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On June 17 2015 00:42 Whole wrote:

thanks. I'll try to write a report soon.

I'm curious about how you found out though lol.

On June 17 2015 00:42 Whole wrote:

thanks. I'll try to write a report soon.

I'm curious about how you found out though lol.

On June 17 2015 21:21 BallinWitStalin wrote:
Legacy Burn question again:

So, playing last night at my local store. There's quite a few stoneblade match-ups: two of my four matches were against that deck. Overall, I went 3-1, losing to stoneblade in the finals.

I have a question about sideboarding in the matchup. Any game I lose against stoneblade is basically as a result of true-name nemesis (god I hate that card). The first time that tournament I played stoneblade I went 2-1, with the game loss resulting from a turn three true-name. In the finals, I lost game 1 due to some crappy draws (had him at 4 with a chain in hand, needed to draw burn to end, drew a land and a goblin guide instead), and I lost game 2 to a turn 3 true-name again. Basically, turn two stoneforge into a turn three true-name is just....almost unbeatable for me. When I'm on the play, I feel like I can possibly race them (turn 4 kill is pretty consistently achievable). Being on the draw is a bitch, though, that extra turn is just huge in the matchup.

I'm just wondering how effective an ensnaring bridge might be in the match-up. I think they usually only have 1 answer post-sideboard (1 wear/tear they put in for the eidolon/vortex), and I feel like it would stop true-name dead. Is it worth it to put some bridges in? Like I said, pretty much all of my losses are a result of a turn three true-name, and short of siding in red elemental blasts and leaving a mana up at all times (which doesn't seem super feasible to me) I don't know what else to do.

On June 17 2015 23:56 Thieving Magpie wrote:


Turn 3 True-Name is meaningless in the burn matchup unless you're creature heavy. Its a turn slower than Goyf to cast and its a turn slower than Knight of the Reliquary to kill you with. For the most part, what sucks is their ability to gain life.

Usually this is Jitte => True-Name and since you can't kill the truename you lose with a Smash to Smithereens. Otherwise any 3 powered creature would kill you but they don't.

HOWEVER

Bridge is good in a lot of matchups burn is soft against. Reanimator, Nicfit (especially with 2-4 Thragtusks that they green sun for), etc...

There is nothing wrong with running Bridge in burn, and even siding it in game 2 or 3 (but not both) versus true-name decks. But for the most part, a hexproof trained mastodon should not be your weakness.

On July 05 2015 00:23 EscPlan9 wrote:
From a limited perspective, I'm so happy Sigiled Starfish is in the set! I LOVED that card! lol though it looks like it is being printed at uncommon for this set instead of common. I also like Jthessian Thief for limited. Not sure what I'll do for pre-release, or even what we are choosing this time around.

From a modern perspective, there's been a lot of discussion surrounding Days Undoing in burn and perhaps affinity decks since they can dump their hands so quick. Not sure what's going to happen with that card. There's also a few ways to "break" the end of turn part but I don't think it's likely that combo will make an impact. The card itself may though. I pretty much hope to just pull it in one of my packs and sell it while it still is hyped to all hell and I think this card will be a dud like the many other Power 9 wanna bes before it.

Hallowed Moonlight I'm sure will be seeing some sideboard play to deal with any decks cheating out creatures, or creatures that have blink effects.

Goblin Piledriver might have a huge impact on the red aggro decks.

On July 05 2015 00:48 Whole wrote:
I think if you play Day's Undoing in burn, you don't play Atarka's Command (and no one is doing Bump right now). The cost of 4 & 5c mana bases is too high right now imo, especially since Day's Undoing adds consistency, but cuts speed.

I've been playing a lot of burn, and I'm not completely sold on Day's Undoing actually. I think you'd want it in the board (when people are trying really hard to interact). I just been thinking about it and by the time you're casting it, they're only 1 or 2 burn spells away from death. Post board it gets way better because this card can straight up power through hate.

I think it has a ton of potential to be busted in Affinity though.

On June 17 2015 01:52 sc4k wrote:


Wow excellent man. Was such a diverse top 8 and I'm super stoked that Elves won , being one of my favourite archetypes.

Incidentally, do we have any other top 8'ers (of big events) in the thread?

On July 05 2015 00:48 Whole wrote:
I think if you play Day's Undoing in burn, you don't play Atarka's Command (and no one is doing Bump right now). The cost of 4 & 5c mana bases is too high right now imo, especially since Day's Undoing adds consistency, but cuts speed.

I've been playing a lot of burn, and I'm not completely sold on Day's Undoing actually. I think you'd want it in the board (when people are trying really hard to interact). I just been thinking about it and by the time you're casting it, they're only 1 or 2 burn spells away from death. Post board it gets way better because this card can straight up power through hate.

I think it has a ton of potential to be busted in Affinity though.

On July 11 2015 20:37 EscPlan9 wrote:
Anyone do the midnight pre-release? I'm going this morning within the next hour. After reading more articles on it like http://www.channelfireball.com/home/pvs-prerelease-primer-for-magic-origins/ as well as the Limited Resources spreadsheet on the grades ( http://imgur.com/a/sap0U for a visual on it ), I'm thinking I pick white as the seeded pack for the best chance at winning now. Red still seems up there as one of the best. I'm surprised green is rated so poorly. I'll still play green anyway sometime this weekend for funsies and the seeded pack might not matter that much.