[Deck] GW/x Maverick

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defector

I'm totally being the early adopter here and I went and bought 4 Skylasher on preorder.

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I think Skylasher is just a Sideboard option for Maverick, because Scryb Ranger+CoS is just better.


What do you Guys think about Huntmaster of the Fells. Is he worth to play in Punishing Maverick? I think he can finish Games alone. Just play him. Wait a turn. He transforms. If the Opponent cast more than 2 spells you get tokens and life. Then just wait your turn, and the opponent lose life and maybe a creature.

Have you ideas to play against Helm of Obdience Combo decks? I think preboard the mu is just horrible. We can just play Qasali to destroy there Enchantments. I just think that Armageddon makes the MU better. But 2 cards in 60 are not so much. Have you other Ideas? Maybe Krosan Grip, because its counterproof, but in my sideboard the Oring is in the Krosan Grip slots, because Oring is good against more Decks, than krosan Grip.

I agree the idea with Rest in Peace. It shuts down RUG, Dredge, Tin Fins, Reanimator, some Storm, good in Mirror Match. I try it over the Surgicals and Purify the Grave.

Yesterday I split in the finals with GW maverick.
i played against, canadian, miracle, blade and agent bug. the deck works very well and i dont need any colour splash.

Creature [27]
1 Dryad Arbor
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Mother of Runes
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Knight of the Reliquary
Instant [4]
4 Swords to Plowshares
Sorcery [4]
4 Green Sun's Zenith
Artifact [3]
2 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
Land [22]
1 maze of ith
2 Wooded Foothills
2 Cavern of Souls
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wasteland
4 Savannah
1 Karakas
2 Forest
2 Plains
60 cards

Split top four of the Philadelphia Legacy Series, Season 3 Champsionship. 44+ players with 6 rounds swiss.
I basically just splashed black for Deathrite Shaman and some extra weapons against combo.

23 Land

2 Savannah
2 Bayou
1 Scrubland
1 Forest
1 Plains
4 Windswepth Heath
3 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Karakas
1 Maze of Ith
1 Dryad Arbor

26 Creatures

2 Noble Hierarch
3 Deathrite Shaman
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Mother of Runes
4 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Aven Mindcensor
2 Qasali Pridemage
2 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Scryb Ranger

11 Other Spells
4 Swords of Plowshares
4 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Sylvan Library
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Feast and Famine


Sideboard
2 Thoughtseize
2 Lingering Souls
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Life from the Loam
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Batterskull
1 Path to Exile
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Oblivion Ring

Round 1: Show and Tell (not sure which)
Lose in 2 games
match count: 0-1
Round 2: Team Italia (with Deathrite)
He got game loss for deck registration error and I won game 2.
matches: 1-1
Round 3: Esper Stoneblade
Win in 2 games
matches: 2-1
Round 4: Punishing Fire Jund
Win in 3 games
matches: 3-1
Round 5: Thalia Zoo
Win in 3 games
Matches: 4-1
Round 6: ANT
Win in 2 games.
Matches: 5-1

Top 8: UR Delver
Win in 3 games
Top 4: Split

MVPs:
Thalia
Knight of the Reliquary
Gaddock Teeg

LVPS:
Thoughtseize
Mirran Crusader

Notes:
The Scrubland was in because I couldn't get a 3rd Savannah before the tournament started, but they helped to make casting Thoughtseize easier.
Mirran Crusders were not impressive when Jund has access to both Bolts and Punishing Fire, so I think swapping out Crusaders for Stoneforges is better.
Thoughtseizes were not quite good enough against Show and Tell. It might actually be better to cut the Seizes for a 2nd Oblivion Ring and a CAvern of Souls in the sideboard. That would make the mana better by cutting the Scrubland since you don't need black on turn 1 anymore.

If you're running Deathrite Maverick, wouldn't you want 1-4 Abrupt Decay somewhere in your 75?

What are people's opinions of a slight blue splash for geist of st traft? seems like a good clock in combo situations as well as a good creature in general for fair matchups, especially with MoR backup.

