surewhynot

Hey, Blightsteel eats Little Chocolate Donuts, so does that mean Blightsteel = Jon Belushi? =P

Congrats dude. I present you with your first 200/100 deck award! (not technically your first 200 deck though, I don't think)

This deck is certainly worthy of such an achievement. It's been giving me a hard time since you made it...well, since you made it, someone saw it, ordered the cards, and then brought the netdeck to my shop...but I digress =P

She's got a nice personality? =P

Looks pretty good dude. Might take some fine-tuning, but the skeleton is nice.

Turns out, Darksteel Relic isn't donut shaped...I thought it was.

I like it a lot. I always forget about Scrib Nibblers, but they're actually pretty good if you use them the right way, as it seems you have here. Very nice dude.

I wouldn't fully replace them, but it's worth trying combinations. A Stompy should have between 5-8 "mana dorks" in it.

The weirdest method of extraction currently in magic! Huzzah!

Huh, didn't realize this was yours. Also, quite surprised I haven't commented on this yet. It's quite good, and as expected for Bant, rather versatile. Not liking the double jace package, but perhaps there's a good reason for it.

Decks like this one bother me. Don't get me wrong, it's good and I like it. It's just that as an Extractor...a deck that really makes me think about how I would pull it apart bugs me. It means I have to do more to break it...Grrr.

That's the best part, my estimated price for it is pretty manageable. Granted, when NPH is actually released, who knows what the prices will do, but still I think this will be pretty cheap.

Oh, I definitely am not saying it couldn't add in speed to the deck, as you have shown, and is clear anyway, it would. However, I worry that it could also lead to "dead draws" and moments of slower play. Don't forget, to put in Disciples, you have to take other things out, which could slow down the deck more than its addition might speed it up.

Obviously, ragged knows more about what to take out than I do, provided he chooses to add Disciple or not. In the end, it does come down to his decision...and in both cases I can see an argument that makes sense. Put him in and risk dead hands for more possible speed, or leave him out for overall more consistent play.

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(Btw, link to said Bant deck?)

Thanks. I prolly would run Gambit, but this is designed for my shop's Standard "unplugged" tourney. It should do well in it I think.

As for big jace, I don't own any, and quite frankly don't want to own one. I could write quite a lot about the mistake Wizards made with him, but I'll say shortly...He ruined Standard and I can't wait for him to rotate out.

I personally think disciple, while good, is remarkably overrated. It might at times make this deck faster, but other times it could end up as a complete bust. DotV's main glory came from the Mirrodin block, where it was so unanswerable in affinity builds, that tournaments became who drew their Ravager first. Now, he's still good, and probably will never be considered "bad", but he is nowhere near the level of power he was at back then.

Thank you. I'm not sure I understand what you mean about CounterTop though...=/

Thanks. Yeah, it is weak to removal, but it's mostly for casual/multiplayer, where it can get out of control fast. I had a game in multi with 3 Suture Priests, all 4 Blood Seekers, and 2 Soul's Attendants out at the same time. Everyone was pretty pissed, and two guys couldn't play anything or they'd die.

Not sure if it'll be good in here, but in every use of Isolation Cell I've had, the opponent wants to punch me. It is BRUTAL, and might fit in here.

I took your advice and changed my "Little Chocolate Donuts" deck to be B/U if you want to take a look at the changes.

Y'know, this works. I like it.

Primal Bellow is indeed a ridiculous card, but you don't have Harrow for popping out forests to fuel it, and generally don't have much room. Even so, it's a nifty design.

Switched it to B/U...now how does it look?

I actually don't own any Venser...Otherwise I'd strongly consider him for this deck. You can indeed grate cheese on those sideburns.

My friend who uses the third extraction deck in my group, and is the deck "Go-Fish" in the Seven decks, has this

http://www.myfacewhen.com/260/

on custom sleeves for that deck. Cracks me up every time I see it.

Definitely. When he did it I was like..."You sneaky bastard..."

Also, long post chain is long...