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4 months ago ::
Jan 19, 2013 - 2:15PM
#31
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I've determined my threat count is a little low, and Mox isn't worth the trouble. Also, Probe isn't worth it. I tried Street Wraith, but the draw just makes me want to risk hands I wouldn't otherwise try to keep. -4 Citadel +3 Mountain +1 Caverns -4 Bauble +4 Blood Moon -3 Mox +3 Demigod -4 Probe +1 Magus +3 Mountain SB is looking like: 4 Mountain (to replace Caverns if I have to start) 3 Empty the Warrens 4 Chalice of the Void 4 Lodestone Golem Might switch Blood Moon and Chalice of the Void, but it seems non-basic hate is more powerful. Edit: In testing I've noticed all my 5-drops have been rather greedy, and Warrens doesn't seem to be as needed with Chalice. Lodestone also is trying to push me in more of a Stax direction, and I don't want to go down that road (mostly because I'm looking to sell off my Opals to fund Vintage/Legacy decks). I dropped down to 3 "5-drops" (Deus, with SB Demigod), and am running 4 Gathan Raiders  . They play well with Pit Dragon, and can be rapped out with just a Ritual. As some cover for them, and to be cute, I'm trying out a pair (+1 SB) of Zoetic Cavern  . Lodestone is getting replace with Ratchet Bomb  which should help VS Goyf. My Threats are now: 3 Deus (MD) 4 Raiders (MD) 4 Pit Dragon (MD) 3 Demigod (SB) With 11 solid threats MD, 8 of them not requiring Song to ramp out on turn 1 (it's not uncommon for me to have 2 Rituals in hand) I should be fairly well off. I almost think I might be getting to a point where Serum Powder might not be needed, but more testing will have to tell that one way or another.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 8:27AM
#32
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Dear DCI,
Thank you for successfully killing my pet deck. It is not as though enough hate for Storm already exsists (see: Thalia, Gaddoc, Chalice of the Void, Trinisphere, Mindbreak Trap, Thorn of Amethyst and as well as light counter magics to stop them from ramping via Song). By banning Song you've effectively killed any hope I might have had at making this deck viable.
Regards,
Anubuss
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Due to recent events, I now find myself being forced to use Mox Opal.
-4 Seething Song
-3 Mountain
+3 Mox Opal
+4 Darksteel Citadel
I'm exploring the use of Geosurge, as the actions of a desperate man.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 9:34PM
#33
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I haven't read through the rest of the thread but I did see the decklist from the original post and I really liked it except that I have to be that guys who is gonna tell you that Seething Song  was just added to the banned list.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 11:20PM
#34
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Yeah, I noticed. Hence why in my previous post, I'm looking back into Mox Opal, and testing Geosurge (again).
Geosurge does what I want, but it's a turn slower, and when I'm trying to empty my hand to Hellbent a Pit-Dragon, I can't touch it's mana for it's firebreathing/grant it flying.
My only other option is to stick with 3/4-cmc threats, and I think I've exhausted all the viable ones.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 4:10PM
#35
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New list:
Accel:
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Simian Spirit Guide
Creatures:
3 Countryside Crusher
3 Avatar of Discord
4 Moltensteel Dragon
4 Rakdos Pit Dragon
4 Gathan Raiders
Disruption:
4 Trinisphere
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Blood Moon
Land:
4 Gemstone Caverns
13 Mountain
Sideboard:
4 Mountain
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Ratchet Bomb
3 Empty the Warrens
The goal is still mostly the same, except I ditch Demigod (and the need to use Geosurge) for Crusher and Moltensteel Dragon. I have 10 threats I can play on turn 1 thanks to a timely Ritual, and 8 more theats that require a Spirit Guide (or second Ritual) to get me the 4th mana I need (Or I can wait until turn 2).
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4 months ago ::
Feb 09, 2013 - 8:19PM
#36
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Current Working Build: Creatures:
4 Magus of the Moon
3 Avatar of Discord
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Rakdos Pit Dragon
4 Gathan Raiders
4 Moltensteel Dragon Spells:
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Trinisphere
4 Blood Moon Land:
4 Gemstone Caverns
16 Mountain Sideboard:
4 Mountain
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Ratchet Bomb
3 Mox Opal
Looking to MD Chalice and SB Lodestone Golem. Basically SB into a Stax type of deck VS mono-colored decks.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 22, 2013 - 8:09PM
#37
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Updated build: Creatures: 4 x Magus of the Moon  4 x Simian Spirit Guide  4 x Rakdos Pit Dragon  4 x Gathan Raiders 4 x Moltensteel Dragon  Spells: 4 x Pyretic Ritual  4 x Desperate Ritual  4 x Chalice of the Void  4 x Trinisphere  4 x Blood Moon  Land: 4 x Gemstone Caverns  16 x Mountain  SB is up in the air. I have to have 4 Mountains in case someone doesn't want me on the draw. 4 Ratchet Bomb is also looking pretty useful. No ideas really on the last 7 slots though, still looking for that perfect bit of mono-color hate-tech.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 25, 2013 - 8:49AM
#38
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Date Joined:
Feb 24, 2013
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I'm new to modern - in fact, I have yet to play a game in it
(unless you count a modern player entering your Standard game on cockatrice).
But just something that came to mind.
Earlier, when you were looking at Darksteel Citadel, did Boom//Bust come to mind? Do you think it would be viable?
It also allows you to reset your opponent's mana pool at your leisure once Mox Opal turns on.
Even without the Citadel/Mox, it can take away what little precious non-red lands your opponent controls for 2.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 25, 2013 - 10:00AM
#39
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I looked into Boom//Bust, but opted to avoid it since it just wasn't doing the kind of work I needed done. Booming a Citadel is fun, but with only 4 in the deck, it's hard to draw them to use as a Boom target. With my rituals, I think I'm better served with Stone Rain  / Molten Rain  . However i'm not convinced land destruction is the way to go for mono-colored hate.
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