Hey guys,
I won the LCL (liga catalana de legacy) last saturday. We were 110 players.

My current list (a bit updated to metagame):

4 [TE] Wasteland
1 [US] Gaea's Cradle
4 [A] Savannah
1 [U] Forest (3)
1 [7E] Plains (3)
4 [ON] Windswept Heath
3 [FUT] Horizon Canopy
1 [LG] Karakas
2 [AVR] Cavern of Souls
1 [DK] Maze of Ith
3 [UL] Mother of Runes
4 [WWK] Stoneforge Mystic
3 [ON] Weathered Wayfarer
3 [CFX] Knight of the Reliquary
3 [B] Birds of Paradise
2 [TSP] Scryb Ranger
3 [DKA] Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
2 [MBS] Phyrexian Revoker
2 [JU] Sylvan Safekeeper
1 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
1 [DS] Sword of Fire and Ice
4 [DS] AEther Vial
4 [A] Swords to Plowshares
1 [DS] Sword of Light and Shadow

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
SB: 3 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 4 [LRW] Oblivion Ring
SB: 2 [8E] Choke
SB: 3 [ZEN] Mindbreak Trap
SB: 2 [RTR] Rest in Peace


Pairings and results:

R1: punishing jund 2-0
R2: esper blade 2-1
R3: goblins 2-0
R4: death and taxes 2-0
R5: sneak show 2-0
R6: merfolks ID
R7: red blade ID
Top8: merfolks 2-0
Top4: goblins 2-1
Final: RUG 2-0

The deck was really strong, just losing 2 games in the whole day.

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Originally Posted by Arsenal

If you're running Deathrite Maverick, wouldn't you want 1-4 Abrupt Decay somewhere in your 75?

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I would try it out next time.
But, in theory, you would rather have your artifact/enchantment removal double up as a threat(Qasali Pridemage). It does have benefits over Oblivion Ring thought, like knocking out Counterbalance without problems or being able to destroy most creatures for only 2 mana.

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Originally Posted by ironclad8690

What are people's opinions of a slight blue splash for geist of st traft? seems like a good clock in combo situations as well as a good creature in general for fair matchups, especially with MoR backup.

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I'd splash blue for Spell Pierce and consider GoST a side benefit. :wink:

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Originally Posted by M@verick

Hey guys,
I won the LCL (liga catalana de legacy) last saturday. We were 110 players.

My current list (a bit updated to metagame):

4 [TE] Wasteland
1 [US] Gaea's Cradle
4 [A] Savannah
1 [U] Forest (3)
1 [7E] Plains (3)
4 [ON] Windswept Heath
3 [FUT] Horizon Canopy
1 [LG] Karakas
2 [AVR] Cavern of Souls
1 [DK] Maze of Ith
3 [UL] Mother of Runes
4 [WWK] Stoneforge Mystic
3 [ON] Weathered Wayfarer
3 [CFX] Knight of the Reliquary
3 [B] Birds of Paradise
2 [TSP] Scryb Ranger
3 [DKA] Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
2 [MBS] Phyrexian Revoker
2 [JU] Sylvan Safekeeper
1 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
1 [DS] Sword of Fire and Ice
4 [DS] AEther Vial
4 [A] Swords to Plowshares
1 [DS] Sword of Light and Shadow

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
SB: 3 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 4 [LRW] Oblivion Ring
SB: 2 [8E] Choke
SB: 3 [ZEN] Mindbreak Trap
SB: 2 [RTR] Rest in Peace


Pairings and results:

R1: punishing jund 2-0
R2: esper blade 2-1
R3: goblins 2-0
R4: death and taxes 2-0
R5: sneak show 2-0
R6: merfolks ID
R7: red blade ID
Top8: merfolks 2-0
Top4: goblins 2-1
Final: RUG 2-0

The deck was really strong, just losing 2 games in the whole day.

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I've really wanted to see someone post a "Green and Taxes" list in here. Congrats on the victory! What were the best and worst cards in your maindeck/sideboard in your experience?

