Man, I really like your reasoning and deck construction. On one side I'm sad that you dont (need to) run Sandwurm Convergence since my deck is known as the #Würmmachine in our LGS. But on the other hand you play the reason I bought into this deck in the first place, Living plane.Originally Posted by Ulysse95
I like how you replaced Sandwurm Convergence with another card that can win on it's own, curse of misfortunes.
My only worry with you list is, how do you deal with shamans? I never get to resolve a rector trigger versus shaman decks without running 6+ removals.
Yeah, it broke my heart to remove Sandwurm convergence too ;)
Shaman is the mean reason why I had 2 nodes... But yeah, it wasn't enough I think
DRS is a plague!!
Often I have to sac a rector on his turn (block, leap or tower), then play a new one on my turn to get through (leap helps a lot to get two of them)
Otherwhile, I have to either read my opponnent to see if he would notice he can exile it to stiffle the ability (works to with needle. On the tournament, an opponnent played a 3 counters chalice and an other one at 1. Either was he thinking about deed or lingering, at a moment I had to go forward because of the board state which was dangerous to me but two cards in hand : a CCM 1 (Miiri's guile was it?) and finks. Chalice 1 is so often played that I don't think he would have missed it. But Finks... who play Finks nowaday? :D And yeah..it went through ^^
Edit:
And here come a polyvalent DRS hater :D
And it helps a lot to cabal after it
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I, for one, look forward to Jurassic Fit.
It's a shame Allosaurus Rider is not an Elf Dinosaur Warrior
I also missed out on mentioning Collective Brutality in my mainboard combo hate question. In general I've come to really like having a broader removal/interaction level.
I was having an absurd win percentage against ANT while I was playing Nyx Fit online - do you know your general matchup % against storm or other combo? I'm just having a hard time envisioning you not simply folding to it nearly every game 1 unless you've got some very nice luck. I hate having to rely entirely on games 2 and 3 cause at that point, a bad mulligan will just lose you the match. Dovescape has never failed me, just takes a single Rector trigger. What scares me about your list is that there is no mainboard rector target to win against those types of decks (although I see the testing of Ghostly Prison at least to cover some emptied warrens). Also no Deed is scary
Dovescape is nuts imo, if you already have an Evo Leap out then it is unstoppable.
But I do love Living Plane. Fondly recall Living Plane -> Doomwake Giant back when I was trying out more Starfield-oriented lists with Eidolon of Blossoms.
Thanks for the report!
Some older cards were in talks to be erated. So maybe.
If we get some tribal synergy Jurassic Fit could be something. That would be cool as hell. Some of them look playable and wen do not even know everyone Dino.
That spyglass is super. T1: chalice, T2: spyglass in fetchland
Spyglass isn't that great, there's already Pithing Needle for a mana less.Some older cards were in talks to be erated. So maybe.
If we get some tribal synergy Jurassic Fit could be something. That would be cool as hell. Some of them look playable and wen do not even know everyone Dino.
That spyglass is super. T1: chalice, T2: spyglass in fetchland
Spyglass lets you look at their Hand before you name a card. Plays well with Cabal Therapy and lets you know if a fetchland would be a good target
Trying to cut off a fetchland is rarely a winning strategy. The point of these types of cards isn't to play a gotcha, it's to answer something you would ordinarily have trouble answering. For example, if you name a fetchland all that happens is they Brainstorm them away, get some other lands instead, and still play their Jace, the Mind Sculptor that you can't answer, and needed the Spyglass to answer.
This goes double for Nic Fit where we give our opponents lands to fix any sort of manascrew shutting off a fetchland might cause.
If you're relying on this to see their hand in order to Therapy, that means you aren't casting the Therapy until at least turn 3 which is too late to do anything against the degenerate decks. On top of that, you shouldn't be relying on looking at their hand to make a Therapy name anyways. The same logic applies to Pithing Needles. You name the cards that are problematic, not the cards you know they have.
