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[Thestatusquo]

I did a few trades ditched a lot of the blue so it's now a splash, threw in a stonerwight, havengul vampire, thunderboltx2 (debating baners instead of another thunderbolt)
and yeah fleeting wa sa 40th card

and vexing is basically just 4 burn for 1 mana. Which isn't bad at all, just isn't great.

Except its not. If at any point in the game you need that 4 points of damage, then it becomes a completely useless creature that does literally nothing. Its basically a card that does exactly what you dont want it to do 100% of the time.

[chesskid3]

In limited a 4/3 creature for 1 mana is useless
what?

[Thestatusquo]

On turn 9 when they have lethal coming at you in the air? Yes. Absolutely.

[chesskid3]

mist raven
crippling

or just swinging anyway because they only have one blocker.
My deck is all about wining in the first 8 turns or going down in flames.

[Shadow1psc]

mist raven
crippling

or just swinging anyway because they only have one blocker.
My deck is all about wining in the first 8 turns or going down in flames.

This is what everyone seems to be doing in avacyn drafts, and a well measured deck with a good curve and stabilization/pacing will destroy them.

[Shadow1psc]

I have 3 draft packs for 8-4, i'm going to pop at least one tonight, anyone interested?

[Thestatusquo]

You giving me one? It would make a good birthday present. :-p

[Sudo_Nym]

So here's the deck I'm current running in constructed:

14x Swamp
4x Dragonskull Summit
4x Blackcleave Cliffs
4x Diregraf Ghoul
4x Gravecrawler
2x Fume Spitter
4x Blood Artist
4x Bloodflow Connoisseur
4x Geralf's Messenger
2x Phyrexian Metamorph
3x Mortarpod
3x Brimstone Volley
4x Tragic Slip
2x Bone Splinters
2x Killing Wave

SB:
3x Despise
4x Nihil Spellbomb
4x Pillar of Flame
4x Torch Fiend

Any suggestions?

[Thestatusquo]

Falkenwrath aristocrat. That card just ends the game like 90% of the time it hits the table.

[Sudo_Nym]

I wanted it, but I couldn't afford it; it's an expensive rare I've got Bloodflow Connoisseur in as a budget option until I can get my hands on some Aristocrats.

[Thestatusquo]

Is this online or irl?

Its like 5 irl 2 online.

[Sudo_Nym]

It's on MTGO. 13 tix each for Aristocrat. Bonfire would be sweet, too, but that's even more expensive.

[Thestatusquo]

uhhh... Those prices cant be right.

[Thestatusquo]

Wow. I wonder why those specific cards are so much more online than in real life...

[bv310]

I intend to break Charmbreaker Devils for my next Standard deck. Or play Krenko Goblins. Suggestions?

[chesskid3]

mist raven
crippling

or just swinging anyway because they only have one blocker.
My deck is all about wining in the first 8 turns or going down in flames.

This is what everyone seems to be doing in avacyn drafts, and a well measured deck with a good curve and stabilization/pacing will destroy them.

Not true. My deck can dish 14 damage in 4 turns, and then burn finishes them, along with just swinging against a better monster.

[Shadow1psc]

Let's see how this pile does..

[chesskid3]

you can't splash pathbreaker that's just bad

[xRECKONERx]

why no terrifying presence

[Shadow1psc]

2-0 so far.

[Thestatusquo]

I think the build is mostly right. Can't say the pick order was without saying it. I would play the 1/1 green dude over scroll because your soulbond count is a little low to support lumberknot.

[Shadow1psc]

I got lumber knot out 4 times, soul bonded each. Twice to wing crafter, once to wurm, once to shieldmate. Lost 1-2 in finals to an INSANE Boros. Again my experience, stabilizing the table with big evasive creatures then turning things around with into the void/chill/ghostform etc makes for a smooth experience. I did loose to insanely fast Boros. Just ridiculous nice picks.

[Shadow1psc]

Alright, so this is where I ended up in SoM-less reanimator. It draws well and doesn't often leave me without something to do. I'm either ramping up with pilgrim and draws, pitching key things with Scholar (who can also beat face, but probably shouldn't be), or even hardcasting Sigarda to kick things off. I think dissipate helps a bit, but it can be slow, so I'm not sure if I'd keep it.

Tips on the mana base (it seems to work much better than my Green/Red/Black experiment) or early game improvement?

deck here: http://mtgdeckbuilder.net/Decks/ViewDeck/173178

[Thestatusquo]

I mean, that just means you got lucky. In general you want 6 or so ways to do any sort of gimmick, soulbond necessary guys being no exception.

[Shadow1psc]

I mean, that just means you got lucky. In general you want 6 or so ways to do any sort of gimmick, soulbond necessary guys being no exception.

In a 40 card deck with extra draw? Granted, not a whole lot of it, and I guess 4 is a little low. I never stopped to count how many made the cut, I just knew I had enough picks for it to work lol. Flying or hexproof lumberknot is so great though. It made me sad to watch other people in between pick up forcemages, but be playing green/black. Every deck that lost round one was playing x/black. The deck I trounced round one was mono black, and I didn't see a single homicidal seclusion anywhere.