I have tested the deck for long, so I think the 75 are the correct ones. I didnt use "mindbrak traps" during the tournament because the pairings, but i think they are necesary in order to beat unfair decks like all spells, storm, belcher, tim fins...
I specially liked my last addition to the deck, sylvan safekeeper, because it combines perfectly with aether vial, kotr, wayfarer...

Yeah, Sylvan Safekeeper seems reasonable. You can tutor for it and it has strong interactions with Wayfarer and Knight.

Why Birds over Hierarch though? Also what do you use Cradle for?

Cradle is the best land of the deck. It assures you equiping and attacking surprisingly in the same turn. Birds fits better with swords-equipment and becomes one of the main beaters in the deck.

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Originally Posted by M@verick

Cradle is the best land of the deck. It assures you equiping and attacking surprisingly in the same turn. Birds fits better with swords-equipment and becomes one of the main beaters in the deck.

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I test the maverick with aether vial, but sometimes i am not agresive enought, you does'nt feel it? I run a Batterskull in place of fire and ice because of this, the only cards in your list that can hurt is the knight and the birds/scryb with equipments, or i just talk shit? And the Sylvan Library dont miss it?
And why you dont use Bojuka Bog on side? With the Wayfares seems to be a good call.

I have no problem on killing my opponent. We have 7 win conditions (3 knights and 4 stoneforge). Fire-ice is betther than battserkull for long, and it combines perfectly with gaea´s cradle, like the other equpments. I miss sylvan library, but I guess that revoker or safekeeper do it better in the current metagame, and also fit better with vial and thalia.
Wayfarer- bojuka is only a good mix against dredge, and this is a pairing when I always side out wayfarers. To win decks like all spells, reanimator, ant... we need a kotr to do the bojuka useful.

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Originally Posted by M@verick

Hey guys,
I won the LCL (liga catalana de legacy) last saturday. We were 110 players.

My current list (a bit updated to metagame):

4 [TE] Wasteland
1 [US] Gaea's Cradle
4 [A] Savannah
1 [U] Forest (3)
1 [7E] Plains (3)
4 [ON] Windswept Heath
3 [FUT] Horizon Canopy
1 [LG] Karakas
2 [AVR] Cavern of Souls
1 [DK] Maze of Ith
3 [UL] Mother of Runes
4 [WWK] Stoneforge Mystic
3 [ON] Weathered Wayfarer
3 [CFX] Knight of the Reliquary
3 [B] Birds of Paradise
2 [TSP] Scryb Ranger
3 [DKA] Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
2 [MBS] Phyrexian Revoker
2 [JU] Sylvan Safekeeper
1 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
1 [DS] Sword of Fire and Ice
4 [DS] AEther Vial
4 [A] Swords to Plowshares
1 [DS] Sword of Light and Shadow

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
SB: 3 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 4 [LRW] Oblivion Ring
SB: 2 [8E] Choke
SB: 3 [ZEN] Mindbreak Trap
SB: 2 [RTR] Rest in Peace


Pairings and results:

R1: punishing jund 2-0
R2: esper blade 2-1
R3: goblins 2-0
R4: death and taxes 2-0
R5: sneak show 2-0
R6: merfolks ID
R7: red blade ID
Top8: merfolks 2-0
Top4: goblins 2-1
Final: RUG 2-0

The deck was really strong, just losing 2 games in the whole day.

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Hi, gratz for your winning! Do you have video´s to watch? I saw a lot of LCL Video´s in the past...
What was your reason to play weathered Wayfarer combined with aether vial at the moment? I would miss the Pridemages a lot!

Sorry, there are no videos avalaible. With respect to vials and wayfarers, I have always played that version, except the two moths after GSZ got printed.

I tested this version and have question:

How you deal with Umezawa's Jitte ?

How you deal with Punishing Fire ?

Wayfarer are great vs long grindy game when they are taking advantage in future or seeking silver bullets like bog/karakas.

I'm interested in you Punishing Jund MU since you faced one in tourney, can you remember how game goes ?

Lacking more removal then 4 StP is sometimes sad vs opposite Mother of Runes/Dark Confidant.

Drawing Vial in late is devastating :| specially vs heavy removal decks like Jund.

