[Deck] TinFins 3: Return of the Onion Burst

[Richard Cheese]

Played in our weekly tourney yesterday, only 10 people but I managed to go 3-1 before scrubbing out mega hard in top 4. Beat UW(x?) with TNN and countertop (t2, t1, didn't see much of his deck), Burn, Deathblade (found the second Entomb to beat DRS with Shallow Grave), lost to RUG. Got paired against BUG Pod Nic Fit in Top 4, so naturally I just punt the shit out of what should be an easy matchup. Still nearly got there off a natural Tendrils, but his Ooze gave him just enough life to stay in it.

All in all, deck felt good, but I'm not totally convinced on 2x LDV yet. I think I used it once yesterday, but only because I had the Probe to draw what I needed anyway. It's so good at digging eot to set up a combo, but once you start going off it feels pretty useless.

[Secretly.A.Bee]

I like it for my chrome imprint. Pitching something that is completely irrelevant after the combo feels good. Pre-combo it's awesomely powerful, you just have to be certain of what it is you are looking for. Fwiw, I run 2 chrome.

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[Finntrinsic]

Took Tin Fins to a tournament for the first time on the weekend. Entered a legacy sideevent (18 players) at a Theros Sealed PTQ.


Was a lot of fun to play the deck (especially funny to hear the Omniclash player moan about how BORING it was to sit and watch me go off - because it's a lot of fun to watch your opponent cast enter the infinite, right).

^^^^^THIS!!!! So MUCH THIS!!!!

Nothing in the world more fun than listening to a filthy combo player cry because they have to sit through someone else's filthy combo.

So...Large $$$ Legacy event local for me this weekend. Have been playing Fins most of the year and all the locals will likely put me on it. Should I care? I have the resources to build most of the recently successful blade & XUG decks. Just have no real interest in playing them. Thoughts?

-Finn

[Luklinda]

^^^^^THIS!!!! So MUCH THIS!!!!

Nothing in the world more fun than listening to a filthy combo player cry because they have to sit through someone else's filthy combo.

So...Large $$$ Legacy event local for me this weekend. Have been playing Fins most of the year and all the locals will likely put me on it. Should I care? I have the resources to build most of the recently successful blade & XUG decks. Just have no real interest in playing them. Thoughts?

-Finn

From Star Wars: A New Hope:

Commander #1: We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should I have your ship standing by?
Governor Tarkin: Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.

Grand Moff Tarkin says go forth and storm on, rebels be damned!

[Richard Cheese]

^^^^^THIS!!!! So MUCH THIS!!!!

Nothing in the world more fun than listening to a filthy combo player cry because they have to sit through someone else's filthy combo.

So...Large $$$ Legacy event local for me this weekend. Have been playing Fins most of the year and all the locals will likely put me on it. Should I care? I have the resources to build most of the recently successful blade & XUG decks. Just have no real interest in playing them. Thoughts?

-Finn

Depends on a lot of things. What's the rest of the meta look like, are there other storm or graveyard-based strategies doing well lately that are likely to get you caught in their crossfire, maybe most importantly, have you been winning?

[phazonmutant]

^^^^^THIS!!!! So MUCH THIS!!!!

Nothing in the world more fun than listening to a filthy combo player cry because they have to sit through someone else's filthy combo.

So...Large $$$ Legacy event local for me this weekend. Have been playing Fins most of the year and all the locals will likely put me on it. Should I care? I have the resources to build most of the recently successful blade & XUG decks. Just have no real interest in playing them. Thoughts?

-Finn

#yolo

[Secretly.A.Bee]

Yolo? What is that? And if you have been doing well with it, play it. What is your list? What is your meta likely to be? The answers to these questions will be the determining factors in answering the question of whether or not you should play Tin fins.

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[Acclimation]

It's always correct to play Tinfins.

[Secretly.A.Bee]

Lol. Awesome.

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[Darkenslight]

It's always correct to play Tinfins.

Except when they're prepared for the Onion Burst, of course. :p

[Acclimation]

Except when they're prepared for the Onion Burst, of course. :p

Then you actually have to work for it and become a better player, which leads to easier time Onion Bursting in the future.

Win/Win in my book :D

[.dk]

Then you actually have to work for it and become a better player, which leads to easier time Onion Bursting in the future.

Win/Win in my book :D

Exactly. The one time it's wrong to play Tin Fins is when Griselbrand is no longer a legal card in the format.

