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Jedi_Knight

I actually had success with that plan against abzan even with BR Dragons yesterday. The early threats are important to maintain tempo because like you said, we start to trade 1 for 1 beginning on turn 3.

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So you try to retain the agressor role with some different top end along with CA. Ok, gonna try that.

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What's your SB plan against Abzan Aggro guys? Mine has been -Rabbles -2drops -any dead removal (Command, Slash if any etc.) and board in basically the whole SB (RtB, Wound, Crux, Sieges, Seizes, Duresses if any, Dragonlords if any). Not sure about boarding PWs in and definitely not boarding in Anger...

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Well fucking done, congratulations! Report or thoughts in general about cards and SB would be greatly appreciated.

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Another random thought (since I am basically talking to myself here :D ): saw a post on spikes about a guy cutting the one Cut. That would be my new definition of mistake in deckbuilding. This card represents everything you want from one-of removal for me in Standard and he cuts it for a Command? WH...

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We built a Mono Red for a friend who got back into MTG mainly because it's helluva cheaper and albeit we haven't yet made proxy deck for Atarka Red for testing, from the matches I played with it and against it the monored version both seems to be much mroe consistent and have an edge in the mirror. ...

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As shitty as Owen's article on CFB have been today (I seriously can't wrap my head around how someone would get paid for quickly writing 3 paragraphs and a decklist), there is one point there to be made: Fuck Rabblemasters. He and Stark made the list with only 3 of them and I am starting to think th...

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4 Thunderbreaks in SB just sounds greedy. I can't help but remember the Burning Tree deck with Hellriders... and you REALLY wanted to cast that, yet you always got stuck on 3 mana...

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That said, since I took such a long break I'm entering these meta blind thus my card selection, sequencing and SB'ing will be kinda messed up .

I know the feeling, I know the feeling.

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As I am slowly trading for my Mardu cards, I'll be taking BR to tuesday's Standard. The changes I wanna try from the last list I posted are the following: MB +4 Ire Shaman +1 either HDF, Cut, Foul-Tonque or +2 Stokes (in which case -1 HDF) +1 Haven -3 Lightning Strike -2 Anger of the Gods -1 Swamp S...

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What do you gain by Haven? Recursion. Ability to regain tempo. This matters mostly in grindy matchups (Abzan Control, Ux Control, Sidisi Whip etc.). The problem with it is that in matchups where you have to have the right answer at the right time, drawing Haven instead of needed dual will actually m...

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Another random thought: Havens in Mardu are really clunky. In BR you stumble sometimes... in Mardu much more often. I am beginning to wonder if they are where the deck wants to be. Also Seekers offer much more aggresive gameplan but also much more clunkier starts. The sequencing of taplands or Seize...

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Oh the misplays at GP Paris... 2 Mardu Dragons deck at the entrance to TOP 8 and one guy just hands opponent the games. This was horrendous to watch.

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4-0 another FNM. RDW 2-1 Atarka Red 2-1 Mirror (no kidding, but he was playing Dragonlord's Servant and Outpost Sieges main with HDF only in board) 2-1 (after a game where we stared at each other with 4 dragons on each side of the table) and Sidisi Whip 2-1. Thoughtseizes are just terribad against R...

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I do have 4 Confluences. Will be trying Mardu brew but so far seen only ones without these so it shouldn't be a problem. What is problem that I am rarely on MTGO so just send a text message to +420 721 577 785 and I'll reply when I'll be online. Or on fcb (janek.gabriel).

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Certainly not an end to all things but since they are trading 1 for 1 it "may" generate (and usually does) card advantage. As far as my experience goes the matchup got better with the addition of Phoenix but that was before I started playing Rabbles. Duress only forestalls the inevitable: ...

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Pretty much. I don't like the discard plan against Esper though would much rather just stick a Flamewake and be done with it. But alas I don't yet have the necessary paper cards for Mardu so I am sticking with BR variant (while on MTGO I do have the cards so that's what I'll be toying with next week).

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Ok, this is my sorta final version of Kolaghan Dragons after spending as much time as possible in Tournament practice room and after 2 FNMs. I'll be taking that tommorrow for final test run. Creatures (14) 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 4 Thunderbreak Regent 4 Stormbreath Dragon 2 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury ...

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Ok, I was drinking liquor when I wrote that. 3 may be enough. But 3 are mandatory!

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So with the dust settled, seems like we have the core made up. 10 Dragons, 4 Rabbles, 4 Roar (ugh ugh), 3x Thoughtseize, 25 lands. What differs is whether we are splashing white or not. I don't think there is any reason not to since we are giving what, Bile Blight maybe? There will be games when we ...

