Quote Originally Posted by lorddotm View Post
Can we lock this thread and delete every post that isn't the primer? Pretty much nothing else needs to be discussed, Bryant's primer is fucking perfect, and my primer will answer some shit too. You guys are just repeating yourselves and suggesting terrible cards... Flusterstorm... Seriously?
And I'm the one who is trolling?

If you want to be Bryant's little bi*** at least give us some insights. Your post is just... useless. Only thing I can say in response is: Pyroblast... Serioulsy?

Quote Originally Posted by Bryant Cook View Post
Out comes the troll from under the bridge.

With Mental Misstep being banned many players are looking at Counterbalance, even if it's numbers had disappeared before Misstep. People are going to try to force Counterbalance within the next few months which is one of the reasons why Pyroblast is better Flusterstorm. Jace can be an issue, it's a win condition that disrupts us as a combo deck. It doesn't matter completely if it's slow, that's what control decks do. They slow us down.

Look at Starcitygames top 8 decks, if Spellstutters "suck hard" it probably won't be in any of the U/x decks right? I'm a person who looks at numbers and present trends in the metagame. They've been played within the last few months to answer Hive Mind decks, they're also splash damage against us. I wouldn't be shocked if we see lists playing them in the former misstep slots.

Thoughtseizing Cliques and Snapcasters is a possibility, although it's lifeloss in a deck that needs it's life total. Chant draws out disruption and forces them to play their hand instead of sitting back allowing you to take one piece, then cast another. Which is just one of the reasons Chant is better than Thoughtseize, but you keep on, keepin' on with your Flusterstorms and Thoughtseizes. Can't wait to see a top 8 list with them, because there certainly isn't any right now.
This is a good thing to anticipate Counterbalance being "tried" again, but if you anticipate for Counterbalance why not for Spellstutter Sprite?
Sprite was only played as a replacement of Spell Snare in StoneBlade to have more bodies to equip to Sword. With Snapcaster they are gonna disappear pretty quickly because, well Snpacaster + Spell Snare + Spell Pierce is way better that out-of-tempo Spellstutter Sprites.

Counterbalance may be tried again, but they are not gonna last long. The CounterTop decks already had problems before MMS (GSZ, and a wider range of CCs). So it may be a good short term idea to play Pyroblast, but I'd play Xantid Swarm any day before clunky Pyroblasts.


I can't believe you dared to say Jace was relevant. When I Duress my opponent this is the kind of card I love to see.

I have never said that now that Misstep is gone Flusterstorm is the card to play. I'd run Xantid Swarms before any other anti-hate card. But that makes me laugh when people say that Flusterstorm is "terrible" when they say at the same time that Pyroblast is awesome. Hey, this is exactly what I posted a few pages ago, and guess what? I have to repeat it while no real argument proved me wrong! Interesting "discussion" ...