Fish: One of the best match ups, there is little blue decks can do to stop your token army save the use of Cryptic Command, and from my experience, that is one card I have not seen from the Merfolk player. Go wild and flush the fish down the toilet. Remember to play around Rune Snag, and some builds side in Sower of Temptation. However, I have never had a reason to hold back against this deck.
the deck runs 4 maindeck cryptic and maindeck sower........ Also alot of people run moat in the board so sideboarding nothing in this matchup seems terrible
well that is amazingly tough to do to get all the creatures in mtg paper...but i will challenge anyone out there to a game a standard Momir..lol thats still enough creaturres to have a blast i think...heck i might be able to pull off post rotation extended.
Good interview though, interesting to see someone who's only been on mtgo such a short time have that much success. ckayes if you read this any tips / explain how you did so well at the Morningtide Release events?
For the merfolk deck, I don't understand voidmage over stonybrook and rune snag over dousing, but that's just me. Sounds like a fun format.
I deffinately disagree with your color choice, rather then an aggresive build your white lended itself to a more controlling late game deck with the swell of courage, battletide alchemist and brigid as your bombs, also you seemed to overlook your blue which i think is debatably your best color (you have incredible amounts of card advantage and synergy in your inspired sprite, fallowsage, latchkey faerie and sower of temptations (likely the biggest bomb in your pool)) Beyond that the blue also had alot of the key components needed to last to the mid game (namely broken ambitions, disperse, ponder) Lastly while i agree with the addition of a black splash i think splashing for the changeling and blaggard was a tad greedy given that they need to be played early game (even with 4 black sources reliably getting a blaggard or changeling when they're useful is doubtful). Rather, i think final revels would probably benefit you more (gets you out of a bad mid game situation against agro and doubles as a win condition and general merfolk/kithkin/faeries/creatures hoser) I hope that wasn't too meandering
Already tried this a while ago when I got back into magic and didn't have any standard rares. Figured it'd be cheap, though I played without mutavaults (I also didn't use gilt-leaf ambush or champions/I ran 3 Akroma's Memorials because of the massive mana potential and something else (can't recall)). The deck is based off of not running into any interference. If you turn 3 your third elf, assuming you have heritage druid (the key to this deck) they've probably killed an elf already (perfect & vanquisher are big targets), delaying you a turn. Overall, your creatures are too small (nearly all 1/1's), and while potentially you can have like 24 creatures on turn 3, the deck is not versatile enough to deal with any potential threats once a pyroclasm hits or a wrath. Wrath is a big weakness. I've been dawn charmed too. XD It's a fun tier 2 deck though. Also, I'm surprised you don't use Garruk.
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Seriously though, that was a great article. I'll have to give this version of the deck a shot, minus the mutavaults though...
One of the frustrating things about the shut down was that I was not able to test as much as I should have. I think I built this deck on a Saturday and by Tuesday I had played all the matches for the article. So, this is a build that's only been tested roughly.
Mosswort fits the deck, and it's saved me many a time, but I'm still on the fence wether the free spell is worth it. It does mean you can theoretically play Coat of Arms for one. So, my advice would be with the land/spell ratio is to test a bit more and see what the optimum mixture is. I can remember many times where I've been able to easily play my hand out with a single land, but any wrath will just finish the game.
I'm pretty sure I could slam out a 15,000 word article entirely on Jessica Biel in about a night, but then people would lose the little respect they have for. And many of my clan mates will already begin the legal paperwork for restraining orders- just in case.
This is likely the best article I've read on this site. Nice work.
I was playing a version of this deck on mtgo before the Darkness came. Catching people unawares as you describe with the promenade explosion was priceless. I ran 4 Coats and 4 Overruns in my build, with the Elvish Champs in the sb. However, I think a mixture of Overrun / Champ might be superior.
Also, you are only running 19 land. I am running 24 and it has not seemed like too many. 4 mutavaults obv and the pendelhavens but I am not sold on Mosswort. I'm wondering how your land situation has been.
Another article or two on this deck would be most excellent.
So much trouble for nothing. Author's favourite point (that you can see more cards in your collection) in fact is the only USEFUL change. Otherwise nobody really cares about graphics and the rest of the crap created by MTGO in order to pretend that they are becoming better and better.
Just wondering: There was a discussion forum where we were expressing our ideas about features the new version should have. Did they consider anyone of those ideas? A very popular one was about the deck editor and it is absolutely the same. I really cannot understand how on earth they delayed so much to release the new version since they have added nothing new!!!
