joe05
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Post by joe05 on Oct 4, 2013 0:26:41 GMT -5
The subject line says most of it. What's the new meta look like, or what do you think it will look like when Theros officially rotates in and Innistrad rotates out. Hexproof-Enchantment gets a huge lift from the new set...so many enchantments.
What's your thoughts? Any ideas, decklists?
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Post by cyrulean on Oct 6, 2013 0:06:31 GMT -5
Playing with this one quite a bit tonight:
4 Devour Flesh 4 Dead Reveler 4 Basilica Screecher 4 Read the Bones 3 Pharika's Cure 4 Stab Wound 4 Contaminated Ground 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel 18 Swamp 4 Balustrade Spy 3 Deathgaze Cockatrice 4 Boon of Erebos
Sideboard 2 Mark of the Vampire 4 Death's Approach 3 Duress 4 Cremate 2 Grisly Spectacle
Runs Ok. A couple of games of mana screw. If it gets going its really nice. However, this is not a fast deck. It builds up. Contaminated ground does some work and helps with the Gray Merchant. Stab wound was surprisingly effective. No murder, no victim of the night makes for interesting game play. I really do not want to maindeck or even sideboard liturgy.
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joe05
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Post by joe05 on Oct 6, 2013 11:09:17 GMT -5
To avoid mana screw, I would consider upping the land count to 22. The Boon of Erebos doesn't really seem a good fit for the deck, in my opinion. In its place I would swap in more removal, such as Shrivel, or Wring Flesh, or a mix of both.
I was pondering Blue/Black Control, Monoblack Extort, or Black/White Extort. Monoblack seems to be lacking in the creature department since Innistrad rotated out. As for Extorting in monoblack, it's possible. Blue/Black Control seems stronger now that the format has slowed down a bit. But we'll have to see.
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Post by cyrulean on Oct 6, 2013 19:39:33 GMT -5
To avoid mana screw, I would consider upping the land count to 22. The Boon of Erebos doesn't really seem a good fit for the deck, in my opinion. In its place I would swap in more removal, such as Shrivel, or Wring Flesh, or a mix of both. I was pondering Blue/Black Control, Monoblack Extort, or Black/White Extort. Monoblack seems to be lacking in the creature department since Innistrad rotated out. As for Extorting in monoblack, it's possible. Blue/Black Control seems stronger now that the format has slowed down a bit. But we'll have to see. Good call on the boon, it seems great in theory, but hasn't been very useful. What I have seen, across all the different decks I have played, is that creatures with toughness 2 (and almost toughness 3) do not last on the battle field. Shock , Pharika's Cure, shrivel, Auger spree (which is -4, ouch), and stab wound. The kicker is, stab wound is everywhere. Its damned if you do (go over 2 toughness) and damned if you don't. If you have no way to rid your creature'of stab wound, you're going to have a bad day. I have been looking for fliers, but >= 3 toughness is hard to come by without reeking havoc on your curve.
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