New Posts For Thread: 8/13/2012 FtL: "Cloistered"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304963/8132012_FtL:_CloisteredThis thread is for discussion of this week's From the Lab, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.I can't be the only one who thought "That Xathrid Gorgon deck would probably be better without Xathrid Gorgon ." Please tell me I wasn't.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304963/8132012_FtL:_Cloistered?post_id=523124897#523124897I can't be the only one who thought "That Xathrid Gorgon deck would probably be better without Xathrid Gorgon ." Please tell me I wasn't.Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:15:31 -0500"Of course, the best is when this all happens at once off a huge Genesis Wave, putting in a Doubling Season or two and ending up with multiple Planeswalkers all activating their ultimates."Bombo: Genesis Wave putshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304963/8132012_FtL:_Cloistered?post_id=523034855#523034855"Of course, the best is when this all happens at once off a huge Genesis Wave, putting in a Doubling Season or two and ending up with multiple Planeswalkers all activating their ultimates."Bombo: Genesis Wave putsWed, 15 Aug 2012 10:50:44 -0500There's one huge issue with LMC in current Standard - you have no way to find it, and if you don't have it in your opener, all your artifact destruction will sit useless in your hand until you draw one. The deck was solid in Zen-SOM standard when youhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304963/8132012_FtL:_Cloistered?post_id=522981817#522981817There's one huge issue with LMC in current Standard - you have no way to find it, and if you don't have it in your opener, all your artifact destruction will sit useless in your hand until you draw one. The deck was solid in Zen-SOM standard when youTue, 14 Aug 2012 00:02:31 -0500So have you tested out LD versus straight control? What were the issues with LD? It seems far more efficient to stall your opponent on 3 land (effectively results in the destruction of all cards CMC 4 and up) than to kill all those threats.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304963/8132012_FtL:_Cloistered?post_id=522972087#522972087So have you tested out LD versus straight control? What were the issues with LD? It seems far more efficient to stall your opponent on 3 land (effectively results in the destruction of all cards CMC 4 and up) than to kill all those threats.Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:39:29 -0500Acritter: I've been running that deck in Standard for a few months now, but even more controlling. LD is not the deck's game unless you have to discard/deal with an annoying land. With that deck, you want to kill all creatures so your creatures can shttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304963/8132012_FtL:_Cloistered?post_id=522950189#522950189Acritter: I've been running that deck in Standard for a few months now, but even more controlling. LD is not the deck's game unless you have to discard/deal with an annoying land. With that deck, you want to kill all creatures so your creatures can sMon, 13 Aug 2012 05:48:05 -0500