Now that's one question I can actually answer:
"Heart of the Storm Vol. 6 - New Frontiers" is on the desk of Eternal Centrals head editor James Jaco (JACO on this forum; @JMJACO on Twitter) and will be released on EternalCentral.com. Feel free to bump him to get the report online ;P
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Marcelo has now stated three times that this isn't a hoax. That his report, though sloppily spelled and containing many jokes, is a sincere report of an actual event. I still have a hard time believing it, but maybe I should give some advice regardless. If you want to become proficient at playing this deck, start with the following:
1. Remove one Serum Visions from your deck, and add one Brainstorm.
2. Goldfish this deck for 50 games (it is important to get a feeling of what the deck can do, and opponents distract you from your own deck).
3. Read the entire primer twice (first few posts in the thread by Bryant).
4. Goldfish this deck for another 50 games.
5. Read all Lemnears reports twice (you stated you are a fan of Lem's reports, but your play gives me the idea you haven't read any of them).
6. Goldfish another 50 games, keeping in mind Lem's lines of play and mulligan decisions.
7. Attend another tournament, play according to the things you learned from steps 1-6 and then write a second report. Post it on The Source.
Before step 7 you are also allowed to start playtesting against real opponents, if you like.
Maybe you also want to keep in mind the flaws in your play and knowledge that you revealed in this report, which are:
- Mulligan decisions. I disagree with almost all of them.
- Missing obvious lines of play (examples: You can stop drawing from Ad Nauseam, pass the turn, and win next turn. & Two initial mana sources, three rituals and a Wish is enough to go for Empty the Warrens.)
- The value of cantrips in Storm is as follows: Brainstorm > Ponder > Gitaxian Probe > Preordain > wait... you ran something else still?
- Boarding out Brainstorm is always wrong.
- Removal in your sideboard is only needed to remove permanents that stop you from going off (Counterbalance, Gaddock Teeg, Ethersworn Canonist, Thalia, and so on). We don't care about Delver.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you for your helpful post.
I will try to follow your guideline and then write another report. Eventually I am thinking of attending the Grand Prix in Paris.
I still don't understand the point of playing a full set of Brainstorm. What do you guys do if you lock yourself? Concede?
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Therer are 11 shuffle effects in the deck. I've rarely been Brainstorm locked before.
Also, there are quite a few games where you could have played much MUCH better. This isn't a deck you can just pick up and go to an event with. You have to know a little bit about how it works first.
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Well, thanks for the advice. Is it possible to learn this deck till GP Paris? I mean I can go off with 1-land Belcher instead. How long does it take to achieve a "decent" level?
Yeah, I slowly begin to see the point? But you can also try out Visions in this slot. It isn't bad at all.
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In regards to the Magma Jet discussion... I think it's because it adds 1 to storm and eventually becomes 2 'damage' via Tendrils of Agony. Not that I agree it should be played, but that's the reason why he stated that I imagine.
And serum visions. Please no. I'm done here, there's no way this guy is serious.
Haters gonna hate because this guy is far too obvious in his trolling.
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle".
- Albert Einstein
I'm absolutely astonished that someone took this report seriously for more than 10 seconds.
Maybe it's just trolling and next-level countertrolling, I don't know... it seems to me it's like being in a Samuel Beckett piece.
Thank you for over 1000 clicks, dudes. I am really proud, especially since it is my first tournament summary.
Although the report isn't of a more skilled player, I think these reports still serve as good reads as it definitely brings up issues with new storm players. I think it is a good post to reference of what common mistakes new storm players make and help other players (mostly new players) learn how to play storm better.
I also feel that the poster is genuine in the post and that it doesn't seem like a "troll" post. Although some of his decisions may be controversial, the overall detail of the post deserve praise. I'm glad this is not a "Ritual, Ritual, Ad Nauseam got there" type of post, which serves no purpose except to show off.
I would suggest to the OP to write a disclaiming detailing your inexperience with the deck, so that new comers to the archetype don't take your decision-making as the correct or proper choice.
Now to address your report: it is useful for beginners because of several reasons.
1) Proper mulligan
2) Proper use of Brainstorm
3) When to go off
4) Sideboarding choices
5) Decision making with storm combo
These are all relevant teaching points to storm apprentices. This post should be used as a reference for what not to do and the correct line of play should be pointed out so that future apprentice and the OP can learn from it. Your idol made some pretty good comments here (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/s...l=1#post790229). You could take some notes and make the changes. He could have done more to elaborate, but if you have any questions, I think this forum is pretty good at sharing that information.
The whole thing about Magma Jet, I understand. You like scrying, but the benefit of Brainstorm is that it can transform your hand. You can put two cards back and these cards can be any two cards. Meaning if you had a 4 card hand with 2 lands (ie. fetch, mine, Chrome Mox, Brainstorm), this could be a really bad hand. But with Brainstorm, you can change this into a winning hand (ie. fetch, Dark Ritual, Dark Ritual, Ad Nauseam). Of course this is a very extreme example, but this would be impossible with Visions. You'd have to wait 2 more turns, and that matters when you are playing storm.
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Really? Is this trollception? :P
"Deck:
3 Brainstorm
1 Serum Visions
This is predominantly a net decked list which plays only 3 Brainstorms (bad with just 3 fetchlands) in favor of one Serum Visions which I think is pretty underrated at the moment. It draws a card and then becomes a Magma Jet. To sum this up, Serum Visions is a mix of a cantrip and a burn spell which can remove hate bears."
"I lead with Chrome Mox > imprint nothing." (and then passes)
etc
Combined with all the stabs at Lemnear (misspelled name, LED pic, taking the piss out of his report style etc) there is no way this is legit.
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I don't know what trollception means. I'm guessing it's an amalgamation of trolling and inception, but even then, I don't see the meaning behind it. Anyway, I think Lemnear's style is a detailed style and I think there is no problem with copying it. Misspelling his name is a genuine mistake. Not everyone's strength is English and given the uniqueness of his name, I wouldn't be surprised if anyone misspelled it.
His plays are questionable, but I feel it is unnecessary to be hostile to learners of the archetype.
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