Dies to Removal

You know what kills? A fucking mountain to the dome.

Next FNM, I'm casting Mountain in response to every creature that my opponent plays.

Both Boros and Rakdos Midrange look real strong, too. I think I'll be building towards one or the other once I get an idea on how the meta will stabilize.

If I were more willing to go in with a less tested deck, id run the Boros AIR I've been championing. In a sea of control and green midrange it's perfectly positioned. If everyone is on RDW? Less so.

Where is it?

In the AIR thread, my stream thread and the clan player deck list thread.

Yea I don't think control will be much of a showing at all. Rarely is out of the gates.

Blah gotta do some hardcore testing this week with Big Red. I'm much more comfortable with aggro but think midrange red might be the best call for the weekend.

I'm probably going to run RDW as well. I'd really like to run Big Red but we'll have to see how well that is positioned. If everyone is going to be on Sligh it would be an amazing choice.

I think I'm playing Jund. Me and my new best friend have been working on it for a while and he's won states before which is nice for having a frame of reference on how to build the three-color deck in the sea of agro:

[deck]Creatures: 13
3 Scavenging Ooze
3 Reaper of the Wilds
2 Desecration Demon
2 Polis Crusher
3 Lifebane Zombie
2 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Spells: 22
2 Rakdos's Return
3 Thoughtseize
1 Whip of Erebos
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Putrefy
2 Dreadbore
1 Murder
1 Mizzium Mortars
4 Magma Jet
1 Vraska, the Unseen
2 Xenagos, The Revealer

Lands:
4 Stomping Ground
4 Gruul Guildgate
2 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Blood Crypt
2 Rakdos Guildgate
3 Forest
3 Swamp
1 Mountain
4 Overgrown Tomb

Sideboard:
SB: 2 Duress
SB: 1 Rakdos's Return
SB: 1 Underworld Connections
SB: 2 Mizzium Mortars
SB: 3 Pharika's Cure
SB: 1 Slaughter Games
SB: 1 Pithing Needle
SB: 2 Golgari Charm
SB: 2 Nylea's Disciple[/deck]

I'll relocate this to the appropriate thread eventually. We're calling it batman jund because it's like a utility belt and we named all the characters in the deck *posts facebook conversation*

Lauphiette Kincey Batman Jund.
Lauphiette Kincey That name might actually work if we can agree on who's batman(probably Des Demon).
Daniel Lamparter Yeah, life bane is Alfred, ruric is bane, Vraska is poison ivy,
Lauphiette Kincey I guess color schemes make Polis crusher robin.
Daniel Lamparter Haha I was actually thinking the same.
Daniel Lamparter Rakdos's Return is already a ra's al ghul rip off
Lauphiette Kincey Reaper of the wilds can be two face. Fair 4/5 for 4 then, BAM hexproof.
Daniel Lamparter Is Ooze riddler? Domri is Zsazz for sure
Lauphiette Kincey Ooze could be the riddler. Riddle me this, what cost 2 but can become bigger than a tarmogyf in standard? Yeah, I'm feeling it.
Daniel Lamparter Oh shit! ROTFLOL!
!!

All that out of the way, I really like the deck. I think I want 1 Chandra in the main and I should actually test Nyela's disciple to see if she's poop or awesome vs. red, but overall, I really like this list and the sideboard.

If I were wanting to run something bigger, if run the version with Reckoner, Phoenix, Chandra and Stormbreath. Mono Red with Mutavaults. KISS is good for the start of the season IMO.

But mostly ill just turn guys sideways then tell people how smart I am.

You know what kills? A fucking mountain to the dome.

Almighty Thirst.

May he give us the strength to movetap Mountains.

So glad I caught up instead of tl;dr'ing the thread today.

So much ass.

Typically a lot of people play sligh at the beginning of a rotation and many of the cards are cheap/from the last block so people will be able to pull it together easy.

In the AIR thread, my stream thread and the clan player deck list thread.

Shit, guess I need to stop following the Boros thread and look at these

I'm running Big Red to begin with, but since I opened 3 temples of triumph this weekend, I may take it as a sign to move toward Big Boros... My meta is aggro heavy even under normal circumstances, so I think it'll be a better choice than the endless mirrors and terrible GW matchups if I played RDW.

