Very cool to see a preview card at PureMTGO. I think this card will be very strong in limited, but probably won't see constructed play, as a board sweeper will also take out the humans and you tend not to see too many creatures in play at once in constructed due to the ready availability of removal. Still, a clever card, with a nice description by Mr. Jahn.
Looks like it plays pretty well with the best constructed card revealed so far, Snapcaster Mage. Flashing in a human in response to a spell targeting your Angel is pretty spicy. If this card sees constructed play, I would expect that to be a common occurrence.
You need to put a very small bullet point of what you're covering in the episode somewhere. That way when you only have 10-15min at at time to listen, you can fast forward to the most interesting point. It doesn't have to be detailed.
*daily event run down
*new oath tek
*classic league
*innistrad cards in classic?
It would take nearly no time to do, and allow users to get the most out of the show. If you wanted to go even better you could ad a time too
*daily event run down 0:00
*new oath tek 12:00-22:00
*classic league 22:00-27:00
*innistrad cards in classic 27:00-40:00
As long as your life total is higher than theirs (you are playing aggro, they are playing combo - so it better be!) it does stop it. They take 1 damage each time they activate the splinter twin ability.
To be fair to Flash I accidentally took nature's claim out of my sideboard in favor of ancient grudge for shop hate but the real reason the claims were in there was for leyline hate so that was my fault and I did get off several tutors in all the games where leyline was played so i would have been able to find a claim.
Well, it does not exactly stop it, but it's still a good hit to the combo.
I Will try adding it to the SB as soon as I resume playtest it (most likely the weekend or after the RGD nixpax).
You know what also shut twin decks off? Torpor Orb. Too bad it won't fit in this kind of deck :/
Thanks for the comment :)
Yeah, this deck is the paradise of the aggro player. If only I could fine tune it as to minimize the decks it dies against I would be very happy.
Actually, since you are somewhat new here I will clue you in. Greyes is a bit of a troll and is also more interested in pure spike articles being posted here. Something of a campaign as I understand it.
Thank you for the comment. I actually wasn't going to add a matchup section to the article because in my initial thoughts about the article the first part was to be about the "brewing" and testing part, therefore, I would have shared the thoughts that led me to a certain solution instead of another and so on.
Then I thought I could at least share what my feelings about the most common matchups were.
Then again, I realized that I was going to test out those solutions anyway and might as well use those pieces of information to give better info until I was able to share some "real" matches info.
As for the "Combo / Living End / Infect Shoal: Auto-Concede, I guess?" I'm sorry, here in Italy there is a saying: "I laugh not to cry" (that means that the situation is desperate, better take it with a laugh because crying over it won't make the situation better) I was trying to be a little funny but it didn't turn out that well. What I really meant was: I don't have any out to this (or hardly any as burn can qualify against shoal).
As for the hope this deck could do nice in constructed play has much to do with the format of the current online dailies. The format is swiss so even if you take a R1 loss to one of the decks you have no outs to, you still have the chance to get to the prizes anyway and overall to have fun.
Also, consider that the building process took place when the format was still figuring out itself and well before PT Philly, so If I had the time to hit the TP room now I may find a totally different meta there and, frankly, that was what I was hoping for my upcoming article.
I may find out that this deck is not even T2 anymore but what can I do? That's Magic :)
Yeah, Esper is a Card Advantage beast...It has been around since RoE came out (Seagate Oracle is awesome with Kor Skyfisher) and it will be one of the strongest decks until rotation.
You should probably /join pdc and see if anyone is up for some testing; there's also a "playtest group" thread on the pdcmagic.com forums: http://forums.pdcmagic.com/viewtopic.php?t=5388 .
And, by the way, if we ever cross paths online I'm usually available for a match or two. Actually, that would be awesome! :-D
Great stuff as usual! And lots of if too! I hope you'll keep posting your vids even after the start of football season...I know I'd miss them for sure. :-)
Anyway, thank you once again for all your hard work!
Nice. I had never seen these interview pieces, being the new guy around here. Nice job and nice insight into the mystery that is "the penguin".
Having bullet points can also be good for finding something again if you want to re-listen.
Very cool to see a preview card at PureMTGO. I think this card will be very strong in limited, but probably won't see constructed play, as a board sweeper will also take out the humans and you tend not to see too many creatures in play at once in constructed due to the ready availability of removal. Still, a clever card, with a nice description by Mr. Jahn.
Who is this dink you interviewed? Looks like a scrub!
(JK, love ya whiff and nice interview Paul!)
(Zach)
Excellent, absolutely excellent!