Haha, I'll lend you the Vaults if you need them for PEs and such Shard. I'll be too busy crying in a corner surrounded by various thick text-books.
For those of you who are interested in this deck you might want to read Bill Stark's article on SCG: http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/15659.html I can't say I "invented" this deck as its been around in block for a while, but I'd like to think I "invented" this build.
But I mean, saying I invented an elf deck is kind of prententious. It's like saying I was the same genious who said "Man.. look at all these slivers. What am I going to do with all these slivers. Wait, what if PUT THEM IN THE SAME DECK! YES! I AM BRILLIANT!"
your deck sucks its awful its the worst promoted piece of crap ive ever seen on this site i mean who would play this pile of junk i swear i could beat this this with my 10 yr old cousin's five color monstrosity serious my grandmother has better metagame knowledge on mtg then you do and she doesnt play...i cant believe they ran this article...PLEASE LET ME BORROW THE VAULTS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS AMAZING AND WANT TO RUN SO I FIGURED BY BADMOUTHING IT NO ONE WOULD USE IT...i could be your american boytoy....CMON..lol
Ok all kidding aside this does llok like a great deck and its good to finally see an article on it, i actually would play it if i had vaults and CoA
I think you may have outdone yourself this time MM
Not sure why this was put up, and then hidden, but it's up again.
Fish: One of the best match ups, there is little blue decks can do to stop your token army save the use of Cryptic Command, and from my experience, that is one card I have not seen from the Merfolk player. Go wild and flush the fish down the toilet. Remember to play around Rune Snag, and some builds side in Sower of Temptation. However, I have never had a reason to hold back against this deck.
the deck runs 4 maindeck cryptic and maindeck sower........ Also alot of people run moat in the board so sideboarding nothing in this matchup seems terrible
well that is amazingly tough to do to get all the creatures in mtg paper...but i will challenge anyone out there to a game a standard Momir..lol thats still enough creaturres to have a blast i think...heck i might be able to pull off post rotation extended.
I think you'd need 20 rats?
Good interview though, interesting to see someone who's only been on mtgo such a short time have that much success. ckayes if you read this any tips / explain how you did so well at the Morningtide Release events?
For the merfolk deck, I don't understand voidmage over stonybrook and rune snag over dousing, but that's just me. Sounds like a fun format.
Let the darkness end!
I deffinately disagree with your color choice, rather then an aggresive build your white lended itself to a more controlling late game deck with the swell of courage, battletide alchemist and brigid as your bombs, also you seemed to overlook your blue which i think is debatably your best color (you have incredible amounts of card advantage and synergy in your inspired sprite, fallowsage, latchkey faerie and sower of temptations (likely the biggest bomb in your pool)) Beyond that the blue also had alot of the key components needed to last to the mid game (namely broken ambitions, disperse, ponder) Lastly while i agree with the addition of a black splash i think splashing for the changeling and blaggard was a tad greedy given that they need to be played early game (even with 4 black sources reliably getting a blaggard or changeling when they're useful is doubtful). Rather, i think final revels would probably benefit you more (gets you out of a bad mid game situation against agro and doubles as a win condition and general merfolk/kithkin/faeries/creatures hoser) I hope that wasn't too meandering
Sagely comments on each entry, top blogging! ;-p
nice artical. enjoyed reading it especially the opinions bit :D
yeah..biel is amazingly hot nd all there's just something weird about that picture...its creepy
Yeah nice artical. Good to see someone looking out for those less techy than themselves *thumbs up*
The card size was something i had an issue with when using the beta so that slider you mentioned should come in handy. :)
Yeah nice artical. Good to see somone looking out for those less techy than themselves *thumbs up*
The card size was somthing i had an issue with when using the beta so that slider you mentioned should come in handy. :)
Yeah nice artical. Good to see somone looking out for those less techy than themselves *thumbs up*
The card size was somthing i had an issue with when using the beta so that slider you mentioned should come in handy. :)
Already tried this a while ago when I got back into magic and didn't have any standard rares. Figured it'd be cheap, though I played without mutavaults (I also didn't use gilt-leaf ambush or champions/I ran 3 Akroma's Memorials because of the massive mana potential and something else (can't recall)). The deck is based off of not running into any interference. If you turn 3 your third elf, assuming you have heritage druid (the key to this deck) they've probably killed an elf already (perfect & vanquisher are big targets), delaying you a turn. Overall, your creatures are too small (nearly all 1/1's), and while potentially you can have like 24 creatures on turn 3, the deck is not versatile enough to deal with any potential threats once a pyroclasm hits or a wrath. Wrath is a big weakness. I've been dawn charmed too. XD It's a fun tier 2 deck though. Also, I'm surprised you don't use Garruk.
