Need help with the Electrostatic Pummeler mirror
Standard Deck Help forum
Posted on Dec. 28, 2016, 5:52 p.m. by clayperce
I've been running an Electrostatic Pummeler deck all season and I just love it. But the other day I took a hard look at my match-ups (in both Casual and Tournament play), and it turns out I am TERRIBLE in the mirror. If it was just luck, I should have a 50% win percentage, right? Well, I'm running just over 22% :-(
Sure, I could run Commencement of Festivities, but it seems like such a narrow card ... I'd rather use my sideboard slots for more common match-ups.
Any gameplay tips or other sideboard ideas?
Thanks tons!
Steel-Cannon Pummeler (KLD)
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What about Dazzling Reflection? With Aether Hub, and Attune with Aether you can make use of it, with maybe just 1 plains or something sideboard? Smash to Smithereens is no longer standard legal by the way shepherdofire.
December 28, 2016 7:15 p.m.
shepherdofire says... #4
Oh!i thought clay was asking about frontier. Commencement of Festivities is also an option
December 28, 2016 7:34 p.m.
shepherdofire,
Yeah, I've recently moved away from Natural State to Appetite for the Unnatural because of other Artifacts and Enchantments in my meta, but additional lightwieght removal like that (e.g., more Galvanic Bombardment, and maybe even Dual Shot) may be the best option.
And yeah, Commencement of Festivities is certainly an option, but like I say above, it seems like such a narrow card ... of course, even though it only gives one more turn against Electrostatic Pummeler and the like (Ormendahl, Profane Prince Flip, Emrakul, the Promised End, Metalwork Colossus, etc), often that one turn is all I need ...
Thanks much for the thoughts!
Delta-117,
Yeah, it's super-easy to splash colors ... with Aether Hub and Servant of the Conduit the deck already has 8 sources; a Plains and Attune with Aether make it 13! Zaueski is a proponent of a Naya sideboard too, since it would also allow access to Blessed Alliance, Fragmentize, and Immolating Glare ...
I don't know though. Dazzling Reflection would be AMAZING against Pummeler, but it whiffs against Emrakul and isn't ideal against Colossus (which seems to show up in multiples more often than as a singleton lately) ...
Thanks tons for your thoughts as well!
December 29, 2016 5:37 p.m.
shepherdofire says... #6
What about Kozilek's Return? You may wipe the board and kill the pummeler or make them use resources protecting it.
shepherdofire says... #2
Smash to Smithereens before they resolve with Blossoming Defense. Natural State works as well.
December 28, 2016 6:21 p.m.