Dies to Removal

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Chains is most useful turns 3-5 here and 8 sources are not likely to be reliable. 10-12 white sources was used last season and it wasn't necessarily trying to cast Charm or Helix turn 3-5, it was for the Chains; that was with Magma Jet.

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[deck] 4 Dissolve 4 Lightning Strike 3 Stoke the Flames 3 Jeskai Charm 2 End Hostilities 4 Font of Fortune 1 Jace's Ingenuity 3 Anger of the Gods 3 Singing Bell Strike 3 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker 1 Chandra, Pyromaster 2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion 1 Keranos, God of Storms 26 Lands [/deck] The card coun...

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I think it will end up running 3 Sarkhan, 2/3 Chandra, possibly more Stormbreath, and have more going on with the lower CC spells with all 4 Rablemasters. The new Phoenix may be a 1 or 2 of as well. RW for sideboard options may be the play and an Elspeth or two main. I'm not sure about any of this b...

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I was theorycrafting with G devotion, I think you pivot to kill mode in that matchup earlier than others (like you do against R/G or Jund Monsters); I don't have experience with the new build so I can't say definitely one way or another. I do know with the older version running Garruk at the top it ...

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You guys were talking about MDU's playstyle, if you notice in his videos there is usually a point where he starts to count the damage in his hand and he more or less ignores his opponent's board state. This is really dependent on where the game is at that point and what he is playing against but tha...

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Altac Bloodletter plays the same role Ashley the Zealot played in the earlier versions of this deck. Early efficient damage and not the worst critter on the board after it's outclassed. YP$ was adopted for value and better looks than Ashley. I'm playing an IQ today I think I'll play the main NotARob...

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@mutantcrock Gryff is worse than Phoenix or YP$ and I don't know what else you would replace with it. It also offers a free target to Lifebane and I'm not 100% but I think some number of these are usually sided out against us making that less relevant game 2/3. Thanks to everyone else for the discou...

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I agree it could be good against a lot of decks in a lot of situations I can think of but is it better than a MM or a Shock in the main? Or MM/something else in the SB at the moment? I'm not convinced either way. Like MDU, I'm curious if anyone has ran any games with it yet. I would love to be sold ...

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@MDU I picked up Stoke the Flames to use this coming weekend (SCG SuperIQ) in the case I use them. I will bring them to the event and scout before hand. I'm not sure what everyone is on and they tend to know what I'm on as I've stuck with this since March when I started playing again. Against UW the...

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Yes they are red creatures.

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No it was ANDfirefighter who I played against, he wasn't that chatty but I didn't give him a response. His deck is here: http://mtgo-stats.com/decks/114925 I was playing around with the SB and against that deck I'm just try to kill him before he comes online so I sided Eidolon in against him and des...

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Just had a guy quit on turn 3 of the second game of the last round of an 8 man after throwing around a lot of noob and scrub in the chat box because of playing burn. I had mulled to five as well. I laughed to myself and considered it a win against Naya Planeswalkers with the Ghitu bird token fella a...

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This deck has been a lot of fun, I've only played it a few matches but it's hard to believe how many games Molten Rain alone wins. Besides flooding or the other guy drawing the nuts the only problems have been Wurmcoil and Batterskull. When it's a slug fest this deck seems to come out on top. Not su...

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Turn 3 5/5's, turn 4 6/6 flyers, and pro-red token generators make it impossible not to run chains in a deck like this. The small critters have a hard time overcoming this unless you're playing an all in strategy like BossSligh and this isn't burn. I don't understand that opinion.

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I'm going to run 2 Battlefield Forge, 1 Temple of Silence and 1 Temple of Malice in those flex land slots initially. I have really enjoyed the extra scry having 6 of them provides for the past several months and the positives have far outweighed the negatives with them so far. This was discussed qui...

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@Rhyno That 4th Mutavault is an 8th Basic Mountain in most builds and I think it will take some testing and be meta dependent for the Forges. They replace Confluence for sure but if they replace Guildgate or the additional Temples until rotation may or may not be the correct choice. There will most ...

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In the dark I would keep that hand. I agree with the above on one landers but would probably ship it back even with a scry on the draw with the initial 7 if you have no idea; but keep it if you're feeling froggy.

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Overall I think SB decisions are best left to the individual player. Sometimes you have to make gut calls if you're playing against someone who plays less aggressively maybe you have the opportunity to push that angle despite the control role being better according to the "book" for that M...

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I think Mono B/Bx too often rely on having 2-3 discard spells and keeping a garbage opener otherwise. Keep a decent 7 or 6 and play on, only if your deck shills you land after land after land at this point is the game unwinnable. If they have 3 discard spells what are their remaining 4 cards? They a...

