C
Cateran Emperor
Guest
I'm planning to bring this to my local PTQ come Sunday, and any help would be appreciated.
4 Shivan Reef
1 Crosis' Catacombs
3 Mountain
4 Islands
4 Salt Marsh
4 Urborg Volcano
5 Swamp
2 Pyre Zombie
1 Flametongue Kavu
4 Nightscape Familiar
1 Crosis, the Purger
3 Urza's Rage
3 Exclude
4 Undermine
2 Spite/Malice
4 Fact or Fiction
2 Lobotomy
2 Prophetic Bolt
2 Void
2 Planar Despair
3 Prohibit
1 Fire/Ice
Things that might need some explaining:
Planar Despair - For some reason, this works. The sheer amount of cards you'll be flipping from FoF always allows you to get a domain of at least 2, and that's all that matters. The local format has about 20 billion 2 toughness creature and no 3 toughness ones. Other than the Hippo, assorted Dragon Legends, kicked Titans, and the occasional Jungle Barrier or Volver, everything in the format dies from this. All the Bears, Mongeese, non-kicked Titans, Snakes, Mages, Tappers, Lynxes and so on die to this. Put simply, it's usually a Rout in these colors. This may simply end up in the sideboard for the Solution, but nonetheless comes in handy when Void wouldn't get everything.
The strange absence of Shivan Zombie - He just doesn't work for the deck. The odds of having RB early enough in the game to cast him to make a difference simply aren't good enough for him to stay out of the sideboard. His protection from White has never been useful, and I find that every time I cast him all he does is trade with some other bear. I've just traded him out for more removal, which has been working better.
The similarly strange absence of Repulse - Similarly against the norm, Repulse also turned out to be better used for more counters and removal.
What the deck needs:
1. Mass removal - Even with Void and Planar Despair nuking the board, the format still has too many creatures to deal with. Any other nontargeted kill cards in the environment? Breath of Darigaaz is the only one that comes to mind.
2. Discard? - Not sure about this. Whenever I try Addles, my mana base never comes together. I'm not even sure what to cut for them if I could cut things.
4 Shivan Reef
1 Crosis' Catacombs
3 Mountain
4 Islands
4 Salt Marsh
4 Urborg Volcano
5 Swamp
2 Pyre Zombie
1 Flametongue Kavu
4 Nightscape Familiar
1 Crosis, the Purger
3 Urza's Rage
3 Exclude
4 Undermine
2 Spite/Malice
4 Fact or Fiction
2 Lobotomy
2 Prophetic Bolt
2 Void
2 Planar Despair
3 Prohibit
1 Fire/Ice
Things that might need some explaining:
Planar Despair - For some reason, this works. The sheer amount of cards you'll be flipping from FoF always allows you to get a domain of at least 2, and that's all that matters. The local format has about 20 billion 2 toughness creature and no 3 toughness ones. Other than the Hippo, assorted Dragon Legends, kicked Titans, and the occasional Jungle Barrier or Volver, everything in the format dies from this. All the Bears, Mongeese, non-kicked Titans, Snakes, Mages, Tappers, Lynxes and so on die to this. Put simply, it's usually a Rout in these colors. This may simply end up in the sideboard for the Solution, but nonetheless comes in handy when Void wouldn't get everything.
The strange absence of Shivan Zombie - He just doesn't work for the deck. The odds of having RB early enough in the game to cast him to make a difference simply aren't good enough for him to stay out of the sideboard. His protection from White has never been useful, and I find that every time I cast him all he does is trade with some other bear. I've just traded him out for more removal, which has been working better.
The similarly strange absence of Repulse - Similarly against the norm, Repulse also turned out to be better used for more counters and removal.
What the deck needs:
1. Mass removal - Even with Void and Planar Despair nuking the board, the format still has too many creatures to deal with. Any other nontargeted kill cards in the environment? Breath of Darigaaz is the only one that comes to mind.
2. Discard? - Not sure about this. Whenever I try Addles, my mana base never comes together. I'm not even sure what to cut for them if I could cut things.
