Panda_Bair

Mostly because, if you look at the decks i've posted in the past (nearing 200 original lists now), they never get recognized. :x

http://www.mtgvault.com/pandabair/decks/esper-midrange-2/

This deck should be killing before that would be necessary, though. The bonfire in there serves the purpose and has the added benefit of being one-sided.

Reasoning?

This deck confuses me, a bit. A lot of things, the sorceries/instants that make UR so powerful seem like they have a lot of power. But are missing some of the staple cards. Mizzium mortars, mainly.
The creatures are a strange choice, seeing as they're for an izzet spell based.

I do think the pike is good in burn, as a mid-late game, when you've used a bit of burn. As for the rest of the suggestions on things to take out, i agree on both. I threw this together before i had to leave this morning, and they were more of an off-the-top-of-my-head cards that would fit places for those drops. The creature suggestions however, i'm sure of Reckoner. But this deck is more-so going for a burn deck, rather than just Boros aggro. Granted, silverblade IS awesome with spark trooper. There aren't many other great pairings with it. And therefore seems just like a situation based card; that in most cases is no more than a 3 drop 2 damage. Which in that case, i'd be more likely to put in Frontline Medic. Seeing that it gives things like Guttersnipe and others the ability to attack and at worst soak up blocks, rather than not attack and concern of losing the secondary (and prime) value of itself.
Also, the same explanation for the Halberdiers is for the sideboard, simply didn't have time. But Skullcrack, Blind Obedience, and Oblivion ring will be in there.

He fits in for the more mid-range. Cause when this deck doesn't make the opponent concede or lose by turn 4-5, you need something to survive board wipes.
Granted, it does have stability to survive board wipes very well (strangleroot geist, aristocrat). But at worst, you get to play around what you're going to draw. Be it a land drop, a miracled bonfire. Or a distraction vs aggro decks to keep some of the damage off of you. As well as removal, with its fight ability.

1. I'd run 4x overgrown tomb and 4x woodland cemetery
2. Why no farseek?

Meant underworld connections xD Lmfao

I'd consider running 2x Syncopate or Rewind mainboard, as they're better for tempo, and Dissipate sideboard. Also, Annihilating Fire may be a good card to put in the sideboard as well. It gets rid of very annoying reanimator targets like Thragtusk.
Also another sideboard consideration would be Tormod's Crypt.

Thanks for the critique!! Gilded lotus helps many other things in this deck aside from Bolas. Buffing your Rakdos's Return, Bonfires, ramps you to Temporal Mastery, and helps Olivia. Along with possibly fixing your mana base in the situation that you're missing blue red or black.
The mill aspect is in there as a very underrated and fast win condition for a control deck. Especially when vsing other control decks. But also would side out the Memory Addepts in a zombie match up.

Thanks for the ideas, i've considered Mizzium Mortars in my sideboard. Pitching thunderous wrath is almost always the use if i don't miracle it. As a 2 of though, very unlikely to draw on opening hand. I've miracled it off of izzet charms and thought scours on opponents turn a couple of time. Was considering taking out goblin electromancer and putting in guttersnipe.
I like rakdos cackler because turn 2 you can have a board similar to that of a zombie start off. I've won games from just a 3 creature start and them drawing answers after i was able to burn them the rest of the way.

Other changes i was considering are putting redirect in the sideboard. But i see very few downsides to running thunderous wrath in a very instant/sorcery based deck, that filters very fast.
W/L ratio is now 6-0 as of today, have beat the same net-decked GW ramp deck 3 times within then.

Thanks for the criticism :D

Check mine out man! Yours didn't look standard btw, there were a couple of goblins that were from old ravnica.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=391132

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=391132

Updated as of RtR - UR Delver, is undefeated at 4-0 atm. Give it critisism or a like if you want :] Will be keeping it's W/L ratio updated.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=391132


Updated as of RtR - UR Delver, is undefeated at 4-0 atm. Give it critisism or a like if you want :] Will be keeping it's W/L ratio updated.

No sinkholes or gravecrawlers?

Hey i'm the maker of this deck, alex. But those, i feel, don't outdo the other cards in the siderboard. Gitaxian probe is more-so for a delver build, it doesn't benefit only than taking up a space that could be filled with a card i'd actually like to draw. Rather than drawing me that card and costing me more mana (or life). Sure the looking at their hand is OKAY. But with dismember and 2 more oblivion rings in the sideboard, gut shot and gitaxian probe both become semi-obsolete.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=324919

4 color tokens. Original build. 4-1 atm

Why are you running scalding tarn without any landfall?

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=285669
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More efficient/more consistent/less costly