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Removed Time Walk —Sept. 9, 2015

DarkVras says... #1

you realize time walk is not in your colors and no where near standard right?

September 5, 2015 1:45 p.m.

Adamantium13 says... #2

I love the Time Walk out of the sideboard. That will really throw your opponents off, lol.

September 5, 2015 1:47 p.m.

DarkVras says... #3

how in the hell can you even afford timewalk. XD

September 5, 2015 9:47 p.m.

Honestly, Granted I've never played vintage/legacy, but I do not understand why Time Walk is 1.5 thousand dollars...

As a primarily standard player, I think of those super eternal formats as being basically 4 turn games at absolute maximum, which makes it seem like Time Walk would basically be a glorified blue Explore.

September 6, 2015 9:06 p.m.

PlagueRats says... #6

The prices seem crazy to me too, I don't actually own any Time Walk's!! But, considering it wasn't that long ago that I'd build whole decks for under $30 and now I'm over 10 times that. I can see how over enough years some people could spend that kind of money.

The main reason it's in my sideboard other then the fact that it's completely ridiculous is to skew the deck $$$ amount that shows on the page all the time. I don't necessarily want everyone who could be 'looking over my shoulder' to see how much I've spent on cards.

September 7, 2015 6:27 a.m.

WorgenFreeman says... #7

I feel as if you're going to love the creature that was just spoiled, Undergrowth Champion.

September 7, 2015 3:29 p.m.

PlagueRats says... #8

Undergrowth Champion is interesting for sure! 1 2/2, that gets a counter every landfall and has whenever it takes damage remove a counter and prevent that damage. It's a mythic rare, I bet it'll be popular and expensive.

It's not exactly what I want for this deck though. It would act more like a defensive creature, but it's got a comparably high CMC range where I really want to be playing win conditions. I'll test it out though for sure.

I really want something cheap and evasive, like a Charging Badger but with some ability that involves counters.

September 7, 2015 6:51 p.m.

syandell86 says... #9

Are you using Dromoka's Command as your only protection?

September 8, 2015 3:52 p.m.

PlagueRats says... #10

My style is to have no main board protection at all really. Protection spells are potentially dead cards against some decks so I prefer them in the side board. Dromoka's Command is primarily used for the +1 counter and creature removal. The other modes are just occasional upside.

A big part of this decks strategy is that nothing can be removed at a profit. The creatures are all so cheap and some are actually better when they die that Evolutionary Leap provides the ultimate protection! I never really invest that much into any creature.

There are the eight protection spells in the sideboard for whenever I'd want them

September 8, 2015 6:06 p.m.

syandell86 says... #11

I suppose that is truePlagueRats. I've only played against aggro in my meta really. Good point though.

September 8, 2015 9:10 p.m.