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Rakamir
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I started a thread on OnBC Elves, but does anyone care? I know that this is finals time and all, and summer's around the corner complete with tube tops and short shorts and all the distractions therein, but really, Block season is but 6 weeks away, and if you think this balanced metagame is one you can just walk into with a minimum of playtesting and do well in, you're fooling yourself. It will be much tougher than you think, even with the emasculation of blue.
Yah, Elves are decent. Very much so. Goblins, however, are pure raw speed. Anything "tempo," like Carbonize, gets us away from that, and I'm loathe to play that card.
Also, if you go to the link above, there are several issues I have with an otherwise well thought out article, i.e., e.g., the statement that you can play Blistering Firecat over Clickslither if you wish. Please don't do this unless you are 100% certain you will face no Astral Slide decks. 'Cat works in T2 Sligh decks thanks to the lower odds you'll face Slide. In Block, Slide is the closest you'll get to a "Control" deck that has good odds against the field. Technically an Aggro-Control deck leaning toward Control, it fears not Stabilizer (it'll just side out the 8 enchantments making your artifacts dead cards) and will adjust, you'll see.
Yah, Elves are decent. Very much so. Goblins, however, are pure raw speed. Anything "tempo," like Carbonize, gets us away from that, and I'm loathe to play that card.
Also, if you go to the link above, there are several issues I have with an otherwise well thought out article, i.e., e.g., the statement that you can play Blistering Firecat over Clickslither if you wish. Please don't do this unless you are 100% certain you will face no Astral Slide decks. 'Cat works in T2 Sligh decks thanks to the lower odds you'll face Slide. In Block, Slide is the closest you'll get to a "Control" deck that has good odds against the field. Technically an Aggro-Control deck leaning toward Control, it fears not Stabilizer (it'll just side out the 8 enchantments making your artifacts dead cards) and will adjust, you'll see.