F*cking Artifacts!!!
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Posted on Dec. 21, 2017, 4:02 p.m. by mitomeg
How the hell am i supposed to deal with multiple artifacts casted thru an entire game with a Mono Black without cleaning my own board (Nevinyrral's Disk) multiple times or sacrifice all my creatures (Gate to Phyrexia)?
All Is Dust, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, Karn Liberated, Spine of Ish Sah (works well with Trading Post), Scour from Existence, Unstable Obelisk, off the top of my head. I know some of those wipe your board but thats part of the price mono black plays :/
Side note: Worst Fears is always a fun card.
December 21, 2017 5:35 p.m.
entheogeneral says... #5
Yeah, All Is Dust is TOTALLY great against artifacts...
December 21, 2017 6:10 p.m.
Colored artifacts, yeah. It's helped me a couples times. Just trying to help you out. I love how other suggestions were TOTALLY more helpful than mine :)
December 21, 2017 6:30 p.m.
Lol, I now realize I responded to the wrong person. Oops! My medicine made me drowzy :/
You're beautiful too :P
December 21, 2017 8:27 p.m.
In mono black you have little to no options for artifact removal. You're going to want to start looking into colorless cards like Pithing Needle Ratchet Bomb Engineered Explosives and Damping Matrix.
December 22, 2017 1:09 a.m. Edited.
Well the problem i see is that i need to use some kind of artifacts to battle others' artifacts... and against a mono red i'm gonna see all my artifacts hit the graveyard before i can realize it!And spell that cost 7 are a bit too costly...
I'm screwed as soon as my friend find my weakness!
December 22, 2017 3:36 a.m.
So, basically, the help you wanted is no good because you don't like using artifacts and because of mono-red? Sounds like your problems are never going to be solved with that attitude. Don't forget about cards like Dispossess. The black archetype also has lots of hand disruption like Thoughtseize Inquisition of Kozilek Duress and many more that allow you to remove threats before they even become a problem.
December 22, 2017 9:30 a.m. Edited.
December 22, 2017 9:37 a.m. Edited.
That's what i was talkin about! I don't love them cause of the CMC, but they can save me trouble with no drawbacks.
Thanks man!
December 22, 2017 9:43 a.m.
entheogeneral says... #15
What about Surgical Extraction? Or is that banned? And for discard, I would use Hymn to Tourach. Fun stuff. Dash Hopes because no one will expect it.
December 22, 2017 3:16 p.m.
Yeah but Surgical Extraction works if i can make him discard what i don't want him to cast. But it's a close second option that i already have!
I've got a couple of Dash Hopes, i've never used them but i'm pretty sure he would choose the 5 life lose and try to disrupt my game with these artifacts.
December 23, 2017 4:54 a.m.
entheogeneral says... #17
Sorry, buddy. Apparently Black doesn't have too many good artifact removal, and all the above suggestions with colorless spells cost too much mana (maybe Ratchet Bomb). You might be better off splashing green for Putrefy or Abrupt Decay. Dispossess is the only one worth using. I don't think I have anything more useful to say. Good luck, man.
December 23, 2017 10:14 a.m.
Thanks for all the tips, i'm taking everything into account, but i must be critic and realistic when thinking about using some of these cards in my deck against my friend's decks.
Summing up, IMO my best bets against Artifacts/Enchantments with zero drawbacks except CMC are: Dispossess, Sadistic Sacrament and Surgical Extraction (a litlle situational).
Of course i'll try my best with discard spells!
December 23, 2017 11:11 a.m.
stealthvampyre says... #20
Pox Smallpox Duressand Thoughtseize to get him to discard stuff for your Surgical Extraction.
shadow63 says... #2
Mono black just doesn't have anything to deal with artifacts
December 21, 2017 4:36 p.m.