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Great to hear from you again, Tony! Congrats on the wins!

Thank you Zot!

tony, grats on your win.

I do not play Kozilek because I rarely would want to fetch it up. Usually you need Ulamog to kill a JTMS/Delver/Liliana to stabilize where a draw 4 cards would not do anything.
I cut him because both of the other targets are just superior. Now if you got nothing going on and you just get to cast him and the board is clear otherwise, then yeah, you will draw 4 and win the game. Ulamog would most likely do the same thing (win) in that situation for 1 more mana. The 1 mana difference is important, but I don't find Kozilek's effect necessary in the way most games play out. Maybe it's just based on how I play.

Thanks for watching my vids, I will upload more when I record them :)

I have been in several situations where my best chance of survival was to use the draw four of Kozilek to find an answer land (typically Glacial Chasm but also sometimes Glimmerpost), a means to find one of the answer lands (Crop Rotation, Map, one or both pieces of a Show and Tell/Titan combo) or a Moment's Peace. Even a timely Candelabra has given me an immediate reset of lands and let me hardcast a Titan. With the sheer volume of cards Kozilek gives you, and sometimes an active Top, finding a means to make it another turn are very possible, and often a better path to take than destroying a single permanent with Ulamog. I play with the answer lands in mind and Kozilek just lets me bridge to them easily. Because of these situations, I place a huge value on Glacial Chasm and almost never side it out.

Kozilek will often be my go-to Eldrazi when I just want one of the aliens but can't quite reach Emrakul; I usually save Ulamog for specific problems. If Kozilek gets answered but does not get me to the magic 20 mana the next turn (which is a longshot itself), then it's nice to be able to get Ulamog and reapply the pressure immediately. Having Kozilek gives me added usage for Eye of Ugin, which makes the land feel even more relevant.

It's a pleasure watching you play, and I think you are more careful and conservative than I usually am. Especially with your fetching basics and not rushing Show and Tell. I will often jam Show and Tell immediately third turn. But that is probably just an extension of my love for Reanimator and my instinct to "just go for it." :P

Congrats on the victory. I've seen your lists on MTGGoldfish as well! :)

I'm curious about obstinate baloth. He's obviously good against Lilliana & Burn. Do you think it's really worth it? I was playing it, got it in for free off of a Hymn. It killed a lilliana and then did 12 points of damage before getting outclassed by a tarmogoyf. At that point in that particular match, we were in the topdeck war and Mono-green post failed to close out the game. For that particular event, baloth was a 1 of, so yeah...we were in magical Christmas land!

I do think Obstinate Baloth is worth it, as I think it is the best answer to Liliana. I would go as far as saying that Liliana is the most devastating card against our deck if left unchecked, even more so than Wasteland or Blood Moon. With the Baloth, you actually don't need a "magical Christmas land" scenario for him to be effective. In fact, his strength is psychological more than anything. I've had opponents Thoughtseize me turn one and see one in my hand. Obviously they did not choose the beast, but it affected their decision making for the rest of the game. It made them hold back their Hymns and made them unable to uptick their Lilianas. If they decide to just bite the bullet and use a discard effect to get it out of your hand, then they are wasting several of their resources (a Liliana edict ability, blocking with their creatures, turns to do all of this), which is a win for you. Plus it's conveniently out of Abrupt Decay range and can't be beaten in combat besides against Goyf and maybe Tombstalker. To keep a Goyf's size under control, you can try to use Bojuka Bog plus Vesuvas. I used to run four of them to maximize my chances of having one in hand; it was extremely useful to get one and threaten, if not surprise, the opponent.