I built this deck but I built it better there is no sideboard for mine and I literally beat decks my mana curve is 3 if I get three land it's game the game day at my local shop I took 4th going into playoff I use flings and super natural stamina and magma spray

MittyLove this deck plays differently, depending on what your meta is.

I have two local metas: Casual and Competitive

This plays very well in the Casual meta. Not so well in the Competitive one.

What is your meta like?

If you don't need a Sideboard I think it's not that competitive.

I don't see your deck on TappedOut, which means there is also no match report to explain how it fared.

4th place at Game Day isn't that amazing. I would have said you built a better version of this deck if you had placed 3rd or higher.

There are these things called capital letters and full stops. If you use them it makes your writing easier to read, and in the process you seem more educated.

Just got back from my F.N.M. second place with this deck!! Well, technically i got first, but the first one, played 6 ulamogs in his deck. He is relatively new to mtg and i don't want to be a dick. He "didn't " know about the 4x rule, but either way, my two packs, had a foil full art land and a Gideon of the trials :P .

In order for this deck to perform well though, you need to know your opponent and know what cards to side in as well . This deck, imho, has some competitive potentials. ALTHOUGH, i didn't play with any zombie aggro decks, i firmly believe that i could have beaten them too! Considering to put in Sweltering Suns , but for the moment, this deck is smooth as silk .

GG

Thanks for the match report ROUROU. Glad the deck is doing well for you.

Like you, I am considering Sweltering Suns against #1 Black Zombies.

With the new Sideboard I've set up I can take down Aetherworks Marvel decks, but Zombies are still tough.

The only problem is that I would have to remove Scarab Feast, but that thing is so great against Blue Red Control, which is played in my meta.

3 FNMs, record is 0-8 and a bye. Maybe i'm playing it wrong... Lost to Temur Aetherworks, BG delirium, UR control, Zombies, and RW Humans. Maybe i'm playing it wrong. You don't have any videos on playing the deck do you?

McSky23 I don't know of anyone who records themselves playing at the local level.

Are you using the new Sideboard notes, and play style, that I set up for Temur Marvel?

I have said a few times that this deck is NOT good in a Tier 1 meta. All the decks you just described are Tier 1 or Tier 1.5

This deck also may just not suit your play style.

Time to find a new one, I think.

McSky23 just wanted to check - are you making the First Strike on Neheb, the Worthy work for you?

If he is on the field most of the time you should be able to double or triple block most Opponent Creatures without dying.

That can get you out of some scrapes.

Also, McSky23, how long have you been playing Magic?

I would say that this deck requires quite a bit of skill to pilot correctly.

I've been playing Standard three times a fortnight for three years.

I snapshot your notes on my phones (pathetic, but there you go).Been playing standard since Khans, but bought my first minotaur intro deck (didn't know they were duds, but quite fun once upgraded)Neheb gets killed as soon as opponents have the cards to kill it. The same for Metallic Mimic. As i have no card draw, i'm quite dead once out of gas.

But yeah, I'm looking to play an Approach of the Second Sun deck soon. That deck seems fun.

So get Supernatural Stamina in hand and don't play Neheb, the Worthy until you can keep one black open.

Use Transgress the Mind to see what the Opponent has in hand early on, remove something, and play around everything else. If it's not hitting what you need it to, replace it with Lay Bare the Heart.

Don't pile all the Minotaurs on the field at once if the decks you play against are removal heavy. Play weaker ones first and try to draw their removal out.

If you feel like you need draw, take Throne of the God-Pharaoh out and put some Painful Lesson in.

You've got to adapt decks to the meta you are playing in.

Argy,
I know you've already considered Insult / Injury but I just noticed the art and wanted to point it out.
I mean, that's some SERIOUS Minotaur-breath ...

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Thanks argy, I'll see how it goes. Anyway, don't you think Succumb to Temptation is better than Painful Lesson? Since it is an instant. I guess double black is the drawback, but against control players, it's best to do it at their end turns. I guess another drawback is the two extra damage at the end.

McSky23 Problem with mtg players, is that they think there exists a deck that wins everything . Let me tell you something. The deck that argy or me, or anyone are brewing , might be garbage in a LGS and at the same time gold in another. You have to realise, that first of all, mtg is a card game. Card games, are based on possibility. In other words luck. Should you be lucky, just brew a minotaur deck with 6 lands and 54 other spells and you'll win .

Secondly, you need to learn how to play mtg. By learn, i don't mean to learn the rulings and powerwords etc. I mean, study your opponent. See his expressions. Count his cards. I would like to compare mtg with poker, but that's another thing and i know there is lots of traffic in this deck, so i don't want to promote this "type" of card game.

You will answer to me. "IDIOT, have you seen the pro-tour?!?? There are decks, that are constantly top-8" You are right, but at the pro-tours, play people that play mtg for a living. They are playtesting and learning to read their opponents. IMHO, this is the key to victory . Go and tweak minotaurs based on your lgs, to hate the decks! Go prepared for them and surprise them . No need to empty your hand and leave the opponent to play . This is and aggro deck. Aggro, is one of the hardest deck-types, cause you run out of fuel, while your opponent establishes field. Side-deck them and be patient xD

I wish you luck with your upcoming games

McSky23 Succumb to Temptation is equally as valid as Painful Lesson.

clayperce well now I feel dense. I never realised that the art on both halves of the split cards is part of one panel.

There is so much Minotaur art this time around. I kind of wish they had made them Red and White, like they have in the past. Then you could protect them better with Make a Stand.

It's an interesting point that ROUROU made. Last week I came first in a local meta that was full of decks being piloted by people who play internationally.

I just knew my deck very well, how to Side, and how to time all my plays.

I waited for my Opponent to tap out before playing cards that I really wanted to stick, etc.

I also had the advantage that they weren't expecting me to play the deck that I did.

HOWEVER, I can't say that I enjoyed the experience. Next week I'm going back to this deck.

Even if it only wins a few games, I have much more fun with it.

Argy,
No worries ... I had never noticed before today either!

Of course you could always Jund 'Em with Heroic Intervention. Because we all know how much you LURV Green [hack, cough] ...

Kill me now ...

ROUROUThanks for the advice. I don't blame this deck at all. And I know no deck can win all, and there shouldn't be any deck that wins all. I'm just at a point where tweaking a deck still isn't one of my strong suit.

MTG in my country is 80% netdeck. Found an LGS that doesn't do that at first, until the netdeckers started coming in. MTG is a considerably expensive hobby here, I think that's why people want to get as much bang for their buck by playing top 8 decks. I want to play blue, but could not justify paying close to 30 dollars apiece for Torrential Gearhulk.

As i'm not aiming to be a pro, i try to be casual by playing budget deck. I'm happy if I am able to steal a game or two. Like SBMTG's budget mono red improvise deck. Still, going 0-8 does cut off the fun a bit.

Cheers