How to block R/W Burn
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Posted on April 1, 2014, 12:40 p.m. by zandl
As far as I can tell, R/W Burn is becoming the top deck in the format. It just won a SCG Open and everyone seems to be rushing to play it. But my question is this: How do you stop it?
I'll be playing in GP Phoenix this Saturday (I live here) and I expect to see lots of Esper Control and R/W Burn. While my 75 is tuned to give me consistent little advantages over the average Esper deck, I can't seem to find much to stop Burn.
I'll be using Esper GP Phoenix once I finish up the last card choices. I know I'll be adding in Blind Obedience to stop Chandra's Phoenix from being a pain and to gain some life, and I'd side in Last Breath, but what else would be useful? Sin Collector seems like a no-brainer and Dispel obviously looks good. Anything I'm missing?
Thanks for the help. I wouldn't normally be asking around, but until last FNM, I hadn't played Magic in weeks.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #3
I think it's going to be a bad match up regardless. The meta is really punishing Esper Control right now. The card you listed are good techs that have crossover applications. In the end though unless you warp your deck to beat it there isn't much you can do.
April 1, 2014 1:47 p.m.
Dalektable says... #4
That's the thing abot burn, It just doesnt really have answers. In my deck
The Dark Ages Playtest
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SCORE: 2 | 2 COMMENTS | 170 VIEWSI have a few answers but it's still a bad match up. I've got cards like Fiendslayer Paladin which does wonders, and Sin Collector but damn if that's not a hard match up. I really hope it doesnt become too big.
April 1, 2014 2:26 p.m.
aaronmaxey says... #5
Its a bad matchup for esper. You need to have some sort of life gain so they gas out before they kill you. Fiendslayer Paladin is a great card in the matchup because they cannot effectively get rid of it unless they overload a Mizzium Mortars . Dispel in the sideboard ruins most of their deck as well because all of their burn is in the form of instants. But other than that it is pretty tough to beat.
April 1, 2014 4:20 p.m.
sunnyosrego says... #6
The problem with additional elspeths, is that the tokens give them fodder for Searing Blood , I just went second at my fnm running esper control vs r/w burn. Syncopate was huge against the pheonix. And while elspeth secured my game one win, it was my demise in game 2. I'm thinking blind obedience and counterspells are the only way to stabilize against the burn, and may force them to waste a Skullcrack before you pop a Sphinx's Revelation
April 21, 2014 11:24 a.m.
I'm convinced that playing four copies of Fiendslayer Paladin is essential for Esper. Sometimes, it's the only card that gets me out of a bad spot and it's the only creature you can trust to take on Rakdos Aggro and Burn.
The only answer RW Burn has to Fiendslayer is Chained to the Rocks , which they'd side out anyways. They may bring it back in, but then that's that much less burn you have to be worried about.
April 21, 2014 2:09 p.m.
Pretty much 4 thoughtseize and 4 duress just kills me out with R/W burn it takes all my gas so pretty much any way to take the gas out of my hand will stop me in my tracks
Hunter_mtg says... #2
I think 1 or 2 more Elspeth, Sun's Champion would be good, I would cut out dimir chatm because most of its uses are narrow, everything it does you have cards for.
April 1, 2014 1:35 p.m.