What Should I Play In My Metagame?

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Originally Posted by jumping salmon

Love playing brainstorm, Spell Pierce, and islands. I like having multiple decision trees/complex lines of play even if for a linear goal. I don't mind turning dudes sideways but I enjoy empty creature boards. Got a budget of ~1k. What should I work on building? I haven't played in over a year and don't have many staples.

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I would build UR Delver or RUG Delver with Quirion Dryads in place of Tarmogoyfs. If you're really starting from zero, it might come in at a bit over $1k, but the staples from either will be a huge help in building a lot of other decks if you decide to change.

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Originally Posted by jumping salmon

Love playing brainstorm, Spell Pierce, and islands. I like having multiple decision trees/complex lines of play even if for a linear goal. I don't mind turning dudes sideways but I enjoy empty creature boards. Got a budget of ~1k. What should I work on building? I haven't played in over a year and don't have many staples.

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Spiral Tide.

I'm planning on attending the open in baltimore this January I'd like some advice selecting deck from a short list of options which are

Maverick (any non punishing fire version)
Junk/rock (any configuration)
Nic fit (bg or bgw)
All spells
Elves (only one cradle)
Zombardment
Affinity

I have some tournament experience with elves and maverick the rest would be first timers

Thanks in advance
Tim

Elves is the best if it had 4 cradles. With only one cradle... I think I'd rather play Maverick.

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Originally Posted by uncletiggy

I'm planning on attending the open in baltimore this January I'd like some advice selecting deck from a short list of options which are

Maverick (any non punishing fire version)
Junk/rock (any configuration)
Nic fit (bg or bgw)
All spells
Elves (only one cradle)
Zombardment
Affinity

I have some tournament experience with elves and maverick the rest would be first timers

Thanks in advance
Tim

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If you have experience with Maverick, then that might be the best choice. If you can get some practice in with Affinity, then that seems like a decent choice as well. I would stay away from All Spells as it is super fragile and people are generally prepared for combo due to OmniTell/Sneak and Show.

I was leaning towards maverick or the rock tuned to beat true name tempo and combo. I guess the real question is what is the meta going to look like and is the prevalence of blue based decks going to supress combo or bolster it.

What are the decks that absolutely s***t on Imperial Painter. This is the only deck I consistently lose to when my Magic Club at my university has legacy tournaments. It's a small meta (only between 8-10 people show up usually) so there's always a chance of me facing it.

sneak attack and belcher

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Originally Posted by say no to scurvy

sneak attack and belcher

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I would also add Death and Taxes to the list. Blood moon usually isn't that great because of several plains in the deck as well as Aether Vial. And Phyrexian Revoker is annoying for Painter to deal with. Mom too.

Oh a deck that attempts to win with a pile if permanents? DEED

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Originally Posted by Dragonslayer_90

What are the decks that absolutely s***t on Imperial Painter. This is the only deck I consistently lose to when my Magic Club at my university has legacy tournaments. It's a small meta (only between 8-10 people show up usually) so there's always a chance of me facing it.

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Tinfins, monoblue Omni, epic storm (if a good pilot), elves. any monocolor deck with an emrakul, belcher, burn, ur burn

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Originally Posted by Megadeus

Oh a deck that attempts to win with a pile if permanents? DEED

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Yeah... if ya got it, a properly tuned nic fit list can fight Painter lists fairly well.

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things but after a year out of it, I'm kind of unfamiliar with the meta. I played Thresh before I quit and am looking to try something different that would be good in my meta. The meta consists of a little bit of Deathblade, a fair amount of Shardless BUG, some small amounts of Jund and MUD with an occasional random deck or two (goblins, elves, omnitell, D&T, Pox, merfolk).

I'm not really sure what to play, but I know it's got to have decent game against some combo of Shardless, Jund and MUD. I can currently build most things and what I can't build I can usually borrow. I think the only real limitations are that I do not have Show & Tells or a full set of Underground Seas. I've had experience with Thresh, Goblins, Pox, Zoo, and practiced with Pact SI a fair bit (still need Bargains).

What would be some decent choices for that meta?

I want to play something that has Show and Tell in it.

It doesn't need to have red in it. In fact, I'd rather it didn't need red because I lack Volcanic Islands.

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Originally Posted by DragoFireheart

I want to play something that has Show and Tell in it.

It doesn't need to have red in it. In fact, I'd rather it didn't need red because I lack Volcanic Islands.

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Hypergenesis is sweet.

Eureka show? Eureka in Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker for the lulz

S&T + Reanimator?

Thanks for the suggestions.

How much fun is Omni-Tell?

Turbo eldrazi is also a thing, and can be played without candelabras (although without them and Red it will not be an optimized version).

First of all, I want to say hi. I'm fed up with my Patriot, which I have played for over year. I want to change a deck. I won't play BGx Midrange and Blade decks, since I'm jumping off the wagon. In my meta I have Merfolks, Dragon Stompy, White Weenie / Budget D&T, Goblins and sometimes Affinity and Dredge. I had only problem with fishes, so I would be happy to play a deck that utterly crushes them. I love blue, but I don't really mind the colour. Beside that, I will avoid UB due to manabase price. Thank you for reading and replying.