[Deck] GW/x Maverick

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Originally Posted by mishima_kazuya

I'll take questions and if there is enough interest, I'll write a report.

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Congrats on the finish! just several questions and hope you could answer them.

1. Why SoFaF over SoFI or 2nd Jitte or Batterskull in the maindeck. SoFI gives you draw and removal when it connects, as to SoFaF discard and untapping of lands, was the pro green and black the reason for picking it ?

2. Seeing your build taxes people running 2 aven, 3 thalia and 4 wasteland. how effective was it ?. Im a mav player aswell and used to run 3-4 thalia in the main's but now that DRS is printed the taxing route somewhat isn't that strong unless you land all the pieces early on in the game. With my experience in playing that route it seldom happens unless your very lucky in shuffling. And when thalia comes in the late games its just a 2/1 1st striker. I know thalia's main purpose is for combo hate, how relevant is to let say running mirran saders main and putting thalia on the side against combo and RUG.

3. Why is the singleton sylvan library better over running dark confidant's ?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by mishima_kazuya

Garruk was great when I needed the card advantage, much in the same way Lingering Souls is needed for extra card advantage. I brought it in against Affinity since from the Modern PTQ season, people figured out that Affinity had trouble beating multiple 1/1 Fliers, so obviously the same logic worked versus Legacy Affinity.

There also a few times in fair match ups, where we figured out that assembling Air Elemental ended the game since the opposing deck didn't have a good answer. Like back last Winter/Spring, my playgroup always wanted at least one Lingering Souls in the maindeck of Stoneblade since just playing Air Elemental was enough to win a game. Against my Junk opponent, I payed 7 mana for 4 power in the air which was enough for him to make awkward attacks and Deathrite Shaman activations so that he didn't die from combat damage.

I would play Elspeth over Garruk Relentless, but the 2WW casting cost is pretty hard to manage in a three color Wasteland deck that has a Cavern of Souls in it.



I was fine with only have one Jitte in the 75.
I haven't jammed a lot of matches against Punishing Fire decks, but I think I am 50/50 or less than 50/50 against them. If they got to the long game where they had a lot of mana and a Grove of the Burnwillows, it was usually hard to win. If the game went long, but I saved my Wastelands for Grove of the Burnwillows or if I choked them on mana through Thalia/Wasteland/Aven Mindcensor then I was usually advantaged to win.

Also having some Oozes and Deathrite Shamans helps to exile Punishing Fires, but that rarely happens since they either kill those two creatures or you untap and win with those creatures.

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That's perfect. I was actually wondering specifically about Garruk vs. Elspeth and if it was just a casting cost thing, but wasn't verbose enough with my question, so thanks for being a mind reader.

What's the plan of the Vial build once Jitte doesn't legend rule itself anymore? Just Revokers and SB O-Rings doesn't seem too hot in dealing with it.

Any results on the DD + Stage combo yet? I think it might have its benefits in certain match-ups. E.g. I found it rather frustrating yesterday to lose against 12post between Crop Rotations and especially Pithing Needle (3 useless, early Wastelands) while a fast 20/20 token would have taken down the game rather easily due early WW + protection.

Hey I have a Punishing Maverick list that I have been playing for a while and I have been having really good results with it and most of my match-ups against fair decks is really good I almost always win 2-0, 2-1... but I was wondering if there is anything I could add in the main deck to make the combo match up less awful because to win against combo I have to have a nut hand AND they have to pull slow or bad.

Artifact (3)
1xBatterskull
1xSword of Light and Sha..
1xUmezawa's Jitte

Creature (20)
4xBirds of Paradise
1xGaddock Teeg
4xKnight of the Reliquary
3xMother of Runes
2xQasali Pridemage
1xScavenging Ooze
1xScryb Ranger
4xStoneforge Mystic

Enchantment (3)
3xSylvan Library

Instant (7)
3xPunishing Fire
4xSwords to Plowshares

Sorcery (4)
4xGreen Sun's Zenith

Land (23)
1xDryad Arbor
2xForest
3xGrove of the Burnwillo..
1xKarakas
1xMaze of Ith
1xPlains
4xSavannah
1xTaiga
3xWasteland
4xWindswept Heath
2xWooded Foothills

Also I was thinking about dropping a stoneforge, sword, and scryb ranger, for either 1 mother, 2 goyf, or 3 goyf

but anything you guys have to say to make it better would be much appreciated.

