Last edited by Noloam_; 08-30-2017 at 01:05 PM.
Eldrazi stompy list: http://www.mtggoldfish.com/player/noloam
sideboard guide can be found on page 84
Ya Im pretty close to legacy completion on modo just need 3 more fows and a couple sb cards *cough* surgical *cough* then I will bee moving my mainly modern over to a more legacy focus.
You just need to download OBS u set screen capture and add a mic or a cam or what ever and boom u have a simple stream setup to broadcast games to the rest of us.
Eldrazi stompy list: http://www.mtggoldfish.com/player/noloam
sideboard guide can be found on page 84
Another 5-0 on mtg for the Soothsaying/Counterbalance list:
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles...gue-2017-08-31
I recorded my league today with same sooth list. 5-0 again =)
R1 - Dark Maverick
R2 - Czech Pile
R3 - Merfolk
R4 - Grixis Delver
R5 - Death & Taxes
Turn on subtitles for a few comments.
Part 1 (R1-R2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d_myJH5FeY
Part 2 (R3-R5): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XerDvgpy_wM
Thanks for the videos, they were very informative!
I liked how Soothsaying served multiple roles (pairing with CB and acting as another cantrip) and Counterbalance of course isn't as good as it was with Top, but it does attack them along a different axis and if it picks off even 1 card, it's at least a 1 for 1; anything more and it generates positive value. At the very least, it gives them something else they have to consider. Interesting build!
Very interesting stuff! I really like the power of Soothsaying in the later game, where it helps draw into action even better than Top did. I think you Soothsaying'd for 6+ a few times, which has to feel pretty great!
Would you consider adding a third copy of Soothsaying to the list, or does two feel like the right number?
Also, is the reason you activated Soothsaying for X=1 at the end step when you didn't have a fetchland just to decide whether to activate for X=2+ on upkeep? I think most of the times you just ended up drawing the card so it looks a little strange, but I assume this is the reason?
i'll kp only two soothsaying. The card is really bad on first turns :p.
Yes, this is the reason why i look at the top card on eot. ^^
Itrytostorm: i run 3 volcanics to avoid cb. Ved_x tested the list today (you may watch on twitch) and he loses one game only because he was running 2 volcanics that got wasted. You may run 1/2 volcanics + 1 mountain alongside scalding tarns to avoid this. I do prefer 3 volcanics because we don't run red cards md, so i don't want basic mountains.
I'm playing Mentor Miracles with Daze.
When playing against Death and Taxes, what are must counter cards? Is it worth FoWing a T1 Vial? How about T2 Stoneforge Mystic or Thalia?
I find Thalia to be quite annoying because her taxing effect slows us down a lot. Also, with a Karakas in play for the opponent she is difficult to get rid of.
Is the most reliable win condition a fast Mentor?
One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
I think fow t1 vial is correct decision, because we run 0-2 answers to it md. I don't like to fow sfm or thalia... you need to avaluate your removals, cantrips and lands to see if you'll have effective answer for them.
I do think that both mentor and jace are mvp on this matchup.
3 Monastery Mentor
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Counterspell
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
2 Portent
3 Predict
1 Council's Judgment
4 Terminus
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Force of Will
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Volcanic Island
3 Tundra
2 Plains
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
1 Arid Mesa
3 Counterbalance
3 Island
2 Soothsaying
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pyroblast
2 Flusterstorm
2 Disenchant
1 Izzet Staticaster
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Containment Priest
2 Blood Moon
I 5 0d a small local event last night with this. While I was very skeptical and very ....uh... Vocal about my disdain for soothsaying here, seeing Stefanogs do so well with it consistently drove me to at least try it. It was kinda ridiculous how powerful indexing for 7 on repeated turns in the late game can be, and, in conjunction with CB, kinda created some busted and unfair interactions. The format is hella soft to it for the time being so it's possibly seeing some success because it's unexpected, but I fully intend to at least keep trying and tuning it myself.
Countertop is still broken, I can confirm. I intend to try increased numbers and see how good/bad it can be.
I'm still skeptical, but it's definitely much better than I originally have credit.
I'm going to try to trade for a couple Soothsayings (I know, they're only like $2.50 each, but still...) and test this as well. I've been sticking with the 'traditional' Mentor + UA build but am intrigued. And having Counterbalance back in the deck would feel nice vs. Burn, which I've lost to two weeks in a row.
One thing that strikes me about this deck is that Mentor has fewer spells to trigger it, since you're cutting some number of Portents, Predicts, etc. for enchantments that we don't necessarily want to deploy in multiples. Along with Soothsaying's ability to sort of 'float' cards the way Top did, would this build perhaps prefer Entreat the Angels?
Yeah im am really surprised that almost nobody runs entreat. That card is lights out vs so many otherwise unwinable situations
Eldrazi stompy list: http://www.mtggoldfish.com/player/noloam
sideboard guide can be found on page 84
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