Against an unknown opponent do you guys always run out a turn one chalice ( burning a simian which could help produce a turn two smasher) or play eye and play two mimics?
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Against an unknown opponent do you guys always run out a turn one chalice ( burning a simian which could help produce a turn two smasher) or play eye and play two mimics?
I always play safe and go for chalice first if I'm on the play. It is such a blowout against so many decks, that it's hard to justify not playing it. If I'm on the draw, it depends on the land the opponent played. If I see something other than a basic swamp (pox), eldrazi temple/eye or an island, I'd go for chalice, because if it's an island you'll probably eat up a daze and if it's swamp, i'm more worried with 2 mana spells.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmythegreek
Although if you can power 3-4 mimics T1 and thought-knot/Smasher T2, just go for it.
As far as feeling bad, in my experience missing a chance to play Chalice and getting punished feels a lot worse than waiting to get the beats on. What is actually correct is another story and the advice to go for it on the play or evaluate the land played on the draw is quite good.
I won a Null Rod today in a six man pod and had a decision in game 3 of my last match on turn 5 against Miracles whether to try to Chalice on 2 or keep the pressure on with an Endless One to a creature free board. I went for the Endless One and he played Counterbalance the next turn and it felt awful. Awhile later he got a Top in play and there's no way I should have won from there, but I ended up winning an epic through a Back to Basics where I had him at 1 life for about 12 turns. While at 1 life he resolved a Jace and used the zero ability several times but kept getting unlucky and finally he had to start using the +2 ability to try to control my draw. He got Jace to 12, ready to ultimate, putting a land on the bottom of my deck and the next card was a land and I killed him with a hastey Smasher. The win felt like a miracle against Miracles, as I was just waiting to lose, really. It was the last round of a casual and they turned off the clock and I almost conceded like 20 minutes before it was over because people were hanging around to see if I won outright or if the prize pool would be split. I felt like I had about a 1 in 50 shot but I decided to play it out....there's a lesson there as well!
Anyway he was never able to counter a single spell with Counterbalance, but I was beating myself up about it for most of game. The point to the story is that when Chalice gets countered, you're at least drawing out the counter, but sometimes when you don't Chalice it is just too late, so if you're on the fence keep that in mind.
i ended 4th on the Legacy festival championship. 6-1 in the swiss
won: Complete set: vintage masters, modern masters 1, modern masters 2, eternal masters
2-0 uw blade
2-0 miracles
2-0 rug delver
2-1 grixis delver
2-0 miralces
1-2 grixis delver
2-0 rug delver
won the quarters 2-0 from storm.
lost the semi's (1-2) from the same grixis dude that i lost from in the swiss. thought i had it, he had nothing and 2 lands on hand. he topdecked strix into draw a card and drew angler :(.
i had medium draws the whole tournament. but o well, im happy with the result
The list that did best at SCG Legacy Classic Columbus ran the new Kozilek!?
Frankly, I have a hard time finding Barook's deck list among these posts. So many pages.
@Barook Will you please repost your deck list or provide your post link so others and I can view it. Can you also include your side tech guide too please.
Thanks.
Looks cool, he has 3 grim monolith to accelerate, not bad. The new kozilek has always felt promising, but it has been overshadowed by newlamog's ETB. That said, resolving this guy on turn 4 has to be backbreaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_falsehate
They also provide an out to Blood Moon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_king_of_angmar
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/player/_barook_Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEmgee
SB Guide
I always said someday someone had to break the new Kozilek. I'm not saying this does it, but...dropping a biggie and drawing 7 would feel so great in this deck! (even ignoring the counter ability)Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_king_of_angmar
Also the UW Eldrazi by list Marc Camo Forment that took 2nd at MKM in Madrid looks really cool as well. Lots of Eldrazi innovation happening at the moment!
i think the deck doesnt need any innovation at all. It only needs the right sideboard for the right meta
if it aint broke, dont try to fix it
So, I am still playing around with a white version of the deck and stumbled across an interesting combo of displacer + containment priest. creatures get blinked out permanently. So for people playing white just realize it is another good form of creature removal at your disposal. Also, I've been playing with monoliths for a little while now and think they are fantastic. Really accelerates into the fatties and is good insurance against blood moon (for full disclosure I was playing painter against somebody on line who had them and I got wrecked even with blood moon out so I stole the idea from them. Can't remember who it was but you probably know who you are).
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One of the things I like about the UW Eldrazi by list Marc Camo Forment is that with the Tundras and Adakar Wastes, running Will of the Council in the sideboard would be possible, as True-Named Nemesis has truly been my nemesis in my local meta. For a big event I would run colorless, but for my local meta if I can pick up another Tundra this list seems like a good choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by drude1
Containment priest is kinda clunky maindeck and more of a sideboard. If you want repeatable creature kill though, look at the white eldrazi list that the BOM winner used. He ran basilisk collar to pair up with endbringers, which is far more organic and useful than containment priests.Quote:
Originally Posted by drude1
Way to go noloam!
Especially impressive since everyone knew exactly what you were on.
Nice job on crushing delver and miracles all day. Would love a sideboard breakdown and if you would change anything.
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So folks, how are you playing Endless One?
Currently I'm rushing out a turn 1 2/2 versus Miracles, Infect, and combo decks. Basically any deck where I need to apply pressure.
Where as in match ups where they have a ton of chumps, or trades like RUG, Elves etc, I tend to sandbag them to trigger Mimic or for 6/6s and 8/8s.
What is the ideal way to play?
thanks man! yes but most of them were playing the same decks as in the leagues. i always change my sideboard strategy on page 36. it is up to date :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mcbain
i almost always run it out as a 2/2 early game. except for miracles/mavrick and other slow decksQuote:
Originally Posted by LeaPlath
Does anyone have any experience with all is dust as a one of main? Seems like when we start to fall behind it's extremely difficult to come back and all is dust is one way to climb out of that hole. I was thinking of cutting an end bringer as I run two main.
I have seen a list with one maindeck all is dust, at one of the giga bites quarterly tournaments. The guy top decked it against miracles, blew up a jace and went on to win a close game. I dont think the deck minds having a sweeper; main deck ratchet bomb or nev disk could both be decent "just in case" cards. Not related, but has anyone considered reclamation sage as a blink target for displacer? Infinite enchantment/artifact removal seems good. Ive run it in modern 'drazi, not bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmythegreek