Predicting a Rest in Peace sideboard.
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Posted on April 17, 2013, 11:24 p.m. by jealkeja
Here's my decklist
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/zombie-extortion-ring/
Rest in Peace makes many of my cards less valuable or outright useless. Skirsdag High Priest becomes a vanilla 1/2 for 2. Blood Artist becomes a 0/1 for 2. Tragic Slip becomes mostly useless with no morbid activation. Geralf's Messenger loses most of its value, as does Gravecrawler . I can no longer sac with impunity to block or attack.
My question is, against which decks should I preemptively assume they will sideboard in a Rest in Peace , and automatically bring in my Oblivion Ring s?
I assume any deck that runs white that doesn't rely on lingering souls, but when I get to thinking that aggro decks won't necessarily be concerned with my mid-game graveyard usage enough to spend 2 mana on a Rest in Peace .
Thoughts?
Even decks that run lingering souls may have it sided in if it completely screws up the opposing deck, I know I would and have.
April 17, 2013 11:53 p.m.
Any deck running any white sources will board in Rest in Peace any time they feel it's necessary. Pretty much any white deck will be running it and you can guarantee that it's coming into their mainboard
April 18, 2013 12:09 a.m.
I am running Purify the Grave over Rest in Peace in my American Flash since I use Snapcaster Mage . I feel the payoff cripples my deck too much.
April 18, 2013 12:21 a.m.
ShadowLand says... #6
Another couple cards you have to watch out for besides Rest in Peace , are Grafdigger's Cage and Tormod's Crypt . I have shut down many a deck like this using those and people pretty much throw up their cards and quit when I bring those out against decks like yours. I would just keep Oblivion Ring sideboarded regardless as it's a primary defense for you against graveyard hate.
April 18, 2013 12:22 a.m.
Why not try and mainboard the o-ring. At the very least it will be some removal for you if you need it.
April 18, 2013 12:25 a.m.
Most matchups I win round 1 just because of the high aggro in the deck, o-ring limits that a bit...
April 18, 2013 1:15 a.m.
ShadowLand says... #9
Well if it's not a mainboard then it definitely needs to be a constant sideboard for you, especially if you are running into that scenario often.
April 18, 2013 1:20 a.m.
Oblivion Ring is a pretty wimpy answer to Rest in Peace , I feel. Perhaps Erase would be better? It's an Instant, won't drag down an entire turn with it, and can exile Rancor on the spot (the reason Erase was even reprinted in the same set).
April 18, 2013 2:58 a.m.
ShadowLand says... #11
That is a better alternative zandl, I don't know why that didn't pop into my head sooner. Good one.
April 18, 2013 4:19 a.m.
Probably a Duress . 3 Duress is a bit excessive - Once you start adding in that much hate against Control, this deck would start to lose its core power.
April 18, 2013 3:02 p.m.
Another problem is Erase is much more likely to be a dead card than Oblivion Ring . The o-ring can at least remove a blocker or something
Slycne says... #2
I would probably side into it pretty aggressively with that deck. The big reason being your deck doesn't have any other card that can just sort of win on their own in the face of it, something like Obzedat, Ghost Council . Without those synergies, it's a pretty weak creature deck with lots of 1/1, 2/1 and such. So you wouldn't be able to put up an impressive clock or mount a great defense.
With Junk Rites still being a bit of a thing, it's easy to justify a spot or two in any sideboard running white for such a good hate card like Rest in Peace and there are other prominent decks it's worth considering to bring in. Although depending where you play, many players might be tunnel vision for Unburial Rites and won't bring it in.
April 17, 2013 11:42 p.m.