Category: Syndicated

I actually disagree. Yes, casting counterspells is oodles of fun, and you haven’t really loved until you dazed your opponent’s Wincon, but really, the right way to enjoy it is in a UB creature less control shell with tons of edicts. I nicknamed my monstrosity “f’ you, Bogle’s!” and I don’t think I ever had more fun than when I destroyed each and every hope my opponent had in that one match.

I actually disagree. Yes, casting counterspells is oodles of fun, and you haven’t really loved until you dazed your opponent’s Wincon, but really, the right way to enjoy it is in a UB creature less control shell with tons of edicts. I nicknamed my monstrosity “f’ you, Bogle’s!” and I don’t think I ever had more fun than when I destroyed each and every hope my opponent had in that one match.

Your 5-0 streak with that deck didn’t go unnoticed 😉 – really a fun deck and I am about to switch my mono-u delver to your list, because it looks much more like what I love to play, with the additional reach of red in the deck.

Can I ask you to provide sideboarding for Bogles (because Kuldotha Boros and Bogles are the two decks I have to fight most of the time, as that is what my colleague plays)? Or would you change the sideboard slightly if you would have to fight Bogles more often (adding Curfew or Aura Flux maybe?)?

Oh, and I guess the lands are again snow lands, since you still run Skred – the list you link shows them as standard lands.

Your 5-0 streak with that deck didn’t go unnoticed 😉 – really a fun deck and I am about to switch my mono-u delver to your list, because it looks much more like what I love to play, with the additional reach of red in the deck.

Can I ask you to provide sideboarding for Bogles (because Kuldotha Boros and Bogles are the two decks I have to fight most of the time, as that is what my colleague plays)? Or would you change the sideboard slightly if you would have to fight Bogles more often (adding Curfew or Aura Flux maybe?)?

Oh, and I guess the lands are again snow lands, since you still run Skred – the list you link shows them as standard lands.

A better card for evasion in Izzet Blitz is [[Apostle’s Blessing]], because it costs just one colorless mana, can both work as evasion (by giving your dude pro-opponent-color) and protection (by giving it pro-color-of-removal). You sometimes play one shadowrift, because that cantrips and gives evasion. But the blessings are what you run 3-of usually. So I think your list could do something similar for your Delvers to help them go through and alternatively protect your Alchemists, because you face very similar problems. They are rarely dead cards, unlike pure evasion cards, when you only have an alchemist and some lookout out and don’t plan on attacking but face removal.

A better card for evasion in Izzet Blitz is [[Apostle’s Blessing]], because it costs just one colorless mana, can both work as evasion (by giving your dude pro-opponent-color) and protection (by giving it pro-color-of-removal). You sometimes play one shadowrift, because that cantrips and gives evasion. But the blessings are what you run 3-of usually. So I think your list could do something similar for your Delvers to help them go through and alternatively protect your Alchemists, because you face very similar problems. They are rarely dead cards, unlike pure evasion cards, when you only have an alchemist and some lookout out and don’t plan on attacking but face removal.

Will Magma Jet really be that great for UR Delver? Sure, “deal 2, scry 2” sounds nice, but Delver mostly wants the burn for removal, and 2 damage isn’t that great in a format where you reagularily face 1/3 (Seagate Oracle, Elusive Spellfist and in future Augur of Bolas) and 2/3 (Kor Skyfisher) and even bigger stuff. I think Delver really wants to run stuff that deals 3 and up. Sure, Magma Jet could become maybe a 1/2-of to replace some Preordain maybe, to open up the burn aspect a bit more while keeping up draw quality.

Thunderous Wrath on the other hand could really be something to play as a 1/2-of just on the off-chance you can get rid of an Angler or just burn 5 to the face as a finisher.

Will Magma Jet really be that great for UR Delver? Sure, “deal 2, scry 2” sounds nice, but Delver mostly wants the burn for removal, and 2 damage isn’t that great in a format where you reagularily face 1/3 (Seagate Oracle, Elusive Spellfist and in future Augur of Bolas) and 2/3 (Kor Skyfisher) and even bigger stuff. I think Delver really wants to run stuff that deals 3 and up. Sure, Magma Jet could become maybe a 1/2-of to replace some Preordain maybe, to open up the burn aspect a bit more while keeping up draw quality.

Thunderous Wrath on the other hand could really be something to play as a 1/2-of just on the off-chance you can get rid of an Angler or just burn 5 to the face as a finisher.

I kinda don’t see Puzzle playing a creature. It currently disables all kinds of removal, so I don’t think they want to enable removal if they could get a similar effect by using something like Impulse instead (which they allready don’t play).

I know that I probably would play it in my Izzet Control instead of the Jeskai Sage, because same cost but more digging, but 80% means 20% chance that it whiffs. Allthough if it does whiff, usually those top-decks woudn’t have been that impactful anyway, so I guess for that deck this could be great. I play only 10 creatures with 2 Sages and 2 Oracle in that deck, so switching the sages out for Augurs could probably help consistency. Same probably with Dimir Flicker since flickering this guy could be a good way to dig for answers.

In Mono-U Delver, I think I wouldn’t play it, because if it whiffs, I move stuff to the bottom that I really might have liked to have instead (since I run a more aggro version with just 15 lands). And with something like Murasa Tron, I can’t really see it seeing any play over Oracle, because Oracle can grab anything and this can only grab instants and sorceries. Which only helps when you are in the “dig for answers” mode and not the “dig for core stuff” mode (as it can’t grab lands).

I kinda don’t see Puzzle playing a creature. It currently disables all kinds of removal, so I don’t think they want to enable removal if they could get a similar effect by using something like Impulse instead (which they allready don’t play).

I know that I probably would play it in my Izzet Control instead of the Jeskai Sage, because same cost but more digging, but 80% means 20% chance that it whiffs. Allthough if it does whiff, usually those top-decks woudn’t have been that impactful anyway, so I guess for that deck this could be great. I play only 10 creatures with 2 Sages and 2 Oracle in that deck, so switching the sages out for Augurs could probably help consistency. Same probably with Dimir Flicker since flickering this guy could be a good way to dig for answers.

In Mono-U Delver, I think I wouldn’t play it, because if it whiffs, I move stuff to the bottom that I really might have liked to have instead (since I run a more aggro version with just 15 lands). And with something like Murasa Tron, I can’t really see it seeing any play over Oracle, because Oracle can grab anything and this can only grab instants and sorceries. Which only helps when you are in the “dig for answers” mode and not the “dig for core stuff” mode (as it can’t grab lands).

Flamekin Harbinger? That’s uncommon …

Flamekin Harbinger? That’s uncommon …