I had 3 lands in play, a lotus petal in hand, LED in Hand, and Empty. I drew dark ritual. It was basically one turn too late. He had double delver, I then drew Xantid Swarm to chump one delver and actually swing the race in my favor, but he drew Geist of Saint Traft. Then I still had Petal and LED with lands in play and Top deck infernal tutor, but I was a mana short of Killing him, and even then he (surprisingly) had one card left in hand and it happened to be a MB Trap. MB Trap from a tempo deck was the last thing I expected. Looking back at it, knowing he was playing SFM and Batterskull, I wouldn't actually have kept my hand, but it had protection an LED and Empty with a ponder and I felt like it could get there. Oh well.
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Is diminishing return the best option avalible?
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When I had the mana, I usually liked Reforge a bit more, but Returns is cheaper and there was a lot of times that I could only make 4 mana after a wish. Time Spiral I'll admit I have never tried, but It is difficult to get to 6 mana sometimes in matches you want to cast your timetwister because you are trying to restock your hand...
The OP with the SB plan is before we put Xantid Swarm in... What do you guys usually do vs Tempo decks with Swarm? Ive been bringing out an infernal (it helped on wednesday when a RUG delver player surgicaled my Infernal tutor only for me to wish for it), and a ponder for the 2 Xantid Swarms.
TBH i'm Not the biggest fan of xantids vs RUG. Maybe just bad experience but always I play a swarm it eats removalt. Last time i have boarded -1 Infernal +1 Therapy. Doesn't mean much because my RUG opponents keeps were crap imo. In your case i'd Board out a mox over the Ponder because those Games against RUG always drag themselves to turn 4+.
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I would not consider playing Xantid Swarm against a Lightning Bolt deck.
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Doubt it. You have to pick a DtB up without experience or playtesting and perform well for a it to end up in that category (as far as TheSource goes).
Recently a lot of people seemed to pick up ANT/TES and fail miserably (obviously) and keep on blaming the deck in forums for what I saw, because not every starting grip is LED + IT among 7 mana total lol
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Also makes your AN better since it is 3 less damage to your dome.
also they need to have the bolt, so that you don't blank their snare, pierce, force, blue card hand.
this is in a weird meta meta sense.
like the "I know, you know, I know"
i feel it does enough work to board in if you have cards you want to cut.
I have a mulligan situation I'd like some input on. It's game two versus a Nic Fit type of deck. I lost game one so I'm on the play. Here's my opening seven:
Rite of Flame
Brainstorm
Brainstorm
Chrome Mox
Infernal Tutor
Ad Nauseam
Scalding Tarn
I mulliganed this hand, but second-guessed myself afterward. I wonder what you guys think of this.
Mox (imprint BS), Brainstorm AN + infernal on top depending on your drawn acceleration, Play fetch, Pass turn and win the next One if you found a Ritual or an LED + x with the Brainstorm. Actual playouts depends on the 3 cards off Brainstorm but the Hand is capable to win Turn two unmolested from countermagic. Natural ad nauseam is very likely here.
Shipping this Hand vs NicFit is a mistake
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Do you mean to imprint the Mox, play the Tarn and just pass? You know they're going to lead off with a discard spell, so wouldn't that Brainstorm be better protecting your hand than sculpting it? Also, we had this type of sample hand last from Bryant. The all-in-on-one-cantrip hand no one seemed to like. I think if I were to keep this I might consider just playing the Tarn and pass.
This is not a One-Cantrip-Hand. You have Infernal and Ad Nauseam itself in addition. Using one BS for the Mox and the other to set up your turn 2 kill while hiding Infernal + AN as pure buisness on top of your Library. It's pretty wayne if you BS in response of a discard spell or do it immediately and may kill Turn 1. They don't play Wasteland so you can safe Play the fetchland. You can even trick them by leaving IT in your Hand as #1 discard target while floating AN on Top and make them pick the tutor over the mana
Hard to discuss without Sample Brainstorms here.
Slow Roll with "fetchland, go" isn't promising because you a) waste a shuffle effect b) waste a turn to setup your kill in the Face of Liliana of the Veil and hymn
All you Need is to find +2 mana in your Brainstorm for a Turn 2 kill. Doubt a mulligan can offer better odds
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