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9 months ago  ::  Oct 05, 2012 - 2:44AM #11
smolensk
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Yes, Mangaras Equity is a beating, i sided it in against a heavy black deck, and also had an enlightened tutor to find it. (played e.tutor mainly because of 2 empyrial armor)

For me the format was far from slow, i mostly followed the good advice in the guide written above and played R/G. That meant that either i crushed my opponent with my large creatures or my opponent killed me with evasion. Most games were over around turn 8 or 9.

Boy, did the blue creatures suck. Almost everytime my opponents played a guy with phasing i got happy. only exception is the 4/4 flyer for 3U, that guy hits pretty hard.
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9 months ago  ::  Oct 05, 2012 - 11:03AM #12
pcjr
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Oct 5, 2012 -- 2:44AM, smolensk wrote:

Boy, did the blue creatures suck. Almost everytime my opponents played a guy with phasing i got happy. only exception is the 4/4 flyer for 3U, that guy hits pretty hard.


There are a bunch of blue creatures that are skill-testers. I agree that the Breezekeeper was the only playable common phaser. But, I think there's a lot of Blue creatures you can build around. Azimaet Drake is pretty good evasion and can deal with opposing Griffins pretty well. Dream Fighter pretty much shuts down green, including its single flanker. With a couple late-pick soldiers in play, a single Cloud Elemental can win you the game. Knight of the Mists coupled with a Shrieking Drake can wreck some decks. The drake is also a decent way to deal with a pacified creature. I nearly decked myself once with my Ophidian enchanted with Phantom Wings . Related to creatures, I've effectively used early Mana Chains to slow down my opponent's board development to the point where I could stall the game and win with evasion (or, the clock).

Serrated Biskelion with a couple of Parapet 's in play was lots of fun. Add one or two Shrieking Drake s or just a single Dragon Mask to make it insane.

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9 months ago  ::  Oct 05, 2012 - 2:09PM #13
smolensk
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I guess im fortunate that my blue opponents never went as deep as in those examples above.

Anyway, i should probably change my statement to most blue creatures. Azimaet drake is solid, and Waterspout Djinn was a titanic beating everytime it came down turn 4. it almost felt better than in Zendikar, even if there is no landfall in MVW. Guess thats creature-powercreep for you.

Cloud elemental, however, i was never sad to see. It could never block any of my guys, and they almost never killed me before i killed them so.....
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9 months ago  ::  Oct 05, 2012 - 10:46PM #14
pcjr
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Oct 5, 2012 -- 2:09PM, smolensk wrote:

Cloud elemental, however, i was never sad to see. It could never block any of my guys, and they almost never killed me before i killed them so.....


I'd never want more than one in my deck, and it was never an early pick. Not being able to block is a serious disadvantage, no matter how many Parapets in the deck. But, if your deck has the resilence to set up a stall, you can ride it for the win.
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