No offense, but that's a weak question to ask when you're not even running Thalia.

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Originally Posted by Philipp2293

No offense, but that's a weak question to ask when you're not even running Thalia.

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Well what would you take out for thalia and how many would you add

From your list I would start cutting the 3rd Library and then shave some Stoneforges. I would, at minimum play 3, if you expect to face combo in your meta I'd run 4.

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Originally Posted by Philipp2293

From your list I would start cutting the 3rd Library and then shave some Stoneforges. I would, at minimum play 3, if you expect to face combo in your meta I'd run 4.

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If you expect to play a lot of combo, then cut the Punishing Fire package entirely for Thalias.

You can still beat fair decks without Punishing Fire

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Originally Posted by Moose8583

Hey I have a Punishing Maverick list that I have been playing for a while and I have been having really good results with it and most of my match-ups against fair decks is really good I almost always win 2-0, 2-1... but I was wondering if there is anything I could add in the main deck to make the combo match up less awful because to win against combo I have to have a nut hand AND they have to pull slow or bad.

Artifact (3)
1xBatterskull
1xSword of Light and Sha..
1xUmezawa's Jitte

Creature (20)
4xBirds of Paradise
1xGaddock Teeg
4xKnight of the Reliquary
3xMother of Runes
2xQasali Pridemage
1xScavenging Ooze
1xScryb Ranger
4xStoneforge Mystic

Enchantment (3)
3xSylvan Library

Instant (7)
3xPunishing Fire
4xSwords to Plowshares

Sorcery (4)
4xGreen Sun's Zenith

Land (23)
1xDryad Arbor
2xForest
3xGrove of the Burnwillo..
1xKarakas
1xMaze of Ith
1xPlains
4xSavannah
1xTaiga
3xWasteland
4xWindswept Heath
2xWooded Foothills

Also I was thinking about dropping a stoneforge, sword, and scryb ranger, for either 1 mother, 2 goyf, or 3 goyf

but anything you guys have to say to make it better would be much appreciated.

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Which combo decks do you find yourself losing to more often?

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Originally Posted by ironclad8690

Which combo decks do you find yourself losing to more often?

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Ive gotten 1-2 by storm and 0-2, 0-2 by sneak and show 2-3 times, 1-2 dredge; I think those are the only ones Ive played, well I 2-1 painter.

My suggestion would be to add mindcensor, thalia, or more scavenging oozes/Gaea's cradle. It really is not that bad to play thalia and punishing fire together.

There is really no way getting around it. You need Thalia to beat combo.

Yes, it's anti-synergistic with Punishing, but Thalia, along with Canonist, are the cards that give most combo builds fits.

If you wanted to keep the Punishing mainboard, I'd have in the SB 4 Thalia, 2 Canonist, and the 4th Wasteland and a way to bring them all in for G2/G3.

With your current build, you're basically scooping G1 to combo, and unless you board in something close to what I've outlined, you're not doing much better G2/G3

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Originally Posted by Goin Aggro

There is really no way getting around it. You need Thalia to beat combo.

Yes, it's anti-synergistic with Punishing, but Thalia, along with Canonist, are the cards that give most combo builds fits.

If you wanted to keep the Punishing mainboard, I'd have in the SB 4 Thalia, 2 Canonist, and the 4th Wasteland and a way to bring them all in for G2/G3.

With your current build, you're basically scooping G1 to combo, and unless you board in something close to what I've outlined, you're not doing much better G2/G3

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Ive added two Thalia in the main considering 3

Remember you can punishing fire your own guys vs dredge to get rid of their bridges from below.

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Originally Posted by Moose8583

Ive added two Thalia in the main considering 3

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Against the fast combo decks, if you don't have a hate piece in the first ~10 cards off the top, you're as good as done. Two copies might as well be none at all. Most decklists with Thalia in the maindeck, if they don't run four, go down to three at the minimum usually with the fourth in the side.

