With the versatile Abrade now available, aren't Ingot Chewer and Shattering Spree usually not necessary?
I went to a team Trios tournament on the weekend. There were a lot of great players and we placed 7th out of 56.
I went 4-2 (probably would have been 5-2 if my one match finished)
I played this:
4 Petal
4 SSg
2 Emrakul
2 Wurm
3 Griselbrand
3 Inferno Titan
2 Seething Song
4 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb
10 Mountain
1 Sandstone Needle
2 Fiery Confluence
2 Chandra, Torch
4 Chalice
4 Moon
4 Sneak
4 Breach
1 Spyglass
SB
1 Spyglass
3 Macabre
1 Confluence
1 Chandra
4 Trinisphere
3 Abrade
2 Kozilek's Return
Round 1
Played against UR Delver. Blindly kept a 3 Chalice hand on the play.
Chalice on 1, countered the 2nd, Chalice on 2 and he was done playing cards for that game.
I thought I was going to lose game 2 but I won. Can't remember how.
1-0
Round 2
I haven't played much legacy in the last year so when I saw my opponent play a Swamp and Volc before I Emrakuled him, I thought he was on Grixis Delver.
Game 2, I realized he was on Czech Pile. I don't really know what happened in this match, but I didn't win the last 2 games.
1-1
Round 3
Good player on burn. Won game one quick. Game two, burn didn't do very well against Inferno Titan.
2-1
Round 4
Guy who has annoyed me with endless ruleslaywering in previous tournaments years ago. No clue what he's playing for like the first 10 turns. He plays forests and trops and counters my stuff. Simian beating him down. He plays Aluren. Ahh. Emrakul takes away his lands and he chumps. Eventually kill him with Wurm. Game 2 he counters my stuff and gets the combo. I think I'd be a huge fav to win game 3 but my teammates win. Let's call it 3-1
3-1
Round 5
UR Delver again. The guy says he hasn't lost all day. I win game 1 mull to 5 game 2 and lose. Mull game 3 iirc and it doesn't look good. Eventually I resolve a sneak. He gets me to 1. I unreal and draw a second threat and win.
4-1
Round 6
Sneak and show. I don't know what I'm playing against and proudly drop turn 1 Blood Moon. That doesn't do much. I draw 2 more and lose to a sneak. Game 2 I resolve chalice on 1 but he counters my important spells and I lose.
4-2
Round 7
I'm playing against that big red deck with Hazoret that's just worse. After some Chandra battles I just win with a fatty.
5-2
Pretty happy!
Questions: against UR Delver do we want Abrade or Confluence? No room for both. Confluence does more but is hard to cast. Abrade can also sometimes kill the annoying 1/3 flier...
I feel we should have something in the SB for sneak and show. Maybe 2 more cards. What though?
Hoogland recently wrote a short article on this deck and I was surprised to see he doesn't side in Trinisphere against Grixis Delver. Is that correct?
I agree here, I think confluence is the correct call. There have been a few games where I get Emmy in early, wipe a non existent board and the 6 direct damage from confluence to the dome gets us there.
As for the sneak attack hate, I run 2x ashen rider in my SB on the regular.
I searched for the link but I couldn't find it. 😬
If you go back far enough on his twitter it should be there.
Blood Sun is a great topdeck because it draws a card. Neutralizes Karakas, Dark Depths, Brainstorm + fetchland. Way better in this shell than Sorcerous Spyglass ever was? I think that Big Red rises up a tier with this card.
I hate MTGO and all it stands for, all my matches with the deck I've been mana-flooded like crazy... I only run 19 lands... -_- urghhhh
PS: Haven't posted on this in quite some time.
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Etali, Primal Storm. Magical Christmas land card of extra turn with Emrakul. Too bad top is banned and we don't run a brainstorm/sylvan library -like effect for setting it up.
Potential 1-of in an Inferno Titan slot for those of us feeling extra lucky?
Potentially keep 1 Blood Moon, straight swap #2-4. Moon has a stronger effect, but you don't want duplicates unless they cantrip.
I'd swap one main and one in the board for the Spyglasses. No way I'm taking Blood Moons out of the main. And occasionally it is good to have more than 1 Blood Moon on board (like against Lands after SB)
Also, Etali is not playable in this deck.
I see why you do that but I feel like it's kind of overkill. We're almost always winning g1 against lands and we should be able to win one of the next 2 without Magus. I feel like the slots should be used on something else.
I'm thinking about posting a full sideboarding list for critique. Anyone interested in that?
Does anyone still play this deck forum seems very quiet especially as it was on feature fairly recently.
I am playing Zac Elsiks list from the SCG but been struggling with sideboarding and the lack of Chandra's in his list seems a little wierd.
Also so far Blood Sun has been pretty underwhelming - others thoughts?
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