[Deck] Solidarity

[astormbrewing]

Went 3-0 last night at Legacy FNM with the same list I played two weeks ago (here). There is nothing I want to change in the main, but the side might need some work. I beat Shardless BUG, Shardless Bant, and MUD. Now 5-1 in the past couple weeks. Will be playing Sunday in the Premiere IQ at SCG DC.

[Asthereal]

Leaning towards Solidarity this weekend for DC, but sshh, it's a secret. 8-)

Good thing it's not publicly available info on the net.

Will be playing Sunday in the Premiere IQ at SCG DC.

Good luck to you both, and let us know how it went!

[Kanti]

Main-deck Flusterstorms will be taking up my Repeal slots as BUG cycles back in. I've always beleived that BUG tempo is a horrible match-up, but by swapping Repeals--->Flusterstorm I'm sure it gets better.

ps; anyone see the crazy price hike of Reset? It was 14 bucks on most websites in mid-December, now it sits at a cool 33 bucks. What the hell is that?

[eostby]

$33? Glad I grabbed my Italian playset a while ago (although it appears the Italian version isn't experiencing the same type of price hike, based on SCG).

[JPoJohnson]

Wow, glad I got them at $10. What caused the hype?

[Kanti]

Beats me. +20$ price hike is ridiculous. And even though I speak Italian I'd always want to play with English cards. It's Reset-High Tide, not Riasetto-High Tide!

I think in general older cards will start to get more expensive, though I did think it would be more progressive. I remember reading a post on Legends here not long ago, and there really weren't many Legend packs printed from what I gathered.

[astormbrewing]

Made a couple last minute sideboard changes. Dropped Ravenous Trap and Polymorphous Jest for the 4th Force of Will (3 main) and 2nd Surgical Extraction. Super comfortable with the main, and now happier with the side.

[l33twashOr]

Starting with this deck and need to ask any advice how to play around rest in peace ? In my local meta there are few deck with it main and in my goldfish attempts usually the graveyard is helping alot with comboing.

[astormbrewing]

Went 1-3 today. Lost to Miracles, ANT, and Death & Taxes. Beat Manaless Dredge.

I have surgery this week, so I'm taking a few weeks off. Going to try some different, weird things with the deck, and I'll let you know if anything pans out.

[feline]

Went 5-3 for 40th place at SCGDC (IQ, whatever it's called) playing Solidarity. I was in contention until a loss in round 6, was nice to actually get 4 wins in a row, after starting with a loss round 1 I was thinking "ugh, I hope this isn't a bad run.

Losses were to Infect, in which I could have saved Force of Will for a more relevant spell one of the games and potentially lasted longer.
Another loss was to ANT played by SCG's Bruce, who I didn't get a game against.
3rd loss I don't remember but it was round 7.


Also to note, I didn't play against a Delver deck until the last round, and I won that round.

[l33twashOr]

Went 5-3 for 40th place at SCGDC (IQ, whatever it's called) playing Solidarity. I was in contention until a loss in round 6, was nice to actually get 4 wins in a row, after starting with a loss round 1 I was thinking "ugh, I hope this isn't a bad run.

Losses were to Infect, in which I could have saved Force of Will for a more relevant spell one of the games and potentially lasted longer.
Another loss was to ANT played by SCG's Bruce, who I didn't get a game against.
3rd loss I don't remember but it was round 7.


Also to note, I didn't play against a Delver deck until the last round, and I won that round.

Did you play the same list that were shown in the deck tech last year or got something new?

[feline]

Same list pretty much, though I tried a 1 of Psionic Blast in the sideboard, never wished for it though, will probably be a Ravenous Trap next time.

[Asthereal]

Went 5-3 for 40th place at SCGDC (IQ, whatever it's called) playing Solidarity. I was in contention until a loss in round 6, was nice to actually get 4 wins in a row, after starting with a loss round 1 I was thinking "ugh, I hope this isn't a bad run.

Losses were to Infect, in which I could have saved Force of Will for a more relevant spell one of the games and potentially lasted longer.
Another loss was to ANT played by SCG's Bruce, who I didn't get a game against.
3rd loss I don't remember but it was round 7.


Also to note, I didn't play against a Delver deck until the last round, and I won that round.

Too bad you didn't make it!

Online I saw a guy play 1 or 2 main deck Merchant Scrolls. He said he didn't have too many issues with them mid-combo, because it's only a few anyway, and they are basically Demonic Tutors in this deck, so I'd be tempted to try them out as well. Has anyone here tried them?

[Ralf]

Another very brief tournament report.

I went 3-1-1. Lost to unbeatable hands of Dark Maverick and drew against BUG Delver.
Beat Dredge, Omni and Stiflenaught Delver. Each 2-1.

