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1 year ago ::
Apr 30, 2012 - 4:36PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 13, 2012
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i replaced dark confidant  with phyrexian arena  and i am replacing umezawa's jitte  with demon's horn  / vault skirge  . I am thinking i have too many lands, especially if i run with the dark ritual  . And i dont know if i have enough life gain to support the tutelage, thoughtseize, and bitterblossom. is this good? deck: 4 Abyssal Persecutor  4 Gatekeeper of malakir  4 phyrexian arena 4 vampire nighthawk  4 Duress  4 Innocent blood  3 grasp of darkness  3 Cabal therapy  3 hymn to tourach  3 Demon's Horn  3 Vault Skirge  18 swamps  3 Strip Mine  side board: 3 deathmark 4 dark ritual 1 strip mine cards to buy: 3 bitterblossom 4 bob 3 umezawa's jitte
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1 year ago ::
May 01, 2012 - 8:21AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 22, 2011
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Your deck seems really strange, it looks like your going for card advantage, and just threw in some lifegain to offset things. Dark Confidant does the same thing except 1 mana cheaper You could potentially be losing 4-5 life per upkeep, you might want some stronger lifegain. You've got vintage cards here but no non-basic lands? Being that you don't have many creatures or removal spells, I'm not sure Gatekeeper fits here. If you need a sword to finish off your enemy how about Nightmare Lash 
If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it.
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1 year ago ::
May 01, 2012 - 11:55AM
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I'd run Phyrexian Arena  over tuetelage. As you're not able to smash face with it, you want to be losing as little life as possible to offset. Deathmark seems a bit narrow. I play this deck, and I run [/c]Go for the Throat[/c]. Can also hit Percy if necessary. Demon's Horn is 1000% absolutely horrible. Skirge isn't too hot in here either, in my opinion. Equipment can really turn the tide. Obviously Jitte/Swords of X and Y are the best, but I could see Loxodon Warhammer  or Grafted Wargear  easily enough in a budget-conscious list. Hell, even Bonesplitter  means Nighthawk makes an 8-point difference (-4 to them, and +4 to you). Perhaps some Man Lands  to up the critter count? 12+Bitterblossom seems a bit dicey.
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1 year ago ::
May 01, 2012 - 4:48PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 13, 2012
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@Morfimir
i already know dark confident is better but i dont have the 40$ for the card so i used tutelage instead. i threw in lifegain to offset the life loss. this list is taken from a Gate deck primer and modified to what i have. The discard counts as removal, the sac counts as removal aswell.
@Malcos
i have been trying to see which one is more beneficial. Arena the pros are: i will only ever lose 1 life and could have 2 on the field and not worry too much while not having to reveal the card.
Tutelage pro: i have the chances to lose no life from drawing a land and is closer to confident.
bonesplitter..good sugestion. i have some so i will try em
i will try some more..thnx for the suggestion
i am running deathmark mainly because i need to get rid of my friends angels and wurms. He thinks hes a bamf when he tosses a duskdale wurm and an angel of jubilation and thinks the game is set. then i kill them for 1 mana XP.
i would do jitte if i had the money for it...
later i will be buying confidents and jittes
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1 year ago ::
May 01, 2012 - 5:06PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 13, 2012
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as a budget of thoughtseize im thinking of adding distress  . *edit* i added 4 strip mines. is tht too many? should i sideboard 1 out and only have 3? *edit* -4 deathmark(put in sideboard) +4 grasp of darkness
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1 year ago ::
May 02, 2012 - 9:26AM
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With all the lifeloss from Confidant/Bitterblossom/etc. i'm not too keen on Thoughtseize. Here's the discard package I run: 4 x Duress 4 x Hymn to Tourach  3 x Cabal Therapy  Inquisition of Kozilek  could be good also.
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