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

[Lemnear]

That is wrong. DRS + Deed or pulse gets the job done. Granted this will need 1 fetch, 1 shaman and 1 pulse/deed.

That's what I said before. I'd gamble for that any Day of the week!

[festeringGAB]

That is wrong. DRS + Deed or pulse gets the job done. Granted this will need 1 fetch, 1 shaman and 1 pulse/deed in 6 cards + 2 draws.

the BUG list is like this: http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/dec...7&iddeck=77694
so you think that my choice of SB is right or not? (+1 Cabal Therapy -1 Infernal tutor)
there are other option?
you side out always ETW?

[Lemnear]

the BUG list is like this: http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/dec...7&iddeck=77694
so you think that my choice of SB is right or not? (+1 Cabal Therapy -1 Infernal tutor)
there are other option?
you side out always ETW?

Against that list, I wouldn't bother boarding. It's much like the Jund-matchup + 4 Fow. Siding out cards that enable you to win before Hymn hits you is a Bad idea

Edit: i would not board out EtW just because a deck has 3 cards in his 75 that can save his ass from the goblins but are complete dead vs. 73 cards of your deck

[BrettF]

I got golgari charmed a couple times at scgseattle.

[Dia_Bot]

Against a list like that playing the stock 8 cards disruption is fine. So I woudn't board aswell.
Ofcourse (apart from some rare cases) in a tournament setting you won't know what your opponent will bring in. In that case I think your boarding plan was fine.
I don't side out EtW aswell because it's still a very nice wincon against blue decks (the 4 cards he can bring in against it can still be discarded if you plan on going EtW)

[Asthereal]

There's also the Silence walk you can play to stop them from casting Deed/Pulse. I would also keep Empty in.

I actually almost never side it out anyway. I like it too much. Simply dumping 8 dudes on turn 1 and then cantripping into a new way to go off while the opponent tries to deal with your team is a very fine strategy.

[Lemnear]

Of course (apart from some rare cases) in a tournament setting you won't know what your opponent will bring in. In that case I think your boarding plan was fine.

You have to ask yourself: Do I want to get into a discard-carnage with a deck running Thoughtseize, Hymn and Liliana of the Veil or bring business to the table/stack asap?

I laugh every time at Jund players with their Hymns and Lilly's in their hand while I smash with tokens

Edit 4 example off HotS Vol.2:

Game 2 vs Jund

I decide to keep a hand which does not auto-fold to Thoughtseize which looks like this

Gemstone Mine
Silence
Burning Wish
Dark Ritual
EtW
Volcanic Island
Brainstorm

He opens with Verdant Catacomb into Bayou into DRS. I draw Infernal Tutor for the turn, play Gemstone and Silence-walk him in case of Hymn. He drops a forest and passes his turn. I draw Probe and decide to give it a try and indeed find 2 Hymn and another DRS in company with Sylvan Library + Swamp in his hand. I get a Mox and Brainstorm off the played Volcanic into Probe, Brainstorm and Petal. I put back the Wish and the Infernal, play Petal, Probe (draw Infernal), Mox (imprint Infernal), Brainstorm off Gemstone Mine into another Mine, Wish and Ad Nauseam and drop 16 Goblins into play. He drops Library then eats 15 damage with his DRS blocking a Goblin, I drop Gemstone after drawing the Wish. Wish for Therapy, cast Therapy for DRS, hit one and pass. He looks at the top 3 with his Library and offers the handshake.

[Asthereal]

I laugh every time at Jund players with their Hymns and Lilly's in their hand while I smash with tokens

Isn't that basically what this deck does: laugh at Jund players?

[Lemnear]

Isn't that basically what this deck does: laugh at Jund players?

Ask Bryant to add "Laughing" as a Sideboard strategy in the OP for Jund

[Megadeus]

Yeah Jund is weird and I usually just dont board lol.

[Kayradis]

I don't see myself boarding anything against JUND TBH.

[Lemnear]

I don't see myself boarding anything against JUND TBH.

Learned your lesson you have, young padawan ;)

[Asthereal]

I usually do board against Jund. Some extra discard and two Decays for the Silences.
I prefer discarding their Hymns to Silence-walking.
Decays kill Lily, which can be a great help sometimes.

Results for this boarding plan: wins only. If we don't count my rediculous play errors, that is.

[Kayradis]

I usually do board against Jund. Some extra discard and two Decays for the Silences.
I prefer discarding their Hymns to Silence-walking.
Decays kill Lily, which can be a great help sometimes.

Results for this boarding plan: wins only. If we don't count my rediculous play errors, that is.

You boarding the decay implies that you fear a T2 Liliana. There's better way to deal with that IMO. Unless they have the hand "that will make all the other ashamed" and a perfect acceleration, you should ALWAYS be in good position.

