FNM Tommorrow

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DarthFerret

Guest
Ok, I am finally trying to participate in FNM until the end of the month when our local shop closes down. This is the deck I am thinkin of taking. Would appreciate the critiques. At the shop, they are not allowing Ravnica yet, so it is 9th ed. and Kamigawa Block.

Megrim Assasination Deck: 60 Cards

Creatures:

3 Will-O'-The-Wisp
4 Hypnotic Specter
3 Royal Assasin
2 Ashen-Skin Zubera
2 Ember-Fist Zubera
2 Brothers Yambushi

Spells:

4 Megrim
4 Walking Nightmare
3 Dark Banishing
1 Honden of Night's Reach
1 Honden of Infinite Rage
2 Lava Spike
2 Shock
2 Stone Rain

Artifacts:

2 Icy Manipulator
2 Howling Mine
1 Umezawa's Jitte

Land:

10 Swamps
10 Mountains

Ok, I thought of going all black, but had a few holes in it that the red can cover up for me. Considered a Sideboard of 2 more of each red spell, and 2 more Icy's and 2 more Howling Mines. (Although I would have to borrow the artifacts since I do not have them on hand.) Also would include Blood Moons in the side board. (always fun!)

The deck runs fairly well, and surprisingly fast. I am not so concerned with winning the whole thing as with just having fun and playing competitively. My 2 main win conditions are the Jitte and the Megrims. If nothing else, the specters and the Zuberas can do thier jobs for me since my opponent will have very little to play and the Icy's and Assasins should take care of most theats, including a nasty little snake deck that has been terrorizing the scene at the card shop.
 

Killer Joe

New member
First, a comment on the shop....:No Ravnica yet!? Jeezsh, no wonder it's going under. :rolleyes:

As for the deck: If you expect a snake deck then put in Pyroclasms or some kind of mass removal for weenies.
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
I would love to put that in, but amazing enough (dont know how this happened) I do not own a single one. Not from Ice Age, or from 7, 8 , or 9. Since I do not keep cards from the "Starter" or the "Advanced" editions, looks like I will have to rely on something else. I tried to keep my costs down (no more than 3 I think) and that is very neccessary with a deck like I played against last time. Took all of my lands and used pyroclasm to kill my little stuff so that he could have the only critter on the board. Worked really well. Lots of Fetch and a bit of counter. Need to hit hard and fast to even make a showing.
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
Just thought I would let people know, the above deck took 3rd last night, and I did not have any pyroclasms until after FNM was over (aquired 2 during the duel by trading but too late to put them into the deck). I got beat in the finals by a guy who kept stealing all my land then making us sac. 4 lands and have each critter take 4 dmg (nasty little card ain't it). I went 1-2 in the finals, but had a blast. Top 4 (including me) got the Foil FNM edition Aramdillo Cloak.
 

Oversoul

The Tentacled One
DarthFerret said:
I got beat in the finals by a guy who kept stealing all my land then making us sac. 4 lands and have each critter take 4 dmg (nasty little card ain't it).
Wildfire.
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
Taking the deck again this friday. Going to be adding 1 pyroclasm (all I can find so far) and would love suggestions, including sideboard optinos (my current sideboard is really weak).
 

Spiderman

Administrator
Staff member
What do you think your decks weaknesses are, besides the guy who kept stealing your lands (how'd he do that btw?) Do you think you'll face the same people and/or decks?
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
mostly same people, however the guy with the land stealing said he was building a different deck this week.

It is type 2 and it seems that Guildpact is now leagal as of this week (though I do not have any so it hardly matters...)

My only real weakness seemed to be the overall speed of the deck which was not too awful bad...but could have been better...
 

Spiderman

Administrator
Staff member
I'm not sure what's type 2 legal now in terms of speeding up the deck... I always think of Fellwar Stone or the Diamonds from Mirage... :) or Dark Ritual for black...
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
Dark Rit is not legal, and I do not think the Diamonds are, but will have to check. Come to think of it, I think I saw a few felwar stones being used last week, may have to look into it. Thinking of heading to a shop real quick to buy some Guildpact to see if there is anything useful I can use (and to maybe to a quick deck change/adjustment)
 
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mumford

Guest
Type 2? You're looking at the following:

9th Edition
Kamigawa Block
Ravnica Block

Felwar Stone is in 9th, so that's legal. Dark Ritual and the Mirage diamonds are not legal for Type 2.
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
Ok, ya'll, I have changed the deck completely, and FNM starts in 2 1/2 hours.

First off, Guildpact is legal, and I acquired some cards...so here is the new deck, still running off of Megrim...i only have a couple of hours for suggestions....

Critters: 20

3 Wil-O-Wisp
3 Royal Assasin
2 Clone
4 Hypnotic Specter
3 Lurking Informant
2 Dimir Infiltrator
2 Dimir House Guard
1 Dimir Guildmage

Non-Critter Spells: 22

4 Megrim
4 Walking Nightmare
4 Consult the Necrosages
1 Honden of Night's Reach
1 Honden of Seeing Winds
1 Church of the Undercity
1 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Convolute
2 Induce Paranoia
2 Dimir Signet

Mana Base: 21

8 Islands
8 Swamps
4 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Duskmantle, House of Shadows


I have not developed a Sideboard, and not sure I really need to. Still works off of the basic premise, but with more card draw/search to help put megrim in play, without wasting slots for direct damage that rarely helped me out last week. Still....feel like there is something missing...please, help me if you get to this in time....
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
quick deck edit, took out the 2 convolute and the 2 induce paranoia and put in 4 mana leak. Also considering adding 2 howling mines, but not sure if that will tip the mana balance too far (although I can paris and should be able to recover with a decent hand...)
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
Horribly, I think the deck was running way to slow. I lost the first 2 rounds (we did 3 round swiss this time) and I won 2-0 the last round, so I was unable to advance/place... I had a backup R/G deck that would have been faster, and I think may have placed, but at the last minute, I went back to the Megrim deck...<sigh>
 
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