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[Natirasha]

Did he do another one? I remember he did a series on bans in Legacy, but not Modern(which I didn't really pay much attention to because I typically only play Legacy when big events come around).

[Natirasha]

Okay, I just read the wrap up article. He didn't say two words on GSZ, but otherwise, yeah. Same thing as me.

[Thestatusquo]

Hypergenesis is broooooken. I've never played with or against that card so it was in my blind spot. Watching those videos it didn't seem like that deck was capable of losing.

[Anatole Kuragin]

Wow, how is that card real?

[bv310]

Time Spiral, man. Shit got weird.

[hasdgfas]

Time Spiral, man. Shit got weird.

Time Spiral block was when I started playing magic. I blame it for my love of trying to do ridiculous things in magic.

[bv310]

I blame that on getting a Heartless Summoning in my first prize pack from an FNM.

[InflatablePie]

Hey bv...

[bv310]

I KNEW IT COULD BE A THING! I like the aggro-y version a bit more, but i'll be damned if I'm not slapping this together for MTGO Dailies

[Natirasha]

Hypergenesis is broooooken. I've never played with or against that card so it was in my blind spot. Watching those videos it didn't seem like that deck was capable of losing.

I was talking about Green Sun's Zenith, not Hypergenesis if it wasn't clear.

[Thestatusquo]

Oh I know. I was just talking about something else only tangentially related to the original discussion

[xRECKONERx]

So if I wanted to put together a basic deck to dick around with at FNMs, or whatever, would this work?

4 Akroan Crusader
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 War-Name Aspirant
4 Foundry Street Denizen
4 Firedrinker Satyr
2 Mogis's Warhound

4 Dragon Mantle
4 Titan's Strength
3 Hammerhand
3 Lightning Strike
4 Stoke the Flames

20 Mountain

[Anatole Kuragin]

it's probably the best you can do at $15-25 and still take a few wins, depending on the FNM

[xRECKONERx]

I don't know, I might still have some shit from Theros lying around. I need to check my collection. I know I at least have my Bant Flash deck still which should have some okay stuff... maybe I can do some trades to put together something around a $100 budget.

[Anatole Kuragin]

rabble red is probably the strongest at that price point

[xRECKONERx]

List?

[Anatole Kuragin]

4 Foundry Street Denizen
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Frenzied Goblin
4 Borderland Marauder
4 War-Name Aspirant
3 Valley Dasher
4 Goblin Rabblemaster

4 Magma Jet
4 Lightning Strike
4 Stoke the Flames

21 Mountain

source: http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the- ... o-standard

there are a bunch of effective budget decks there

[hasdgfas]

Rabblemaster is NOT a budget card. It's $20 now.

[xRECKONERx]

Put this Bant Flash list together today, and I'm LOVING it so far:

4 Sylvan Caryatid
3 Centaur Healer
3 Boon Satyr
2 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
2 Prophet of Kruphix
2 Armada Wurm
2 Prime Speaker Zegana
2 Selesnya Charm
2 Call of the Conclave
2 Detention Sphere
4 Advent of the Wurm
1 Mystic Genesis
3 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Stolen Identity
3 Forest
4 Plains
4 Island
4 Hallowed Fountain
4 Breeding Pool
4 Temple Garden
1 Selesnya Guildgate
1 Temple of Mystery
2 Syncopate
SB: 3 Rapid Hybridization
SB: 2 Mystic Genesis
SB: 3 Supreme Verdict
SB: 2 Sundering Growth
SB: 2 Aerial Predation
SB: 1 Stolen Identity
SB: 1 Centaur Healer
SB: 1 Angelic Skirmisher


Prophet is an absolute beating. I'm unsure about the one-of Stolen Identity, it hasn't done a whole lot for me so far. But seriously, flashing in Armada Wurm with Trostani on the field is amazing... being able to populate your tokens every turn then untap every turn is amazing... flashing in Zegana is amazing. And, usually, with this ramp, I'm able to Mystic Genesis their 5cmc (I've hit Stormbreath Dragon, Kalonian Hydra, and Aurelia with my playtests so far) which is huge on its own. The only deck I had problems with was the super fast white weenie/boros aggro deck, simply because Soldier of the Pantheon protection from multicolored/giving them life every time I cast multicolored is pretty damn good. I'd also imagine I might have issues with Burning Earth, but I think I can get around it with 11 basics + 4 Caryatids.

I'm pretty sure this was the list I was running, so I have all of this. And uh I think I have Polukranos and a few other things in that deck as well that are good.

[xRECKONERx]

Ugh I hate the idea of going back to RDW/aggro, it's so boring :S

[xRECKONERx]

Alternatively, I sell off everything I have a buy into Modern.

[bv310]

I always support buying in to Modern, but if your FNMs aren't Modern, it's probably not worth selling out of Standard entirely

[xRECKONERx]

I'm pretty much not in standard right now because everything I had was basically RTR block

[Anatole Kuragin]

I'm pretty much not in standard right now because everything I had was basically RTR block

My deck was built around RTR too, I think I'm just going to start drafting a bunch.

[Natirasha]

My problem is I have thoughtseize downfall caryatid and courser but no Elspeths and I really don't want to acquire Elspeths.