Mainboard Phyrexian Revoker too bold?
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Posted on Sept. 17, 2014, 8:02 p.m. by Nigeltastic
I've been tossing the idea of this little cutie running mainboard in the coming format. A lot of decks will be rocking large amounts of 'walkers, and having stuck one on mana dorks vs. Monsters variants and it really makes them squirm. Is this too crazy?
Nigeltastic says... #3
I'm mostly speaking agnostic to any particular list, though my current list I'm working on is a sultai control list, in which I will at minimum be sideboarding him.
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Epochalyptik says... #4
Speaking generally, your returns will be based (very) largely on your knowledge of the meta. If you're able to determine during game one which cards are crucial to your opponent's deck, you can do some work with Phyrexian Revoker s. In my experience, it was a sideboard card, and people used them in games two and three after seeing the opposing deck and making the call as to whether or not the Revokers were necessary.
The problem is that you may not know what to name either because you can't figure out which card to choose or because there's no "right" card in that matchup.
September 17, 2014 8:37 p.m.
I don't know he does have a lot of uses. I really do like the fact that it can shut down their mana dorks including Sylvan Caryatid because it doesn't target. It's got lots of uses as a tempo play early shut down mana dorks and Bloodsoaked Champion or slow Temer mid-range running Savage Knuckleblade , polukranos, strombreath, etc. or even the late game potential to shut down a planewalker that's trying to finish the game. It probably depends on your deck and what decks you end up having to play against but I could definitely see situations where it makes sense to run this in the main board
September 17, 2014 8:40 p.m.
I see the new meta having lots of ability use. Weather it be mana dorks or the afformentioned Bloodsoaked Champion etc etc mainboarding like 2 seems reasonable with another 1 or 2 in the sideboard.
My premise for this is simply the number of deck concepts I've seen where (thinking back after seeing your article) Phyrexian Revoker could have stopped some part of the machine from moving so to speak. I have also seen a lot of superfriends concepts as well and revoker would make those cry in most cases.
It will ultimately depend on what's in your meta though. You could certainly start with main board and if the meta shifts change it later.
itsdarsh says... #2
I'm inclined to say it's not crazy at all, but what does your deck look like?
September 17, 2014 8:16 p.m.