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On February 19 2013 02:34 Louuster wrote:


Well it says "you control" right there on the card lol, when the ability goes to resolve it checks that the target is still legal which it isnt because you dont control it.

Since you seem into totem tricks, I assume you already know that you can stack two totem activations to achieve a similar goal

On February 19 2013 03:48 cLAN.Anax wrote:


It's a complicated, rule-bending maneuver. It's tough for me to take into account every tiny detail, gimme a break. T_T

I'm aware of that trick, but it's not nearly as efficient and effective as what I was doing with the Trader. 10 mana + trade vs. 5, tap, and steal? I know which one I preferred. Guess I'm left with Venser for this, and it's not at instant speed. :-\

On February 19 2013 03:51 JingleHell wrote:


From what I understand, this is literally the entire purpose of the stack resolution, though. Otherwise, a lot of certain things wouldn't work, like you couldn't tap a swamp to regenerate Lotleth Troll when someone throws a burn at him. Because the burn would resolve on a Lotleth Troll who didn't have regeneration yet.

Responding allows you to alter board state reactively, and those changes have to take effect to be a reaction.

On February 19 2013 00:02 Judicator wrote:


Wafo was banned and only recently came back. I mean I would totally hoard all Esper foils for a deck that may or may not exist 2 years ahead of time.

On February 19 2013 05:56 Audemed wrote:
Just learned yesterday that 2 soulbond creatures cant give each other their buffs. Funny that nobody called me on it friday when i literally had 3 separate instances of silverblade + nearheath with both effects on.

On February 19 2013 06:07 Audemed wrote:
That's what I thought also, but the way it actually works (apparently) is that it's just an ETB trigger, and any creature can only have one souldbond effect per. So you have a silverblade out and put down wolfir silverheart. Both effects trigger, and you choose what order they go on the stack. If you choose to bond on the first effect (say, double strike), then when the second trigger resolves it checks and sees that the eligible target for the soulbond is already bonded to something, and it does nothing. Learned this the hard way on MTGO :/

As long as Wolfir Silverheart is paired with another creature, each of those creatures gets +4/+4.

On February 19 2013 00:43 Judicator wrote:
Most manabases are expensive to put together. My friend borrowed my deck for SCG Cincy because I had the mana base assembled as the primary reason. He ended up top 4-ing, so congrats to him and I'll demand a cut, :D

Some thoughts after the tournament and chats with my buddy...Tamiyo is bad in most match-ups (like actually worse than Resto Angel or another 5 drop) except in 2 match ups, I figured as much since I was boarding Tamiyo out like 90% of the time. I was boarding out Jace but realized that Tamiyo was just worse. Tamiyo does make the 2 match ups infinitely easier. What are those 2 match ups? Bant (any variant) and Naya.

The Bant matchup was traditionally thought of as an easy win for Esper. That was true until they added Wolf-run and just erased any semblance of easy. Thragtusk is still a card economy nightmare for Esper and many times Tamiyo tapping down the Wolf-run makes the Thragtusk interactions easier since it doesn't turn every creature into a Fireball. You can also make them use their Restoration Angels post-board to untap their Thragtusk and make your Verdict/Terminus much better. They have PWs that arguably trumps yours and they have access to the same X spells that makes the match up much more tricky than it seems since they can challenge Esper's lines very effectively. Farseek on 2, Thragtusk on 5 are all decision points for the Esper player. Just because you have handled their initial threat, a 5-Garruk is a back-breaking resolution on 6 most of the time. So you have to pay attention here to how to resolve spells.

The other match up Tamiyo breaks parity in is the Naya match up, it acts as a major speed bump where often times you can put them in a top decking situation but can't actually win because Aurelia's Fury gives them reach. The red splash here means you need to mind your life points. This is where I felt the changes my friend made to the deck's removal package hurts him and one of the main reasons why I hated Azorius Charm in the deck. AC just doesn't do enough. Verdict is a risky proposition because the threats they play can kill you in short order without dedicating much, they never have to play into a 2 for 1 if they don't choose to or if you don't make them. Tamiyo helps that to some extent, but more important stymies the damage and set up for the best interaction you can possibly hope for, Slip/Snap/Slip. You need to remove the threats, not just tempo them.

Lastly, I like what my friend did to the deck, felt more controlling, didn't run any herpderp Blind Obedience main. Still don't like the 3x Azorius Charms though, feels like 1 too many.

Also, the number of times the commentators had no clue of what my singleton Forbidden Alchemy looked like was hilarious. Every time the FMN promo was cast, they were like what did Jack just play? Another friend's foil Russian Dispel looked like Red Elemental Blast on camera, and acted like it too.

On February 19 2013 03:26 iGrok wrote:

I've got 5 slots to fill, and thats without including Revelations or Farseeks.

On February 19 2013 07:44 spinesheath wrote:

I think you should play with the Mayor. It's not usually going to flip on your turn. If it flips on your opponent's turn that usually isn't too bad for you either. Especially because that means that you immediately get a 2/2 wolf token to compensate. A cheap +1/+1 that also is a human is very good.

Thinking about Immortal Servitude for 2 in your deck... if you have 2 Thalias in the graveyard and reanimate them, they will obviously remove each other. But what happens when you have 3 of them enter the battlefield at once?

On February 19 2013 07:44 spinesheath wrote:

I think you should play with the Mayor. It's not usually going to flip on your turn. If it flips on your opponent's turn that usually isn't too bad for you either. Especially because that means that you immediately get a 2/2 wolf token to compensate. A cheap +1/+1 that also is a human is very good.

Thinking about Immortal Servitude for 2 in your deck... if you have 2 Thalias in the graveyard and reanimate them, they will obviously remove each other. But what happens when you have 3 of them enter the battlefield at once?