Quote Originally Posted by Chikenbok View Post
@Dia_Bot I'd like to do some testing with/without grim tutors in the deck, I'm not sure if you play online at all but I'd be interesting in running some batch numbers with/without the tutors. Lemme know if you've got a list you'd like to share and perhaps wanna play.

Peace.
Well I would certainly like to playtest online but haven't got much time for the next week and a half.
Unfortunately I don't have modo but I do have cockatrice installed somewhere on my PC.

This is the list I play atm:

Lands
2 Underground Sea
2 Tundra
1 Scrubland
1 Island
9 Fetch

Protection
4 Silence
4 Orim's Chant

Mana
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual

Cantrips
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Preordain

Tutors/Win
1 Ad Nauseam
4 Infernal Tutor
1 Ill-Gotten Gains
1 Tendrils of Agony
2 Grim Tutor

Sideboard
3 Chain of Vapor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Tendrils of Agony
3 Dark Confidant
1 Rebuild
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Slaughter Pact
3 Protection (Defense Grid, X. Swarm, TS,..depending on the meta)

I do go back and forth between 2 configurations, the other one being:
+4 Duress + 1 Swamp -1 Tundra -4 silence (with the necessary adjustments to the sideboard ofc)
Not completely sold on which is best.


Quote Originally Posted by mort- View Post
No, I think we should win G1. You and Chiken are obv correct about the unknown opponent thing. Just doesn't happen to me anymore because everybody knows I'm on combo (at our local monthly event at least). It can happen pretty fast, fetch on Basic Island and Preordain will certainly give you away as a combo player.

Still, I do think that Burning Wishes are the strongest hate / antihate package you can currently bring, so the argument about white isn't as strong.

On another note, went 5-1 and won the monthly Legacy event here, got mostly nonblue decks (1 Reanimator, 1 UWR Cawblade, 1 Junk, 1 Rock, 1 Lands, losing to Belcher in the last round). Short report if you're interested.
I've played a lot of 3C TES in the past and loved Burning Wish in the deck so it's not like I think they don't have the potential. It's just that lately with MM's everywhere and having to fight through a lot of counters I've found it better to play with chants. + Chantwalking against any junk-like deck is just awsome :).

It's always nice to read a tournement report. :)