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4 months ago ::
Feb 21, 2013 - 1:50AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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// Lands
3 [UNH] Forest
1 [UNH] Island
1 [UNH] Mountain
4 [DIS] Breeding Pool
4 [GP] Stomping Ground
2 [RTR] Steam Vents
2 [INN] Hinterland Harbor
1 [M13] Rootbound Crag
2 [INN] Sulfur Falls
1 [DKA] Desolate Lighthouse
2 [INN] Kessig Wolf Run
// Creatures
4 [DKA] Strangleroot Geist
1 [RTR] Izzet Statocaster
4 [DKA] Huntmaster of the Fells
4 [GTC] Master Biomancer
2 [M13] Thragtusk
1 [AVR] Wolfir Silverheart
2 [GTC] Prime Speaker Zegana
// Spells
4 [M13] Farseek
4 [GTC] Simic Charm
1 [M13] Garruk, Primal Hunter
2 [INN] Garruk, Relentless
3 [AVR] Bonfire of the Damned
4 [M13] Rancor
1 [RTR] Mizzium Mortars
// SIDEBOARD
3 [RTR] Izzet Statocaster
4 [AVR] Nightshade Peddler
2 [M13] Naturalize
2 [M13] Thundermaw Hellkite
2 [GTC] Skullcrack
2 [RTR] Counterflux
I'm wondering whether or not it's worth running Wolfir Avenger perhaps over Strangleroot Geist. Geist gives you more action on Turn 2, but Wolfir Avenger does a little bit better with Supreme Verdict and Reckoner and with Master Biomancer (who is a house and the main reason to play this deck).
SB is basically random stuff.
This deck is about making massive value out of everything.
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 - 5:47AM
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i can't place it, but something seems off about the list.
also, is it worth trying to run arbor elf for quicker starts? is simic charm doing enough?
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4 months ago ::
Feb 21, 2013 - 7:14AM
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If you play a Geist after a Master Biomancer  , he's a 4/3, but he loses undying because of 2 +1/+1 counters. I think he's the one creature out of place. Avenger would probably be much better as you only have 1 three drop. I don't think there's enough early stuff for your deck. Turn 3 on the draw is an awful long time IMO without interacting with your opponent. You've got Farseek, and 1 mortars, and possibly a top deck bonfire for 1. I really think Searing Spear  needs to be here. Maybe in place of the charms. Izzet Charm  seems like it would be better than simic. I don't know about arbor elf. Deserves testing to be sure. What do you do against Boros Reckoner  ? That was my stump on RUG....I found the cypher common freeze tapper common, Cyclonic Rift  , and Tamiyo, the Moon Sage  ...not sure if that's good enough. Edit: otherwise, even if you block with avenger and regenerate, something is taking 3 (you, probably) or 5 with a biomancer out. Is the lifegain enough to stabilize and stomp them with fatties?
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4 months ago ::
Feb 21, 2013 - 2:59PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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I agree that the Geists are the weak link.
Searing Spear is unplayable now - Boros is basically the only deck that wants it and only because there are no substitutes.
I had thought about Gyre Sage over Strangleroot Geist, but you don't have a convenient way to pump it until Turn 4. It is really strong with Biomancer down, though. Perhaps if the spells are cut somewhere to run more Avengers or Staticasters.
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 - 3:05PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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Arbor Elf is a possibility, but you don't have much at 3 to curve into.
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 - 4:36PM
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Arbor Elf is a possibility, but you don't have much at 3 to curve into.
maybe better as scorned villager? i guess i'm just thinking this deck is playing a bunch of 4's and 5's and likley wants to get there quicker.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 21, 2013 - 4:43PM
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What of that Pongify  functional reprint? Your creatures are always going to be bigger than a 3/3; and you could kill an elf in response to get a 5/5 in a pinch (with biomancer in play, that is).
Spear doesn't hit Resto, dragon, or some of the other fat; but it's still quite formidable in addition to the huntmaster flip, I'd think. (Kills Obzedat, dragon, anything with 5 toughness) Curious to know why you think it's unplayable now? Just because of Reckoner? He deserves respect for sure; but it's not like you have many other ways to off him.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 21, 2013 - 11:17PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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It doesn't kill anything you really want to kill, its actively bad against others, and you don't need burn to the face with this deck particularly - you have basically infinite reach with fat guys and Wolf Run or Rancor.
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 - 11:18PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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I like the Villager idea, though.
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 22, 2013 - 3:05AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 17, 2012
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I auto carded your list and made the changes i would make, hope this helps and gives you some ideas. I would also think about snapcaster mage  and/or wolfir avenger  , both fun cards to flash in when you have the biomancer out. Lands-24 4x Breeding Pool  4x Stomping Ground  2x Steam Vents  4x Hinterland Harbor  4x Rootbound Crag  2x Kessig Wolf Run  2x forest Creatures-21 4x arbor elf  3x burning-tree emissary  (try these out, maybe run wolfir avenger instead) 4x Huntmaster of the Fells  4x Master Biomancer 4x Thragtusk  2x Prime Speaker Zegana  Spells-15 4x Farseek  3x Simic Charm  1x Garruk, Primal Hunter  2x Garruk Relentless  2x Bonfire of the Damned  3x izzet charm  SIDEBOARD( up to your meta)
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