Blasphemous Pyre
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Posted on April 4, 2013, 7:32 a.m. by capriom85
So I am currently running Harvest Pyre as a win con in my American deck: Geist-N-Burn. After thinking I came with the idea of switching it out for Blasphemous Act simply becasue it's guarenteed big damage to my opponent with the reckoners on the table and it doesn't take away my graveyard resources for Snapcaster Mage . Is this a wise strategy or should I stick with the Harvest Pyre ? I originally selected it because its really cheap to cast leaving my lands open to potentially counter their possible counter or other responses. Also, it has instant speed so it can be a "After I smack for 3 with my reckoner I will pyre your for lethal" situation. I can be picky about my graveyard and leave what I need in the for my snappies, but at the same time I said win condition. I don't need stuff in my graveyard AFTER I win the game. So, which do you all think is the better option for the deck?
Oh, one more upside of Blasphemous Act I just thought of... With Harvest Pyre you have to exile the cards in your graveyard in order to cast it, so if it is Counterflux -ed you destroyed your graveyard for nothing, whereas Blasphemous Act does leave the graveyard in tact, and is usually quite cheap, so it could potentially be snapcastered back the same turn it was cast and countered.
Sorry for kind of playing devil's advocate here, I just thought it might be helpful to consider when making your decision.
April 4, 2013 9:40 a.m.
Maybe I'll up the Reckoners to 3 or 4 and run 1 of each pyre and act and whatever the situation calls for is what I will play until I see one being more consistant than the other
heuertag says... #2
The case I would make for Harvest Pyre is that at instant speed you can respond with it to win the game, whereas with Blasphemous Act at sorcery speed could be responded to and spoil your plans. However, you're right in that Blasphemous Act is more consistent... Another upside to Blasphemous Act is that it hits more than one Boros Reckoner , so even if they do respond there's a better chance of it still landing a big hit. Looking at the decklist, I see Reckoner is a 2-of in your deck, so I think I would probably go with Harvest Pyre in this particular case, unless you get both of them on the field a high percentage of the time.
April 4, 2013 9:36 a.m.