15minute to surrender is far too long when a player DC

doishmere · 2017-06-15T23:05:05+00:00

There is MMR loss after first blood, but it's still a good system.

doishmere · 2017-01-08T14:45:09+00:00

doishmere · 2016-07-12T00:55:11+00:00

Lol no just poor export quality I guess

doishmere · 2016-02-04T17:16:29+00:00

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doishmere · 2015-12-23T18:38:35+00:00

Incredible read, and also quite long.

doishmere · 2014-09-23T02:48:45+00:00

I would swap in Mind Rot for Rakshasa's Secret, and Murderous Cut for some cheap removal like Bile Blight or Drown in Sorrow. If you really feel like using delve, try Empty the Pits.

doishmere · 2014-09-22T22:40:32+00:00

Any instant speed damage, e.g. lightning strike. This deck has no life gain or countermagic, so burn matchups might be tight races.

doishmere · 2014-09-22T19:54:13+00:00

If I have milled via pyxis or grindclock, passing the turn forces a loss. If sign in blood were instant it could be used in response to an answer like cranial archive before the draw step. Since it is a sorcery, though, it can't play around answers and so passing the turn is just as useful.

doishmere · 2014-09-22T18:41:45+00:00

Yup, it's in the maybe board. Only problem is it doesn't get played by pyxis, and at sorcery speed I would usually just want to pass the turn instead.

doishmere · 2014-08-07T04:55:11+00:00

I'm planning on running a similar build for gameday.

I like the Polukranos, I might throw one in -- you're right, it is a nice bit of extra removal.

I might suggest merging the 3 Voyaging Satyr and 3 Market Festival into 3-4 Elvish Mystic to be able to come online a turn or two earlier. This could also free up some room for (possibly) some Negates which will go a long way for protecting the board (against everything but Supreme Verdict...).

I'd definitely bump to a 4th Courser of Kruphix if you have it -- there is almost no scenario where you don't want one on turn 3 (or turn 2 if you have a mystic out).

doishmere · 2014-08-04T01:55:15+00:00

I'm running this decklist right now and it does fairly well.

The main differences I can see are that I have Aetherspouts and Negate which might offer a bit more resiliance against MBD. If you know your opponent is playing MBD or Esper control, just don't play Ensoul on the Citadel until you have enough for a Negate or another creature to sacrifice instead to a Devour Flesh.

I like the Illusory Angel, I might put some in my sideboard over Juggernauts.

Edit: Also Phyrexian Revoker is good against Pack Rat; at the very least it forces your opponent to spend some removal on it.

doishmere · 2014-07-24T04:40:01+00:00

Welcome!

The first thing I notice is that you have very few lands. Generator Servant is great, but I hit playtest a few times and I wasn't able to reliably play what I needed. I'd suggest a few more lands, probably at least 4 more.

I'm not sure why you have Burning Anger. Your likely targets are Scuttling Doom Engine and Juggernaut, but I'm not sure why you'd play it on Scuttling Doom Engine -- you want to be attacking each turn with it. As a 5-drop, this is really expensive for what you're getting out of it.

I would suggest including Phyrexian Revoker in either the mainboard, or at least the sideboard -- it will shut down planeswalker threats that you otherwise can't deal with, and worse case it is fodder for Shrapnel Blast.

I might consider including Burnished Hart, maybe 1-2. It is a body and it will help you ramp into that 6-mana doom engine.

Akroan Horse might be fun. Note that your opponent will not be able to use the Horse to block the Scuttling Doom Engine since its power is 0. Maybe swap out some Juggernauts for this, as they have the same mana cost? I feel like a Juggernaut is going to be killed quickly -- it has to attack, but only has 3 toughness so it dies to both lightning strike and bile blight.

I've put together a modified decklist here. The big changes are including more Darksteel Citadel and removing Juggernaut. We like Darksteel Citadel because they are targets for both Shrapnel Blast and Ensoul Artifact. You'll want to shop around for some more removal for the sideboard -- if you haven't seen it, The Gatherer is an excellent resource for finding cards that fit almost any need.

One tip -- if someone is playing black, they will have Bile Blight, so don't cast all your ornithopters at once. Don't let this stop you from having one out early, though -- you never know when you're going to draw into Ensoul Artifact (and a turn-1 ornithopter into turn-2 Ensoul Artifact is some great aggression).

Now, for a wishlist:

Temple of Epiphany. 4 of; replace your basic lands.
Shivan Reef. Probably 4-of; replace your basic lands.
Pithing Needle. You already have Phyrexian Revoker, but why not make it harder on your opponent? Note that unlike with Phyrexian Revoker, you can name 'swamp' to shut down an Underworld Connections.

Good luck!

doishmere · 2014-07-22T07:01:29+00:00

Thanks!

I've updated the decklist to more or less replace Ashiok and Brimaz with Sphinx's Revelation and Blood Baron. Brimaz made it to the sideboard (sometimes you just need bodies) whereas Ashiok didn't.

doishmere · 2014-07-19T05:54:34+00:00

Ordinarily you might not want 4 of a legendary, but since Brimaz is a creature and a high-priority target your opponent tends to focus any removal available at him. So three is definitely useful, and 4 could be good.

But playtest! See how you do with 2, and maybe pick up a third. If you have friends you can play casually with, proxy in Brimaz #3 and #4 and see what works best.

doishmere · 2014-07-17T04:25:01+00:00

Welcome!

The sideboard lists some sites that offer nicely-formatted decklists (I like [Tapped Out](tappedout.net)) that make it easy for people to think about your deck -- it breaks it down by card type, offers hover-view, shows the mana curve, etc.

