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

[sconnell]

The possibility of Mindbreak Trap is often much better than the actual card. The possibility of MBT in post-board games can mean storm players give you a little more time by playing around it. Gitaxian Probe, Silence and discard spells significantly diminish this effect, though.

I think the best way to describe MBT is "narrow." (i) It's narrow in the sense that it's only really good against storm decks, compared to other sideboard options like Thalia, Gaddock Teeg or even Ethersworn Canonist, which have wider applications. (ii) It's also narrow in the sense that it only actually wins you games in narrow circumstances: when it buys you time to draw more hate or kill the opponent, or the pressure of possible additional hate and/or your clock forces storm to go for it.

This means that it's only worth playing if (i) you are prepared to devote slots just to trying to beat storm and (ii) you're already playing other hate cards. (i) is unlikely to happen except in a small metagame or if you are somehow playing a deck which generally has good matchups but is especially vulnerable to storm (arguably Manaless Dredge fits this description.

[Tammit67]

Actually it's 2 T.E.S. decks and one T.P.S. deck.

I hate you. I just checked the lists and couldn't spot a difference... It's time for bed

Congrats to team Syracuse for playing the deck I should have played

[Lemnear]

T.P.S. is the blue-focus vintage variant of storm (red/black-focus variant are called Burning/Pitch/Grim/etc.-Long). Taking the exact 75 in the OP to the event and call it TPS is a bad joke and just causes confusion.

Next time I call my deck "4-color Goblins" ... Geeez

[Bryant Cook]

Someone help me find my feature match online. I'd like to watch it. I know SCG posts their full stream somewhere, I just can't seem to locate it.

[Deviruchi]

Someone help me find my feature match online. I'd like to watch it. I know SCG posts their full stream somewhere, I just can't seem to locate it.

http://www.twitch.tv/scglive/b/451192366 8:51:38

[catmint]

Someone help me find my feature match online. I'd like to watch it. I know SCG posts their full stream somewhere, I just can't seem to locate it.

You looked awesome on your feature match. Very well groomed and confident about your inevitable victory.
In G1 did you have the chrome mox in hand? Was there a protection spell as well? What was your thought process after seeing the wasteland?

[Zombie]

"yay, Bryant's on stream. More delicious not-Show-and-Derp action! *go brush teeth, come back to something horrible being cast* Nah, that's just Bryant killing someone, no need to watch the rest of this game."

[Bryant Cook]

Watched the video. It was fine.


Kind of disappointed in myself. I forced the playoff in the last round because my breakers were bad and there was an outside shot that if I drew the round, I could've been knocked out if a couple of things didn't go my way. I had a good match-up against Jund, it just didn't go my way games two and three. Unfortunately, I did not make top 8.

[Kayradis]

Nice suit Mr. Cook.

[Bryant Cook]

Nice suit Mr. Cook.

Just a blazer.

[jarvisyu]

Just a blazer.

always stylin'

[feline]

Ha ha, I might have said this before I don't remember, but if I didn't I'm saying it now.

I like the sleeves you use Bryant, that's my favorite color for sleeves so I use the same ones.

[Lemnear]

TES is and educated gentlemans deck. Dress like one. You'll love it like I do

[Kayradis]

TES is and educated gentlemans deck. Dress like one. You'll love it like I do

3 Piece suit or GTFO

[Bryant Cook]

3 Piece suit or GTFO

I guess I need to GTFO. Good luck with your meteorology.

[Bryant Cook]

You looked awesome on your feature match. Very well groomed and confident about your inevitable victory.
In G1 did you have the chrome mox in hand? Was there a protection spell as well? What was your thought process after seeing the wasteland?

Thanks. Yes, I had it in my initial hand. I planned on using it to create red mana to cast Empty the Warrens on the first turn.