Just to clear one thing up, my fellow Republicans would never accept contributions from Swedish botanist net deckers who happen to enjoy Phil Collins. For all the Swedish botanist net deckers who happen to enjoy Kenny G. please donate here: www.johnmccain.com
Seriously though, that was a great article. I'll have to give this version of the deck a shot, minus the mutavaults though...
It's Elves. Every time I beat a $200 Reveilark or faeries deck with a freaking elf deck, it feels like I'm hugging one hundred puppies at once.
That was by far my favorite part.
Thanks for the kind words!
One of the frustrating things about the shut down was that I was not able to test as much as I should have. I think I built this deck on a Saturday and by Tuesday I had played all the matches for the article. So, this is a build that's only been tested roughly.
Mosswort fits the deck, and it's saved me many a time, but I'm still on the fence wether the free spell is worth it. It does mean you can theoretically play Coat of Arms for one. So, my advice would be with the land/spell ratio is to test a bit more and see what the optimum mixture is. I can remember many times where I've been able to easily play my hand out with a single land, but any wrath will just finish the game.
I'm pretty sure I could slam out a 15,000 word article entirely on Jessica Biel in about a night, but then people would lose the little respect they have for. And many of my clan mates will already begin the legal paperwork for restraining orders- just in case.
http://www.tiscali.nl/images/6/1/jessica-biel-11.jpg
Mmm..... awwwwwwwwwwwwwwesome.
This is likely the best article I've read on this site. Nice work.
I was playing a version of this deck on mtgo before the Darkness came. Catching people unawares as you describe with the promenade explosion was priceless. I ran 4 Coats and 4 Overruns in my build, with the Elvish Champs in the sb. However, I think a mixture of Overrun / Champ might be superior.
Also, you are only running 19 land. I am running 24 and it has not seemed like too many. 4 mutavaults obv and the pendelhavens but I am not sold on Mosswort. I'm wondering how your land situation has been.
Another article or two on this deck would be most excellent.
*Breasts
So much trouble for nothing. Author's favourite point (that you can see more cards in your collection) in fact is the only USEFUL change. Otherwise nobody really cares about graphics and the rest of the crap created by MTGO in order to pretend that they are becoming better and better.
Just wondering: There was a discussion forum where we were expressing our ideas about features the new version should have. Did they consider anyone of those ideas? A very popular one was about the deck editor and it is absolutely the same. I really cannot understand how on earth they delayed so much to release the new version since they have added nothing new!!!
I like brests. Your goal for your next article should be more brests.
/me goes and turns on coyote ugly
Teferi's Moat cost 5 mana, not 4 mana. What's funny is I've seen this mistake printed on multiple sites :)
Haha, I'll lend you the Vaults if you need them for PEs and such Shard. I'll be too busy crying in a corner surrounded by various thick text-books.
For those of you who are interested in this deck you might want to read Bill Stark's article on SCG: http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/15659.html I can't say I "invented" this deck as its been around in block for a while, but I'd like to think I "invented" this build.
But I mean, saying I invented an elf deck is kind of prententious. It's like saying I was the same genious who said "Man.. look at all these slivers. What am I going to do with all these slivers. Wait, what if PUT THEM IN THE SAME DECK! YES! I AM BRILLIANT!"
PS. More Churro entries you for you and Coyote :D
I like it.
Of course the second you try to take this into a non-sanctioned game, your opponent will concede as soon as the first elf hits the table.
I used to have this problem with Wellwisher.
Epic!
your deck sucks its awful its the worst promoted piece of crap ive ever seen on this site i mean who would play this pile of junk i swear i could beat this this with my 10 yr old cousin's five color monstrosity serious my grandmother has better metagame knowledge on mtg then you do and she doesnt play...i cant believe they ran this article...PLEASE LET ME BORROW THE VAULTS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS AMAZING AND WANT TO RUN SO I FIGURED BY BADMOUTHING IT NO ONE WOULD USE IT...i could be your american boytoy....CMON..lol
Ok all kidding aside this does llok like a great deck and its good to finally see an article on it, i actually would play it if i had vaults and CoA
I think you may have outdone yourself this time MM