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1 year ago ::
Nov 22, 2011 - 1:50AM
#51
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Date Joined:
Sep 18, 2011
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Found an absolute must for this deck: Trigon of Rage. Was skeptical at first but this thing is as good as lashwrihe half the time. Running 2 atm, might bump it up to 3. MBI deck from worlds: magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=...Seems like a solid build, I've always been a fan of maindecking Spellskite. Can somebody please make sense of the lone Mental Misstep though?
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1 year ago ::
Nov 22, 2011 - 7:43PM
#52
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Not sure on the mentle misstep, but otherwise looks good. Since I am new to this forum and also somewhat new to the FNM scene(Came in on the tail end of the scars Block and ran SplinterTwin for less then a month before it rotated out, though I did a fair bit of research) I'd apreciate some advice on my own MBI build...as of now, it looks like this...
Lands:
4x Inkmoth Nexus
21x Swamp
Creatures:
2x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
4x Whispering Specter
4x Phyrexian Crusader
4x Plague Stinger
Enchantments:
1x Curse of Death's Hold
Sorceries/Instants:
2x Tezzeret's Gambit
2x Distress
1x Tribute to Hunger
1x Doom Blade
3x Victim of Night
4x Virulent Wound
Artifacts:
4x Lashwrithe
3x Trigon of Rage
Sideboard:
2x Spellskite
3x Curse of Death's Hold
2x Black Sun's Zenith
2x Distress
1x Tribute to Hunger
1x Doom Blade
2x Surgical Extraction
2x Nihil Spellbomb
This deck is relitively untested and while in preformed well in the scant testing it has had I want to know if all of you here think it's FNM worthy?
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1 year ago ::
Nov 22, 2011 - 9:35PM
#53
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Date Joined:
Sep 18, 2011
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Solid manabase, creatures seem about right, relevant SB. Should do fine assuming you know how to pilot.
Personally though I've become disenchanted with Curse of Death's Hold. Ran 2 on the side and after extensive use I only found them to be consistently useful vs. Kessig and other MBI. So I wouldn't mainboard that. The card is just too slow to be useful against the faster aggro decks. I now run 2 Swords of FnF instead.
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1 year ago ::
Nov 23, 2011 - 5:45AM
#54
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Yeah...I can't afford the swords though, they are out of my price range(I don't mind spending $35.00+ on MULTIBLE cards, but that much for a SINGLE card is a tad much for my tastes.)...so yeah. Also, Curse seemed like a good weapon against tokens and the decks you mentioned, so I thought I should run it despite. However, if it is better left as a purly sideboard card what to replace it with? A Singlton Black Sun's Zenith? A 2nd Tribute to hunger?(As in remove it from the side and stick it main and put the formally main-deck curse in the side to replace it.)
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1 year ago ::
Nov 23, 2011 - 1:46PM
#55
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Date Joined:
Sep 18, 2011
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You don't need the swords. Curse of Death's Hold is just as effective vs. Kessig n mirror. The sword is more versatile, serves as added pump, and gives me a tempo boost. Is that worth the extra $80? No. I just had some extra planeswalkers to trade so I picked up a pair.
I'd sub out Curse for Black Sun. That should give you some added protection vs. mirran crusader. Or you could even throw a tumble magnet in, not a bad card.
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1 year ago ::
Nov 23, 2011 - 4:13PM
#56
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Date Joined:
Jul 19, 2001
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I'm not a fan of trigon of rage. It's not like lashwrithe that can be useful wether you have a creature out or not. Maindeck spellskite is good if your env. has more controlish build than aggro ones. There'S more aggro in mine so it's dead weight. I use more removal instead. I always run 4x doomblade, 4x victim of night and have geth's verdict in the side for that annoying troll and etched champion. I find sword of war and peace  to be the best sword to SB. Its tech against 3 matchups including red that's pretty tough to handle otherwise. The lifegain, makes all the diff, and if you have to beat with a lashwrithe germ token, the extra 2-3 damage matters.
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1 year ago ::
Nov 23, 2011 - 11:14PM
#57
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I've been running 3-4 Tribute to Hunger  maindeck and I've been getting squashed by UW aggro ( Mirran Crusader  or Geist of Saint Traft  into Angelic Destiny  type stuff). Do you think running Geth's Verdict  over or in addition to Tribute is good? Also, I have a pretty small meta, and that type of deck is somewhat common, so maindecking 4+ total copies of them both might actually be a good idea.
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1 year ago ::
Nov 24, 2011 - 3:13AM
#58
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Date Joined:
Sep 18, 2011
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I'm not a fan of trigon of rage. It's not like lashwrithe that can be useful wether you have a creature out or not. Maindeck spellskite is good if your env. has more controlish build than aggro ones. There'S more aggro in mine so it's dead weight. I use more removal instead. I always run 4x doomblade, 4x victim of night and have geth's verdict in the side for that annoying troll and etched champion.
I find sword of war and peace to be the best sword to SB. Its tech against 3 matchups including red that's pretty tough to handle otherwise. The lifegain, makes all the diff, and if you have to beat with a lashwrithe germ token, the extra 2-3 damage matters.
Spellskite is more useful against aggro if anything. Keeps angelic destiny out of the game, blocks everything, and eats up o-rings so you can keep your lashwrithe and outrace them vs. white. Vs. red, well it's obvious isn't it?
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1 year ago ::
Nov 24, 2011 - 6:14AM
#59
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I've taken your advice and swapped the maindeck Curse for BSZ, and placed it in the side. However, I also feel like I want another Tribute to Hunger main, so I want to know what would be best to cut? I was thinking about going down to two trigons, since, while a very helpful card, is one that in testing rarely was incrediable. I know of it's power, but I was able to win games without it and while I hardly ever drew it, I am thinking it may be easy to go down to two trigons. If it is good enough to warrent 3 mainboard I'll probally keep it there and think of something else to cut(Doom Blade?) but I'd like to know if cutting one trigon for a second tribute to hunger would be a good idea first?
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1 year ago ::
Nov 24, 2011 - 8:26PM
#60
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Date Joined:
Sep 18, 2011
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I'd sooner go down to 2 trigons since you don't really want to see multiple copies of it pop up. I don't know how reliable tribute is at hitting mirran crusader though. As it stands, crusader is your deck's biggest weakness so I'd run a contagion clasp or 2 in the main in addition to the tribute.
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