General Decks that have 3-0'd your cube
- Thread starter Jason Waddell
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nope i just got beat by attacking creatures
oh my god i just realized i misplayed horribly holy shit holy shit. i had lethal on board if i sac'd all my lands to gargadon and swung out but he had a creature to block so i decided not to
because he had only an
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unleashed rakdos cackler
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wow i suck
my 2-1 deck for reference:
oh my god i just realized i misplayed horribly holy shit holy shit. i had lethal on board if i sac'd all my lands to gargadon and swung out but he had a creature to block so i decided not to
because he had only an
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unleashed rakdos cackler
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wow i suck
my 2-1 deck for reference:
Yesterday Dimir control 3-0d an 8man, beating spicy Bant Pod in the finals.
Sunday monoblack zombies took a six man.
Sunday monoblack zombies took a six man.
FlowerSunRain
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As I have mentioned, I almost always play 4 man. As such, we don't get a 3-0 every drafted. In fact, we rarely get 3-0s. Of course, this weekend we did and I didn't write done the deck list. It was red/white white angels, aggro dudes and burn. Chained to the Rocks was the mvp and it wasn't even close.
Psssh, but that Snapcaster had three whole targets!
I knew that Humans deck was the real deal when I tried to wrath his board of approximately 8153 creatures, and after clearing it out, he plopped down eight power of fresh Necromancer-cooked Zombie tokens - made almost entirely from green Humans, natch - and killed me in two turns.
And yeah, I think the Snapcaster was a glorified Ambush Viper all night long. I know some people (on this here forum!) have their pet cards, but still, that might be taking it a little far...
I'll own up to the zombie deck. I took snapcaster when I was still pretty much monoblack because it was like 7th pick or something and I figured I'd have a doom blade or something. Then third pack I opened ancestral and I just started wondering.
At the end of the day, I had taken a lot of early lands and boy did I not have enough playables by the end of the draft. Like it was snapcaster or Burning Shrine or like splashing white for Sculler.
Learning Experiences:
- Flash creatures are really weird tricks with sac decks.
- I reaffirmed that I have priority to play sorceries before anyone kills my mutavault.
- No one expects rune snags in the Goblin Guide / Gravecrawler deck
- I really need to draft lifegain higher
- Re-assembling skellington pretty much beats my deck
- Keep an eye on how many removal spells I have because walls suck and I can't get by on synergy dorks alone
That was such a draft man. Me and Wilson were letting each other take back moves all over the place just because there was soooooo much room to improve in the small on board interactions. I couldn't help but notice how nuts resilient green creatures felt like they would be in that whole draft.
Chris Taylor
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Eric, it reminds me you don't have access to goblin bombardment. Is it time to double up on Blasting Station? Might give lucas here some much needed reach
Well.. maybe. Decks like these really benefit from having one or both of the Blood Artists, which provide some much-needed reach while all the sacrifice shenanigans are going down. If anything, I'm concerned that the Gravecrawler deck is a little too good at the moment, when everything comes together. I think I'm content to leave this deck where it is and buff the other ones, until it gets to the point where the black recursion deck starts to lag behind.
CML
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I've considered going down to 3 gravecrawlers (or roughly 1/2 the density of Jason's cube), after the pleasant surprise that the deck was not just viable but "jesus christ, ashenmoor liege pumps gravecrawlers and faerie rogues AND assemble the legion soldiers?" i might want to use a slot or two on improving other Black decks instead
I don't know what you mean by "not viable" but please elaborate so I can write a scathing response.
Dom Harvey
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'not just viable'
Perhaps I should not read the forums on my phone while waking up from a night of drinking.
Last Friday my uni's magic society was out of Theros boosters, and to my great surprise someone else suggested that I bring my cube! There's one dude who will always draft cube, but not a single other person is into it. So instead of not being able to get more than four people to cube, we had a 10 man. We had to draft a pack of 13 cards, then two packs of 14 because my cube was not big enough.
So finally I can post in this thread! These 3-x'd or greater. We didn't play rounds, people just played. One guy only played two rounds because his deck was slow as balls.
I'm not sure about this mana base, and there could be a few more creatures. Anyway he 3-0'd and then I beat him with my spicy-as-something-really-spicy Birthing Pod deck.
I played one game against this guy, in which he +1'd Ajani on Soltari Champion every turn, and I made two copies of Thragtusk every turn. Eventually he gave Soltari Champignon double strike and killed me from 20. Now I know what Jason is talking about with board stalls.
So finally I can post in this thread! These 3-x'd or greater. We didn't play rounds, people just played. One guy only played two rounds because his deck was slow as balls.
I'm not sure about this mana base, and there could be a few more creatures. Anyway he 3-0'd and then I beat him with my spicy-as-something-really-spicy Birthing Pod deck.
I played one game against this guy, in which he +1'd Ajani on Soltari Champion every turn, and I made two copies of Thragtusk every turn. Eventually he gave Soltari Champignon double strike and killed me from 20. Now I know what Jason is talking about with board stalls.
Dom Harvey
Contributor
You can't just mention a spicy-as-something-really-spicy Birthing Pod deck and then not post it!
Well it's been shuffled away, sadly, but I'll see what I can remember:
That looks pretty close. I think there was a bit more ramp in there. Note the zero removal. I actually took Venser out for Huntmaster and then later realsed he was my only removal spell (edit: well, I did have man-o'-war). I am getting worse at magic, I swear. Anyway it was sweet. Note my curve does not actually go up to 8, as Progenitor Mimic probably won't be a 6. He did many silly things that day though.
Genesis Wave was the only spell. It's rare anyone gets that card to work, so I was happy. In one game I Genesis Waved into Eternal Witness, returning Genesis wave. Then next turn I opted to draw Maelstrom Wanderer and cascade into Avenger of Zendikar and Oracle of Mul Daya instead. I think there was even some crazy pod activations that turn too, but it was unnecessary.
That looks pretty close. I think there was a bit more ramp in there. Note the zero removal. I actually took Venser out for Huntmaster and then later realsed he was my only removal spell (edit: well, I did have man-o'-war). I am getting worse at magic, I swear. Anyway it was sweet. Note my curve does not actually go up to 8, as Progenitor Mimic probably won't be a 6. He did many silly things that day though.
Genesis Wave was the only spell. It's rare anyone gets that card to work, so I was happy. In one game I Genesis Waved into Eternal Witness, returning Genesis wave. Then next turn I opted to draw Maelstrom Wanderer and cascade into Avenger of Zendikar and Oracle of Mul Daya instead. I think there was even some crazy pod activations that turn too, but it was unnecessary.
Birthing Pod decks are spicier with Opposition, as demonstrated by Hannes.
Didn't get his basics but he crushed pretty hard. Three aggro players all sitting next to each other drafted mono white, mono red, and boros. They had a pretty rough time winning any games.
Oh man Ribbons of Night and Prophetic Bolt! This totally reminds me of the decks I would whip together for casual play with my friends that never played competitively and didn't know what it was like to go up against a deck sporting 8 elves or 4 wraths and 4 mana leaks. I think I'm going to have to check out your cube! You seem like the kinda guy that runs temporal spring!