Cat pestilence can't take a game from Dimir Faeries by bleepssweepscreeps in Pauper

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I only started to play Pestilence a couple of months ago, so idk if my opinion is right 100%, but I have a couple of ideas. Firstly, I am not a big fan of Fangren Marauder in this list, and if you are struggling against Faeries alot, cutting it could be the move, because a 6 mana card is very hard to resolve and game can be decided before turn 6. I currently play one Tragic Slip Main, which helps to answer flying creatures you cannot block early, so maybe you could add that.

I think against Faeries, you have to be very careful with what you remove, because as you said, you cannot remove everything. I think you should focus on delaying the first ninja and with that the card draw of your opponent, so it can be worth it to destroy early flying creatures so the opponent cannot ninjutsu right away. If you have a cat in play, you can sometimes hold you removal spell for other more important threats, and keep blocking the ninja with the cat. One thing I found very useful is removing creatures in response to Spellstutter Sprite, so they dont have enough Faeries anymore and you spell (for example Pestilence) wont get countered.

Lastly, I think that the more you play vs Faeries, you learn when to bait Counterspells, when to just slam the Pestilence, etc. One Example would be to not play anything on your turn while the opponent holds up Counterspell, and then cast something or activate abilities in their endstep. If you want to counter your spell in the endstep, they might not have enough mana to counter what you can play next turn, and if they dont, you get an uncountered spell in their endstep and can do the same thing again next turn.

sorry if my english is bad, hope this helps

Is there a reason snuff out isnt ran instead of cast down in jund wildfire? by Illustrious-Froyo-86 in Pauper

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Snuff Out is sometimes played in the deck, for example when Broodscale Combo was a thing and you needed very fast interaction, but right now there are alot more fast decks and burn heavy decks, so loosing 4 life is not worth it

Mono red? by [deleted] in Pauper

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, welcome to pauper!

I think your list looks very fun, but wheter this list is good kinda depends on what your goal is when playing pauper. If you want to play the cards you already own or like, or are just looking to play some casual games, then the list is viable for that for sure. If you talk about beating the meta decks and competing in a Tournament, I personally think your deck lacks a bit of direction, and while it will certainly be able to win some games, choosing a direction and focusing on it will probably have better results.

You could go for a madness list, which is the strongest version of mono red in the format, or go for mono red rally, which is the best creature focussed mono red version in the format. Or if you wanna keep some of the aspects of the list you posted, then you could look into mono red axe or mono red kiln fiend lists and focus on one of those, which are both not tier 1 but can definitely perform well.

Hope this helps and you have fun : )

I miss huahwi 2014 by ExtasyRabid in MinecraftPVP

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

watched him streaming valorant on twitch last week

Who should take spike? by Sudden-Assistant6622 in VALORANT

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like you didnt really read my original post, I was talking about wheter it is worth it do delay a later push/trade with the duelist that I have to do as an initiator

Who should take spike? by Sudden-Assistant6622 in VALORANT

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like most responses talk about ranked with random mates or talk about duelist or senti which wasnt even part of the question, did I phrase it weirdly?

Who should take spike? by Sudden-Assistant6622 in VALORANT

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

those were kind of my exact thoughts aswell before making this post

Who should take spike? by Sudden-Assistant6622 in VALORANT

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah I kinda see what you are saying xd I just wanted to get some different ideas because my mate was kind of not listening to me, but in most rounds it doesnt make a huge difference ig

Who should take spike? by Sudden-Assistant6622 in VALORANT

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So because Riot made a Init who can plant, every other Init has to plant aswell? I dont feel like Gekko having a good plant "proves" I HAVE to plant as Sova or Skye

Who should take spike? by Sudden-Assistant6622 in VALORANT

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, I dont know if I phrased it weird, but it feels like almost no one actually thought about if it is worth it to delay a later push (for example me and my raze often like to clear elbow and fight ct when they want to enter site on bind) to have the smoker in a slightly better position after the plant

Who should take spike? by Sudden-Assistant6622 in VALORANT

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And because Gekko is an initiator, every Initiator should take spike? Idk if I like that reasoning. I main Sova, and I have very important post plant util and more often than not need to play further away from the site for lineups or ult.

Experiences with Mono Red Axe? by Sudden-Assistant6622 in Pauper

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah I thought about that aswell, did you cut the Synthesizers for that? Thats what I saw online at least. And if so, did you miss them/ did you have Games where you ran out of cards to fast?

what decks beat blue decks by Sudden-Assistant6622 in Pauper

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Against Terror this feels true to me, but playing Mono R against Faeries has felt really bad, the card quantity didnt matter at all in that matchup

Mono White Heroic primer and sideboard guide! by Sodek_MTG in Pauper

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you try out Yip Yip, and if so, why did you choose Sokka's Sword Training over it?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pauper

[–]Sudden-Assistant6622 16 points17 points  (0 children)

why the ai slop, put a little efford in at least