Is this reasonable?
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Posted on Dec. 31, 2013, 11:46 a.m. by Prehstun
Well, first and foremost, FUP WOTC for not releasing the B/G Scry land in Theros! And 2nd, is it reasonable to run 4x Temple of Abandon 's in my Golgari deck. It allows a green source, which I can of course use, and the scry ability, but what I really wanna do is splash red it so I can play a Xenagos, The Reveler or 2, I love his ultimate, and the mana is great especially with me pumping about Desecration Demom 's and Gray Merchant of Asphodel 's. I really like the card, but would it be stupid to play the scry lands for just one or 2 cards + Scrying. I am already playing a few Read the Bones . This is for FNM play, I just thought the card's may give an advantage.
Stomping Ground would be my first choice if the card was available to me, I do actually have a playset of Temple of Abandon I can play, and I really didn't feel like playing Mountain since its honestly just a colorless mana to me unless I do draw the Xenagos, The Reveler The only other lands I have coming in to play tapped are a couple Golgari Guildgate and a few Overgrown Tomb
December 31, 2013 12:04 p.m.
How many Xenegoses are you planning on playing? I would suggest six red sources for a full playset, five for three of him, and four for two of him.
December 31, 2013 12:09 p.m.
Just two! That's Why I was going to run a playset of Temple of Abandon :)
December 31, 2013 12:11 p.m.
I think that would work well, especially since the scrying is going to be good for you anyway.
December 31, 2013 12:13 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #7
What do you mean by Stomping Ground being "not available to you"? Are you trying to not spend any money or do you not know of a way to get a hold of them?
December 31, 2013 12:13 p.m.
Uhm, a little bit of both, I don't really WANT to drop 40 dollars on shocks just yet, but other than that, there's no people looking to trade theirs around my shop, and I don't see them getting here by Friday night anyways even if I were to order them.
December 31, 2013 12:19 p.m.
If you don't already, you should run Sylvan Caryatid in addition to X/r lands, to ease the strain on your land base. I do second the others though, Stomping Ground > Temple of Abandon . It depends on the type of deck you're running though. If you're more midrangey (which it seems like, based on the cards you've mentioned), you can get away with the temple's etbt.
December 31, 2013 1:32 p.m.
Yuhp, running 4x Sylvan Caryatid :] For the most part it is a bit midrange-ish.
Gidgetimer says... #2
Depending on how many come into play tapped lands you are using it is perfectly reasonable to do so. If you are going to splash red I would say that Stomping Ground >Temple of Abandon >Gruul Guildgate >Mountain
December 31, 2013 12:01 p.m.