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Originally Posted by Arcadia
I think 3/2 is a perfectly reasonable split… it is what I run (with the 4th decay in the sideboard). This is also somewhat related to the Thoughtseize vs Hymn argument; the deck is just way too crowded at the 2cc slot. Disfigure and Thoughtseize help out so much. Have fun beating a turn one Mother of Rune from DnT without either.
That's a pretty sweet record, my win record is only at 65% :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by deviant
Not quite sure how you get 72,5 win% out of 50, but that is certainly "self five" worthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by deviant
98.7% of statistics from The Source are made up on the spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorwynd
Its complete BS...he won a 1/4 game
Is this why hymn is so good…?Quote:
Originally Posted by KobeBryan
My bad, last 51 matches. Didn't think it was that important.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorwynd
Also, if you seize me at paris, I'll promise to do this to you. (edit: if it is, in fact TA mirror)
This is true, I actually had to use a calculator to do this on the spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lejay
Are we done being dicks yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by KobeBryan
No, I also win with the TNN-seize version.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorwynd
Yeah, your are from GP days 2's etc. Mine are from modo as I said. -> not that impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by akatsuki
Great article on Starcitygames Bob! Loved the play by play and sideboard decisions. Thanks for laying the groundwork for others to follow.
I would love your reasoning for why Sylvan went to sideboard and upping the number of cliques and grips for less charms. Are you just not afraid of Elves?
And is Tar Pit just not good enough any more?
Sylvan is in the board because I prefer Liliana. She's insane right now. Elves is certainly scary, but I wanted to play 2 Krosan Grips and I felt as though there was too much overlap.
I personally find Tar Pit too low impact, but Dan and the Hatfields both like it, so I may be wrong about it.
Here's a round by round recap in case you're interested: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/s...451#post787451
Has anybody else thought about SBing Massacre at all? It's obviously more double sided than Golgari Charm, but it's free and it outright kills Delver of Secrets and Stoneforge Mystic in Patriot. Seems like a reasonable enough argument to try and run it as like a 2x in the board?
I haven't tested maindeck TS, although I think it can work, it's a different play style for the deck - Which I don't like - .Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorwynd
But Abrupt Decay is superior as maindeck card, as it hits equips, balances, tarmogoyfs, batterskull tokens and it can be countered (this includes daze). The other thing is that you're not swapping 3 abrupts to improve the curve, you're changing 1 abrupt decay for 1 disfigure, which will improve the curve 5% of the time, and will lower your chances to kill something important 15% of the time. (Yes, my statistics are also made on the spot :laugh:)
Just one thing to remind: You can't beat all the draws, so sometimes if the opponent draws mother T1 and you have a decay, you will be screwed. In the same way if the opponent draws jitte and you have disfigure you will be screwed. That's life.
I did it, and it feels sweet at the beginning, but when you play it half of the time you're unhappy because you have delver or shaman (I tested it against Patriot). If I would have space I would run 1 or 2. It seems very good against death and taxes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Final Fortune
I'll admit that Thoughtseize may not be the correct choice even in the current meta (or at least my meta). It's been good so far, but again, I'm playing against a ton of Elves and Stoneforge decks where it really shines and Force is only ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arcadia
Those statistics are definitely not the whole story. It's pretty common to cantrip to find an answer, and in those cases, both the probability of finding your one-of and the chance that you need your one-of to be cheap go up. If you're constantly playing against Esperblade or Miracles, no, Disfigure is not going to be the best maindeck card. Again, look at your meta.
Also, awesome article, Bob! Good to see you get a spot on starcity. I really liked the discussion of how Team American can flexibly adopt roles and how crucial it is to pick the correct role for a hand and matchup. Good analysis.
Massacre is terrible. Against UW/x Blade, it's rare to get a 2 for 1, and you also typically start out ahead. They also can kill all of your creatures post sb as the Blade player will have RIP and you probably won't have Stalker.
Sorry that this may be common knowledge, but what do you mean that TA is a terrible delver deck? Are you referring to DRS usually being the better T1 play instead of Delver that RUG or UWR would probably more strongly consider as a viable T1 move?Quote:
Originally Posted by deviant
You have a lower instant/sorcery count than both of those decksQuote:
Originally Posted by aznepyon7
This. Our delvers do not flip as often, and we don't run (md) pierce that most delver decks use to protect it.Quote:
Originally Posted by testing32
Delver is however, a very good card against pretty much all the combo decks, helps make our blue count barely enough to run force and is a crucial part in combating RiP in postboard games.
I don't think it's terrible but it's definitely not as flexible as Golgari Charm, there were a couple of situations where being able to kill off a SFM that tutored for Batterskull while tapping out for Tarmogoyf were pretty clutch plays.Quote:
Originally Posted by akatsuki
how do u side against reanimate and lands?
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Dark Confidant in this deck?
It's already been discussed. Some people like it and some people don't. The Hymn Stalker version is generally more popular, but it's not unheard of for someone to have success with a build running Dark Confidant. Here's a recent one: http://sales.starcitygames.com//deck...p?DeckID=62695.Quote:
Originally Posted by SORO