Not bad, jake. care to write a little report?
And no I am not going to BoM. Will be back stateside on vacation at that time.
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Not bad, jake. care to write a little report?
And no I am not going to BoM. Will be back stateside on vacation at that time.
I think I may build this deck, but I have not found any guidance on how to sideboarding, and I have some doubt about the red version and in particular about the boros version. Can anyone give me a hand? I think the sideboarding is a very important thing to discuss.
To be honest sideboarding is far less important than understanding how to play the deck. To do that you just need to shuffle up the cards. The mono red list would be fine at a smaller event where you know and can predict the meta. It had a more difficult time with beating decks that run Eldrazi in general
If you go back through the thread there is discussion of sideboarding. I would start there. My recommendation is play first, find some answers, then come back with specific questions. How to sideboard is so broad, and not really fair to expect people to keep rehashing it in the face of you not doing any testing.
Seth
I've played the deck online, I liked it, it's very difficult but incredibly powerfull. Now I think to try to restart the testing of the deck online, but I have some doubt. For example, keeping the Jean-Mary Accart decklist, I don't know if I must put the other Ensnaring Bridge against midrange decks. The 4 Firebolt are very pretty, but against patriot and bug I don't know all the changes that I must made in the maindeck for them.
Basically you are saying 'hey I just picked up this deck and am too lazy to read through the thread to find the answers I need so just give them to me'
You can go read the old thread, this one, tournament reports, and articles. Jandax posted an effing linked primer one day ago. every question you will have has already been asked and answered at least twice by someone else. After that, feel free to ask a question. For example, a long time ago I asked if anyone had tried martyr of ashes. I used the search function and found maybe one hit so I asked.
First page is there for a reason.
For the elves matchup analysis, moon is actually much better than you think. They are all splashing black and fetches for DRS. They can also beat a resolved bridge or peacekeeper with sideboarded Decays.
Well.... I wouldn't necessarily board them out, but i'd been having success with Pyrokinesis..... Now THAT'S a bomb against Elves xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Sparkii
A moon on the play against elves is a bomb. On the draw, it's a speed bump. If they know you have it, they can play around it with little effort. If they don't know you have it, you win the game a good amount of the time.
Let that be a lesson, fetch basics first, always, when playing blind.
Yes, I've found a lot of good advices, but I have even some doubt. I asked to Jean-Mary Accart to resolve my remaining doubts, but he tell me that you're the expert of the deck. I usually stalk the players from which I want to get advice on Facebook, but if some thing can be shared on a forum is better. I read your report, and you usually side out the tops, why? It's not better take them instead of simian? Against BUG, all versions, what are the best cards?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kap'n Cook
Top is something you use to filter and control your draws in a longer game. Also, when used with Welder they can become a draw engine. But they are only useful in longer games. If you do not think your going to have time then they are an easy choice to side out.
You do not take out the Ape, the mana he makes while you have a blast in hand is a life saver while also having legs should the need arise. The boost he gives to an opening hand is also a large part of his appeal.
You're not getting it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UNLIMITED
You need to play the deck a good amount and find answers to the problems you're bound to encounter.
You're stuck in the fundamental stage of playing this deck, for one simple reason; you don't know how to become a student of the deck. Don't stalk players and ask questions about what experience should show you.
You need to lose about 100 tournament quality games with this deck before you can begin to properly tell what works and why. No one here is going to spoon feed you.
Ooh.. Ooh.. I'll spoon feed.
Freed advice: stop playing the deck and stop posting here.
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The important question would be if you are going to call it Strawberry Shortcake, or Enlightened Recruiter ???Quote:
Originally Posted by jandax
Take notes jandax, I for one would like to read as good of a synopsis as you are willing to write.
Cheers
We should probs ease up on Alex. There's been a huge upswing in painter's popularity so that's the main cause. That said, we should all point these questions to the front page via private message since most questions have been covered. Certainly better than derailing the thread every ten pages
And lil Jon says strawberry shortcake too:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZGOv8MMHCNc
Ok Kap... I'll apologize and take back my snap remarks.
However, this forum should be reserved for discussions on how to continue to evolve this deck, and not a tutorial for new players. That's all on page one. AND... As stated, just sleeve the deck up and start slingin it. That's where you're going to learn the ins and outs of the deck.
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I've played online a lot the monored version, so I found the boros version more complicated for the sideboarding, that's it. I've seen videos and read reports, but may be normal to still have some doubts.
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dice_Box
I have played the deck for more than a year and a half. I can honestly say it was a rough go for the first 6 months. I played a 15+ man tourney every week and it felt like the deck would just crap out or crush. People told me I should go back to playing brainstorm and ponder. They were wrong. There is a lot that you just need to "feel out with this deck. Rarely are my sideboard choices consistent.
Once you get past the first bit its kind of like the end of the matrix. The real key is not learning the deck, its learning the match ups.
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I just played my first round of our 40 man legacy league and scored an easy victory with Strawberry Shortcake 2-0. My opponent was on BURG delver and a mildly keep able hand with a blood moon and a follow up bridge was back breaking. All I did was play around daze and bait forces. The first game was scoop to blood moon and the second, I actually got to combo off. Interestingly, and I am not sure if it is my meta, but there was a lot of him reading my cards, does this happening to you guys?
We played a couple more hands after for practice and he quit with the view it wasn't a good MU. I then played against a random on Burn, it didn't go well 2-4, I will have to work on this MU, it's fringe but given it's affordability it happens. I boarded out moons but then my tombs helped him, I am not sure that was a great move.
I'd leave in magus and if you play 20 land side out a tomb. Consider what they'll bring in; artifact hate, an enchantment, maybe their blasts. It's not worth it to waste board slots on it. A spellskite might be the one card you can squeeze in.
It's not a fun matchup, so I'd sit with the burn player after the round and discuss the match some. Probe for things he doesn't want to see from you and wants to draw against you.
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Honestly I don't think you are going to be able to help the burn matchup much without sacrificing board slots dedicated for more likely matchups.
I believe its been said before... but:
Plan for the matchups that are most likely (both MB and SB)
after that you have to examine if there are any flex slots available to dedicate to niche matchups.
IMO with this deck Mono or Rw, there arn't that many slots available
The best gameplan against burn is just to combo them out FAST, and hope they dont have a bolt.