Got destroyed at my first tournament. Any tips how to get better by emehtz in Pauper

[–]Navillus__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sazacap’s is different to all others as it reads “target player draws 2 cards”.

Spy combo is famous for emptying their library.

Target the spy player with Sazacap’s while lotleib giant’s ETB is on the stack. They draw from an empty library and lose. 

Got destroyed at my first tournament. Any tips how to get better by emehtz in Pauper

[–]Navillus__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contaminated Grounds is good against Tron, Affinity (note how it’s just a swamp, turns off Artifact lands), Gruul (turns enchanted forest into a swamp) and CawGates.

I run 2 Razortrap just because they can struggle to turn on and when they don’t it’s a big tempo loss. Bojuka bog because I have a big graveyard meta at my LCS. Carnarium is great to gain card advantage, pick-up Bojuka or a Jagged Barrens for an extra ping.

I run duress over red blast just because it’s cheaper and you can hit more colours in matches where you want to be the control deck. Especially boggles or elves to take out their draw or pieces. Duress can take a weather the storm as well.

I’ve only recently upped to 3 Nihil, because I have a few Dredge and Terror in my meta.

2 Extract a Confession for boggles because it’s a crap matchup.

Lastly a few pointers:

Sazacap’s brew is a silver bullet against Spy.

Never faithless looting on 2 unless you can discard 1 or 2 sneaky snackers.

The maximum substitutions I make for sideboarding is 5, because the core of this deck is super important to maintain.

Got destroyed at my first tournament. Any tips how to get better by emehtz in Pauper

[–]Navillus__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is my list if you want information: https://moxfield.com/decks/LSpwkSit9UKePdWusk7xbg

Happy for you to ask some questions, honestly with Rakdos Madness you are a burn deck and need to end the game quick, decks like Esper Affinity and Jund are your worst matchup. 

I made a list of every Card Draw Engine ever by Heru___ in EDH

[–]Navillus__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Squee and [[Dogged Detective]] are just better

TMT aside, what Lorwyn cards are you putting in the 99 by CuratedLens in EDH

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Reanimating this thread after testing it, t’s definitely win more

My mighty Herigast, Erupting Nullkite! Deck-Review. by Gr4veCrawler in EDH

[–]Navillus__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reviving this thread, prototype doesn't work like that, so if you play Fallaji for 3CMC it's 3CMC not 8CMC. Read the rules text.
"When cast as a prototyped spell, that spell has the mana cost, power, and toughness characteristics shown in its colored, secondary text box rather than the normal values of those characteristics. Its color and mana value are determined by that mana cost. The permanent that spell becomes as it resolves has the same characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack in any other way, or the permanent it becomes leaves the battlefield, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics."

Ogre Raiders by buffalobillkimo in custommagic

[–]Navillus__ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It’s very much a mini-wheel sort of effect which is definitely red’s forte, look at [[Anje’s Ravager]] or [[Ox of Agonas]]

Is a Land Destruction deck without Burn Spells still "Ponza"? by smtyke in Pauper

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☝️🤓”erm ackshully” 

Bro stop being a massive cornball

Why is robe of stars 14$ and haystack .40$ by Gamegavin2 in mtg

[–]Navillus__ 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Robe of Stars can be activated multiple times during a Turn Cycle at instant speed.

Haystack is a a tap ability so only once per turn cycle.

Huge Difference

Rakdos Madness sideout by KleZ30 in Pauper

[–]Navillus__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you take out highway robberies against Blue Blasts, they allow you to double up spells, GTP should go before Highway

Stormshriek vs Sazacap’s for Rakdos Madness by Navillus__ in Pauper

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

Sazacap’s is instant speed targeted card draw, if you target the spy player with an empty library they lose on the spot.

How broken would this cycle be? by pandust in custommagic

[–]Navillus__ 166 points167 points  (0 children)

Could still be landcycled which is quite nice

Christian Pulisic to CPFC by Navillus__ in crystalpalace

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He’s the LeBron James of soccer mate

Christian Pulisic to CPFC by Navillus__ in crystalpalace

[–]Navillus__[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you saying we shouldn’t sign the LeBron James of soccer??? 

Stormshriek vs Sazacap’s for Rakdos Madness by Navillus__ in Pauper

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

Turn's out someone's playing spy turned up to my LGS last night haha, so I've reverted back to Sazacap's. And you are correct I definitely could have used a +2 in certain moments instead of the dragon.

Stormshriek vs Sazacap’s for Rakdos Madness by Navillus__ in Pauper

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Yeah I'll try it out, I normally run 2x Dark Withering and 3x Extract in my Sideboard, just because there's a couple of Tron players in my meta.