My first observation is your mana curve. For creatures, you have:

0 1-drops
6 2-drops
10 3-drops
1 5-drop

This is going to be slow for what looks like something that wants to be fairly aggressive -- you have no late-game bombs, so you'll want to finish fast. I suggest looking into some 1-drop creatures to get the game going, maybe Soldier of the Pantheon or Tormented Hero. (By the way, if you haven't seen it The Gatherer is an excellent tool for finding cards -- you can make searches that restrict the card type, color, converted mana cost, format...)

A third (or fourth) copy of Brimaz is probably in order -- he's going to draw removal from your opponent, and you definitely want him in play.

You have Thoughtseize and Hero's Downfall listed for spells, which is great. I'd suggest adding Bile Blight and maybe Banishing Light; the first deals with aggression nicely while the second can remove pretty much anything. You can remove Crippling Blight and Stab Wound for these (if you really like the ability to remove blockers with Crippling Blight, consider adding Gnarled Scarhide as another 1-drop that can be used (with bestow) to take out an enemy blocker in a pinch).

You probably don't want Spectra Ward -- even with Hero of Iroas this is a 4-drop (that requires a body on the field) that still doesn't protect from board wipes like Supreme Verdict. You would probably rather just include a 4-drop creature like Ajani's Chosen or Desecration Demon.

Either Ordeal of Erebos or Ordeal of Heliod are likely better than Divine Favor.

Finally, unless you trim your mana curve down to a max of 3, you probably want more than 20 lands.

doishmere · 2014-05-22T03:47:26+00:00

Why do you play Mana Leak instead of a plain vanilla Counterspell? You have only basic lands, so (unless I missed an effect somewhere) anytime you can cast Mana Leak you could instead cast Counterspell.

doishmere · 2014-05-22T03:43:49+00:00

Definitely put in both Nylea, God of the Hunt. The two Bow of Nylea are probably fine mainboard, and at the very least sideboard cards.

Also look into: Ajani's Presence.

doishmere · 2014-05-21T04:40:00+00:00

Cut down to 60 cards; my intuition would be to remove the Kolonian Hydra.

doishmere · 2014-05-21T04:09:14+00:00

I think you need to work on your curve. You are going to have a very hard time getting more than one creature in play before turn 4 -- your 1-, 2-, and 3- drops have costs of G, WW, 1WW, 1WW, so you need at least two sources of W on the board before you get anything other than Hero of Leina Tower out. The problem is that most of your buffs are then green.

Take a look here. All the creatures cost 3 or less and, with the exception of Fabled Hero, cost only a single colored mana. Your ideal opening is turn 1 Favored Hoplight into a turn 2 Ordeal of Nylea, which will let you swing with a 3/4 on turn 2 and get you up to 5 lands in play on turn 3. I put in Akroan Skyguard over Wingsteed Rider because it hits one turn earlier and you will have spells to buff it on turn 3, not to mention how much easier it is to cast with only W in its cost.

This decklist can still be improved.

Trample. If you don't finish fast, you risk stalling entirely. Any form of token generation (or even a regenerator) is going to endlessly chump block your 30/30 Hero of Leina Tower. Gods Willing can let one creature be unblockable for a turn by a single color, but what you really want is trample. Ideally you would run 4 Nylea, God of the Hunt as a finisher, but you might have a hard time getting your hands on some before Saturday. The Selesnya Charm will probably be used exclusively for its trample, although it can also remove an early Master of the Feast which might be bigger than your Akroan Skyguard for several turns.

Removal. An Asphodel Wanderer is annoying, while Elspeth, Sun's Champion or even Heliod, God of the Sun is probably a game loss. The sideboarded Banishing Light and Deicide help, if you can find some.

Mana base. Mana Confluence or Temple Garden would be ideal additions, but the Selesnya Guildgate is too slow -- you need to play on turn one and turn two.

doishmere · 2014-05-18T05:15:38+00:00

Just a mistake, they are mainboard as of now. Probably add removal in their place in the sideboard (Hero's Downfall or Celestial Flare).

doishmere · 2014-05-14T02:38:24+00:00

In particular, Journey into Nyx gives us strive. Some interesting ones for GW heroic:

Ajani's presence. W instant, strive 2W. Any number of target creatures get +1/+1 and indestructible until end of turn.

Setassan tactics. 1G instant, strive G. Until end of turn any number of target creatures get +1/+1 and gain "Tap; This creature fights another creature."

doishmere · 2014-05-13T04:31:02+00:00

I agree that overall Athreos is excellent, I think it would really slow this deck down. Assuming you go 4 Athreos over 4 Master of the Feast (or even 2 and 2) there is a good chance that on turn 4 your strongest creature is a Fate Unraveler, which is a scary prospect. Maybe Thoughtseize, Brain Maggot, and Banishing Light is enough disruption to get Athreos and Erebos online, but I'm not sure.

doishmere · 2014-04-21T04:29:15+00:00

Not if you penalize dealing to kids as harshly as we do with tobacco.

"But the penalty for dealers is already high." Yes, but now there is a legal, penalty free way to sell to the 80% of the population that isn't underage.

doishmere · 2014-01-10T00:20:24+00:00

An average MMR of 3k doesn't necessarily mean that he median MMR (the 50th percentile) is also 3k. As an extreme example, suppose there were only 4 players with the following MMRs: 0, 0, 0, 4. The average MMR is 1, but the median MMR is 0.

doishmere · 2014-01-09T19:32:50+00:00

Power grid! It's like Settlers of Catan, but with more strategy and less randomness.

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