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I havent moved my stance on TES at all, I think most of the innovation you guys are talking about is either bad or things I've already done.
From what I've gathered, people have started to figure out that Island and U/R Fetchlands are bad in a 3 color deck with 8 discard spells and that Underground Sea and Volcanic Island should be played 2x. Dimishinh Returns should replace Dark Petition in the SB because of Reanimator, Show&Tell and aggro and 3 SB Empty the Warrens is a given in a 4 Chrome Mox deck.
I think Mox Opal is complete garbage and Simian Spirit Guide is the best of the worst accelerants if you want to cut the 8th discard, 14th land or 4th Chrome Mox. I'm indifferent on Hope of Ghirapur if you want more/different disruption, but personally I think sitting on Swamp and discard is enough.
I don't like the second Empty the Warrens MD because I don't want to be stuck in Belcher mode, and the lone Cabal Ritual and Pre-Ordain just seem like sub-optimal filler for a deck that doesn't need it.
My list is basically,
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Empty the Warrens
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Burning Wish
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Duress
4 Thoughtseize
4 Dark Ritual
4 Rite of Flame
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Chrome Mox
4 Polluted Delta
4 Bloodstained Mire
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Badlands
1 Swamp
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Grape Shot
3 Empty the Warrens
1 Diminishing Returns
1 Past in Flames
1 Telemin Performance
1 Void Snare
1 Massacre
1 Pulverize
4 Echoing Truth
I've become really conservative with Storm lists, just because I have put in so much testing with different ideas and have always ended up at the exact same place in the end. I don't think MD tinkering is worth a damn, and the SB is general enough not to worry about it.
It would take an unbanned Mind's Desire, Red Orim's Chant or a strictly better Storm engine, accelerant, cantrip discard or bounce for me to reconsider anything at this point. People just need to grind out games instead of experiment with their 75 IMO.
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Final Fortune
People just need to grind out games instead of experiment with their 75 IMO.
This is a good point. Counterargument though:
If we can't discuss improving our 75, what are we doing on a forum dedicated to improving our 75?
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Originally Posted by
Asthereal
This is a good point. Counterargument though:
If we can't discuss improving our 75, what are we doing on a forum dedicated to improving our 75?
Now you know why I haven't been around much :) But in all seriousness, the thread could just as easily serve as a "what would you do" collection with sample hands and play lines if people wanted it to.
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Originally Posted by
Final Fortune
Now you know why I haven't been around much :) But in all seriousness, the thread could just as easily serve as a "what would you do" collection with sample hands and play lines if people wanted it to.
Is actually telemin performance good? Maybe that’s a slot to discuss?
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@FFortune: Missed you really..., 100% on same page as you! yeah, we'll see which new deck raise or which new card is printed or if a heavy meta shift occurs to see if we can discuss again!
@JackaBo: I would not go to a tournament withouth playing TP or Bribery in my side, those cards just make BW as good as IT card vs griselbrand decks and in case of TP vs lands/Storm. I prefer for example bribery for my taste.
you'll note he plays also DR BUT not DP, likely for him is unnecesary having already those 2 threats+EtW, I - however - play all them! and sometimes DU even!
It is all a matter of taste my friend.!
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Originally Posted by
JackaBo
Is actually telemin performance good? Maybe that’s a slot to discuss?
Dark Petition is too slow and not flexible, you need cards in your SB that actually do something vs Griselbrand and give you real options in bad situations. Telemin Performance makes Burning Wish good in all of the match ups its bad in, and Diminishing Returns is a plan B for any deck that has either taxed you out of resources or you must race.
Honestly unless you really want those HOGs for Miracles, I think full ETW, utility and bounce is a fine way to go. I havent changed a SB card in months and never felt as if I needed anything else vs control, I messed around with the Island and 2xBadland manabase a bit for aggro control but that is about it really.
Edit: I also really dislike the current list on the TES website, only 4 Fetches for Island, Mox Opal is dead in hand quite often and the Wish SB is cold vs Lavinia.
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So if i get it right:
- DP is a card that turns BW into 4cmc Tutor, thus increasing consistency versus decks where empty is bad
- due to actually being 5cmc its also bad versus daze/pierce
-due to spell mastery it’s bad vs RIP-type effects.
So daze and pierce comes from tempo decks where empty is good, so that’s fine
Versus thalia decks (who may run RIP) and chalice decks (who often runs leyline) DP is bad, Empty is mediocre but here DR shines since a new hand wont give them counterspells.
Versus blue control decks DP seems better since either they can hard counter you or they cant.
