I think I'm annoying her
Modern forum
Posted on May 26, 2015, 6:30 a.m. by tyforthevenom
A friend of mine has a 1-29 win lose ratio, now she's decided to build a deck none of my lists can fight, the Restore Balance deck... How can I beat this deck without remands?
JexInfinite says... #3
Annoy them more by playing Amulet Bloom and winning faster than they can.
May 26, 2015 6:45 a.m. Edited.
Suspend 6 is awfully big. Unless she's doing something like cascading into this thing, you could easily just win before it goes off. Alternatively, you could just cast something like Meddling Mage. There's a ton of cards that prevent this form going off.
May 26, 2015 7:52 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #6
TheDevicer The deck wins by cascading into it. It's the same philosophy as Living End. Not once have I suspended it.
May 26, 2015 8:14 a.m.
lemmingllama says... #8
Remand, Silence, Chalice of the Void, Ethersworn Canonist, etc. There are plenty of answers. Hell, you can Squelch the cascade trigger if you so desire.
Also any kind of deck that is low to the ground can fight through it. Zoo and Burn are great examples of decks that can punch through damage.
May 26, 2015 8:21 a.m.
Definitely_Paying_Attention says... #9
lemmingllama Squelch only hits activated abilities. Trickbind does the job though.
May 26, 2015 8:36 a.m.
Eliiiiiiiiiiiiiiza says... #11
Sigarda, Host of Herons could hose it pretty bad, you'll only have to discard. I haven't played against the Restore Balance deck so I don't know, but it's just a suggestion
May 26, 2015 10:04 a.m.
Which list is she playing, the Borderpost version or the Suspend version? The Borderpost variant loses hard to artifact removal. The other can be pretty easily ruined with controlled discard and smart playing. Thoughtseize their suspend dudes first; they won't want to cascade with none already down unless they have to to save themselves, at which point you're winning already.
May 26, 2015 10:50 a.m. Edited.
Serendipitous_Hummingbird says... #13
pithing needle. Name the borderposts. You can win any game with a deck that is 10 pithing needles, 26 phyrexian revokers, 4 aether vials, and 20 lands
May 26, 2015 3:09 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #14
i'm not sure she just announced she's after cascade cards and Restore Balance which makes me think she has the rest
ChiefBell says... #2
I guess play burn?
You don't need lands, you don't need creatures, and you're almost guaranteed to have played out your hand by the time balance is cast.
May 26, 2015 6:35 a.m.