Don't bother with Goyfs. If you need a Dredge killer, 4x Rest in Peace out of the board is as good as any, and can be boarded in against Storm too (you're cutting a lot of dead cards like the STPs and the entire SFM package anyway).

I stumbled hard against BG Elves with Natural Order into Progenitus/ Craterhoof Behemoth this weekend. I had Teeg, Canonist, Thalia and still got crushed. Is this matchup that difficult, or is there something I'm missing?

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Originally Posted by Giants1990

I stumbled hard against BG Elves with Natural Order into Progenitus/ Craterhoof Behemoth this weekend. I had Teeg, Canonist, Thalia and still got crushed. Is this matchup that difficult, or is there something I'm missing?

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Jitte. You need Jitte.

Had Jitte but didn't see that or Stoneforge. He was also maindecking Viridian Shaman

Just won a local legacy 10 man tourney with Vial Mav.

List is basically M@verick's but with a couple minor altercations (since there is no combo in my meta).

Round 1: Infect. Stoneforges jittes and swords of fire ice all day 2-0

Round 2: Bug Delver. Phyrexian revoker and wastelock won this round 4-0

Round 3: Death and taxes. Very close, he got mana screwed game 3 and I rode knights and stoneforges to victory 6-1

Round 4: Deathblade. Very interesting build, he had 4 geists main I believe, and got them every game. No confidants. I won game 1 with equips and very grindy 1 damage here one damage there. Games 2 and 3 I lost to removal and jaces. 7-3

Luckily, I was the only undefeated in the final round, and my loss didn't matter due to breakers. I am a little worried about the deathblade match though, I thought it would be easier than esper but it is still very tough when playing a skilled pilot. Deathrite shaman single handedly invalidates much of your strategy by making wastelands awkward and turning knight into a bear.

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Originally Posted by ironclad8690

Just won a local legacy 10 man tourney with Vial Mav.

Luckily, I was the only undefeated in the final round, and my loss didn't matter due to breakers. I am a little worried about the deathblade match though, I thought it would be easier than esper but it is still very tough when playing a skilled pilot. Deathrite shaman single handedly invalidates much of your strategy by making wastelands awkward and turning knight into a bear.

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Dark Depths-Thespian's Stage. Running just 1 of each is enough to make sure Knight= GG. It's July now guys, time to play the combo.

I'm still convinced of a higher DD-TS count with crop rotations, but that's me since from my testing, the combo is absolutely critical for ambush wins against opponents and against Deathrites. Against Bug/jund, Decay can't touch your Marit Lage and Liliana is unlikely to kill the token because you can Eot activate TS. Also against Miracles, STP/Terminus can deal with the token, but if you time it right, you can catch them off guard. Also removal will very likely be spent early to deal with Mom, Knight, Thalia etc.

Just sleeved this up. I've been trying Depths/Stage in Junk and it's been pretty good so far. I thought I'd try it in the other obvious deck for the combo. I think the combo is a little better here thanks to Mother of Runes, but I'm not sure if the deck really needs it. Testing it anyway for kicks.

4 Savannah
3 Arid Mesa
1 Plains
2 Forest
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Dark Depths
1 Thespian's Stage
4 Wasteland
1 Maze of Ith
1 Karakas
4 Windswept Heath
3 Mother of Runes
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
4 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Gaddock Teeg
2 Qasali Pridemage
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Green Sun's Zenith
2 Aven Mindcensor
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Crop Rotation
2 Sylvan Library

This is my G/W/b Maverick list. I'm play testing -1 Cavern of Souls, -1 Horizon Canopy, +1 Dark Depths, +1 Thespian's Stage.

4 Mother of Runes
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Mirran Crusader
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence

4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sylvan Library
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

2 Savannah
2 Bayou
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Wasteland
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Windswept Heath
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Karakas
1 Maze of Ith
1 Dark Depths
1 Thespian's Stage

Sideboard
3 Duress
2 Crop Rotation
1 Bojuka Bog
2 Surgical Extraction
3 Lingering Souls
3 Oblivion Rings
1 Ethersworn Cannonist

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Originally Posted by s6sculve

This is my G/W/b Maverick list. I'm play testing -1 Cavern of Souls, -1 Horizon Canopy, +1 Dark Depths, +1 Thespian's Stage.

