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

[Lemnear]

This might be the best thing created for storm since infernal tutor

Don, have you submitted a hand of Ritual, Duress, Brainstorm, Delta, Delta, Ponder, Duress?

[Bryant Cook]

People sending me rude messages through a card form, real nice. I hope you get that penis enlargement you were attempting to achieve.

[davelin]

Cool tool. I submitted a no-land hand that I still think is an easy keep but curious on your thoughts.

[bjholmes3]

People sending me rude messages through a card form, real nice. I hope you get that penis enlargement you were attempting to achieve.

People do that on the internet?

Thanks again for the tool though, it's quite awesome. It's a nice break from editing primers on mobile :V

[d0nkey]

Don, have you submitted a hand of Ritual, Duress, Brainstorm, Delta, Delta, Ponder, Duress?

No but I mulligan'd until I got ritual, ritual, ad nauseum just for fun.

[Lemnear]

Bryant shared a very disturbing Submission with me this morning. I really wonder what's wrong with some peeps

[Spam]

Some people are just full of S*#×~§

[bhsman]

That's pretty shitty of people; is there a way to ban certain emails/IP addresses as a result?

[Bryant Cook]

It's not that I'm upset, just kind of disappointed in members of the community.

When people submit, I do receive their IPs along with various other information like their longitude/latitude and most likely location (Seattle for example). It's not exactly a secret to whom some of these individuals are.

In other news, who else here will be storming this weekend at the invitational?

[Doishy]

I love the Tool Bryant despite not being an actual storm player myself (DDFT for me :) ).
I hope that the number of people 'abusing' the tool is very much overshadowed by those using it for its intended purpose.
Thank you for coming up with it!

[d0nkey]

It's not that I'm upset, just kind of disappointed in members of the community.

When people submit, I do receive their IPs along with various other information like their longitude/latitude and most likely location (Seattle for example). It's not exactly a secret to whom some of these individuals are.

In other news, who else here will be storming this weekend at the invitational?

I won't be at the invi, but I will be storming at the GP Seattle in November.

[SeoHyun]

How are people feeling about Pyroclasm versus Massacre? I'm not sure which one I want to play at the 5k tomorrow.

[Alix444]

How are people feeling about Pyroclasm versus Massacre? I'm not sure which one I want to play at the 5k tomorrow.

I think it is pretty reasonable to expect more of that 4c loam which plays maindeck Teeg, so I would lean towards pyroclasm.

[Bryant Cook]

Mailbox is up: http://www.theepicstorm.com/tes-mailbox-3/

[thefringthing]

Robust, up-to-date metagame statistics are hard to come by, but by my count something like 47% of the field plays Wasteland. Among decks that finish near the top of big tournaments, that number is more like 53%. At what point, if any, would it make sense to start pre-boarding against Wasteland with +1 Bayou, -1 Ponder? (I'd submit this to the mailbox, but I'm interested in hearing other opinions in addition to Bryant's. )

[Final Fortune]

I don't think Wasteland is that big of a deal as long as you sit on Fetchlands, right now Grixis with Cabal Therapy is a greater threat and I think that means more Chrome Mox for speed.

[Bryant Cook]

I could be wrong, but 47% seems low in comparison to the past. I haven't actually seen Wastelands often recently. If the Wastelands are coming from Lands or Death & Taxes those are favorable match-ups anyway.

[Bryant Cook]

Xantid Swarm just isn't very good in this metagame:

http://www.theepicstorm.com/xantid-s...-the-metagame/

[Lemnear]

Xantid Swarm just isn't very good in this metagame:

http://www.theepicstorm.com/xantid-s...-the-metagame/

...and the new mulligan rule is even worse. Why? Read on!

[Alix444]

Xantid Swarm just isn't very good in this metagame:

http://www.theepicstorm.com/xantid-s...-the-metagame/

I honestly agree with all of your points, but I think you are missing one. Against Miracles I believe they are most likely leaving in terminus instead of swords since terminus can handle goblins. So if our plan against miracles really is to board out ponders, mulligan aggressively and try to make goblins by T2 I would say swarm has value in that matchup. Now obviously even if one agrees with my point it still could be moot if someone decides that a) they don't need more slots against miracles or b) they don't think it is a large enough percent of the metagame.

A well timed article as I have been straining my brain on ways to get away from green, at this point I don't think it is possible to neglect it entirely, but I will keep brainstorming.