Showerthought: if we play Karn, we might want a "Manarock-package" Like Selesnya Signet and Mind Stone...
What I mean is that we don't play that many artifacts as is.
Yesterday I went 3-1 with this beauty:
1 Karakas
5 Snow-Covered Forest
8 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Temple Garden
4 Scrying Sheets
4 Windswept Heath
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Enlightened Tutor
4 Sylvan Library
3 Orim's Chant
1 Isochron Scepter
2 Abeyance
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Cast Out
2 Humility
1 Runed Halo
1 Choke
1 Sterling Grove
2 Pulse of the Fields
4 Rest in Peace
3 Helm of Obedience
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Mobilization2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Wrath of God
1 Sterling Grove
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Containment Priest
1 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Choke
Won 2-0 VS BR Pox
R1: He didn’t do much. Tried to slow me down with a T2 Smallpox but a T4 Helm→T5 activation got him.
R2: A have a T0 Leyline which completely nullifies his T3 Liliana and his discard spells. He destroys a few lands but Library sticks and I can take the time to ramp into Rip/Helm.
Library is stellar in this MU since they can’t remove it.
Lost 2-0 VS Antiquities War.
R1: I keep a bad hand but I got two bridges early which tempo for a good time. I Plow a Sai, Master Thopterist and O-ring a Karn. However my opponent got Chalices on 1 and 2. He then crack an Inventors' Fair for EE, destroy my Briges and swing for the win.
R2: This one was quick. I have a T2 Library but what I see on top was quite terrible. I took 4 damage, passed the turn. Opponent played Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas who ultimated the turn after. Pulse doesn’t do anything when you lose 16 life in one go.
I don’t think this MU is terrible but I had some poor draws and my opponent was pretty good.
Won 2-1 VS BUG
R1: I want a quick win and cast a T4 Helm that gets Pierced. However, Elspeth sticks (surprisingly) and does a great job.
R2: It’s a risky keep with two Humility and one Wrath of God. Opponent shred my hand with two Thoughtseizes and then Surgical my RiPs and my Chokes. I can’t do much and die by the hand of Jace.
R3: Opponent destroy my T2 Library and Surgical it. I then play the “do you have it?” game and cast a T3 Mobilization. It sticks and completely shift the game. I play Elspeth against his Jace. He plays TNN but can’t do much with it. I play Helm and RiP in the same turn when I know the coast is clear. Opponent then Jace-Brainstorm→Brainstorm→Ponder to find a decay. He doesn’t find it.
He had exactly one turn to deal with it but couldn’t deal with the tokens anyway.
Elspeth>Jace
Won 2-1 VS Aggro Loam
My usual bad manner opponent.
R1: I’m quickly hiding under a Bridge. I play a RiP that get Decayed. I then play another Bridge and another RiP that sticks.
R2: I keep a bad hand. Opponent destroys my Library with a Knight of Autumn which slowed me a lot. He has two Bob in play and casts another one. I cast a Humility. He cast a Golgari Charm and swing for 8. I don’t draw anything.
R3: This one was a slugfest. Opponent had a T2 Ooze which I poorly played around. I had a Bridge for a long time because my opponent was too busy dealing with my other enchantments. He had A LOT of answers. He P-fire me every turn but I cast Pulse all along the game. I then cast a Helm and consider I have a lot of live draws ( RiP obviously, but also Humility, Wrath of God…). He killed a Library, then killed a RiP (I sweat a lot when I see that I milled a Kaya, Orzhov Usurper with the Helm trigger), then died to another RiP.
This list feels great but we might want to change a few things for the (sadly) upcoming London Mulligan.
The guy who won the tournament was on Stoneblade, which made me think: How do I side against this deck exactly? I feel like I want everything.
Last edited by aedemiel; 05-03-2019 at 06:21 AM.
Well, I agree that Humility is pretty bad in the face of all these equipments. Maybe replacing them with Wrath of God is fine.
I would love to side-in all of the Chokes. First as counter-baits but if they sticks, they're just great. You're probably right and Pulse isn't good.
Keeping Runed-Halo seems perfect since we can name their two best cards (TNN and Jace).
Also, I don't think siding-in Leylines for 2 Jaces is good.
Maybe something like this:
+3 Chokes
+2 Wrath of God
+1 Revoker
+1 Sterling Grove
-2 Pulse
-2 Abeyance
-1 Isochron Scepter
-2 Humility
Major upgrade in modern horizons, full art snow plains and forests! http://mythicspoiler.com/mh1/ .
Good thing we already have our playset of Scrying Sheets.
EDIT: they just revealed this: Abominable Treefolk. It's probably not playable but it's worth noting.
The Snake is nice too.
Lot of things for us in this set!
We probably won't play Ice-Skin Golem and I don't think Dead of Winter is worth splashing for, but Arcum's Astrolabe and On Thin Ice are actually interesting.
EDIT: I completely overlooked it, but if you up our land count a bit, this could be playable: Glacial Revelation
Last edited by aedemiel; 05-29-2019 at 06:26 AM.
I guess we're splashing blue now???
Arf... Need to buy Snow-Covered Islands now...
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