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Nice I didn't know that. I was on a really long sabbatical from the game (6 years-ish) and didn't know you could play both core sets together. I stand corrected.

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YP is in the rotating core set and isn't spoiled to be reprinted as far as I know (I only look at mtgsalvation so I could be wrong).

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@dpaine88 I would watch them. I enjoy the videos I learn a ton watching others pilot the same deck. When and what decisions are made and if they work out or not helps immensely. Most of us are only able to play so much so any additional schooling is welcome. @Khaospawn The decision of how to fill th...

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@Purp I play the Phoenix first he puts damage on the board this turn and can eat removal making it safe to drop the FS after stabilizing. But it really depends on what the opponent is playing.

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[cards]3 Boros Reckoner 2 Mizzium Mortars 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 2 Prophetic Flamespeaker 2 Keening Apparition 1 Reprisal 1 Banishing Light 1 Chained to the Rocks 1 Wear // Tear[/cards] This is my current SB online and paper. The WT, FS, and KA are all flex in one direction or another. If I feared Gh...

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@BiddingMaster as HK said it really depends if I can read the other player as someone who is playing the deck because of recent wins or they seem experienced with the deck. I'll usually keep 2 CTTR or 2 BL (if I think they'll have chandra) and bring in chandra and keep YP and phoenix in; sometimes I...

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@HK1997 I love the making the other player Domri your yp so you could kill it. That's making them dance to your music.

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Most players who jump on sligh during its next 15 minutes of fame will not have Tom Ross's experience and judgement with the deck; much like the increase in burn after Knoxville. Most players who jump deck to deck because it placed well last week tend to lack the ability to adjust to the changing pl...

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@billhc I don't remember 100% I know I brought in mortars and flamespeaker as those dominated for me. I don't remember if I brought in reckoner. Skullcrack and Boros Charm came out, if reckoner went in then a bird or two came out. I may have brought in 1 Chandra but I think I considered them too slo...

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The IQ went well today, here's what I played: [deck=] Creatures 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Young Pyromancer Spells 4 Boros Charm 3 Chained to the Rocks 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 4 Shock 4 Skullcrack 4 Warleader's Helix 1 Mizzium Mortars 1 Banishing Light Land 2 Boros Guildgate 1 Temple of Malice 1 T...

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I played Shota's list online last night and also wished for mortars and less vaults. The creature intense SB does switch up play a bit post board. I'm trying most of it at an IQ today but I swapped the reprisals for mortars in the SB and switched one chains for a BL main. Also -1 Mutavault -1 Mana c...

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I would hold it. With protection against sweeper/ready 4 points and they are <10 I would let them keep them keep the Jace. I know I mistakenly focus on Jace when I shouldn't and I'm pretty sure it has cost me games.

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I like wear//tear for its flexibility and hits the hall MonoU is running which puts a lot of their critters out easy burn range. Keening has been good against control thus far for me. I'm going to find a way to put a couple Blind Obedience in the SB again. I think MDU ran one main for awhile.

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I agree with the assessments of the cards mentioned. Sparktrooper has won games and has been a dead or irrelevant card. I'm not exited about taking anything out for him. Harness has worked well for me when I have one in the 75 and I have wished I had a second like you do anytime a one of in the 75 w...

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I'll give the Font of Ire a shot and report back with anything useful.

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Bx is beaten by having chains and skullcracks when you need them and tight play otherwise. If they have a 2 or 3 demon draw or 2 or 3 gary draw that game may be theirs. They can have a nuts draw but in general I feel it does favor this burn deck because of phoenix, YP, helix and our ability to answe...

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I went 4-2 at an SCG IQ this weekend and missed top 8 on tie breakers. The losses were to Jund monsters and the mirror; both of those were due to flooding or too few over the first several turns (after keeping 2 or 3 land openers w/scrying what I didn't need away, I'll sac a goat before the next one...

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MDU said to request a clan invite on this thread. I'm rage_jl on there as well.

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Most higher level players raise their nose at burn in general, whenever it is viable, they fail to see it playing any sort of a control role in a game. MonoU is the closest deck to playing itself in standard at the moment and he would sure in the hell keep a card which said: make an 8 point life swi...

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@Whole I have been trying removing the 2 searing blood for 1 mortar and a 3rd chained main (keeping the 1 banishing there as well) for the monsters match ups. I consider the 9 slots for shock, searing blood, and chained/banishing in the main to be awfully fluid depending upon the current meta. Witho...

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Brimaz surprises the hell out of Monsters (Jund or GR or Gxx). If you wait to play him until you're both more or less playing off the top for real threats or he's wasted his removal on your phoenixes and YP. EotGR is better against UW if you can't straight outplay them but then you run into conflict...

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