[Wombo Combo]

Rd7 G2: I think you had the grapeshot kill here. Brainstorm(storm 1), LP(storm 2), DR(BBB - storm 3), Cabal therapy (BB - storm 4), LED (BB - storm 5), ponder (BBBBB - storm 6), Ad nauseam (storm 7), Mox imprint infernal tutor (storm 8), LP (storm 9), rite of flame (RR - storm 10), rite of flame (RRRR - storm 11), rite of flame (RRRRRRR - storm 12), burning wish for PIF (RRRRR - storm 13), PIF (R - storm 14), rite of flame (RRRR - storm 15), rite of flame (RRRRRR - storm 16), rite of flame (RRRRRRR - storm 17), DR (BBBRRRRRRR - storm 18), burning wish for grapeshot (BBBRRRRR - storm 19), grapeshot (storm 20). Hindsight is 20/20.

Edit: corrected the mana derp

[Bryant Cook]

Rd7 G2: I think you had the grapeshot kill here. Brainstorm(storm 1), LP(storm 2), DR(BBB - storm 3), Cabal therapy (BB - storm 4), LED (BB - storm 5), ponder (BBBBB - storm 6), Ad nauseam (storm 7), Mox imprint infernal tutor (storm 8), LP (storm 9), rite of flame (RR - storm 10), rite of flame (RRRR - storm 11), rite of flame (RRRRRRR - storm 12), burning wish for PIF (RRRRR - storm 13), PIF (R - storm 14), rite of flame (RR - storm 15), rite of flame (RRRR - storm 16), rite of flame (RRRRRRR - storm 17), DR (BBBRRRRRRR - storm 18), burning wish for grapeshot (BBBRRRRR - storm 19), grapeshot (storm 20). Hindsight is 20/20.

Ah, you're correct. I missed a golden opportunity.

[Plague Sliver]

Bryant: I need to pick up hands like yours in Game 1 more often :)

Seriously though, that was a fun match to watch. Didn't know Shardless BUG played FoW main - I guess I'm behind the times...

[oSeabass]

So I am new to the combo deck and have started goldfishing it a lot to try and get a feel of when/what to keep or mulligan with the deck. My problem I have noticed, is that I don't know when to pull the trigger if I can't crazy combo out and kill them dead this turn with the sideboard Tendrils. I feel a lot of the time I am hesitant to "go for it" and play it safe with Infernal Tutor and just grab Empty the Warrens in the main deck, and make like 14 or so goblins and pass.

As I was drawing through the deck today, I found an interesting hand/situation and I was wondering what the community thought on the options. Before I start, yes I know what the opponent is playing matters a lot to the decisions, so lets assume this is game 1.

Keep 7: Dark Ritual, Empty the Warrens, Silence, Rite of Flame, Gemstone Mine, Scalding Tarn, Gitaxian Probe
Turn 1 Opponent on play: Drops a Scalding Tarn and passes.
Turn 1 Us:
Draw Lotus Petal. Play Gitaxian Probe for 2 life (this may be wrong already since I didn't play a land to play around Daze). Draw a Ponder off the Probe, (18-20, Storm 1), you see opp. has a hand of Goyf (3), another fetch, and 2 Brainstorm.
Drop Gemstone Mine, cast Ponder. Top 3 are Brainstorm, Dark Ritual, Scalding Tarn. Tarn on bottom, then Brainstorm, then draw the Dark Ritual.

Turn 2 Opponent: Drop 2nd Fetch Land, holds mana open instead of greedily slamming one of his many Goyfs, and passes.
Turn 2 Us: (we know we are drawing Brainstorm off the Ponder).
Hand: Brainstorm, Dark Ritual x2, Lotus Petal, Rite of Flame, Silence, Empty the Warrens, Scalding Tarn.

The question here is do we go for it and just make a bunch of Goblins on turn 2? Do we think they drew into a counterspell, or will draw one with the 2 brainstorm/shuffle effects they have? My big thought here is 1 or 2 things:
1. Cast Silence, Lotus Petal, Dark Rit x2, Rite of Flame, Empty for 12 goblins and pass.
2. Cast Brainstorm with our Gemstone Mine and try and go for it next turn or drawing into something crazy and going for it bigger this turn
(seeing he had no counter last turn but 2 Brainstorm, 2 fetch, +1 mystery card).

I think most of the times I would just pull the trigger and go for the Silence -> Combo to make 12 Goblins and pass on an empty board, but I could see the reasoning for being able to just kill them dead with a Silence if you draw off Brainstorm/fetch the perfect stuff.

Thanks in advance,
Seabass