick list, just give M@verick the benefit of the doubt.
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After playing against M@verick on MWS I have to say that the Aether Vial, D&T style Maverick beats the tar out of a stock GSZ Maverick, PF Mav, Bant Mav, and RUG Thresh.
It could be (likely) that I'm a bad player, but the Aether Vial Mav is remarkably consistent.
hey folks, i have learned that this deck has a shit match-up against decks that play terminus (primarily UW miracles and miracle blade, which is strange because traditionally stoneblade is a great match-up). teeg is very good against terminus, but they just plow him before they wipethe board. what are other ways to fight this?
Lost in top 4 of a 48 person the Doylestown, PA GPT with Maverick splashing 3 Spell Pierces in SB.
Didn't lost a match until I lost to 12post (deck actually looks legit)
Tournament report to come after I play tomorrow's Legacy tournament at Too Many Games' gaming convention.
Please post your deck list as well!
@Ajani, like in the deck, I don't think he's better than elspeth (Elspeth will actively build a board state, ajani needs a dude) but he seems good for what the deck needs right now.
Mother of runes, Thalia, and Elspeth tend to help. The matchup is rough though, not bad, but it's not easy.
Saturday:
48 person GPT at Doylestown, PA
/ Lands
1 [LG] Karakas
1 [FUT] Horizon Canopy
3 [U] Savannah
1 [FUT] Dryad Arbor
4 [TE] Wasteland
4 [ON] Windswept Heath
2 [PT] Forest (3)
1 [IN] Plains (1)
2 [AVR] Cavern of Souls
2 [A] Tropical Island
2 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
// Creatures
3 [ARB] Qasali Pridemage
4 [CFX] Noble Hierarch
4 [CFX] Knight of the Reliquary
4 [UL] Mother of Runes
2 [CMD] Scavenging Ooze
1 [TSP] Scryb Ranger
1 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
3 [DKA] Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 [FUT] Aven Mindcensor
1 [M11] Fauna Shaman
1 [MBS] Phyrexian Revoker
// Spells
2 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
4 [MBS] Green Sun's Zenith
4 [IA] Swords to Plowshares
1 [CFX] Path to Exile
1 [ALA] Elspeth, Knight-Errant
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [CFX] Path to Exile
SB: 1 [DK] Maze of Ith
SB: 1 [ROE] Linvala, Keeper of Silence
SB: 1 [RAV] Life from the Loam
SB: 2 [DK] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 [WWK] Bojuka Bog
SB: 2 [ALA] Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 1 [TSP] Harmonic Sliver
SB: 1 [ISD] Purify the Grave
SB: 3 [ZEN] Spell Pierce
SB: 1 [LG] Sylvan Library
Notes: Ran a Library in the SB since I couldn't get another Linvala for the SB.
4-0-2 the swiss, beating RUG Delver, Mono White Death and Taxes, MUD and Reanimator.
I beat the same Reanimator player in the quarterfinals. Spell Pierce was pretty useful against Reanimator, even though I won both matches without it.
Then I lost in top 4 to 12post. I lost game 1 by punting a combat phase against 3 Primeval Titans (had Aven Mindcensor in play so I was not completely dead there). In game 2 I had a Thalia and 2 Oozes in play against his board of Forest, Cloudpost, Cloudpost, and Pithing Needle that named Wasteland. I Green Sun'ed for Qasali Pridemage even though I did not have a Wasteland in hand. Obviously I got punished by his Green Sun for Primeval Titan.
The tutor for Pridemage plan was absolutely awful as I still had to draw a Wasteland and I was dead to Crucible of Worlds or Primeval Titan even if I did draw Wasteland. I should have Green Sun'd for Gaddock Teeg as his body language looked like he needed a second green source.
So I cut the dead Library from the SB for an Aven Mindcensor and got ready for Sunday.
Sunday:
Decklist: Same as above, except -1 Sylvan Library for +1 Aven Mindcensor.
Only 20 players showed up, but the TO was nice enough to stick with the 10 dual land prize pool.
Round 1: Beat Mono blue energy field control.
Round 2: Beat Dredge.
Round 3: Drew with Affinity.
Round 4: Lost to Aggro-Loam.
Round 5: Beat Doomsday Storm.
Quarterfinals: Punt the mirror and scrub out.
Spell Pierce and the extra Mindcensor was obviously pretty insane against Storm.
I made the mistake of only siding in 1 Spell Pierce for the mirror as he was siding in extra planeswalkers. There was also a situation where I got a Jitte out early game 3 and if I had a Spell Pierce to protect my creatures from removal I would've gotten Jitte going before he destroyed it.
75 Probably needs a Garruk Relentless if Maverick and RUG remain 50% of the metagame.
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Thanks!
Obviously beat Matt playing for top 8 in last round, :dagger:
What are your thoughts on Gaea's Cradle?
Actually I dont like it. Its wasteable, its useless without creatures, cant sac to knight..
I prefer Forest or Fetchland
Sometimes is very good, especially with Ooze or Equipment, but I dont think its worth it.
And its an to expensive card for its uses, maybe that matters too.
Another great advantage of phyrexian revoker over qasali pridemage is that phyrexian is very good against planeswalkers and creatures like grim lavamancer, scavenging ooze, fauna shamman, etc...
But linvala is good aganst all.
Against Planeswalkers not, against creatures is better imo.
Planeswalkers are pretty niche in my opinion, less than half of the field plays 1+ in the main deck, and in cases like the mirror there are only 1-2, so I'd rather have revoker sb and linvala main.
Linvala and Phyrexian Revoker both have their advantages and disadvantages.
I think Revoker is safer as a MB card as it costs only 2 and can stop non-creature strategies. The most relevant cards, IMO, that Revoker gets but Linvala can't are Lion's Eye Diamond and Sneak Attack.
Gaea's Cradle: I've actually never played it, but I'd imagine it works really well with GSZ, Scavenging Ooze and moving around equipment. However, it makes the deck mulligan more just a bit more. It also opens the deck up to insane blow outs, like overextending to get more mana out of Cradle.
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