So the question is do you want a spell that’s good against DnT/chalice or Blue control.
TP seems great g1 versus a bunch of decks then theres a risk if givning you a Tireless tracker, xantid swarm, arcane artisan. Still good odds versus Reanimator. Question is if it that’s enough for its inclusion.
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Originally Posted by
Final Fortune
I havent changed a SB card in months and never felt as if I needed anything else vs control, I messed around with the Island and 2xBadland manabase a bit for aggro control but that is about it really.
Honest question as i am intrigued by your confidence;
Do you have any results backing your claims?
The decklist sites I use seem to answer that question as "no".
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Originally Posted by
JosefK
Honest question as i am intrigued by your confidence;
Do you have any results backing your claims?
The decklist sites I use seem to answer that question as "no".
I'm 36 with a profession, wife and kids and live in Turkey, that pretty much relegates my Magic playing time to online with friends. I've played the deck for over ten years, you can read thru all of the old threads and take it for whatever it's worth to you.
@JackaBo
DP is ok vs Miracles and that is about it, Telemin Performance is amazing vs Show&Tell, Reanimator, Storm and Lands and Diminishing Returns is ok vs Show&Tell and Reanimator, good vs Storm and Lands, great vs aggro, prison and discard strategies and a Hail Marry vs Miracles if you should need it (if you expect random creatures from the SB just Diminishing Returns instead of Telemin Performance game 2 and they're playing with dead cards vs you now). The thing is, in my experience, if you can take the time to DP for Ad Nauseam vs Miracles then you can also take the time to Burning Wish -> Tendrils of Agony or Past in Flames as well so what problem is DP helping you with? Even when you want to win earlier vs Miracles than Wish -> Tendrils or PIF can manage, you typically risk it with ETW anyway.
I just didn't get much mileage out of the card when I played it, and I haven't missed it since I cut it for other engines. I don't feel like I need to hedge vs Miracles, I can outplay that deck with what I have, but without Telemin Perforance/Diminishing Returns I just don't have the tools I need to end the game vs Show&Tell and Reanimator even when I do get to go off with Burning Wish and that's frustrating as all hell.
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How do we stand against the latest Legacy creation of Grixis Phoenix? Here's a breakdown:
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PS. Some of the examples were of older variations of the deck, but it's good to test and think about what other cards the opponent could be playing outside of stock lists.
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There has been talk of innovation within TES lately and I think I may have something. I have not tested this option as in depth as the people at theepicstorm.com have but I have goldfished it several hundred times and I have had good results. I know this deck alteration has both benefits and drawbacks when compared to the established TES deck list and I know that some people with think that this deck idea is complete garbage and some may think it interesting. I love the game and I would like to try and contribute towards the Magic community. The following is an altered TES deck with a name that I think is appropriate “TEAS” (The Epic Artifact Storm). Please do not interpret this as an attack on TES, I am just trying to open the consideration to options.
TEAS – The Epic Artifact Storm
By: Daniel Worobec
Main Deck
//Core Cards
1x Ad Nauseaum
4x Burning Wish
4x Infernal Tutor
//Discards/Disruption
4x Thoughtseize
3x Duress
//Cantrips/Information
4x Urza’s Bauble
4x Mishra’s Bauble
//Mana Acceleration
4x Dark Ritual
3x Rite of Flame
4x Lion’s Eye Diamond
4x Lotus Petal
4x Mox Opal
4x Chrome Mox
//Land
4x Badland
4x Bloodstained Mire
3x Vault of Whispers
2x Swamp
Side Board
1x Tendrils of Agony
2x Empty the Warrens
1x Rite of Flame
1x Past in Flames
1x Brainspoil
1x Dark Petition
1x Duress
1x Pulverize
1x Shattering Spree
1x Massacre
1x Chain Lightning
2x Hope of Ghirapur
1x Fatal Push
TEAS is very similar to TES but is more focused on using Ad Nauseam with a follow up Tendrils of Agony that using Empty the Warrens. TEAS uses 24 zero converted mana cost artifacts in the deck for a combination of fast mana, being able to get to a higher storm count with fewer mana and enables an efficient Ad Nauseam with a lower life loss, enabling you to draw more cards with less life.
The total converted mana cost of TEAS, less an Ad Nauseam is 30 mana. This works out to drawing one card for every 0.5 life, so 19 life will draw you an average of 38 cards with one spell. After goldfishing TEAS 100 times and using Ad Nauseam 87 of those times, Ad Nauseam ended up using an average life cost of 5.55 life that was needed to bring the storm count to 10 for a Tendrils of Agony.
