Consistency vs. Anti-counter
Legacy forum
Posted on Aug. 10, 2013, 3:27 p.m. by MTG_Player
In many legacy combo decks there are the obvious free ramp playsets (Elvish Spirit Guide , Lotus Petal ), the combo pieces (Dread Return . Goblin Charbelcher and other utility (Cabal Therapy , Summoner's Pact , my irl deck is oops, all spells: (I spy with my little eye, a T1 win) and I find there are 2 variable slots (Wild Cantor and Chancellor of the Tangle ) so my question is for the first game is it worth siding in Pact of Negation instead of them to counter Force of Will ? the first two add fixing / possible mana, but getting force'd in the first game is a veritable match loss. I'd like to hear your opinions!
In your deck I'd honestly just run more Cabal Therapy , naming Force of Will .
August 11, 2013 5 a.m.
There really should be 4 Pact of Negation mainboard with all those Force of Will going around. If you lose the counter war, you lost anyways, whether Pact of Negation actually made you lose the game or not.
Also, like sylvannos said, maybe 1 more Cabal Therapy wouldn't hurt.
August 11, 2013 11:09 p.m.
I also think that there should be a single Phantasmagorian in the deck to serve as a discard outlet for those unfortunate times a Dread Return , Angel of Glory's Rise , etc ends up in your hand.
DaggerV says... #2
If you know you're going to win that turn I find Pact of Negation to be infinity useful.
August 10, 2013 4:26 p.m.