Help me protect my land!
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Posted on Sept. 14, 2014, 3:55 p.m. by ExpectDragons
So people in my meta are beginning to catch on to what i'm doing with this deck and another that's similar to it so people have begun main boarding Ghost Quarter 's and sideboarding land destruction. I need a way to protect my land from it, atm i'm playing a single Boros Charm in the mainboard over the Beast Within as my meta rarely throws out any wild cards that i normally use the beast to get rid of.
Pretty dubious about relying on one charm to do the trick so suggestion you could make on a sideboard card would be really appreciated. I've thought about Terra Eternal but i don't like the prospect of giving my opponent indestructible man lands. other than that i've thought about using a Blood Moon to stop the ghost quarters but that'll hit me just as much although i can fix around it. But it doesn't stop land destruction spells of course so i think this option is out too.
really wish Trace of Abundance had hexproof over shroud, would work perfectly in here but as such i wouldn't be bale to target the land with my elves or garruk.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/eleshly-good/
ExpectDragons says... #3
flicking through my binder came across Indestructibility , will give that a shot although i've also got Pithing Needle 's so i could perhaps play one or two in the side that way i have something with more flexibility? with the objective of using them and naming ghost quarter
September 14, 2014 5:12 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #4
Don't play cards just to protect your lands. Even Scapeshift doesn't do that, and they are much more reliant on having lands in play than you are. Just take the hate like it is, you can usually power through it.
September 14, 2014 5:26 p.m.
If they've started running dedicated land destruction, that means that your opponents have already diluted their own decks to try and combat yours. Instead of doing the same thing, just learn to play around it. Don't pull all of your Utopia Sprawl s on one land, use your Garruks and Arbor Elf more, and just ramp faster than they can answer it.
If you would change your deck switch out the Utopia Sprawl s for more mana dorks like Birds of Paradise , or straight ramp like Rampant Growth . Increase your land count to 24 so that you can bounce back from a LD.
September 14, 2014 10:16 p.m.
I second both of the above comments made by Krayhaft and GlistenerAgent. It's kind of like hate-drafting. Your opponents are making their deck worse in an attempt to control the field against only you.
September 15, 2014 2:56 a.m.
if you weren't trying to protect an aura I'd say Ruin Ghost ,but he will at least save your land.
September 15, 2014 7:22 p.m.
and i just took a look at your deck its similar to some of mine and it has Lotus Cobra this makes ruin ghost mana ramp and then your colors are perfect for Knight of the Reliquary which works well with your deck specifically Lotus Cobra and being able to search for Kessig Wolf Run and Slayers' Stronghold . another fun thing you could do if you have cobra and knight out is to sac a land with reliquary and then get a fetch and then fetch and the reliquary has bassically given you 3 mana. and another trick i love to do with reliquary is to run a few Sejiri Steppe reliquary can serch for these at instant speed to give protection to one of your beast creatures for fighting off removal or swinging/blocking help.
also reliquary turns into a beast and is mana ramp i think itd do very well for you.
September 15, 2014 7:34 p.m.
Didgeridooda says... #11
If one works, and it is that big of a deal, why not run more?
ExpectDragons says... #2
the main concern being that they target land i have enchanted with Utopia Sprawl . I have considered Sacred Ground as well but i need to stop the land being destroyed in the first place to again avoid loosing the utopia's. would it be worth me sideboarding another Boros Charm ?
September 14, 2014 4:01 p.m.