RUB pingers

by alexininikovsky on 07 July 2010

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (8)

Instants (7)

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Deck Description

Modern legal. for casual play

This deck is designed to wipe your opponents creatures out and keep them out for the game. The lingers keep your opponents creatures dead and the spells protect those creatures. Then you finish them off with a quietus spike or a death bringer thoctar.

Deck Tags

  • Control

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for RUB pingers

Okay here are some things:

Goblin Arsonist is bad for what you're trying to do, which (I assume) is to control the board with pinging. Replace it with something that just straight pings - you could use Fireslinger, but I'd personally recommend Spikeshot Elder, because it curves well (you don't have anything else at the one-slot) and can be powered up and used multiple times in a turn.

Why in the world is Virulent Swipe in there? I think you're trying to use it to trade in combat, so let me just quick go through why that's bad: Your opponent attacks, you block and use that. Okay, sure. But now you've just two-for-one'd yourself! That's bad! "But wait," you object, "it rebounds, so I get to use it again!" So you can attack for 3? And hey, if your opponent blocks the damage, then you'll "only" have three-for-two'd yourself (you lost three cards to your opponent's two)! Just use straight removal, or more counters. Lightning Bolt is strangely absent from this list.

I get what you're trying to do with Rune Snag, but a simple hard counter (one that won't tax the opponent but will simply counter the spell) will probably be better, especially since I suspect you'll be spending early turns dropping pingers. So go with Counterspell.

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Posted 05 December 2010 at 10:28

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Virulent swipe was just another source of deathtouch but i agree that its sort of unnecessary and useless. I like the idea of spikeshot elder but its a little expensive. it might be in the final cut tho. This deck is getting out of my price range tho so idk if i can really afford it. I was thinking about putting in duress and negate in to help deal with non-creature decks. Im not sure if I should keep doom blade in or if its really unnecessary.

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Posted 08 December 2010 at 13:28

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