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DCI: 68 10 43 34Originally Posted by Mordel
Question: In a combo heavy meta, does Sadistic Sacrament earn a spot in the side?
What kind of.combo? That card really only shined in the B/U ANT matchup because the two tendrils were the only win con. If you can't remove ALL of their win conditions the cards basically useless.
Yes, after testing it today in a 32-man tourney, I didn't use it a single time. I finished 5th, losing to merfolk and drawing with solidarity...
Any tips on how to beat the fish? It seems like the worst matchup in my meta...
1. Play more lands.
2. Don't get Wastelanded.
3. Cast more Duresses.
Merfolk is like 15% of my meta so I've devoted sb 4 slots to the matchup: 3 Xantid Swarm, 1 Tropical Island
Pyroblast is also decent but I see that as more of an anti-CB card than a protection spell since it sucks hardcore when you want to play things with LED mana
As far as I can tell, the easiest way to beat merfolk is to cast a protected ETW as soon as possible.
Edited for truth.
I think this is a poor choice. a land is a dead sideboard slot in a board that wants to be larger. Also, tropical island is dead after you've cast xantid swarm. It might as well be a basic island.
I understand that xantid is good against them but it might be the wrong card for this deck at this time. Maybe not if you played more five color lands.
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The sideboard is definitley way too tight to be sideboarding a land...you'd be much better off playing more cities if you really wanna play xantid swarm.
Xantid is no more difficult to cast than Chant. You may possibly have 1-2 more white spells than green spells to imprint on a Mox, but the difference there is marginal. As far as the mana base is concerned I don't see any reason not to play Xantid that doesn't also apply to Chant.
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You can just play the Xantids without the extra Trop/City of Brass in the board, but there are many matchups where I want +1 land anyway (Merfolk definitely being one of them).
Chant is more important than swarm. Having both in the deck will only dilute the color ratio and require more five color lands. If an opponent wastelands you, you'll be unable to cast either. You can't tutor for a green source that isn't a tropical. I've already explained why tropical is bad.
If you want to make wasteland better against us feel free. But it's a mistake.
So I'm new to this whole TES deck. I have seen it played but never really played it myself. My main question is, what is better to go for, a tendrils win, or an early EtW for 10 goblins or more? I mean I'm assuming it all matters on the situation, but whats the latest you want to go turn wise.
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There is no answer for this. It depends. What is your opponent playing? Can they answer or race EtW? Is EtW in your hand or do you have to BW into it and crack LEDs? You don't have to go all-in everytime u cast EtW (unless ur busting LEDs), 6-8 tokens go a long way in dealing damage and stalling while u easily rebuild.
Turn wise it also depends. What deck are they playing? Against anything blue turns 2-4 EtW is pretty good, against Merfolk it depends on their cards in hand, counters on Vial, creatures in play, etc. But it still depends, does the opponent have EE? Just play the deck and u learn to adapt. The only guide for playing combo is using common sense and anticipating what your opponent is going to do, which is very easy, just assume they have the worst shit u can see and go from there.
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So, playing with Bryant's list, I've been having trouble with the Lands.dec matchup. I'm not exactly sure how to sideboard either. Game 1 is easy, but post board they have chalice of the void, as well as maindeck EE, tabernacle, wasteland, etc. I just find I get locked out too easily.
I plan on testing the following SBing against them (though I'm not sure if it is optimal.)
-1 Infernal Tutor, -1 Silence, -1, Orim's Chant, -1 Empty the Warrens, +1 Echoing Truth, +2 Pyroblast, +1 Wipe Away
Any insights on this matchup/sideboarding? Thanks for your help.
Oh my...
What? Since when is Chalice of the Void, Wasteland recursion, Ports, EE, Extirpate, and even Zuran Orb easy to win against?
Why pyroblasts?
Why board out infernal tutor , since u need to be "explosive"???
-4 orim's / + 2 echoing, +1 wipe away, +1 krosan
I was thinking maybe to get Intuition, to buy you some time? I dunno, I wasn't sure how valuable they'd be.
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