4 Mother of Runes
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Mirran Crusader
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence

4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sylvan Library
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

2 Savannah
2 Bayou
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Wasteland
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Windswept Heath
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Karakas
1 Maze of Ith
1 Dark Depths
1 Thespian's Stage

Sideboard
3 Duress
2 Crop Rotation
1 Bojuka Bog
2 Surgical Extraction
3 Lingering Souls
3 Oblivion Rings
1 Ethersworn Cannonist

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you really shouldn't be sacrificing mana for the stage/depths combo. It should replace the maze of ith

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Originally Posted by KobeBryan

you really shouldn't be sacrificing mana for the stage/depths combo. It should replace the maze of ith

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Idk, I don't really want to drop Maze of Ith and I haven't really had problems yet playtesting with this mana base.

That mana base looks fine. 4 Deathrites go a long way in color fixing, and youre only 4 cards into black. The only issue i can see is having 1 plains and only 1 fetch that can find it.

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Originally Posted by .Ix

That mana base looks fine. 4 Deathrites go a long way in color fixing, and youre only 4 cards into black. The only issue i can see is having 1 plains and only 1 fetch that can find it.

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Yeah, the 3 Misty Rainforest are fillers until I can get 3 more Windswept Heath, when I can spare $150 I plan to change that.

From my experience, Maze is totally droppable from the MD. Maze is the "extra leg" that KOTR can fetch. Now that we have a better bomb in DD combo, we don't need maze. Also this deck is the aggressive one in most matchups, so Maze isn't super useful. I've used it more for KOTR tricks rather than nullifying attackers.

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Originally Posted by ivanpei

From my experience, Maze is totally droppable from the MD. Maze is the "extra leg" that KOTR can fetch. Now that we have a better bomb in DD combo, we don't need maze. Also this deck is the aggressive one in most matchups, so Maze isn't super useful. I've used it more for KOTR tricks rather than nullifying attackers.

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Idk, I find Maze of Ith extremely useful in fair match ups.

What can we do against MonoU S&T with Emrakul as wincon?

I've only played a few matches so far, but the match-up seems like downright bullshit from our perspective.

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Originally Posted by Barook

What can we do against MonoU S&T with Emrakul as wincon?

I've only played a few matches so far, but the match-up seems like downright bullshit from our perspective.

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Very winnable.

Karakas, ethersworn cannonist, teeg. They only have slaughter pact, rushing river, sapphire charm, and wipeaway as removals.

if you can get mom and protect the ethersworn, you can put a decent clock in on them before they find the removals.

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Originally Posted by KobeBryan

Very winnable.

Karakas, ethersworn cannonist, teeg. They only have slaughter pact, rushing river, sapphire charm, and wipeaway as removals.

if you can get mom and protect the ethersworn, you can put a decent clock in on them before they find the removals.

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Karakas won't do anything as they'll just hardcast it again with Omniscience and net themselves another turn. I'm still dead.

And in the last game, I did have an active Mom with Teeg on the board, just to get blown out by S&T --> Omniscience --> Cunning Wish --> Eladamri's Call --> Emrakul. :confused: Needless to say, I was not too happy about that.

I ran Vial Maverick for the first time at a very small local event this week (only 8 people) going 1-2 in the process. The list I used was M@vericks main -1 Teeg/+1 Scavenging Ooze along with this cobbled together e-tutor board:


1 Nevermore
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Raking Canopy
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Humility
1 Rest in Peace
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Oblvion Ring
1 Krosan Grip
2 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Enlightened Tutor


Holy hell is this deck grindy! In my legacy career I have long stints running DGA, Nic Fit, and Deathblade (hoped on early, but now two other people at my local are running it which is too many for such a small meta so I have switched away) so I'm quite familiar w/ grinding decks but this may take the cake.

Matchups were as follows:
Punishing Jund 2-0
Basically locked him out of the game w/ wastelands and killing his shamans. I did about 16 damage in game 2 w/ a BoP wielding a SoLaS. Mom and Safekeeper basically keep p-fire at bay as long as you can waste the groves to minimize recursion.