It's also slightly more resistant to our own Deeds which is a nice benefit. It's better than Needle against fair matchups but worse in unfair matchups.
I tried Dovescape but didn't liked it. Perhaps it's just me. Good for you if it's great in your shell. Perhaps I could give it an other try someday...I also missed out on mentioning Collective Brutality in my mainboard combo hate question. In general I've come to really like having a broader removal/interaction level.
I was having an absurd win percentage against ANT while I was playing Nyx Fit online - do you know your general matchup % against storm or other combo? I'm just having a hard time envisioning you not simply folding to it nearly every game 1 unless you've got some very nice luck. I hate having to rely entirely on games 2 and 3 cause at that point, a bad mulligan will just lose you the match. Dovescape has never failed me, just takes a single Rector trigger. What scares me about your list is that there is no mainboard rector target to win against those types of decks (although I see the testing of Ghostly Prison at least to cover some emptied warrens). Also no Deed is scary
Dovescape is nuts imo, if you already have an Evo Leap out then it is unstoppable.
But I do love Living Plane. Fondly recall Living Plane -> Doomwake Giant back when I was trying out more Starfield-oriented lists with Eidolon of Blossoms.
Thanks for the report!
Yes, I agreed that early answers are a must. But couldn't fit everything in it fotr now...
You always have at least one bad match up. So combo are mine, but I'm prepared for games 2 and 3. Even if cabal bye wins sometimes.
Yeah, as I got a lot of small permanents, deed seemed not as valuable than before. So I try without them for a while ;)
So... I just saw Haven Raptor from Ixalan. It's a 4 mana, 4/5 with Tough, which says "Whenever x is dealt damage, draw a card" and this made me think of... Pestilence.
Keep the board clean & draw more and more cards to keep in control.
What do you guys think? Viable tech or The Danger Of Cool Things? I'm leaning toward the latter, but I did want to throw this out there.
The fact that it's a 4 mana 4/5 is already pretty decent.
If you're playing Crop Rotation it also combos with Arena or Desert.
An issue with the card is that the Tough ability might not trigger enough to be worth it without playing some kind of way to ping it yourself, and Pestilence seems like a very awkward card to play in this deck (functionally it has a lot of overlap with Deed, so you don't want to play many copies of Deed + Pestilence because it will be too many sweepers, but you don't want to rely on Pestilence as a sweeper because it only kills creatures and can't be activated by any basic land except Swamp).
Maybe it can work if you play more ways to get a larger payoff from Pestilence (like Hornet's Nest or something, which isn't even that good because Pestilence will only let you have 1 token at a time. I'm not sure that there is anything else, Fungusaur and Sprouting Phytohydra aren't exactly impressive)
I hope they don't errata this, flavor wise it makes no sense. Allosaurus rider is the rider not the allosaurus. It's not like ponyback brigade is creature type pony goblin. Just saying, flavor matters.
I think that Raptor is a card you have to play as a 4 off. so he will be damaged. Always thought it was a 4/3.
Ulvenwald Tracker comes to my mind
Edit: Domri Rade as well.
Brainstorm gets significantly worse when fetchlands are disabled. If they don't have different types of fetchlands in their hand / top 3, they are essentially locked out of the game. Also, looking at someone's hand isn't just a benefit for the Needle effect. It helps you guide your strategy for the game and gives you emergent knowledge.
Ancient Tomb - Chalice 1 and Ancient Tomb - Spyglass fetch will soon hit legacy tournaments near you
Maybe we'll get some more worthwhile creatures with Tough.
I guess we'll need to... tough... it out for the time being.
Do you have a link to this spoiler?Ixalan Spoiler for another T-Rex. Some User of MTGS seems to have figured out what he does.
Regisaur Alpha
Dinosaurs you control have haste
When Regisaur alpha enters the battlefield
Create a 3/3 Green Dinosaur creature token
with trample
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Sign me up for PestilenceFit. Or perhabs withering whisps with snow basics.
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Pestilence Park Fit? PP Fit for short.
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