New Posts For Thread: Rest in Peace or Elixir of Immortality?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29604661/Rest_in_Peace_or_Elixir_of_ImmortalityWhich does everyone prefer in their Bant Control decks? I feel like RIP and Drownyard wins the control matches. But Elixir wins the other matches. I am torn between which option is better right now. What is everyones opinion on both these cards ? AnOne good point to RIP though is against flash with pike it just makes their guys weaklings with first strike.Being able to shutout other control decks that are running Elixir is just too good I have found. I have yet to play Reanimator with the RIP mhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29604661/Rest_in_Peace_or_Elixir_of_Immortality?post_id=527631787#527631787One good point to RIP though is against flash with pike it just makes their guys weaklings with first strike.Being able to shutout other control decks that are running Elixir is just too good I have found. I have yet to play Reanimator with the RIP mMon, 31 Dec 2012 09:47:57 -0600There must be a lot of reasons of why it's bad, but in a Bant perspective Memory's Journey does quite ok for taking cards out of the sights of reanimators, plus it you can use it on yourself if targeted, by say...http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29604661/Rest_in_Peace_or_Elixir_of_Immortality?post_id=527623157#527623157There must be a lot of reasons of why it's bad, but in a Bant perspective Memory's Journey does quite ok for taking cards out of the sights of reanimators, plus it you can use it on yourself if targeted, by say...Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:51:49 -0600To me it really depends on what my maindeck is doing. If I'm playing Think Twice and/or Forbidden Alchemy , Rest in Peace is terrible- But if I'm just playing Amass the Componhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29604661/Rest_in_Peace_or_Elixir_of_Immortality?post_id=527604153#527604153To me it really depends on what my maindeck is doing. If I'm playing Think Twice and/or Forbidden Alchemy , Rest in Peace is terrible- But if I'm just playing Amass the ComponSun, 30 Dec 2012 12:01:06 -0600@ B_F and I have posted my current decklist for Bant Control in the UW/x Thread.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29604661/Rest_in_Peace_or_Elixir_of_Immortality?post_id=527600619#527600619@ B_F and I have posted my current decklist for Bant Control in the UW/x Thread.Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:44:13 -0600I prefer Rest in Peace over Elixir. There's splash damage against B/R aggro (running removal into Messenger, Gravecrawler) and also against UWR Flash (Snappy, Moorland Haunt, Runechanter's Pike). Elixir doesn't do much work in those matchups. In mhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29604661/Rest_in_Peace_or_Elixir_of_Immortality?post_id=527569533#527569533I prefer Rest in Peace over Elixir. There's splash damage against B/R aggro (running removal into Messenger, Gravecrawler) and also against UWR Flash (Snappy, Moorland Haunt, Runechanter's Pike). Elixir doesn't do much work in those matchups. In mSat, 29 Dec 2012 05:25:01 -0600