New Posts For Thread: 10/21/09 Building on a Budget: The Specter of Changehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21010409/102109_Building_on_a_Budget:_The_Specter_of_ChangeThis thread is for discussion of this week's Building on a Budget Article, which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.Don't forget Infest as an other option that only costs three mana for -2/-2 but isn't one-sided. For this very deck, I think it might be better than Casualities, since what you'll kill on your own side of the board generally already did its job orhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21010409/102109_Building_on_a_Budget:_The_Specter_of_Change?post_id=363209637#363209637Don't forget Infest as an other option that only costs three mana for -2/-2 but isn't one-sided. For this very deck, I think it might be better than Casualities, since what you'll kill on your own side of the board generally already did its job orThu, 29 Oct 2009 09:36:28 -0500From what I've seen and played. Fallout and Pyroclasm get wrecked by Brave the Elements if your up against WW. Whenever I play a deck that has even the slightest bit of black in it, I take marsh casualties over either of the other three options (jundhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21010409/102109_Building_on_a_Budget:_The_Specter_of_Change?post_id=363161049#363161049From what I've seen and played. Fallout and Pyroclasm get wrecked by Brave the Elements if your up against WW. Whenever I play a deck that has even the slightest bit of black in it, I take marsh casualties over either of the other three options (jundWed, 28 Oct 2009 21:29:54 -0500no matter what way I look at it, I still find the following sentence weird :He attacks with and I double-block it.Why on earth would I ever double block a bloodghast? No Nocturnus was in play at the time, was there?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21010409/102109_Building_on_a_Budget:_The_Specter_of_Change?post_id=363124145#363124145no matter what way I look at it, I still find the following sentence weird :He attacks with and I double-block it.Why on earth would I ever double block a bloodghast? No Nocturnus was in play at the time, was there?Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:00:05 -0500I actually had Guul Draz in the deck before i got 4 Sedraxis Specter and it never lasted more then 2 turns. Anytime I had a discard flyer out it got zapped right away. The only thing that really hit for discard was the Sedraxis Specter's unearth andhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21010409/102109_Building_on_a_Budget:_The_Specter_of_Change?post_id=363087925#363087925I actually had Guul Draz in the deck before i got 4 Sedraxis Specter and it never lasted more then 2 turns. Anytime I had a discard flyer out it got zapped right away. The only thing that really hit for discard was the Sedraxis Specter's unearth andWed, 28 Oct 2009 13:52:10 -0500I really like the caldera helion idea.  Has anybody tried bloodchief ascension, duress or haunting echoes in this build?  At the very least it seems like they could be useful sideboard against control, though ascension is probably too pulsable agaihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/21010409/102109_Building_on_a_Budget:_The_Specter_of_Change?post_id=363087209#363087209I really like the caldera helion idea.  Has anybody tried bloodchief ascension, duress or haunting echoes in this build?  At the very least it seems like they could be useful sideboard against control, though ascension is probably too pulsable agaiWed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:47 -0500