Here is the list I played:

3 [KTK] Flooded Strand
3 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
3 [KTK] Polluted Delta
9 [UNH] Island
2 [ISD] Snapcaster Mage
1 [C13] Blue Sun's Zenith
1 [SC] Brain Freeze
3 [KTK] Dig Through Time
2 [CMD] Flusterstorm
4 [AL] Force of Will
2 [UL] Snap
4 [IN] Opt
1 [10E] Peek
3 [RAV] Remand
3 [GP] Repeal
4 [CNS] Brainstorm
4 [FE] High Tide
4 [TE] Meditate
4 [LG] Reset

SB: 1 [10E] Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 2 [DS] Echoing Truth
SB: 2 [ZEN] Ravenous Trap
SB: 2 [ZEN] Mindbreak Trap
SB: 2 [TSP] Wipe Away
SB: 2 [THS] Annul
SB: 1 [SC] Brain Freeze
SB: 1 [UL] Rebuild
SB: 1 [CMD] Flusterstorm

Moving forward and anticipating a resurgence of Tempo strategies, we will have to cope with more spell pierce and more stifle. Discard should also make a come back.

Game's pace will definitely slow a bit down and there will be even more interactions.

Thus, I'll be testing the following changes:

-1 opt
-1 peek
+1 repeal
+1 fetch

Happy testing.

[SirTylerGalt]

While playing Miracles, Ari Lax encountered Solidarity on MODO (round 1):

http://www.starcitygames.com/article...In-Legacy.html

Hilarious games. At first he thinks he is playing against Show&Tell, then MODO bugs while sideboarding and he ends up playing his second game without sideboarding (drawing 2 StP, 1 Terminue, and 1 Entreat... which should have been Flusterstorm / REB).

PS: it's a premium article, so if you don't have premium, it will be available for free one month from now...

[Pelikanudo]

@Feline mainly and you Stomers

Well after testing the Mental note approach, I defniately will leave the DTT as a card to play in the late mid game, this is the list I'm testing:

4 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
4 [KTK] Polluted Delta
10 [UNH] Island

3 [ISD] Snapcaster Mage
3 [KTK] Dig Through Time
3 [CMD] Flusterstorm
4 [AL] Force of Will
2 [UL] Snap
4 [IN] Opt
2 Snap
4 [CNS] Brainstorm
4 [FE] High Tide
4 [TE] Meditate
4 [LG] Reset

SB: 1 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 2 Pact of Negation
SB: 1 [TSP] Wipe Away
SB: 1 [SC] Brain Freeze
SB: 1 [UL] Rebuild
SB: 1 [CMD] Flusterstorm
3 SpellSnare
1 DTT
1 BluSuns Zenith
1 Chain Of Vapor
1 Snap
1 TurnAbout


Notes:
- I decided that 2nd B.F. was not needed, the fact that Blue decks play FlusterStorm now it doesn't seem to be a good approach to play several B.F. against them
- finally I¨prefer keeping the 4th FoW main - to handle better the Combo Decks around here.
- I'm going to test Spell snare against hatebears, miracles and Storm to see if Works - I was trying in these slots Swang Son but it is not ok vs Storm
- I've been evaluating to try something different vs Sneak and Omni variants, instead of SpellSnare - thats why Swan Song will be the following tester, maybe a Split of 2-1 will be ok, dunno... what I really hate from Swang Song is that Storm players can use it to flashback therapy..., I'll see if just adding 2 more cards from side to Sneak variants makes me win the game.
- the PoN is for Tempo match ups - this card really shines for this kind of match ups...

Opinions?

[astormbrewing]

- I'm going to test Spell snare against hatebears, miracles and Storm to see if Works - I was trying in these slots Swang Son but it is not ok vs Storm

This is what I will be testing in February when I can play.

[GoldenCid]

-1 fluster +1 peek?

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[Ralf]

@Feline mainly and you Stomers

Notes:
- I'm going to test Spell snare against hatebears, miracles and Storm to see if Works - I was trying in these slots Swang Son but it is not ok vs Storm

Opinions?

I'm still believing "repeal" to be a must include.

Concerning the "snare" topic, unfortunately, hatebears usually come into play:
- through vial / cavern of souls
- or most of the other time through GSZ.

Most of the time snare will be irrelevant.

[astormbrewing]

I'm still believing "repeal" to be a must include.

Concerning the "snare" topic, unfortunately, hatebears usually come into play:
- through vial / cavern of souls
- or most of the other time through GSZ.

Most of the time snare will be irrelevant.

Vial is a concern, yes. Cavern of Souls? Europe must have a different meta game, because I don't remember the last time I saw any Death & Taxes deck (or Maverick deck) play that card, especially with Wasteland on the rise again.

If I'm playing against a GSZ deck, I'm happy to keep Flusterstorm in, too.

Spell Snare also gets Chalice on 1, Hymn to Tourach, and Rest in Peace, all troublesome cards. It also counters Tarmogoyf and Dark Confidant.

Note: I'm not saying Spell Snare is the end all answer. I bring it in over Flusterstorm in some matches, but I also have some creature/permanent bounce, too.