Dealing with jitte is usually not a problem. We have our own one, plus 4 stoneforge. In adittion, we have phyrexian revoker and maze of ith (which is only included because is close to be autowin against esper-blade). I never search jitte as first option, unless my purpose would be dealing with another jitte.

About punishing jund MU, i consisder it hard. From all decks I faced in the tourney, the hardest. But surprisingly I won easily. One game I could face an active confidant for 4 or 5 turns. Mother, scryb and stp stopped his goyfs, and wayfarer supplied me card advantatge enough to compensate his confidant. Later I drew a stoneforge, and with cradle, I equiped and attacked same turn for the win. Second game the mix safekeper-wayfarer, with a thalia, beated him easily. I had vial or BOP (cant remmeber) and I used multiple watelands, until I played a big Kotr who won. The mix Safekeepre- Kotr is perfect against Jund. In fact, I added safekkeper to improve Jund MU.

Otherwise, I usually side out thalias and gaddocks (for O. rings) against decks like merfolks, gobos, mirror, death and taxes... I also include 2 or 3 rings against Jund, in addition to 2xRIP, which are very good in the MU.

I am now playing the Punishing fire build, I want to know your opinions on what would be the best 4 CC to use. I am torn between Sigarda, Elspeth Knight-Errant, Thrun or Bloodbraid elf. If you were to choose only 1 or 2 to play, what would it be and why (Pros and cons please)?

I thank everyone in advance.

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Originally Posted by M@verick

Sorry, there are no videos avalaible. With respect to vials and wayfarers, I have always played that version, except the two moths after GSZ got printed.

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It's nice to see you in top again, congrats! And I'm happy that you left the black splash and returned to the classic version, however with Thalias in the main =)
But nevertheless, beating Jund, especially with punishing fires, is a hard work for this deck. The last times I played it, I even put 2 Oblivion rings to the maindeck, considering that show'n tell decks are also so popular. So a full set of o-rings in sb look reasonable. Rest in peace, however, looks strange to me. Do you side surgical extractions and rips against punishing jund or rip only?

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Originally Posted by diakocjay

I am now playing the Punishing fire build, I want to know your opinions on what would be the best 4 CC to use. I am torn between Sigarda, Elspeth Knight-Errant, Thrun or Bloodbraid elf. If you were to choose only 1 or 2 to play, what would it be and why (Pros and cons please)?

I thank everyone in advance.

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I think Bloodbraid is out of competion, because of the antisynergy with GSZ. I think Sigarda and Thrun are both fine bullets, both in the current Meta I value Sigarda higher, as there are several decks which are completely dead to it, while they still are able to handle Thrun (e.g. Jund and various BUG builds). I also really like Elspeth for the same MUs, but I run straight GW and I'm not sure how easily castable Elspeth is with the Fires manabase.

I'm running GW Maverick and use Elspeth + Sigarda as my 4-5cc bombs. I used to run Thrun, but Sigarda is just better and I run Gaea's Cradle, so the difference between 4 and 5 cc isn't that important at that stage of the game.

Hi guys, first post on this forum. Never been here before, but I've heard this is the place for info on Legacy.

I got second at the SCG Legacy Open last weekend in Seattle. Here is a link to my list:
http://sales.starcitygames.com//deck...p?DeckID=55299

I just sent a draft of an article to the editor, hopefully they will put that up in the near future.

@ M@verick, are there instances where you wish you have extra removals other than 4 Stp and the counters from jitte?

At times, I'm forced to include O-rings as added removals but at the expense of decreasing my creatures.

Also, what's the minimum number of creatures that you play in a vial build?

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Originally Posted by Sunyveil

Hi guys, first post on this forum. Never been here before, but I've heard this is the place for info on Legacy.

I got second at the SCG Legacy Open last weekend in Seattle. Here is a link to my list:
http://sales.starcitygames.com//deck...p?DeckID=55299

I just sent a draft of an article to the editor, hopefully they will put that up in the near future.

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Congratulations on the win! You've inspired me to dust off my old maverick deck and try slugging it out again. A few questions tho...

