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4 months ago ::
Feb 20, 2013 - 12:26PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 22, 2013
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So it seems like everybody these days is playing Boros Reckoner  . He's the new Thragtusk  . He's got people scrambling for Gameday to find 4 copies of him (even if he is $20 a pop). Now don't fret that he is going to have to be cast with 3 White and no red, with Farseek  and a slew of dual lands and Cavern of Souls  , that shouldn't be a problem. Here we go: Land: 23 4 Hallowed Fountain  4 Temple Garden  4 Glacial Fortress  4 Sunpetal Grove  2 Cavern of Souls 2 Hinterland Harbor  2 Gavony Township  1 Island  Creatures: 18 2 Angel of Serenity  4 Boros Reckoner 3 Geist of Saint Traft  3 Master Biomancer  3 Silverblade Paladin  3 Thragtusk Instants: 12 4 Azorius Charm  4 Feeling of Dread  4 Thought Scour  Sorceries: 7 4 Farseek 3 Supreme Verdict  Sideboard: 3 Detention Sphere  3 Elite Inquisitor  3 Loxodon Smiter  3 Pithing Needle  3 Selesnya Charm  The goal is to swing with Geist of Saint Traft and Silverblade Paladin on the field. Soulbond the 4/4 angel token to Silverblade Paladin to swing for 8 damage in the air. If Master Biomancer is on the field, then it is even better and the angel is a 6/6 with double strike. Feeling of Dread  and Azorius Charm are there to help Geist of Saint Traft swing unopposed. Some help is needed with the sideboard. Suggestions are welcome. Selesnya Charm is there to deal with Thragtusk and Thundermaw Hellkite  . Elite Inquisitor for zombie decks. Pithing Needle for Tamiyo, the Moon Sage  and Nephalia Drownyard  . Loxodon Smiter for control decks. Detention Sphere  is probably the slot I need help with.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 20, 2013 - 7:15PM
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No Sphinx's Revelation?
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4 months ago ::
Feb 20, 2013 - 9:30PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 22, 2013
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No, and the reason is because this deck is supposed to be fast. In order for Sphinx's Revelation  to relevant, I would need to do it for at least 3 or 4, and for that mana I would rather get out a silverblade paladin  and a master biomancer  or tap everything down by feeling of dread  and using azorius charm  to bounce a blocker back on top of the deck. This deck is all about using Boros Reckoner or Geist of Saint Traft as tanks and choosing who can block and who to bounce. In fact, I think I found a name for this deck "THE RECKONER BOUNCER: YOU CAN'T BLOCK IF YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST" Ok it's a little long but it really gets the point across, ya know?
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4 months ago ::
Feb 20, 2013 - 9:30PM
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The 3 verdicts should be Sphinx's Revelation in my opinion...and the biomancers should be snapcasters (there is no reason to run thought scour if your not considering running snaps), or 2 snapcasters 1 Biomancer. 23 lands is way way way way too low for this deck especially with 2 caverns and 2 gavony townships... I feel like you can't even run 2 townships in this deck. 4 feeling of dreads is too much, 2 seems fine, maybe 2 Moment of heroism (in love with this card after larsson played it to good effect, and it lets your reckoner just beat theres outright) Countermagic in the board seems like it would be ideal to deal with esper as well as having the verdicts in the board instead of MD. But overall i like where your going here.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 20, 2013 - 9:43PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 22, 2013
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Here is the updated list after some playtesting. The land are the same, they did fine with the thought scour  and farseeks  for land. I added 3 snapcaster mage  s and 3 unsummon  s to really stick it to thundermaw hellkite  and any other wanna be's who feel like stepping up. Instants are 3 across the board. Biomancer has to stay to have the 4/4 angels from geist enter as 6/6's and double strike for 12/6 flying. Tell me what you think of these changes. I haven't been able to playtest it yet. Creatures: 18 4 Boros Reckoner 3 Snapcaster Mage  3 Geist of Saint Traft 2 Master Biomancer 3 Silverblade Paladin 3 Thragtusk Instants: 12 3 Azorius Charm 3 Feeling of Dread 3 Thought Scour 3 Unsummon  Sorceries: 7 4 Farseek 3 Supreme Verdict
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4 months ago ::
Feb 21, 2013 - 2:19AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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1) Not Control.
2) I'm skeptical about the mana in this deck, specifically about Reckoner.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 21, 2013 - 12:06PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 22, 2013
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1) Is control, due to azorius charm, unsummon, feeling of dread, ya know things that control creatures when they try to block (not everything has to be dissapate).
2)mana is fine, no problems with regards to reckoner
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4 months ago ::
Feb 21, 2013 - 2:50PM
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1) Is control, due to azorius charm, unsummon, feeling of dread, ya know things that control creatures when they try to block (not everything has to be dissapate).
2)mana is fine, no problems with regards to reckoner
1.) no, not control. those cards don't make this a control deck. control is an archetype, not i play things that affect creatures.
2. i'm also skeptical of the mana. at least, there are a number of lands that might make it hard to cast reckoner on time. also, might be a land or so short.
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