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Nope, tried to find it too but tough luck. What he did say in quick questions was that he was playing Arashin Cleric SB which is pretty much a fine wall against RDW. SCG list (11th something place) I don't like since that is once again all over the place with Sorins into Wingmate Rocs and not enough...

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Mardu Dragons in the finals of GP Toronto. His build is "kinda similar" to what I've been toying with on MTGO, biggest difference is 4 Seekers main where I tried spells in place of that. The thing is that the deck apparently can get results and will certainly gain some traction now. Soulfi...

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Too narrow. Foul-Tongue kills him as well. HDF does too (in situation when RV would) and kills Ugin/Dragonlord Silumgar.

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I don't think Sorin is where you want to be. More of a "win more card". Valdarith's idea seems great: we all know how bad HDF is against tokens. Also, BR Dragons player qualified for PT: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/rptq-top-8-decklists/magic-origins-rptq-catskill-2015-04-2...

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Outpost Siege is a thing. But the control list would need more than that for it is too slow against anything other than control. There is a difference when the curve tops at Outpost Siege and when it clashes with your Regents. I was actually rather impressed with what Sign in Blood can do... the one...

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Ok, the pile I put together on MTGO. Baseline was the BR control (with me finding out I actually want to be proactive instead of waiting until T4 to drop my first threat). Creatures 3 Soulfire Grand Master 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 4 Thunderbreak Regent 3 Stormbreath Dragon 2 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury ...

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I think there are more than one deck to construct there. Chapin/Flores one warrants testing which I can only do on MTGO (and MDU's advice for sweepers main matters there) so I have to take Esper into serious consideration. Local meta on the other hand is Esper free. As far as I am concerned, this wi...

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Also listened to the podcast and there is one thing I want to point out which I agree with: the gameplan of 7 Duresses is not where you want to be. I'll much rather play Bloodsoaked Champ since the fuckers will draw their CA engines sooner or later anyway.

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Yep, Anger beats other sweepers because of Abzan horseshit. I'll continue working on BR for this season since it is modern which I don't play. But since I have MTGO cards for Mardu, why not do that too.

But with Storm's Fury!

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What did Chapin and Flores say? I don't know Flores and I don't have access to SCG Premium. :D I too don't like the idea of the deck though. I do like my BR Dragons. :D Cutting Read the Bones for Sign in Blood since I have so many 3 drops. The deck is tremendously mana hungry. Also I am beginning to...

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In other news, I am toying with the deck in more aggresive direction. UB control is a nightmare and aggro is a coinflip. Also Mardu Midrange made 11th at SCG Open. http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=83733 [deck] Creatures (9) 4 Seeker of the Way 2 Wingmate Roc 3 Brim...

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Apparently [card]Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury[/card] is kinda better at closing games out of nowhere. The one thousand years older version of herself Dragonlord Kolaghan could just as easily be Sarkhan for her abilities rarely comes into play. On the other hand curving Thunderbreak + young Kolaghan wi...

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Nope, she is not. She is basically Outpost Siege with the ability to ping Goblin Tokens. Currently I am unhappy with 4 things: 1) Unable to apply presure early game. Any control matchup goes grindy and it is here that the card advantage engines (Command, Chandra, Read the Bones) are sorta "need...

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4-0 FNM, small report inc. [deck] Creatures (10) 4 Stormbreath Dragon 4 Thunderbreak Regent 2 Dragonlord Kolaghan Planeswalkers (2) 2 Chandra, Pyromaster Lands (27) 6 Mountain 5 Swamp 4 Bloodfell Caves 4 Bloodstained Mire 2 Haven of the Spirit Dragon 1 Radiant Fountain 4 Temple of Malice 1 Urborg, T...

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Started with this, but it's gonna need some work.

http://www.starcitygames.com/article/30 ... -CVM-.html

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Bought the cards for BR Dragons, so far about 25 games (tournament practice room + 1x 3-1 daily: beat esper twice, close match with Abzan Control and lost to RDW due to risky keep - double anger, command, foul-toungue, dragon and mountain + temple... third land never came). Deck seems solid and actu...

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I am back... I hope. Won 3-1 daily with BR Dragons and I fell in love.

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After a good night's sleep I must add that Phoenix is kinda hard to cast in Mardu - not so much in BR.

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After getting back into Standard for GDs (playing UR Dragons aka Jeff Hoogland deck) with one deck and trying Abzan Aggro and few other decks (there were 12 people the first day and 16 second day so we switched decks few times with some of the better fellas) I am gonna go ahead and say: fuck it. I m...

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Thanks. Well then, we'll see. The second option is always Jeskai because burning people is always fun.

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