1. Have you ever thought of maindecking the discards? It seems like a proactive move, keeping in line with mavericks intent of proactive disruption.
2. How good is deathrite shaman vs noble heirarch? Were you able to use all 3 abilities consistently?
3. Does the black splash do anything to our miracle matchup? How about the jund matchupsm
4. Stoneforge mystic was removed in almost all gw builds. Why the change to the classic build?

Im really glad that maverick is making a resurgence in the bigger tournaments! Again, congratulations!

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Originally Posted by IL_casual

Congratulations on the win! You've inspired me to dust off my old maverick deck and try slugging it out again. A few questions tho...

1. Have you ever thought of maindecking the discards? It seems like a proactive move, keeping in line with mavericks intent of proactive disruption.
2. How good is deathrite shaman vs noble heirarch? Were you able to use all 3 abilities consistently?
3. Does the black splash do anything to our miracle matchup? How about the jund matchupsm
4. Stoneforge mystic was removed in almost all gw builds. Why the change to the classic build?

Im really glad that maverick is making a resurgence in the bigger tournaments! Again, congratulations!

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1) I did maindeck 4 discard spells... I think it helps significantly against combo at the expense of some of the grindier matchups, but I think that's well worth it.
2) Deathrite Shaman is pretty OP. All three abilities are relevant in different situations, and a lot of decks will have a problem trying to win through an active Deathrite Shaman.
3) Miracles is a pretty good matchup to begin with, I suppose the black splash also gives us access to Abrupt Decay. Not sure if that's better or worse. I'd say it hurts our Jund (and other aggro) matchup slightly, but not by a ton. Did not play against Jund over the weekend.
4) Yeah, I remember SFM being really bad in the old builds, but it's really good here for some reason. I think it's because my version has slightly fewer creatures, so sometimes you need to make your own creature via Batterskull. Also, she's pretty good as a defensive creature, which is what we end up needing in a lot of fair matchups.

@sunnyveil: Congrats on a great finish!! You have also restored my faith in mav:) i love the list, it looks great. One question can the bop be cut and just run on 4 drs for manadorks? I agree sfm is good again, its been up and down as meta slots but it seems well positioned as of now. Anyway great finish and i will be tinkering with your list:)
Cheers
Defector

With this deck in particular, the number of games you win by having acceleration turn 1 versus not is huge. I always ran the 5 acceleration in traditional Maverick. It helps a ton.

-Matt

In the past, I couldn't bring myself in running that many mana dorks, because they were terrible lategame. Deathrite Shaman has changed that as it's a perfectably acceptable topdeck lategame and still an awesome early game mana dork.

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Originally Posted by Sunyveil

Hi guys, first post on this forum. Never been here before, but I've heard this is the place for info on Legacy.

I got second at the SCG Legacy Open last weekend in Seattle. Here is a link to my list:
http://sales.starcitygames.com//deck...p?DeckID=55299

I just sent a draft of an article to the editor, hopefully they will put that up in the near future.

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Congratulations on the finish. When you say "draft to the editor" do you mean SCG editor?

How did you find the two BoP's played compared to Noble Hierarch? Clearly they give access to Black which is a bonus but did it or there flying make any difference at the event?

Yeah, I sent Cedric the article, but I haven't heard back yet. I'm worried he has a grudge on me because of the last time I played in Seattle, but perhaps that's just me being paranoid.

Birds' ability to produce black mana is very often relevant. Also, it served as a chump blocker (or potential chump blocker, I don't remember that well) for Vendilion Clique in the finals that ended up being pretty critical. I would definitely run it over Hierarch if you are splashing black.

Also I started out with 4 DRS but found that I couldn't actually fuel that many in my deck. I switched to 3 DRS 1 BoP, then decided that I wanted one more mana dork.

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Originally Posted by Sunyveil

Yeah, I sent Cedric the article, but I haven't heard back yet. I'm worried he has a grudge on me because of the last time I played in Seattle, but perhaps that's just me being paranoid.

