Saheeli Twin
Standard*
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Playtesting Results —Jan. 26, 2017
I've played many a game online now and I feel pretty comfortable with this list. It digs extremely well, can successfully slow down all the major decks in the format and is capable of winning through a resolved Lost Legacy.
BG Counters is the roughest matchup and this one always feels like a coin toss. 4x Fragmentize in the sideboard really help in shutting down Walking Ballista and Horribly Awry is just devastating to the current meta. Anyways, this matchup really just depends on who has the better curve.
UB Artifacts is pretty easy to beat as they generally want to tap out for cards like Herald of Anguish or Tezzeret the Schemer but I could've also just been playing against bad players.
UR Amalgam was also pretty easy to counteract, Disallowing the triggers on Stichwing Skabb and the like really shuts them down.
BG Delirium was pretty easy to beat without them having Emrakul, the Promised End. Shielded Aether Thief bricks their T2 Grim Flayer and the current builds have trouble hitting Delirium without the Flayer punching through.
I couldn't find anyone playing the mirror but most of our Removal package can deal with Felidar Guardian anyways so I'm not too worried.
Neat deck, but I fail to see when the Reckless Fireweaver would be of any use whatsoever.
January 24, 2017 12:14 p.m.
Reckless Fireweaver stops the TurboFog deck and punches through a Thalia, Heretic Cathar. It'll probably get cut, but I'm still in the early stages of the deck currently.
January 24, 2017 12:16 p.m.
I need a little more detail please. I don't know what the TurboFog deck is and I don't understand how it gets through a Thalia, Heretic Cathar. Not trying to be rude, but I just don't get it.
January 24, 2017 12:45 p.m.
Thalia, Heretic Cathar makes all of the tokens enter tapped so it becomes impossible to swing for infinite damage. The tokens are all artifacts so they ping on entry with Reckless Fireweaver making Thalia's tapped clause irrelevant.
TurboFog just plays Fog-esque cards over and over to stop the damage and is generally an annoying deck. In standard it means that Commencement of Festivities doesn't prevent me from winning.
January 24, 2017 12:55 p.m.
In a world in which Reflector Mage wasn't banned, I would have chosen the value route, with Panharmonicon and Saheeli to maximize etb triggers; now I'd go for a control deck with only guardian and Torrential Gearhulk as creatures. Otherwise I'd try the Aetherworks Marvel version, with board wipes and Newlamog
January 24, 2017 1:31 p.m.
Got it, thanks for help. Also, I hadn't realized that the tokens were artifacts.
Brookseth says... #1
Thalia would also slow down aggro decks a lot while you set up and would completely stop your opponent from successfully pulling off their combo the same turn if you were playing in a mirror match.
January 24, 2017 9:32 a.m.