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Top 4'd a 154-person tournament in Brazil with this list:



1 Volcanic Island
3 Verdant Catacombs
2 Underground Sea
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Swamp
1 Scalding Tarn

How about them Izzet Charms?

I think that the 2 cost is not enough of a drawback to compensate that it's so versatile. A Spell Pierce that's alive against creature decks AND acts like a Thought...

You can Stifle the Miracle trigger, after they reveal, but sadly they don't have to pay the mana to cast it. Still, full-cost miracles are just overpriced spells.

Also, pretty much in ANY matchup,...

Killing their Hierarchs makes your Stifles, Wastelands and Dazes better. Just don't get yourself cold to a Mother of Runes.

Forked Bolt deals with Goblin Lackey on 1 on the draw.

It seems to me you're running a LOT of creatures and lands (which are fine on grindy matches), so maybe you can afford to play the Fire //...

It is.

Play by play example on the rule:


Hey is it the solid strategic play for the opponent, trading his 2 cards for one of yours? That depends on board state.

But as you said, it is a...

Exactly.

But then again, we've been on a 2 page discussion on which is better, Pyroblast or REB, so we might need to take some time off and take a hard long look at our lives.

Except that Misdirection is blue and on the stack, therefore, a valid target for the REB, making their counterspell work.

And again, what blue permanent of the Sneaky Tell deck would you be targetting, to make this argument valid?

You won't be targetting permanents on the decks that do play Misdirection, and neither would work as a counter against a Misdirection anyway...

I only played that match once, in a Tournament, and I won, but I don't think I had any business winning that, considering there were MANY turns where either a miracled Terminus or Entreat the Angels...

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I played Sulfuric Vortex for a while, it's a good card, that will win some games vs. UW, but it's not autowin.

Now that UW got access not only to Batterskull but to Entreat the...

The thing about Bitterblossom is that if you land it on a clean table, it's really hard for your opponent to race it.

And if it's not in a clean table, you get to Force Field a Tarmogoyf or Knight...

Great report is great.

I played this deck for the majority of 2010 and at least back then, you wouldn't want Daze because you don't want it to set you back lands.

Your game winning spells cost 3 and 4. What's the...

How you guys have been dealing with the Snapcaster Mage version of Team America?

While pre-MM I didn't think the match was particularly difficult, because you could just recoup from a Hymn or a...

It's not just Misstep, it's the metagame change after Misstep.

I mean, it's not funny trying to win a post sideboard game vs NO RUG when they have Pyroblasts, Dazes, Missteps, FoWs and Pierces.

Doesn't work. Gotta shuffle the permanent into the library, then flip the top card. Can't possibly expect to find a monster, and can't pre-stack the top with a Brainstorm, cause you gotta shuffle the...

I'm guessing never, not counting when he SBs one out shenanigans, he plays 4 Turnabout MD...

Nayon, you can't really make list decisions this big based on "people might make a mistake". While mistakes happen and you should play giving your opponent all opportunities to make a mistake as...

If you're going into a 7+ Swiss rounds tournament, I really recommend playing bounce in the MD. It might take aways some of the "Oops I win" hands, but will give you a fighting chance against a...

Makes a lot of sense. Care to post a list?

Yes, and then they have to use their mana playing creatures and not disrupting you, or disrupting you and not put you in a clock while you get cards for it.

Adam Barnello suggested Mystic Remoras on his article a couple of months ago. Since on the first couple of turns we're just cantripping, we kinda have the mana to pay for the upkeep for 2-3 turns and...

He can tap his lands and use the mana casting Instants before the Drain Power resolves. That being said, the card is at the very least very interesting...