Grixis Cycling
Standard*
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FNM 2-2-1 —May 13, 2017
The deck didn't draw as well as I would've liked, but after each loss I replayed the person and crushed them... So whether it was variance or something missing from the deck I'm unsure... I'll continue to post results.
Match 1: Against W/B Zombies
I was stuck off of Black G1 and Flooded out in Game 2 losing the match, However like I said... We played 2 more matches afterwards because we had so much time and I won 2-0... So I think I lost due to Variance but the mana might need a little bit of tinkering.
Match 2: Against R/B Artifact Aggro
This game was probably more on a couple punts of my own, and my main interaction was usually Collective Brutality which invariably found only madness cards ._. Either way I lost pretty badly...
Match 3: Against U/R Torrential Control
This round was super fun, I held control and ran him over in game 1, game 2 he had a Kefnet the Mindful that I was unprepared for and eventually killed me after 3 removal spells cleared my drakes. We didn't have time for a game 3 and tied.
Match 4: Against U/R Energy
His main win con seemed to be Thriving Turtle of all things, I beat this guy 2-0. Nothing special about it.
Match 5: Against R/G Gods
I won 2-0, but these games were super close. Game 2 he almost had me, until I landed the dream team board state of Chandra, Flamecaller, Archfiend of Ifnir, and a Drake Haven. The Archfiend kept his gods at bay and Chandra kept wheeling my hand and making drakes so I managed to pull that win out of my butt lol.
@Argeaux: I can actually beat the more traditional Gearhulk lists about 3-4/5 times... Now that I know what to watch out for. They can't deal with a resolved Drake Haven, its the more budgety/janky ones that run Fevered Visions that I'm having trouble with. I've been trying to improve my non-creature based matchups but this list is tuned to destroy creature based strategies.
I've been considering go up to a playset of Censor, but I'm still not 100% sold yet... I'm going to test with 4 Censors and 2 Hieroglyphic Illuminations
@Eredes: You recommended Geier Reach Sanitarium a while back, I've been testing with it and it is amazing. Thanks so much for a great suggestion, 4 mana to be able to cycle any card in my hand and make a drake is so good. Its a little bit durdley, but its added so much staying power.
Lost Legacy has been helping a lot against Fevered Visions and the like. I haven't been seeing many Zombies, so I'm going to keep By Force as the dominant hate card over Scarab Feast. And the extra mana saved really does matter a lot to this deck at all stages of the game.
May 7, 2017 5:13 p.m. Edited.
Have you tried adding a few Enigma Drakes? Otherwise it looks really awesome, I'll see how many of these Cards I already have so I can try building this.
May 9, 2017 5:59 a.m.
I think I'm gonna take out Oblivion Strike and move Murder in.
The extra piece of Instant removal will give me more chance of knocking Wandering Fumarole on the head, and I'm pretty sure I can handle Gods now with Supernatural Stamina. Saving a blocker is probably all I need.
Argy says... #1
Those decks are a pain in the arse.
I was lucky the other night that no one was playing any at my FNM.
I expect that to change after the Pro Tour.
They eat my deck alive.
May 7, 2017 2:19 p.m.