Polynew
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Better than I expected —Dec. 8, 2014
In a quick 3-round tournament, I went 1-2. - Although not 'Great', it's better than I was expecting for my first time out... especially since a few of my losses were due to mana screw and mulls.
Affinity was my worst match-up:
Hurkyl's Recall from sideboard would have given me the win, but that was a mana screw game... I finally got a Blightsteel Colossus out, but I was down to 7 at the time, and he had more than 7 power in the air. Lost in 2
R/U Delver was a close matchup, but I managed to surprise my opponent. He side boarded into Vapor Snag to answer the Blightsteel Colossus only to find out I was also running Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. Won in 3.
Seemed to be a good matchup against a home-brew Allies deck:
Game one, I managed to clear most of his threats with a Detention Sphere and a Path to Exile after he blocked allowed for Blightsteel Colossus to hit for a full 11 Infect. Game 2 he was just to aggressive. Game 3 I made the mistake of playing my T1 Hallowed Fountain
tapped, and not having the mana to Spell Pierce his Aether Vial, then I proceeded do get stuck on 3 land. Lost in 3
Now looking into putting Spell Pierce into sideboard... good against some match ups, but a dead card against many. - I was thinking Path to Exile main, but most decks that are creature based I am just looking to race.... they are more for things like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben or Gaddock Teeg... perhaps Apostle's Blessing main to protect the combo? Thoughts?
Reichhardt says... #2
Have you considered using a Proteus Staff to convert one of your Blinkmoths (or Inkmoths) into Blightsteel or Emrakul?
October 1, 2014 2:41 a.m.
If I put a Proteus Staff in, then there's a chance that Shape Anew will hit it, wasting a spell, a turn, and often the game.
If I used it, I would have to replace the 4x Shape Anew
with 4x of it, and remove the 2x Blightsteel Colossus
for 2x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
.
It might work, but that would also mean that you would have to spend an extra turn activating it... If it did not have "Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery", it might be worth it.
October 1, 2014 7:47 a.m.
You need some way of giving haste to your creatures like lightning greaves but that doesn't work well with shape. I would run the one mana counter that only counters if it is targeting your creatures in the side if they have ways of exiling blightsteel
November 6, 2014 1:25 p.m.
I'm now debating.... Thirst for Knowledge or See Beyond. - The general concept for the spot is to get card advantage while I shuffle Blightsteel Colossus and/or Emrakul, the Aeons Torn back into the Library... since they both shuffle themselves back into the Library if discarded it becomes a hard choice.
Thirst = Digs deeper, and Instant... but will often have to discard 2... + 1CMC more.
See = Cheaper and no discard... but only digs 2 deep, and at Sorcery speed.
Either way... See is competing in the curve with Remand and Mana Leak... Thirst is competing in the curve with Master's Call (important for the T4 Poly/Shape).
November 11, 2014 11:15 a.m.
ShadowDragon48 says... #6
@Rayenous: Thirst for Knowledge would likely be a better card. You'd be able to hold up mana for your Remands and Mana Leaks instead of tapping out for See Beyond. Then, since Thirst for Knowledge is an instant, you can leave your mana up on turn three for either it or Master's Call, and wouldn't have to choose till the end of your opponent's turn. If you have Call and the turn four Poly/Shape, you can take that route, or if you're missing a piece, you can dig for it with Thirst.
Zer0w says... #1
yeah! like that.
May 21, 2014 4:39 p.m.