well, mostly it is [[Mnemonic Wall]] in Tron due to the double-blue pips on the wizard – harder to get in Tron. And the wall doesn’t see fringe play, it is the mainstay value engine in that deck. But in UB flicker decks, it is Archaeomancer that gets looped.
Category: Syndicated
Jun
17
2019
/u/bboomslang on Scheming Symmetry – 1 mana tutor with seb’s art
That only works for effects your opponents trigger – but this is triggered by you, so his passive doesn’t work here. You would need Stranglehold or Aven Mindcensor for that.
Jun
17
2019
/u/bboomslang on Scheming Symmetry – 1 mana tutor with seb’s art
Well, Codex shredder you can tap in response to their draw spell.
Jun
17
2019
/u/bboomslang on Scheming Symmetry – 1 mana tutor with seb’s art
yeah, Ashiok is the worse of the mentioned three, as it’s sorcery speed and so if they have instant speed draw available, you handing them a tutor effect. Still, if you need something desperately, that might be acceptable.
Jun
17
2019
/u/bboomslang on Scheming Symmetry – 1 mana tutor with seb’s art
well, with [[psychic surgery]], [[Codex Shredder]] or [[Ashiok, Dream Render]], it might not be too bad. Yeah, a bit situational, but as a budget alternative to [[Imperial Seal]] maybe ok’ish. And I find it interesting that they go into the area of cmc 1 tutor again, after abstaining for so long.
Jun
16
2019
/u/bboomslang on Garruk Wildespeaker, the Best Green Oathbreaker
There is no Natural Order in that Deck or article?
Jun
03
2019
/u/bboomslang on [Organized Play] The London Mulligan – Starts with Core 2020
BR Goblins is tons of fun. This Grenzo list is a list I enjoy playing. Nice for times where you just want to ride with your lucky strike, but still controllable enough to push for a win when the right boardstate emerges. Just be aware of it’s major weekness: board wipes. Sure, there are ways around it like [[Balthor the Defiled]] or [[Garna, the BLoodflame]], but still – if someone in your pod plays “boardwipe, the game”, it won’t be a lot of fun for you.
May
30
2019
/u/bboomslang on Casual doesn’t have to mean ”bad”
Well, sure, you played a wincon. That is surely competitive. /s But what many players really mean with Casual is „your deck puts up a good fight against min, but in the end I still win“ – anything that goes against that is deemed competitive and un-fun…
May
29
2019
/u/bboomslang on (MH1) Llanowar Tribe
Probably only because [[Elvish Aberration]] covers more than that 😉
May
22
2019
/u/bboomslang on Blazing chant
Well, sentinel tower starts to count anew each turn, but counts your opponent turns. This one carries counter over to next turn. Still don’t think it really does enough to make it worth it.
May
22
2019
/u/bboomslang on [[Spoiler]] The First Sliver
It is at least the coolest FC commander I could imagine. I mean, flooding the board with a horde of slivers – what could be better?
May
22
2019
/u/bboomslang on [Brew] Urza Paradox Scepter (UPS)
Yeah, I would play it over Recurring Insight, but I would probably play Aetherflux Reservoir, too, and go the primary storm route.
May
22
2019
/u/bboomslang on [Brew] Urza Paradox Scepter (UPS)
Yeah, I guess it is a question if Urza’s native storm is a prime focus or just an incidental value. No point in playing a potential dead card for incidental value. In an aetherflux reservoir focused list it could make more sense, since we want to get to our reservoir and his play-for-free ability would open up another line to that easily. If the focus is more the infinite swan thing, that changes the picture drastically. I probably would feel more comfortable to keep him on an artifact centric combo, though, because of the easier tutoring for those. But that might just be that I find the Swan-Combo overly fiddly in explaining 😉
May
22
2019
/u/bboomslang on [Brew] Urza Paradox Scepter (UPS)
I wonder if [[Mana Severance]] could make sense – easy to find via Muddle or Spellseeker and will make sure your storm doesn’t whiff.
May
21
2019
/u/bboomslang on [[Spoiler]] Urza, Lord High Artificer
Cursed Totem switches him off in the two relevant abilities. That is a relevant weakness. And he is only the finisher, not the enabler (or more like half the enabler with his Mana ability). Very good, but definitely manageable. I‘d say he is „just“ a d…
May
21
2019
/u/bboomslang on [[Spoiler]] Urza, Lord High Artificer
I already checked how many red cards my Jhoira stax storm deck plays, not that much I need to change to make the switch …
May
21
2019
/u/bboomslang on Urza, Lord High Artificer
I think the fact that Cursed Totem switches him off is balancing him – but he breaks parity on many stax pieces and that could be the best way to build him. And he might be great in UR artifacts, as you can find him easily and he brings a lot to the ta…
May
21
2019
/u/bboomslang on Izzet Blitz post ban
I think Probe can easily be replaced by Manamorphose – sure, you don’t get the peek, but you keep mana going and have an essentially free spell early on in your chain. But Gush as free spell that could draw you into another free spell (draw 2 just ups the chances a ton compared to draw 1) will really be missed.
