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Woah woah woah does this mean you're not going to troll Columbus with Russian treefolks?Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Cheese
Lejay have any comments on Steppe Lynx?
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/418567#online
Its great turn two on a fetch. Seems too "all in" for my tastes, especially running so few lands.Quote:
Originally Posted by now
Was ok but probably not worth it. But keeping just one tundra for meddling and RIP sb seems really good.
Was my first league with it so other tweaks were needed, 17 lands is clearly too many.
Interesting approach!
How has exquisite Firecraft been for you? Aginst what decks did you side it in?
Interesting. What’d you replace it with? How did Stormchaser Mage do?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lejay
Firecraft was help against miracles while being useful against eldrazi. If I metagame for miracles I'll play several.
4th stormchaser and 2 grim. I like the flying ability a lot. Card has obvious pros and cons but I like the idea of tuning the deck around it and swiftspear.
I test a wide range of decks at the moment, so don't expect me to do deep thinking on this particular one even i made a 5-0.
I ran UR Delver to win 2 byes at the GP.
Legacy GPT at Gryphon Games in Fort Collins, CO
19 Players:
Round One - ANT - Win 2-1
Round Two - Stoneblade - Win 2-0
Round Three - Grixis Delver - Win 2-1
Round Four - Eldrazi - ID
Round Five - BUG Delver - ID
Top 8 - Grixis Delver, UR Delver (me), BUG Delver, RUG Delver, Miracles, Enchantress, Eldrazi and Storm
Quarterfinals - Enchantress - Win 2-0
Semifinals - BUG Delver - Round 5 Opponent - Win 2-1
Finals - Grixis Delver - Round 3 Opponent - He concedes since he isn't going to the GP
4x Delver of Secrets
4x Monastery Swiftspear
3x Stormchaser Mage
1x Grim Lavamancer
1x Young Pyromancer
1x Snapcaster Mage
4x Brainstorm
3x Ponder
3x Gitaxian Probe
2x Spell Pierce
4x Daze
4x Force of Will
4x Lightning Bolt
2x Chain Lightning
2x Price of Progress
1x Fireblast
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
2x Scalding Tarn
2x Arid Mesa
3x Volcanic Island
3x Island
1x Mountain
Sideboard:
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Winter Orb
1x Submerge
1x Invasive Surgery
2x Smash to Smithereens
1x Exquisite Firecraft
2x Surgical Extraction
2x Sulfuric Vortex
1x Sulfur Elemental
1x Pyroblast
1x Blood Moon
17 Lands is still too many, probably fit the 4th Ponder back in and try to fit the 4th Stormchaser as well, that guy was good all day, Snapcaster I think I only pitched him to FoW, the one of YP was good too, won me a game. The option to go Tall with Stormchaser or Wide with YP is nice.
Hey fellow delvers!
I've been tinkering around with my sideboard and would like to hear some opinions about the addition of a slight black splash (a single Underground Sea/Badlands instead of the third volcanic island) to add some copies of Cabal Therapy. I really like the interaction between YP/Probe and Therapy especially against combo decks, but i would like to stay UR and use PoP and Chain Lightning too. The single black source also makes casting a Dismember or Surgical Extraction less painful.
SB:
2x Cabal Therapy
1x Dismember
1x Fire/Ice
1x Flusterstorm
1x Grim Lavamancer
2x Pyroblast
2x Smash to Smithereens
1x Submerge
2x Sulfuric Vortex
2x Surgical Extraction
Opinions?
Greetings
I don't think it's worth to splash for 2 Cabal Therapies in the board, and I don't think having those 2 in the board will give you such an edge. Yhe best way to counter combo decks (Storm/Lands/Elves/Food Chain/Infect) is to make them stumble for 2 or 3 turns with Daze/FoW/Pierce while tapping your flying dudes sideways and a couple burn spells.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonny Tempel
I'm not experienced enough with Legacy to disagree with you here. I was just wondering why nearly every Grixis Delver is running Therapy either main/side or a split and i've read more than often how devastating Pyro+Therapy is. (I know Grixis is a different kind of deck and running DRS makes Therapy a turn faster too)Quote:
I don't think it's worth to splash for 2 Cabal Therapies in the board, and I don't think having those 2 in the board will give you such an edge. Yhe best way to counter combo decks (Storm/Lands/Elves/Food Chain/Infect) is to make them stumble for 2 or 3 turns with Daze/FoW/Pierce while tapping your flying dudes sideways and a couple burn spells.
Look at this list for example:
http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=12553&d=272433&f=LE
This guy is running Therapy and it seems to work well. Finished two recent leagues on third and fourth place. I know that's no great evidence but i'm interested in giving therapy a try.
At worst i'm learning a lesson or two :laugh:
Do we have any clear answers to Kor Firewalker? I started playing online to test for EE4 and have lost to 2 DnT players running this card post board after smashing them game 1. I don't know if it's an online meta thing, but I've never run into this card after playing against many DnT players in paper Magic.
So far I've tried replacing the 4th Chain Lightning with a Vapor Snag, but I'm wondering if there isn't anything else less obvious that I'm missing.
dismember if you have to
Got second place at a small tournament (18people), missing first place ownly by a small margin.
It has been my first legacy event ever so i'm quite happy with the result!
I beat UG Infect 2-0, Eldrazi 2-1, mono black Hex Depths 2-1 and UWR Delver 2-1.
My list:
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Young Pyromancer
1 Grim Lavamancer
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Chain Lightning
3 Price of Progress
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Volcanic Island
3 Island
2 Mountain
Sideboard:
2 Smash to Smithereens
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Pyroblast
2 Spell Pierce
2 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Dismember
1 Sudden Demise
1 Fire/Ice
1 Submerge
1 Flusterstorm
Price of Progress has been nuts. Especially against Eldrazi, a single copy dealing 8 damage in G1.
The deck has really impressed me and the only change i'm considering is replacing the Fire/Ice with Exquisite Firecraft.
Greetings
I'm quite new to the deck, what are people's thoughts on Rift Bolt over Chain Lightning in the more all-in burn version of the deck? Although it is slower / the opponent can see it coming, it plays through a chalice for 1. Also, do you think invasive surgery in the sideboard worth it?
Invasive surgery is a fun card, but how often are you hitting delirium and what are you countering with it? I could see a case to be made for it, but I'm not sure this is the deck for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by knaveofdiamonds
If an opponent lands a chalice for 1 I don't think 6-9 damage is going to change the game in your favor. Don't forget that chalice doesn't say you can't cast spells with X cmc. So you can still pump your swiftspears or stormchasers if you're going that way or make infinite tokens with young peezy and go wide if you're playing that version.
I've been thinking of Rift Bolt but in theory I can picture suspending it, then it going off because you can play your prowess and you miss out on that extra pump.Quote:
Originally Posted by knaveofdiamonds
I had be running Invasive Surgery in the side and I agree with Shocked439, Spell Pierce will do anything Invasive will do and I very rarely have Delirium. I cut it from the side for the GP.
Hello, I am about to play this deck in next few tournaments.
Can you help me to build a good SB for my meta?
I expect other delver decks, lands!, miracles, elves and storm.
Thx. for any hints.