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9 months ago ::
Oct 16, 2012 - 6:16AM
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You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!
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9 months ago ::
Oct 16, 2012 - 8:53AM
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Why does no one suggest Veilborn Ghoul  ? Not to play them but to have in hand to discard, then play swamp and discard again = lots of rats. Or am I missing the point?
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9 months ago ::
Oct 16, 2012 - 8:55AM
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My Rat deck went 1-2@ last FNM so some changes are maybe in order.
Is the consensus now to go B/R and try to Aggro out? Rather than playing a more control based discard suite?
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9 months ago ::
Oct 16, 2012 - 9:36AM
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I think a B/W populate may work better, but I'd need to actually test more. My friend has a version that usues populate to great effect, so I'll see what his build is later. Veilborn Ghoul  for discard is actually an interesting idea... I don't like the card under 99% of the places it does see use, but as a free discard its nice, though I'd only do it in mono black. I still will advocate Liliana of the Dark Realm  for a Pack Rat  deck.
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9 months ago ::
Oct 16, 2012 - 10:21AM
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Is the consensus now to go B/R and try to Aggro out? Rather than playing a more control based discard suite?
I stand by my discard suite as it has been serving me rather well. I haven't decided yet if splashing white for Vault of the Archangel  is worth it yet, or if I want to try another color.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!
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9 months ago ::
Oct 16, 2012 - 12:47PM
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9 months ago ::
Oct 19, 2012 - 9:54AM
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I threw this idea together quickly... its untested but I'm more interested to know what you think of the ideas (mail as a sac outlet, affliction and rebirth support discard effects, underworld as draw engine) 24 Swamp  4 Drainpipe Vermin  4 Black Cat  4 Pack Rat 4 Ravenous Rats  4 Shrieking Affliction  4 Vile Rebirth  4 Murder  4 Underworld Connections  4 Demonmail Hauberk 
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9 months ago ::
Oct 19, 2012 - 10:08AM
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I'm not sure Demonmail Hauberk does any better than just putting your rats and cats into the red zone repeatedly as attackers or chump blockers.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!
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9 months ago ::
Oct 22, 2012 - 10:26AM
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I'm just going to bump this up and see if there are any more suggestions to be made before Game Day this weekend.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!
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9 months ago ::
Oct 22, 2012 - 11:06AM
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Beware of loxodon smiter  . You definitely need some sort of creature kill for that thing. It will be played in G/W/B decks. I'm playing a Junk build that is attacking hands with discard spells and that card is an issue, dropping a rat turn 2 and seeing this across the board is rough indeed. Randomly scavenge cards can give you added value out of a packrat discard. Lingering Souls works nice too since it can flash back for some blockers in the air.
According to everyone on these forums. You should only play the best decks in whatever format you want. You are a bad player and should just quit if you intend on using anything else.
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