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On March 09 2013 06:08 cLAN.Anax wrote:
Looking for more cards like Kiln Fiend and Charmbreaker Devils for RU-Pyromancer Ascension; combos with Soul's Fire, Distortion Strike, and the like. Anyone know any creatures or spells with similar effects off the top of their heads?

Discovered Needle Drop last night. I like it, but I'm less likely to deal damage before a stacked Kiln Fiend. But... cantrip. :-o And heaven knows I need it in that deck.

On March 09 2013 06:13 MoonBear wrote:

Storm Entity?

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On March 09 2013 06:17 cLAN.Anax wrote:


Close enough. That looks like a keeper. Thanks. (any more you can remember will still be appreciated)

On March 09 2013 06:22 MoonBear wrote:

The first deck listed here is pretty nifty btw. Has a lot of synergy too where you discard Vengevines, play a whole load of creatures and suddenly spew loads of stuff onto the board and who all get haste from Goblin Bushwhacker haha.

On March 09 2013 06:08 cLAN.Anax wrote:
Looking for more cards like Kiln Fiend and Charmbreaker Devils for RU-Pyromancer Ascension; combos with Soul's Fire, Distortion Strike, and the like. Anyone know any creatures or spells with similar effects off the top of their heads?

Discovered Needle Drop last night. I like it, but I'm less likely to deal damage before a stacked Kiln Fiend. But... cantrip. :-o And heaven knows I need it in that deck.

On March 09 2013 06:33 el_dawg wrote:


http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/rc/236

This might not be exactly what you are looking for, but there is a lot of discussion on card choices

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nivmagus Elemental
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=292741

are options too.

On March 09 2013 06:33 Judicator wrote:
Vengevine's such a neat creature, never should have been printed, but still a fun creature none the less.

On March 09 2013 06:17 cLAN.Anax wrote:

Cockatrice is down. Checked the site just now for a friend who wants to get into it online Magic

On March 09 2013 08:57 Salivanth wrote:
The problem with your deck is that you have barely anything in the way of card advantage. Whispering Madness is going to hurt you more than your opponent. (or should, if he's an aggro deck) Invisible Stalker + Last Thoughts will work, but that's a 2-card combination, and you're really putting all your eggs in one basket there. And if you don't get that combo, you'll never be able to compete with Huntmasters and Thragtusks and Resto Angels and all those other powerful, card-advantage-on-a-stick creatures. The only other way you could do it is by keeping your singleton Jace alive.

The reason control decks tend to play both Blue and White is for Sphinx's Revelation. In lieu of steadily gaining card advantage, you can trade 1-for-1, or even worse sometimes, and then play a Sphinx for 5 when it's safe to do so or you run out of cards, and suddenly you've eradicated every loss you've taken and you're ahead. Unless you're on a budget, there's no reason not to play three colors, control-wise. White-Blue for Sphinx, then Red or Black for the extra power, since your mana can easily afford it. I prefer Esper, but WUR flash is also a thing.

You also seem to have the problem of trying to kill your opponent in two different ways. Consuming Aberration and that blade of yours are both liable to kill your opponent by damage faster than by mill, unless they keep chump-blocking. And then you have Jace, Memory Adept to mill your opponent out, but no Drownyards. It seems rather unfocused.

Overall, against a midrange or control deck, your deck simply isn't going to cut it. Both decks are just going to eventually overrun you. Your deck could work against aggro decks, I'm not sure.

If you are on a budget, I'm afraid I'd advise playing aggro. This is the worst meta for budget control I've ever seen, and I played W/U control on a budget for a year while Jace the Mindsculptor was around. Even THEN, I was able to compete locally with no TMS's until Caw-Blade showed up, because I could use mini-Jace. But trying to play control without Sphinx's Revelation...I shudder at the idea. Apparently Conley had some sort of MBC deck that was being talked about earlier in the thread? I have zero clue how a deck like that could ever work, but Conley is Conley, so maybe he's come up with something budget-compatible?

On March 09 2013 09:17 Trotske wrote:


Thanks Yea I am on a budget lol , I actually had an agro deck that did well at my LGS I just really didn't enjoy the play style. My thoughts are I can sideboard in the cyclonic rifts vs control and clear the board for a turn to swing for lethal with my abberations. my LGS is swarming with agro so I wanted something that can stop them. I think im going to try this out was mostly looking for people that might know some other cards that might work better than the ones I have. I can also use the unsummon's to save my creatures if I need to.

Who is conley?