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Thanks!Have you red the "how to play" section? This deck can deal with any deck with a strong set of removal, including Mono-Black... ...& against Mono-Blue, I sideboard Mistcutter Hydra & it's all good... ...I've been beating all kinds of decks with this, even my own... ...G/R monsters have a chanse, but I usually go 3-1/2-1 against them... ...G/R Devotion is also a rival when constructed well, but never beat me so far, I usually go 3-2/2-1 against it... ...No control decks have any chanse, almost always 3-0/2-0... ...well constructed B/W aggro decks have a chanse & also selesnya with little black in them... ...of course, Junk midrange is competative against it, but usually 3-1 or 3-2, just as with 2 color aggro decks... ...aggro decks like Boros & such has no chanse though.......
He usually uses 4 Dissolve & 1 Syncopate mainboard in Bant Flash, USA control & stuff... ...Brian Braun-Duin is from Star City-Games & he's one of the most creative professionals there is in my opinion, along with Todd Anderson(also Star City-Games... :)
I don't use much Dissolve in the main, cuz I run 10 Scry-lands & many times, I keep my top card when laying a land & then use Dissolve... ...Render Silent is also amazing against Mono-Black Devotion, Gruul Devotion, Pretty good against Mono-Red Devotion-aggro & Mono-Blue Devotion-aggro... ...I need Mutavault for Elspeth & it saved me the game many times with my previous Esper control deck... ...sometimes, you loose all your tokens just be4 you could activate Elspeth, or a turn be4 that... ...but sometimes, even 1 Mutavault can end the game in 2-3 turns after Elspeth got ultimated... ...2 Mutavault can end it easily(8 damage/turn) - I ren 4 Mutavault in my previous setup... ...+ many players do use 3-4 Slaughter Games in the sideboard, even though it's no longer a popular card, that's why Mutavault is a saver... ...couple of times, I've won the match without AEtherling, Elspeth or Vizkopa & Jace haven't got ultimated either.......I have 15 lands that could produce blue mana, 15 white & 14 black, so I can afford the 3 Mutavault here... ...23 of my lands can produce color + I have 10 Scry-lands that can adjust the order of draw when it's not proper...I've never played ThoughtSeize mainboard in Esper control ever... ...I rather use board-control in the main & only use ThoughtSeize when needed(it's not so good in "total"-control decks in many-many situations)... ...& if I use it, I use at least 3, cuz 2 is pointless... ...4 is always too much for the main deck though... ...as for Detention Sphere... ...statistically, it's almost the same if I used 3 or 4... ...I use 3, cuz 22.5% of the time, it's only a delay(temporal removal) & I don't want too much of that mainboard, but.... ....but... ...multiple Detention Spheres can back up each other, that's why most control players use 4 in the main deck... ...I rather chose to run 3 & 1 in the sideboard, so I can use 4 Downfall & 3 Dimir Charm... ...Downfall is the best possible permanent(not temporal) removal for this deck & Dimir charm can kill a little creature, or counter Rakdos's Return, Thoughtseize, Duress, Revoke Existance(to save Detention Sphere), Dreadbore(to save Elspeth or Jace), Glare of Heresy(to save Elspeth), etc. ... ...& it can also mass up the draw-order for the opponent + eleminate potential threats for the fallowing 1-3 turns in the process... ...& it can also adjust your order of draw(when the Scry-lands won't come), or give you the card you need to win in time at late/mid-game.......Your set of counter spells are sympathic & it showes that you've been watching Brian Braun-Duin's builds :)I have the same set in one of my latest decks... ...actually right below this one... ...it's not control, but rather "Simic-FlashMonsters"....... ;) I give you a link anyway: http://www.mtgvault.com/poetmasterx/decks/garruk-broodmaster-of-kruphix/
It likes you back, mate... ;)
Nice! I hope it'll work out... ...Thought Seize might be even better... ...I'm used to using Duress in sideboard, cuz I usually use Thoughtseize mainboard, but with none mainboard, it might be better to use it instead of DDuress... ...sometimes, you need to eleminate an AEtherling, or Reaper of the Wilds, etc. be4 they could cast it.......
