[Deck] T.E.S - The EPIC Storm

[NQN]

GoGo Bryant! 11-2 atm, 3 rounds to go!

[Bryant Cook]

I'm x-2 three to go.

[Piceli89]

keep it up, we're all getting wet for you!

[Nidd]

Take it home, man.

And I seriously hope they'll feature you.

[Pelikanudo]

Hello all, well Ive been developing the deck ANT with the new bannings this is my concluded list and this was the list that carried to the final of the first tournament with the bannings:

4 Chrome Mox
4 Lotus Petal
4 Lion's Eye Diamond

4 Ponder
4 Preordian
4 Brainstorm

4 Burning Wish
3 Infernal Tutor

1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Ad Nauseam

3 Thoughtseize
4 Duress

4 Rite of Flame
4 Dark Ritual

4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea

Sideboard
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Infernal Tutor
1 Grapeshot
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Ill-Gotten Gains
1 Shattering Spree
1 Meltdown
1 Thouthseize
1 Deathmark
1 Hull Breach
1 Diminishing Returns
4 D .Confidant


Well the list is not a list did day after for the tournament, I also wanted to focus how the A.N decks will going to develop in this new era, just to say that the 2 boys me and the other who reached the final were a TES -AN and a reanimator with Limduls vault..., well I'll start:
the first thing was: well we have now only I. Tutor and B-> I.Tutor, well the first thing was to get bigger the number of A.Nauseam--> this resulted in an error the A.N spell MUST be played in 1 number.
Well I opted by the DoomsDay approach but this approach didnt optimized so well the so-powerfull spell A.N,
I found that preordian was the perfect card to play in a deck wich doesn't suffles, I mean the original idea is 10 non fetch lands, this is ok, and this fact , makes Preordian sligthly better than ponder in an non fetch environment. I didn't want to choose, I wrote the numbers on the paper and was perfect: 12 lans 12 cantrips. I also noticed that you want to draw EXACTLY the cards you have in the deck, and they re in the the deck in that proportion:
12 cantrips 12 lands 8 threats 12 0Cost mana producers 8 1 Cost mana producers 7 proactive defense, etc.
I haven't even space for 4th I.Tutor, but alsos neither needed...

Well the games I afced were
1 Aff
1 Agro-Sligh
1 Control Deck
1 Reanimator

I probably change the 4 Confidant in the next torunament , I also noticed the deck works AWFULL vs Reanimator, I'd like to stablish a side like 4 Truths, something like that...
points about the matach ups:
I was surprised by the number of times I take out Tendrils,
I did not sided out any mox chrome in the games, as the seconds and 3rd games I wanted to include A.N in the win plan and C.Mox simply get biggern the cahnces of winning post A.N.
D.Confidant was not too good...

Ideas, Thinkings, Onions, are all well come?

Hello I posted this and I'd like anybody tell me something , the idea I proposed I've seen is not as dumb as there are some boyd made day 1 with the 12 cantrip configuration.

[Dia_Bot]

Take it home, man.

And I seriously hope they'll feature you.

+1

[tgDC$]

take it home man. Rep this deck for all the doubters out there

edit - hell yea bryant, I saw the update that you're in. Take it home son

[LostButSeeking]

We're all rooting for you.

[NQN]

Top8! Thats insane! Wish you all the best allthough I´m a little sad the deck will get more popular now :(^^

EDIT: Only tough matchups for him :/ The Madness deck has got a fast clock, wasteland,stifle,daze and Force + Pierce SB. I believe he can do it!

[Tao]

Go mr. Cox!!!

[Dark Ritual]

Yeah go go Bryant you gotta prove all the non believers wrong. I hope they feature you; I'm rooting for you.

Interesting madness list, I'm amazed it top 8'ed I mean if I told you last week that a madness deck would top 8 would you have believed me? Nonetheless, interesting top 8 with plenty of diversity.

[Piceli89]

Bryant just lost.
Top8 in a GP is still an amazing result. I think he has demonstrated that Storm Combo is so strong and solid that a random ban isn't enough to take it down, and that it can survive in various flavours.

[Dark Ritual]

Darn. At least storm top 8'ed though, its a really good sign and at the same time people might run combo hate because of it. At least it won't be like "OMG PURE COMBO DECK WON THE GP MUST PACK TONS OF COMBO HATE FOR IT." Although I guess I wish Bryant won out it would've been great.

[Bryant Cook]

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[paK0]

Must feel nice to sit in the final rounds of a GP and throw Grapeshots around.

[magicplaya10]

Must feel nice to sit in the final rounds of a GP and throw Grapeshots around.

Lol. exactly what I was thinking. Hmmm...opponents a doushe. GRAPESHOT YOU!

Congrats Bryant!

[fearphage]

Congrats on the finish Bryant.

Don't they generally have stats showing every deck that was there and the card counts and things of that nature? I can't find that data at the moment.

Side note: Just so we're all clear. "Doushe" is not a word... at least not in English. I saw that when I read the initial report and thought it was merely a typo. The word is douche. Your opponent is a douche or douchebag or even douche nozzle if you prefer. That is all.

[GreenOne]

"Doushe" is not a word... That is all.

If Bryant says Doushe is a word, then Doushe is a word. THAT is all, so stop it before someone says you're a Fug and that you should Muck off.

[Gocho]

Good work Bryant :)

[Piceli89]

So, after all this dose of happy Cookiness, how is Eye of Nowhere supposed to be optimal in the sideboard? It costs 4 to Wish for it (eaning you're likely to do this in 2 turns) and bounce a permanent, and that UU requires it being played from 2 lands most of the times. Is it really worth it? I usually found the most common permanent hate to be bounced is bears. Canonist and Chalice are managed by Spree better. Trinisphere is managed by Spree as well, even better if it's Dragon Stompy because of Blood Moon. Solitary Confinement? Emrakul? not really. Iona? ok, but Reanimator has become very, very rare.

Wouldn't Deathmark or even Flame Slash be overall better for that purpose, since they're playable off rituals and cost one?

Also, I see the wise choice in packing 2 Echoing Truths sb. They're the best general bounce spell that get rid of hate bear, annoying artifacts and Iona.Against Zoo however, aren't them a bit cost-heavy (the difference between 1 and 2 here is ENORMOUS) and, most of all, P-Blastable? Also, Wipe Away against Zoo? double U and cmc of 3 could hurt in this matchup which is purely based on speed.