Ian Anderson's article is great, hopefully we will see him post a result in Vegas this weekend.
Anyway, how I think about affinity is that the goal is to beat the fair decks, which are very...
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Ian Anderson's article is great, hopefully we will see him post a result in Vegas this weekend.
Anyway, how I think about affinity is that the goal is to beat the fair decks, which are very...
I'm interested to find out if Academy Ruins was ever useful. I might still want Glimmervoid or City of Brass there. Seems like the edge any of those three cards provide is pretty marginal though.
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Can you post your list so I can test it out? RUG is one matchup where I think signal pest is probably better, but I guess I'll find out.
The only thing sfm dodges that plating doesn't is spell...
SFM+batterskull is slower than tezz. It costs 3W and essentially has double summoning sickness. If you cast SFM on T2 your batterskull isn't attacking until T4 while any other creature would have...
I definitely agree that there is a delicate balance between having enough engine type cards and bomb threats. I feel like I can get away with cutting one memnite from the main, but it is not...
So I've recently just been getting back into Magic I saw Drew Levin's article, and man do I love affinity so here I am. I also recommend this article...
I think that this is a poor example of why vial is so good. Your goldfish situation with drum and the same hand could easily be:
T1: Artifact Land, Drum, Thopter, DotV
T2: Artifact Land, Plating,...