They're saying it's like COD, cuz it has also become annual, but for a good reason, unlike COD... ...it's nothing like COD, since it's not an easy 1st person shooter... ...I agree, that AC2 & Brotherhood made the series, cuz the most important elements came from those, though I also like AC1... ...Revelations was interesting as well, but too easy.......Different settings are good for a historic game... ...it's a must & that's what makes it really interesting!.. ...AC-Unity will be fckin' awesome!! Huge buildings will come back & now, the difference in size between a person & a building will be totally realistic, though it seemt like that in previous games, but it turns out it wasn't... ...Sorin, after you played AC4, you'll change your mind & make sure to play Liberation-HD as well + the Freedom Cry-DLC for Black Flag, cuz it really is amazing!... ...yes, Freedom Cry is worth to play #BestDLCEverHandsDown ;)
YUP... ...they're in for Scry only... ...I have 16 lands that could add green mana & 16 blue as well... ...I have 18 lands that could enter untapped & 16 of them can add color... ...that's why I chose to use 2 extra Scry-lands over using 1-1 extra forest & island, or using 1-2 more Guildgate... ...a 3rd Nyx was out of the question, because I can effectively use it in a game only 2 times out of 3.......Yeah... ...Syncopate is exceptionally good with Prophet, but I chose to use only 1 to complete the 4 Dissolve... ...I have 5 more counters in the sideboard for different kinds of reasons... ...I didn't wanted to use more than five counter spells in the main deck because against fast aggro decks, they're not effective enough(I'll be smashed by whatever's on board already while countering new stuff - though my board-game is quite strong & not slow at all, so with this many counters & Polukranos/Arbor Colossus as removal, I'm fine)... ...but when up against aggro, or Gruul midrange, may be Gruul monsters, I like to use Nullify & no Syncopate at all(against Gruul monsters, I keep Syncopate in) & against control, I always use Negate to it's full extent(keeping Syncopate in), but using extra Syncopates in the sideboard would be pointless, cuz after sideboarding, I can rather have counters that are specifically good against the deck I'm up against... ...& like I said, I don't want to use more than 5 counters mainboard... ...& Dissolve is better than Syncopate.......As I tested this deck, I had to realize how brutal Broodmaster is in this deck... ...& when it's gotten rid of, I'll just play another one, since there's 4 total... ...& the stuff Garruk brings with a single activation............. ...this really works out great!! ;)
Use Lothleth Troll instead of the Emissary... ...put 1 Whip in the sideboards, drop the Scorpion, then add 3 Underworld Connections...You have 18 lands that could produce Black mana & 18 Green... ...you don't need that much, but you do need a little red in your mana base, because you need that alternative opportunity to cast Borborygmos(Caryatid won't always be there, especially against control)... ...so I suggest you take out all 4 Guildgates & add 2x Temple of Abandon + 2x Temple of Malice... ...then you'll also have 8 Scry-lands total wich is really fine for a deck that's valnurable on draw-order.......I don't like your sideboard... ...2x Vraska is fine instead of 3 & take out all the other cards from there... ...I've mentioned be4 that you should use 1 of the 3 Whip in the sideboard... ...for the other 12 cards : 2x Unrevel the AEther; 3x Golgari Charm; 1x Silence the Belivers; 1x Deathbridge Chant; 1x Lothleth Troll(in addition to the 2 in the main deck); 3x Duress; 1x Hero's Downfall........Good luck, mate! Mind to take a look at my newest deck? I've come up with an original idea # it's working out very well... ...I'm calling it Simic-FleshMonsters... ;) : http://www.mtgvault.com/poetmasterx/decks/garruk-broodmaster-of-kruphix/
YO!Many say AC is getting worse year after year, but I disagree... ...I mean, Brotherhood & Revelations were spinoffs & for that, they were good... ...AC3 was a disappointment, though I've enjoyed it... ...& AC4 was fckin' epic!! Black Flag really delivered, cuz it's so filled with various stuff... ...& AC Liberation-(HD) were also amazing... ...Freedom Cry for AC4 was like a spinoff by itself & I loved to so... ...Most fans are satisfied, but some players expected new episodes to be like the early ones with big buildings & s_it, but if there were many big buildings in AC3-4, then they wouldn't have been historically accurate... ...however, in AC-Unity, we'll visit late-18th century France & Victorian-England, so those players will get their wish... ...so basically I think that the series falled back a bit with AC3, but with AC4, they've corrected every wrong & I find the new development team better... ...curious how all the other teams work(cuz many episodes are being worked on for the past 3.5 years by different teams)....... :)I'll check your deck, bro! ;)
4 Ooze is too much, 2 Courser is not enough(if you use him)...4 Dragon is a little too much, I'd use at least 1 more Colossus, Flesh // Blood isn't good at all, WHERE HAVE YOUR BURNING-TREE EMISSARY GONE??!Mana Confluence is bad for a 2-color deck...Garruk??4x Mistcutter Hydra is one more than you need, but if you're playin' at one single store only & your mate game is pretty much Mono-Blue, Espoer & USA control, then I understand...I came up with a new type of standard deck & it's competative, though I haven't perfected it yet: http://www.mtgvault.com/poetmasterx/decks/garruk-broodmaster-of-kruphix/
Being stupid is not an LOL-matter (JK) ;)
Thanks, but it's midrange...
Nope... ...he good... ...nah he not...
Thanks!Tested it though & it's not working well against certain types of decks that are really popular these days...
I've made mine a little more control orientated back when Nyx wasn't out : http://www.mtgvault.com/poetmasterx/decks/mogiss-phoneix/
Cought of Arms!! :))Take out Fireshrieker, since some of your creatures already have DS ...Also... ...how about Hound Bomb, Hound Mystic, Hound King, Timberland Cerberus, Barking-One, Sharpshooter Cerberus, Woof-Gnawer, or may be some Pack-Puppies??Good luck, mate!.. ;)
...thanks... ...but this is Standard format, mate...
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