And anyway, by T2, you should be in position do do :
1-A huge shift in board state in your advantage(What will liliana do with 10/12 Goblins on the table?)
2-Win the game; (Ad Nauseam to Tendril/Alt. Wincon)
3-Already have dealt with Liliana (Grapeshot, storm trigger, all target liliana!)

I've been testing the deck for approx. 2 weeks now. I played Reanimator, Merfolks, Combo Elves, Stoneblade, BUG Aggro & Control and other deck. None of those deck ever gave me a consistent draw like T.E.S.


Bryant Cook,
Sir,
Thank you.
You changed the face of my game!

[Megadeus]

3-Already have dealt with Liliana (Grapeshot, storm trigger, all target liliana!)

Remember to hit a PW with a burn spell such as a Lightning Bolt or even Grapeshots, you target the player, then redirect the damage to the PW. For example, storm is at 7 and liliana is at 6, you grapeshot the opponent, then redirect six of the damage (each individual copy) to Liliana, then deal the last point to their face. This is relevant if they have a Leyline of Sanctity out. You will not be able to hurt the walker through burn spells.

[fogxanic]

Today I played at local tournament. One match was vs. esper stoneblade. Game 3 I was on play and hand was 3 LED, 2 Infernal Tutor, 1 Dark Ritual, 1 Silence. I kept it is it right choice? Well at the end it was. I played leds first 2 turns because did't draw any lands. At some point of game opponent has sf mystic and batterskull on battlefield he got me down to 2 life. EOT brainstorm with city of brass for 1 life Then I started playing, opponent has 25 life and time came at my turn. Opponent had hydroblast in his hand that I saw earlier. I played silence which resolved. Tutored some burning wishes and went for pif. Then doing some mana with all I had in my gy. Storm count was not enough even after I tutored 4th led and all. Then bw into diminishing returns with R and U on pool. Draw 2 leds, petal and 2 ponders and some irrelevant cards. First ponder gave nothing and for second ponder I cracked leds and found bw into tendrills 19 storm

[TraxDaMax]

"Luck" is the result of hard work in both cases. :)

Was pun intended if that wasn't clear ;)


to follow up on your story :)

Anyways, good job. Was a good read.

[Lemnear]

Awesome! Did not know that ad campaign :D

[Whippoorwill]

I played TES at SCG Seattle as well to a disappointing 1-3 drop.

Round 1 vs Sneak and Show (Thea Steele)
Game 1: She mulls to 6 and I win off Empty for 12 Goblins.
Game 2: I get Griselbranded.
Game 3: She mulls to 6 and I go to 5. At one point she hardcasts Sneak Attack (using a Lotus Petal to do so) but has no mana to activate. On my turn I Chain it back to her hand (waiting til my turn to avoid Daze). A couple turns later I Empty for some Goblins. She recasts Sneak next turn and I swing with my Goblins. The following turn she has the mana to put both Griselbrand and Emrakul into play.

0-1

Round 2 vs Bant Blade
Game 1: I Tendrils him for 20 thanks to his Force on my Silence.
Game 2: An early Empty gets him to scoop.

1-1

Round 3 vs RiP/Helm
Game 1: After a couple turns I resolve a Silence and proceed to Grapeshot him for 20.
Game 2: He gets out Ethersworn Cannonist which I end up Decaying. He later gets a Counterbalance out. I cast Lotus Petal which gets the blind flip counter. I proceed to play another Petal and 2 LEDs before casting Empty. He has 2 cards in hand and 4 lands. He Tutors at eot for RiP. I'm confused until he plays the Helm that was in his hand the next turn. I don't draw the Duress on my turn. :(
Game 3: Long story short: I stupidly cast Empty for a bunch of Goblins knowing he has a Detention Sphere in hand. Derp.

1-2

Round 4 vs ANT
Game 1: I Probe him on the play and laugh when I see his hand. He asks if I'm playing Storm as well and I say yes. He takes off his hat and starts laughing and accidentally knocks his deck off the table. I eventually kill him with Tendrils.
Game 2: He gets there with Tendrils.
Game 3: Turn 1 Probe on the play. I follow that up with Ad Nauseum. I proceed to flip the worst Ad Nauseum I've ever cast with the deck. I think I flipped just about every 1cc non-ritual and only 2 Lotus Petals and 1 Mox for mana. All I needed was 1 of the 3 LEDs left in my deck. During the Ad Nauseum I kept going til I hit 1 even when I was at <5 life. I didn't like continuing at 2 life, but I thought the odds of drawing mana would be in my favor. I ended up Duressing him and Silencewalking him the next 2 turns just trying to survive. It worked but he eventually drew the Tendrils for the win.

1-3

After that terrible Ad Nauseum I just didn't feel like playing the deck anymore (that day).

[Megadeus]

Im glad that I am not the only person who flips his worst Ad Nauseams at SCG opens.