Looks like it plays pretty well with the best constructed card revealed so far, Snapcaster Mage. Flashing in a human in response to a spell targeting your Angel is pretty spicy. If this card sees constructed play, I would expect that to be a common occurrence.
I really enjoy these interviews, and hope more are planned for the future. Nice to see a bit of something out of the ordinary.
If you only have 15 mins at a time, listen to the first 15. then come back and listen to the next 15.
It seems counterproductive for us to put in bulletpoints that way you can skip what ever it is you dont want to listen too.
You need to put a very small bullet point of what you're covering in the episode somewhere. That way when you only have 10-15min at at time to listen, you can fast forward to the most interesting point. It doesn't have to be detailed.
*daily event run down
*new oath tek
*classic league
*innistrad cards in classic?
It would take nearly no time to do, and allow users to get the most out of the show. If you wanted to go even better you could ad a time too
*daily event run down 0:00
*new oath tek 12:00-22:00
*classic league 22:00-27:00
*innistrad cards in classic 27:00-40:00
Uhm, I was thinking: how about Tajuru Preserver to stop Living End?
As long as your life total is higher than theirs (you are playing aggro, they are playing combo - so it better be!) it does stop it. They take 1 damage each time they activate the splinter twin ability.
I wish I had the time to play in the pauper PREs again :(
I miss std pauper so bad.
Anyway, very good analisys, as always.
To be fair to Flash I accidentally took nature's claim out of my sideboard in favor of ancient grudge for shop hate but the real reason the claims were in there was for leyline hate so that was my fault and I did get off several tutors in all the games where leyline was played so i would have been able to find a claim.
Well, it does not exactly stop it, but it's still a good hit to the combo.
I Will try adding it to the SB as soon as I resume playtest it (most likely the weekend or after the RGD nixpax).
You know what also shut twin decks off? Torpor Orb. Too bad it won't fit in this kind of deck :/
Or, at least, I'm not able to make it fit.
Thanks for the comment :)
Yeah, this deck is the paradise of the aggro player. If only I could fine tune it as to minimize the decks it dies against I would be very happy.
Good point! That alone should earn him a 4x in the sideboard. At the very least.
Burning-tree shaman not only has the best power/toughness:casting cost ratio, it also turns off splinter-twin combo when it's on the board.
Definitely definitely worth testing, I would think.
Thank you for the feedback Paul! Hope to catch you online sometime! :)
Haven't been involved in building lately for pauper but this is nice invaluable information. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.
Actually, since you are somewhat new here I will clue you in. Greyes is a bit of a troll and is also more interested in pure spike articles being posted here. Something of a campaign as I understand it.
Good stuff, Mich! I also put together something very similar for Heirloom a few months ago, it's good to see it can also do nicely in Modern. :)
Thank you for the comment. I actually wasn't going to add a matchup section to the article because in my initial thoughts about the article the first part was to be about the "brewing" and testing part, therefore, I would have shared the thoughts that led me to a certain solution instead of another and so on.
Then I thought I could at least share what my feelings about the most common matchups were.
Then again, I realized that I was going to test out those solutions anyway and might as well use those pieces of information to give better info until I was able to share some "real" matches info.
As for the "Combo / Living End / Infect Shoal: Auto-Concede, I guess?" I'm sorry, here in Italy there is a saying: "I laugh not to cry" (that means that the situation is desperate, better take it with a laugh because crying over it won't make the situation better) I was trying to be a little funny but it didn't turn out that well. What I really meant was: I don't have any out to this (or hardly any as burn can qualify against shoal).
As for the hope this deck could do nice in constructed play has much to do with the format of the current online dailies. The format is swiss so even if you take a R1 loss to one of the decks you have no outs to, you still have the chance to get to the prizes anyway and overall to have fun.
Also, consider that the building process took place when the format was still figuring out itself and well before PT Philly, so If I had the time to hit the TP room now I may find a totally different meta there and, frankly, that was what I was hoping for my upcoming article.
I may find out that this deck is not even T2 anymore but what can I do? That's Magic :)
Thank you so much, Andrew!
Yeah, Esper is a Card Advantage beast...It has been around since RoE came out (Seagate Oracle is awesome with Kor Skyfisher) and it will be one of the strongest decks until rotation.
You should probably /join pdc and see if anyone is up for some testing; there's also a "playtest group" thread on the pdcmagic.com forums: http://forums.pdcmagic.com/viewtopic.php?t=5388 .
And, by the way, if we ever cross paths online I'm usually available for a match or two. Actually, that would be awesome! :-D
Great stuff as usual! And lots of if too! I hope you'll keep posting your vids even after the start of football season...I know I'd miss them for sure. :-)
Anyway, thank you once again for all your hard work!