I debated using one copy of Empty the Warrens in the main deck. The reasons I moved Empty the Warrens to the Side Board is that for one more mana you could cast an Ad Nauseam, a higher focus on winning with Ad Nauseam and a lesser life cost to Ad Nauseam. To win the game with Empty the Warrens you usually need an additional two turns of attacking; I have found that waiting a turn or two for an additional mana to cast Ad Nauseam was faster in winning the game. In my research I have found that there are more decks played that focus on using Tendrils of Agony to win over Empty the Warrens so TEAS focuses more on using Ad Nauseam followed by a Tendrils to win. Empty the Warrens also costs four life if turned up while resolving an Ad Nauseam; since TEAS uses cards with converted mana cost 0-2 mana, if an Empty the Warrens was added to the deck you would fear turning up a converted mana cost four card when you have low life. Having only converted mana cost 0-2 in the deck lets you maximize your Ad Nauseam when at low life without having to worry about turning up a card that will kill you. I chose not to use Empty the Warrens in the main deck of this list because I wanted to. If I had the choice to either add in an Empty the Warrens for an Ad Nauseam, I would choose the Ad Nauseam. You could use Empty the Warrens if you choose too, my deck list is still experimental.
One of the benefits and drawbacks in TEAS is that there is not blue. Blue has better cantrips than Urza’s Bauble and Mishra’s Bauble but it is a third color and sometimes having a lesser amount of different colors in a deck may be better. Another drawback of not having blue cantrips is that you will have to mulligan more often when trying to get key cards. The use of artifact cantrips enable less life loss with an Ad Nauseam, increases storm count for less mana and can turn on Mox Opal better. Having zero converted mana cost artifacts in TEAS allows you to empty your hand fast to get to Hellbent for Infernal Tutor.
On January 26, 2019, Bryant Cook used two copies of Mox Opal in his deck and said, “If I could find a way to play all four (Mox Opal) I would” in a video. I am not trying to speak for Bryant but TEAS may be a solution to adding four Mox Opals even though TEAS is quite different.
Mox Opal has been very useful in experimenting with TEAS. In most games I usually have enough artifacts for metalcraft. With 23 other artifacts in TEAS and all being free to play, there is a 83.5% chance that you will have two or more non-Mox Opal artifacts in an opening hand of seven cards to turn on metalcraft.
Some other drawbacks in TEAS when compared to TES are that it has less colored spells that can be imprinted on Chrome Mox. Excluding the Ad Nauseam, TEAS only has 18 colored spells in it and may not be enough to support four Chrome Mox in the deck. When experimenting with TEAS 100 times, I only used Past in Flames once (I may have used it more if I have had more previous experience playing it in TES). The low amount of instants and sorceries that can utilize Past in Flames may warrant it to not be used in TEAS’s main board and/or side board. The lack of instants and sorceries to be put into the graveyard also effects the potential of Dark Petition; spell mastery may not be turned on for the benefit of three black mana. Brainspoil may be a good alternative solution to Dark Petition despite costing one more mana. Brainspoil does not have to be played the same turn that Dark Petition needs to be played in to gain the three black mana. Brainspoil also gives an alternative option to destroy a creature if needed.
There are only two copies of Empty the Warrens total in this deck list, this deck list focuses more on using Ad Nauseam with a Tendrils of Agony. If you feel it is better to add in more Empty the Warrens I would like to hear feedback on the outcome, if I were to take out two cards out of the side board I would take out Past in Flames and Dark Petition.
Chain Lightning is used in the side board because it a sorcery and that it costs one. Alongside with Fatal Push they can be used to get rid of creatures that keep TEAS from working like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, Sanctum Prelate, Gaddock Teeg, Ethersworn Canonist, Eidolon of the Great Revel, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, Aegis of the Gods, Glowrider, Meddling Mage, Vryn Wingmare, Aven Mindcensor, Scab-Clan Berserker, Kambal, Consul of Allocation, Shalai, Voice of Plenty, Council of Absolution, Eidolon of Rhetoric and Lodestone Golem.
[CARDS]Shattering Spree is good against [CARDS]Chalice of the Void. [CARDS]Pulverize and [CARDS]Massacre are proven cards. Another drawback for not having blue in TEAS is that blue bounce is not playable.
