This Needs Rotation Help!

Standard* hornplayer

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Switches —June 19, 2012

I found I didn't like having Dismember very much, and nearly always looted it away, so -2 Dismember mainboard, +2 Incinerate mainboard. +2 Dismember SB, -2 Incinerate SB.

hornplayer says... #1

Any comments are greatly appreciated! Thanks!

June 10, 2012 5:16 a.m.

Relak_Eagleyes says... #2

Only thing I would change are the Burn Spells. Flame Slash , Geistflame , Pillar of Flame , and Shock would be better for flashing back in my opinion. Secrets of the Dead might be something to look into. Runic Repetition might be useful too. All in your play style and preferences tho. Like the execution of it regardless of what you do with ppls suggestions.

June 14, 2012 2:57 a.m.

hornplayer says... #3

Aside from Flame Slash not being Standard, I've considered all of those options. Secrets of the Dead and Runic Repetition seem to durdly for this deck, which actively seeks to kill every creature it sees. Pillar of Flame is great, but its slow, and my meta doesn't currently have too many zombies/undying creatures. If that, changes, Pillar comes in. Geistflame seems great, but it really doesn't kill enough things to make it in. As for Shock , it's what I run in the real deck, I just used Galvanic Blast here to be a cool kid. :P Anyways, thanks for the suggestions and support!

June 15, 2012 2:56 p.m.

alucardbelmont says... #4

I quite like this deck, the only issue I am having is the Dismember 's life loss to kill creatures (also combined with Slagstorm if you choose to use it on the opponent)

In my opinion, I would sideboard it for more burn or Increasing Vengeance / Reverberate , that would help in burning more or drawing for more card advantage. With Reverberate well you can copy opponents spells and flashback it with Snapcaster Mage or Increasing Vengeance only copy your own spells twice when flashbacked and still deal the damage from Burning Vengeance .

Since you would add the copy spell cards, - 2 Incinerate from sideboard and +2 Dismember into sideboard.

Just my 2 cents :-) (+1)

June 15, 2012 3:17 p.m.

Relak_Eagleyes says... #5

Galvanic Blast does make you a cool kid so good call on that. My bad on Flame Slash , not sure what the hell I was thinking. If Zombies are not running rampant and unchecked in your meta, not using Pillar of Flame makes sense. Only reason I suggested Runic Repetition and Secrets of the Dead is because I built a similar deck and found that I kept running out of either cards in my hand or my graveyard unless I had Dangerous Wager , Faithless Looting , or Merfolk Looter to help draw and dump cards to be flashed back. All in how you want to play it though. Would love to keep getting updates about how this runs for you in the future. Good luck!

June 15, 2012 6:32 p.m.

hornplayer says... #6

alucardbelmont I'll try the list as is at FNM tonight, and if I suicide with Dismember I'll try out the copy spells. Thanks for the help!

June 15, 2012 7:12 p.m.

hornplayer says... #7

Relak_Eagleyes In playtesting I'm also never without a card in hand, but I'll try Secrets as a one or two of maybe..... What to cut, though?

June 15, 2012 7:14 p.m.

alucardbelmont says... #8

Yea if you can find a way to have Dragonskull Summit or Drowned Catacomb it would be fine or add 2 Swamp and 2 more Evolving Wilds it may alleviate some lifeloss from Dismember , but if you consistently win enough even with the life loss it should be good to leave it in then.

June 15, 2012 7:57 p.m.

hornplayer says... #9

FNM Update: Turns out there are zombies in my meta....

June 16, 2012 1:36 a.m.

How did it go playing it at FNM?

June 16, 2012 2:40 a.m.

hornplayer says... #11

I didn't actually play, as I couldn't borrow any Snapcasters (I'm too poor to buy my own,) but I beat a few decks between rounds. Didn't drop a game I played.

June 16, 2012 11:23 p.m.