Digital Devil
09-27-2009, 05:46 AM
***The Source: your source for (no longer) secret techz***
This is (no doubt 'bout this) the best Legacy forum ever. The average level is pretty high, as for average I mean there are players like me which aren't at the same rank as others, otherwise the level would be even higher. I personally like (and enjoy) when people play unknown cards, and win because of them. Many times these cards are 1-2 ofs: some are used in the sb, some are maindeck. I really like the idea of a card which turns the table just because my opponent doesn't expect it. It happened to me more than a time.
Playing Angel Stompy
I was tired of being shut down by a single Counterbalance, so I decided to play Patrician's Scorn in the sb as a 1-of. Heck, I wrecked Counter/Top, Dutch Stax, and I even played against Enchantress in the quarters. With 4x Cataclysm + this crappy card, the match was quite easy. Tech of the day FTW.
Another time, the meta was supposed to be full of ThreshThreshThreshThreshThresh decks. I sneaked Crackdown maindeck as a 2x. I finished 7th, crushed by a Landstill deck, but in the other matchups, Crackdown was a pretty effective card!!!
Playing Dragon Stompy
Needless to say, this deck can't be teched *a lot* due to the lack of a draw engine and/or cantrip. But I like the idea of having a dumb 1-of maindeck. Here comes the Ingot Chewer. Killing Dreadnoughts/Moxen and random junk is always good. I run 1x maindeck plus 1x sb. Against Stax, I started recurring Chewer with SoLaS (this happened g2, 'cause I play SoLaS in the sb) and literally crushed my opponent. He didn't draw a single white mana, except for Flagstones of Trokair, which was under my equipped Magus. I destroyed all of his Moxen, and my opponent couldn't play a single spell. I was lucky. But this isn't even the best thing about Chewer. Playing against Dreadstill, went second. He plays Volcanic, go. I try a first turn Magus, with SSG backup (in case of Daze), he Forces. He realizes I play Dragon Stompy, so he lands a second turn 'Nought thinking I couldn't answer it. I took 12, then drew Chewer, and killed his Dreadnought. I landed a Chalice @1, and won.
Playing with my friend's URG Fish deck
This isn't a "tech", it's just an interesting move I made. My friend's deck didn't play Lightning Bolt. I insisted to play 4x Bolt and 1x Tarfire maindeck. I was playing against Gobs. Opponent at 16. I played nonbasics in the first few turns, but suddenly my opponent started to Wasteland me to death. I had 1 Volcanic and an Island, with Goyf on the field. He tried to Waste (a third time) my Volc, I played Tarfire in response (opponent at 14), then tapped my Island for :u:, returned my Volc to hand with a Daze and payed for it with the mana in pool. I saved my Volc and fed my Goyf (fromt 6/7 to 7/8). 2 turns later I win, despite the card disadvantage. That Volc was precious, as I succesfully played Pyroclasm and won thereafter.
More of my useless techs (I have these decks only on the MWS, I own Angel/Dragon Stompy IRL):
-Gigadrowse in ANT
-Old Man of the Sea in Surviving Bant
-Plague Boiler in Landeed
-Path to Exile in my UW fish sb. I run Meddling Mage and StP maindeck. If my opponent runs StP, too, I switch 'em with Path and can name StP with MM^^
-Eyes of the Wisent in Zoo
-Infernal Tutor in Etherium Affinity
...and more to come. I'm a terrible player, so I wanted to listen to better players (which isn't a hard goal to achieve) who wanted to share their weird mb/sb techs. Stop reading!!! What is yours?
This is (no doubt 'bout this) the best Legacy forum ever. The average level is pretty high, as for average I mean there are players like me which aren't at the same rank as others, otherwise the level would be even higher. I personally like (and enjoy) when people play unknown cards, and win because of them. Many times these cards are 1-2 ofs: some are used in the sb, some are maindeck. I really like the idea of a card which turns the table just because my opponent doesn't expect it. It happened to me more than a time.
Playing Angel Stompy
I was tired of being shut down by a single Counterbalance, so I decided to play Patrician's Scorn in the sb as a 1-of. Heck, I wrecked Counter/Top, Dutch Stax, and I even played against Enchantress in the quarters. With 4x Cataclysm + this crappy card, the match was quite easy. Tech of the day FTW.
Another time, the meta was supposed to be full of ThreshThreshThreshThreshThresh decks. I sneaked Crackdown maindeck as a 2x. I finished 7th, crushed by a Landstill deck, but in the other matchups, Crackdown was a pretty effective card!!!
Playing Dragon Stompy
Needless to say, this deck can't be teched *a lot* due to the lack of a draw engine and/or cantrip. But I like the idea of having a dumb 1-of maindeck. Here comes the Ingot Chewer. Killing Dreadnoughts/Moxen and random junk is always good. I run 1x maindeck plus 1x sb. Against Stax, I started recurring Chewer with SoLaS (this happened g2, 'cause I play SoLaS in the sb) and literally crushed my opponent. He didn't draw a single white mana, except for Flagstones of Trokair, which was under my equipped Magus. I destroyed all of his Moxen, and my opponent couldn't play a single spell. I was lucky. But this isn't even the best thing about Chewer. Playing against Dreadstill, went second. He plays Volcanic, go. I try a first turn Magus, with SSG backup (in case of Daze), he Forces. He realizes I play Dragon Stompy, so he lands a second turn 'Nought thinking I couldn't answer it. I took 12, then drew Chewer, and killed his Dreadnought. I landed a Chalice @1, and won.
Playing with my friend's URG Fish deck
This isn't a "tech", it's just an interesting move I made. My friend's deck didn't play Lightning Bolt. I insisted to play 4x Bolt and 1x Tarfire maindeck. I was playing against Gobs. Opponent at 16. I played nonbasics in the first few turns, but suddenly my opponent started to Wasteland me to death. I had 1 Volcanic and an Island, with Goyf on the field. He tried to Waste (a third time) my Volc, I played Tarfire in response (opponent at 14), then tapped my Island for :u:, returned my Volc to hand with a Daze and payed for it with the mana in pool. I saved my Volc and fed my Goyf (fromt 6/7 to 7/8). 2 turns later I win, despite the card disadvantage. That Volc was precious, as I succesfully played Pyroclasm and won thereafter.
More of my useless techs (I have these decks only on the MWS, I own Angel/Dragon Stompy IRL):
-Gigadrowse in ANT
-Old Man of the Sea in Surviving Bant
-Plague Boiler in Landeed
-Path to Exile in my UW fish sb. I run Meddling Mage and StP maindeck. If my opponent runs StP, too, I switch 'em with Path and can name StP with MM^^
-Eyes of the Wisent in Zoo
-Infernal Tutor in Etherium Affinity
...and more to come. I'm a terrible player, so I wanted to listen to better players (which isn't a hard goal to achieve) who wanted to share their weird mb/sb techs. Stop reading!!! What is yours?