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01-29-2011, 09:38 PM
What is the Bales Bomberman?
The Bales Bomberman is a combo deck which revolves around Auriok Salvagers and Lion's Eye Diamond to generate a huge amount of mana which you can then use to close out the game. The deck generally uses the Auriok Salvagers/LED loop to enable a kill by Pyrite Spellbomb. But if Plan A fails[or if you have the ability to set up Plan B], the deck reverts to Plan B, which is decking by using the Painter/Stone combo.
The Decklist[as of 1/2/11]:
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Brass
4 Seat of the Synod
3 Vault of Whispers
2 Tarnished Citadel
1 Ancient Den
4 Auriok Salvagers
1 Painter's Servant
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Mox Opal
4 Duress
4 Artificer's Intuition
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Thoughtcast
3 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Chrome Mox
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Mox Diamond
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Grindstone
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
SB:
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Disenchant
2 Pithing Needle
2 Dispeller's Capsule
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Revoke Existence
Match-ups:
Testing from Cyrus:
Goblins: Incredibly favourable, somewhere between 75-80% match up.
Merfolk: Pretty even, gets better after sideboard, but probably 50-50 on the whole.
ANT: Favourable, not massively favourable, but the MD disruption is very solid, probably 60-40 or slightly more.
NO BANT: Favourable, but not massively favourable, in the 55-60% favourable.
New Horizions: Slightly favourable, 55-45.
Countertop: Unfavourable, about 40-60.
Zoo: Pretty favourable, about 65-35.
Landstill: Unfavourable, about 40-60
Ichorid: Favourable, about 60-40 thanks to MD GY hate.
Special thanks:
Cyrus Bales, of manaleak.com for pretty much providing the decklist. Feel free to check out what he's thought about the deck here (http://www.manaleak.com/mtguk/2010/12/survival-of-the-format-by-cyrus-bales).
You, the reader.
The Bales Bomberman is a combo deck which revolves around Auriok Salvagers and Lion's Eye Diamond to generate a huge amount of mana which you can then use to close out the game. The deck generally uses the Auriok Salvagers/LED loop to enable a kill by Pyrite Spellbomb. But if Plan A fails[or if you have the ability to set up Plan B], the deck reverts to Plan B, which is decking by using the Painter/Stone combo.
The Decklist[as of 1/2/11]:
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Brass
4 Seat of the Synod
3 Vault of Whispers
2 Tarnished Citadel
1 Ancient Den
4 Auriok Salvagers
1 Painter's Servant
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Mox Opal
4 Duress
4 Artificer's Intuition
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Thoughtcast
3 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Chrome Mox
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Mox Diamond
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Grindstone
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
SB:
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Disenchant
2 Pithing Needle
2 Dispeller's Capsule
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Revoke Existence
Match-ups:
Testing from Cyrus:
Goblins: Incredibly favourable, somewhere between 75-80% match up.
Merfolk: Pretty even, gets better after sideboard, but probably 50-50 on the whole.
ANT: Favourable, not massively favourable, but the MD disruption is very solid, probably 60-40 or slightly more.
NO BANT: Favourable, but not massively favourable, in the 55-60% favourable.
New Horizions: Slightly favourable, 55-45.
Countertop: Unfavourable, about 40-60.
Zoo: Pretty favourable, about 65-35.
Landstill: Unfavourable, about 40-60
Ichorid: Favourable, about 60-40 thanks to MD GY hate.
Special thanks:
Cyrus Bales, of manaleak.com for pretty much providing the decklist. Feel free to check out what he's thought about the deck here (http://www.manaleak.com/mtguk/2010/12/survival-of-the-format-by-cyrus-bales).
You, the reader.