[phazonmutant]

Exactly. The one time it's wrong to play Tin Fins is when Griselbrand is no longer a legal card in the format.

Even I'm back on TinFins (for a local or two). Testing Show and Tells in the main like I suggested a while back. The only thing I've noticed so far is that having 4 Griselbrands and a Tendrils sucks.

Yolo? What is that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c

[Richard Cheese]

It's always correct to play Tinfins.

You'll wish you had less fun!!!#$!$@#

[Secretly.A.Bee]

Let us know how it goes, Finntrinsic. Good luck.

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[Koby]

Played in the Invi for two rounds; and the Legacy Trial.
Round 5 vs Sneak Show, we split games then I got out topdecked into Griselbrand. :/
Round 6 vs iPainter, clean 2-0
Dropped at that point as it was pointless to fide the bubble at X-3

In the trial,
R1 vs D&T, split games then just won on turn 1. Easy peasy.
R2 vs RUG Delver, I had too much fun and cast Emrakul 5 times
R3 vs Deathblade, Karakas is kind of a joke when you're at 18 life vs no disruption. G2 I mull to six, opp leads with USea and DRS. I open with Petal, Silence (resolves), Petal Ritual Entomb Goryo's, draw 14, land Chain of Vapor the DRS, Therapy DrS and hit a second, see Surgical, flashback Therapy on Surgical. Next turn i setup Emrakul to armageddon him.
R4 vs Deathblade, we split games and then lose to DRS while trying to dig the an enabler. Game ends with him holding 5 counters and a Brainstorm. Them breaks.

Playing this tomorrow in the Legacy Open.

[.dk]

Sucks the invi didn't go well for you - good luck in the open Koby!

[Acclimation]

Played in a small 6 man event this week, went 2-1, playing against D&T, TES, and Oops all spells, losing to TES.

Same 61 maindeck, but I had a joke sideboard that wasn't relevant outside of a single Chain of Vapor and Pithing Needle.

My loss to TES was due to it being against a friend who knew what I was on, with openers of Karakas and Chant effects, and lucky as hell draws (his words) that killed me the turn before I could get him.

The other two games were hilariously easy, with the guy playing D&T never having played the deck before and letting me swing with an untapped Karakas on the field and Oops is a terrible deck.

[Secretly.A.Bee]

Yes, oops is janky at best.

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[Wess]

I love playing this deck, I think its well positioned with true name nemesis decks in the format now. Have been winning lots of booster packs with the deck on MTGO, going 4-0 and 3-1 the deck. I played the cabal therapy-thoughtseize-silence package for a while and it seemed very sub-par. We only play 12-14 land, and running 3 colours is bad. Also, the UBW version of the deck just seems slow and more vulnerable to hate. The UB version seems faster and more consistent, here's the current list I'm running:

4 Entomb
4 Dark Ritual
2 Griselbrand
4 Ponder
4 Shallow Grave
1 Children of Korlis
3 Goryo's Vengeance
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Gitaxian Probe
1 Reanimate
4 Lotus Petal
1 Chrome Mox
4 Brainstorm
2 Lim-Dûl's Vault
4 Daze
4 Force of Will

4 Polluted Delta
1 Island
2 Flooded Strand
1 Swamp
3 Underground Sea
2 Marsh Flats

Sideboard:
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Surgical Extraction
1 Echoing Truth
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Children of Korlis
2 Massacre
1 Flusterstorm
3 Snapcaster Mage

Sideboard is always the weakest, never sure what to do with it, I hardly ever side anything in, except for Surgical against gy decks, and Emrakul for odd things. I really should be running 1 Emrakul in the main, and if the deck gets more popular and people play against it properly, I will have to cut a card and move him in.

EDIT: Here's my UBw list that I accidentally played in a tourno yesterday

someguy604 (4-0)
Legacy Daily #6488664 on 12/23/2013
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Main Deck
60 cards

2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Marsh Flats
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scrubland
1 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
13 lands

1 Children of Korlis
2 Griselbrand
3 creatures

4 Brainstorm
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Chrome Mox
4 Dark Ritual
4 Entomb
4 Gitaxian Probe
3 Goryo's Vengeance
2 Lim-DÆl's Vault
4 Lotus Petal
4 Ponder
1 Reanimate
4 Shallow Grave
2 Silence
1 Tendrils of Agony
3 Thoughtseize
44 other spells

Sideboard
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Children of Korlis
1 Echoing Truth
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Will
2 Massacre
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Silence
4 Surgical Extraction
15 sideboard cards