Birds' ability to produce black mana is very often relevant. Also, it served as a chump blocker (or potential chump blocker, I don't remember that well) for Vendilion Clique in the finals that ended up being pretty critical. I would definitely run it over Hierarch if you are splashing black.

Also I started out with 4 DRS but found that I couldn't actually fuel that many in my deck. I switched to 3 DRS 1 BoP, then decided that I wanted one more mana dork.

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Did you ever consider going 4 Swords / 4 Abrupt Decay over the 4 Swords / 4 Thoughtseize config that you ended up running? The allure of 4 Abrupt Decay / 4 Swords is strong...

Looking at Sunyveil's list and the one that made top 8 at the gp, is the is it fair to say that the g/w versions of the deck are dead and buried like how esper stoneblade killed the u/w versions and made itself the new king of kings?

Good job, Sunyveil! Congrats on the finish!

The first time I suggested it in this thread I was practically made fun of for running black. "It's not Maverick" "Thalia is the best", etc etc. Just goes to show how hard it is to get people to change decks they're familiar with.

I don't think G/W/b is the only viable choice for Maverick, it's just best positioned for the Pacific Northwest. I imagine that a Naya or 4-color version of Punishing Maverick would be heavily favored against me, and a straight GW version slightly favored. I didn't think I would run into many mirrors over the weekend (I didn't), and if I did, I had enough faith in my technical skill to be able to swing the matchup.

Also, I tried 4 StP + 2 Abrupt Decay, and it simply felt like more removal than the deck needed. KotR and Mother of Runes both help neutralize opposing creatures, so more than 4 true removal spells doesn't seem essential.

Im trying on sunnyveils list without the stoneforge package and trying on the old 2 jitte stance. Ill let you guys know how this holds up.
Since were already splashing black here, what do you guys think of lilliana otv here? A singleton lotv could easily fill in as removal #5. Thoughts?")

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Originally Posted by IL_casual

Im trying on sunnyveils list without the stoneforge package and trying on the old 2 jitte stance. Ill let you guys know how this holds up.
Since were already splashing black here, what do you guys think of lilliana otv here? A singleton lotv could easily fill in as removal #5. Thoughts?")

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Her 1BB casting cost would seem absolutely brutal to consistently attain. I'd rather have Path to Exile, Abrupt Decay as removal #5 before Liliana of the Veil.

Sunnyveil

I find your sideboard quite interesting w/ 3 E-tutor. How did that work out for you? Anything you'd like to change in the SB?

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Originally Posted by IL_casual

Im trying on sunnyveils list without the stoneforge package and trying on the old 2 jitte stance. Ill let you guys know how this holds up.
Since were already splashing black here, what do you guys think of lilliana otv here? A singleton lotv could easily fill in as removal #5. Thoughts?")

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Short of pumping Knight, we don't have many ways of getting value off of the +1 (like Junk with lingering souls or Pox with it's pox~y things), nor are we jund and just apply tons of upfront pressure and disruption, abrupt decay just sounds better.

I dont think, that GWb Maverick is so better than just GW Maverick, like Esperblade than UW Blade.

I think that the splash is just a Metacall.

If you dont know the meta, and want a consistend Deck, then use GW Mave. You have so many Hatebears (Teeg, Thalia, Ethersworn, Revoker etc.) that you able to beat every Deck.

If the Meta have more Midrange Decks, like Junk, Jund, Canadian etc. then splash red for Punishing fire and other red spells (ReB, maybe the RW Ajani).
If the Meta have more Storm/Control Decks splash Black for Discard and Counterproof removal.

What do you think about Garruk, Primal Hunter? I think i play him over Sigarda, because he is good against Jund and Pox too, but have nuts against UW controll.

I'm unclear as to how Garruk Primal Hunter is better against Jund and Pox than Sigarda is. Assuming you were able to amass 5 mana versus Pox (tall task), Sigarda reduces the value of their Smallpox and Liliana of the Veil substantially while representing a very quick clock they cannot remove or chump-block. In Maverick, I'd opt for Thrun, Garruk Relentless, Elspeth Knight-Errant, Linvala, Sigarda as my maindeck 4-5cc bombs before considering anything else, but that's just me.