After goldfishing TEAS 100 times, I did 20+ damage on an average of 3.24 turns. According to the definition on theepicstorm.com of ACT (Average Combo Turn), TEAS has an ACT of 2.86 turns. I think that if I were to play test TEAS more I would learn how to play it better and the ACT would be lower. I used Ad Nauseam and Tendrils of Agony as a win condition 87% of the time, Empty the Warrens as a win condition 12% of the time and a natural storm with Tendrils of Agony 1% of the time. I used at least one Duress and/or Thoughtseize before comboing off 44% of the time. When using an Ad Nauseam I used between 0 and 13 life with an average of using 5.55 life, I never ended up killing myself with an Ad Nauseam. I ended up doing no mulligans 73% of the time, mulliganed to six 18% of the time and mulliganed to five 9% of the time.
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You probably want to look up the Diabolic Intent and Mox Opal lists from the SI thread, the archetype is more consistent when you stay in one color for Vault of Whispers - Rite of Flame and Burning Wish is costing you a turn it looks like.
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Originally Posted by
Final Fortune
You probably want to look up the Diabolic Intent and Mox Opal lists from the SI thread, the archetype is more consistent when you stay in one color for Vault of Whispers - Rite of Flame and Burning Wish is costing you a turn it looks like.
Thank you for taking an interest in my post Final Fortune. I have taken a look at some Spanish Inquisition lists and I think I looked at he ones you mentioned. Though I have not play tested Spanish Inquisition, I have played TEAS several times and it is consistent. I usually do have enough black and/or red mana to support the function of TEAS with there being 29 mana sources that could produce black mana and 24 mana sources that could produce red mana. I usually am able to get both black and red mana available on turn one.
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Originally Posted by
Daniel Worobec
I dont think that Chrome Moxen work well with so few cards to imprint and judging from the amount of artifacts, you dont need them to get the Opals running.
The problem with this concept is card quality, especially after mulligan. Just like belcher you have to mull for a business spell, which are about half of traditional TES'. Also, having to cycle through baubles is slow as hell and doenst get you anywhere if you draw into Chrome Moxen, more baubles or other redundant pieces. The beauty of cantrips is raising the card quality, which i dont think can be substituted by baubles
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With the recent printings of Pteramander and Light up the Stage, UR Delver is back! Not only is it playing these new cards, but also playing cards like Wasteland! How does it matchup against TES?
https://theepicstorm.com/tes-matchup...s-ur-delver-ii
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This month's "Infernal Tutoring" article is now live, featuring special guest CALEB DURWARD (@CALEBDMTG)! Check it out, and let me know what plays you would have made in our three latest scenarios.
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Originally Posted by
whiskeyhughes
I like the Thoughtseize decision in the delver MU and particularly the ideas AJ and Bryant discuss related to selecting Ponder vs Brainstorm.
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New Article up on the site, give it a read and leave a comment!
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I had a decent tournament finish this past weekend, read about it here: https://theepicstorm.com/leaving-a-l...019-4th-place/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Bryant Cook
I think I played in 2 Kaladesh prereleases and from memory I have one of the red dice in a drawer somewhere
I'll check tonight when I get home
Edit: Yep it's in my bag
If I find you at Niagara you can have it
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And another fad card in TES bites the dust, I don't think that card is ever going to be a thing outside of SI with Vault of Whispers and robots or maybe Belcher with Grim Monolith?
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This month's "Infernal Tutoring" article is now live, featuring special guest DANIEL D’AMATO (@DAMATOEXP)! Check it out, and let me know what plays you would have made in our three latest scenarios.
https://theepicstorm.com/tes-infernal-tutoring-28/
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Hey Everyone! Check out my new article discussing the importance of testing and experimenting with new and old cards in The EPIC Storm!
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Originally Posted by
Sg Schultz
I don't think the list is anywhere as mutable as you suggest, cutting a discard, mox or land for the weaker rituals or cantrips just slows down TES. Half of the new and old cards you suggested were objectively bad, if you're worried about Prison just cut some number of Echoing Turth for Hurkyl's Recall - the answer to clear metagame shifts is pretty much always more linear SB cards.
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Hi, long time i don't post here, I just wanted to share what I am wearing and a couple of questions,
- nice to see now the majority of people are running CTherapy again.
- nice to see Opal is not played in TES - never was a good card for this archetype.
- from a couple of months till now I am playing 2 AN main and have to say that I'm happy about this - 14 lands 4 cmox, 7 discard.
I've seen recently that some of you are playing Mizzys Mastery and no PiF in side, I have in mind the wonderPreaux list, some considerations before and add if I am mistaken:
1- which is the main goal of MM n side?
2- I see the following options:
a) play MM with LED under BW and having AN in hand so it is discarded and then played by total 6 mana.
