Narset/Geist Prowess /Rebound Tempo ("Jeskai Way")

Modern* CurdBrosBrewingCo

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Sideboard update —Feb. 2, 2015

I have updated the sideboard with the current sideboard. The maybe board includes other cards that rotate in and out given the expected meta. If the meta is going to have a lot of boggles and soul sisters we add the three Leyline of Punishments. If the meta has a lot of scapeshift we add in another Aven Mindcensor and a Shadow of Doubt.

If Dredge continues to clime we will definitely need more graveyard hate.

If you see a ton of combo, Meddling Mage can be very good because we can protect him from removal.

Please let me know if there are any other sideboard options you think I have missed. Thanks for looing.

Thanks! I will certainly try to get another Chandra in there snozzle1....she's well worth it. Perfect top end for this deck (card advantage, disables a blocker, etc...and triggers prowess to boot :)

January 28, 2015 1:50 a.m.

liquidjaguar says... #2

CurdBrosBrewingCo: Twisted Image does not work the way you want it to with Kiln Fiend... (unless it's targeting something else, of course.)

January 28, 2015 3:01 p.m.

Hey liquidjaguar....it was actually meant as a cantrip that was meant more for defense. In all honesty, it was 75% there to get rid of Spellskite (as we think it is going to be in a ton of mainboards now and Emerge Unscathed only gives protection from a color...). Every once and a while I would cycle it and target Monastery Swiftspear but that was the extent of offensive uses we'd get out of it. There are a few other fringe uses...it is one of those cards that kinda goes in and out of the deck as the meta moves different ways (as many cantrips can with unique uses)...great point though about Kiln Fiend!

January 29, 2015 12:38 a.m.

liquidjaguar says... #4

I do think Twisted Image is playable, though: Birds of Paradise, Noble Hierarch, Spellskite, and with Junk builds running around Doran, the Siege Tower is getting some play. Izzet Staticaster, Kor Spiritdancer, Ornithopter, Signal Pest, Steppe Lynx, walls... it's probably a sideboard card more than anything. Yes there will be maindeck Spellskites, but only in a few decks, and most of them will probably be in the board.

January 29, 2015 12:04 p.m.

That's correct Jdvanliew.

That's why we've ways liked it against spellskite. It can be interesting with combat tricks too every once and a while; but spellskite is its best use.

January 29, 2015 5:54 p.m.

TheDoccyness says... #7

+1Brings out the aggressiveness of a Borus deck while adding even more lethal damage with Haze of Rage, Kiln Fiend.+1 ( +2)

January 31, 2015 10:45 p.m.

Thanks TheDoccyness!! I really appreciate it. You are right...those two cards are far and away the two craziest cards in the deck...The most fun turns are when you play them together! :)

February 1, 2015 12:44 a.m.

Validis says... #9

I just want to say, after reading over the sample hands, storm triggers do not trigger prowess, you do not cast storm copies, they are simply put onto the stack. If you cast them, storm would make the game end in a draw - without a different wording.

Great deck though, seems really interesting to play.

February 1, 2015 9:31 p.m.

Validis...my lord. I literally never saw that! It makes perfect sense that copying a spell doesn't "cast" it (despite each being seperate on the stack). Thank you! I will update accordingly. May still be worth it; but thank God it was only a 1-of :)

February 1, 2015 10:50 p.m.

Example "Gold Fish" updated...fortunately it is still lethal :) Thanks for pointing out my brain fart Validis and for being so kind. People like you are what make the tapped out community so great!

February 1, 2015 11 p.m.

Validis says... #14

I have been checking test hands with this deck, and I have one question? How well to you do against the traditional jeskai control matchups? I have repeatedly gotten hands that just feel like they fall apart against one or two counterspells in the first few turns of the game.Only matchup I can think of that I don't really like that I can think of right now, it seems to have pretty good matchups against the rest of the tiers as well, except Vault Skirge Ensoul Artifact affinity opening (which in itself is rare).

February 1, 2015 11:16 p.m.