Burning-Tree Emissary
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Posted on April 10, 2013, 11:27 a.m. by Khanye
Running 4 in my deck currently without lightning maulers or mayors
still have 10 other cards that can utilize the ETB ability from the emissary, but not sure if I am selling myself short.
basically in the deck, it acts as bonus mana to use for removal (searing spear / naturalize) or helps drop another creature post turn 2, or farseek.
Would it be better to drop the 4 emissary and maybe just run mayor or even silverblade paladin?
decklist:
to help win game 1 just in case opponent drops blind obedience / winter orb. both of those extremely hinder the speed. still not sure if its better to just run more aggro.
all suggestions / thoughts are always considered, need to fine tune it
April 10, 2013 11:42 a.m.
TorrentFreak says... #4
yeah Demarge is right, Naturalize shouldn't be mainboard because if they don't run enchantments or artifacts you essentially have a dead card. I would mainboard the other Blasphemous Act over it. As for Burning-Tree Emissary , I believe you should keep it in the deck. However, you need to add Mayor of Avabruck Flip for it to be more effective. A turn 2 Burning-Tree Emissary into Mayor of Avabruck Flip makes Champion of the Parish swing as a 4/4. I suggest moving Gruul Charm to sideboard, maybe 1x Boros Charm or Searing Spear as well. This seems like a slower Naya Blitz deck, that would have a better mid-game.
April 10, 2013 12:29 p.m.
wait if they drop a Winter Orb against you in a standard tournament you win automatically.
April 10, 2013 12:37 p.m.
thank you torrent, i was thinking about doing those same changes. lowering the charms / spear and adding mayor. is mayor better or the mauler? mauler adds speed, mayor adds umph.
you are also correct, its not as fast as the original Naya blitz, however in the few games it has seen, Aurelia or double reckoner won the game.
April 10, 2013 12:43 p.m.
Witchbane Orb is what i meant :/
thank you for correction. lol
April 10, 2013 12:45 p.m.
sideboarded the Naturalize / Gruul Charm . Cut 1 Searing Spear , and added 3 Mayor of Avabruck Flip
better umph now i think
April 10, 2013 1:50 p.m.
TorrentFreak says... #9
khanye, those seem like good changes to make. The Lightning Mauler is probably not needed if you are not aiming for a turn 4-5 win. And you run Ash Zealot and Aurelia, the Warleader , both of which has haste. The deck looks good, I may consider making my Naya Blitz deck run Aurelia, the Warleader .
April 10, 2013 2:08 p.m.
thanks torrent, the new updated deck will see its first match on friday. i will update with how it goes.
I like the addition of Aurelia, the Warleader , gives you another chance just in case aggro rush fails. With Farseek , Aurelia, the Warleader has a good chance of landing turn 4, which instantly causes fits.
Demarge says... #2
why is there a mainboard Naturalize ?
April 10, 2013 11:34 a.m.