Deathblade 0-2
G1 he goes Shaman -> Bob -> Jace -> Batterskull. Game was over quickly. G2 we went to turns but realistically I wasn't winning. I managed to stall against his Batterskull for a long time, but turns ended with him at 37 (should have been 41, but for some reason he bounced a Batterskull when I was forced to plowshares the germ) and me at 5 (w/ Maze and Crucible on board and canopy and wasteland in the bin). I think I messed up boarding out Scryb Rangers.

Elves 1-2
Game 1 I squeaked out w/ a Scavenging Ooze for exactzies. G2 he wrecked me. G3 I kept a grip w/ E-turor and stoneforge. I was able to tutor and land a Canonist on T2 or 3. He Living Wishes for Viridian Shaman. I get Jitte out. He wishes for another shaman! Arrgghh!

Any suggestions on fixing the board though? My local meta is small, but most of the major decks are represented (Deathblade, ANT, RUG, Dredge, Jund, Elves, Shardless, things I am forgetting).

Also, anyone thought about an Academy Ruins? I know it's off color, but getting equipment back after Abrupt Decay seemed like it's important because otherwise we don't have much of a clock. Was thinking Ruins or Noxious Revival but I like the idea of Ruins because we can tutor it. The problem is that we can't activate w/o an active BoP.

I'm currently running this board:

2 Enlightened Tutor
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Rest in Peace
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Choke
1 Bojuka Bog

Works for me so far.

Academy Ruins sounds interesting and could be made workable with blue duals, but I think the manabase of Vial Maverick is already choke-full of other nonbasics.

It's about having a consortium of answers and pressure to limit their options. Cannonist/Teeg/Thalia coming down prior to a Show and Tell limits the number of decision trees the Omni deck can go down.

Recall the combo usually relies on Show and Tell, having Omni/Dream Halls in hand, and then having either Enter the Infinite or Cunning Wish in hand.

So, to beat a Gaddock Teeg (which you should keep it in your hand for the surprise factor), the Omni player must have a Cunning Wish to go around the Teeg to go get either bounce or Call for Emrakul. So, to beat this play, they need to have a Wish in hand, since Enter won't cut it.

To beat a Cannonist prior to a Show and Tell, they need to Wish for removal before going off. If it comes down on the Show and Tell, they can Omni, drawing Wish, Wishing on your turn, and bouncing on their turn then go off.

To beat a Thalia, they can run head first through it, but it makes cantripping into the win a pain, and really restricts the Combo turn as well as the fetching.

Ideally, you want to get them on a path where they have to pay a tax to dig to remove stuff. Playing Mother of Runes/Sylvan Safekeeper will help stop their Cunning Wishes from fetching effective removal for your guys.

TL:DR

Run Thalia, Gaddock Teeg, Cannonist, Karakas, Oblivion Ring, Mother of Runes, Safekeeper (and if you're running Black, Therapy/Thoughtseize) as a mix in some proportion. It's not going to be easy, but try to force them down an unfavourable path for them if possible.

-Matt

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Originally Posted by Barook

Karakas won't do anything as they'll just hardcast it again with Omniscience and net themselves another turn. I'm still dead.

And in the last game, I did have an active Mom with Teeg on the board, just to get blown out by S&T --> Omniscience --> Cunning Wish --> Eladamri's Call --> Emrakul. :confused: Needless to say, I was not too happy about that.

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You just need more variety of hate. Thalia, ethersworn and teeg should be sufficient to fight omnitell.

I'm pretty sure maverick has 3-4 thalia maindeck. then there's ethersworn canonist in the sideboard and then Teeg via GSZ.

thats pretty easy to gather hate in my opinion. You will most likely get a thalia in your opening hand, and a gsz in your opening hand.

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Originally Posted by KobeBryan

You just need more variety of hate. Thalia, ethersworn and teeg should be sufficient to fight omnitell.

I'm pretty sure maverick has 3-4 thalia maindeck. then there's ethersworn canonist in the sideboard and then Teeg via GSZ.

thats pretty easy to gather hate in my opinion. You will most likely get a thalia in your opening hand, and a gsz in your opening hand.