May
21
2019
/u/bboomslang on Gush, Daze and Gitaxian Probe banned: now let’s look at the factor pushing away several decks
Yeah, I played a lot of TortEx in paper (because I love weird cards that just make you go “that was a common????” when you read it), where there is no clicking at all. Still lost a ton with it, because it’s plain too slow and fragile and more often than not just loses to itself durdling to hell. I mean, I had lots of fun durdling with it, just had to accept that winning mostly meant misplays by my opponent.
May
21
2019
/u/bboomslang on To put today’s bans in perspective: they just banned the 2nd, 7th, and 11th most played cards in the format.
Tron is the gateway deck that keeps aggro in check. Gush-Decks preyed on Tron. That’s how it always goes with strong gateway decks that keep a whole archetype down – people will start to play what preys on that. And the result will be a middle-tier placed gateway deck and the predator decks on top of it. They banned pieces of the predators of Tron.
Not saying Gush didn’t deserve the ban (although I am sad about it still, as it is a super cool and unique card and definitely made Pauper feel very special to me), but just looking at the rankings and deducting what is the actual problem is just plain stupid.
Will be interesting to see how the meta shakes out after this. Luckily it’s Pauper and switching decks doesn’t kill you financially like in Modern or Legacy 😉
May
21
2019
/u/bboomslang on Delver and combo players right now
you can still count to 20, yeah. I guess we have to rely on you guys now to keep Tron low 😉
May
20
2019
/u/bboomslang on [MH1] Force of Vigor
I just realize that probebly my wishful thinking is typing in above comment, because if other lists are green-heavy enough to run this, several of my decks will probably be relegated to casual 😉 (Jhoira doesn’t feel that good right now and Paradox Arcum already was on the bleachers but might not even be allowed into the stadium anymore)
May
20
2019
/u/bboomslang on [MH1] Force of Vigor
Maybe for Brostorm or Gitrog? I mean, there aren’t that many lists so green-heavy that the alternate casting cost is reliable, or are there?
I wonder, if they do a cycle (as it looks like), what will the others be? The black one will be some creature removal, I guess – and that one could be super interesting, if it is, since many decks are heavy on black. Red some kind of direct damage, most probably, and I guess too small to matter in cEDH. But what will white be? Some kind of exile? Or just some free tokens?
May
20
2019
/u/bboomslang on [MH1] Prismatic Vista
Nice to get another shuffle effect for CVT. Adding another fetch when you only have 4 is kinda huge. Especially if you still run JtMS in your list.
May
20
2019
/u/bboomslang on [B&R] Gush, Probe, and Daze BANNED
Izzet Blitz got a ton more expensive, as we probably now need to play [[Manamorphose]] to get a relevant spell count for lethal. And yeah, the intel from Probe will be missed.
May
20
2019
/u/bboomslang on As a Mono U Delver Player…
I think in the current state, at least Skred Delver is done for and Mono-U Delver got weakened a lot. Gush was an important card engine to refuel mid-game against more midrange-y decks like Boros. I understand why they did it, their reasoning is sound …
May
19
2019
/u/bboomslang on My two favorite MtG women are Nahiri and Emrakul. What are all the Through the Breach targets I’m looking for?
I think you want some [[red elemental blast]] and/or [[pyroblast]] in here to push your Breach through and [[finale of promise]] can give you a second try. Otherwise it is to easy for others to hold up interaction to keep you in check.
May
12
2019
/u/bboomslang on My friend wants to build a cedh level deck budget a couple hundred. Suggestions?
Get him a Mana Crypt and/or Mox Opal instead, they are staples in cEDH – jtms is only played in some CVT configurable as Wincon, but even there an Ugin is more prevalent.
May
12
2019
/u/bboomslang on My friend wants to build a cedh level deck budget a couple hundred. Suggestions?
Paradox Arcum could be another choice, most of the deck is Jank anyway and you don‘t really need many expensive cards. Especially in a budget meta it holds up very well and due to its toolbox nature, it can adapt well enough if you play the same Pod re…
May
09
2019
/u/bboomslang on Ebay and WoTC announce what compensation will be for those who had their orders canceled
well, that will turn out to 150-200 € framing at my local picture frame studio, so I am fine with that – I get a shiny token of my most-loved game on the walls, that’s kinda cool. If I actually do get one, that is – I only trust them when it is in my hands after the debacles lately … (and especially since I am a non-US customer)