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Quote: Originally Posted by gigafish Is there a G/R list that someone can post up here? too lazy to look thru 64 pages.... There's one in Developing Competitive.

Quote: Originally Posted by Quelian I'm making a conscious effort to try to keep my posting to a minimum at the moment. I have more important things to focus on than hobbies, unfortunately. Also, I'm not going to repost the same arguments over and over. People can read the 116 pages or so for those. :P I was tempted to repost your original decklist, as going back to Bloodwitch in the MD is definitely a circle. The main arguments at...

Hmm, well, I think I finally settled on two different potential States SB's: Sideboard #1   3 Malakir Bloodwitch 4 Black Knight 3 Pithing Needle 3 Deathmark 2 Thought Hemorrhage If not then probably this: Sideboard #2   3 Malakir Bloodwitch 4 Black Knight 3 Pithing Needle 4 Deathmark 1 Banefire Any input would be wonderful.

After experiencing the Jacerator/Control matchups, I can say with confidence that we do not have to play around counterspells and prevention. It takes a heightened awarteness of the game states/etc, but the deck can regularly apply enough pressure to rid us of the need to play high-marginal cards like Banefire. Think about it this way: the decks that Banefire would come in against can pre-emptively counter it with Sunspring Expeditions, Cruel...

Quote: Originally Posted by i-never-smile EDIT: Lavaball Trap just got cut because I don't need it anymore. I swapped them for DoJs, then cut the 4th Path for a 3rd DoJ, which completely pushes the deck into a dominant machine against all sorts of green-based midrange decks (hey, what do you know...that's 75+% of the bleeding metagame!). Lavaball Trap just stopped being good recently because it's too slow and you just...

Nice work Goduerza, I like the banner. As for removing Ob Nixilis for Garruk, I don't think that's what Conley meant. In fact, I know it's not. He said he may remove 1 for the 4th Terminate , as he continually sided it in. However, he said nothing about wanting Garruk at any point. Also, several pros are taking Garruk out of decks, as many times, the untap two lands or make a beast isn't good enough when he just dies to...

Quote: Originally Posted by i-never-smile I tap out for Siege-Gang all the time. I don't care if it lives. I play a SGC on turn 5 because I like chump blocking creatures while I develop my manabase and board position. What's my Jund opponent going to do, Terminate+Pulse to kill the whole Siege-Gang? Or Bit-Blast into Pulse? 5 mana plays that tap my opponent out and suck up 2 cards are exactly what I want against Jund. How about...

Quote: Originally Posted by makubexx The problem is that they are not very useful against Jund Wanna cut you off right here. It's true that Bloodwitch is only an Air Elemental vs Jund, but the fact of the matter is it's the best available. Bar Broodmate it sails uncontested, and that alone makes it worth the spot. Sure, I'd have loved it to be stronger, but it fills the curve so nicely I wouldn't consider removing it. Not...

Quote: Originally Posted by sdemain I still hate deft duelist. how does he do against a putride leech? I'd much rather play pridemage for a 2 drop. -Depending on the situation, you can let an opposing leech attack, block with duelist, and respond to the pump with a bant charm/purge if you want. -Duelist can be used to block on purpose as a strategic measure to make your opponent lose life, where a pridemade block would do nothing....

Here's the most recent sideboard I'm running: Deck   3 Celestial Purge 4 Goblin Ruinblaster 2 Pithing Needle 2 Sunspring Expedition 2 Manabarbs 2 Relic of Progenitus I'm having some trouble working out the correct cards for the SB, and what number of slots they should take up. I want the full set of Ruinblasters and Purges there, but on the other hand I really don't know what else to cut. All the other cards are...