Does it really worth it? I mean the changes of occurring this casuistics are very few...
b) play its overloaded cost
Well this is a total of 10 mana includidng BW - does it really worht too? don't think so, by that mana you can do natural tendrils.
c) +1 storm for EtW in GY
apart of these 3 point, do I miss anything?
This card was something sooner or later I wasgoing to test, and now I play 2AN main I think it may work... but not sure chances are slim...
@wonderpreaux, any input on this - MM? (or any who plays MM) which is the reason of those 2 CRit? maybe to try to play the MM overaload cost?
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So Flashback Timetwister was just spoiled in Modern Horizons; I figure Land, Lion's Eye Diamond, Rite of Flame, Burning Wish and Echo of Eons is a play line this deck could make use of. If you have multiple LEDs, you can use the first LED to cast Echo of Eons and then the second LED to flashback in order to value your way through counter spells. This may be the best storm engine we've seen since Ad Nauseam, Modern Horizons is a gold mine for the format.
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Originally Posted by
Final Fortune
So Flashback Timetwister was just spoiled in Modern Horizons; I figure Land, Lion's Eye Diamond, Rite of Flame, Burning Wish and Echo of Eons is a play line this deck could make use of. If you have multiple LEDs, you can use the first LED to cast Echo of Eons and then the second LED to flashback in order to value your way through counter spells. This may be the best storm engine we've seen since Ad Nauseam, Modern Horizons is a gold mine for the format.
wow, didn't see this new card...
this for sure at least will be make me definately substitute D.R.
the question is:
- is this material for maindeck in TES?
I don't think so. Reasons:
1. you need it to be in GY so you need LED / T.Seize or CTherapy to yourself . by te moment the most degenerate is LED > THIS. but that's it... I mean you DO need LED in order to make the card absurd, then it is not that absurd.
is the card material for a new dek?
- don't know, but I see several interactions - the first is Quiet Speculation, the second is Gamble - maybe absurd? did wizards had in mind those 2 cards when they invented THAT card?
F.Fortute, I dont get this:
If you have multiple LEDs, you can use the first LED to cast Echo of Eons and then the second LED to flashback in order to value your way through counter spells.
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wow, didn't see this new card...
this for sure at least will be make me definately substitute D.R.
the question is:
- is this material for maindeck in TES?
I don't think so. Reasons:
1. you need it to be in GY so you need LED / T.Seize or CTherapy to yourself . by te moment the most degenerate is LED > THIS. but that's it... I mean you DO need LED in order to make the card absurd, then it is not that absurd.
is the card material for a new dek?
- don't know, but I see several interactions - the first is Quiet Speculation, the second is Gamble - maybe absurd? did wizards had in mind those 2 cards when they invented THAT card?
MDing Echo of Eons is a bad idea, what makes the card great is that Burning Wish and Lion's Eye Diamond get to abuse Flashback without becoming a graveyard centric deck - it's the Past in Flames principle again. I'm pretty sure this is definitely the new Storm engine for Burning Wish, getting a D7 with an average of +1 mana increases the fundamental turn of TES by a fair margin.
Edit: LED number 1 helps to pay for Echo of Eon's 6 mana cost, if it is countered then LED number 2 pays for Echo of Eon's flashback. Staggering LED activations basically gives you more business provided you have enough mana to pay for the +2cc vigorish over Diminishing Returns. Might be relevant when you're mana flooded, hasn't come up in testing yet.
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Originally Posted by
Final Fortune
MDing Echo of Eons is a bad idea, what makes the card great is that Burning Wish and Lion's Eye Diamond get to abuse Flashback without becoming a graveyard centric deck - it's the Past in Flames principle again. I'm pretty sure this is definitely the new Storm engine for Burning Wish, getting a D7 with an average of +1 mana increases the fundamental turn of TES by a fair margin.
Edit: LED number 1 helps to pay for Echo of Eon's 6 mana cost, if it is countered then LED number 2 pays for Echo of Eon's flashback. Staggering LED activations basically gives you more business provided you have enough mana to pay for the +2cc vigorish over Diminishing Returns. Might be relevant when you're mana flooded, hasn't come up in testing yet.
completely agree.
such a good BW target...
I wonder If Silence will worth again...
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Originally Posted by
Pelikanudo
completely agree.
such a good BW target...
I wonder If Silence will worth again...
Nah, D7 isn't for the Island match up unless it's your only option. Hard casting this thing is also better than Time Twister, the flashback is sitting in the graveyard for any LED draw to let you D7 again (Amazing for BMing with Grape Shot).
