New Posts For Thread: 04/18/2012 BoaB: "Bound by Haste"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29067539/04182012_BoaB:_Bound_by_HasteThis thread is for discussion of this week's Building on a Budget, which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.The drawback is that it requires you to control another creature if you want it to have haste when you play it (otherwise there's nothing to...soulbind?).http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29067539/04182012_BoaB:_Bound_by_Haste?post_id=518775999#518775999The drawback is that it requires you to control another creature if you want it to have haste when you play it (otherwise there's nothing to...soulbind?).Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:55:20 -0500In limited, I think a lack of patience will often be useful and interesting. Imagine this, you have a single 3/3 on the board and your opponent has a 4/4. You play Lightning Mauler, pair it with the 3/3 and attack with both. How does your opponenthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29067539/04182012_BoaB:_Bound_by_Haste?post_id=518753789#518753789In limited, I think a lack of patience will often be useful and interesting. Imagine this, you have a single 3/3 on the board and your opponent has a 4/4. You play Lightning Mauler, pair it with the 3/3 and attack with both. How does your opponentWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:43:00 -0500Also he says that a 2/1 haste for R1 isnt constructed playable. I would like to disagree. For one, we havent had a 2 mana haste mono red guy with no drawbacks. If goblin warbuggy was playable why wouldnt it be playable without the echo. I actually thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29067539/04182012_BoaB:_Bound_by_Haste?post_id=518751355#518751355Also he says that a 2/1 haste for R1 isnt constructed playable. I would like to disagree. For one, we havent had a 2 mana haste mono red guy with no drawbacks. If goblin warbuggy was playable why wouldnt it be playable without the echo. I actually thWed, 18 Apr 2012 10:32:56 -0500I agree with Amar that this is not a good application of this card (Pili-Pala/Grand Architect/Lightning Mauler). In Modern on T2, I'd much rather play Lightning Greaves than Mauler. If your opponent has instant removal, then mauler is gone while Pihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29067539/04182012_BoaB:_Bound_by_Haste?post_id=518748503#518748503I agree with Amar that this is not a good application of this card (Pili-Pala/Grand Architect/Lightning Mauler). In Modern on T2, I'd much rather play Lightning Greaves than Mauler. If your opponent has instant removal, then mauler is gone while PiWed, 18 Apr 2012 09:20:37 -0500So you guys are saying that JvL recommends adding an extra color and turning 3-card combos into 5-card combos so that your deck will be slightly more suprising to Modern opponents who don't play instants. Sheesh! Sorry Jacob, I was just going to sahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29067539/04182012_BoaB:_Bound_by_Haste?post_id=518745585#518745585So you guys are saying that JvL recommends adding an extra color and turning 3-card combos into 5-card combos so that your deck will be slightly more suprising to Modern opponents who don't play instants. Sheesh! Sorry Jacob, I was just going to saWed, 18 Apr 2012 07:40:18 -0500