New Posts For Thread: 10/19/2011 BoaB: "Stalking Stalkers"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28592393/10192011_BoaB:_Stalking_StalkersThis thread is for discussion of this week's Building on a Budget, which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.As constructed, this deck is marginally competitive. I played it online a bit and my primary issue is it starts strong and fizzles out. There isn't a closer in the deck. The Marauders are intended to be, but by the time I'm getting them on the board,http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28592393/10192011_BoaB:_Stalking_Stalkers?post_id=516668961#516668961As constructed, this deck is marginally competitive. I played it online a bit and my primary issue is it starts strong and fizzles out. There isn't a closer in the deck. The Marauders are intended to be, but by the time I'm getting them on the board,Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:15:48 -0600Mindshrieker seems like a terrible idea to me. It doesn't add anything to the rest of the deck, and it requires mana each turn to maybe be useful. If they block the flier, you must use the pump ability or lose card advhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28592393/10192011_BoaB:_Stalking_Stalkers?post_id=512015671#512015671Mindshrieker seems like a terrible idea to me. It doesn't add anything to the rest of the deck, and it requires mana each turn to maybe be useful. If they block the flier, you must use the pump ability or lose card advTue, 01 Nov 2011 23:12:26 -0500I really do quite like the concept of the Stormblood Berserker . I mean, if you're not hitting them early on, you're probably losing anyways.One card that I haven't seen brought up here at all, that I think is a prhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28592393/10192011_BoaB:_Stalking_Stalkers?post_id=512006341#512006341I really do quite like the concept of the Stormblood Berserker . I mean, if you're not hitting them early on, you're probably losing anyways.One card that I haven't seen brought up here at all, that I think is a prTue, 01 Nov 2011 17:40:24 -0500Some thoughts I've had after reading through this, and having gotten some Standard games in (though not with this deck).1) I think this deck will do better if it tries to err on a quicker side of the build. I.e., more one-to-three drops, fewer abovehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28592393/10192011_BoaB:_Stalking_Stalkers?post_id=511974289#511974289Some thoughts I've had after reading through this, and having gotten some Standard games in (though not with this deck).1) I think this deck will do better if it tries to err on a quicker side of the build. I.e., more one-to-three drops, fewer aboveTue, 01 Nov 2011 03:57:10 -0500I, too, thought about the weakness of the creatures, so before I played some casual games against a friend I put in 4x Runechanter's Pike (also bringing in 2x Gitaxian Probe ) . Ihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28592393/10192011_BoaB:_Stalking_Stalkers?post_id=511625689#511625689I, too, thought about the weakness of the creatures, so before I played some casual games against a friend I put in 4x Runechanter's Pike (also bringing in 2x Gitaxian Probe ) . IMon, 24 Oct 2011 15:16:15 -0500