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Post by Travis Lannoye on Mar 15, 2011 8:17:41 GMT -5
Kinda wish there was more of a reason to play Extended...this is exactly the kind of deck I would love to play:
11 Plains 4 Tectonic Edge 4 Emeria, the Sky Ruin 2 Arid Mesa 2 Marsh Flats
4 Path to Exile 4 Wall of Omens 4 Flickerwisp 4 Sun Titan 4 Pilgrims Eye 4 Day of Judgment 4 Oblivion Ring 3 Mortarpod 2 Lone Missionary 2 Glimmerpoint Stag 2 Kor Skyfisher
Sideboard 1 Austere Command 1 Martial Coup 1 Lone Missionary 1 Mortarpod 2 Condemn 2 Leonin Relic-Warder 3 Runed Halo 4 Luminarch Ascension
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Post by John Galli on Mar 15, 2011 9:28:29 GMT -5
That deck looks fun as hell. Doesn't even seem to be that expensive outside of the fetch lands, as Day of Judgement is like a $3 rare now and even Sun Titan is $5.
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Post by Travis Lannoye on Mar 15, 2011 9:51:18 GMT -5
Ya, I have all of this stuff already except for a couple Wall of Omens. Too bad Extended isn't played much around here.
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Post by John Galli on Mar 15, 2011 10:16:09 GMT -5
no kidding, but of course that's always how extended is. If you end up going to a PTQ or something I have 3 or 4 Wall of Omens you can borrow.
I'd honestly love to do a PTQ, I just am not going to spend that kind of cash on cards, even with that deck being dirt cheap. Maybe if a Sealed or Draft PTQ season comes around. . .
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Post by Zach on Mar 15, 2011 22:20:09 GMT -5
I like the look of this... And I have the Wall of Omens (s) you would need.
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Post by Travis Lannoye on Mar 22, 2011 16:27:11 GMT -5
There is an Extended PTQ in Illinois coming up at the beginning of April. Event info here: www.pastimes.net/events/786/Anyone else interested?
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Post by crazedferret on Mar 22, 2011 22:47:44 GMT -5
I'm interested. I'd probably play this deck as I've got a ton of it. I'm thinking of "possibly" splashing black or red to give it my own twist as there are quite enough ways in the deck to get 1 mountain or swamp. In which case I'd be thinking of tidehollow sculler, memoricide, or possibly the red sun's zenith as that would be a good finisher and creature rfg card.
As for the sideboard, I feel that there could be some or decent choices to fill it in a little.
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Post by Zach on Mar 22, 2011 22:48:03 GMT -5
I'd be totally up for it... EXCEPT I have studio recitals on the 1st and 2nd, and I'm performing on both =(
I'd probably play something fast and red.
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Post by crazedferret on Mar 22, 2011 23:57:43 GMT -5
Thinking about a couple of mimc vats in there
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Post by crazedferret on Mar 23, 2011 11:20:04 GMT -5
ok so I am missing
3 emeria sky ruin 1arid mesa 3 flickerwisp 2-3 pilgrims eye 1-2 mortarpod 1-2 glimmerpoint stag
from that particular maindeck list.
Would anyone have more arid mesa or marsh flats? I still kinda want to splash some things. Tidehollow is particularly an interesting thing that I'd want to try out. (and in that case anyone got a set of these as well?) I'm not sure how useful the luminarch is either as ratchet bomb really does destroy that. I have 3 of those if they are important, but not sure.
I'd be missing runed halo from the sideboard - this seems like a crucial piece of tech to me as it can be blinked to change the protection and recurred by sunny T.
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Post by John Galli on Mar 23, 2011 12:14:03 GMT -5
I've got the 3 pilgrim's eye, none of the rest.
Runed Halo is currently sold out on troll and toad but it's only $2.50 so if our playgroup doesn't have it that should be an easy pickup. It sounds like Travis has most of the deck too. Emeria is similarly cheap at $1.50
Luminarch is probably boss against a lot of controlish/combo decks and probably wouldn't come in against a lot of the same things that ratchet bomb would.
Also tbh the fetchlands seem optional in this list unless there's some combo I'm not seeing. They appear to be more for deck thinning, so I could see a cheaper list doing without them.
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Post by John Galli on Mar 23, 2011 12:49:24 GMT -5
yeah without fetches this list is very aquirable. Here's what troll and toad is running on the base list without the fetches-
15 Plains 4 Tectonic Edge = $2.50 4 Emeria, the Sky Ruin = $1.50
4 Path to Exile = $4.00 4 Wall of Omens = $2.00 4 Flickerwisp = $0.25 4 Sun Titan = $5.00 (pre-release foil) 4 Pilgrims Eye = $0.25 4 Day of Judgment = $3.00 4 Oblivion Ring = $0.79 3 Mortarpod = $0.25 2 Lone Missionary = $0.25 2 Glimmerpoint Stag = $0.25 2 Kor Skyfisher = $0.25
Sideboard 1 Austere Command = $3.00 1 Martial Coup = $2.00 (sold out) 1 Lone Missionary = $0.25 1 Mortarpod = $0.25 2 Condemn = $0.35 2 Leonin Relic-Warder = $0.35 3 Runed Halo = $2.50 (sold out) 4 Luminarch Ascension = $2.79
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Post by crazedferret on Mar 23, 2011 12:58:20 GMT -5
Yeah that'd be deck thinning with the titan on board and is somewhat unnecessary, except that you can get multiple land a turn with it which gets you much closer to emeria going off. (play one from hand recur a fetch with titan)
The point I was making with the luminarch was a ratchet bomb on the opposing side wrecks it, but I suppose I should be thinking more of how useful ratchet bomb would be against this deck, which aside from the 3 slot seems to be not very as everything is made to recur anyways and I can remove ratchet bomb easily enough with oring and reset with flickerwisp.
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Post by Travis Lannoye on Mar 23, 2011 14:08:29 GMT -5
Ratchet Bomb would be very good for you, and not so exciting against you.
One of the main advantages of this deck is that it can trade off almost all of its early spells (Missionarys, Walls, O-Rings, etc) and not worry about the attrition war because their long-term plan of Sun Titans and Emerias is eventually going to overwhelm the opponent. It also becomes easier to cast Day of Judgment because you know you are eventually going to get your stuff back. You can even try to cast a blink spell like Skyfisher, Stag, or Flickerwisp to save a guy, then cast Day and return your guy at EOT after the Day has wiped the rest of the board.
The only problem (of course) is getting to that point in the game where an active Sun Titan or Emeria can start piling up card advantage. Furthermore, it might be necessary to adjust this list to combat what I foresee to be a large number of Stoneforge Mystic/Sword of Feast and Famine decks.
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Post by John Galli on Mar 24, 2011 15:36:38 GMT -5
Pat a card you could substitute for Runed Halo is Leyline of Sanctity. It's not as versatile against the field but it would stop cards like Valakut and often be a free play if you run x4 in the board. I'd rather have Runed Halo (which recurs with Sun Titan), but it's an option in a pinch.
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