Something along these lines:
[deck] Big Red[/deck]

Yeah I don't bother going there since you guys use the Boros thread and the Kuroda Boros thread interchangeably.



Edit. Solid decklist new guy. JadePhoenix ~ Mech Warrior?

Yeah I don't bother going there since you guys use the Boros thread and the Kuroda Boros thread interchangeably.



Edit. Solid decklist new guy. JadePhoenix ~ Mech Warrior?

Thanks, and you are the first person in the 5+ years I've been using this SN to get that, yeah.

Agreed that list is solid, pretty close to where I am at.

[DECK]
4 Ash Zealot
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Stormbreath Dragon

4 Chandra, Pyromaster

2 Hammer of Purphoros

4 Lightning Strike
4 Magma Jet
3 Mizzium Mortars
2 Shock

22 Mountain
3 Mutavault
[/DECK]

In this deck, I def think I want to see Chandra every game so I am gonna try 4.

Kinda undecided about Ember Swallower at the moment.

Agree on 4 Chandra.

I'm so hyped that Channel Fireball sent me free Chandras. My states deck choice basically revolves around what deck can allow me to play all of them. #swag

Free Chandra's? How'd you pull that off?

I ordered 4 Chandra's Phoenix and they sent me a playset of Thunder Thighs by mistake.

I'm thinking of running Selesnya Auras. Troll deck is troll.

I hate you Ham.

Watch out suga or you're getting a promotion to Blaklanner tier.

I'm still patiently waiting for my promotion to Tier Awesome.

You might wait for a while.

probably just foing to force gruul sligh with temple gardens because fuck getting a playset of stormbreath for $100... although thats all I'm missing so might jam somd janky hydras (savageborn wooot) and other mana sinks(deadbridg COUNTS) and play G/R superfriends

Though I've gone pretty deep on Jund, wouldn't be surprised if I audibled to either Sligh, GR ramp, or BW whatever.

pretty nyeas disciple isn't worth the slot lp. its worse than centaur healer and that card didn't slow us hat much?

also how is ruric better than cerberus in your list? the vigilance?

Control matchup, and the reach. Cerberus is mighty good at killing people, but that's about it.

And yeah, I'm not expecting disciples to be good, but figured I'd test it. I'm looking at all my lifegain options, including time to feed It's very possible even the black 3/3 for 2 guy with defender is playable. He's a 2 drop that doesn't really trade with any of the aggressive cards...but he had defender.

Something in the board is definitely getting cut for an ultimate price though. I know that for sure.

Basically I like all of my matches accept mono-red agro. Since it's the only fast deck with reach and if the game goes long, I feel my deck has all the answers.

Damn Stormbreath is sitting at $25. Way out of my price range at the moment.

@Jade - That makes me incredibly sad that no one has gotten that reference.

Khaos, I hope you're ready. Pauper deck is bought and paid for.

Scrubs are out in force on MTGS today. IronPlushy actually called me terrible for wanting better mana in a two-colour aggro deck, because he only runs 4 Glacial Fortress in his UW Control deck.

Yep, I'm the terrible player. He finished 3rd at his FNM!

Scrubs are out in force on MTGS today. IronPlushy actually called me terrible for wanting better mana in a two-colour aggro deck, because he only runs 4 Glacial Fortress in his UW Control deck.

Yep, I'm the terrible player. He finished 3rd at his FNM!

I know it gets old for you, but I want you to know that reading your responses to those people is probably my favorite part of Sally.

I love it.

I'm dumb. I should just be sideboarding shock. GENIUS!

Scrubs are out in force on MTGS today. IronPlushy actually called me terrible for wanting better mana in a two-colour aggro deck, because he only runs 4 Glacial Fortress in his UW Control deck.

Yep, I'm the terrible player. He finished 3rd at his FNM!

Awesome. Good luck with that Fortress on Friday.

Scrubs are out in force on MTGS today. IronPlushy actually called me terrible for wanting better mana in a two-colour aggro deck, because he only runs 4 Glacial Fortress in his UW Control deck.

Yep, I'm the terrible player. He finished 3rd at his FNM!

I like how Metamorph spent three paragraphs saying nothing. This is how you become a mod at mtgs.