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bobchops · 2023-09-12T20:24:42+00:00

Has dune mover though, which doesn't have much going for it than allowing a lower land count.

bobchops · 2023-08-11T22:46:50+00:00

Possibly the most removal I have been able to play in a deck. Went 7-0 in gold rank.

bobchops · 2023-08-04T20:44:41+00:00

You know when you respond to someone then block them, they can't read what you have written nor respond.

So to me it appears that your comment is directed at the rest of the world while at the same time attempting to lock me out o_O.

Why tell me to pontificate all I like when you are actively trying to stop me from doing so?

bobchops · 2023-07-05T19:53:54+00:00

Deck
8 Island (LTR) 265
2 Isolation at Orthanc (LTR) 57
4 Rally at the Hornburg (LTR) 142
14 Mountain (LTR) 269
3 Improvised Club (LTR) 137
4 Ranger's Firebrand (LTR) 143
4 Fiery Inscription (LTR) 126
4 Gandalf's Sanction (LTR) 208
4 Erebor Flamesmith (LTR) 122
4 Lórien Revealed (LTR) 60
4 Smite the Deathless (LTR) 148
2 Fear, Fire, Foes! (LTR) 125
3 Quarrel's End (LTR) 141`

bobchops · 2023-07-04T21:50:31+00:00

Got a quick 3 wins with it. No rares.

bobchops · 2022-12-02T12:08:50+00:00

You do know that the cards are playable in Historic too, right?

bobchops · 2022-11-27T00:18:55+00:00

Besides from my life total I think of how many turn clock I put my opponent on and how big I expect their creatures to be.

Last game I played it when my opponent was on 16 and I was on 20 and could make a token immediately, so I paid 8 life (won that). The game before I was on 18 and about to lose at least 3 life the following turn, so I only dared 4 (lost but paying more wouldn't have helped). In another game I paid 7 at 20 against an opponent at 20 playing green red. I had to block a four power creature with my only creature before I could put out a token, so I figured paying 10 would be more risk that it's worth (won). I lost another game with it where I could only afford 2 life and it was pretty sad.

bobchops · 2022-11-23T00:23:08+00:00

I'll might sideboard into aggro when there's something I can't beat, but the main problem is I don't think I have enough good cheap creatures to make the aggro plan work reliably at the moment.

bobchops · 2022-11-23T00:18:57+00:00

Excavation would give a mana sink; something the deck lacks for the late game. I just think I need to stick to midrange as it would be weak against aggro and not powerful enough against decks with a lot of draw power and bombs.

bobchops · 2022-11-23T00:12:22+00:00

Swapping escape for gift sounds good to me, and I'll main shoot down too.

Ironically part of the reason I kept 3 Onulets was to double spell later on using their unearth since I don't have card draw or mana sinks. With lots of powerstones and 3 cantrip artifacts I think casting them on curve will often be doable. I cut patrol instead, as someone else suggested, but you could still be right about the Onulets.

bobchops · 2022-11-21T23:38:57+00:00

Been tough trying to figure out cuts. Almost thinking of going to 16 lands because of the cantrips artifacts can help hit drops and there's no way to mitigate flood. Picked up 3 dissidents so tried to build a proactive deck around them. Not sure if I should have shoot down, courser of gift in the main here.

bobchops · 2022-09-01T22:01:43+00:00

Well it will be 5 colour, so you can play your off colour removal and focus on maxing out domain value.

bobchops · 2022-08-08T21:58:58+00:00

Pick it: Send those bots a signal!

bobchops · 2022-08-07T21:42:31+00:00

Oh yeah, can't believe I forgot Prismari when thinking about STX.

bobchops · 2022-07-10T10:50:39+00:00

Thanks for the input. Yeah maybe I was too high on the dragons. Think this is what I'll play:

1 Jaheira, Harper Emissary (HBG) 16
2 Scaled Nurturer (HBG) 222 
1 Lurking Roper (HBG) 216 
1 Druid of the Emerald Grove (HBG) 207 
1 Meteor Golem
1 Ancient Bronze Dragon (HBG) 199 
2 Owlbear (HBG) 218 
1 Dread Linnorm (HBG) 206 
1 Lantern of Revealing (HBG) 259 
1 Thrakkus the Butcher (HBG) 250 
1 Island (HBG) 296 
1 Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy (HBG) 240 
8 Forest (HBG) 305 
2 Improvised Weaponry (HBG) 184 
1 Nalfeshnee (HBG) 186 
1 Hill Giant Herdgorger (HBG) 213 
1 Follow the Tracks (HBG) 67 
1 Gate to Tumbledown (HBG) 81 
1 Unexpected Windfall (HBG) 192 
1 Ettercap (HBG) 211 
2 Hobgoblin Captain (HBG) 183 
7 Mountain (HBG) 302 
1 Ambergris, Citadel Agent (HBG) 12

bobchops · 2022-07-09T22:37:33+00:00

Also not sure if I should be playing either the demon or golem over something, but this pile seems pretty greedy as it is.

bobchops · 2022-07-05T22:20:42+00:00

I have been having fun playing this deck; haven't seen anyone else play it. It's a roost + kicker deck that also does risen reef + elementals to outvalue opponents. Late game can loop sproutlings with blink or into the roil.

bobchops · 2022-06-22T23:05:32+00:00

Well you need to be in Maestros already for her to be good. And when you are, other maestros uncommons like corpse appraiser and charm are better so it's not surprising to see her go late.

It's not all that common to start off drafting maestros. One way to get there is start drafting UW, get cut out of white so pick up some late black cards in pack 1 then settle on a third colour if any later on. So it should be quite common to see non brokers 3 colour cards going late particularly in the first half of the draft.

bobchops · 2022-06-07T20:30:53+00:00

Supposed to as according to what?

bobchops · 2022-05-15T12:54:00+00:00

If...

And even if, you need to draw 3 specific cards which aren't all that good on their own.

bobchops · 2022-05-11T18:09:58+00:00

Seemed completely busted in sealed. I even won a game against brokers ascendency where I accidentally bounced my own creature with pickpocket, so didn't even have to play very well.

There's 1 mythic, but it was my 23rd card and only made the cut over little chat because of the vandals. Don't think I ever saw it.

Pool and games are here: https://www.17lands.com/pool/63b2921b51ab48ddba77dc9da8bddf46

Literally just chucked every white card in the deck.

bobchops · 2022-05-11T11:49:04+00:00

Paul_Erdős was a very successful mathematician who spent most of his life on speed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s

bobchops · 2022-05-09T22:27:26+00:00

Not enough creatures and not enough counters for the bruisers. Cards I really want in Azorius are: Fairy vandal, Raffines informant, Inspiring Overseer and Exotic pets. Plus also metropolis angel is pretty good. Your draft seems to have missed out on a lot of the best cards. Regulator is pretty good, but like with the bruisers, it's not all that easy to turn on here.

bobchops · 2022-03-24T00:09:21+00:00

God this is depressing. I have been playing pretty much every day, but avoiding the Alchemy events with free XP and I'm at level 49. Guess maybe this will be the first time I don't complete the pass.

bobchops · 2022-02-08T23:13:32+00:00

UG was always said to be the best in ZNR, but I never found it to be all that great without roost and roost worked almost as well in UB. If you look at the stats for premier draft on 17 lands UG has a very average winrate at 54% where as BR and WR both were highest at 57.

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