lemmingllama says... #2
Delve isn't an additional cost, its a way of paying the cost. So you can still delve even when you flashback a Murderous Cut.
February 17, 2016 1:27 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #3
Alternate casting costs are formatted "rather than pay cardname's mana cost". Delve still works on flashback.
February 17, 2016 1:30 p.m. Edited.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #4
Guys, I won my first modern tournament with this deck. I still remember a year ago when I consistently took last place with my bulk commons deck every single week. And now I've won. Thank you to all of you for supporting me and helping me get to this point.
February 18, 2016 10:51 p.m.
Hey friend here's your hundredth +1 I will get back to you about Electrolyze when I'm not on my phone lol
February 20, 2016 5:41 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #6
TheAlexGnan and now I have 100 upvotes. Thanks buddy for everything you've done.
Casey4321 thanks!
February 20, 2016 6:17 p.m.
ninjaclevs13 says... #7
ToolmasterOfBrainerd: It is obvious you have put your heart and soul into this deck. Congrats on the victory and 100 upvotes! Keep on trucking man! I thought this picture would be fitting
February 20, 2016 6:33 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #8
....and like that I no longer have 100 upvotes. Glad I got a screenshot while I could.
February 20, 2016 7:47 p.m.
So I was thinking without Twin anymore is it okay to maybe replace Rakdos Charm ? in sideboard?
February 20, 2016 8:07 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #10
I've been soooooo back and forth over Rakdos Charm on whether it belongs. To be honest, I rarely sided Rakdos Charm in against Twin because they usually side out their combo vs Grixis. Rakdos Charm is in to help against Affinity and to have an answer to dedicated graveyard decks. Living End, Grishoalbrand, and Vengevine are the main grave offenders. It's also useable vs Lantern Control and Tron as extra artifact hate, and against Tokens and Kiki-Chord as a big burn spell. Charm's main use is to get more artifact hate; I don't really care what kind of artifact hate I'm getting, but I just need enough, and the extra utility of Charm in a lot of my worst matchups makes it my best option, in my opinion, over something else like another Kommand.
Would Painful Truths be an okay cut? I can't think of any matchup where I'd side in Painful Truths where I would not side in Electrolyze. There are, however, several matchups, such as Affinity, where I'd side in Electrolyze but not Painful Truths. That said, I'd rather have Painful Truths vs, say, BGx or UWR control, but both of those matchups are likely good anyway where Electrolyze would be good enough.
My other good option to cut is Darkblast, I think. I love Darkblast in the matchups where it's good because it has so much synergy with the deck, but small creature removal is something that I already have a lot of, and Darkblast is only useable in matchups are are already heavily favored, such as Infect and Affinity, whereas Electrolyze is just as useable in those matchups but can also be used in most every other matchup too.
February 20, 2016 9:14 p.m.
Try Big Game Hunter over the charm. It's great against tron, eldrazi, colonnade (in the right situations), and BGx. Especially against BGx and Eldrazi, since BGx often forces you to discard it so you can pay its madness cost, and eldrazi allow you to discard it to Reality Smashers effect and two for two them using the hunter in conjunction with Terminate.
Also great with looting for vanilla synergy.
February 20, 2016 11:44 p.m. Edited.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #13
Feels narrow to me. I think I want to keep the charm in, not cut it. Eldrazi is surprisingly not even that bad of a matchup and BGx is heavily favored too, so I see no need.
February 21, 2016 12:16 a.m.
makes sense. I'm not surprised that eldrazi isn't too bad of a match-up given how much creature hard removal this deck runs, but I would still try to heavily consider some form of card draw in the sideboard other than Painful Truths for the eldrazi match-up, both given its popularity and that, as an aggro deck, you don't want to be losing life for draw in that match-up. Something more like Ideas Unbound as a one or two of in the side-board for when you need a burst of late game removal to push for board control.
February 21, 2016 1:10 a.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #15
I dunno... I'm swapping Darkblast for Electrolyze. In the right meta, Darkblast belongs, but this isn't that meta. So I'm also keeping Painful Truths in the sideboard. If I'm going to run any form of card draw, Painful Truths is pretty much my only option, unless I want to go for Dark Confidant or Phyrexian Arena, which I don't think I do. I also don't want to board too heavily for eldrazi, even though they are like 30% of the meta.
February 21, 2016 4:30 p.m.
How about Dark Withering? Still has the synergy with faithless so it will often be a single black kill spell if you play it right.
February 21, 2016 4:40 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #17
Perhaps. I don't know. The problem with most madness cards is that the drawbacks on them are just so high if I can't trigger the Madness. This deck isn't meant to be a combo deck and should never be viewed as an unfair deck because that's simply not what it is. With that, running Madness cards that are strong when I can trigger them but literal dead cards when I can't isn't very appealing. They synergy is strong, and this is a synergy deck, but I just don't see it working.
February 21, 2016 4:59 p.m.
I can see it working really well IF you ran a playset of liliana...but that's about it
February 21, 2016 9:57 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #19
Thanks! Tasigur is actually really good in here. Being 1 cheaper than Gurmag Angler makes him easier to cast, which is relevant, and his effect may be pretty expensive, but when we have the ability to activate it, it can take over the game extremely quickly. There was one game vs esper control where I was able to activate Tasigur like, 6 times in the same game. It was insane and lead to a very easy victory for me because I had gained so much card advantage. Drawing 2 at the same time sucks, but most opponents deal with him quickly, so getting 2 isn't even that bad.
March 3, 2016 1:35 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #20
Lol I am wrong very often. More often than I like to admit. I'm continually getting less wrong, but I am always learning. To be honest, it's why I take the time to write short novels for comments - when I analyze a card very in-depth, I learn more by writing about the card than I do by playing it in some cases.
But for Tasigur, I'm pretty sure I'm right. See ya!
March 3, 2016 2:17 p.m.
Yea, i think relentless dead is going to have to go in here too. Have you preordered it yet?
March 10, 2016 10:37 a.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #24
I have not preordered it yet. I need to test it still. It looks awkward on the surface since I don't actually play any Zombies and it doesn't have any synergy with Faithless Looting. That said, it's 3 mana for a chump blocker each turn, which is really good. Being stupidly hard to kill and notable synergy with Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet makes it even more fun.
If I wanted to do a big overhaul, I could swap Bloodghast and Faithless Looting for Relentless Dead and Thought Scour, but I don't know if I want to do that. Testing is most certainly necessary.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #1
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that since Snapcaster Mage is giving it flashback, which is an alternate cost, additional alternate costs cannot be used in conjunction, such as Delve. I thought I read somewhere that it doesn't work, but I may be confusing it with the rulings for overload. I for sure that you can't pay overload when paying flashback. I'll make a post in the rulings forum, if it hasn't been asked already.
February 17, 2016 1:22 p.m.