Post by avery61 on Aug 23, 2013 12:24:41 GMT -5
Here's my list
BUG Flicker
2 Amass the Components
4 Archaeomancer
1 Bloodhunter Bat
1 Borderland Ranger
4 Dimir Guildgate
4 Elvish Visionary
2 Forest
4 Gatecreeper Vine
4 Ghostly Flicker
4 Golgari Guildgate
1 Gravepurge
2 Haunted Fengraf
3 Island
1 Mist Raven
2 Murder
2 Ravenous Rats
4 Saruli Gatekeepers
4 Simic Guildgate
3 Swamp
1 Tragic Slip
4 Ubul Sar Gatekeepers
3 Victim of Night
Sideboard
3 Cremate
3 Devour Flesh
4 Dispel
2 Gravepurge
3 Naturalize
While I still like the MD, except maybe Gravepurge? The SB needs to be reworked. The SB was designed to improve the match-up with Mill, Hexproof & the mirror match. The meta has changed with Blue Flyers replacing Mill, and then some. Flyers tries to win two ways, either landing a creature or two and protecting them with counter magic, bounce & Mizzium Skin or just by overwhelming the board with a hoard of blue flayers and beating down.
Flickergate is still doing well in the PRE's but Blue Flyers are more popular and represent about 1/3 of the meta with Orzhov coming in 2nd at about 20%. Flicker lands at just above 10% and is still pulling in wins, so it's win percentage is pretty solid. The other thing to think about is that several of the heavy hitters are playing Blue Flyers, but they also bounce between other decks to keep folks from guessing exactly what deck they're playing. You can count on 1 or 2 of these guys playing mono-blue and they well with almost any deck.
Naturalize, Gravepurge & to a lesser extend Dipel were in the SB to combat Mill.
While Gravepurge as a one-of MD is fine they don't belong in the SB anymore and neither do Naturalizes.
Sideboard
3 Cremate - Beckon Apparition?
3 Devour Flesh
3 Dispel
Now we have six cards to add to combat the blue flyers deck, if we bring in that many.
Some of the options I'm looking at are (pirating the top decks SB)
Trestle Troll
One-Eyed Scarecrow
Plummet
Aerial Predation
While Predation is nice, I prefer Plummet with it's lower CC, still may not make the cut? The One-Eyed Scarecrows used to be a staple in almost every deck early on but fell out of favor, it's time for them to come back and maybe the Troll as a one-of.
Here's where I'm at now.
3 Cremate - Beckon Apparition?
3 Devour Flesh
3 Dispel
3 One-Eyed Scarecrow
1 Trestle Troll
2 Plummet
I'm bouncing between running Tragic Slip or Plummet. I like Plummet but it only hits flyers where Tragic Slip hits anything and also hit early, but... not sure? I think I'm adding Plummet for now.
Some people are running Beckon Apparition over Cremate. Vs. Flyers it might be ok but remember that you can not remove a creature in response to someone casting a Stitched Drake - you have to remove the creature before they get a chance to cast. So, in my opinion, Beckon Apparition is a poor choice over Cremate. I still prefer the draw.
The only update for the SB plan I have time for right now is for Blue Flyers.
-2 Amass the Components
-2 Ravenous Rats
-1 Archaeomancer (going for long game so you won't need them early)
-1 Ghostly Flicker
+3 One-Eyed Scarecrow
+1 Trestle Troll
+2 Plummet
BUG Flicker
2 Amass the Components
4 Archaeomancer
1 Bloodhunter Bat
1 Borderland Ranger
4 Dimir Guildgate
4 Elvish Visionary
2 Forest
4 Gatecreeper Vine
4 Ghostly Flicker
4 Golgari Guildgate
1 Gravepurge
2 Haunted Fengraf
3 Island
1 Mist Raven
2 Murder
2 Ravenous Rats
4 Saruli Gatekeepers
4 Simic Guildgate
3 Swamp
1 Tragic Slip
4 Ubul Sar Gatekeepers
3 Victim of Night
Sideboard
3 Cremate
3 Devour Flesh
4 Dispel
2 Gravepurge
3 Naturalize
While I still like the MD, except maybe Gravepurge? The SB needs to be reworked. The SB was designed to improve the match-up with Mill, Hexproof & the mirror match. The meta has changed with Blue Flyers replacing Mill, and then some. Flyers tries to win two ways, either landing a creature or two and protecting them with counter magic, bounce & Mizzium Skin or just by overwhelming the board with a hoard of blue flayers and beating down.
Flickergate is still doing well in the PRE's but Blue Flyers are more popular and represent about 1/3 of the meta with Orzhov coming in 2nd at about 20%. Flicker lands at just above 10% and is still pulling in wins, so it's win percentage is pretty solid. The other thing to think about is that several of the heavy hitters are playing Blue Flyers, but they also bounce between other decks to keep folks from guessing exactly what deck they're playing. You can count on 1 or 2 of these guys playing mono-blue and they well with almost any deck.
Naturalize, Gravepurge & to a lesser extend Dipel were in the SB to combat Mill.
While Gravepurge as a one-of MD is fine they don't belong in the SB anymore and neither do Naturalizes.
Sideboard
3 Cremate - Beckon Apparition?
3 Devour Flesh
3 Dispel
Now we have six cards to add to combat the blue flyers deck, if we bring in that many.
Some of the options I'm looking at are (pirating the top decks SB)
Trestle Troll
One-Eyed Scarecrow
Plummet
Aerial Predation
While Predation is nice, I prefer Plummet with it's lower CC, still may not make the cut? The One-Eyed Scarecrows used to be a staple in almost every deck early on but fell out of favor, it's time for them to come back and maybe the Troll as a one-of.
Here's where I'm at now.
3 Cremate - Beckon Apparition?
3 Devour Flesh
3 Dispel
3 One-Eyed Scarecrow
1 Trestle Troll
2 Plummet
I'm bouncing between running Tragic Slip or Plummet. I like Plummet but it only hits flyers where Tragic Slip hits anything and also hit early, but... not sure? I think I'm adding Plummet for now.
Some people are running Beckon Apparition over Cremate. Vs. Flyers it might be ok but remember that you can not remove a creature in response to someone casting a Stitched Drake - you have to remove the creature before they get a chance to cast. So, in my opinion, Beckon Apparition is a poor choice over Cremate. I still prefer the draw.
The only update for the SB plan I have time for right now is for Blue Flyers.
-2 Amass the Components
-2 Ravenous Rats
-1 Archaeomancer (going for long game so you won't need them early)
-1 Ghostly Flicker
+3 One-Eyed Scarecrow
+1 Trestle Troll
+2 Plummet