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After Some More Testing —Sept. 17, 2019
Well, I don't quite like how the Rack build played out instead of the Titan based offence. It was slower, and as a result more opponents could pull off wins. This deck wins by combining disruption of hand, land and creatures to allow easy access for hard to remove creatures, and while it does bog down vs certain creature-heavy decks, so does the Rack, if not worse, since it can't use a Titan to deal with creatures, and you really need to be both very lucky and an expert in using a Phyrexian Totem based offence vs actual creatures, because a poorly timed attack can cost you the game with no chance of recovery, whereas with a Titan down too, you can swing and just sac swamps for the damage the Totem took. The fact that a totem can still act as a mana source if I am caught off guard really helps though.
Edit: I also wonder about maybe Mutilate instead of a Crypt Rats? I mostly would be using them for the same purpose, but technically, I can do a bit more damage sometimes with Crypt Rats, as I use some ramp, so it's a hard call. I think No Mercy is much more useful than a Mutilate, but I'm not eager to buy one for full price!
I'm still going to switch Rain of Tears for Inquisition when I get it, but I'm not sure that it's a really strong move either way. I like the improvement in speed, but I like land removal more than card discard in cases other than the opening hand, but I suppose I could use SOME counter spell protection, and Inquisition does a decent job of that at least. I would love to figure out a way to either fit in some Duress in the main board, or should I just accept that I'm kitted out to deal with reasonably creature heavy decks, and use the sideboard to try to win games 2 and 3?
Yeah, I feel like I'd need to change so very much of the deck that it'd not really be a pox deck any more... land destruction helps keep their hand bigger, and if I can't get Bottomless Pit down, I'm not going to be doing any damage from The Rack after nuking 3 or 4 lands. So, I think I'll give up on The Rack in my Pox deck for the time being, it seems it won't be mechanically as strong, though I think when I really get a good Rack set up, it'll be pretty impressive.
SprkySprkyBoomMan says... #1
I see you found a card simulator to Black Vise that works the opposite.
The Rack with Bottomless Pit seems like a great combo! Also I thought you didn’t want a combo deck. But seems like a lot slower way of winning a game. Especially if you take out most of your creatures.
I like your first idea, it’s simple. Clear the field so big guys can swing.
September 15, 2019 3:59 p.m.