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I run the Vial variant, so no GSZ, but 3 Teegs, 3 Thalia, 2 Canonists, 2 O-Rings (+2 E-Tutors) for it after boarding.

Their ability to fight through that with relative is ridiculous and frustrating, hence my complaining because I DO run said hate.

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Originally Posted by Barook

I run the Vial variant, so no GSZ, but 3 Teegs, 3 Thalia, 2 Canonists, 2 O-Rings (+2 E-Tutors) for it after boarding.

Their ability to fight through that with relative is ridiculous and frustrating, hence my complaining because I DO run said hate.

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They really shouldn't be able to fight through THAT much hate. You are just very very unlucky.

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Originally Posted by KobeBryan

They really shouldn't be able to fight through THAT much hate. You are just very very unlucky.

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Nope, this deck is bullshit.

Unless you'll get an O-Ring and they can't find an immediate answer, you will be boned.

I just lost the Legacy Daily on MODO (2-2, after losing match 1 to Tin Fins, winning against BUG Shardless and Dredge). Especially G3 showed how good they can fight through hate:

I had a pretty much perfect lock of Cavern --> Human --> Mom, T2 Canonist, T3 Scryb Ranger (for extra Mom activations) and started the beats afterwards. Hell, I even got a Choke online because.

Well, he jammed down Dream Halls thanks to City of Traitors, cast Enter the Infinite one turn later, played 2 Needles for Mom and SoFI (which could have won me the game if I had drawn it), then played Cunning Wish during my turn to Slaughter Pact Canonist and went off while being at 1 life.

This isn't just bad luck anymore because they'll always find a way to fight through.

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Originally Posted by Barook

Nope, this deck is bullshit.

Unless you'll get an O-Ring and they can't find an immediate answer, you will be boned.

I just lost the Legacy Daily on MODO (2-2, after losing match 1 to Tin Fins, winning against BUG Shardless and Dredge). Especially G3 showed how good they can fight through hate:

I had a pretty much perfect lock of Cavern --> Human --> Mom, T2 Canonist, T3 Scryb Ranger (for extra Mom activations) and started the beats afterwards. Hell, I even got a Choke online because.

Well, he jammed down Dream Halls thanks to City of Traitors, cast Enter the Infinite one turn later, played 2 Needles for Mom and SoFI (which could have won me the game if I had drawn it), then played Cunning Wish during my turn to Slaughter Pact Canonist and went off while being at 1 life.

This isn't just bad luck anymore because they'll always find a way to fight through.

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I never said it was easy. Its winnable. The biggest thing is to catch them off guard with a well placed teeg. A qasali pridemage might be good too to destroy enchantments.

The good thing is, no show and tell decks topped this week. You should focus on beating the deathblade matchups and let other players worry about the omnitell.

What is the exact reason the Vial version doesn't run some GSZ? Space issues? Anti-synergy with Teeg?

I could easily see cutting 1 Scryb Ranger and 1 Teeg for 2 GSZ. That would increase the overall consistency of the deck (and with 1 Teeg and such low numbers of GSZ, it should be less of a problem) and would open up the option of running a single Dryad Arbor for accel (which actually works rather nicely with Vial @0 as well). Aside from that, it would make Pridemage a potential SB tutor target, just like Scavening Ooze (although I feel that RiP and Bojuka Bog should be enough). A single DRS with a splash of black might be interesting as well. This is the list I'm thinking about with all the changes in mind:

4 Windswept Heath
4 Savannah
4 Wasteland
1 Plains
1 Forest
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Maze of Ith
1 Karakas
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Scrubland
1 Bayou

3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Mother of Runes
3 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Gaddock Teeg
2 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Birds of Paradise
1 Deathrite Shaman

4 AEther Vial
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Batterskull

Sideboard:
2 Enlightened Tutor
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Qasali Pridemage
2 Rest in Peace
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Choke
1 Bojuka Bog

Edit: While Birds are nice sometimes as equip carrier, I'm asking myself if it isn't better to go more into the direction of Jack Wang's Maverick list with more fetchlands to feed both DRS and KotR. Access to SB Thoughtseizes sound like a nice way to fight combo as well.