Tournament at The Game Academy 11/13/13
mrbloo1848, 11 years ago
Went 3-2 out of 5 rounds to end in top 8.
Testing!
Diresam12, 11 years ago
The deck did very well against a plethora of casual and budget deck. UB Ninja, UB Mill, Allies, Slivers, Red Deck Wins, etc. Normally, the win comes at turn 7 with a mix of burn, Blightning and the The Rack/Shrieking Affliction lock.Next will be against more harder deck to beat in two weeks.
top 8
Eerryykk1313, 11 years ago
Went 3/1 for the night. Went 2-0 against some janky golgari aggro. Played against barely Boros and ended up losing 1-2. The last game I had all the answers just waiting for a white mana for the glare of heresys and I never found it. After that I proceeded to go 2-0 against UW control and America control putting me in 4th overall. Very happy with the deck performance so until further notice I will not be changing anything except maybe adding another plains
trip to the card store
Nate_Dawg1989, 11 years ago
Couple changes to make it easier to get dragons
FinkAboutDat, 11 years ago
Forgot to add I am currently attempting to get the Temple of Silence I need
some minor changes
KrlosPR, 11 years ago
Removed Nekusar and Chainer's Edict for Telemin Performance and Psychic Intrusion plus added Fact or Fiction. Well see how it works
I know cards like Scroll Rack, Sensei's Divining Top, Damnation, Snapcaster Mage and few others might give so much power to the deck but i am trying to keep it cheap, this game can get really expensive sometimes, sadly. Snapcaster would be amazing in here i suppose :(
Aggro Update
TheAshenKnight, 11 years ago
So I've been doing playtests about every day when I have time against aggro decks, and I can usually deal with some, but higher level ones, especially ones like Red Deck Wins, give me trouble. Mono Green and Black Devotion decks also gave me problems, mostly with Desecration Demon and anything with 5 toughness or more. Therefore, I've added a few things to the sideboard to help me deal with early pressure and fatties, and took out some stuff to let me do it.
First of all, I've gotten rid of Nivix Cyclops entirely, and replaced it with 1 copy of Spellheart Chimera. Late game, that thing can get huge, and hit hard every turn if they don't have answers for it, unlike the cyclops, which can only hit sometimes. It doesn't block as well, but I felt the higher power offsets that in many cases.
I've reduced Izzet Charm to a 2 of, which I may change here soon after I test it some more. About 90% of the time I only used its burn ability, and Shock does it better. I didn't want to get rid of it completely, since it can act as both deck cycling and countering, but I think 4 was probably too many. I might bump it up to 3 later if I feel the need to. There are quite a few things I may need to counter.
I added 3 Anger of the Gods to the sideboard as well. It's not quite as effective as an overloaded Mizzium Mortars, and hits my (few) creatures in the process, but as an early aggro deterrent, it keeps me alive much better.
I also took both copies of Dispel out of the sideboard, and replaced them with Shock, which I should probably replace with something else, really, but I'm not sure what as of yet. For now, I'm keeping them in, as I need the extra burn in aggro matchups.
I replaced a Rapid Hybridization with a Curse of the Swine as well. Against mono green devotion, both are great, but the Curse deals with things better, albeit with a higher mana cost.
Pack 3, Pick 2
Euphonatron, 11 years ago
Curse of the Swine, Decorated Griffin, Satyr Piper, Asphodel Wanderer, Baleful Eidolon, Benthic Giant, Disciple of Phenax, Gods Willing, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Prescient Chimera, Setessan Griffin, Titan's Strength, Voyaging Satyr, Plains
Pick: Curse of the Swine
maybe board
wnorris17, 11 years ago
Everything in my maybeboard is intended to be in m maindeck, i'm just working on acquiring them.
asasinater13, 11 years ago
in order to keep it less expensive I removed the Azusas for a Dungrove Elder.
Gifts for the brave soldiers
derekb79, 11 years ago
A few adjustments to
Gift of Immortality gives Spark Trooper more than a single turn... the main reason I built a Boros deck!
Inquisitor's Flail to double Tajic, Blade of the Legion's combat damage.
Brave the Elements for protection or prevent blockers.
Autodrafts and Pick 3-1
Absinthman, 11 years ago
Improvements
GoalkariMasterDebater, 11 years ago
If you had the money to make non budget, take all guildgates and replace with 4 Overgrown Tomb
, 4 Blood Crypt, and 4 Stomping Ground. I take out all Doom Blade and all Putrefy and replace with 4 Hero's Downfall. I take all Spike Jester for Tarmogoyf. I replace Dreg Mangler with Madrush Cyclops. I have played both versions on MTGO (Magic Online), and would say the expensive is better but not worth it for casual players. I personally think card prices are a little BS. I really think $125 for a piece of paper is stupid.
swag yolo from the swag town
ChenilleVerte, 11 years ago
yo ... lo
Tournament #5
sylvannos, 11 years ago
Since the Modern Pro Tour Season hasn't started, these tournaments have been rather small. A lot of people are just showing up to play Magic, not necessarily Modern. I did get 2nd. place, but there were a number of people playing with Standard or EDH decks, which put them at a serious disadvantage.
The matches that gave me the most feedback were:
Mono-Red Burn-- 1-2 Soul Sisters-- 2-0 Mono-Red Burn-- 0-2
I'm thinking I need to put a Platinum Emperion and second Witchbane Orb in my sideboard if I keep seeing these Burn decks show up. It's cheap to build (~$20) and forgiving to play. It drops me to less than 8 life by the time I get my tron pieces up.
overhaul
quadspell1, 11 years ago
changed the deck into more of a midrange deck with kill spells. I find it much more consistent.
