Image is a great card, but not in this1... I have lotta' mass removal, that I can use more than just once by Revival... Besides, if I play tham at the right time, the opponent won't be able to come back... Having Image in the sideboards is a good idea in todayes standard for most decks, that has blue in it... In my area, magic is way more popular, than in most places, so U need to be ready for anything & everything :) ... The decks & players styles R quite colorful...
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Yep... U were right... Still, it's pretty effective & U could play the elder only on 3rd turn anywayes :) ...
It works quite good since I don't need Bonfire against most decks, if I have this much burn... The only thing I need to change is to use "Vapor Snag" instead of "Encrust"... Slumbering should be sideboard against token decks... So I'll put in 3 Snags in the main & drop 1 Spear...
U/W Delver won't survive, nor pod... I think U should play B/G infect instead of mono-G. & add some fog stuff in the sides... "Havenfire" beats everything in todayes standard, U just had very bad luck with it... 2 dayes ago I went to FNM in another location in my country & I yet again I haven't lost a game... I twice had 6 lives wich haven't happened be4 & once I had 8 cards in my library :) ...
These R not bad ideas, but I think this deck can't lose against a creature/token based deck... Infect could overspeed it, but only if U have bad luck with the lands wich is not a common problem with "Havenfire"... Pod could be taken out by Revoke... A strong Delver is competitive, but if U ide in 5-6 counters U'll be good, just make sure to take out Tide... May be U could change Judgment to "Whipflare", but I won't do that... It's may be faster, but in a lotta' situations, it's useless... U said U have a Delver deck... What do U think of mine? :) ... : http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=361319
It does work that way, I know it for a fact... It's logical anywayes, but it's officially like that... Reducing it as a shaman & reducing it as a treefolk... it's like for example, if a creature U sacrifice is green & also black, than "Savra, Queen of the Golgari"'s triggered abilities both activate & U could make an opponent sacrifice a creature without paying 2 lives.... ...or, if something sayes "white spells & blue spells cost 1 less to cast", than a multi color spell costs 2 less to cast...
I think U should... Your luck was quite short so far with it, but the "rule of big numbers" will be on your side now! The deck has a lotta' draw spells, so it's hard to have bad luck with it, but well... ...sometimes it happens... Good luck, if U go! I hope I won't screw up on GP... ...the "rule of big numbers" might not be on my side, since I haven't lost a game yet with this... :) ...
I will :) ...
This is competitive... I love your deck! I expecially like the "Mortarpod" - "Gravecrawler" - Lich combo... Anywayes... Here is a deck, that should beat this up (just practicing my ego) :) .... : http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=343423
Mass removal doesn't hurt that much with the Protector on board... U C, Banneret reduces the cost of shamans & treefolks & Leaf-Crowned is both, so U can cast it for 2 mana... I usually search for Banneret with Harbringer at the beginning, if I have to... This deck always beat up my elf :) ...
Too much ramp & very few effective cards... I also used Stampede in my elf in standard, when Zendikar was in with Mirrodin... U shoulda' use "Fauna Shaman"(4), "Mul Daya - Channelers"(3), Nissa(3) & "Nissa's Chosen"(4)... If U like tribal decks, take a look at my treefolk :) ... : http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=339164
Creatureless mill is the worst this deck could oppose, 'cuz this1 has a lotta' mass removal & draw spells, so the removal becomes useless & the draw assist the mill... U still shoulda' beat that fog - mill deck, U just had bad luck with the lands wich is a very rare problem with this deck... The way to beat it is to use Revival on the miracles U've got milled in your grave & counter the preventing spells, when U attack with angels, or play Bonfire... If he had no creatures, than U shoulda' take out Dread as well... I've had times in the past, when I had bad opening hands... In my 1st tournament in 1999 I've played an elf deck & once I had 2 draw 4 cards for an opening :) ... I placed 3rd... I was 9 back than :) ... 2 more dayes & I'll test "Havenfire" for the 5th time :) ...
Against fog, U should take out Bonfire, if the opponent doesn't play "Nevermore"... U toke out too much removal, that ain' damage based... I toke out a "Ponder" & 3 Twice, along with 2 Bonfires.... I put in the "Negate"-s, 1 "Dissipate" & 1 Judgment... I've won 2-0... This friday, I'm entering the 5th tournament with this deck :) ...
Yep... In Ravnica, we will get dual-lands, that posess the basic land type of it's colors, I'm sure of this... What other reason would they reprint "Farseek" & make "Ranger's Path" in M13 for? In extended, I like to use Ravnica lands with Zendikar fatches, this way a 4 color deck could be stabil like hell... It's my favorite way to do it :) ... I think, standard miracle is in it's strongest form until Ravnica comes out... we'll C, but I think without Revival it won't be this stabil & resellient...
I'm in for changes & I've changed it 4 times... Every deck has weaknesses, but I made the sideboards for those... "Negate" & "Dissipate" is for Extraction & "Memoricide"... Revoke is for "Nevermore" & Ratchet... "Paraselene" is also for "Nevermore"... If U use the sideboards the right way against every type of decks & U take out the right cards from the main deck, U won't lose against a standard deck... Belive me... I've created this deck & I know how to use it & I haven't lost a game in 4 FNM-s... I'm not hurt, don't get me wrong! :) ... I'm just sick of the thing, that a lotta' players bullshittin' me, that they have built &/or played the same deck as I, card for card... If U use this deck completely how it should be used & U ain' extreamly unlucky, U won't lose a game with it... :)
I don't belive, that U've played the same deck as I... I have a lotta' players claim that they have made & played decks "card for card the same as myselfe"... Quit the bulls.it & be true, or get lost! This deck is truely effective & resellient ONLY IN IT'S COMPLETE FORM, considering the sideboards as well... If U know, how to play it - (when & what against what & in what situation) - U have a 97% chanse at winning in every game in todayes standard... Hayne won a pro-tour with a less effective deck that is a bit similar to this, but yet very different... I've won my 4th FNM today, just hours ago with this deck & I haven't lost a game yet again... In my location, in Hungary, we have a lotta' great players & they R also awesome builders for themselves, so my deck has been tested to the limit at all 4 occations & still, without a bruse it survived...
Not bad, but I use Midnight for a reason... I don't have much control in the main deck & Midnight is an instant, so I can also use it to deal damage to attacking creatures without unblockable... :) ... With Virtue & Winds, it becomes much effective...
This is very creative! I disagree with the spell concept U have there, expecially by the fact that U play 4 Snaps & only 4 spell that doesn't have flashback itselfe, even if the coast would be a little lower... I'd play "Dismember", 'cuz it's the best removal in todayes standard I think & U could play it from less mana as well due to it's "phyrexian cost"... I'd play "Ponder" rather than Twice... I love the way U use Crawler with Vengeance & Secrets!.. :) Here is a deck U might could help me perfecting: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=360524
True... The only concern is the curve... The deck works out great, 'cuz I have a lotta' mass removal & 24 lands that compensates the slowness of it... I would take out some of the 4-5 mana cards, but I really can't... ...but I'll think on it...
I'd make this without green... "Angel's Mercy" is a weak card... U could use the original Ajani here... The latest Sorin...
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