Burning Angel Sideboard

[rkoelsch]

I know, I am obsessed with this deck. It is not natural or healthy but that is why I have all of you who will tell me what a terrible mistake I am making.

Here is the latest version of the deck.

Creatures
3-Haunted Angels
1-Rakavolver
4-Voice of All
4-Lightning Angel
2-Serra Angel

Spells
2-Firebolt
2-Blazing Salvo
3-Earthquake
2-Ghitu Fire
3-Fire/Ice
2-Sky Diamond
1-Marble Diamond
2-Urza's Rage
2-Orim's Thunder
2-Order/Chaos
2-Fact or Fiction

4-Battlefield Forge
2-Shivan Reef
2-Coastal Tower
2-Skycloud Expanse
1-Adarkar Waste
6-Mountain
6-Plains

Now what I think the SB should be
3-Meddling Mage
3-Galina's Knight
3-Teferi's Response
2-Disenchant
2-Worship
2-Glorius Anthem?

Looking at the local Metagame I expect to see 3 Mono color decks
WW, Sligh and Stompy. Also U/W Millstone, Orbopsition, and Finkula

WW
-2 Order/Chaos
+2 Disenchant

Sligh
-3 Haunted Angel
-1 Order/Chaos
-2 Orim's Thunder
-2 Blazing Salvo
+3 Galina's Knight
+3 Teferi's Response
+2 Worship

Stompy
-2 Balzing Salvo
-2 Orim's Thunder
+2 Glorius Anthem
+2 Worship

U/W Millstone
-3 Earthquake
-2 Order/Chaos
+3 Meddling Mage
+2 Disenchant

Orboposition
-2 Ghitu Fire
-2 Order/Chaos
-1 Orim's Thunder
+2 Disenchant
+3 Teferi's Response

Finkula
-3 Earthquake
-2 Orim's Thunder
+3 Meddling Mage
+2 Worship

Let me know what you think of my SB choices

 

[Gizmo]

Why dont you like any of the cards in your deck?

The whole point of playing 4 cards is that you like them. If you like a card, play 4, if you dont like it play 0. Dont play 2 of things it makes you look indecisive.

4 Fire/Ice
4 Counterspell
3 Earthquake
3 Urzas Rage
3 Absorb
2 Rushing River
4 Fact Or Fiction
3 Prophetic Bolt

4 Lightning Angel
3 Rakavolver
2 Goblin Trenches

1 City Of Brass
4 Shivan Reef
4 Battlefield Forge
4 Coastal Tower
2 Plains
5 Mountain
5 Island

The mana might be slightly off, it was rushed.

Thats a bit more of a start.
Whenever a T2 decks takes up more than about a dozen lines to write out something is wrong.

 

[Spiderman]

I am unclear why it has to be "4 or nothing" (especially since you included a couple of 2s in your own decklist).

 

[rkoelsch]

I understand your reasoning but I think the environment is shifting to diversification. There are many cards that punish people that follow the 4 of rule. Meddling Mage, Lobotomy, Haunting Echoes. I feel these cards will all be a part of the new environment and I was trying to minimize their effect. Where there were cards with similiar effects I tried to include several different ones. The creatures were chosen as the best I could get so they are the only 4 of in the deck. I do like the goblin trenches and will replace the glorius anthem in the SB with those.

 

[Gizmo]

Meddling Mage has been in the format for nine months and its never been a problem - they name one of your removal spells and you kill it with the other one.

Lobotomy has been around for YEARS. And its never been a problem.

Which leaves Haunting Echoes, and theres yet to be a good deck made that takes advantage, simply because it`s not such a hot card after all because it has NO impact on game position. I`d not be too scared.

As to the 4-or-0 thats a hard-n-fast rule, and like most hard-n-fast rules it`s instantly forgotten. Playing 3`s isnt so bad, but simply playing a deck FULL of 2`s is a bad plan because you are making your decks like half as consistent as it was before. Simply choose the card you want and play a number of them.

Want to deal 3 damage to a creature? Dont use Blazing Salvo cos its almost worthless, play Flame Burst or even Volcanic Hammer.

Mind you the deck I listed WAS a long way from the original: like - 8 Angels, + 8 Counterspells or something like that. But then he DID ask me to tell him what a terrible mistake he was making.

 

[Spiderman]

Well, if Meddling Mage and Lobotomy isn't such a problem, perhaps rkoelsch should bump up some counts to 3's and 4's.

I still think he should keep the Diamonds (or some form of mana acceleration) in.

 

[rkoelsch]

Taking Gizmo's remarks into account I am going to make a few changes.

Creatures
3-Haunted Angels
1-Rakavolver
4-Voice of All
4-Lightning Angel
2-Serra Angel

Spells
3-Firebolt
4-Flame Burst
3-Earthquake
2-Ghitu Fire
3-Fire/Ice
1-Sky Diamond
1-Marble Diamond
2-Urza's Rage
2-Orim's Thunder
2-Fact or Fiction

4-Battlefield Forge
2-Shivan Reef
2-Coastal Tower
2-Skycloud Expanse
1-Adarkar Waste
6-Mountain
6-Plains

Now what I think the SB should be
3-Meddling Mage
3-Galina's Knight
3-Teferi's Response
2-Disenchant
2-Worship
2-Goblin Trenches

Looking at the local Metagame I expect to see 3 Mono color decks
WW, Sligh and Stompy. Also U/W Millstone, Orbopsition, and Finkula

WW
-Ghitu Fire
+2 Disenchant

Sligh
-3 Haunted Angel
-2 Orim's Thunder
-3 Flameburst
+3 Galina's Knight
+3 Teferi's Response
+2 Worship

Stompy
-2 Orim's Thunder
+2 Worship

U/W Millstone
-3 Earthquake
-1 Serra Angel
-3 Haunted Angel
+3 Meddling Mage
+2 Disenchant
+2 Goblin Trenches

Orboposition
-2 Ghitu Fire
-2 Serra Angel
-1 Orim's Thunder
+2 Disenchant
+3 Teferi's Response

Finkula
-3 Earthquake
-2 Orim's Thunder
+3 Meddling Mage
+2 Worship

Let me know what you think of my SB choices