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On April 12 2013 07:38 Judicator wrote:
Trilands are different though. I would very well play tap lands if it fixed my mana completely (assuming you are only playing shard colors).

The true exception to this tap land argument would Valakut, and for the Guildgates to matter, they would need Valakut's design (not necessarily impact) concept. The land itself needs to do something.

Like if the Guildgates read: ~ comes into play tapped. If you control X or more Guildgates, then ~ does Y effect. The effects would reflect the guild's identity, like give something +1/+0 and haste for the Boros Guildgate. Then you can justify playing them, but right now they're just a liability.

I enjoyed Zendikar lands for this very reason, the lands do something even if they come into play tapped, their effects may not always be relevant and their drawback may very well be relevant, but the benefits were the reason that they came into play tapped, that's a sweet design spot.

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The guildgate concept just reeks of leftover design that Wizards didn't know how to or what to do with. The support cards are exceptionally underwhelming and are all-none cards that do not really contribute in any manner on any level. Take Burning Vengeance from INN drafts/sealed, you could build a deck around that because the Flashback cards themselves aren't totally ass. Now take any of the guildgate synergy cards, it's like what the fuck is this shit and there's no incentive to ever even try it.

On April 12 2013 13:37 Judicator wrote:
Putrefy reprinted...time to play BUG instead of Esper...Not really, but I would rather play BUG control than Esper colors. Except every time I want to make that switch, its like...Revelations...Verdict...too good. Come on Wizards print me a black wrath that isn't named Barter in Blood.

On April 13 2013 01:59 Judicator wrote:
Council is just a less hateful version of Augustin, aka worse version. Voice of Resurgence has some implications to survive wrath effects, but I see it in Modern Pod decks as a 1-of more than any aggro strategies.

On April 13 2013 02:45 Cel.erity wrote:


It's terrible against Wrath since it just leaves you with a 1/1. It basically just deters them from playing spells as instants, which is nice, but I'm not sure if it's a big deal in a deck like Naya where a control player can get away with main phasing everything regardless.

On April 13 2013 07:20 Shotcoder wrote:
I'm taking this deck to a bigger tournament at my Local store. Top 4 each get 3 boxes, and I was hoping you guys could help me out a bit.

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I've been toying around with it, and didn't have a sideboard when I first built it, but it went 3-2-1 in my first 6 round FNM. Losing and drawing with decks that ran Revelation. I have yet to run into Junk Rites, but have made a few consolations in the board for it.

Essentially the deck has seen BR zombies(easier match-up), UWR(easier match-up), Esper(difficult), Bant Turbo Fog(Awkward and annoying), Jund(easier if I can draw it out).

On April 13 2013 08:35 Cel.erity wrote:
I guess you could go that route, but with the amount of humans you currently have, you need either Champion or Blood Artist to take advantage. I feel like the deck doesn't have enough push without Champions, Reckoners, Angels, or Paladins.

On April 13 2013 19:13 MCMcEmcee wrote:
is there a non-budget reason to not just copy either the original Aristocrats build (Sam Black/SCG from the PT, aggro with Champion) or Brad Nelson's recent version from the SCG Invitational? Or the WBR control deck that's been seeing some success in DEs lately?