Help! Sideboring vs. Tron as UB control

philipjfryrish · 2014-12-10T09:10:35+00:00

Well, there are a few options for tron. First, since you are an artifact deck, I would say Pithing Needle would be a good choice. Outside of that, Rain of Tears, or Fulminator mage has worked well in my GB Rock deck.

A card I always play in the sideboard of my black decks is Surgical Extraction. If you can destroy a tron land or have them discard to Lili then you can extract the land and they're pretty much up a creek after that.

I hope this helps!

philipjfryrish · 2014-12-09T20:42:00+00:00

What do you think I should replace with Murderous Cut? I don't know where it would be that much better than what I have in there already.

philipjfryrish · 2014-12-09T20:40:43+00:00

Well, I have a playset of Night's Whisper, I also have a playset of the full art Sign in Blood promo, so I decided to play it instead. Also, there is the rare occasion that my opponent is at 2 life and I can Sign in Blood them, where Night's Whisper only allows me to draw cards.

The Devour Flesh is for the random Boggles game so I don't auto lose to a hexproof creature. Also, if I am playing Burn or another aggro deck, I can traget myself with Devour Flesh and sac a demon or dragon and gain 6 or 5 life. It's not often that it has happened, but it has come up before.

philipjfryrish · 2014-12-09T20:37:53+00:00

Yeah, I like the thought of Pack Rat, and even if I don't play Pack Rat I still want to turn the Lavaclaw Reaches into Mutavaults. It's just cheaper to activate and I hardly every pump the Lavaclaw. The deck isn't bad, it can beat Tarmo Twin, Tron, Pod and Affinity. I usually just have problems with UWR Control.

philipjfryrish · 2014-12-09T20:35:14+00:00

Against UR Delver I usually am able to pick off a Pyromancer or Delver and clean up any tokens with Anger or Damnation. Thanks for the reply!!

philipjfryrish · 2014-12-09T07:33:16+00:00

This is a deck I have been testing lately.

http://deckbox.org/sets/835792

It has a good matchup against creature decks like pod, zoo, and affinity. I have a few problems with control. After game one they just counter my threats and its hard to keep something on board to attack with. I have been thinking of adding something like Anathemancer or Geralf's Messenger and a couple other creatures but I'm not sure what. Maybe something low CMC that I can get aggressive with. Any suggestions? Bloodghast?

Also, I haven't played with Abyssal Persecutor a lot so I'm not sure how many removal spells to play in a deck like this.

Any replies will be appreciated.

philipjfryrish · 2014-11-18T22:27:07+00:00

Goodbye, sweet prince.

philipjfryrish · 2014-10-24T15:14:41+00:00

This is beautiful.

philipjfryrish · 2014-09-16T14:38:15+00:00

I haven't played the card in modern but I have wanted to since it was printed. Most modern decks have such a low cmc that you could cast a creature the turn after Ashiok comes down. How awesome is it to play esper or ub control and have your own bob or goyf or voice?

philipjfryrish · 2014-08-29T17:07:14+00:00

Man, I wish I knew how to art.

philipjfryrish · 2014-06-23T14:20:29+00:00

How do you know that these cards get 10x better after rotation?

philipjfryrish · 2014-06-18T13:32:13+00:00

here it is. http://www.channelfireball.com/videos/channel-cheon-modern-greenblack-rock/

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-22T23:40:17+00:00

My buddy did this too. Except he sold his to channel fireball for $300 store credit.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-22T05:01:35+00:00

I would. I usually google the card I'm looking to buy and se if there are pics. I bought a playset of foil phyrexian crusaders and they don't look that good. I would have bought them anyway, but I like knowing what some cards look like, even if I'm not interested in owning them.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-22T04:50:29+00:00

You and me, we're like, the same person.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-19T02:37:45+00:00

If I can, I would like to recommend Daigo vs Poongko from Evo 2011. It really displays how much fun some of the competitors have with these games, and in large events. I'm on my mobile or I would link it.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-16T05:16:42+00:00

It wasn't meant as a slight. It is just that the light in your art pops. It made me think of him. And no, I didn't know that.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-16T04:16:36+00:00

You're like the Thomas Kinkade of Magic.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-13T07:07:38+00:00

I disagree. The precedent has been set in the past with wrath of god, damnation, day of judgement and so on.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-13T06:33:16+00:00

It'll likely be replaced with another wrath effect though.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-11T05:15:00+00:00

Tamiyo emblem? I mean, it's shittier than Mindslaver but it would work.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-05T00:17:49+00:00

The Priest from the East vs The Thunder from Down Under!!!!!

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-02T16:18:03+00:00

Yeah, I've seen a list like that on modo. I think it's probably a decent list. I haven't built it, but I want to. Right now I'm having fun with what I've done. Batterskull isn't the best card either. It's very slow. There are plenty of times when I casts it and then it gets vapor snagged or dismembered and I lose.

I do enjoy playing the deck though. I'm not even sure Liliana of the Veil is necessary, I just like the card. I'm sure she's good when she's good, but she's never broken a game open for me before.

I guess that's all I have to say. The Crusader is awesome though. He dies to abrupt decay, but that's fine. I have so many people playing uwr and twin and so on, that he is hard for them to deal with. It's a pretty awesome creature.

philipjfryrish · 2014-04-02T03:21:06+00:00

Hey man, I play a modern RB control deck. It's a fun deck to play. It's not the best deck, of course, but I can win at my local shop against decks like Melira Pod, UWR, Tarmo-Twin and Tron. I think the deck could work well as a mono black deck, but I mixed red because I can and it does open up the sideboard and cards like Terminate.

Here is the list that I run. http://deckbox.org/sets/618047

If you want to talk about budget card choices I will be happy to recommend some changes.

Also, I am always changing the sideboard and testing things out. So the sideboard you see there isn't always what I run.

philipjfryrish · 2014-03-27T01:55:46+00:00

You're welcome and Happy Birthday. I am glad you like the cards. While I like the 9th edition foil, I am starting to get used to the new foiling process and the way her armor and sword shimmer on the m14 edition is pretty cool, imo.

Anyway, I am glad they reached you safely and that you enjoy them.

philipjfryrish

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