is it really needed to have such a big toolbox in the board?
what are the decks good and bad matchups (taking Botl his list)
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is it really needed to have such a big toolbox in the board?
what are the decks good and bad matchups (taking Botl his list)
Definitely not, especially considering Loam is usually what you wish for 30% of the time, Dreams is about 30% as well. Id tell you what to cut but I havent played with the deck for awhile. Chances are you'll wish for Loam almost all the time against decks with Exi.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeDennis
Conflagerate is an excellent wish target for a win condition.
Seems like the combo matchup is a bit hard. Anyone has insight on this?
Actually I'd like to know more about all the matchups and how to play/mulligan them.
The combo matchup is hard yes. There are a few ways to go about this. The way most of the Land Ho builds are built are based of Eric Darlands build with the black splash for Duress and Cabal Therapy. The Port some people are refering to is actually his legacy build originally. Treat your combo matchup just like you would in extended. Try to mull to a hand relevant of threats and power such as Exploration, key to keeping up with fast combo. Find the black spells. Find Dreams. Some extended versions of loam kept confinement in for more combo hate and you can do the same here if need be. Running one Savannah is fine and Mox Diamond has your back.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeDennis
I toyed around with Chalice of the Void for awhile. The drawback is obviously playing it alongside Exploration. I didnt try a version that played both but it seems so counter intuitive. You want Exploration before Cotv@1 obviously but you want it set at one post haste. Like before Aether Vial. The benefit of the artifact is not just the power of CotV@1 but that it makes combo more winnable, the reason I mentioned it. CotV@1 will stop the up coming Extirpates you'll see people bringing in to stop loam. It also stops Tormods Crypts if set at 0. Very important.
The last time I was testing this deck I went 2-0 against a mini gauntlet of Mono Red Gobs, White Thresh, Solidarity, and Pox. The pox matchup seemed to be more of a test of attrition than normal Deadguy or Red Death decks. Both of those are great matches thanks to your namesake.
I was thinking about chalices aswell. at 0 they allready can be quite a slow down for: TES,SI (which is bigger in my meta then solidarity).
I only have no idea which toolbox cards I can leave out of the sideboard.
will do more testing.
I'm in the process of building this deck. I never thought Tabernacle would be such a pain to find. Is it possible to construct the sideboard for this deck into total combo deck hate?
something like:
4 Zuran Orb (for burn)
4 Bayou
4 Extirpirate
2 Duress
1 Windswept Heath
does extirpate really hurt combo alot? and what does the most current decklist looks like?