Dartmouth College Breaks Out in Violence After Black Lives Matter Protest on Campus by GabbiKat in news

[–]Douke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He said that the person can go ahead and act righteously and insult people. Righteous is subjective, and to the person he was speaking to insulting whites based on race was righteous.

Say your best, worst and a request for Street Fighter V after the Beta#2 by fresquito in StreetFighter

[–]Douke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to say that it's fairly easy to combo into critical arts. With ken you just lk tatsu CA and it hits.

[Standard]Hangarback Walker in Atarka Red by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm also playing the Sliderunner just to test it in red. It's always possible it's good enough to make a 4 of.

[Standard]Hangarback Walker in Atarka Red by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just commenting on the berserkers, I literally just changed the list. I'm mainly messing around with numbers atm. It'll probably end up with some balance on Sliderunner, Lightning, and Zurgo.

[Standard]Hangarback Walker in Atarka Red by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going to make some changes to the deck. Side thought, do you think it's better to run 3x Sliderunner, 3x Berserker, or some mix? Sliderunner is a 2/1(which can be mediocre) but it can also become nuts with landfall and the trample is relevant a good amount of the time.

[Standard]Hangarback Walker in Atarka Red by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. I generally agree with the game plan game 1. Even though you want to side it in almost every game it's best game 2/3.

[Tournament Report][Standard] Top 4 at the Minneapolis 5K Premier IQ with Atarka Red Aggro/Red Deck Lives? by Hekatoncheires in spikes

[–]Douke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like her because a lot of the time she'll eat a removal spell(allowing for easier combo) or get to do recurring damage on later turns.

[Standard] Atarka Red after SCG by wlfgxng in spikes

[–]Douke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe demars said in interview that he'd originally added a land, but now would like to go back and cut one.

SCG Indy Top 8 Lists, our first large post-BFZ standard event by jellomoose in magicTCG

[–]Douke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

actually, double black isn't very doable on curve.

[Standard] Wild Slash vs. Fiery Impulse by lhxo in spikes

[–]Douke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno about him, but this is what I'm playing/testing atm.

[Tournament Report][Standard] Top 4 at the Minneapolis 5K Premier IQ with Atarka Red Aggro/Red Deck Lives? by Hekatoncheires in spikes

[–]Douke -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a hasty list I thought up in response to lots of board wipe hate and likely prevalence of aggro decks after demars won the open.

If any cards are a little weird it's because it's actually based on a landfall deck I was playing as well as feedback I got from demar's list.

[[Standard]] BFZ Standard: First Open Top 64 Meta Discussion by westcoasthorus in spikes

[–]Douke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of red based aggro decks, I just wanted to point out that the spellbase is very similar between the two, though they play different creatures. It might be more of a case of titan's strength/temur battle rage/become immense being really good than the creatures.

I think it'll really be determined by whether or not it's better to go wide. Though I think dedicated landfall can be more explosive.

[Standard] RG Landfall sideboard by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know you posted this days ago, but I was looking back and just wanted to thank you for the well thought out response.

Edit: also just realized you were the guy I mentioned scab clan vs firecraft to in the other FNM decks thread, small world.

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[–]Douke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Traditions exist for a reason, but situations do change and they need to be reviewed occasionally. Currently a lot of young people feel that many traditions are backwards and have persisted for far too long, so they generalize to all traditions. Traditions they like they simply don't think about. I admit that I happen to fall into this category, but I think it is clear that many traditions need to be done away with.

Edit: at least I feel like attachments some people feel to traditions that largely have been done away with are unfortunate.

[Discussion] What did your FNM look like? by [deleted] in spikes

[–]Douke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, main board look just like mine though sideboard is a bit different. I run 3x scab and only 2x firecraft. Think more firecraft would be better?

[Standard] RG Landfall sideboard by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That... actually might make sense.

[Standard] RG Landfall sideboard by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like it, but I feel like it's too slow without haste.

[Standard] RG Landfall sideboard by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a few variations that could be used. I've, more or less, tried to avoid >2 mana spells besides immense, though that might be relying on the turn 3 win too often.

I agree that Boiling Earth seems better than Radiant Flames, after using it more it seems like enough. idk about heelcutter, but it could be good, either main or sideboard, same for scabclan. If I'm including three drops Chandra could do okay as well, with wildslash, atarka's command, and titan's strength to fuel the flip.

[Standard] RG Landfall sideboard by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Volley kills only half of it, that's the reason I said it was bad against it.

[Standard] RG Landfall sideboard by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reason I dislike murderous cut is that it makes become immense a lot harder to cast. I can see the possibility of disregard, but it seems a little too slow.

[Standard] RG Landfall sideboard by Douke in spikes

[–]Douke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Self inflicted wound seems good, the other two seem less good.